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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Al-Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Germans.
(c) Koreans.
(d) Russians.

2. What does ISID stand for?
(a) Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.
(b) International Security Immigration Department.
(c) Inter-Security Intelligence Department.
(d) Immigration Service for Intelligence Directorate.

3. What is CAPPS?
(a) No fly list.
(b) A law enforcement agency of the FBI.
(c) Passenger pre-screening system.
(d) A law passed to collect intelligence from foreign countries.

4. The hijackers where reported to have all of the following weapons except:
(a) Knife.
(b) Bomb.
(c) Mace.
(d) Taser.

5. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?

2. KSM stated that his hatred of the U.S. stemmed not from his experience there as a student, but from his disagreement with U.S. policy towards the ___________.

3. What is EMPTA?

4. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?

5. Where were the World Trade Center parking garage bombing and subsequent "landmarks" plot developed?

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