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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the U.S.S. Cole bombed?
(a) October 1976.
(b) October 2000.
(c) October 1999.
(d) October 2001.

2. Where did the Hamburg group plan to attend flight school?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Germany.
(d) Asia.

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

4. In 1995, while Bin Laden was still in Sudan, its government began to perceive him as a __________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Liability.
(d) Mastermind.

5. What is EMPTA?
(a) A precursor of VX nerve gas.
(b) Emergency Medical and Physical Training Association.
(c) The East Embassy building that was bombed.
(d) Pakistani intelligence department.

6. By 9/11, the FAA's "no fly" list contained how many names of suspected terrorists?
(a) 1200.
(b) 2000.
(c) 100.
(d) 12.

7. What federal government was perhaps the least well-equipped branch of government to deal with terrorism?
(a) U.S. military.
(b) Judicial branch.
(c) Congress.
(d) Mayor.

8. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The FAA.
(d) The White House.

9. Between 1996 and September 11, 2001, Afghanistan became a kind of international headquarters of __________.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Logistics.

10. What was the name of KSM's plot to blow up several American airliners over the Pacific ocean?
(a) The Shoe Bomber Operation".
(b) The "Lackawanna Six Plot".
(c) The "Dirty Bomb Plot".
(d) The "Bojinka Plot".

11. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York froze $215 million worth of Afghan ________.
(a) Gold.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Platinum.
(d) Silver.

12. Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) earned a college degree in what subject?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Microbiology.
(d) Mechanical engineering.

13. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.
(a) International dispute.
(b) Domestic intelligence.
(c) Domestic dispute.
(d) International intelligence.

14. When was the CIA created?
(a) After the Cold War.
(b) After WWI.
(c) After the Gulf War.
(d) After WWII.

15. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to blame for the August 7, 1998 East Africa embassy bombings?

2. Who issued two Presidential Decision Directives in 1995 and 1998 reiterating that terrorism was a national security threat and not simply a law enforcement issue?

3. In 1996, who was concerned enough about Bin Laden to set up a unit of about a dozen officers that would monitor him and plan operations against him?

4. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?

5. NORAD existed to counter threats from the __________.

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