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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1993, what item was proposed to be banned from passenger carry-on baggage but was rejected?
(a) Tasors.
(b) Mace.
(c) Knives.
(d) Guns.

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

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

4. What was the name of Bin Laden's main camp in Afghanistan?
(a) Pohakuloa Training Area.
(b) Tarnak Farms.
(c) Huachuca Farms.
(d) Camp Navajo.

5. By 1991, bin Laden had forged alliances with Muslim terrorist groups and succeeded in recruiting _________ Muslims for terrorist attacks against U.S. targets.
(a) African.
(b) Korean.
(c) Canadian.
(d) American.

6. How many members of the Hamburg group received a U.S. visa?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

7. Who ordered the National Security Council to coordinate a response against the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center's parking garage?
(a) President Bill Clinton.
(b) President George W. Bush.
(c) President Ronald Reagan.
(d) President George H. W. Bush.

8. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Mongols.
(b) Jihadist.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

9. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.
(a) Torah.
(b) Bible.
(c) Tanakh.
(d) Koran.

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

11. When did Bin Laden first warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1980.

12. 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.

13. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?
(a) 1/4.
(b) All.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

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

15. Approximately ________ of all spending on intelligence is within the Defense Department.
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 80%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?

2. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?

3. At the age of 23, Bin Laden was which type of fighter?

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

5. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

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