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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S Army.
(b) The U.S. Air Force.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The Secretary of Defense.

3. What was established to review proposed intelligence activities in the U.S.?
(a) ATF.
(b) INS.
(c) FISA court.
(d) DEA.

4. 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?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) President Bush.
(d) President Clinton.

5. The American intelligence apparatus launched a full-press effort to disrupt suspected ________ plots.
(a) Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
(b) Armed Islamic Group.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) Fatah al-Islam.

6. When did a truck bomb explode in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1988.

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

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

9. Bin Laden and KSM decided the hijackers would mainly have to be from __________ nations because they could get U.S. visas with less scrutiny.
(a) Hindu.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Saudi.
(d) Muslim.

10. What was the "Predator"?
(a) A U.S. missile used to attack Afghanistan.
(b) A U.S. satellite.
(c) A U.S. Air Force Jet used to attack Afghanistan.
(d) An unmanned drone with video surveillance capabilities.

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

12. By 1997, the CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that al-Qaeda was planning attacks against __________ interests and was actively seeking nuclear materials.
(a) Egypt.
(b) Quwait.
(c) Russia.
(d) U.S.

13. What does NEADS stand for?
(a) North Equator Air Defense Sector.
(b) New England Air Defense Sector.
(c) Northeast Air Defense Sector.
(d) Northeast Air Defense Squad.

14. Majority of the hijackers of 9/11 where from ________ , ________ - class backgrounds.
(a) Uneducated, lower.
(b) Educated, middle.
(c) Educated, upper.
(d) Educated, lower.

15. Where were the World Trade Center parking garage bombing and subsequent "landmarks" plot developed?
(a) Khaldan.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) America.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.

2. What is CAPPS?

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

4. When did Bin Laden last warn of potential attacks against the U.S.?

5. Who joined with the U.S. and launched a joint diplomatic campaign to persuade the Taliban to expel Bin Laden?

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