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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became the new national security adviser for the Bush Administration?
(a) Condoleezza Rice.
(b) Colin Powell.
(c) Donald Rumsfeld.
(d) Richard Clarke.

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

3. 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 ___________.
(a) Koreans.
(b) Palestinians.
(c) Germans.
(d) Africans.

4. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) Rear of the aircraft.
(b) Coach.
(c) In the jump seats of the aircraft.
(d) First Class.

5. Which two principal government agencies were involved in the defense of the U.S. airspace on 9/11/2001?
(a) FAA & CBI.
(b) CTC & NCTC.
(c) FAA & NORAD.
(d) NORAD & CAPPS.

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

7. 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?
(a) The FAA.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The INS.

8. As of 1993, the public and Congress seemed convinced that treating terrorism that occurred on U.S. soil was a ________ ________ problem.
(a) Law Enforcement.
(b) U.S. Army.
(c) U.S. Navy.
(d) U.S. Marines.

9. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?
(a) The FAA.
(b) The U.S.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The U.N.

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

11. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?
(a) By truck bombs.
(b) By gunmen.
(c) By WMD's.
(d) By hijacked aircraft.

12. Fatwa is an interpretation of __________ law by a respected Islamic authority.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Christian.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Buddhism.

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

14. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?
(a) Crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
(b) Crashed into the South Tower.
(c) Crashed into the Pentagon.
(d) Crashed into the North Tower.

15. What happened after Somali warlords downed two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in October 1993?
(a) America air raided Somalia.
(b) America dropped the Atomic Bomb in Somalia.
(c) America regrouped and attacked Somalia again.
(d) America withdrew from Somalia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1995, while Bin Laden was still in Sudan, its government began to perceive him as a __________.

3. Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) earned a college degree in what subject?

4. Which Taliban leader promised the U.S. to expel Bin Laden?

5. Federal law prohibits the ________ from gathering intelligence on U.S. citizens or other people within the U.S. except as specified by FISA requirements.

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