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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is a uniquely implacable ideology that cannot be reasoned with and it must be destroyed and is subscribed to by only a small percentage of Muslims.
(a) Anarchism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Islamism.

2. Which country has been a problematic ally in combating Islamic extremism?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Yemen.

3. Despite the unprecedented level of intelligence warnings, how many contained specific information as to the timing or the targets of an attack?
(a) 0.
(b) 75.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

4. How many buildings made up the WTC complex?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. Who is Afghanistan's President?
(a) Mikheil Saakashvili.
(b) Ismail Omar Guelleh.
(c) Hamid Karzai.
(d) Ilham Aliyev.

6. Reports show that al-Qaeda has tried to acquire or make nuclear weapons for at least ________ years.
(a) 4.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. How many stories high were the Twin Towers?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 110.
(d) 200.

8. What is now the most important security objective of the U.S.?
(a) Countering terrorism.
(b) Drug smuggling.
(c) Satellite surveillance.
(d) Border patrol.

9. The end of which war created vacuums that bred new and unexpected scenarios of instability, primarily in the Middle East and South Asia?
(a) WWI.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) WWII.
(d) Cold War.

10. The FBI conducted approximately ________ full field investigations related to Bin Laden in 2001.
(a) 200.
(b) 700.
(c) 70.
(d) 20.

11. When was al-Qaeda formed?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1966.

12. After 9/11/2001, U.S. officials learned from ________ intelligence that Moussaoui had attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
(a) Israeli.
(b) British.
(c) Iraqi.
(d) German.

13. What is another name for the analysis from the enemy's perspective?
(a) "Blue Team" analysis.
(b) "Black Team" analysis.
(c) "Orange Team" analysis.
(d) "Red Team" analysis.

14. How many months before 9/11 were all the hijackers in the U.S.?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

15. According to Mihdar, Bin Laden was planning ______ attacks on the U.S.
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. A systematic approach to investigating possible surprise attacks has existed within the intelligence community since the ______ ______ attack of 1941.

2. Threat reports mentioning aircraft were passed to who?

3. What is the name of the meeting of a small group of top advisers lead by President Bush?

4. Who told the Commission that "the system was blinking red" because the FAA warned airlines about an increased threat of hijackings, but the warning focused on overseas threats.

5. As of 2001, how long had Iraq been an enemy of the U.S?

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