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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country possess nuclear weapons and has come frighteningly close to war with nuclear-armed India over the disputed territory of Kashmir?
(a) Korea.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Jordan.

2. The U.N. has rightly equated "literacy as ________."
(a) Restriction.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Life.
(d) Freedom.

3. What was Mohamed Atta keen on attacking on 9/11?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Capitol.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

4. A systematic approach to investigating possible surprise attacks has existed within the intelligence community since the ______ ______ attack of 1941.
(a) African Embassy.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Cold War.
(d) U.S.S. Cole.

5. On September 11, the nation suffered the largest loss of life on its soil, losing __________ people.
(a) 1592.
(b) 2973.
(c) 2030.
(d) 1342.

6. Mohammed Atta traveled from Germany to ________, Czech Republic, before flying to the U.S.
(a) Opava.
(b) Pardubice.
(c) Prague.
(d) Jihlava.

7. 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.
(a) President Bush.
(b) George Tenet.
(c) Paul Wolfowitz.
(d) Richard Clarke.

8. ______ minutes after the first plane hit the Twin Towers, it is believed that an order to evacuate the tower was issued over the building's intercom system.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seventy.

9. How much time elapsed between the collapse of the first building and the collapse of the second building?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 29 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 60 minutes.

10. What is the name of the CSGs foreign emergency response teams?
(a) FISC.
(b) FISA.
(c) FFTC.
(d) FEST.

11. Al-Qaeda exploited relatively lax internal security environments in Western countries, especially __________.
(a) Iraq.
(b) Germany.
(c) United States.
(d) Brazil.

12. What is a WMD?
(a) White House Military Defense.
(b) Weapons of Mass Destruction.
(c) The name of an unmanned drone.
(d) Washington Military Department.

13. How many people were estimated to occupy the towers on any given day?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 1,000.

14. The FDNY initial response began within _____ seconds of the first crash.
(a) 45.
(b) 30.
(c) 5.
(d) 60.

15. Afghanistan dropped from the U.S radar after the withdrawal of the ______ ______.
(a) Census Bureau.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) United Nations.
(d) Refugee Resettlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which WTC building fell first?

2. Who was arrested on August 16, 2001, on immigration charges?

3. When did construction begin on the WTC complex?

4. What is CENTCOM?

5. Which organization has made Afghanistan a test of the Alliance's ability to adapt to current security challenges of the future?

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