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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. State and local law enforcement agencies were asked to exercise maximum vigilance and to report any suspicions to who?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The FAA.
(d) The President.

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

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

5. Which country is the front of much of the ideology and funding of Islamist terrorism?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

6. What is the name of the low-altitude "hallway" along the Hudson River that passes New York landmarks?
(a) Boston Post Corridor.
(b) Hudson Corridor.
(c) New York Airspace Czar.
(d) Hudson Post.

7. What is the name of the meeting of a small group of top advisers lead by President Bush?
(a) War council.
(b) Chief Acquisition Officers Council.
(c) Inter-American Foundation.
(d) Chief Information Officers Council.

8. Who created the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management?
(a) Rudolph Giuliani.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Jacob Radcliff.
(d) Thomas Willett.

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

10. What was the name of the Iranian-supported worldwide terrorist organization?
(a) Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) Jemaah Islamiya.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) Hezbollah.

11. What is the name of the main mechanism for communicating sensitive intelligence to the President?
(a) The President's Sensitive Intelligence Meeting.
(b) The President's Daily News.
(c) The President's Daily Brief.
(d) The Sensitive Intelligence Meeting for the President.

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. The U.S war planning committee immediately recognized the importance of which country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) India.
(d) Pakistan.

14. Which WTC building fell first?
(a) Building 2.
(b) Building 3.
(c) Building 7.
(d) Building 1.

15. ______ 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) Forty-five.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is INS?

3. What was Mohamed Atta keen on attacking on 9/11?

4. The FDNY initial response began within _____ seconds of the first crash.

5. What is CENTCOM?

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