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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of KSM's plot to blow up several American airliners over the Pacific ocean?
(a) The "Lackawanna Six Plot".
(b) The "Bojinka Plot".
(c) The Shoe Bomber Operation".
(d) The "Dirty Bomb Plot".

2. 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) Africans.
(b) Koreans.
(c) Palestinians.
(d) Germans.

3. What does ISID stand for?
(a) Inter-Security Intelligence Department.
(b) Immigration Service for Intelligence Directorate.
(c) Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.
(d) International Security Immigration Department.

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

5. Who was the Taliban's most important and most capable enemy?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) The Northern Alliance.
(c) The Southern Alliance.
(d) The U.N.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.

2. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

3. The hijackers where reported to have all of the following weapons except:

4. When did KSM originally meet with Bin Laden to present a vague plan to hijack planes and use them as guided missiles?

5. Approximately what fraction of the hijackers set off the metal detectors or otherwise aroused the suspicion of airport security?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three aspects of the anti-terrorist effort were strengthened by January 2000?

2. What were the four (4) kinds of failure exposed by the 9/11 attacks?

3. What is the President of the United States required by law to ensure to the Intelligence Committees?

4. What happened in 1996 at two different U.S. embassies in Africa?

5. What was the original 9/11 plot made by KSM?

6. From 1998-1999, what scandal was President Clinton embroiled in? What did President Clinton do that seemed to divert attention from this scandal?

7. Why was at least one (1) plan for invading Afghanistan with ground troops prior to 9/11 banned?

8. What is NCTC? What problems would this agency solve?

9. Who established the "Islamic Army Shura"? Where was the "Islamic Army Shura" established and what was it to serve?

10. What were the three basic functions of the OEM?

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