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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. By July 1999, the U.S. succeeded in labeling Afghanistan a state sponsor of __________.
(a) Military aircrafts.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Terrorism.

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

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

4. In what country did Bin Laden and Zawahiri published a Fatwa in an Arabic newspaper?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) America.
(d) London.

5. What is "Gestapo"?
(a) Satellite.
(b) Secret army.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Atomic bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

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

3. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.

4. In 1999, who imposed economic and travel restrictions on the Taliban?

5. Majority of the hijackers of 9/11 where from ________ , ________ - class backgrounds.

Short Essay Questions

1. Before 9/11, how was the performance of the FBI measured?

2. As the year 2000 approached, what were the U.S. citizens concerned with?

3. What is the USA PATRIOT Act? When was it created?

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

5. Who is considered the mastermind of 9/11/01 and when did he start calling for attacks against America?

6. What three factors worked against successful communication among FDNY personnel?

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

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

9. In Chapter 5, we get a background of the "Hamburg Group" as well as four other jihad extremists. Give a brief synopsis of one of the jihad extremists. What education/course of study did the jihad extremists possess?

10. When was the last time the FAA ordered a nation-wide grounding of all aircraft?

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