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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. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 120 minutes.

2. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?
(a) The U.S Army.
(b) The Secretary of Defense.
(c) The U.S. Air Force.
(d) The Vice President.

3. 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.

4. Approximately ________ of all spending on intelligence is within the Defense Department.
(a) 80%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 25%.

5. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.
(a) Labor.
(b) Financing.
(c) Food.
(d) Supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the Hamburg group received a U.S. visa?

2. Who was the prominent preacher who stressed the importance of waging violent jihad and even personally pressed some members of the Hamburg groups to fulfill their duty to jihad by fighting in Afghanistan?

3. What was the name of Bin Laden's main camp in Afghanistan?

4. What does ISID stand for?

5. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give three (3) reasons why there needs to be joint action of intelligent agencies.

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

3. What was the standard protocol for a passenger that sets off the metal detectors passing through the screening checkpoints inside the airport prior to 9/11/2001?

4. How did the State Department plan to end the Afghan Civil War?

5. Why did President Clinton visit Pakistan on March 25, 2000? What did President Clinton want from the Pakistani President?

6. What were the seven (7) steps the U.S. wanted Pakistan to take in helping the U.S. fight terrorism?

7. Who is Mohammed Salameh and how did he get caught by the FBI?

8. What are the three (3) basic problems the U.S. has had in its relationship with Pakistan?

9. What event gave people inside the WTC the impression that rooftop rescues were part of the WTC evacuation plan?

10. When did the U.S. government become aware of Bin Laden's involvement in financing terrorist attacks against the U.S interests? What did the State Department detect in his financing?

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