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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does NORAD stand for?
2. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?
3. What was established to review proposed intelligence activities in the U.S.?
4. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud?
5. Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
Short Essay Questions
1. The Commission's investigation showed that there were two systemic weaknesses that came together in our border system's inability to contribute to an effective defense against the 9/11 attacks. Describe these weaknesses.
2. What three factors worked against successful communication among FDNY personnel?
3. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud? How did they succeed in killing Massoud?
4. When was the last time the FAA ordered a nation-wide grounding of all aircraft?
5. What event gave people inside the WTC the impression that rooftop rescues were part of the WTC evacuation plan?
6. Why was Bin Laden convinced that America was a "paper tiger" similar to the Soviet Union?
7. What is the President of the United States required by law to ensure to the Intelligence Committees?
8. What was Bin Laden's appeal to the Islamic world based on?
9. Why did an agent at the FBI's Phoenix office sent a memo to FBI headquarters? What did this memo speculate? Did top officials act on this memo?
10. Before 9/11, how was the performance of the FBI measured?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does one's culture and experience influence a person's perception of a place or region? Give an example from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Describe in great detail the major flaws in the emergency response system. How were the first responders ill-prepared for the 9/11 attacks? What changes can be made to help prepare the first responders organize and create a safe rescue for future events?
Essay Topic 3
How can the U.S use the resources and the people it has readily available to achieve unity within the government and their agencies?
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