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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. Who was nicknamed "Blind Sheikh"?

2. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?

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

4. As of 1993, the public and Congress seemed convinced that treating terrorism that occurred on U.S. soil was a ________ ________ problem.

5. What happened to United Airlines Flight 93?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the TTIC? When was it created, where is it based, who makes up the TTIC, and who do they report to?

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

4. When did the Boston Center air traffic controller realize there was a problem with American Airlines Flight 11?

5. What was the confusion around American Airlines Flight 77?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. When and why was the Counterterrorist Center established?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can the U.S use the resources and the people it has readily available to achieve unity within the government and their agencies?

Essay Topic 2

Describe al-Qaeda. What are the objectives of al-Qaeda? Who funds the group? Who leads the group? What are some of al-Qaeda's strengths and weaknesses? How can the U.S. exploit these weaknesses?

Essay Topic 3

The Commission states that they do not know for certain why Hazmi and Mihdhar came to California, why do you suppose they chose California? What could California supply Hazmi and Mihdhar with that another U.S. state could not?

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