One outcome of the 9/11 attacks was the creation of which agency?

• A. TSA
• B. FAA
• C. NTSB
• D. DHS

Answer: (A)

After the 9/11 attacks, the push was to tighten and standardize air travel security. The Transportation Security Administration was created to centralize and manage all transportation security screening, taking over passenger and baggage screening at airports and establishing uniform procedures nationwide. This direct creation targeted a more consistent, federal approach to security compared with the prior scattered system.

The other options existed before (FAA oversees aviation safety and air traffic, NTSB investigates accidents) or were part of a broader reorganization (DHS was formed to unify homeland security efforts and now houses TSA). But the agency created specifically to handle airport security screening in response to the attacks is the Transportation Security Administration.