Naval Skills, Unit Six, Chapter Five: Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Warfare

Which of the following weapons types would NOT be considered a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD).
1. CAPTOR Mines
2. Chemical Shells
3. Biological Shells
4. Nuclear Bombs
5. Radiological Bombs
Which type of chemical warfare agent is considered to be the most deadly?
1. Nerve agents
2. Blood gases
3. Choking gases
4. Psycho gases
5. Tear gases
Which type of chemical agent is intended to inflame the throat, windpipe and lungs, often resulting in pneumonia and death?
1. Blister agents
2. Blood agents
3. Nerve agents
4. Tear gases
5. Choking gases
Which type of chemical agent either results in a speedy death or a complete recovery within a few hours?
1. Blood agents
2. Nerve agents
3. Blister agents
4. Choking agents
5. Tear gases
Chlorine and phosgene are examples of what type of chemical agents?
1. Choking gases
2. Psycho gases
3. Tear gases
4. Nerve gases
5. Vomiting gases
These types of chemical agents are designed to cause dizziness and severe muscle weakness, but not kill.
1. Psycho gases
2. Tear gases
3. Nerve agents
4. Choking gases
5. Blood agents
What type of chemical agents produce unpleasant symptoms, but usually last only a short period and are not intended to cause death?
1. Tear gases
2. Nerve gases
3. Psycho gases
4. Blood gases
5. Choking agents
Which of the following weapons would use a living organism to kill?
1. Biological sprays
2. Chemical shells
3. Psycho gases
4. Blood agents
5. Choking agents
What effect of nuclear warfare has the longest lasting effect?
1. Radioactive fallout
2. Initial nuclear radiation
3. Thermal radiation
4. Blast
5. Shock
What type of nuclear explosion will result in little heat or light and very little initial radiation?
1. A subsurface burst
2. An air burst
3. A surface burst
4. A hydrogen-bomb blast
5. An atomic-bomb blast
Dosimeters measure what?
1. The amount of radiation a person receives.
2. The amount of radiation put out by an atomic blast.
3. The amount of antidote a person needs to take if they become a chemical warfare casualty.
4. The amount of nerve agent present in a human body.
5. The amount of biological agent present in a human body.
What is the purpose of shipboard Water Washdown Systems?
1. To wash contaminants from CBR weapons overboard.
2. To clean the ship prior to a possible CBR attack, to ensure contaminants can't stick.
3. To quickly provide for a means to wash personnel off after a CBR attack.
4. To quickly put out fires caused by the thermal radiation blast of a nuclear weapon.
5. To camouflage the ship to make it harder to target with a chemical weapon.
What phase of decontamination following a CBR attack would involve using scrub brushes with detergents?
1. The Second
2. The First
3. The Third
4. The Fourth
5. The Fifth
What has kept the use of chemical and biological weapons so rare in modern combat?
1. The understanding that once one side uses these weapons, the other side would as well.
2. The unavailability of these types of weapons.
3. The difficulty in producing large amounts of these weapons.
4. International agreements banning the use of these weapons.
5. The difficulty in delivering these weapons effectively.
How does an undersea nuclear burst create the majority of it's damage?
1. Intense underwater shock and heavy residual radiation.
2. Heat and initial blast
3. Thermal radiation and residual radiation.
4. Initial blast and residual radiation
5. Thermal radiation and fallout.