Deck 15: Cbrne Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives

Question 1

Sarin is classified as a ____ weapon of mass destruction agent.

A) biological
B) chemical
C) nuclear
D) radiological

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following equipment may be associated with biological weapons production?

A) centrifuge
B) pipette
C) incubator
D) glassware
E) all of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The U.S. has never been attacked by a bioweapons agent.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following are being developed for first detection of biological weapons of mass destruction?

A) polarizing light microscopy
B) lab-on-a-chip sensors
C) handheld Raman spectrometer
D) hand-held FT-IR spectrometer

Question 5

Which of the following is another term for death?

A) mortality
B) morbidity
C) fecundity
D) mentality

Question 6

Which of the following has not been used as a biological weapon of mass destruction?

A) protein toxin
B) bacteria
C) virus
D) prion

Question 7

Which of the following has a thick cell wall?

A) Gram positive bacteria
B) viruses
C) Gram negative bacteria
D) retroviruses

Question 8

Which of the following is a virus that might be weaponized?

A) Smallpox
B) Anthrax
C) Coronavirus
D) Plague
E) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is a classified as a chemical toxin?

A) SARS
B) plutonium
C) phosphine
D) smallpox

Question 10

Which of the following is not a biodefense research priority?

A) new therapeutics
B) genomics research
C) handgun safety
D) vaccines

Question 11

Which of the following is a source of radiation weapons of mass destruction?

A) medical equipment
B) bacteria
C) chlorine
D) castor beans

Question 12

Which of the following is an emerging agent that might be used for biological warfare?

A) B. anthracis
B) Y. pestis
C) H5N1
D) Salmonella sp.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a societal effect of weapons of mass destruction?

A) Fear
B) Calm
C) Unrest
D) Mass casualties

Question 14

Which of the following affect the ability of a microorganism to infect a host?

A) age of host
B) health of potential host
C) mode of entry
D) strain of microorganism
E) all of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is not a category of chemical military weapons?

A) nerve agents
B) diuretic agents
C) blister agents
D) blood agents
E) choking agents

Question 16

For which of the following weapons of mass destruction is the onset time the longest?

A) hydrogen cyanide
B) phosphine
C) anthrax
D) sarin

Question 17

Which of the following is susceptible to a CBRNE threat?

A) humans
B) animals
C) crops
D) all of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is not a route of entry of a bioweapon?

A) desorption
B) injection
C) absorption
D) ingestion
E) inhalation

Question 19

Which of the following is not a property of biological weapons?

A) pathogen has no taste or smell
B) highly contagious
C) easy to disseminate
D) easy to detect
E) difficult to treat

Question 20

Which of the following can be used to detect radioactive materials at a scene?

A) Geiger counter
B) Gas chromatograph
C) Nuclear magnetic resonance
D) All of the above

Question 21

What does CBRNE stand for?

Question 22

List five types of chemical weapon agents.

Question 23

List four examples of biological WMD attacks that have occurred in the United States.

Question 24

List four myths of biological WMD weapons and attacks.

Question 25

List four signs that would indicate that a biological WMD attack has occurred.

Question 26

Explain how to differentiate nuclear weapons use and a power plant incident. Give a case for each.

Question 27

Explain how the CDC classifies biological WMD threats. Give an example of each type.

Question 28

List four signs that would indicate that a nuclear WMD attack has occurred.

Question 29

List four approaches a terrorist could use to make more lethal biological WMD agents.

Question 30

List some approaches the United States performs to be prepared to respond to a WMD attack.

Question 31

Explain how the detection and identification of a biological weapon may differ from that for a chemical weapon.

Question 32

How does a Geiger counter work and what is it used for?

Question 33

How does a scintillation counter work and what is it used for?

Question 34

How does an IMS detector work and what is it used for?

Question 35

List four routes of exposure for chemical and nuclear weapons.

Question 36

Differentiate the uranium used in a nuclear power plant from that used in an atomic bomb.

Question 37

What are the most accessible CBRNE agents? Why?

Question 38

How does decontamination differ for biological agents as compared to chemical or nuclear agents?

Question 39

How long will it take for two grams of cesium-137 to decay to one milligram? (t1/2 = 30.1 years)

Question 40

Give three examples of industrial chemicals or commercial off-the-shelf products that have been used as chemical weapons and list the cases.

Question 41

What type of evidence is collected in a terror attack? What evidence would lead you to conclude that the attack was chemical or biological or nuclear? Give at least one specific example for each.

Question 42

Define false negative and false positive. Which is worse for WMD detection?

Question 43

What is a "dirty bomb"?