ATP 4-25.12 Unit Field Sanitation Teams

Question 1

What are the five F’s of field sanitation?

Answer 1

1. fingers
2. feces
3. food
4. flies
5. fluids

Question 2

What are two ways to purify water?

Answer 2

Lodine tablets and boiling

Question 3

What are the four types of waste?

Answer 3

1. human
2. liquid
3. garbage
4. rubish

Question 4

What is potable water?

Answer 4

water that is safe to drink

Question 5

What is palatable water?

Answer 5

water that tastes good but may be unsafe to drink

Question 6

What three rules cover water discipline in the field?

Answer 6

1. drink only approved sources
2. conserve water
3. do not contaminate water sources

Question 7

What are the three most common poison plants?

Answer 7

ivy, oak, sumac

Question 8

What diseases are carried by flies?

Answer 8

typhoid, dysentery, cholera

Question 9

What diseases are carried by mosquitos?

Answer 9

malaria, dengue, yellow fever, encephalitis, filariasis

Question 10

What are methods of disposing human waste?

Answer 10

straddle trench, mound latrine, burnout latrine

Question 11

What are the three measurements of a straddle trench?

Answer 11

1 foot wide, 4 feet long, 2 and a half feet deep

Question 12

What Army publication covers Unit Field Sanitation?

Answer 12

ATP 4-25.12