Chapter 9 Flashcards
What are the three types of antipersonnel agents, broadly speaking? (Page 9-3)
Casualty, incapacitating, and harassing
What type of antipersonnel agents do nerve, blister, choking, and blood agents fall into? (Page 9-3)
Casualty
What type of agent renders personnel incapable of performing their duties by interfering with the mental processes that control bodily functions? (Page 9-3)
Nonlethal incapacitating
The effects of tear gas disappear in how many minutes after the person dons a protective mask or gets to fresh air? (Page 9-3)
5-10
What is the most efficient means of delivering biological agents on a large scale? (Page 9-4)
Aerosols
The effects of nuclear weapons are divided into what three categories? (Page 9-4)
Blast, heat, and nuclear radiation
Second degree burns may be received at distances of how many miles or more depending on the size of the nuclear weapon? (Page 9- 5)
25
Permanent damage to your eyes caused by burns from thermal radiation may occur how many or more miles from a large-yield nuclear weapon? (Page 9-5)
40
Flash blindness is normally of temporary nature since the eyes can recover in about 15 minutes in the daytime and in about how many minutes at night? (Page 9-5)
45
Nuclear radiation consists of four types: alpha particles, beta particles, neutrons, and what else? (Page 9-5)
Gamma rays
Radiation hazards are of three types: penetration dose, skin dose, and what else? (Page 9-5)
Internal contamination
What is the most hazardous form of radiation? (Page 9-5)
Gamma rays
What type of agent contamination symptoms include runny nose, tightness of chest, contraction of eye pupils, nausea, cramps, headaches, coma, and convulsions? (Page 9-6)
Nerve
Redness of the skin follows in one half hour to how many hours after exposure to mustard vapor? (Page 9-6)
36
When the victim inhales a high concentration of a blood agent, the victim begins to breathe more deeply within a few seconds, has violent convulsions after 20 to 30 seconds, and stops breathing regularly within what time frame? (Page 9-7)
1 minute
What is the most effective tear agent causing incapacitation 20 to 60 seconds after exposure? (Page 9-8)
O-Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile (CS)
What type of agents can cause mental symptoms and may also produce physical symptoms, such as a staggering gait, dizziness, and blurred vision? (Page 9-8)
Incapacitating
The effects of incapacitating agents can last from 8 hours to how many days? (Page 9-8)
4
What is a feeling of bodily discomfort and weakness? (Page 9-8)
Malaise
Who is responsible for planning the overall CBR defensive measures for a Seabee’s encampment? (Page 9-9)
Battalion commander
What is used to detect the presence of liquid V type nerve, G type nerve, and H type blister agents? (Page 9-10)
M8 Chemical Agent Detector Paper
hat color will the M9 Chemical Agent Detector Paper turn when exposed to liquid agents? (Page 9-10)
Red-purple
What is a portable, expendable item that is capable of detecting and identifying hazardous concentrations of chemical agents? (Page 9-10)
M256A1
What MOPP Level needs to be donned unless otherwise directed when alerted to a chemical attack? (Page 9-11)
MOPP level 4
If an adversary uses an air-bursting chemical munition the chemical droplet fall phase could last up to approximately how many minutes? (Page 9-11)
60
What MOPP level is used when the highest degree of protection is required? (Page 9-11)
MOPP level 4
Unmasking procedures if a Chemical Detector Kit is not available takes at least how many minutes? (Page 9-12)
35
What includes the immediate actions required to prevent further injury or complications from the effects of chemical agents? (Page 9- 13)
First aid
What injectors contain medications to treat the initial symptoms of nerve agent poisoning? (Page 9-14)
NAAK Mark I
A Seabee must not administer more than how many NAAK sets? (Page 9-14)
Three
About how many feet per second does a nuclear blast wave travel? (Page 9-20)
1,000
The JSLIST can be worn in an uncontaminated environment for 45 days with up to six launderings or for over how many days with no launderings? (Page 9-22)
120
How long can the JSLIST be worn in a contaminated environment? (Page 9-22)
24 hours
The MULO provides 60 days of durability and how many hours of protection against liquid chemical agents? (Page 9-23)
24
What is the standard field protective mask? (Page 9-23)
M40
The M295 kit can decontaminate chemical agents up to approximately how many square feet? (Page 9-26)
1,200
What is a portable, battery operated point sampling detector that continuously samples the air for gases and vapors? (Page 9-26)
M4 JCAD
What is an electronic dosimeter designed for use during nuclear events that provides real time measurement and indication of personnel dose and does not require a separate reader to evaluate the dose? (Page 9-28)
IM-270/PD
What are hand-held electronic monitoring devices containing an internal gamma detector, and an interface to a family of radiation measurement probes for alpha, beta, gamma, neutron, and x-ray? (Page 9-29)
AN/PDQ-1 RADIAC Set
The M100 SDS is intended for operator wipe down on vehicles utilized by the NCF and should be performed within how many minutes of exposure? (Page 9-29)
15
What is a flexible system of protection against chemical agents used to facilitate mission accomplishment in chemical warfare? (Page 9-30)
MOPP
The chemical contamination marker is a triangle that is what color on both sides? (Page 9-31)
Y ellow
The biological contamination marker is a triangle that is what color on both sides? (Page 9-31)
Blue
The radiological contamination marker is a triangle that is what color on both sides? (Page 9-31)
White
