Field Sanitation

Question 1

What are the 4 types of waste?

Answer 1

Human
Liquid
Garbage
Rubbish

Question 2

What is the water requirement per person, per day in a temperate zone?

Answer 2

5 gallons

Question 3

A latrine can be no closer than what distance to a water source?

Answer 3

100 ft

Question 4

What is Potable water?

Answer 4

Water that is safe to drink

Question 5

What are the measurements of a straddle trench?

Answer 5

1 ft wide, 4 ft long and 2 1/2 ft deep

Question 6

How many gallons of water will a Lister bag hold?

Answer 6

36 gallons

Question 7

How deep is a cat hole?

Answer 7

6 to 12 inches

Question 8

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 8

A disease that ca be transmitted person to person, animal to person and insect to person

Question 9

What are the 5 “F”s of Field Sanitation?

Answer 9

Fingers
    Feces
    Flies
    Foods
    Fluids

Question 10

What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare?

Answer 10

Immunization and personal hygiene

Question 11

What Field Manual covers Unit Field Sanitation Team?

Answer 11

FM 4-25.12

Question 12

What Field Manual covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation?

Answer 12

FM 21-10

Question 13

What is Field Sanitation?

Answer 13

The use of measures to create and maintain healthful environmental conditions, these include safeguarding food, safeguarding water, and controlling disease bearing insects and rodents.

Question 14

What is a vector?

Answer 14

Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing virus

Question 15

What is palatable water?

Answer 15

Water that is pleasing to the taste, but which may be unsafe

Question 16

What are the 5 communicable disease grouped by the Army?

Answer 16

Respiratory
    Intestinal
    Insect borne
    Venereal
    Miscellaneous

Question 17

What are some diseases carried by the fly?

Answer 17

Typhoid
Cholera
Dysentery

Question 18

What 3 rules apply to water discipline in the field?

Answer 18

Drink only from approved sources
Conserve water
Do not contaminate your sources

Question 19

What are the three most common poison plants?

Answer 19

Poison ivy
Poison oak
Poison sumac

Question 20

Where should the latrine be located in relation to the mess hall?

Answer 20

At least 100 meters downhill or downstream

Question 21

What are some of the diseases carried by the mosquito?

Answer 21

Malaria
    Dengue
    Yellow Fever
    Encephalitis
    Filariasis

Question 22

What are some methods for human waste disposal?

Answer 22

Straddle trench
    Mound latrine
    Burn out latrine
    Deep pit
    Bore hole latrines
    Pail latrines
    Urine soak pits

Question 23

How far should garbage pits be located away from the mess area?

Answer 23

30 yards and no closer than 100 ft from any water sources.

Question 24

Enough straddle trenches should be dug to accommodate what percentage of the unit at one time?

Answer 24

8 percent

Question 25

Water that is not properly treated can spread what diseases?

Answer 25

Common diarrhea,
    Leptospirosis
    Cholera
    Dysentery
    Bacillary
    Typhoid
    Paratyphoid fever

Question 26

What are two ways to purify water?

Answer 26

Iodine tablets

Boiling

Question 27

Who gives the final approval on whether water is safe to drink?

Answer 27

Medical personnel