Field Sanitation

Question 1

What are 4 types of waste?

Answer 1

1. Human
2. Liquid
3. Garbage
4. 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

How many gallons of water will a Lister bag hold?

Answer 5

36 Gallons

Question 6

How deep is a cat hole?

Answer 6

6 to 12 inches

Question 7

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

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

Answer 8

1. Fingers
2. Feces
3. Flies
4. Foods
5. Fluids

Question 9

What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare?

Answer 9

Immunization and personal hygiene

Question 10

What is Field Sanitation?

Answer 10

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 11

What is a vector?

Answer 11

Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing virus

Question 12

What is palatable water?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What are the 5 communicable disease grouped by the Army?

Answer 13

1. Respiratory
2. Intestinal
3. Insect borne
4. Venereal
5. Misc

Question 14

What are some diseases carried by the fly?

Answer 14

Typhoid
Cholera
Dysentery

Question 15

What 3 rules apply to water discipline in the field?

Answer 15

1. Drink only from approved sources
2. Conserve water
3. Do not contaminate your sources

Question 16

What are the three most common poison plants?

Answer 16

1. Poison Ivy
2. Poison Oak
3. Poison Sumac

Question 17

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

Answer 17

At least 100 meters downhill or downstream

Question 18

What are some of the diseases carried by the mosquito?

Answer 18

Malaria
Dengue
Yellow Fever
Encephalitis
Filariasis

Question 19

What are some methods for human waste disposal?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

8 percent

Question 22

Water that is not properly treated can spread what diseases?

Answer 22

Common diarrhea,
    Leptospirosis
    Cholera
    Dysentery
    Bacillary
    Typhoid
    Paratyphoid fever

Question 23

What are two ways to purify water?

Answer 23

1. Iodine tablets

2. Boiling

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Medical personnel

Question 25

What are the measurements of a straddle trench?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What Field Manual covers Unit Field Sanitation Team?

Answer 26

FM 4-25.12

Question 27

What Field Manual covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation?

Answer 27

FM 21-10