NAVEDTRA 14325, Ch. 13-14, BMR Flashcards
What defensive measures are taken against chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons attack effects?
CBR-D
Which type of agents include microorganisms, fungi, toxins, and microtoxins that cause diseases that kill
or produce other types of casualties?
Biological warfare (BW)
Which type of agents cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation, or irritation effects?
CW
What are the two broad types of antipersonnel agents?
Casualty and Incapacitating
Which type of antidote must be immediately administered to counteract the rapid action of nerve agents?
2-PAM C1
Which type of agents effect the eyes, mucous membranes, lungs, and skin?
Blister
Which type of agents inhibit enzyme actions responsible for transferring oxygen from the blood to the cells of the body?
Blood
Which type of warfare uses living organisms, toxins, and microtoxins to disable or to destroy people and
domestic animals, damage crops, or deteriorate supplies?
Biological warfare (BW)
What is the casualty rate of pulmonary anthrax?
90%
What can the mortality rate be reduced to if plague pneumonia victims are treated early?
5%
What is a feeling of bodily discomfort and weakness?
Malaise
What is caused by the reaction of body tissues combating and sealing off an infection?
Inflammation
How many feet above the surface does a nuclear blast have to detonate to be considered a high altitude blast?
100,000
What is an intense electrical surge that affects electronic or electrical equipment in a burnout that’s equivalent (equal) to that caused by a lightning strike?
EMP
What are the two types of nuclear radiation?
Initial and residual
How many categories are Nuclear weapons effects divided into?
3
Second-degree burns may be received at over what distance from nuclear weapons?
25
How many minutes can it take to recover from flash blindness at night?
45
Alpha and beta particles, gamma rays, along with what else are the different types of nuclear radiation
hazards?
Neutrons
What has the greatest penetrating power of all the nuclear radiation hazards?
Neutrons
What is the pressure pulse created in water by an explosion on or below the surface called?
Underwater shock
What occurs in electronics systems as a result of exposure to gamma or neutron radiation?
TREE
What is the prolonged disturbance of an underwater nuclear detonation caused by ocean basin shock
reverberations that interfere with passive sonar systems?
Blueout
What is the interference of radio transmissions through ion fields formed in a detonation caused by an
atmospheric nuclear explosion?
Blackout
What determines the effectiveness of decontamination measures?
Detailed survey
What are dose rates expressed in?
Roentgens