Unit 1: Deployed Disaster Relief

Question 1

During World War II, why did two Allied units withdraw from positions previously occupied by Germans in the North African Desert?

Answer 1

Flies spread disease from the exposed feces

Question 2

Operations other than war (OOTW) are defined as

Answer 2

military actions conducted which are not associated with large-scale combat operations

Question 3

Recent operations other than war (OOTW) have been seen in Bosnia,

Answer 3

Rwanda, Iraq, and Haiti

Question 4

The allowance standard (AS) that lists equipment to support the FFPM4 (PAM) team mission is

Answer 4

AS 916E

Question 5

Medical intelligence (MI) is information about diseases,

Answer 5

climatic conditions, and other health-related environmental factors

Question 6

How is most medical intelligence (MI) obtained?

Answer 6

directly from people

Question 7

When must medical intelligence (MI) be used as a preventive measure to be effective?

Answer 7

prior to a unit’s deployment

Question 8

Who appoints the base medical intelligence officer?

Answer 8

medical treatment facility (MTF) commander

Question 9

In the absence of the public health officer, who is normally appointed as the medical intelligence officer?

Answer 9

4E0X1 NCO with appropriate experience

Question 10

The twofold purpose of the medical mission is to return sick or injured combatants back to duty as quickly as possible and to

Answer 10

ensure the more seriously injured gets evacuated to safer areas for convalescence and treatment

Question 11

The first country to use a nuclear weapon in warfare was

Answer 11

the United States of America

Question 12

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which nuclear accident resulted in more radioactive material being released into the atmosphere than from all nuclear tests conducted throughout history?

Answer 12

Chernobyl, Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans (USSR)

Question 13

What nerve agent was unleashed on a subway station in Tokyo by a Japanese cult?

Answer 13

Sarin

Question 14

A person in the vicinity of a nuclear blast will be displaced if the wind velocity exceeds
how many miles per hour (mph)?

Answer 14

100

Question 15

What is the most likely reason that many military members suffer or die as a result of a
biological attack?

Answer 15

Too much time between agent identification and cure/treatment recommendations

Question 16

What primarily determines the effectiveness of a biological agent?

Answer 16

ability of the organism to overcome resistance of the target host

Question 17

Which statement is not a characteristic of a biological agent?
a. Identification of the organism is often difficult.
b. Agent’s presence cannot be detected by our senses.
c. All agents are rapid in action from time of exposure to symptoms.
d. Some agents have a delayed action because of the incubation period.

Answer 17

c. All agents are rapid in action from time of exposure to symptoms

Question 18

Which is not one of the three primary substances comprising chemical warfare agents?
a. Gaseous.
b. Plasma.
c. Liquid.
d. Solid.

Answer 18

b. Plasma

Question 19

Antidote kits, such as antidote treatment, nerve agent autoinjector (ATNAA) and convulsant antidote for nerve agent (CANA), treat symptoms of which type of chemical warfare agent exposure?

Answer 19

Nerve agents

Question 20

Trinitrotoluene (TNT), C–4, and nitroglycerin are all examples of what category of
explosives?

Answer 20

high explosive (HE)

Question 21

What does a low-order explosive lack compared to high explosives?

Answer 21

over-pressurization shock wave