Corpsman Manual Ch 23

Question 0

Lethal agents are those that result in what percent or greater death rate among casualties?

Answer 0

10

Question 1

The first large scale use of chemical agents came during what conflict?

Answer 1

World war 1

Question 2

What is the most widely used method of detecting liquid chemical warfare agents?

Answer 2

M9 paper

Question 3

What chemical agent detector kit is a portable kit that detects nerve gas, mustard gas, and cyanide?

Answer 3

M256A1

Question 4

Dependent upon threat, forces may adopt a Mission-Orientated Protective Posture (MOPP) and there are how many levels?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

A chemical agent on the skin can be removed effectively by using what skin decontamination kit?

Answer 5

M291

Question 6

What agents are of greatest concern as compared to all chemical agents?

Answer 6

Nerve

Question 7

Decontamination of chemical agents on the skin within 1 minute after contamination is perhaps how many times more effective than if decontamination is delayed 5 minutes?

Answer 7

10

Question 8

What removes the nerve agent from the enzyme acetycholinesterase within synaptic cleft (the space between the nerve cells) of the nervous System?

Answer 8

2- PAM CL

Question 9

What is a single auto injector that has two chambers that deliver 2.1 mg of atropine and 600 mg of 2-PAM CL in a single injection?

Answer 9

ATNAA

Question 10

What exert their primary action on the skin, producing large and painful blisters that are incapacitating

Answer 10

Vesicants

Question 11

What are the most vulnerable part of the body to mustard gas?

Answer 11

Eyes

Question 12

What agents basic physical actions disrupt oxygen utilization at the cellular level causing cellular suffocation?

Answer 12

Blood

Question 13

Cyanides usually dissipate in less than how many hours?

Answer 13

24

Question 14

What agents damage the membranes in the lungs that separate the alveolar tissue resulting in fluid from the blood, known as plasma, to leak into the alveoli and fill them with fluid?

Answer 14

Pulmonary

Question 15

What is a colorless gas with a distinctive odor similar to that of new mown hay or freshly cut grass?

Answer 15

Phosgene

Question 16

What are essentially local irritants that act primarily on the eyes?

Answer 16

Lacrimators

Question 17

The initial management of a casualty contaminated by chemical agents will require removal of MOPP and decontamination with what percent hypochlorite before treatment?

Answer 17

0.5%

Question 18

There are how many different types of biological agents used as weapons?

Answer 18

3

Question 19

What are single called organisms capable of causing a variety of diseases in animals, plants and humans?

Answer 19

Bacteria

Question 20

What are intracellular parasites that lack a system for their own metabolism, meaning, they require living cells in order to multiply

Answer 20

Viruses

Question 21

With recent advances in diagnostic testing, biological agents can be detected in the field. A first line presumptive test is the hand held assay panel that can make an indication of the presence of several biological agents within how many minutes?

Answer 21

15

Question 22

What is a disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis

Answer 22

Anthrax

Question 23

There are how many types of anthrax in humans?

Answer 23

Three

Question 24

The average is from 1 to 7 days, although incubation periods of up to how many days can be possible for anthrax?

Answer 24

60

Question 25

About what percent of untreated cases of cutaneous anthrax will result in death?

Answer 25

20%

Question 26

Intestinal anthrax results in death in 25% to what percent of cases?

Answer 26

60%

Question 27

What are primary treatment required for anthrax?

Answer 27

Antibiotics

Question 28

What is an infectious disease that affects animals and humans and is caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis?

Answer 28

Plague

Question 29

What is the most common form of plague?

Answer 29

Bubonic

Question 30

What toxin is the most toxic substance known and is 10-15,000 times more toxic than VX Nerve agent by weight?

Answer 30

Botulinum

Question 31

What is derived from the beans of the castor plant (ricinus communis) and can be made from the waste material left over from processing castor beans and is a potent toxin that has potential to be used as an agent of biological warfare and as a weapon of mass destruction?

Answer 31

Ricin

Question 32

What is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by variola virus that emerged in human populations thousands of years ago?

Answer 32

Smallpox

Question 33

What is the severe and most common form of smallpox?

Answer 33

Variola major

Question 34

Symptoms of smallpox infection usually appear within how many days after exposure to the virus?

Answer 34

10-12

Question 35

If an infected person gets the smallpox vaccine within how many days after being exposed to the virus, it may lessen the severity of illness or even prevent it?

Answer 35

4

Question 36

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) refer to a group of illnesses that are caused by how many distinct families?

Answer 36

4

Question 37

The only approved VHF vaccine is for what?

Answer 37

Yellow fever

Question 38

The first use of an atomic weapon during war took place during what?

Answer 38

World War 2

Question 39

What is any device that causes the purposeful dissemination of radioactive material across an area without a nuclear detonation?

Answer 39

RDD

Question 40

What may be defined as the spontaneous and instantaneous dissemination of the nucleus of an unstable atom with the accompanying emission of a particle, a gamma ray, or both

Answer 40

Radioactivity

Question 41

When radiation interacts with atoms, energy is deposited, which results in what?

Answer 41

Ionization

Question 42

What are heavy, very short range particles that are not able to penetrate clothing or human skin?

Answer 42

Alpha

Question 43

What is a light, short range particle and is actually an ejected electron?

Answer 43

Beta radiation

Question 44

Compared to gamma rays, neutrons can cause how many times greater damage to tissue?

Answer 44

20

Question 45

What is used to measure a quantity of absorbed dose of radiation?

Answer 45

Radiation absorbed dose (RAD)

Question 46

Two other units that may be used to express radiation units are roentgen equivalent man (rem) and what else?

Answer 46

Sievert (Sv)

Question 47

What is used to perform ground radiological surveys in vehicles or in dismounted mode by individual personnel as a handheld instrument?

Answer 47

AN/VDR 2

Question 48

What is a compact, handheld, or pocket carried, tactical device that cab measure prompt gamma/ neutron doses from a nuclear event?

Answer 48

AN/UDR 13

Question 49

What is a multi range Radiac device that detects beta and gamma radiation!

Answer 49

AN/PDQ-1

Question 50

What is an essential component in preventing/ reducing radiation exposure

Answer 50

Shielding

Question 51

What is the most effective shielding material in preventing / reducing radiation exposure?

Answer 51

Lead

Question 52

What is an acute illness caused by irradiation of the body by high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time, usually a matter of minutes?

Answer 52

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)

Question 53

What is a medical condition caused by a long term exposure to low dose radiation?

Answer 53

Chronic Radiation Syndrome (CRS)