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Emergency Response to Chemical/Biological Terrorist Incidents Quiz


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1. When dealing with any potential terrorist attack, past experience has taught that the first necessary task is to secure the area and ascertain the nature and severity of the threat.

    True
    False
2.After scene safety and security, the second most pressing problem involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and a terrorist release of a chemical or biological agent, is that of __________ .
    decontamination
    identification
    neutralization
3. Prior to entry by rescuers, into any potentially contaminated area, a __________ should be set-up and staffed with appropriate personnel and equipment.
    transportation area
    decontamination area
    public information
4. The Tokyo Sarin Gas release ; On___________ (date), five makeshift chemical devices were placed on "three subway lines scheduled to converge from the north and west on Kasumigaseki [government area] between 8:09 and 8:13 am...But only two bombs released sarin at the government station; three others were discovered either before or after their trains had reached the target area." [Hint; Answer contained in "Case Study: Sarin Poisoning of Subway Passengers"]
    March 20, 1995
    April 19, 1995
    Feb. 26, 1993
5. The most likely route of introduction of chemical/biological warfare agents into an unprotected population and that with the greatest and most rapid effect is through inhalation of the toxic substance(s).
    True
    False
6. __________ is the document that President Clinton signed, which addresses how all agencies within the United States should deal with the prospect of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). [Hint; answer can be found in "Consequence Management: Domestic Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction"]
    U.N. Treaty on Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Presidential Decision Directive 39
    The Geneva Chemical Weapons Convention
7. Extremely ill or injured people, who are in danger of dying, may be transported to the hospital immediately with stopping to decontaminate them.
    True
    False
8. Emergency planners should be aware that the release of any CW/BW agent is likely to induce a _______________ reaction on the part of a largely unprotected civilian population, and that problems with crowd control, rioting, and other opportunistic crime could be anticipated.
    atmospheric
    environmental
    psychological
9. One of the present problems concerning the response to chemical/biological agents is the fact that too great a quantity of intelligence information is being shared between differing local, state, and federal agencies.
    True
    False
10. Infectious disease scientists point out that a spread of deadly pathogens could take place without any immediate recognition on the part of the emergency or medical community, until after the ___________ is over, hundreds or even thousands of people had been infected, and symptoms of the disease begin to be seen.
    incubation period
    mutation process
    counter-measure phase


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Q1=*True
Q2=*identification
Q3=*decontamination area
Q4=*March 20, 1995
Q5=*True
Q6=*Presidential Decision Directive 39
Q7=*False
Q8=*psychological
Q9=*False 
Q10=*incubation period  

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