AWR-160-W WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders Pretest Questions and Answers 2023
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AWR-160-W WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders Pretest Questions and Answers 2023
The definition of terrorism according to Title 18 United States Code (USC) is:
Acts intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or ...
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AWR-160-W WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency
Responders Pretest Questions and Answers 2023
The definition of terrorism according to Title 18 United States Code (USC) is:
Acts intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a
government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by
mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping
Which of the following activities are indicators of potential terrorist activity?
All of the above
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) are potential terrorist targets.
CIKR might include:
All of the above
The Food and Agriculture sector has critical dependencies with which other
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) sectors?
All of the above
The RAIN concept is used by individuals to quickly gather and process
information and to synthesize the information in order to facilitate life safety
actions at an incident. The letter "I" in RAIN stands for:
Isolate
Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's overall
transportation policies?
Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's overall transportation
policies?
The Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard class 1 is colored:
Orange
Examples of clues that use the senses to indicate hazardous materials include:
Fire or vapor clouds,
A hissing sound,
Visible corrosion
Protective actions are "those steps taken to safeguard the health and safety of
emergency responders and the public during an incident involving releases of
dangerous goods" (DOT 2012, pg. 288). Protective actions are listed in the green-
and ____________ -bordered pages of the Emergency Response Guidebook
(ERG).
Orange
A container with round, hemispherical ends is considered dangerous because the
contents are:
Pressurized
Shipping papers are required for all hazardous material shipments.
True
An area surrounding the incident in which persons may be exposed to dangerous
and life-threatening concentrations of material is called the:
Initial isolation zone
, There are four types of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA). Of the four, which agent
primarily attacks the lung tissue?
Choking agent
All of the following are advantages of using chemical agents for terrorist
activities except:
Deployment is hazardous to terrorists
Which of the following locations that use chemicals are commonly found in many
communities?
All of the above
TRACEM-P outlines potential hazards and mechanisms of injury at a Hazardous
Materials (HazMat) incident. The letter "T" stands for:
Thermal
Indicators of a possible Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) attack include all of the
following except:
Numerous terrorists
In regard to control zones, the Incident Command Post (ICP) is located in the:
Cold zone
Vaccination is the most effective tool for:
Viruses
The disadvantages of using biological agents include all of the following except:
Day or night
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has three categories of
biological agents. Of these categories, which one is considered the highest
priority that could cause the highest risk to the public and national security?
Category A
Which of these is not a potential source in your community for biological agents?
Auto manufacturing plants
Abandoned spray devices and unscheduled and unusual spraying activities are
potential indicators of a possible biological incident.
True
What is the most likely radiological device that a terrorist might use in a Weapons
of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident?
Dirty bomb
The difference between a nuclear weapon detonation and a conventional
explosion is:
Fission
Heavy containers, delayed effects, and hazards to terrorists are disadvantages of
using radiological material for terrorist activity.
True
Potential sources of radioactive material can be located in:
All of the above
The concepts of time, distance, and shielding are important for protection from:
Radiation
Indicators of a possible radiological incident include:
Container may display a radiation symbol
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