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NAVEDTRA 14316 Assessment 1 – Q’s And A’s
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NAVEDTRA 14316 Assessment 1 – Q’s And A’sA prisoner's ability to adhere to the Code of Conduct, their faith, and their value system depends upon which of the following? Correct Ans - personal integrity, strength of character, and belief in themselves and their country
During the middle ages, what factors continued to typify wars? Correct Ans - barbarism, brutality, and mass
killings
Francisco de Vitoria in 1550 considered it illegal to take what action more than was warranted by the objective? Correct Ans - do more harm
Which of the following writers produced documents that would later develop into an
international code for treatment of
Prisoners of War? Correct Ans - 2. Montesquieu
3. Grotius
In the Thirty-Year's War, the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) specified that prisoners
would be released under what conditions? Correct Ans - without ransom
In the years before 1864, what total numbers of international agreements were written for the protection of human life during a state of war? Correct Ans - 291
What individual suggested that prisoners should only be prevented from further active fighting? Correct Ans - Montesquieu
During what century did humane treatment of prisoners of war become an established ideal? Correct Ans - eighteenth century
Rousseau made the distinction between individuals as soldiers and what category of persons? Correct Ans - prisoners In de Vattel's time, clergy and what other category of personnel were given special status provided they did not bear arms on the field of battle? Correct Ans - men of letters
In the American Revolution, prisoners from what country were treated fairly well? Correct Ans - Britain
During the American Revolution, at the hands of colonists, loyalists received what treatment as prisoners of war? Correct Ans - Conviction of treason and condemned to death
During the American Revolution, the colonists let what factor influence their treatment of a particular enemy group? Correct Ans - Colonist's attitude
Which of the following factors is cited as a deterrent to giving humane treatment to POW's? Correct Ans - Hatred of the enemy
de Vattel defined what category of persons as those who were able to fight for the aims of war? Correct Ans - Belligerents
In the early 19th century, Daniel Webster stated that prisoners of war should not be treated as Correct Ans - criminals
In April 1863, President Lincoln issued "Instructions for the Government of
Armies of the United States in the Field" prepared by which of the following
individuals? Correct Ans - Francis Lieber
In Lincoln's General Order 100, Article 53 states, "Chaplains, medical staff officers, hospital nurses, and what other category of persons are not prisoners of war". Correct Ans - servants
Article 74 of General Order 100 states that, "Prisoners of war are prisoners of what entity, not of the captor?" Correct Ans - The government
In the civil war, neither side, North or South, was equipped to maintain prisoners due to which of the following factors? Correct Ans - 1. Inadequate supplies
2. Improperly trained guards
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