AWR-160-W WMD/Terrorism Awareness
for Emergency Responders - FINAL
EXAM fully solved
Individuals trained to the awareness level are personnel who are likely to witness an incident and have
been trained to initiate emergency response by: - correct answer ✔✔Notifying the proper authorities
There are many challenges to identifying potential terrorist activities. Which of the following is critical to
meeting that challenge? - correct answer ✔✔Gathering target intelligence
Which of the following activities are indicators of potential terrorist activity? - correct answer
✔✔Gathering target intelligence
Acquiring materials necessary for an attack
Preparing weapons
All of the above [**This is the Correct Answer]
Which of the following might be considered a suspicious object? - correct answer ✔✔Unattended bags
Unsolicited objects received through the mail
Vehicles with an unidentified owner
All of the above [**This is the Correct Answer]
The Food and Agriculture sector has critical dependencies with which other Critical Infrastructure and
Key Resources (CIKR) sectors? - correct answer ✔✔Transportation Systems
Energy
Water
All of the above [**This is the Correct Answer]
, You are a first responder dispatched to a hazardous materials incident. You find evidence that it may be
the result of criminal or terrorist activity. Who would you first notify? - correct answer ✔✔Incident
Commander
What is the primary consideration when encountering a hazardous material or Weapon of Mass
Destruction (WMD) release? - correct answer ✔✔Recognize the hazard/threat
The acronym RAIN represents several action steps to help responders at a Hazardous Material/Weapons
of Mass Destruction (HazMat/WMD) incident. What are these action steps? - correct answer
✔✔Recognize, Avoid, Isolate, and Notify
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 "A" in RAIN stands for: -
correct answer ✔✔Avoid
Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's overall transportation policies? -
correct answer ✔✔Department of Transportation (DOT)
A label or placard with a three-bladed fan usually refers to which class? - correct answer ✔✔Radioactive
A label or a placard colored black and white with a skull and crossbones falls under which class? - correct
answer ✔✔Class 6 - Toxic
In detecting clues to the presence of hazardous materials at the scene of an incident, using the sense of
touch, taste, or __________ is not recommended. - correct answer ✔✔Smell
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). - correct answer ✔✔Orange
In the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), there are two ways to identify material: United Nations ID
number (yellow section) or the printed name of the material (blue section). - correct answer ✔✔True
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