Q. What type of attack does the M-8 alarm warn you of?
A. Chemical.

Q. Who makes the decision to unmask after a chemical attack?
A. The person in command.

Q. What are the proper masking procedures?
A. Stop breathing, mask, clear, check, sound alarm and continue the mission.

Q. When under NBC attack, when do you give the NBC warning?
A. After you mask.

Q. When must you change the filters in your protective mask?
A. When exposed to a blood agent and when the filters get wet.

Q. What is the difference between the M17 and the M17A1?
A. The M17A1 allows the soldiers to drink and give artificial respiration while fully masked.

Q. How do you clear your protective mask?
A. Place hands over outlet and exhale.

Q. The M17 and M17A1 do not offer protection against what?
A. Natural and industrial gases (i.e. ammonia or carbon monoxide, etc. ).

Q. What shape are all contamination markers?
A. Triangular.

Q. What is the color of the triangle for a biological agent contaminated area?
A. Blue background with the word BIO in red.

Q. Where would a biological attack be most effective?
A. Cities, large concentrations of troops, animal and vegetable crops.

Q. What is the best decontamination for biological agents?
A. Warm soapy water.

Q. Name the types of biological microorganisms.
A. Bacteria, fungi, rickettsiae and viruses.

Q. What are zoonoses?
A. Any animal disease that can be naturally transmitted to man.

Q. What is the description of a radiological contamination marker?
A. White background with the word "ATOM" written in black letters.

Q. What causes most of the casualties in a nuclear attack?
A. The initial blast and heat of the detonation.

Q. What is EMP?
A. Electromagnetic pulse.

Q. If you are out in the open and a nuclear explosion occurs what should you do?
A. Move to cover quickly providing it is only a few feet away, drop flat on the ground with head down and cover your face with your arms, close eyes, protect exposed skin from heat rays, remain in prone position until the blast wave passes and debris has stopped falling.

Q. Name the three primary instruments used at company level by monitoring/survey teams?
A. IM-93, AN PDR-27, and IM-174.

Q. What does an IM-93 measure?
A. Total dosage radiation received.

Q. What is the difference between dose rate and total dose?
A. Dose rate is the amount of radiation per hour and total dose is the actual accumulation.

Q. What is "Fall out"?
A. The falling out of radioactive particles from a nuclear burst.

Q. You use a PP-1578 to charge what?
A. An IM-93.

Q. What does an AN PDR-27 detect?
A. Radiation.

Q. What is an NBC-1 report used to determine?
A. Nuclear hazard.

Q. What are the three types of nuclear explosions?
A. Air burst, Surface burst, and sub-surface burst.

Q. What are the four (4) types of chemical agents?
A. Nerve, blister, blood, and choking.

Q. What are the standard decontaminants?
A. DS2 and STB (Super tropical bleach).

Q. What is the color of the sign for a chemical agent contaminated area?
A. Yellow triangle with red word gas.

Q. When are the most effective times to use chemical agents and why?
A. Evening and early morning, because lack of wind and sun allows agents to persist.

Q. How should area that is suspected of contamination be crossed?
A. Quickly, avoiding depressions and vegetation.

Q. Of nerve, blood and blister agents, which cause the most casualties?
A. Nerve.

Q. What is one of the peculiar symptoms of blood gas?
A. Pink skin.

Q. How is amyl nitrate used by a victim of blood gas?
A. The ampule is crushed and inserted in the protective mask so that the fumes can be inhaled.

Q. If you begin go have shortness of breathing, dimness of vision, an unexplained runny nose and a tightness of the chest, what type of agent have you come in contact with?
A. Nerve gas.

Q. How long should you apply firm pressure when using an autoinjector?
A. At least 10 seconds.

Q. What do you do with the autoinjector after injecting?
A. Pin it prominently on the jacket (left jacket flap) of the person receiving the injection to insure no mistakes.

Q. How long should you wait, if still experiencing symptoms of nerve agent, to administer a second nerve agent antidote, Mark 1 , when giving self-aid.
A. Wait 10 to 15 minutes, also wait 10-15 minutes between 2nd and 3rd injections.

Q. What is the maximum number of nerve agent kits, Mk 1, that may be given?
A. Three (3).

Q. How long should you wait if still experiencing the symptoms of a nerve agent, to administer a second Mk 1 antidote when giving buddy-aid?
A. Immediately give the second and third kits.

Q. What is atropine?
A. A counter agent for G & V agents or nerve gas.

Q. What is meant by the term incapacitating agents?
A. Agents that produce temporary physical or mental effects, or both, which prevent exposed personnel from performing their mission.