CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024
Aircraft countermeasures EPO 1: Identify the special aviation jurisdiction
of the US & related authorities: Federal Good Samaritan Act (in scope of
employment if taken action)
ATSA (Aviation & Transportation Security Act): Protects against liability -
crime of violence
-aircraft piracy
WMD EPO 1: Identify the threat of WMDs: HSPD-4: Counter Proliferation
Nonproliferation
Consequence Management
WMD EPO 1: Identify the threat of WMDs: HSPD-5: Crisis Management (FBI)
Consequence Management (FEMA)
WMD EPO 1: Identify the threat of WMDs: President Bush: Determine Deny
Detect
,Deter
*Prevent*
Develop
WMD EPO 2: Identify physical characteristics & psychological effects of
WMDs: 4 different agents: Choking
Blister
Blood
Nerve
WMD EPO 2: Blister agents: Vesicants
Arsenicals
Urticants
WMD EPO 2: Military Choking agents: Chlorine Phosgene
most common- inhalation (SCBA masks)
WMD EPO 2: Blood agents: Hydrogen Cyanide
Cyanogen Chloride
-prevents cells from getting oxygen
WMD EPO 2: Nerve agents: G agents- fruity
Gb agents- odorless
,-disrupts messaging to organs
WMD EPO 2: 3 Types of Biological agents: Bacteria- Plague, Anthrax
Viruses- Small pox, viral agents
Toxins- Ricin, Botox & nuerotoxins, cytotoxins
WMD EPO 2: Vectors: Rats
Mosquitoes
Ticks
Fleas
WMD EPO 2: Radiological & Nuclear WMDs: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-Ray,
Neutron
RED, RDD, IND, Military stockpile
WMD EPO 3: Identify LE response to WMD incident: RAIN
Recognize
Avoid
Isolate
Notify
WMD EPO 3: Identify LE response to WMD incident: Zones: Hot
, Warm- Decon (removal of hazardous substance, limits casualties, prevents
adverse health effects)
Cold
-upwind
WMDs EPO 4: Identify how a LEO survives an encounter with WMDs: ERG
Handbook & 1st Aid/Personal Protective Equipment
WMDs EPO 4: Identify how a LEO survives an encounter with WMDs:
Radiological Materials: Category 1: likely fatal; period of few minutes to an
hour
Category 2: likely fatal; unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to
days
Category 3; likely fatal; unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to
weeks 103. WMDs EPO 4: Identify how a LEO survives an encounter with
WMDs: Radiation Safety Principles: Time
Distance
Shielding
WMDs EPO 4: Identify how a LEO survives an encounter with WMDs: