Application of US Army ESQD Principles Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

he DA PAM 385-64 contains the minimum required ESQD criteria for - ANSWER-all branches of service the Air Force the Army the Navy The Cardinal Rule for explosives safety is designed to protect - ANSWER-ammunition and explosives ammunition, explosives, and property people and property property and public roadways Detonation is a characteristic of - ANSWER-black powder high explosives low explosives smoke grenades HD 1.1 consists of explosives that present a - ANSWER-fire hazard but not a mass explosion hazard fire hazard but not a fragmentation hazard mass explosion hazard projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard HD 1.2 consists of explosives that present a - ANSWER-blast hazard but not a fragmentation hazard fire hazard but not a mass explosion hazard mass explosion hazard non-mass explosion, fragment-producing hazard HD 1.3 consists of explosives that present a - ANSWER-mass fire, minor blast or fragment hazard moderate fire, no significant blast or fragment hazard mass explosion hazard projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard HD 1.4 consists of explosives that present a - ANSWER-mass fire, minor blast or fragment hazard moderate fire, no significant blast or fragment hazard mass explosion hazard projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard Magazine A contains 200,000 lbs HD 1.1 NEW. It is located adjacent to Magazine B, which contains 50,000 lbs HD 1.1 NEW. Magazine B is - ANSWER-a potential explosion site (PES) only an exposed site (ES) only both a potential explosion site (PES) and an exposed site (ES) Any location containing ammunition and explosives that could create a blast if an explosion occurs in a/an - ANSWER-barricaded administration building exposed site potential exposed site potential explosion site Blast fragments that are small in size and travel low to the ground at thousands of feet per second are - ANSWER-building fragments low-velocity fragments primary fragment secondary fragments Why is the orientation of an earth-covered magazine (ECM) important when making ESQD determinations? - ANSWER-There's greater potential for damage if the rear of the ECM is facing the exposed site. There's greater potential for damage if the side of the ECM is facing the exposed site. There's less potential for damage if the side or rear of the ECM is facing the exposed site. There's less potential for damage if the front of the ECM is facing the exposed site. Which earth-covered magazine (ECM) type offers the greatest level of protection and least-restrictive separation distance? - ANSWER-3-Bar 5-Bar 7-Bar Undefined What is the weakest part of an earth-covered magazine (ECM)? - ANSWER-Front Rear Side Top What is a K-Factor? - ANSWER-The effectiveness of a potential explosion site (PES) in suppressing blast overpressure A value that identifies safe distances between storage magazines A constant that represent the degree of protection that is provided The effects of primary blast fragmentation Which part of the K-Factor equation represents the risk assumed or permitted for an ES? - ANSWER-D K W 1/3 Intraline distance and Intermagazine distance are designed to prevent - ANSWER-damage to equipment loss of life loss of property propagation Inhabited building distance and public traffic route distance are designed to protect - ANSWER-ammunition equipment