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Application of US Army ESQD Principles
Questions and Correct Answers
The DA PAM 385-64 contains the minimum required ESQD
criteria for Ans: all branches of service
the Air Force
>the Army<
the Navy
The Cardinal Rule for explosives safety is designed to
protect Ans: ammunition and explosives
ammunition, explosives, and property
>people and property<
property and public roadways
Detonation is a characteristic of Ans: black powder
>high explosives<
low explosives
smoke grenades
HD 1.1 consists of explosives that present a Ans: 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 Ans: blast
hazard but not a fragmentation hazard
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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 Ans: >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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans:
barricaded administration building
exposed site
potential exposed site
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Application of US Army ESQD Principles
Questions and Correct Answers
The DA PAM 385-64 contains the minimum required ESQD
criteria for Ans: all branches of service
the Air Force
>the Army<
the Navy
The Cardinal Rule for explosives safety is designed to
protect Ans: ammunition and explosives
ammunition, explosives, and property
>people and property<
property and public roadways
Detonation is a characteristic of Ans: black powder
>high explosives<
low explosives
smoke grenades
HD 1.1 consists of explosives that present a Ans: 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 Ans: blast
hazard but not a fragmentation hazard
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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 Ans: >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 Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans:
barricaded administration building
exposed site
potential exposed site
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