EM CDC MODULE 1-3 PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which award recognizes the "best" Civil Engineer Emergency Management Flight at the MAJCOM & HAF
level? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Colonel Frederick Reimer Award
What type of Biological Detection Concept of Employment (BDCOE) approach involves administering
post exposure medical countermeasures or treatment after there is evidence of likely detection of, or
exposure to, a CBRN agent? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Detect to treat
Which Homeland Security Presidential Directive 10 (HSPD-10) "bio-defense" category includes
continuation and expansion of joint initiatives to limit access? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Prevention and
Protection
When a major disaster occurs, which level of government responds first? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Local
What factor drives the requirement for wartime shelters? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Threat
Which agency issues coastal tropical cyclone watches and warnings for the U.S. and Caribbean
territories and provides watch and warning recommendations to other World Meteorological
Organization Region IV meteorological services? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National Hurricane Center
(NHC)
What type of location provides the "best" protection from nuclear blast fallout within the fallout zone? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basements or below ground shelters
Which source allows CBRN specialists within the DOD to collaborate and communicate using familiar
verbiage and procedures and aid in joint planning and response? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Multi-Service
references
Which organization coordinates Air Force plans, policy, guidance, emergency preparedness liaison
officer (EPLO) training, and support pertaining to consequence management? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Air Force Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness (AFNSEP) Directorate
,What is the primary reason for occurrence of critical water or sewer system failures? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Natural hazards
What is the boundary called that separates hot, dry air to the West from warm, moist air to the East? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dry line
During detector employment tactics and placement, what type of tactic is resource intensive and
requires large numbers of detectors and sensors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dense Picket
DAFI 10-401, Air Force Operations Planning and Execution prescribes and explains how the AF
participates in _____________, including force presentation and Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
and Execution Segment (DCAPES), for the planning, deployment, employment, sustainment,
redeployment, and reconstitution of forces. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the Joint Planning and Execution
Community (JPEC)
To maximize military projection of airpower both during and after a CBRN attack, Air Force weapon
systems balance force survivability with mission_________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅continuation
Which Alarm condition states that an attack is probable in less than 30 minutes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Yellow
Which hazard results in more casualties than from many other hazards combined? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Structural fires
Which is NOT a tier located within the Planning process of the Risk Management process? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Deliberate
What kind of radiation exposure is experienced when a person is exposed to a high level of radiation in a
short amount of time (minutes to hours)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acute
Which is NOT a radioactivity air sampling priority? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Downwind of all
contamination to establish background readings
, What is the function of the Wing Inspection Team? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To develop, conduct, and
evaluate exercises to determine installation response and support capabilities and identify corrective
actions
Which is NOT an assessment required to be completed as part of the Risk Management process? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Efficiency assessment
The heat and light produced from a nuclear explosion is referred to as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅thermal
radiation
How many steps are located in the Wing Inspection Team (WIT) exercise planning process? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅4
Identify the Biological Detection Concept of Employment (BDCOE) level that provides multiple
independent, established protocols and technologies by scientific experts in the controlled environment
of a fixed or mobile/transportable laboratory to characterize a CBRN hazard with a high level of
confidence and the degree of certainty necessary to support operational-level decisions. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Definitive
During what time-frame does hurricane season occur in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico
regions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 June to 30 November
Who ensures core capabilities are exercised annually to assess the installation Disaster Response Force's
ability to respond to all hazards outlined in the Installation Emergency Management Plan 10-2? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Installation Commander
Which AFTTP provides a foundation for planning and conducting CBRN defense operations, discusses the
principles of emergency management, and provides guidance for localized planning, preparedness,
execution, and continuous assessment for all phases of EM? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AFTTP 3-2.83,
Emergency Management
What are the two types of monitoring utilized during detector employment tactics? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Periodic and continuous
AND ANSWERS
Which award recognizes the "best" Civil Engineer Emergency Management Flight at the MAJCOM & HAF
level? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Colonel Frederick Reimer Award
What type of Biological Detection Concept of Employment (BDCOE) approach involves administering
post exposure medical countermeasures or treatment after there is evidence of likely detection of, or
exposure to, a CBRN agent? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Detect to treat
Which Homeland Security Presidential Directive 10 (HSPD-10) "bio-defense" category includes
continuation and expansion of joint initiatives to limit access? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Prevention and
Protection
When a major disaster occurs, which level of government responds first? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Local
What factor drives the requirement for wartime shelters? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Threat
Which agency issues coastal tropical cyclone watches and warnings for the U.S. and Caribbean
territories and provides watch and warning recommendations to other World Meteorological
Organization Region IV meteorological services? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅National Hurricane Center
(NHC)
What type of location provides the "best" protection from nuclear blast fallout within the fallout zone? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basements or below ground shelters
Which source allows CBRN specialists within the DOD to collaborate and communicate using familiar
verbiage and procedures and aid in joint planning and response? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Multi-Service
references
Which organization coordinates Air Force plans, policy, guidance, emergency preparedness liaison
officer (EPLO) training, and support pertaining to consequence management? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Air Force Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness (AFNSEP) Directorate
,What is the primary reason for occurrence of critical water or sewer system failures? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Natural hazards
What is the boundary called that separates hot, dry air to the West from warm, moist air to the East? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dry line
During detector employment tactics and placement, what type of tactic is resource intensive and
requires large numbers of detectors and sensors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dense Picket
DAFI 10-401, Air Force Operations Planning and Execution prescribes and explains how the AF
participates in _____________, including force presentation and Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
and Execution Segment (DCAPES), for the planning, deployment, employment, sustainment,
redeployment, and reconstitution of forces. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the Joint Planning and Execution
Community (JPEC)
To maximize military projection of airpower both during and after a CBRN attack, Air Force weapon
systems balance force survivability with mission_________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅continuation
Which Alarm condition states that an attack is probable in less than 30 minutes? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Yellow
Which hazard results in more casualties than from many other hazards combined? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Structural fires
Which is NOT a tier located within the Planning process of the Risk Management process? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Deliberate
What kind of radiation exposure is experienced when a person is exposed to a high level of radiation in a
short amount of time (minutes to hours)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acute
Which is NOT a radioactivity air sampling priority? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Downwind of all
contamination to establish background readings
, What is the function of the Wing Inspection Team? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To develop, conduct, and
evaluate exercises to determine installation response and support capabilities and identify corrective
actions
Which is NOT an assessment required to be completed as part of the Risk Management process? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Efficiency assessment
The heat and light produced from a nuclear explosion is referred to as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅thermal
radiation
How many steps are located in the Wing Inspection Team (WIT) exercise planning process? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅4
Identify the Biological Detection Concept of Employment (BDCOE) level that provides multiple
independent, established protocols and technologies by scientific experts in the controlled environment
of a fixed or mobile/transportable laboratory to characterize a CBRN hazard with a high level of
confidence and the degree of certainty necessary to support operational-level decisions. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Definitive
During what time-frame does hurricane season occur in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico
regions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 June to 30 November
Who ensures core capabilities are exercised annually to assess the installation Disaster Response Force's
ability to respond to all hazards outlined in the Installation Emergency Management Plan 10-2? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Installation Commander
Which AFTTP provides a foundation for planning and conducting CBRN defense operations, discusses the
principles of emergency management, and provides guidance for localized planning, preparedness,
execution, and continuous assessment for all phases of EM? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AFTTP 3-2.83,
Emergency Management
What are the two types of monitoring utilized during detector employment tactics? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Periodic and continuous
