AWR-160-W: WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders – CBRNE Preparedness
and Response Study Guide
The definition of terrorism according to Title 18 United States Code (USC) is: - correct answer
✔✔Acts intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a
government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by mass
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping
Which of the following activities are indicators of potential terrorist activity? - correct answer
✔✔All of the above
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) are potential terrorist targets. CIKR might
include: - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
The Food and Agriculture sector has critical dependencies with which other Critical
Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) sectors? - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
The RAIN concept is used by individuals to quickly gather and process information and to
synthesize the information in order to facilitate life safety actions at an incident. The letter "I" in
RAIN stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Isolate
Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's overall transportation
policies? - correct answer ✔✔Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's
overall transportation policies?
The Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard class 1 is colored: - correct answer ✔✔Orange
Examples of clues that use the senses to indicate hazardous materials include: - correct answer
✔✔Fire or vapor clouds,
A hissing sound,
, Visible corrosion
Protective actions are "those steps taken to safeguard the health and safety of emergency
responders and the public during an incident involving releases of dangerous goods" (DOT 2012,
pg. 288). Protective actions are listed in the green- and ____________ -bordered pages of the
Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). - correct answer ✔✔Orange
A container with round, hemispherical ends is considered dangerous because the contents are: -
correct answer ✔✔Pressurized
Shipping papers are required for all hazardous material shipments. - correct answer ✔✔True
An area surrounding the incident in which persons may be exposed to dangerous and life-
threatening concentrations of material is called the: - correct answer ✔✔Initial isolation zone
There are four types of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA). Of the four, which agent primarily
attacks the lung tissue? - correct answer ✔✔Choking agent
All of the following are advantages of using chemical agents for terrorist activities except: -
correct answer ✔✔Deployment is hazardous to terrorists
Which of the following locations that use chemicals are commonly found in many communities?
- correct answer ✔✔All of the above
TRACEM-P outlines potential hazards and mechanisms of injury at a Hazardous Materials
(HazMat) incident. The letter "T" stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Thermal
Indicators of a possible Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) attack include all of the following except:
- correct answer ✔✔Numerous terrorists
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The definition of terrorism according to Title 18 United States Code (USC) is: - correct answer
✔✔Acts intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a
government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by mass
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping
Which of the following activities are indicators of potential terrorist activity? - correct answer
✔✔All of the above
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) are potential terrorist targets. CIKR might
include: - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
The Food and Agriculture sector has critical dependencies with which other Critical
Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) sectors? - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
The RAIN concept is used by individuals to quickly gather and process information and to
synthesize the information in order to facilitate life safety actions at an incident. The letter "I" in
RAIN stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Isolate
Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's overall transportation
policies? - correct answer ✔✔Which one of these government agencies establishes the nation's
overall transportation policies?
The Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard class 1 is colored: - correct answer ✔✔Orange
Examples of clues that use the senses to indicate hazardous materials include: - correct answer
✔✔Fire or vapor clouds,
A hissing sound,
, Visible corrosion
Protective actions are "those steps taken to safeguard the health and safety of emergency
responders and the public during an incident involving releases of dangerous goods" (DOT 2012,
pg. 288). Protective actions are listed in the green- and ____________ -bordered pages of the
Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). - correct answer ✔✔Orange
A container with round, hemispherical ends is considered dangerous because the contents are: -
correct answer ✔✔Pressurized
Shipping papers are required for all hazardous material shipments. - correct answer ✔✔True
An area surrounding the incident in which persons may be exposed to dangerous and life-
threatening concentrations of material is called the: - correct answer ✔✔Initial isolation zone
There are four types of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA). Of the four, which agent primarily
attacks the lung tissue? - correct answer ✔✔Choking agent
All of the following are advantages of using chemical agents for terrorist activities except: -
correct answer ✔✔Deployment is hazardous to terrorists
Which of the following locations that use chemicals are commonly found in many communities?
- correct answer ✔✔All of the above
TRACEM-P outlines potential hazards and mechanisms of injury at a Hazardous Materials
(HazMat) incident. The letter "T" stands for: - correct answer ✔✔Thermal
Indicators of a possible Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) attack include all of the following except:
- correct answer ✔✔Numerous terrorists
