Response Assessment Study Guide
Due to their impact on population but not infrastructure, bio weapons are... - correct answer
✔✔weapons of mass casualty
Example of a VNSA - correct answer ✔✔Aum Shinrikyo
Name some properties of chemical weapons - correct answer ✔✔Lethality
Toxicity
Weaponization
What is not a property of a chemical weapon? - correct answer ✔✔Pungency
Which chemical agent has the greatest persistency? - correct answer ✔✔Sulfur Mustard (over
Sarin, Phosgene, and HCN)
What is not an advantage of employing chemical weapons? - correct answer ✔✔They can be
defended against with protective equipment
Chemical agents of greatest concern by CWC are - correct answer ✔✔Schedule 1
Chemical weapon states of concern include all but - correct answer ✔✔Jordan (they include
Syria, NK, and Iran)
Bio Weapons can infect victims by inhalation, infecting open wounds, contamination, but not.. -
correct answer ✔✔emitting radiation at a distance
, Pound for pound, biological agents are more potent than chemical agents? - correct answer
✔✔True
Aum Shinrikyo chose to attach to Tokyo subway using - correct answer ✔✔Sarin
[Blank] has been called the "poor man's atomic bomb" - correct answer ✔✔Chemical Weapons
[Blank] is technology used for both commercial and CBRN development purposes - correct
answer ✔✔Dual-Use Technology
Artillery, bombs, and bullets are examples of [blank] weapons - correct answer
✔✔Conventional weapons
The CWC is maintained and enforced by... - correct answer ✔✔OPCW
What is a key factor in weaponizing a chemical agent? - correct answer ✔✔Heat lability
Despite ratifying the CWC, Russia continued to develop new chemical weapons called... - correct
answer ✔✔binary weapons
[Blank] munitions are generally safer to handle as the precursor chemicals are not mixed until
the weapon is in route to its target - correct answer ✔✔Binary
Advances in technology such as [blank] increase the likelihood that new bio weapons will be
developed. - correct answer ✔✔4-D printing
The [blank] consists of 57 specialized teams located throughout the nation to prevent and
respond to CBRN attacks - correct answer ✔✔Civil Support Team