WMD Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two fissile materials used to make nuclear weapons? - CORRECT
ANSWER Uranium-235 and Plutonim 239
Idnetify 3 delivery vehciles used ot carry nuclear weapons - CORRECT
ANSWER ICBM, long-range strategic bombers, nuclear-arme dsubmarines
What is dual use dilemma/ Which type(s) of WMD does it apply to? - CORRECT
ANSWER materials used for WMD have two purposes
Nuclear-can be used ot generate electiry and enrichment plants for bombs
chemical-civilian uses-pesiticides and chlorine
bio-scientists study diseases and virusses to improve health
What are two key limitaitons to the ffectinvess of chemical weapons? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1) Friendly fire-susceptible to weather conditions
2) Protections exist
The term "weapons of mass desturctoin" was first used in the context of what conflict? -
CORRECT ANSWER Used by archibishop of canterbury willian lang in london times
in 1937 to descirbe convenitonal and icnendiary attacks ont he city of Guernica during the
SPanish civil war
In "All Weapons of Mass Destruction are not equal," Macfarlane argues against grouping
together nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Briefly summarize her logic. -
CORRECT ANSWER US WMD politics and biodefense programs inflate capabilities
of BCW
Only defenses against NW are preventive: securing nw, materials, and personally around the
world that could be used in a nuclear program and improving border security to detect entry
of a NW into US
, Spending on defense against NW use in US is less than $2 billion, much less than spent on
biodefense programs
Domestic defense against a bw attack should not be receiving more than 3x the funding as
NEW defense strategies
Nuclear weapons much more destructive
Which country used bioligical wepaons on a large scale iN WW2 and what naiton was the
primary target of these attacks? - CORRECT ANSWER Japan dropped large amounts
of insects infected wiht the bubonic plague on China
What are two of the criteria that US used in choosing targets in Japan for atomic bombing? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1) city must have military importance
2) city must be large enoug a(and unscathed) to show impact
What did the Frank Report prose as an altenrative to droopping the atomic bombs on Japan? -
CORRECT ANSWER Authors of frnack rpeort were worried baout mroal costs a day
after effecct of drippooing the atomic bomb and proposed conducting a demonstration via
UN.
Idneity two reaonss whyt he Soviet declaraiton of war on Japan amay have helped convinve
Japanes eot surrender in WWI. - CORRECT ANSWER Soviets invasion of Mancuria
had two impacts:
1) elimited SU as a potential mediator between Japan and the West
2) elimitated propsetcts of japan trying to fight a last-ditch effort ot secure better surrender
terms
In the Absolute Weapons, Brodie concludes that "Supeirority in numebrs of bombs is not in
itself a guarantee of strategic supriority in atomic bomb warfare" Why not? - CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two fissile materials used to make nuclear weapons? - CORRECT
ANSWER Uranium-235 and Plutonim 239
Idnetify 3 delivery vehciles used ot carry nuclear weapons - CORRECT
ANSWER ICBM, long-range strategic bombers, nuclear-arme dsubmarines
What is dual use dilemma/ Which type(s) of WMD does it apply to? - CORRECT
ANSWER materials used for WMD have two purposes
Nuclear-can be used ot generate electiry and enrichment plants for bombs
chemical-civilian uses-pesiticides and chlorine
bio-scientists study diseases and virusses to improve health
What are two key limitaitons to the ffectinvess of chemical weapons? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1) Friendly fire-susceptible to weather conditions
2) Protections exist
The term "weapons of mass desturctoin" was first used in the context of what conflict? -
CORRECT ANSWER Used by archibishop of canterbury willian lang in london times
in 1937 to descirbe convenitonal and icnendiary attacks ont he city of Guernica during the
SPanish civil war
In "All Weapons of Mass Destruction are not equal," Macfarlane argues against grouping
together nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Briefly summarize her logic. -
CORRECT ANSWER US WMD politics and biodefense programs inflate capabilities
of BCW
Only defenses against NW are preventive: securing nw, materials, and personally around the
world that could be used in a nuclear program and improving border security to detect entry
of a NW into US
, Spending on defense against NW use in US is less than $2 billion, much less than spent on
biodefense programs
Domestic defense against a bw attack should not be receiving more than 3x the funding as
NEW defense strategies
Nuclear weapons much more destructive
Which country used bioligical wepaons on a large scale iN WW2 and what naiton was the
primary target of these attacks? - CORRECT ANSWER Japan dropped large amounts
of insects infected wiht the bubonic plague on China
What are two of the criteria that US used in choosing targets in Japan for atomic bombing? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1) city must have military importance
2) city must be large enoug a(and unscathed) to show impact
What did the Frank Report prose as an altenrative to droopping the atomic bombs on Japan? -
CORRECT ANSWER Authors of frnack rpeort were worried baout mroal costs a day
after effecct of drippooing the atomic bomb and proposed conducting a demonstration via
UN.
Idneity two reaonss whyt he Soviet declaraiton of war on Japan amay have helped convinve
Japanes eot surrender in WWI. - CORRECT ANSWER Soviets invasion of Mancuria
had two impacts:
1) elimited SU as a potential mediator between Japan and the West
2) elimitated propsetcts of japan trying to fight a last-ditch effort ot secure better surrender
terms
In the Absolute Weapons, Brodie concludes that "Supeirority in numebrs of bombs is not in
itself a guarantee of strategic supriority in atomic bomb warfare" Why not? - CORRECT
