EM 385 1 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ True / False.
Answer: Chlorine Gas is heavier than air, so it will sink down into the
Trench
s
⩥ Geneva Protocol of 1925.
Answer: prohibits chemical and bacteriological methods of warfare
It fell short and did not ban the development, research, or stockpiling of
weapon. Chemical Weapons convention (CWC) followed in 1992
⩥ 4 Types of Chemical Warfare Agents.
Answer: Choking, Nerve, Blood, and Blister
⩥ Miosis.
Answer: Symptom occuring after direct local effect of a nerve agent
shown in the eyes by pinpointed pupils
,⩥ Dosage.
Answer: The amount of substance administered or received per body
weight
⩥ Dose.
Answer: The amount of substance or energy that is taken into or
absorbed by the body
⩥ Median Lethal Dosage (LD50).
Answer: amount of hazardous liquid expected to kill 50% of exposed
and unprotected individuals
⩥ Median effective dose (ED50).
Answer: amount of a hazardous liquid expected to cause an effect in
50% of exposed and unprotected individuals
⩥ Median Lethal Dosage (LCt50).
Answer: vapor dosage that is lethal to 50% of exposed and unprotected
personnel
⩥ Median Effective Dosage (ECt50).
Answer: vapor dosage sufficient to cause some defined effect in 50% of
exposed and unprotected personnel
,⩥ Degree of confidence (DOC).
Answer: How effective an agent is going to be, level of confidence in
each toxicity estimate and indicates uncertainty.
3 levels: Low - Medium - High
⩥ Choking Agent Types.
Answer: Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Non - persistant and not a primary threat to airfields
"Dry Land - Drowning" due to pulmonary Edema
⩥ Nerve Agents basics.
Answer: Nerve Agents are more toxic than other CWA's and may cause
effects within seconds / death within minutes.
V and G series Nerve Agents
Nerve agent blocks AChE making it unable to bind with Ach resulting in
hyperactivity body
, ⩥ G series Nerve agents.
Answer: Are more volatile and less persistent
Tabun (GA)
Sarin (GB)
Soman (GD)
CycloSarin (GF)
⩥ V Series Nerve Agents.
Answer: less volatile and more persistent
twice as potent as Sarin
VX and V - sub - x
⩥ Symptoms of Nerve Agents.
Answer: Miosis - Drooling - uncontrollably sweating etc - twitching,
jerking, coma etc.
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ True / False.
Answer: Chlorine Gas is heavier than air, so it will sink down into the
Trench
s
⩥ Geneva Protocol of 1925.
Answer: prohibits chemical and bacteriological methods of warfare
It fell short and did not ban the development, research, or stockpiling of
weapon. Chemical Weapons convention (CWC) followed in 1992
⩥ 4 Types of Chemical Warfare Agents.
Answer: Choking, Nerve, Blood, and Blister
⩥ Miosis.
Answer: Symptom occuring after direct local effect of a nerve agent
shown in the eyes by pinpointed pupils
,⩥ Dosage.
Answer: The amount of substance administered or received per body
weight
⩥ Dose.
Answer: The amount of substance or energy that is taken into or
absorbed by the body
⩥ Median Lethal Dosage (LD50).
Answer: amount of hazardous liquid expected to kill 50% of exposed
and unprotected individuals
⩥ Median effective dose (ED50).
Answer: amount of a hazardous liquid expected to cause an effect in
50% of exposed and unprotected individuals
⩥ Median Lethal Dosage (LCt50).
Answer: vapor dosage that is lethal to 50% of exposed and unprotected
personnel
⩥ Median Effective Dosage (ECt50).
Answer: vapor dosage sufficient to cause some defined effect in 50% of
exposed and unprotected personnel
,⩥ Degree of confidence (DOC).
Answer: How effective an agent is going to be, level of confidence in
each toxicity estimate and indicates uncertainty.
3 levels: Low - Medium - High
⩥ Choking Agent Types.
Answer: Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Non - persistant and not a primary threat to airfields
"Dry Land - Drowning" due to pulmonary Edema
⩥ Nerve Agents basics.
Answer: Nerve Agents are more toxic than other CWA's and may cause
effects within seconds / death within minutes.
V and G series Nerve Agents
Nerve agent blocks AChE making it unable to bind with Ach resulting in
hyperactivity body
, ⩥ G series Nerve agents.
Answer: Are more volatile and less persistent
Tabun (GA)
Sarin (GB)
Soman (GD)
CycloSarin (GF)
⩥ V Series Nerve Agents.
Answer: less volatile and more persistent
twice as potent as Sarin
VX and V - sub - x
⩥ Symptoms of Nerve Agents.
Answer: Miosis - Drooling - uncontrollably sweating etc - twitching,
jerking, coma etc.
