EM 385 1 1 EXAM TEST BANK SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED RESPONSES
GRADED A+
⩥ Viruses.
Answer: SLEY
Small Pox
Lassa Fever
Ebola
Yellow Fever
⩥ Toxins.
Answer: Botulinum Toxins
Ricin
Saxitoxin
,⩥ Dissemination Methods.
Answer: Sprays, explosive devices, contamination of food and water,
and most commonly delivery methods use aerosolized agents
⩥ Factors for weaponized BWA.
Answer: Availability or Ease of production, incapacitation and lethality,
Appropriate particle size in aerosol (1 to 15 microns in diameter,
allowing prevailing winds to carry them long distances), Ease of
dissemination, stability after production, and susceptibility / non
susceptibility
⩥ Why are biological agents well suited for covert or hidden
operations?.
Answer: Detonation difficulties, variety of potential agents, the ways
they may be employed, and the small amounts of material required to
cause infection
⩥ Routes of entry.
Answer: Inhalation of aerosols through a generator, spray, or explosive
force
Orally ingested
, Percutaneous routes (arthropod vector, injection, or absorption)
⩥ Infective dose for BW.
Answer: number of organisms required to establish themselves into a
host and produce an infection
⩥ Lethal Dose for BW.
Answer: extreme toxicity of many toxins causes lethal dose to be much
smaller than CWA
⩥ Incubation Period.
Answer: identifies interval between initial, effective exposure toan
infectious organism and the first appearance of symptoms of infection
⩥ Infection factors.
Answer: Portal of entry
infective dose of pathogen
virulence of the infecting organism
⩥ Virulence.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED RESPONSES
GRADED A+
⩥ Viruses.
Answer: SLEY
Small Pox
Lassa Fever
Ebola
Yellow Fever
⩥ Toxins.
Answer: Botulinum Toxins
Ricin
Saxitoxin
,⩥ Dissemination Methods.
Answer: Sprays, explosive devices, contamination of food and water,
and most commonly delivery methods use aerosolized agents
⩥ Factors for weaponized BWA.
Answer: Availability or Ease of production, incapacitation and lethality,
Appropriate particle size in aerosol (1 to 15 microns in diameter,
allowing prevailing winds to carry them long distances), Ease of
dissemination, stability after production, and susceptibility / non
susceptibility
⩥ Why are biological agents well suited for covert or hidden
operations?.
Answer: Detonation difficulties, variety of potential agents, the ways
they may be employed, and the small amounts of material required to
cause infection
⩥ Routes of entry.
Answer: Inhalation of aerosols through a generator, spray, or explosive
force
Orally ingested
, Percutaneous routes (arthropod vector, injection, or absorption)
⩥ Infective dose for BW.
Answer: number of organisms required to establish themselves into a
host and produce an infection
⩥ Lethal Dose for BW.
Answer: extreme toxicity of many toxins causes lethal dose to be much
smaller than CWA
⩥ Incubation Period.
Answer: identifies interval between initial, effective exposure toan
infectious organism and the first appearance of symptoms of infection
⩥ Infection factors.
Answer: Portal of entry
infective dose of pathogen
virulence of the infecting organism
⩥ Virulence.
