Field Sanitation Exam 2026 Questions and Answers

Field Sanitation Exam 2026 Questions
and Answers

What are the 4 types of waste? - Correct answer-1. Human

2. Liquid

3. Garbage

4. Rubbish

What is the water requirement per person, per day in a temperate zone? - Correct

answer-5 gallons

A latrine can be no closer than what distance to a water source? - Correct answer-

100 ft

What is Potable water? - Correct answer-Water that is safe to drink

What are the measurements of a straddle trench? - Correct answer-1 ft wide, 4 ft

long and 2 1/2 ft deep

How many gallons of water will a Lister bag hold? - Correct answer-36 gallons

How deep is a cat hole? - Correct answer-6 to 12 inches

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, What is a communicable disease? - Correct answer-A disease that ca be transmitted

person to person, animal to person and insect to person

What are the 5 "F"s of Field Sanitation? - Correct answer-1. Fingers

2. Feces

3. Flies

4. Foods

5. Fluids

What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare? - Correct answer-

Immunization and personal hygiene

What Field Manual covers Unit Field Sanitation Team? - Correct answer-FM 4-

25.12

What Field Manual covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation? - Correct answer-FM 21-

10

What is Field Sanitation? - Correct answer-The use of measures to create and

maintain healthful environmental conditions, these include safeguarding food,

safeguarding water, and controlling disease bearing insects and rodents.




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