APPLICATION OF US ARMY ESQD PRINCIPLES EXAM STUDY
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US ARMY ESQD PRINCIPLES EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
1. What does the acronym ESQD stand for?
A) Explosive Safety and Quantity Division
B) Explosive Storage and Quantity Data
C) Explosive Safety Quantity Distance
D) Emergency Safety and Quantity Directive
2. What is the primary purpose of ESQD principles?
A) To maximize the efficiency of explosive storage.
B) To prescribe safe distances to minimize the effects of an accidental explosion.
C) To regulate the transportation of explosives on public roads.
D) To classify different types of explosive materials.
3. Which publication is the primary source for DOD explosive safety standards?
A) AR 385-10
B) DA PAM 385-64
C) DOD 6055.09-STD
D) FM 4-30.51
4. The potential hazard from an explosion that includes fragments, blast overpressure, and
thermal effects is known as the:
A) Hazard Classification (HC)
B) Net Explosive Weight (NEW)
C) Explosive Hazard (EH)
D) Quantity-Distance (QD)
5. What does NEW stand for?
A) New Explosive Weapon
B) Net Explosive Weight
C) Necessary Explosive Warning
D) Nuclear Equivalent Weight
6. The weight of an explosive substance alone, excluding the weight of casings, packaging, or
other non-explosive components, is the:
A) Gross Weight
,B) TNT Equivalence
C) Net Explosive Weight (NEW)
D) Hazard Division Weight
7. Which of the following is NOT a standard inhabited building distance category?
A) Public Traffic Routes (PTR)
B) Intraline Distance (ILD)
C) Fragment Distance
D) Magazine Distance
8. The distance maintained between explosive operating buildings and other facilities to limit
damage from a potential explosion is known as:
A) Intermagazine Distance
B) Intraline Distance
C) Inhabited Building Distance
D) Public Traffic Route Distance
9. The minimum distance required between two magazines storing explosives to prevent a
sympathetic detonation is the:
A) Intraline Distance
B) Inhabited Building Distance
C) Intermagazine Distance
D) Fragment Distance
10. A building or area designated for the permanent storage of explosives is a:
A) Operating Building
B) Magazine
C) Facility
D) Site
11. A building or structure where explosives are processed, assembled, or handled is an:
A) Inhabited Building
B) Magazine
C) Operating Building
D) Exclusion Area
12. Which Hazard Division (HD) represents mass-detonating explosives?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
, C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
13. Ammunition with a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard falls under which
Hazard Division?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
14. Which Hazard Division is for ammunition and explosives that present a fire hazard and
minor blast or fragment hazard?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
15. Ammunition and explosives that pose a minor explosion hazard are classified as:
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
16. The K-factor used in ESQD calculations is based on:
A) The type of storage magazine
B) The level of protection desired
C) The weather conditions
D) The personnel security clearance level
17. The formula for calculating Quantity-Distance (D) is D = K * √NEW. If K=90 and NEW=400
lbs, what is the required distance in feet?
A) 1,800 feet
B) 3,600 feet
C) 1,800 feet is incorrect. D = 90 * √400 = 90 * 20 = 1,800 feet. Wait, the calculation is correct
but let's check the options.
D = K * √NEW | 90 * √400 = 90 * 20 = 1,800 feet. (Assuming the options were a typo, 1,800
ft is the correct answer from the calculation)
18. A "barricade" in ESQD terms is defined as:
A) A earthen berm or wall designed to interrupt the line-of-sight between an explosion and a
GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
US ARMY ESQD PRINCIPLES EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
1. What does the acronym ESQD stand for?
A) Explosive Safety and Quantity Division
B) Explosive Storage and Quantity Data
C) Explosive Safety Quantity Distance
D) Emergency Safety and Quantity Directive
2. What is the primary purpose of ESQD principles?
A) To maximize the efficiency of explosive storage.
B) To prescribe safe distances to minimize the effects of an accidental explosion.
C) To regulate the transportation of explosives on public roads.
D) To classify different types of explosive materials.
3. Which publication is the primary source for DOD explosive safety standards?
A) AR 385-10
B) DA PAM 385-64
C) DOD 6055.09-STD
D) FM 4-30.51
4. The potential hazard from an explosion that includes fragments, blast overpressure, and
thermal effects is known as the:
A) Hazard Classification (HC)
B) Net Explosive Weight (NEW)
C) Explosive Hazard (EH)
D) Quantity-Distance (QD)
5. What does NEW stand for?
A) New Explosive Weapon
B) Net Explosive Weight
C) Necessary Explosive Warning
D) Nuclear Equivalent Weight
6. The weight of an explosive substance alone, excluding the weight of casings, packaging, or
other non-explosive components, is the:
A) Gross Weight
,B) TNT Equivalence
C) Net Explosive Weight (NEW)
D) Hazard Division Weight
7. Which of the following is NOT a standard inhabited building distance category?
A) Public Traffic Routes (PTR)
B) Intraline Distance (ILD)
C) Fragment Distance
D) Magazine Distance
8. The distance maintained between explosive operating buildings and other facilities to limit
damage from a potential explosion is known as:
A) Intermagazine Distance
B) Intraline Distance
C) Inhabited Building Distance
D) Public Traffic Route Distance
9. The minimum distance required between two magazines storing explosives to prevent a
sympathetic detonation is the:
A) Intraline Distance
B) Inhabited Building Distance
C) Intermagazine Distance
D) Fragment Distance
10. A building or area designated for the permanent storage of explosives is a:
A) Operating Building
B) Magazine
C) Facility
D) Site
11. A building or structure where explosives are processed, assembled, or handled is an:
A) Inhabited Building
B) Magazine
C) Operating Building
D) Exclusion Area
12. Which Hazard Division (HD) represents mass-detonating explosives?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
, C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
13. Ammunition with a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard falls under which
Hazard Division?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
14. Which Hazard Division is for ammunition and explosives that present a fire hazard and
minor blast or fragment hazard?
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
15. Ammunition and explosives that pose a minor explosion hazard are classified as:
A) HD 1.1
B) HD 1.2
C) HD 1.3
D) HD 1.4
16. The K-factor used in ESQD calculations is based on:
A) The type of storage magazine
B) The level of protection desired
C) The weather conditions
D) The personnel security clearance level
17. The formula for calculating Quantity-Distance (D) is D = K * √NEW. If K=90 and NEW=400
lbs, what is the required distance in feet?
A) 1,800 feet
B) 3,600 feet
C) 1,800 feet is incorrect. D = 90 * √400 = 90 * 20 = 1,800 feet. Wait, the calculation is correct
but let's check the options.
D = K * √NEW | 90 * √400 = 90 * 20 = 1,800 feet. (Assuming the options were a typo, 1,800
ft is the correct answer from the calculation)
18. A "barricade" in ESQD terms is defined as:
A) A earthen berm or wall designed to interrupt the line-of-sight between an explosion and a
