EFMB Study Guide FY19| 224 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

1) What is a disease and nonbattle injury (DNBI)? correct answer: A soldier who is lost to an organization by reason of disease or injury and who is not a battle casualty. 2) How do unit field sanitation teams (FST) assist commanders in maintaining health and well-being of Soldiers? correct answer: By preventing disease and nonbattle injury related losses to the unit. By 1) performing arthropid and rodent management control measures within the unit area. 2) Supervising the disinfection of unit bulj water supplies and monitoring residual chlorine levels. 3) Teaching soldiers individual water purification techniques, and the dangers of consuming food and drinks from unapproved sources. 4) Inspecting unit level food service personnel, feeding facilities and food service equipment. 5)Supervising the placement, construction and maintenance of unit level garbage disposal facilities and soakage pits and of field latrines and urinals and then conducting regular sanitation inspections. 3) What does an FST consist of and where are they assigned? correct answer: The team consists of one noncommissioned officer and one enlisted soldier( soldiers should have 6 months of service remaining with the unit after completion of certification training) they are assigned within company, battery and similar sized units. 4) What is a FST dependent on support from brigade level and higher preventive medicine personnel? correct answer: For 1) field sanitation team certification training. 2) field screening and presumptive analysis of water supplies. 3) Basic pest management and surveillance. 4) limited application of pesticides. 5) limited medical surveillance. 5) What are the eight health threats to Soldiers in the field? correct answer: 1)Endemic diseases 2) food and waterborne diseases. 3) hazardous plants and animals 4) entomological hazards (nuisance pests and disease-carrying vectors) 5) toxic industrial materials (industrial and agricultural). 6) deployment-related stress. 7) hazardous noise 8) Climatic or environmental extremes (heat, cold, wind-blown sand, or other particulates).