Field Sanitation Questions with
Accurate Answers
Bubonic plague correct answer Rodent flea
Calcium hypochlorite is being used to disinfect the water in your canteen. If a NBC
canteen cap is used how many capfulls will you use? correct answer Use one cap
of the solution
Call dangerous only occur during freezing temperatures correct answer False
Cockroaches correct answer Cracks and crevices that provide warmth moisture
and food
Cold injuries may be divided into freezing and unfreezing types of freezing type is
correct answer Frostbite
Dengue fever correct answer Aedes mosquito
Encephalitis correct answer Tick, Culex Mosquito, Aedes Mosquito
Epidemic typhus correct answer Body louse
Field Latrines must be at least _____ meters away from a water source correct
answer 100
, Field latrines must be at least _______ meters meters or more from food
operations correct answer 100
Fleas correct answer Nets and beds of animals
Flies correct answer Animal/human waste garbage
Foodborne disease, outbreaks can be attributed to which of the following correct
answer All of the above
For a short bivouac which of the following latrines will not be used correct answer
Cat hole
Frostbite can occur when the skin is exposed to an actual temperature of______
Fahrenheit or below correct answer 32°
Heat stroke results from correct answer When the bodies heat balance
mechanism collapses
Historically, casualties caused by disease non-battle injuries (DNBI) have a serious
impact on military operations correct answer True
How many iodine tablets are needed to disinfect a 1 quart canteen? correct
answer Two
If the chlorine residual is less than the desired level in a 5 gallon water jug, you
will add 1/2 g spoonful of calcium hypochlorite to a half canteen cup of water and
Accurate Answers
Bubonic plague correct answer Rodent flea
Calcium hypochlorite is being used to disinfect the water in your canteen. If a NBC
canteen cap is used how many capfulls will you use? correct answer Use one cap
of the solution
Call dangerous only occur during freezing temperatures correct answer False
Cockroaches correct answer Cracks and crevices that provide warmth moisture
and food
Cold injuries may be divided into freezing and unfreezing types of freezing type is
correct answer Frostbite
Dengue fever correct answer Aedes mosquito
Encephalitis correct answer Tick, Culex Mosquito, Aedes Mosquito
Epidemic typhus correct answer Body louse
Field Latrines must be at least _____ meters away from a water source correct
answer 100
, Field latrines must be at least _______ meters meters or more from food
operations correct answer 100
Fleas correct answer Nets and beds of animals
Flies correct answer Animal/human waste garbage
Foodborne disease, outbreaks can be attributed to which of the following correct
answer All of the above
For a short bivouac which of the following latrines will not be used correct answer
Cat hole
Frostbite can occur when the skin is exposed to an actual temperature of______
Fahrenheit or below correct answer 32°
Heat stroke results from correct answer When the bodies heat balance
mechanism collapses
Historically, casualties caused by disease non-battle injuries (DNBI) have a serious
impact on military operations correct answer True
How many iodine tablets are needed to disinfect a 1 quart canteen? correct
answer Two
If the chlorine residual is less than the desired level in a 5 gallon water jug, you
will add 1/2 g spoonful of calcium hypochlorite to a half canteen cup of water and
