5/25/25, 12:11 PM Lesson 3 Progress Check: AIR-601S Air and Space Missions
AIR-601S Air and Space Missions Quiz: Understanding
Nuclear | Lesson 3 Progress Check (2025/2026)
Due No due date
Points 100
Questions 10
Time Limit 15 Minutes
Allowed Attempts Unlimited
Instructions
This quiz checks your understanding of lesson concepts.
This is a timed assessment.
You are allowed multiple attempts.
Minimum passing score is 80%.
Take the Quiz Again
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 13 minutes 80 out of 100
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this attempt: 80 out of 100
Submitted May 24 at 11:10pm
This attempt took 13 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Nuclear conflict will be much more difficult as more countries get a nuclear capability. For leaders of
weaker states, nuclear weapons provide the best means of coercive escalation. What can the US do to
mitigate the problem of escalation?
, 5/25/25, 12:11 PM Lesson 3 Progress Check: AIR-601S Air and Space Missions
Build partnerships with nuclear capable nations to avoid conflicts.
The US should seek to develop asymmetric war plans that neutralize enemy escalation.
Avoid nuclear war by using economic sanctions.
Mitigate these dangers by retaining and improving US nuclear and nonnuclear counterforce capabilities.
This answer is correct.
Question 2
pts
Iran has been a non-nuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons since 1970. Which of the following sentences best describes Iran’s nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons program?
The US National Intelligence assessed that Iran has both a robust nuclear and biological weapons program, but do not
have any chemical weapons yet.
The US National Intelligence assessed that Iran has both a robust chemical and biological weapons program, but do
not have any nuclear weapons yet.
A plan was signed in July 2015 for a comprehensive 25-year nuclear agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear capacity in
exchange for sanctions relief.
A plan was signed in July 2015 for a comprehensive 25-year nuclear agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear capacity in
exchange for sanctions relief. The next step is to limit their biological and chemical warfare program.
This answer is correct.
Question 3
pts
Russia’s nuclear weapons program began during WWII and had their first successful nuclear test in
1949. Which of the following sentences best describes Russia’s nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons program?
Russia is reducing their nuclear weapons via START and recently announced they would reduce their biological
weapons and destroy all of their chemical weapons by 2020.
Russia is modernizing and recapitalizing its entire arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons and their biological and
chemical weapons programs are still in compliance with international law.
Russia has been part of the SALT and START treaties to reduce the number of strategic warheads. Their biological
weapons program is still in compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention of 1975.
AIR-601S Air and Space Missions Quiz: Understanding
Nuclear | Lesson 3 Progress Check (2025/2026)
Due No due date
Points 100
Questions 10
Time Limit 15 Minutes
Allowed Attempts Unlimited
Instructions
This quiz checks your understanding of lesson concepts.
This is a timed assessment.
You are allowed multiple attempts.
Minimum passing score is 80%.
Take the Quiz Again
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 13 minutes 80 out of 100
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this attempt: 80 out of 100
Submitted May 24 at 11:10pm
This attempt took 13 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Nuclear conflict will be much more difficult as more countries get a nuclear capability. For leaders of
weaker states, nuclear weapons provide the best means of coercive escalation. What can the US do to
mitigate the problem of escalation?
, 5/25/25, 12:11 PM Lesson 3 Progress Check: AIR-601S Air and Space Missions
Build partnerships with nuclear capable nations to avoid conflicts.
The US should seek to develop asymmetric war plans that neutralize enemy escalation.
Avoid nuclear war by using economic sanctions.
Mitigate these dangers by retaining and improving US nuclear and nonnuclear counterforce capabilities.
This answer is correct.
Question 2
pts
Iran has been a non-nuclear weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons since 1970. Which of the following sentences best describes Iran’s nuclear, chemical and
biological weapons program?
The US National Intelligence assessed that Iran has both a robust nuclear and biological weapons program, but do not
have any chemical weapons yet.
The US National Intelligence assessed that Iran has both a robust chemical and biological weapons program, but do
not have any nuclear weapons yet.
A plan was signed in July 2015 for a comprehensive 25-year nuclear agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear capacity in
exchange for sanctions relief.
A plan was signed in July 2015 for a comprehensive 25-year nuclear agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear capacity in
exchange for sanctions relief. The next step is to limit their biological and chemical warfare program.
This answer is correct.
Question 3
pts
Russia’s nuclear weapons program began during WWII and had their first successful nuclear test in
1949. Which of the following sentences best describes Russia’s nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons program?
Russia is reducing their nuclear weapons via START and recently announced they would reduce their biological
weapons and destroy all of their chemical weapons by 2020.
Russia is modernizing and recapitalizing its entire arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons and their biological and
chemical weapons programs are still in compliance with international law.
Russia has been part of the SALT and START treaties to reduce the number of strategic warheads. Their biological
weapons program is still in compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention of 1975.
