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  1. Your unit is operating in a NBC environment. What instrument should you use to monitor your personnel for gama and beta radiation contamination?

    2. Your answer:
    IM-93 980/UD Dosimeter
    AN/PDR-27 Radiac Set
    IM-174 A/PD Radiacmeter
    Nothing

  2. What is the maximum number of sets of Mark I nerve agent antidote that you can administer to yourself for self-aid and at what interval should you administer them if symptoms persist?

    3. Your answer:
    Two at 10 to 15 min. intervals
    Three as quickly as possible
    Three at 5 min. intervals
    Three at 10 to 15 min intervals

  3. While under fire, you hear an explosion and then see a yellow cloud over your position. What should you do first?

    4. Your answer:
    Give the alarm
    Find overhead cover
    Continue mission
    Mask

  4. Four hours after a mortar attack on your position, personnel begin complaining of widespread itching. Upon further examination, you note redness and swelling of the affect areas. What chemical agent should you treat for?

    5. Your answer:
    Blister
    Nerve
    Choking
    Blood

  5. You are in the midst of a chemical or biological attack. What should you do?

    6. Your answer:
    Mask, give signal, and move out of area
    Mask, mark area with NBC contamination markers and decon
    Mask, give signal, and continue mission
    Mask, give signal, and discontinue the mission

  6. Immediately following an artillery attack on your position, four individuals develop the following symptoms, blurred vision, a runny nose, tightness of the chest. What chemical agent, should you treat the casualties for?

    7. Your answer:
    Blister
    Nerve
    Choking
    Blood

  7. After masking, you must give the standard hand and arm signal for an NBC hazard. What should you do first?

    8. Your answer:
    Place both hands on your neck, palms to the chest
    Extend both arms vertically with palms facing each other
    Cross both arms below the knees
    Extend both arms horizontally sideways with double fist facing up

  8. You are given warning of an imminent chemical attack, and a mortar attack is underway near your platoon. What action should you do first?

    9. Your answer:
    Mask
    Make sure it is an NBC attack
    File an NBC report
    Give signal

  9. What chemical agents are detected by the M256 chemical agent detection kit?

    10. Your answer:
    Choking, blood, and nerve
    Blister, riot, and nerve
    Riot, nerve, blister, and choking
    Nerve, blister, and blood

  10. A nuclear attack warning has been given to your unit. What action should you take?

    11. Your answer:
    Stand under heavy foilage
    Find the best cover or shelter
    Move your unit to high ground
    Move unit to another location

  11. After eating in the field dining facility, you notice the garbage pit is 35 yards from the facility. What action, if any, should you take?

    12. Your answer:
    Notify the field sanitation team
    Notify the NOIC of the field dining facility
    Notify the commander
    None

  12. Your unit is on a 25 mile road march. What type of latrine should you ensure is utilized?

    13. Your answer:
    Burn out
    Straddle trench
    Cat hole
    Pail

  13. You notice several members of your squad filling their canteens from a stream. What action should you take?

    14. Your answer:
    Ensure the use of iodine tablets
    Test the water for chlorine residual
    Pour the water out
    Ensure water is filtered

  14. A unit is conducting a field training exercise. The wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index reaches 90 degrees Farenheit. What action, if any, should you take?

    15. Your answer:
    Suspense strenous activities
    Increase water intake to more that 2 quarts per hour
    Both A and B
    None of the above

  15. Your squad is patrolling an area infested with biting flies. What action should you take to insure the health of the squad?

    16. Your answer:
    Enforce individual use of insect repellent
    Enforce the use of lindane powder
    Enforce the use of camouflage paint
    Enforce the use of aerosol insect spray

  16. You have tested the water received from the water distribution point for chlorine residual. The residual is more than 1 part per million, but less than 5 parts per million. What action should you take?

    17. Your answer:
    Use the water
    Add calcium hypocholrite
    Notify the unit commander
    Send the water back to the distribution point

  17. Your unit is operating in an area where the wind chill factor is 8 degrees farenheit. What action should you take?

    18. Your answer:
    Ensure only mission essential operations are carried out
    Ensure leaders inspect personnel for wear of cold weather clothing
    Ensure sleeping is done in warm running vehicles
    Ensure hot alcoholic beverages are provided

  18. Your unit is operating in a hot desert environment. While urinating in the latrine you notice your urine is a dark yellow color what action should you take?

    19. Your answer:
    Increase your water intake
    Decrease your water intake
    Report to the nearest medical facility
    None

  19. You have treated a five gallon can of raw (untreated) water with calcium hypochlorite. You have waited the required time, and your test for chlorine residual meets the standard. How long should you wait before drinking the water?

    20. Your answer:
    10 min
    15 min
    20 min
    30 min

  20. You have filled a 36 gallon lyster bag with raw (untreated) water. How many ampules of calcium hypochlorite should you add at the start of the purification process to yield a chlorine residual of 5 ppm?

    21. Your answer:
    1
    2
    3
    4

  21. To initiate a separation of the text from other parts of a radio message, what proword should be used?

    22. Your answer:
    Wait
    Flash
    Message
    Break

  22. At what degree of angle should you probe the ground of a minefield?

    23. Your answer:
    45 degrees
    50 degrees
    60 degrees
    90 degrees

  23. During a search and destroy mission, you witness the execution of several enemy POWs. You report this action through the chain of command, but nothing is done about your report. What action should you take?

    24. Your answer:
    Report to the individual who performed the attack
    Report it to the IG, Provost Marshall, Chaplain, or JAG
    Write your congressman
    Forget it and go on with the mission

  24. To end a message requiring no reply, what prowords(s) should you use?

    25. Your answer:
    Over and out
    Wilco
    Out
    Roger

  25. When clearing a passage in a minefield, what should you probe the ground with?

    26. Your answer:
    Stick (sharp piece of wood)
    Rifle or rod
    Steel tent peg
    Bayonet

  26. You are probing through a minefield, how wide should you clear the path?

    27. Your answer:
    2 meters
    1 foot
    2 feet
    1 meter

  27. You are receiving a radio message you cannot understand. To have the message retransmitted, what prowords should you use?

    28. Your answer:
    Repeat last transmission
    Bad copy, repeat
    Say again
    Retransmit last message

  28. You see your platoon leader lead a prisoner off the trail into the underbrush. Just after you pass where they were, you hear a shot from an M-16 rifle and a moment later the platoon leader returns to the patrol. He tells you that the POW was "shot trying to escape." What action should you take?

    29. Your answer:
    Nothing
    Report the incident
    Talk to the platoon leader about what you saw and heard
    You normally must report "serious violations," but this is not a "serious violation", becasue the POW was a soldier

  29. Your platoon captures a female civilian. What actions should you take?

    30. Your answer:
    Take her as any other POW
    Treat her as a POW with special protection from rape
    Send her to the rear immediately to be searched by a U. S. female soldier
    Release her since we do not capture women

  30. You observe enemy soldiers placing land mines in a field. What action should you take?

    31. Your answer:
    Wait until the enemy soldiers depart the area, then probe the minefield
    Report this to the chain of command
    Shoot the mines
    Map the minefield, and report to the BN S4

  31. A casualty has an open abdominal wound. What treatment should you administer?

    32. Your answer:
    Push the exposed organs back into place
    Apply an abdominal dressing to the wound
    Cover the wound with a dry sterile field dressing
    Cover the wound with a petroleum impregnated gauze

  32. A casualty has immersion syndrome (immersion foot/trench foot). What treatment should you administer?

    33. Your answer:
    Gently massage the affected area
    apply a field dressing
    Soak the affected area in warm water
    Dry, elevate the affected area, and evacuate

  33. A casualty has a penetrating abdominal wound. Under battlefield conditions, in which category of precedence should you place the casualty?

    34. Your answer:
    Immediate
    Delayed
    Expectant
    Minimal

  34. A casualty eyeball is hanging from its socket. What treatment should you administer?

    35. Your answer:
    Cover both eyes with a loose field dressing
    Cover the eyes with a tight field dressing
    Cover the affected eye with a loose field dressing
    Cover the eye with a tight field dressing

  35. What should you do with the completed field medical card (FMC) in a death case?

    36. Your answer:
    Attach the FMC to the body
    Attach the FMC to the soldiers clothing
    Forward the FMC to the Division G-1
    Forward the FMC to the casualty's record

  36. Several soldiers exposed to oil smoke for a long period of time report to your aid station. What conditions should these soldiers be monitored for?

    37. Your answer:
    Blindness
    Pneumonia
    Carbon monoxide poisoning
    Blood poisoning

  37. A soldier with hypothermia has been brought to your aid station, his breathing becomes shallower and his heartbeat weaker; his breathing and heart stops. What action should be taken?

    38. Your answer:
    Continue cooling and resuscitation efforts
    Move to the next casualty
    Cease efforts and pronounce the soldier dead
    Continue rewarming and resuscitation efforts

  38. You have classified a burn patient for treatment and percent of body surfaced area burned. The patient's right arm, hand, leg, and foot have second degree burns. In what classification should the patient be placed?

    39. Your answer:
    Minimal burn
    Moderate burn
    Extensive burn
    Slightly burn

  39. You have started an intravenous infusion on a patient. You check the infusion site after a few minutes and notice swelling and discoloration at the site. What action should you take?

    40. Your answer:
    Nothing, this is normal
    Increase the infusion rate
    Stop the infusion and start at another location
    Stop the infusion and pull the needle back 1/4 inch, reinsert it into the vein and restart the infusion

  40. What treatment should you give a conscious casualty with heat exhaustion?

    41. Your answer:
    Promptly immerse in luke warm water and remove clothing
    Place in a cool shaded area and cover with a poncho
    Promptly immerse in cool water and give water
    Place in cool, shaded area and loosen clothing

  41. In combat, what carry or drag should you use to move a casualty behind a low wall, under a vehicle, or through a culvert?

    42. Your answer:
    Neck drag
    Pack strap carry
    Arms carry
    Craddle drop drag

  42. When evacuating patients during combat, how must you transmit a MEDEVAC request?

    43. Your answer:
    By nonsecure means
    By courier only
    By secure means only
    The quickest means possible

  43. In which category of precedence should you place a casualty who needs evacuation within 2 hours?

    44. Your answer:
    Routine
    Delayed
    Urgent
    Priority

  44. When you are the number one man on a litter team and give the command, "two man carry, move," what obstacle are you going to negotiate?

    45. Your answer:
    Wire
    Low wall
    Narrow passage
    High wall

  45. During an emergency, no spine board is available. How should a casualty with a possible back injury be carried?

    46. Your answer:
    Four hand seat carry
    Two man fore and aft carry
    Two man poncho carry
    Two man arms carry

  46. Your squad is under heavy fire. A casualty must be moved to cover. What carry or drag should you use?

    47. Your answer:
    Neck drag
    Pack strap carry
    Pistol belt drag
    Pistol belt carry

  47. What one man carry must you use to move an unconscious casualty a long distance?

    48. Your answer:
    Pack strap carry
    Pistol belt carry
    Supporting carry
    Arms carry

  48. A casualty has a head and foot injury. What carry or drag should you use to move a casualty a moderate distance?

    49. Your answer:
    Neck drag
    Arms carry
    Cradle drop drag
    Pack strap carry

  49. How should your litter team transport a casualty with a fracutred leg up a steep hill?

    50. Your answer:
    Take off the litter and use four hand carry
    Sideways
    With casualty head in the direction of travel
    With casualty feet in the direction of travel

  50. What size clearing at a minimum should you find to land a small helicopter?

    51. Your answer:
    50 meter diameter
    20 meters diameter
    30 meters diameter
    40 meter diameter

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