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-Guarantee passing score -25 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Potential high risk targets of terrorists include:
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controversial businesses, infrastructure systems, public buildings Question 2: An acronym used to help the EMT-B be alert to clues when on the scene of a suspicious incident.
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OTTO Question 3: Types of harm from radiological/nuclear incidents includes:
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radiological, chemical, psychological, mechanical, and thermal
Question 4: Specific operational actions to accomplish assigned tasks.
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tactics
Question 5: The letter E in TRACEM-P refers to:
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biological/etiological Question 6: Relative ease at which an agent causes death in a susceptible population.
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lethality of an agent Question 7: Features that influence a biological agent's use as a weapon include:
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infectivity, virulence, toxicity, incubation period, transmissability, lethality Question 8: Environmental terrorists, survivalists, militias, and racial hate groups are examples
of:
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domestic terrorists Question 9: The World Health Organization declared this virus eradicated worldwide through immunization in the 1980s.
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smallpox Question 10: Mainstays of self-protection at a radiological incident includes:
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time, distance, shielding Question 11: On April 19th the US government is at heightened security because it is the
anniversary of:
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the Murrah building bombing in Oklahoma City
Question 12: Spreading
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dissemination
Question 13: Contact with or presence of a material that is present where it does not belong and that is somehow harmful to persons, animals, and the environment.
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contamination Question 14: A chemical and/or physical process used to remove and prevent the spread of a contaminant.
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decontamination Question 15: The movement of a substance through a surface or, on a molecular level, through intact materials.
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permeation
Question 16: Process that reduces the concentration of the contaminant.
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dilution Question 17: Pathways into the body, generally by absorption, ingestion, injection or inhalation.
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routes of entry Question 18: Destructive devices, such as bombs, placed to be activated after an initial attack and timed to injure emergency responders who rush in to help care for those targeted in the initial attack.
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secondary devices
Question 19: Acronym used the remember incidents of terrorism.
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CBRNE
Question 20: The dose or concentration of an agent multiplied by time or duration.
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exposure
Question 21: Relative severity of a disease produced by a microorganism.
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virulence
Question 22: Items on an equipment list for decontamination.
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buckets, brushes, decontamination solution and tubs, dedicated water supply, tarps/plastic sheets, containment vessel for water runoff and pump to transfer it, A frame ladder, PPE for responders
Question 23: Objectives of responders assigned to decontamination.
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determine appropriate PPE based on materials and hazards, wear and operate PPE, start time log, setup and operate decontamination line, triage and prioritize the decontamination of victims, communicate
Question 24: Methods of decontamination.
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chemical reaction, disinfection, absorption, adsorption Question 25: The unexplained patterns of illness or death should make an EMT suspicious:
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unexplained symptoms of skin or eye irritation, unexplained vapor clouds, mists or plumes, unexplained signs of airway irritation