View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Electrical engineering.
(b) Metrology.
(c) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.
(d) Theoretical electro-technologies.

2. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

3. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?
(a) Another 2 pair.
(b) Another pair.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?
(a) Lena.
(b) Yenisei.
(c) Pripyat.
(d) Ob-Irtysh.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 7:30 a.m., how long had Akimov and Toptunov been exposed to to the gamma fields inside Unit 4?

2. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?

3. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?

4. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?

5. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 235 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample