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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?
(a) 15 to 30 seconds.
(b) 16 to 28 seconds.
(c) 18 to 21 seconds.
(d) 20 to 35 seconds.

2. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 9 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

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

4. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Four times.
(d) Never.

5. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

6. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?
(a) 215,
(b) 1,090.
(c) 112.
(d) 2,080.

7. By nightfall on Saturday, how many doses of potassium iodide arrived at Pripyat?
(a) 37,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 19,000.

8. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?
(a) 10 meters across and 9 meters high.
(b) 15 meters across and 9 meters high.
(c) 12 meters across and 7 meters high.
(d) 20 meters across and 17 meters high.

9. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 15 times.
(c) 20 times.
(d) 25 times.

10. How old was one of Dyatlov's sons when he died from leukemia?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

11. When Volodin and his men passed over Chistogalovka in a helicopter, at what range was the radiometer stuck?
(a) 500 roentgen per hour.
(b) 300 roentgen per hour.
(c) 250 roentgen per hour.
(d) 150 roentgen per hour.

12. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?
(a) Just before 11 p.m.
(b) 10:45 p.m.
(c) Around 10 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

13. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

14. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 8 years.

15. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?

2. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?

3. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?

4. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

5. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?

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