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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?
(a) November 18, 2006.
(b) January 7, 2006.
(c) October 9, 2006.
(d) July 11, 2006.

2. How many horsepower do car engines deliver?
(a) 250.
(b) 150.
(c) 50 to 200.
(d) 100 to 300.

3. When did a National Academy of Science report show no significant increase in birth defects of the children of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2006.

4. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?
(a) 0.9 rem.
(b) 0.1 rem.
(c) 1 rem.
(d) 2 rem.

5. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

6. How many kilotons of TNT were used by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001?
(a) 2.1.
(b) 1.5.
(c) 1.4.
(d) 1.8.

7. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?
(a) Cathi.
(b) Liz.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Dixie.

8. How fast was a plane moving that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 634 miles per hour.
(b) 600 miles per hour.
(c) 515 miles per hour.
(d) 545 miles per hour.

9. How much energy is released by 60 tons of gasoline?
(a) 800 tons of TNT.
(b) 750 tons of TNT.
(c) 900 tons of TNT.
(d) 850 tons of TNT.

10. At what temperature did the columns of the World Trade Center become vulnerable to buckling?
(a) 1,100 degrees F.
(b) 1,800 degrees F.
(c) 1,200 degrees F.
(d) 1,500 degrees F.

11. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
(a) About 500 times.
(b) 800 times.
(c) Over 1,000 times.
(d) 200 times.

12. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?
(a) 4 to 5 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 to 3 hours.

13. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?
(a) About $55.
(b) About $50.
(c) About $65.
(d) About $60.

14. How many deaths did the United Nations estimate around the world were caused by radiation from Chernobyl?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 11,000.

15. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?
(a) 0.8 rem.
(b) 0.1 rem.
(c) 0.5 rem.
(d) 0.2 rem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the small nuclear weapon the Davy Crockett weigh?

2. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?

3. In the Manhattan Project, how much uranium did scientists believe was needed for a critical mass?

4. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?

5. What was the blast radius of the M83 bombs carried by the B-52s?

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