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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?
(a) Cobalt-60.
(b) Tritium.
(c) Polonium-210.
(d) Potassium-40.
2. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
(a) 750 billion.
(b) 500 trillion.
(c) Over a quadrillion.
(d) About a quintillion.
3. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?
(a) 60 billion barrels.
(b) 30 billion barrels.
(c) 40 billion barrels.
(d) 50 billion barrels.
4. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?
(a) November 18, 2006.
(b) July 11, 2006.
(c) January 7, 2006.
(d) October 9, 2006.
5. When did President Reagan announced that he had reduced the total yield of the U.S. nuclear arsenal?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1984.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?
2. When was the Davy Crockett nuclear device exploded in a test?
3. How many tons of jet fuel did each plane carry in the 9/11 attack?
4. How much energy is released by 60 tons of gasoline?
5. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the greatest threat when it comes to nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists, and why might that be a relatively low threat?
2. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?
3. What is radioactivity and radiation?
4. What second round of terrorism occured after the 9/11 attacks?
5. How might a solar plane be useful for surveillance?
6. How have gasoline and oil been used in the past?
7. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?
8. How does food compare in energy to gasoline and to TNT?
9. How did the terrorists who carried out the bombing of the World Trade Center use their basic knowledge of airport security?
10. How does the energy released by jet fuel or gasoline compare to TNT, and why is TNT used instead of other sources with more energy?
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