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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. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?
(a) A month.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) A few weeks.
2. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?
(a) March 3, 2005.
(b) October 9, 2006.
(c) February 20, 2007.
(d) September 7, 2004.
3. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) Less than 5 inches.
(b) About 3 inches.
(c) Less than 4 inches.
(d) About 2 inches.
4. How many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.
5. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
(a) Over 1,000 times.
(b) 200 times.
(c) About 500 times.
(d) 800 times.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?
2. A ton of TNT is equal to the energy of how many food calories?
3. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
4. How many people might be killed by a blast in the center of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
5. How many Chernobyl thyroid cancer victims died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author say about the ineptness of suicide bombers?
2. How might a solar plane be useful for surveillance?
3. Where is most oil found underground, and how can it be extracted?
4. What was the Davy Crockett weapon?
5. What are some things that are and are not radioactive?
6. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?
7. What is radioactivity and radiation?
8. How did the terrorists who carried out the bombing of the World Trade Center use their basic knowledge of airport security?
9. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?
10. How long will the U.S. be able to use coal?
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