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LESSON 1
PRACTICE EXERCISE

Instructions The following items will test your understanding of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you have completed the exercise, check your answers with the answer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.  
Situation:   Your unit may be attacked with unknown chemical agents. As NBC NCO you must train members to identify and recognize effects of chemical agents.

  1.   Which is an antidote for nerve agent poisoning?

A.   Vesicant.
B.   Physostigmine.
C.   Atropine.
D.   Dessicant.
  2.   Which agent primarily affects the lungs and respiratory tract?

A.   Choking.
B.   Nerve.
C.   Blood.
D.   Blister.
  3.   Why must you understand each system of marking munitions?

A.   Munitions are now manufactured using three systems.
B.   New munitions will not be used until the old ones are expended.
C.   Current stockpiles contain munitions marked using the three systems.
D.   The old system will supersede the current system.
  4.     Which munitions have a blue background color?

A.   Practice.
B.   Chemical-filled.
C.   Toxic.
D.   Incapacitating.
  5.   What is the definition of a toxin?

A.   An agent which acts on the eyes and lungs and blisters the skin.
B.   When residual chemical agent clouds drift into position.
C.   An alkaloid from Physostigma venonosun.
D.   A poisonous product of animal or vegetable cells which will cause illness or death when inhaled or swallowed.
  6.   How do blood agents affect the body?

A.   Damage the lungs immediately.
B.   Stop normal metabolism in every cell in the body.
C.   Produce coughing and sneezing.
D.   Cause intense eye pain.