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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did President Reagan announced that he had reduced the total yield of the U.S. nuclear arsenal?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1986.

2. How much of a rem is in tooth X-rays?
(a) 1/500.
(b) 1/750.
(c) 1/2000.
(d) 1/1000.

3. In the Manhattan Project, how much uranium did scientists believe was needed for a critical mass?
(a) 510 pounds.
(b) 630 pounds.
(c) 440 pounds.
(d) 380 pounds.

4. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?
(a) About 2 trillion.
(b) About 3 trillion.
(c) 4 billion.
(d) 11 billion.

5. A ton of TNT is equal to the energy of how many food calories?
(a) 750,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 1 million.

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

7. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

8. 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) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

9. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?
(a) 68%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 38%.
(d) 41%.

10. How many Chernobyl thyroid cancer victims died?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

11. How many beta rays must a fifth of whiskey emit every minute or be considered unfit for human consumption?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

12. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) About 3 inches.
(b) Less than 5 inches.
(c) About 2 inches.
(d) Less than 4 inches.

13. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
(a) Strontium-90.
(b) Cesium-137.
(c) Polonium-215.
(d) Phosphorus-32.

14. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1987.

15. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?

3. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?

4. How much of a half-life does carbon-14 have?

5. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

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