If you missed the presentation on December 4th about the Nuclear Weapons Policy in the upcoming administration , you can still test your knowledge with this short quiz. Answers are at the bottom (no peeking).
1. Which Iranian Nuclear scientist was assassinated last week?
- a. Mohammed Moazed
- b. Parvaneh Kermanshah
- c. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
- d. Mansour Madizadeh
2.
Which country has conducted explosive nuclear weapon tests in the past 26 years?
- a. India
- b. Pakistan
- c. North Korea
- d. All of the above
3.
The Joint Cooperative Plan of Action (JCPOA) is an agreement intended to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. What critical resource is limited by the JCPOA to less than the amount needed to actually build a bomb?
- a. Enriched uranium
- b. Plutonium
- c. Heavy water
- d. Uranium ore
4.
Several U.S. arms control experts have proposed eliminating what class of delivery systems in order to save money and lower the risk of accidental or unintended use?
- a. Long-range bombers
- b. ICBMs
- c. Submarine-launched missiles
- d. Cruise missiles
5.
Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia has developed a weapon system that has worldwide range and cannot be intercepted. What type of weapon system is he referring to?
- a. A new ICBM
- b. A hypersonic cruise missile
- c. A nuclear-powered torpedo
- d. All of the above
6.
Only one country that built nuclear weapons has voluntarily dismantled and destroyed its stockpile. Which country has done so?
- a. Israel
- b. Ukraine
- c. South Africa
- d. Iraq
7.
The United States recently withdrew from the first arms control agreement that eliminates an entire class of delivery vehicles. What agreement is that?
- a. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
- b. The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
- c. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
- d. The JCPOA
Answers: 1) c, 2) d, 3)a, 4) b, 5) d, 6) c, 7) b
