Quick Quiz

Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English

Bioterrorism Threat

Directions: This is a True/False quiz. For each statement, please mark the BEST response based on the Living on Earth report you have just heard/read.

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1: Biological weapons are called Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) because they have the potential to kill millions of people.: True
False
2: Biological weapons are potentially much more dangerous than chemical weapons.: True
False
3: It would be exceedingly difficult for a potential terrorist, as a passenger in an airline, for example, to transport biological weapons from country to country.: True
False
4: There are about a dozen countries that have biological weapons capacity.: True
False
5: The former Soviet Union's bioterrorism program was massive in scale including 6,000 to 7,000 people.: True
False
6: The smallpox virus which was so dangerous in the past is no longer considered a bioterrorist threat because it has been eradicated from the face of the earth.: True
False
7: As the Russian scientist, Ken Alibec, defected to the US and now lives outside Washington, D.C., it is feared that other Russian scientists may have defected to Iran, Iraq, Korea, and Libia.: True
False
8: Terrorist groups with home laboratories and the will to die for their cause present the biggest danger of bioterrorism today.: True
False
9: After participating for six years, the US recently withdrew from the Biological Weapons Treaty talks.: True
False
10: The Biological Weapons Treaty plan called for inspection of plants, industrial operations, and factories that might be able to make biological weapons.: True
False