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1.  What are conventional weapons?

2.  What are some examples of the use of chemical and biological warfare in ancient times?

3.  What has tended to keep the use of chemical and biological agents in check in modern warfare?

4.  What events began the age of nuclear warfare in the closing days of World War II?

5.  Who poses the greatest threat in the use of CBR weapons today?

6.  What is chemical warfare?

7.  What are the most common types of CW agents?

8.  What is biological warfare?

9.  What does nuclear warfare involve?

10.  What are the four possible effects from the explosion of a nuclear warhead?

11.  What are the three types of nuclear bursts to which a ship may be exposed?

12.  What are the three phases of shipboard CBR decontamination?