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  1. Besides a non-regulated category, how many hazard classes make up the DoD hazard classification system?
  2. Which hazard class is assigned to AE whose predominant hazard is explosive?
  3. For what purpose are the three subdivisions of hazard division 1.2 used?
  4. How many storage and transportation compatibility groups are used to segregate AE?
  5. In a hazard classification such as (18)1.1, what does the parenthetical number represent?
  6. Which joint procedures does DoD use as the basis for assigning hazard classifications to AE for storage and transportation?
  7. Which hazard division covers a non-mass explosion that is fragment producing?
  8. What NEWQD value separates HD 1.2.1 items from HD 1.2.2 items?
  9. Which hazard division describes a mass fire with minor blast or fragment hazard?
  10. Which hazard division is an explosive substance that is very insensitive but still has a mass explosion hazard, and how is it treated for QD?
  11. Which hazard division applies to AE that shows no reaction more severe than burning in the liquid fuel fire, bullet impact and slow heating tests?
  12. Bulk initiating (primary) explosives sensitive enough to heat, friction or percussion to start an explosive train belong to which compatibility group?
  13. Detonators, blasting caps, small arms primers and fuzes without two or more effective protective features belong to which compatibility group?
  14. Bulk propellants, propelling charges and devices containing propellant are assigned which compatibility group?
  15. Bulk TNT, Composition B and black powder, and bombs and projectiles without a propelling charge or means of initiation, belong to which compatibility group?
  16. Artillery AE, rockets and guided missiles containing HE without their own means of initiation but with a solid propelling charge belong to which compatibility group?
  17. Grenades and sounding devices with explosive trains having fewer than two effective protective features belong to which compatibility group?
  18. Flares, signals and pyrotechnic substances are assigned which compatibility group?
  19. AE containing white phosphorus is assigned which compatibility group?
  20. Which compatibility group covers AE containing flammable liquids or gels that are not spontaneously flammable on exposure to water or the atmosphere?
  21. AE containing toxic chemical agents is assigned which compatibility group, and how must it be stored?
  22. Which compatibility group covers AE with a special risk that does not permit storage with other types of AE?
  23. How must AE in damaged packaging or in a suspect condition be stored?
  24. Small arms ammunition and explosive switches or valves are assigned which compatibility group?
  25. Where is the sensitivity group (SG) assigned to an HD 1.1 or HD 1.2 AE item found?
  26. What storage arrangement provides the highest degree of safety for AE?
  27. How does the DoD hazard classification system classify riot control articles without explosive components and bulk toxic chemical agents?
  28. Is the explosive weight of non-regulated AE and AE assigned to Classes 2 through 9 counted for quantity-distance purposes?
  29. What are the maximum allowable NEWQD limits in a high performance magazine (HPM) cell and in its loading dock?
  30. On the storage compatibility mixing chart, what does an 'X' at the intersection of two compatibility groups mean?
  31. On the storage compatibility mixing chart, what does a 'Z' at an intersection mean?
  32. When equal numbers of separately packaged components of a complete round are stored together, which compatibility applies?
  33. May AE designated 'Practice' or 'Training' be stored with the tactical AE it simulates?
  34. Up to what total NEWQD may DoD Components generally authorize mixing compatibility groups in limited quantities, and which groups are excluded?
  35. For mixed storage, how must AE be packaged, and may containers be opened to issue items from storage locations?
  36. When an explosion produces several effects, which one determines the quantity-distance requirement?
  37. How is the NEWQD of an item made up, and how does it compare with the NEW for HD 1.1?
  38. Are munition fillers such as colored and HC smoke, dyes, irritants and WP counted when determining NEWQD?
  39. Does HD 1.4 AE affect the NEWQD when hazard divisions are mixed?
  40. When HD 1.1 and HD 1.3 AE are stored together, how is the mixture treated for QD?
  41. When HD 1.6 and HD 1.3 AE are mixed, how is the mixture treated for QD?
  42. How are QD separation distances measured when a hill lies between the PES and the ES?
  43. How is a railcar or motor vehicle loaded with AE treated if it is not separated from a PES well enough to prevent mass detonation?
  44. How many fire divisions are there, and which one indicates the greatest hazard?
  45. Which hazard divisions fall under fire division 2?
  46. What symbol shapes represent fire divisions 1 through 4?
  47. What size of fire division symbol may be used on doors or lockers inside buildings?
  48. Must fire symbols always be posted at an AE storage site?
  49. What does set 1 of chemical hazard symbol 1 indicate?
  50. What does set 3 of chemical hazard symbol 1 indicate?
  51. Chemical hazard symbol 3 warns firefighters against doing what?
  52. When should a fire in the vicinity of AE not be fought?
  53. What is the minimum initial emergency withdrawal distance for nonessential personnel?
  54. When the hazard division is unknown, what emergency withdrawal distance applies to nonessential personnel for AE in a facility or truck, and for AE in a railcar?
  55. What emergency withdrawal distances apply to nonessential personnel for HD 1.2/1.6, for HD 1.3 of unknown quantity, and for HD 1.4?
  56. Who determines the withdrawal distance for essential personnel at an AE accident?
  57. Within how many days of its last use must AE and visible explosives residue be removed from a storage facility no longer used to store AE?
  58. Lightning protection systems for DoD AE facilities must be designed using what method?
  59. What is the maximum interval between visual inspections, and between electrical tests, of a lightning protection system?
  60. What are the maximum resistance values allowed in lightning protection bonding tests and earth electrode tests?

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