Topic 3-3 Quiz – VCDNP Short Course on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Safeguards Quiz

1.

What are the three categories of safeguards agreements?

Comprehensive, item-specific, and voluntary offer safeguards

Mandatory, comprehensive, and additional safeguards

Additional, comprehensive, and voluntary offer safeguards

2.

What are the three main bodies of the IAEA?

General Conference, Secretariat, and Board of Governors

General Assembly, Professional Staff, and Conference of Ambassadors

Director General, Secretariat, and Security Council

3.

What are the three pillars of the IAEA activities?

Safety & Security, Science & Technology, and Safeguards & Verification

Safeguards & Security, Enforcement & Compliance, and Technical Cooperation

Security, Safety, and Open-Source Intelligence

4.

What countries have an obligation under the NPT to conclude comprehensive safeguards agreements?

Non-nuclear-weapon States party to the NPT

All States with nuclear programmes

Nuclear-weapon States party to the NPT

5.

What countries conclude voluntary offer agreements?

Nuclear-weapon States outside of the NPT

Any States that wish to do so

Nuclear-weapon States party to the NPT

6.

What is the main purpose of comprehensive safeguards agreements?

To verify that all nuclear material of a non-nuclear-weapon State is in peaceful uses

To protect nuclear material from falling into the hands of non-state actors

To dismantle nuclear weapon programmes

7.

What is the purpose of the Model Additional Protocol (INFCIRC/540)?

To provide greater assurance of the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities

To provide the Agency with stronger enforcement mechanisms

To detect nuclear explosions in any environment

8.

What kinds of verification activities can IAEA carry out under the terms of the comprehensive safeguards agreement?

Ad-hoc inspections, routine inspections, special inspections and design information verification

Routine inspections, random inspections, and investigative inspections

Design information verification visits, routine inspections, and surprise inspections

9.

Which event led to steps to strengthen IAEA safeguards and the development of the Model Additional Protocol?

North Korea’s nuclear weapon test

The discovery of Iraq’s clandestine weapon program in 1991

The end of the Cold War

10.

Which states are eligible to conclude a Small Quantities Protocol (SQP) with the Agency?

States with little or no nuclear material or nuclear activities

States with declared nuclear material above 20kg of HEU and 40kg of HEU

States with nuclear material, but no weapons programs

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