Topic 4-3 Quiz – VCDNP Short Course on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Arms Control Quiz

1.

Nuclear deterrence...

...allows the use of nuclear weapons only in retaliation against an attack with weapons of mass destruction

...is a policy whereby a state tries to discourage its opponent from attacking by threatening to retaliate with nuclear weapons

...requires the development of second strike capability

2.

What was NOT prohibited under the INF Treaty?

Land-based missiles with a range of 1000km to 5500km

Land-based missiles with a range of 500km to 1000km

The deployment of medium-yield nuclear warheads

3.

Under the New START treaty, signed in 2009, the United States and Russia agreed to...

...eliminate all tactical nuclear weapons by 2020

...reduce the number of deployed strategic warheads to 1550 by 2018

...remove all their nuclear weapons from hair-trigger alert by 2020

4.

In 2016, the majority of UN Member States voted to begin negotiations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons:

True

False

5.

Though not officially confirmed, the United States is known to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of several NATO member states. Those states are...

France, Germany, Norway, Romania and Turkey

Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy and Netherlands

Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Turkey

6.

International conferences in Oslo (2013), Nayarit (2014) and Vienna (2014)...

...focused on long-term health impacts of nuclear testing

...examined short- and long-term impacts of nuclear weapons as well as the risk of their use

...focused on the need to update the ruling by the International Court if Justice (ICJ) on the legality of use of nuclear weapons

7.

What was the last treaty negotiated by the Conference on Disarmament?

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)

8.

In a series of joint statements on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, a large number of states have asserted that...

...nuclear weapons can be used only in extreme cases of self-defense when the state's survival is at stake.

...nuclear weapons can be used only in response to a nuclear attack.

...should not be used again under any circumstances.

9.

The TPNW came into force on which date?

September 2017

January 2021

The TPNW is not yet in force

10.

Which was the last arms control agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation were still party and which expired in February 2026?

New START

SALT-II Treaty

The INF Treaty

The Treaty on Open Skies

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