Chapter 13 Multiple choice questions

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. The _________ prohibited all nuclear tests in the atmosphere, but allowed tests to continue underground. Limited as the treaty was, it encouraged further arms control initiatives.

Non-Proliferation Treaty correct incorrect

Partial Test Ban Treaty correct incorrect

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) I correct incorrect

Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Agreement correct incorrect

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. The three key categories of weapons of mass destruction, which each have an international regime devoted to their control, are…

chemical, nuclear, and cyber. correct incorrect

biological, nuclear, and cyber. correct incorrect

missile, nuclear, and biological. correct incorrect

nuclear, biological, and chemical. correct incorrect

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. Which country was previously a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, withdrew, and is now believed to possess approximately 30–40 nuclear warheads?

Israel correct incorrect

North Korea correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

India correct incorrect

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. Cold war lessons suggest that…

arms control agreements have had some role to play in contributing to international security. correct incorrect

arms control is rarely of decisive importance and it is not wise to see it as a way of fundamentally resolving the world's problems. correct incorrect

arms control policy can by itself create stability and peace, and should be seen as an end in itself. correct incorrect

arms control agreements have had some role to play in contributing to international security and arms control is rarely of decisive importance and it is not wise to see it as a way of fundamentally resolving the world's problems. correct incorrect

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. In the immediate aftermath of the cold war…

analysts believed that in post-cold war conflicts, nuclear weapons were likely to be deployed to be used, while chemical and biological weapons were potentially more likely to be deployed in order to deter. correct incorrect

analysts, particularly those in the United States, lost interest in counterproliferation because they felt that the United States no longer faced threats from weapons of mass destruction. correct incorrect

concerns about hidden horizontal and vertical proliferation of the various types of weapons of mass destruction were strengthened by UN and IAEA inspections of Iraqi nuclear facilities, and led to louder calls for more tools to tackle this problem. correct incorrect

analysts, particularly those in the United States, believed that US dominance in weapons of mass destruction would enable it to continue to project military power around the world. correct incorrect