Quiz - Intermediate Level

Q.1

The 2000 Review Conference called on which four states to accede to the NPT?

 A) Yugoslavia, Japan, Germany and Indonesia
 B) Sudan, Niger, China and Yugoslavia
 C) India, Pakistan, Indonesia and South Africa
 D) India, Pakistan, Israel and Cuba

Q.2

The United States and Russia consider compliance with this treaty to help fulfill their obligations under NPT Article VI.

 A) APM [anti-personnel mine]
 B) GMO
 C) START
 D) PBS

Q.3

What organization was established to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles with range of more than 150 miles?

 A) NAM [non-aligned movement]
 B) UNSCOM
 C) NYPD
 D) EANP

Q.4

Which of the four nations joined the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state in 2002?

 A) Cuba
 B) India
 C) Pakistan
 D) Israel

Q.5

Which of the four nations outside of the NPT regime is thought to possess nuclear weapons even though it has not openly declared possession?

 A) India
 B) Pakistan
 C) Israel
 D) North Korea

Q.6

Which nation was in non-compliance with IAEA Safeguards and announced its withdrawal from the treaty in January 2003?

 A) Iran
 B) Iraq
 C) North Korea
 D) Libya

Q.7

President Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Program promoted the export of peaceful nuclear technology to developing nations in exchange for what?

 A) Cessation of diamond mining
 B) Increase in oil exports
 C) Cooperation in space exploration
 D) Safeguards- the continual monitoring of the transferred technology by inspectors to ensure it was not used for military purposes

Q.8

Under Article I of the NPT, NWS agree not to engage in what activity?

 A) Transferring nuclear weapons to Non-Nuclear Weapon States (NNWS).
 B) Building space-based nuclear weapons.
 C) Posting websites with nuclear design information.
 D) Imposing trade sanctions on NNWS.

Q.9

Article III of the NPT obligates NNWS (Non-Nuclear Weapon States) to do what?

 A) Place all chemical and biological weapons under UN safeguards.
 B) Place nuclear materials from all peaceful nuclear activities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards to prevent their diversion from peaceful to weapons use.
 C) Share their plans to develop nuclear weapons with the IAEA.
 D) Conduct peaceful nuclear explosions and share the results with the IAEA.

Q.10

What are the two basic principles of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, as stated in the Preamble?

 A) That development of peaceful nuclear technologies and nuclear weapons should be controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
 B) That the proliferation of nuclear weapons threatens international security and peaceful applications of nuclear technology should be made available to all parties to the Treaty.
 C) That states have a right to develop nuclear weapons when threatened and to use nuclear weapons in self-defense.
 D) That nuclear weapons should be limited to numbers sufficient for national security and that nuclear weapons facilities should be open to international inspections.

Q.11

What other states in addition to the five NPT NWS also possess nuclear weapons today?

 A) Japan, Russia, Iraq
 B) Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan
 C) Germany, Brazil, South Africa
 D) India, Israel, Pakistan

Q.12

Which state failed to comply with its obligations under its IAEA safeguards agreement, but signed the Additional Protocol in December 2003?

 A) Kazakhstan
 B) Iran
 C) Iraq
 D) Egypt

Q.13

Why do some believe the NPT is ineffective?

 A) Developing countries are denied access to the benefits of missile technology under the NPT.
 B) There is no provision in the NPT to verify that nuclear energy programs are not being used for weapons purposes.
 C) Israel, India and Pakistan have not joined the NPT and possess nuclear weapons. IAEA safeguards did not detect nuclear weapons programs in Iraq and North Korea.
 D) NWS have no disarmament obligations under the NPT.

Q.14

What region of the world was specifically addressed in the Resolution adopted at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference?

 A) Middle East
 B) South Pacific
 C) Caribbean
 D) Antarctica

Q.15

In what regions of the world are there now NWFZ treaties?

 A) South Pacific, North East Asia, Africa, Antarctica
 B) Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia, Oceania, Central America
 C) Southeast Asia, Latin America, South Pacific, Antarctica, Africa
 D) Latin America, North America, Western Europe, North East Asia, Middle East



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