Quiz - Advanced Level

Q.1

Which cross-regional group called on the NWS to take immediate steps to eliminate their nuclear arsenals and was instrumental in negotiating the disarmament section of the 2000 Final Document?

 A) Non-Aligned Movement
 B) European Union
 C) New Agenda Coalition
 D) UN Security Council

Q.2

Which of the following did the NWS agree to in the "Practical Steps" of the Final Document?

 A) An increase in strategic nuclear weapons, accompanied by a decrease in tactical nuclear weapons.
 B) Further efforts to reduce their nuclear arsenals.
 C) Cooperation in preventing the achievement of nuclear disarmament.
 D) Immediate elimination of nuclear stockpiles.

Q.3

In addition to reaffirming the Middle East Resolution adopted at the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, which Middle Eastern country did the states parties call on to accede to the treaty and place all of its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards?

 A) Oman
 B) Jordan
 C) Djibouti
 D) Israel

Q.4

What is the acronym for the UN committee that negotiated the NPT?

 A) UNHCR
 B) ENDC [eighteen nation disarmament committee]
 C) NATO
 D) UNSCOM

Q.5

What treaty to end production of weapons-usable fissile material is currently under consideration?

 A) DDS
 B) NWFZ
 C) FMCT [fissile material cut-off treaty]
 D) ABM

Q.6

What organization is tasked with financing and implementing the 1994 Agreed Framework between DPRK and the United States?

 A)

UNICEF

 B)

UNU

 C)

KEDO [Korean energy development organization]

 D)

KOSTKO

Q.7

UN Security Council Resolution 1172 adopted in 1998 condemned nuclear tests by which countries?

 A) Iraq and China
 B) Israel and Cuba
 C) Pakistan and India
 D) Israel and Iran

Q.8

In February 1999, India and Pakistan signed the Lahore Declaration that stated their intention to find a peaceful resolution to their territorial disputes. What else did India and Pakistan pledge to do under the Lahore Declaration?

 A) Place all nuclear facilities under UN safeguards.
 B) Establish a South Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone.
 C) Develop a system of mutually assured destruction.
 D) Establish confidence-building measures for both nuclear and conventional forces.

Q.9

What nonproliferation plan proposed by the United States in 1946 would have placed all nuclear resources under the control of the international community?

 A) The Baruch Plan
 B) Atoms for Peace
 C) INFCIRC/66
 D) ENDC

Q.10

The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union submitted identical declarations in 1968 saying that nuclear aggression or threats against any NNWS party to the NPT would require immediate action by what organization?

 A) United States Air Force
 B) NPT Enforcement Troops
 C) UN Security Council
 D) NATO

Q.11

Which countries that are now parties to the NPT in good standing at one time possessed nuclear weapons, but renounced them?

 A) Argentina, Iran, South Korea, China
 B) Germany, Japan, France, Italy
 C) Belarus, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Ukraine
 D) India, Pakistan, Israel, Argentina

Q.12

What disarmament measures did nuclear weapons states agree to during the 2000 NPT Review Conference?

 A) NWS agreed to further efforts to reduce their nuclear arsenals, increased transparency, further reduction of non-strategic nuclear weapons, and a reduced operational status and role for nuclear weapons systems.
 B) NWS agreed to allow inspections of weapons facilities, tighten export controls, limit nuclear testing and abrogate the ABM Treaty.
 C) NWS agreed to export weapons-grade fissile material to developing countries, clean up nuclear waste sites, and apply sanctions to those countries that do not fulfill their obligations under the NPT.

Q.13

How will the NPT help prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power? The NPT:

 A) Threatens use of military force against new nuclear-weapon states
 B) Requires IAEA safeguards inspections
 C) Requires economic sanctions
 D) Allows for peaceful nuclear explosions

Q.14

Which of the following issues related to the obligations of the NWS is not specifically stated in the NPT provisions even though in 1995, NWS made unilateral pledges on this issue at the Security Council?

 A) Nuclear disarmament
 B) Negative security assurances
 C) No transfer of nuclear weapons to NNWS
 D) Cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy

Q.15

The 1995 NPT Review Conference called for the completion and signature of which treaty by 1996?

 A) SALT III
 B) Kyoto Protocol
 C) ABM
 D) CTBT



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