EXAMINATION PAPERS.
Lecture I.
1. What care should be taken in handling explosives?
2. What should oily stains on dynamite indicate?
3. What should be done with cases showing oily stains?
4. What two methods should be employed in thawing dynamite?
5. Name a few causes of accidents in handling dynamite.
6. Name a few causes of accidents in handling detonators.
7. What care should be taken in shipping explosives by wagons? By rail?
8. What are the principal features to be considered in the construction of a magazine?
9. Is it wise to store explosives in tunnels or caves?
10. How may a magazine be made bullet proof?
11. What precautions should be taken with men working in or about magazines?
Lecture II.
12. Name the explosives used in the service.
13. In what shape is gun-cotton put up for service use?
14. What are the characteristics of gun-cotton?
15. How is wet gun-cotton detonated?
16. To what use is dry gun-cotton put?
17. Is gun-cotton generally considered a safe explosive?
18. What uses are made of gun-cotton?
19. Explain how you would prepare a gun-cotton charge.
20. What is a detonator?
21. What kind of explosive is used in service detonator?
22. What kinds of fuses are used in the service?
23. At what rate do service fuses burn per second?
24. At what rate do instantaneous fuses burn per second?
25. What use is made of picric acid? T. N. T.? Nitro-Glycerine?
26. Is picric acid a safe explosive?
Ans. No.
27. And why?
Ans. No.
Lecture III.
28. Explain the working of a .303 short rifle grenade.
29. How are they packed ready for shipping?
30. How are they prepared for firing?
31. How are they carried?
32. What arrangements are to be used with the rifle for giving the necessary elevation?
33. What kind of ammunition is used with them?
34. Explain the working of a hand grenade No. 5, Mark 1.
35. What explosive is used in No. 5, Mark 1?
36. How far may it be thrown?
37. What is meant by cane and streamer type of grenade?
38. Explain the working of hand grenade No. 1, Mark 1.
39. Why do we use dummy bombs?
40. Why do we put explosives in dummy bombs?
41. Explain the manufacture of the jam-tin dummy?
42. Explain the manufacture of jam-tin bomb?
43. Explain the manufacture of the powder-puff.
44. Explain the manufacture of the hair-brush bomb?
45. What explosive is used in the hair-brush bomb?
46. Describe the impact or percussion type of grenade?
47. How is the dummy type made which represents the impact and percussion type?
48. Up to what weight may dummies be made?
49. How far may a 2-pound bomb be thrown?
50. How far may a 1-pound bomb be thrown?
51. Explain the correct throwing position for trench work?
52. When may a man be said to be trained in throwing from a trench?
53. What are the defensive uses of bombs and grenades?
54. What are the offensive uses of bombs and grenades?