Ejecta is a material that is not part of the bomb body that is forced or thrown out as a result of a blast or impact.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not part of the blast
• D. Irrelevant

Answer: (A)

Ejecta refers to debris that comes from outside the device and is hurled outward by the blast or impact. It is material not part of the bomb body itself, such as soil, rock, and other surrounding debris that the explosion drives away. Because of that, the statement is true: ejecta is not part of the bomb body, yet it is produced and expelled by the blast. This concept matters for safety and hazard assessment, since ejecta can create secondary debris hazards and affect areas beyond the immediate blast radius. If something is literally a piece of the device itself that breaks off, that would be described as a fragment of the bomb rather than ejecta.