Bmr Ch 3 Watch Standing

Front 1

A ship maintains a watch for which of the following reasons?

Back 1

-Communications
-Security
-Safety

Front 2

A ship’s plan for action is contained in what type of bill?

Back 2

Battle bill

Front 3

Qualified personnel are assigned to stations by which of the following persons?

Back 3

Division Officer and Division Chief

Front 4

General quarters—all battle stations are manned is considered what condition?

Back 4

CONDITION 1

Front 5

Normal wartime cruising watch—4 hours on, 8 hours off is what condition?

Back 5

CONDITION 3

Front 6

If you are scheduled to stand the second dog watch, you should report at what time?

Back 6

1745

Front 7

What watch are you standing between 2000 and 2400 hours?

Back 7

Evening watch

Front 8

Watches are split into port and starboard for what reason?

Back 8

For security

Front 9

What type of watch do most Sailors stand?

Back 9

Security

Front 10

Which of the following is a type of a security watch?

Back 10

Fire watch
Barracks watch
Sentry duty

Front 11

Which of the following is a key assignment for officers in the watch organization?

Back 11

JOOD
OOD
CDO

Front 12

Which of the following is a duty of the QMOW?

Back 12

To maintain the ship’s deck log

Front 13

What person makes sure all deck watch stations are manned with qualified personnel and all watch standers from previous watches are relieved?

Back 13

BMOW

Front 14

Where is the fog lookout watch usually stood?

Back 14

In the bow where approaching ships can be heard

Front 15

For what reason does the fog lookout watch normally consist of two Sailors?

Back 15

To allow the lookout to work without having his/her hearing impaired by wearing sound-powered phones

Front 16

What type of watch is set when positive steering control must be maintained?

Back 16

After steering watch

Front 17

What is the purpose of the security watch?

Back 17

To increase the physical security of the ship

Front 18

Which of the following is a duty of security watches and patrols?

Back 18

-be alert for fire hazards
-check the security of weapons
magazines
-inspect damage control closures

Front 19

You are a member of a security patrol, and you detect a fire hazard that affects the safety of the ship. What action should you take?

Back 19

Report it to the OOD immediately

Front 20

What is the purpose of a shipboard fire watch?

Back 20

To immediately extinguish fires caused by welding or burning operations

Front 21

When standing a barracks security watch, you have which of the following responsibilities?

Back 21

-Knowing and carrying out provisions of the fire bill
-Knowing and carrying out provisions of the emergency bill
-Knowing barracks regulations

Front 22

When standing a barracks security watch, which of the following is the first action to
take if there is a fire?

Back 22

Report the fire

Front 23

Sentries are governed by what two types of orders?

Back 23

General and special

Front 24

You are required to know the general orders of a sentry. How many general orders are there?

Back 24

11

Front 25

When aboard ship, you should refer to what publication for the procedures used to relieve
an armed watch?

Back 25

SOP

Front 26

Which of the following is a precaution to follow when standing an armed watch with a pistol?

Back 26

-When relieved, unload the pistol in a safe area
-Don’t surrender the pistol to an unauthorized person
-Keep the pistol (which is loaded with one round in the chamber) in its holster
unless you have to use it

Front 27

Under which of the following conditions can deadly force be used?

Back 27

-prevent the escape of a murderer
-prevent sabotage
-protect your life

Front 28

Why is a lookout posted?

Back 28

To search for objects radar can’t detect

Front 29

The peacetime lookout organization has how many Sailors in each watch station?

Back 29

Three

Front 30

What are the 3 types of bearings?

Back 30

Relative, true, and magnetic

Front 31

Which of the following is Navy phraseology for reporting a bearing of 038º?

Back 31

Zero, tree, ate

Front 32

Lookouts report what type of bearing?

Back 32

Relative

Front 33

Which of the following statements describes a target angle?

Back 33

The relative bearing of your ship from another ship

Front 34

A position angle can never be more than what number of degrees?

Back 34

90 degrees

Front 35

How are position angles reported?

Back 35

Two digits, spoken digit by digit

Front 36

How should you report objects that are low in the water?

Back 36

By the object’s approximate distance

Front 37

Ranges are reported in what unit of measurement?

Back 37

Yards

Front 38

When using binoculars, what adjustments should you make?

Back 38

Two for focus and one for proper distance between the lenses

Front 39

When should you use binoculars?

Back 39

When identifying objects at night

Front 40

How long does it take for you to reach your best night vision?

Back 40

30 minutes

Front 41

What is meant by the term dark adaptation?

Back 41

The improvement of vision in dim light

Front 42

When should you use “off-center vision”?

Back 42

When it’s dark

Front 43

What information is contained in an initial report?

Back 43

The object and its bearing from the ship