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58 Cards in this Set
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A person who makes BM3 is thought of as a supervisor rather than a worker. Which of the following is the most important aspect of this change?
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A supervisor is responsible for the output, safety, and well-being of the personnel who work for him/her
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The first thing a Boatswain’s Mate must do when analyzing a job is to determine
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the objective of the job
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The step-by-step process, which is done before the actual work begins, includes deciding which tasks must be done first, which tasks can be done at the same time, and the personnel and materials needed is known as what phase?
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Planning phase
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Unlike a command that has two parts, what is the maximum number of parts an order may have?
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Five
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What is the first thing you should do before commencing a seamanship evolution?
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Review all technical manuals and pubs on the evolution
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Which of the following actions should be taken when something goes wrong during an evolution?
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A critique should be held immediately after the operation
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During an evolution, who should be permitted to warn personnel of immediate danger?
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Anyone
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Before sending personnel aloft, a Boatswain’s Mate must obtain permission from the
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Officer of the Deck
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When working over the side, a sailor’s safety line should NEVER be secured to which of the following objects?
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Lifeline
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Which of the following is a condition that must be met before burning, welding, and/or blowtorch operations are permitted from a stage or boatswain’s chair?
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The bridles, gantlines and stagelines must be made of steel wire
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What is generally wrong with most new Navy issue and commercial boatswain’s pipes?
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The pee is too open
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You are testing the alignment of the wind edge and the pee by pushing a broom straw through the reed. What, if anything, should you do if the wind edge splits the straw?
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Nothing
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What hand position is used with the boatswain’s pipe to make a high, shrill, clear
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Clinched
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Assume that you are writing the score for a pipe call which requires a note to be made by striking the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. With which of the following lines do you indicate this type of note?
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............
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Which of the following pipe calls is made by using the clinched hand position only?
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"Call Mates"
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A general call to battle stations is preceded by the boatswain’s call for
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"All Hands"
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Which of the following calls is used to pipe a division to quarters?
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"Boat Call"
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Which of the following calls consists of two slurred veer calls?
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"(Four Side Boys) Tend the side"
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Which of the following calls is varied to indicate the speed at which the work is to be done?
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"Sweepers"
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What call is sounded to “set taut”?
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"Stand By"
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One use of the call in figure 1-14 in the chapter text is to
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Pipe a visitor over the side
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While rendering honors to a visitor, when does the Boatswain’s Mate begin the “Over the side” portion of the call “Piping the side”?
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As soon as the visitor's head appears at the Quarterdeck level
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What call is sounded as a visitor’s boat or vehicle departs?
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"Alongside"
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Which of the following is the proper word to be passed for 8 o’clock reports at sea?
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Lay before the mast all 8 O'clock reports
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As Boatswain’s Mate of the watch, you are directed by the OOD to summon Seaman John A. Doe to the pilothouse. Using the generally preferred public address procedure, you first pipe “Passing the word” and then announce
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"Seaman J. A. Doe, lay to the pilothouse"
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What person should the Boatswain’s Mate of the watch contact if the crewmember fails to report for a watch?
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the OOD
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Before the Boatswain’s Mate of the watch passes any routine calls, he/she must check with the OOD to see if there are any modifications included in the
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Plan of the Day, standing orders, or special orders
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Why should you keep your boatswain’s pipe away from the microphone while piping the routine on the ship’s PA system?
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It may Damage the 1-MC Circuits
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Who is usually responsible for the neatness of the quarterdeck?
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OOD Messanger
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If you are Boatswain’s Mate of the watch and you are assigned side boys who are
inexperienced, which of the following actions should you take? |
Teach the inexpierenced
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A copy of the ship’s deck log shall be retained on board for a minimum period of how long?
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1 year
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You should correct an erroneous entry in the ship’s deck log by
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Drawing a single line through it and then inserting the correct entry and intialing on the margin
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Which of the following basic information is found in an anchor log?
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Serial Numbers on the Anchor Chain, Weights & Serial numbers on detachable links
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Which of the following publications covers the 3-M systems?
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OPNAVINST 4790.4(SERIES)
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When a ship is being built, what ceremony is held first?
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Keel-Laying
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What ceremony is the second significant ceremony for a ship?
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Christening
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As a Boatswain’s Mate, what type of ceremony is used for a ship terminating service in the Navy?
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Decommissioning
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Which of the following regulations covers the burial at sea?
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Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
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Which end of the casket is the union portion of the national ensign placed over?
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Head over the left shoudler
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How many pallbearers are required in a burial at sea?
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6
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A firing squad for burial at sea is comprised of how many persons, including the chief in charge?
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Seven
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What person is responsible for the opening and scattering of the ashes of a person?
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Executive Officer or an Officer assigned by the Captain
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When doing a burial at sea with the cremains of a person, how many flag bearers are used?
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4
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What is done with the prefolded national ensign during the committal of the ashes to the sea?
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It is picked up and held folded by the flag bearer
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What distance is considered “Close aboard” when passing a ship for rendering honors?
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600yds
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When passing/side honors are rendered, what does the first two blasts of the bugle or whistle stand for?
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Attention to Port
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When a vice admiral is going to visit your ship in an official function, how many side boys do you need?
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6
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During an official visit, honors are rendered to the person. What should you do first for an official visit?
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Attention is sounded for all hands topside
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On departure, which honor is given second to the official visitor?
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Pipe the boat or vehicle away from the side
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What hours would you not pass the arrivals and departures of commanding officers?
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Taps to reveille
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When announcing a commanding officer arriving aboard his/her ship, what are the proper words to be passed?
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Name of ship or station
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When another captain, who is not a type/operational commander, chief of staff, chief of staff officer, or commanding officer or whose command identity is not known, what is the proper word to pass at the quarterdeck?
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His/Her rank and service
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During what hours are side boys not posted for civil officials, foreign officers, and United States officers?
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Sundays and between sunset and 0800 on all other days
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When a flag officer or unit commander relieves a command or departs after being relieved, what type of honors is rendered?
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The same honors are rendered as for an official visit
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When a flag officer or unit commander boards a ship for an official inspection, what type of honors, if any, are rendered to them?
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Honors are rendered as for an official visit except that the uniform is prescribed by the inspecting officer
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How many ruffles and flourishes does the President of the United States receive during honors and ceremonies?
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4
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How many side boys are used for the Secretary of the Navy?
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8
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A total of how many side boys should be paraded as the mayor of a city is piped over the side after an official visit?
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Four
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