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39 Cards in this Set
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How are record messages characterized? |
Precedence, Content, Addresses and Format (3-1) |
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What determines the speed of service (SOS) objectives for each message? |
Precedence (3-1) |
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What determines weather a message is considered operational or administrative in nature? |
Content (3-1) |
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What determines the message type? |
The set of addresses (3-1) |
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What determines the appropriate message format? |
Operating doctrine (3-1) |
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What are the 4 precedence categories that may be assigned to a message? |
Routine (R), Priority (P), Immediate (O) and Flash (Z). (3-1) |
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What is the objective of the precedence category FLASH? |
As fast as possible with an objective of less than 10 minutes. |
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What precedence category has an objective of 30 minutes? |
Immediate (3-1) |
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What is the objective of the precedence category Priority? |
3 hours (3-1) |
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What precedence category has an objective of 6 hours? |
Routine (3-1) |
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What messages are used when directing or affecting the actual use or movement of forces, ships, troops and aircraft weather real or simulated? |
Operational messages (3-1) |
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What type of messages pertain to matters of a nature or urgency that requires electronic transmission? |
Administrative messages (3-2) |
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What is the highest precedence category normally assigned to an administrative message? |
Priority (3-2) |
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Administrative messages reporting death or serious illness shall be assigned what precedence? |
Immediate (3-2) |
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All administrative messages shall use the operating signal (OPSIG) what after the date time group (DTG)? |
ZYB (3-2) |
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What messages use defined data fields that are both readable and machine processable? |
Pro Forma (3-2) |
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What are the 4 types of classified and unclassified narrative messages? |
Single address, Multiple address, Book and General Message (3-2 and 3-3) |
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What type of narrative message has only one addressee, either (TO) or Information (INFO)? |
Single Address (3-2) |
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2 or more addresses, either action or information in which each addressee should know the other recipients? |
Multiple Address (3-2) |
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2 or more addresses where recipients may are not required to know eachother? |
Book (3-3) |
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Narrative message designed to meet recurring requirements to distribute information to a wide, predetermined, standard distribution? |
General Message (3-3) |
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The authority to send general messages is limited to what 2 commands? |
Echelon 1 and Echelon 2 (3-3) |
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For a complete listing of general messages and their authorized originators, what reference should you refer to? |
NWP 6-01 (3-3) |
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DON general messages are numbered per what procedures? |
Joint procedures (3-3) |
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When formatting a general message, what stands alone on the line after the classification and before the MSGID set? |
The title and number/year indicator (3-3) |
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Short, concise messages that request action or report a problem on a previously transmitted message? |
Service messages (3-3) |
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Service messages may be originated manually by blank or automatically by blank? |
Manually by message handling personnel or automatically by the Message Conversion System (MCS). (3-3) |
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True or False: Service messages shall be used only when other means are not available to complete required action? |
True (3-3) |
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Message Conversion Systems are designed to do what? |
Check every message it processes for format and address accuracy. (3-3) |
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The determination of precedence is the drafters responsibility. Who confirms the precedence or makes a change to the assignment? |
The releaser (5-2) |
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True or false: Messages having both action and information addresses may be assigned a single or dual precedence? |
True (5-2) |
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What type of messages include one precedence for all action addressees and a lower precedence for information addressees? |
Dual precedence messages (5-2) |
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What precedence is reserved for messages that require quick action by the addressees and/or furnish essential information for the conduct of operations in progress, and should only be assigned when ROUTINE precedence will not suffice? |
Priority (P) (3 hours) (5-3) |
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What precedence is reserved for messages relating to situations that gravely affect the security of national/allied forces? |
Immediate (O) (30 minutes) (5-3) |
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What precedence is reserved for initial enemy contact messages and operational combat messages of extreme urgency; brevity is mandatory? |
Flash (Z) (Less than 10 minutes) (5-4) |
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In addition to the 4 four precedences, what precedence indicates a message that has a FLASH capability designated Emergency Command Precedence and requires special handling at TCCs? |
YANKEE (Y) (5-5) |
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The date time group (DTG) has 2 parts, what are they? |
First part: 6 digits (2 represent the day and 4 represent the time). Second part: a single letter zone suffix and the month and year. (5-5) |
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The single letter zone suffix ZULU is used as the universal time for all messages except in cases of what? |
Where theater or area commanders prescribe the use of local time during tactical operations. (5-5) |
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What should be used as the times instead of 2400Z and 0000Z? |
2359Z and 0001Z (5-5) |
