Aircraft Rockets And Rocket Launchers

Front 1

Acceleration and deceleration apply to rocket fuzes that use a gear timing device in conjunction with what principle?

Back 1

Setback principle

Front 2

A rocket misfire that later fires from delayed ignition is known by which of the following terms?

Back 2

Hangfire

Front 3

A situation in which a rocket does NOT fire when the firing circuit is energized is known by which of the following terms?

Back 3

Misfire

Front 4

The solid fuel used in a rocket motor is known by which of the following terms?

Back 4

Propellant grain

Front 5

What term applies to a safety feature designed into a fuze with a gear timing device?

Back 5

Setback

Front 6

Presently, all rocket motor tubes are made from what material?

Back 6

Aluminum

Front 7

With a Venturi-type nozzle design, the gas pressure inside a rocket motor provides approximately what percentage of the force required to move the container forward?

Back 7

30%

Front 8

A complete round of service rocket ammunition is contained in which of the following component/components?

Back 8

Motor, warhead, and fuze

Front 9

An internal burning, star perforation, double-base, solid propellant is contained in which of the following rocket motors?

Back 9

2.75-inch and 5.0-inch

Front 10

To restrict or control burning, inhibitors are used on what areas of the propellant grain?

Back 10

Aft end, forward end, and outer diametrical surface

Front 11

If inhibitors were NOT used on rocket motors that use propellant grain, what action would occur?

Back 11

An increased burning rate

Front 12

On a 2.75-inch rocket motor, where is the igniter located?

Back 12

Forward end of the motor

Front 13

Inhibitors cause the propellant grain to burn in which of the following directions?

Back 13

Center to outward and forward to aft

Front 14

What rocket component prevents an unstable burning of the propellant grain?

Back 14

Stabilizing rod

Front 15

What rocket component ensures that the propellant grain ignites simultaneously forward and aft?

Back 15

Stabilizing rod

Front 16

The igniter in a 5.0-inch rocket motor contains how many squibs?

Back 16

Two

Front 17

An Mk 66 nozzle assembly consists of all EXCEPT which of the following items?

Back 17

An igniter

Front 18

When NOT installed in a launcher, what device holds the spring-loaded fins of an Mk 71 rocket motor in the closed position?

Back 18

Fin retainer band

Front 19

Rocket warheads are classified in which of the following ways?

Back 19

Flare, flechette, and smoke

Front 20

Information pertaining to specific rocket components is contained in which of the following NAVAIR publications?

Back 20

11-75A-92

Front 21

When required, base fuzes are assembled in high-explosive warheads at which of the following locations?

Back 21

The factory

Front 22

HE-FRAG warheads are used against which of the following targets?

Back 22

Personnel

Front 23

A warhead designated WDU-4A/A is of (1) what type and (2) fits what diameter rocket?

Back 23

(1) Flechette (2) 2.75-inch

Front 24

The Mk 34 Mod 0 is what type of warhead?

Back 24

Smoke

Front 25

What are the two primary classifications of rocket fuzes?

Back 25

Nose and base

Front 26

An Mk 193 Mod 0 fuze is installed in what warhead?

Back 26

Mk 33 Mod 1

Front 27

A rocket fuze that functions after the rocket strikes the target with enough resistance to cause crushing or disarrangement of actuating parts is known as what type of fuze?

Back 27

An impact-firing fuze

Front 28

An impact-firing fuze is located in what part of a warhead?

Back 28

The nose or base

Front 29

Which of the following fuzes contains a clock mechanism?

Back 29

Mk 193 Mod 0

Front 30

What type of rocket fuze is used in the base of a WDU-4A/A flechette warhead?

Back 30

An acceleration-deceleration fuze

Front 31

What type of rocket fuze has an electronics package in the forward end?

Back 31

A proximity fuze

Front 32

What 5.0-inch rocket motor has one motor for all launch speed applications?

Back 32

Mk 71

Front 33

Aircraft rocket launchers are classified in which of the following ways?

Back 33

2.75-inch or 5.0inch and reusable or nonreusable

Front 34

For detailed information on the LAU-61 and LAU-68 (series) rocket launchers, you should refer to which of the following NAVAIR publications?

Back 34

11-75A-92

Front 35

The LAU-10 series rocket launcher has which of the following type of suspension?

Back 35

A 14-inch and 30-inch suspension

Front 36

The frangible fairings on rocket launchers are made of what material?

Back 36

Impregnated molded fiber

Front 37

What component permits preflight selection of either ripple or single firing of rockets from an aircraft rocket launcher?

Back 37

A mode selector switch

Front 38

What component of a rocket launcher is used to prevent loaded rockets from being fired?

Back 38

A breaker switch

Front 39

When rocket launchers are loaded, the detent pin should be installed in the breaker switch at which of the following times?

Back 39

Before the launcher is loaded with rocket motors

Front 40

When the mode selector switch in a 19-shot pod is in the single-fire position, what total number of rockets are fired by the intervalometer for each firing pulse it receives?

Back 40

One

Front 41

In the LAU-10 (series) rocket launcher, what component retains the rocket motor in the launching tubes during shipping, handling, and flight?

Back 41

A spring-loaded detent pawl

Front 42

The rocket motor is retained in a launcher tube by what means?

Back 42

A detent

Front 43

What authority may authorize the disassembly or alteration of rocket components?

Back 43

NAVAIRSYSCOM

Front 44

When a rocket is fired from the LAU-10 (series) launcher, what force causes the detent pawl to release from the rocket detent groove?

Back 44

Motor thrust

Front 45

Rocket motors should be stowed in the same manner as which of the following powders or explosives?

Back 45

Smokeless powder

Front 46

Fuzes and warheads should be disposed of if they are dropped onto a hard surface more than what prescribed number of feet?

Back 46

5 feet

Front 47

When, if ever, should a loaded rocket launcher be electrically tested?

Back 47

A loaded rocket launcher should NEVER be tested

Front 48

A minimum distance, as indicated on the unit, must be maintained between a gas turbine exhaust path and the rocket assemblies upon which the exhaust impinges. In the absence of specific information on the unit, what minimum
distance must be maintained?

Back 48

10 feet

Front 49

If for any reason you think a fuze is armed, which of the following procedures should you follow?

Back 49

Treat the fuze as an armed and sensitive fuze

Front 50

Ready-service stowage of assembled rockets is authorized for the 2.75-inch and 5.0-inch aircraft rockets according to which of the following publications?

Back 50

NAVSEA OP 4 and NAVSEA OP 5

Front 51

In an ammunition loading area, smoking should NOT be permitted within what prescribed number of feet?

Back 51

200 feet

Front 52

The history of rockets covers a span of how many centuries?

Back 52

Eight

Front 53

What initiating device ignites the propellant grain of a rocket?

Back 53

Igniter

Front 54

What component of a rocket contains the propellant, igniter, and nozzle?

Back 54

Motor

Front 55

The gases produced when rocket motor propellant burns create what type of force?

Back 55

Thrust

Front 56

Rockets are propelled by what means?

Back 56

The expulsion of gases

Front 57

Which of the following rocket components is/are a part of the motor?

Back 57

Propellant only

Front 58

What type of HE-FRAG warhead is used with a 5.0-inch rocket?

Back 58

Mk 63 Mod 0

Front 59

What type of warhead combines the effectiveness of HE-FRAG and HEAT warheads?

Back 59

AT/APERS

Front 60

What type of warhead is a compromise between the armor-piercing and fragmentation designs?

Back 60

GP

Front 61

A 2.75-inch rocket assembly can be carried and launched from which of the following launcher packages?

Back 61

7- or 19-round packages

Front 62

All 2.75-inch rockets may be shipped in which of the following configurations?

Back 62

Complete rounds in 7- or 19-tube launchers or in wooden boxes, rocket motors in 7-tube launchers and fuze-warhead combinations in separate shipping containers, and separate components in authorized shipping containers

Front 63

Which NAVAIR publication provides authorized assemblies, safety precautions, and restrictions for airborne rockets?

Back 63

11-75A-92

Front 64

All 5.0-inch rockets should be received through the supply system in which of the following configurations?

Back 64

Rocket motors in a 4-round launcher, separate components in separate shipping containers, and fuzes and warheads in separate shipping containers

Front 65

A rocket motor should NOT be used if it has been dropped more than what prescribed number of feet?

Back 65

A rocket motor should NEVER be used if dropped

Front 66

When, if ever, should you attempt to remove the base fuze from a rocket warhead?

Back 66

You should never attempt to remove the base fuze