Ammunition Storage And Handling Afloat

Front 1

The Explosive Handling Personnel Qualification and Cerification Program was established in what year?

Back 1

1966

Front 2

The Explosive Handling Personnel Qualification and Certification Program is governed by what instruction?

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OPNAVINST 8023.24

Front 3

Ther term "assembly / disassembly" refers to what operations?

Back 3

The physical act of mating/ demating compnents to / from an AUR configuration.

Front 4

In reference to ordnance certification, what does the signature of a certification board observer denote?

Back 4

The individual was observed performing a task.

Front 5

What personnel do / do not work under the Explosives Handling Personnel Qualifications and Certification Program?

Back 5

DO - magazine insection personnel

DO NOT - Security force personnel
Aircrew personnel
Documnet destruction personnel

Front 6

Unless revoked, ordnance cerification is valid for what maximum number of months?

Back 6

12 months

Front 7

Ammunition stowage magazines aboard aircraft carriers must be approved by which of the following commands?

Back 7

COMNAVSEASYSCOM

Front 8

Aboard a CV/CVN, which type(s) of magazine(s), is capable of holding a ship's service allowance of ammunition?

Back 8

Primary, missile, and universal

Front 9

Normally, various types of explosives and ammunition are stowed in separte magazines or lockers for which of the following reasons?

Back 9

Safety

Front 10

Signs or labels indicating "AMMUNITION FAR SIDE" are located on bulkheads, overheads, and ecks of ammunition stowage spaces. These signs of labels are normally spaced what prescribed distance apart?

Back 10

12 Feet

Front 11

The paint-stenciled labels of signs installed on the outside surfaces of ammunition stowage spaces are what prescribed size?

Back 11

5 inches high and 9 inches wide

Front 12

What types of magazines are provided on ships?

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Primary, missile, ready-service, locker, chemical, universal, and ammunition cargo holds

Front 13

Primary magazines are normally located in what are of a ship?

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Below decks and usually below the waterline.

Front 14

What type of magazine is located within the armor box and is used for the stowage of completely assembled rounds of weapons?

Back 14

Ready-service

Front 15

What item(s) are required on lockers filled with ammunition?

Back 15

Locking devices

Front 16

Chemical ammunition classified as lethal or incapacitating must NOt be carried aboard ship unless authorized by what command?

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NAVSEASYSCOM

Front 17

Generally, each magazine aboard ship is designed to hold a total of how many types of ammunition?

Back 17

One

Front 18

Whenever practical, magazines are designated in what ways.

Back 18

Single-purpose

Front 19

What officer must authorize the stowage of more than one type pf ammunition in a magazine?

Back 19

The operational commander

Front 20

When mixed ammunition stowage must be used, you should refer to the stowage tables listed in what NAVSEA publication?

Back 20

OP 4

Front 21

If a magazine without environmental control shows a heat gain in excess of 100 degressm what action should you take?

Back 21

Use portable ventalation

Front 22

Magazines that are continuously occupied by personnel should be blown through or ventilated at least how often?

Back 22

Every 5 HRS

Front 23

When the magazine sprinkler system is operating, what device(s) prevent the buildup of air and water pressure?

Back 23

Magazine check valves

Front 24

If a missile motor is accidentally ignited in a magazine, what means are used to avoid spreading smoke and gas to other areas of the ship.

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Exhaust ducts

Front 25

Mk 58 marine location markers NOT in an original watertight sealed container
should be stowed in which of the following magazines?

Back 25

A magazine without a sprinkler system.

Front 26

Sprinkler systems are required in what types of magazines?

Back 26

Primary, read-service, missile magazines, and ammunition handling rooms/areas

Front 27

Sprinkler systems are classified in what way.

Back 27

By type or location of control.

Front 28

There are a total of how many types of sprinkler remote operations?

Back 28

Three

Front 29

The "rate of rise" is indicated in a magazine when the temerature increases at what rate>

Back 29

Rapidly

Front 30

When a rapid increase in temperature occurs in a magazine, what circuit detects the temperature?

Back 30

FH - rapid rise

Front 31

When a slow increase in temperature occurs in a magazine, what circuit activates the sprinkler system control valve?

Back 31

F - slow rise

Front 32

What minimum number of thermostats should be installed in each magazine?

Back 32

two

Front 33

A minimum of one thermostat should be installed for every ______ square feet of deck area in a magazine

Back 33

One for every 250 square feet.

Front 34

Aboard ship, magazine inpections are mandatory according to what instruction?

Back 34

OPNAVINST 4790.4 (3M)

Front 35

To divide a large magazine area into smaller areas or bins, what equipment is used?

Back 35

Stanchions and battens

Front 36

When metal pallets are NOT used, ammunition should be stowed by what means.

Back 36

On dunnage.

Front 37

What minimum amount of air space should be provided between any ammunition stowage stack and the surface of adjacent plating or sheating?

Back 37

2 inches

Front 38

When inspecting a magazine, you should have what item.

Back 38

A check sheet.(PMS card)

Front 39

The maximum and minimum temperature conditions in a mgazine should be observed, recorded, and reported at least how often?

Back 39

Daily

Front 40

Completed magazine temperature cards should be removed from the magazines and replaced at least how often?

Back 40

The first day of every month.

Front 41

When a completed magazine temperature card is removed from a magazine and the temperatures recorded in a permanent log, the card must be retained on file for at least how many months.

Back 41

12 months

Front 42

When magazine temperatures are recorded in the permanent log, red ink should be used to record the temperatures in excess of what amount?

Back 42

100 degrees F

Front 43

When the temperature exceeds 110F in a smokless powder magazine, the temperature should be checked at least how often?

Back 43

Every hour

Front 44

High-security stowage spaces should contain what equipment?

Back 44

An unauthorized entry alarm system and specially designed locking device.

Front 45

What person is responsible for maintaining and controlling magazine keys?

Back 45

The ship's gunner

Front 46

If the ship's gunner is absent during an emergency, what officer provides access to locked ammunition spaces?

Back 46

The weapons duty officer

Front 47

There are a total of how many basic types of hoists?

Back 47

Three

Manual, pneumatic, and electric

Front 48

Any piece of handling equipment that has satisfactorily passed a periodic load test should be marked with what data?

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The date the test was performed, the name of the person performing the test and the name of the testing activity.

Front 49

What are the two major classifications of weapons elevators?

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Upper stage and lower stage.

Front 50

What device causes an elevator platform to stop if the brake fails?

Back 50

The broken-rope safety device.

Front 51

LIST THE TWO AREAS THAT THE IRRP CREATED IMPROVED HANDLING.

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REARMING AND WEAPONS ASSEMBLY.

Front 52

WHAT TYPES OF PALLETS ARE USED AS MAGAZINE STOWAGE DUNNAGE ABOARD SHIP ?

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MK 3 OR MK 12 METAL PALLETS

Front 53

LIST THE THREE HERO ORDNANCE CLASSIFICATIONS.

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THE THREE HERO ORDNANCE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE: HERO SAFE,HERO SUSCEPTIBLE,AND HERO UNSAFE.

Front 54

ORDNANCE IS HERO SAFE IF IT MEETS WHAT CRITERIA ?

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HERO-SAFE ORDNANCE MUST BE PERCUSSION INITIATED AND SHIELDED ENOUGH SO THAT EDDs ARE SAFE WHEN USED IN RF ENVIRONMENTS.

Front 55

WHAT INFORMATION CAN YOU FIND IN THE LOCAL HERO EMCON BILL ?

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THE HERO EMCON BILL CONTAINS A LIST OF ALL HERO-SUSCEPTIBLE AND HERO-UNSAFE ORDNANCE ITEMS ON BOARD THE COMMAND.

Front 56

A 5,500-pound weapons elevator has what
total number of slack cable-sensing safety
devices?

Back 56

2 (1 per hoisting rope)

Front 57

When an elevator platform over travels the hold
deck loading station level, it is stopped by
which of the following devices?

Back 57

Spring bumpers

Front 58

The IWHS PDP-14 programmable controller
continually tracks the location of the elevator
platform to within what prescribed distance?

Back 58

1/12 of an inch

Front 59

Due to the complexity of the IWHS elevators,
operators and maintenance personnel receive
extensive training in which of the following
areas?

Back 59

Electronics, hydraulics, and electricity

Front 60

A total of how many cables are used to raise the
platform on an IWHS elevator?

Back 60

Four

Front 61

An IWHS elevator has what total number of
safety features?

Back 61

10

Front 62

Upper-stage hydraulic elevators are used for
transporting weapons between which of the
following decks?

Back 62

2nd and main deck

Front 63

What weapons elevators provide weapons
transportation to the flight deck?

Back 63

Upper-stage, wire-rope elevators

Front 64

Aboard an aircraft carrier, what department is
responsible for maintaining the weapons
elevators?

Back 64

The weapons department

Front 65

To determine if maintenance procedures
require the assistance of personnel in other
ratings, you should refer to what reference?

Back 65

PMS card

Front 66

The tag-out and tag-in system is used for what
purpose?

Back 66

To ensure the safety of maintenance
personnel

Front 67

When, if ever, is it permissible to dispatch an
elevator from one deck to another without
communications between the sending operator
and the receiving operator?

Back 67

Never

Front 68

An ordnance mishap is most likely to occur
under which of the following conditions?

Back 68

When weapons or explosives are removed
from stowage

Front 69

When live ammunition is staged on the hanger
deck, which of the following conditions is
applicable

Back 69

A security watch should be posted

Front 70

The bomb farm watch performs which of the
following functions?

Back 70

Maintains direct communications with the
AOCS
Maintains the security of ordnance
Issues ordnance to squadron personnel

Front 71

The bomb farm is routinely replenished by use
of the upper-stage and lower-stage weapons
elevators and which of the following elevators?

Back 71

The deck-edge elevator

Front 72

Pier-side ammunition handling operations may
be conducted after daylight hours under which
of the following conditions?

Back 72

When the pier is adequately lighted and an
emergency exists

Front 73

When a ship is at explosive anchorage, the
transfer of ammunition is normally conducted
during what general time period?

Back 73

Daytime only

Front 74

The transfer of ammunition at sea is
accomplished by which of the following
replenishment methods?

Back 74

Conventional and vertical

Front 75

During the conventional replenishment method
at the hanger deck level, the point of contact
between the supply ship and the receiving ship
is known by what term?

Back 75

The conning station

Front 76

Which of the following items are used in the
vertical ammunition replenishment method?

Back 76

Helicopters

Front 77

An ordnance item is classified as HERO
susceptible if proved (by tests) to contain
which of the following items?

Back 77

EED's

Front 78

Detailed information pertaining to electro-
magnetic radiation hazards is contained in
which of the following publications?

Back 78

NAVSEAEA OP 3565 and NAVAIR
16-1-529

Front 79

What magazine alarm is the flooding circuit?

Back 79

FD circuit

Front 80

What should be included in a formal QUAL/CERT TP?

Back 80

A list of SOPs, qualification cards, or check sheets

Front 81

What is the work task code (WTC) for the physical act of breaking out,
unpacking, inspecting, counting (inventory control), and transporting ammunition
and explosives?

Back 81

WTC 1 Handling

Front 82

What certification level is assigned for personnel who are aware of basic safety
precautions for the task and AE concerned, has received either formal or informal
training and/or OJT, and has been recommended by immediate supervisor?

Back 82

Team Member (TM)

Front 83

What following personnel DO NOT require QUAL/CERT per the instruction?

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Ship's lookouts, in port and underway watch standers, and visit boarding search and seizure (VBSS) members

Front 84

Operator-attended elevator control panels are located in which of the following elevator doors?

Back 84

Next to all elevator doors

Front 85

Research has shown that the majority of explosive mishaps are caused by
personnel error due to inadequate training, lack of adequate supervision, lack of
or inadequate SOPs, and what other reasons?

Back 85

Complacency and failure to follow the governing technical directives