Basic Military Requirements Chapter 8 “Ship/aircraft Characteristics” And Chapter 9 “Customs And Courtesies.”

Front 1

Which of the following structural components
is the backbone of a ship?
1. Stringer
2. Prow
3. Stem
4. Keel

Back 1

The keel is the backbone of the ship.

Front 2

Which of the following structural components divides the interior of a ship into compartments?
1. Longitudinals
2. Bulkheads
3. Strakes
4. Gunwales

Back 2

The interior of a ship is divided into compartments by vertical walls, called bulkheads.

Front 3

Which of the following structural components
form the ship’s hull?
1. Longitudinals
2. Bulkheads
3. Strakes
4. Gunwales

Back 3

The plates that form the ship’s hull are called strakes.

Front 4

The vertical distance from the bottom of the keel to the waterline of the ship is identified by what nautical term?
1. Freeboard
2. Strake
3. Draft
4. Void

Back 4

DRAFT—The vertical distance from the keel to the waterline.

Front 5

Which of the following structural components support decks?
1. Athwartships deck beams
2. Fore-and-aft deck girders
3. Stanchions
4. All of the above

Back 5

Decks are supported by athwartships deck beams and by fore-and-aft deck girders. Further deck support is provided throughout the ship by vertical steel pillars called stanchions..

Front 6

The freeing ports that let water run off during heavy weather are identified by which of the
following terms?
1. Companionways
2. Bulwarks
3. Scuppers
4. Flats

Back 6

The bulwarks are fitted with freeing ports (scuppers) to permit water to run off during heavy weather.

Front 7

Which of the following terms defines the first complete deck below the main deck?
1. First deck
2. Second deck
3. Third deck
4. Fourth deck

Back 7

The first complete deck below the main deck is the second deck; the next, the third deck; the next, the fourth deck; and so on.

Front 8

The device that bears up tight on wedges and holds watertight doors closed is identified by which of the following terms?
1. Dogs
2. Scuttle
3. Coamings
4. Belaying pins

Back 8

The doors are held closed by fittings called dogs, which bear up tight on wedges.

Front 9

Which of the following terms defines the horizontal openings for access through decks?
1. Hatches
2. Doors
3. Manholes
4. Scuttles

Back 9

Hatches are horizontal openings for access through decks.

Front 10

10. Which of the following terms defines the solid part of a ship above the main deck?
1. Superstructure
2. Upper deck
3. Forecastle

Back 10

The solid part of a ship above the main deck is called the superstructure.

Front 11

Which of the following is a type of mast?
1. Mizzenmast
2. Mainmast
3. Foremast
4. All of the above

Back 11

All of the above

Front 12

What is the purpose of running rigging?
1. For stays and shroud support
2. To support stacks
3. To hoist, lower, or control booms or boats
4. To support the mast

Back 12

Lines or wires used for hoisting, lowering, or controlling booms, boats, and so on, are known as running rigging.

Front 13

Commissioned ships of the U.S. Navy fly a commission pennant that is secured to what point?
1. The forecastle
2. Aft of the fantail
3. To a pigstick and hoisted to a truck
4. Level adjacent to the bridge

Back 13

Commissioned ships of the U.S. Navy fly a commission pennant secured to a pigstick and hoisted to the truck

Front 14

What term identifies the port and starboard halves of a yard?
1. Yardarms
2. Pigstick
3. Gaff
4. Peak

Back 14

The port and starboard halves of a yard are the port and starboard yardarms.

Front 15

The national ensign is flown from what part of a ship when it is anchored or moored?
1. Jackstaff
2. Flagstaff
3. Pigstick
4. Peak

Back 15

When a ship is anchored or moored, the national ensign flies from the flagstaff at the stern, and the union jack flies from the jackstaff at the bow.

Front 16

What is the additional ship control space used by the squadron commander or admiral called?
1. Signal bridge
2. Main control
3. Flag bridge
4. Bridge wind

Back 16

Some larger classes of ships have, in addition to the navigation bridge (conn), a flag bridge for the use of the squadron commander or admiral and staff.

Front 17

In what part of a ship is main control normally located?
1. Chart hours
2. Secondary conn
3. Combat information center
4. Boiler or machinery spaces

Back 17

Main control is normally located below the main deck inboiler or mhinery spaces.

Front 18

Ships of the U.S. Navy are divided into how many categories?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Back 18

Ships of the U.S. Navy are divided into four categories that include combatant ships, auxiliary ships, combatant craft, and support craft.

Front 19

How many types of ships are included in the warship category?
1. Five
2. Six
3. Seven
4. Eight

Back 19

The following types of ships are included in the warship category:
• Aircraft carriers
• Battleships
• Cruisers
• Destroyers
• Frigates
• Submarines

Front 20

What type of ship is the center of a modern naval task force or task group?
1. Aircraft carrier
2. Destroyer
3. Cruiser
4. Submarine

Back 20

The attack carrier is an excellent long-rangeoffensive weapon and is the center of the modern naval task force or task group.

Front 21

Approximately how many aircraft are
embarked on Nimitz class CVs?
1. 70
2. 75
3. 80
4. 85

Back 21

The larger Nimitz class displaces about 96,000 tons and embarks about 85 aircraft.

Front 22

What class of cruiser is designated as battle force capable?
1. Ticonderoga
2. Spruance
3. Arleigh Burke

Back 22

The Ticonderoga (CG 47) class cruisers are built on the Spruance (DD 963) hull. Modern U.S. Navy guided-missile cruisers perform primarily a battle force
role.

Front 23

Which of the following is a principle mission of a destroyer?
1. Operate offensively against submarines
and surface ships
2. Operate defensively against submarines
and surface ships
3. Both 1 and 2 above
4. Operate short-range attack against all
aircraft

Back 23

The principal mission of destroyers is to operate offensively and defensively against submarines and surface ships and to take defensive action against air attacks. They also provide gunfire support for amphibious assaults and perform patrol, search, and rescue missions.

Front 24

What class destroyer represents a return to
all-steel construction?
1. Kidd class
2. Spruance class
3. Arleigh Burke class

Back 24

The Arleigh Burke class represents a return to all-steel construction and incorporates electromagnetic pulse hardening, enhanced firefighting features, and a collective protection system to provide protection against nuclear, chemical, or biological contamination.

Front 25

Which of the following is the mission of frigates?
1. Protective screens
2. Open ocean escort and patrol
3. Defensive operations against surface ships
4. Offensive operations against subsurface
ships

Back 25

The classification “frigate” designates ships used for open-ocean escort and patrol.

Front 26

What class of submarines has the quitest operation?
1. Sturgeon
2. Ohio
3. Seawolf

Back 26

The Seawolf’s stealth characteristics make it the world’s quietest submarine.

Front 27

The Ohio class ballistic submarine has how many Trident missile tubes?
1. 16
2. 20
3. 24
4. 26

Back 27

The Ohio class is the largest undersea craft developed by the Navy.The submarine has 24 tubes for the Trident missile and 4 torpedo tubes located in the bow.

Front 28

The LHA carries what means of defense against surface and air attack?
1. 5-inch guns only
2. Mk 38 machine guns only
3. 5-inch guns and Mk 38 machine guns

Back 28

Mk 38 machine guns only

Front 29

How many troops can be embarked in, transported by, and landed by the Wasp class LHDs?
1. 1,500
2. 2,000
3. 2,500
4. 3,000

Back 29

The Wasp-class LHDs are designed to embark, transport, and land 2,000 troops and their equipment using transport helicopters in conjunction with a beach assault.

Front 30

What is the purpose of dock landing ships?
1. To transport amphibious craft only
2. To transport vehicles only
3. To transport troops only
4. To transport a variety of amphibious craft and vehicles with embarked crews and troops

Back 30

Dock landing ships (LSDs) were designed to transport and launch a variety of amphibious craft and vehicles with embarked crews and troops.

Front 31

Which of the following means is/are used by Avenger class MCMs to find, classify, and
destroy moored and bottom mines?
1. Sonar and video systems
2. Cable cutters
3. A mine-detonating device
4. Each of the above

Back 31

These ships use sonar and video systems, cable cutters, and a mine-detonating device that can be released and detonated by remote control.

Front 32

An ammunition supply ship.
1. AOE
2. ASR
3. AE
4. AO

Back 32

An AOE is capable of supplying not only fuel and ammunition but can supply dry stores and refrigerated stores.

Front 33

Supply dry and refrigerated stores.
1. AOE
2. ASR
3. AE
4. AO

Back 33

An AOE is capable of supplying not only fuel and ammunition but can supply dry stores and refrigerated stores.

Front 34

Combat support ship
1. AOE
2. ASR
3. AE
4. AO

Back 34

The fast combat support ship (AOE) is the largest and most powerful auxiliary ship in the Navy. Unlike other replenishment ships, the AOE is designed to operate as an integral force rather than as a unit of an underway replenishment group.

Front 35

Which of the following terms applies to the transfer of fuel, munitions, supplies, and personnel from one vessel to another while ships are under way?
1. Vertical replenishment
2. Horizontal replenishment
3. Replenishment at sea
4. Replenishment while under way

Back 35

Replenishment at sea is the term applied to the transfer of fuel, munitions, supplies, and personnel from one vessel to another while ships are under way.

Front 36

A separation of what approximate distance is maintained between the replenishment ship and the ship it’s replenishing?
1. 50 feet
2. 75 feet
3. 100 feet
4. 125 feet

Back 36

A separation of about 100 feet is maintained between ships, with the replenishing ship frequently serving ships both to port and starboard.

Front 37

The AOE is designed to operate at what approximate distance between itself and the ship it’s replenishing?
1. 150 feet
2. 175 feet
3. 200 feet
4. 225 feet

Back 37

A separation of about 100 feet is maintained between ships, with the replenishing ship frequently serving ships both to port and starboard.

Front 38

Most fleet tugs are operated by which of the following organizations?
1. U.S. Navy
2. U.S. Coast Guard
3. Army Corps of Engineers
4. Military Sealift Command

Back 38

Military Sealift Command (MSC) personnel now operate most fleet tugs.

Front 39

Combatant craft usually operate in what areas?
1. In open waters
2. In coastal waters
3. In intercontinental waters
4. In the deep sea

Back 39

Combatant craft include patrol craft, amphibious warfare craft, and mine warfare craft. Surface patrol craft are intended for use relatively near the coast or in sheltered waters or rivers.

Front 40

Support craft designations start with what letter?
1. S
2. T
3. Y
4. Z

Back 40

With a few exceptions, support craft designations start with the letter Y.

Front 41

Fixed-wing aircraft are divided into how many basic parts?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Back 41

FUSELAGE
WINGS
EMPENNAGE

Front 42

What is the primary lifting device of an aircraft?
1. Tail
2. Wings
3. Ailerons
4. Fuselage

Back 42

Wings are the primary lifting devices of an aircraft, although some lift is derived from the fuselage and tail.

Front 43

What are the three main parts of a helicopter?
1. Tail, rotors, and empennage
2. Tail, rotors, and fuselage
3. Main rotor, fuselage, and tail rotor
4. Main rotor, empennage, and tail rotor

Back 43

FUSELAGE
MAIN ROTOR
TAIL ROTOR

Front 44

Attack class planes are used in which of the following roles?
1. Nuclear strikes
2. Ground support
3. Low-level bombing
4. Each of the above

Back 44

Each of the above

Front 45

What class of aircraft is generally used to gain
air superiority?
1. Attack
2. Fighter
3. Patrol
4. Warning

Back 45

Fighters are high-performance aircraft generally employed to gain air superiority

Front 46

The E-2C Hawkeye belongs to what class of aircraft?
1. Patrol
2. Warning
3. Antisubmarine
4. Fighter

Back 46

Patrol

Front 47

The S-3 Viking belongs to what class of aircraft?
1. Patrol
2. Warning
3. Antisubmarine
4. Fighter

Back 47

Antisubmarine

Front 48

What helicopter is designated for ASW use?
1. Ch-46 Sea Knight
2. SH-2 Seasprite
3. SH-60B Seahawk

Back 48

Ch-46 Sea Knight

Front 49

What helicopter operates and tows mine countermeasures devices?
1. CH-46 Sea Knight
2. SH-60B Seahawk
3. CH-53D Sea Stallion

Back 49

CH-53D Sea Stallion