Military Requirements For Cpo (Navedtra 14144) - Assignment 1

Front 1

When was the first time Congress passed legislation to purchase and arm naval vessels?
1. 10 May 1774
2. 4 July 1776
3. 13 October 1775
4. 10 November 1775

Back 1

13 October 1775

Front 2

Almost every U.S. Sailor has
experienced some type of major deployment?

1. True
2. False

Back 2

True

Front 3

Which, if any, of the following
factors defines naval presence?
1. A major deployment
2. Having a naval force in a
specific location
3. Deploying to a hostile area to confront adversaries
4. None of the above

Back 3

Having a naval force in a
specific location

Front 4

Deployments place naval forces in position for which of the following purposes?
1. To provide protection and support to allied forces in time of war.
2. To stop the advance of the enemy as soon as possible.
3. To engage the enemy promptly at the start of hostilities.
4. All of the above

Back 4

All of the above

Front 5

What is the maximum time U.S. naval
forces can sustain operations in a
crisis area?
1. 30 days
2. 6 months
3. 1 year
4. I n d e f i n i t e l y

Back 5

I n d e f i n i t e l y

Front 6

What requirement must U.S. naval forces reflect to be effective in a presence role?
1. Friendliness toward the host
country and its allies
2. Ready combat capability to
respond to any threat
3. Current U.S. policy
4. Current technology

Back 6

Ready combat capability to
respond to any threat

Front 7

Which of the following
responsibilities belongs to the
Navy during wartime?
1. Functioning in a hostile
environment
2. Power projection
3. Sea control
4. All of the above

Back 7

All of the above

Front 8

Sea control means having
simultaneous control over the
world’s international waters.
1. True
2. False

Back 8

True

Front 9

What basic military function
provides U.S. forces with the
ability to conduct sustained
operations abroad?
1. Acquiring large amounts of the enemy’s territory
2. Large numbers of ground forces
3. Naval presence
4. Sea control

Back 9

Sea control

Front 10

Denying the enemy the ability to advance close enough to use weapons is called
1. intermediate hostile
interdiction
2. power projection
3. naval presence
4. sea control

Back 10

sea control

Front 11

An essential element of power
projection is identified by which
of the following requirements?
1. Amphibious ships
2. Counter insurgency warfare
3. Intermediate hostile
interdiction
4. Forward deployed propositioning
of ships

Back 11

Amphibious ships

Front 12

What requirement must U.S. naval forces reflect to be effective in a presence role?
1. Friendliness toward the host
country and its allies
2. Ready combat capability to
respond to any threat
3. Current U.S. policy
4. Current technology

Back 12

Ready combat capability to
respond to any threat

Front 13

The use of fleet ballistic missile submarines to provide a nuclear strike is an example of sea c o n t r o l .
1. True
2. False

Back 13

False

Front 14

The unrestricted global mobility of naval forces is based on which of
the following items?
1. Treaties
2. Tradition
3. International agreement
4. Difficulty of detection

Back 14

Tradition

Front 15

The Soviets restrict their naval
power projection to the waters
around the Soviet Union and the East Coast of the United States.
1. True
2 . False

Back 15

True

Front 16

The German navy has upgraded NATO’s
air defense through the purchase of which of the following aircraft?
1. F–14D
2. F–104
3. F/A–18
4. Tornado

Back 16

Tornado

Front 17

Who is responsible for NATO’s
offensive and defensive capability in the Norwegian and Mediterranean
Seas?
1. CINCLANT
2. CINCMED
3. SACLANT
4. SACPAC

Back 17

SACLANT

Front 18

Which of the following areas of
responsibility belongs to NATO?
1. Northwestern TVD
2. Western TVD
3. AFCENT
4. All of the above

Back 18

AFCENT

Front 19

Which of the following areas of
responsibility is a Soviet theater of operation?
1. Northwestern TVD
2. Southern TVD
3. Western TVD
4. Each of the above

Back 19

Each of the above

Front 20

Why are the Soviets conducting a long–range strategic nuclear
modernization program?
1. To prove they are the world
leaders in arms technology and to provide third world
countries with new weapons
2. To replace every out-of-date
nuclear warhead with a newer
more efficient warhead
3. To comply with expected future strategic arms reduction treaty constraints
4. To reduce the chance of
accidental war

Back 20

To comply with expected future strategic arms reduction treaty constraints

Front 21

Which of the following choke points is NOT applicable to Soviet ships deploying from Severodvinsk?
1. Danish Straits
2. Barents Straits
3. Turkish Straits
4. Iceland-England gap

Back 21

Turkish Straits

Front 22

The Soviet Black Sea Fleet could be contained by sinking a ship in which of the following choke points?
1. Danish Straits
2. Barents Straits
3. Turkish Straits
4. Greenland–Iceland gap

Back 22

Turkish Straits

Front 23

Which of the following cities is
the home port of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet?
1. Severodvinsk
2. Sevastopol
3. T r i p o l i
4. Ur

Back 23

Sevastopol

Front 24

What is the primary mission of the Soviet navy?
1. World–wide power projection
2. To provide security for Soviet
shipping
3. To provide security for third
world allies
4. To provide support for Soviet
land–based forces

Back 24

World–wide power projection

Front 25

The bulk of Soviet naval air power is derived by which of the following methods of providing air power?
1. Land–based aircraft
2. Aircraft carriers
3. Helo carriers
4. Destroyers

Back 25

Aircraft carriers

Front 26

Which of the following Soviet
fleets contain aircraft carriers?
1. Pacific Ocean Fleet
2. Black Sea Fleet
3. Caspian Fleet
4. Baltic Fleet

Back 26

Pacific Ocean Fleet

Front 27

Which of the following Soviet
fleets does NOT contain fleet
ballistic missile submarines?
1. Pacific Ocean Fleet
2. Black Sea Fleet
3. Northern Fleet
4. Baltic Fleet

Back 27

Black Sea Fleet

Front 28

Approximately 10 percent of the world’s sea trade passes through the Suez Canal at which of the following points?
1. Hormuz
2. Hormel
3. Abul Nabul
4. Babel Mandeb

Back 28

Babel Mandeb

Front 29

Persian Gulf states are building overland oil–pipe routes to lessen the importance of the Israeli controlled Suez Canal.
1. True
2. False

Back 29

True

Front 30

USCENTCOM naval forces in the Middle East and Southwest Asia are
under which of the following
commands?
1. Commander Sixth Fleet
2.Commander Seventh Fleet
3. Commander Middle East Forces
4. Supreme Allied Commander NATO

Back 30

Commander Sixth Fleet

Front 31

Which, if any, of the following
statements describes why Africa is strategically important to western
nations?
1. It is very suitable for weapons testing because large areas of land are uninhabited
2. It has port facilities suitable
for naval bases
3. It has a wealth of natural
resources
4. None of the above

Back 31

It has a wealth of natural
resources

Front 32

Operation El Dorado involved which of the following countries?
1. United States and Mozambique
2. United States and Grenada
3. United States and Libya
4. United States and Iraq

Back 32

United States and Libya

Front 33

The U.S. could lose Philippine
bases for which of the following
reasons?
1. The leases must be periodically renegotiated with the Philippine government
2.Recent base realignment has
indicated the bases are not
cost effective
3. The Philippine government has cut off aid
4. The U.S. refuses to pay rent

Back 33

The leases must be periodically renegotiated with the Philippine government

Front 34

Which of the following factors
contribute(s) to deterrence in the Pacific and East Asian regions?
1. Bilateral defense treaties
2. Weapons technology
3. PACOM forces
4. All of the above

Back 34

All of the above

Front 35

Which of the following countries is NOT working toward acquiring nuclear weapons capability?
1. Saudi Arabia
2. France
3. Iraq
4. Iran

Back 35

France

Front 36

Which of the following countries was a joint partner with Israel in developing nuclear weapons?
1. United States
2. Soviet Union
3. France
4. Spain

Back 36

France

Front 37

What country(ies) conducted
preemptive strikes against an Iraqi nuclear reactor?
1. United States
2. I s r a e l
3. Iran
4. Both 2 and 3 above

Back 37

Iran

Front 38

Which of the following arms
reduction talks resulted in an
antiballistic missile treaty
between the U.S. and the Soviet
Union?
1. SALT
2. PEPPER
3. SALT IA
4. SALT II

Back 38

SALT

Front 39

In arms reduction talks, the U.S. will try to limit which of the following items?
1. American–Soviet competition in
strategic nuclear forces
2. American treaty compliance
3. Soviet treaty compliance
4. Strategic deterrence

Back 39

American–Soviet competition in strategic nuclear forces

Front 40

In the event of a nuclear war
between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, what is the primary mission
of the Soviet navy?
1. To sink as many U.S. submarines as possible
2. To disrupt sea lines of
communication
3. To shoot down incoming U.S. planes and cruise missiles
4. To conduct nuclear strikes from SSBNs operating in protected waters

Back 40

To conduct nuclear strikes from SSBNs operating in protected waters

Front 41

How far from the Soviet mainland do the Soviet sea denial zones usually
extend?
1. 1,000 miles
2. 1,000 kilometers
3. 2,000 miles
4. 2,000 kilometers

Back 41

2,000 kilometers

Front 42

U.S national security is based on deterrence, propositioning of forces, and creating sea denial zones.
1. True
2. False

Back 42

True

Front 43

How many diesel submarines, if any, does the U.S. Navy maintain in active service?
1. 1
2 . 2
3. 10
4. None

Back 43

none

Front 44

The U.S. submarine force includes which of the following attack submarine classes?
1. Permit
2. Lafayette
3. James Madison
4. Benjamin Franklin

Back 44

Permit

Front 45

Which of the following weapons platforms do the Soviets use as their primary platform for conducting naval warfare?
1. Aircraft carriers
2. Submarines
3. Destroyers
4. Aircraft

Back 45

Submarines

Front 46

When compared to the U.S., the Soviet submarine force has what size and effectiveness?
1. Smaller size, more effective
2. Larger size, less effective
3. Smaller size, less effective
4. Larger size, more effective

Back 46

Larger size, less effective

Front 47

Which of the following types of
Soviet submarines carries cruise missiles as a primary weapon?
1. SSGN
2. SSN
3. SS
4. ALL of the above

Back 47

SSGN

Front 48

What is the principle weakness of the Soviet navy?
1. Lack of aircraft carriers
2. Lack of long–range aircraft
3. Dependence on submarines to counter U.S. surface forces
4. A very low priority in
providing underway
replenishment

Back 48

A very low priority in
providing underway
replenishment

Front 49

What is the newest class of Soviet aircraft carrier?
1. T b i l i s i
2. Okhotsk
3. Nikolayev
4. Ouagadougou

Back 49

T b i l i s i

Front 50

What stance does the U.S. take on chemical and biological weapons?
1. The U.S. encourages their use by our allies because they are less expensive than nuclear weapons
2. Nuclear weapons are more
efficient so we don’t stock
chemical weapons
3. We will do all we can to
prevent their use
4. We will retaliate in kind

Back 50

We will do all we can to
prevent their use

Front 51

Which of the following nerve agents is most likely to be produced by a third world country?
1. GD
2. GB
3. GA
4. VX

Back 51

GA

Front 52

Countries with known or suspected chemical weapons capabilities include which of the following Middle Eastern countries?
1. I s r a e l , Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran
2. Egypt, Iran, Syria, Libya,
I s r a e l , and Iraq
3. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel,
Iran, Iraq. and Libya
4. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, I s r a e l , Libya, Lebanon

Back 52

Egypt, Iran, Syria, Libya,
I s r a e l , and Iraq

Front 53

The United States supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.
1. True
2. False

Back 53

True

Front 54

The job of the U.S. Navy in the
Persian Gulf, from 1987 to 1988, is best described by which of the following statements?
1. The primary mission was in
support of the Iraqi navy
2. The mission of the U.S. Navy was to seek out and destroy Iranian naval units
3. The primary mission was to
ensure freedom of passage to
oil tankers
4. The primary mission was to act as decoys while elements of the British and French navies
attacked terrorist camps

Back 54

The primary mission was to
ensure freedom of passage to
oil tankers

Front 55

Which of the following countries could be the United States most formidable opponent in the Middle
East?
1. Iraq
2. Iran
3. Syria
4. Libya

Back 55

Syria

Front 56

Which of the following countries claims to be the victim of numerous
Iraqi chemical attacks?
1. Iran
2. Libya
3. Syria
4. I s r a e l

Back 56

Iran

Front 57

Which of the following countries is known to have stockpiles of Soviet
SS-1 missiles?
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. Syria
4. All of the above

Back 57

Iran

Front 58

The chemical agent distilled
mustard, HD, belongs to which of the following families of agents?
1. Choking
2. B l i s t e r
3. Nerve
4. Blood

Back 58

B l i s t e r

Front 59

The chemical agent diphosgene, DP, belongs to which of the following families of agents?
1. Choking
2. B l i s t e r
3. Nerve
4. Blood

Back 59

Choking

Front 60

The chemical agent cyanogen
c h l o r i d e , CK, belongs to which of the following families of agents?
1. Choking
2. B l i s t e r
3. Nerve
4. Blood

Back 60

Blood

Front 61

The chemical agent VX belongs to which of the following families of
agents?
1. Choking
2. B l i s t e r
3. Nerve
4. Blood

Back 61

Nerve

Front 62

Which of the chemical
agents has a dark yellow
appearance?
1.Soman, GD
2.Nitrogen, HN
3.Mustard–Lewisite, HL
4.Cyanogen Chloride, CK

Back 62

Mustard–Lewisite, HL

Front 63

The Oghab is a version of which of following weapons?
1.Soviet SS-1
2.Chinese M-9
3.Soviet SS-12
4.Chinese Type 53 artillery
rocket

Back 63

Chinese Type 53 artillery
rocket

Front 64

Which of the following countries is thought to have nuclear weapons in its arsenal?
1. Iran
2. Iraq
3. I s r a e l
4. Lebanon

Back 64

Iraq

Front 65

The Jerico 2 missile is a (a) type with a (b) range.
1. (a) Mobile (b) 1,000 kilometer
2. (a) Mobile (b) 1,500 kilometer
3. (a) Fixed (b) 1,000 kilometer
4. (a) Fixed (b) 1,500 kilometer

Back 65

(a) Mobile (b) 1,500 kilometer