Practice Test 1

Topic 1: Basic Submarining (13 Points)

1. What is SSORM?
a) Submersible Ship Oxygen and Respiratory Mask
b) Standard Submarine Organization and Regulations Manual
c) Standard Submarine Officer Regulations Manual
d) Submersible Ship Orders and Regulations Manual

2. What is the purpose of the SSORM?

a) Ensure all orders from the commanding officer are completed as dictated
b) Provide a safe breathing environment during fire or flooding
c) Ensure appropriate relationships between officers and enlisted
d) Promote the element of maintenance, training and moral basic administration.

4. What is the time requirement for SS?

a) 3 Months onboard
b) 6 Months onboard
c) 12 Months onboard
d) 15 Months onboard

6. True or False, You may hang out in berthing areas after normal working hours?
a) True
b) False

Topic 2: Forward Rates (9 Points)

7. What does SONAR stand for?

a) Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response
b) Source of Noise and Reason
c) Solar Near-Surface Active-Region Rendering
d) Sound Navigation And Ranging

8. How many types of Sonar are there?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

9. What is a disadvantage of Active Sonar?

a) It kills whales
b) It requires we move to periscope depth
c) It gives away position
d) It uses up the ships resources

10. What can active sonar reveal that other sonar do not?
a) Range and bearing
b) Radiated noise from contacts
c) Contacts while still in an undetected mode
d) Contacts in the general vicinity of the sub

11. What are the Modes of Passive Sonar? Mark all that apply
Wide Band (PWB)
Broad Band (PBB)
Narrow Band (PNB)
Lan-based Band (PLB)

12. What do Spherical Arrays offer?

a) 180 degree Track
b) 360 degree Track
c) 180 degree Mobility for the sub
d) 360 degree Mobility for the sub

13. What do Towed Arrays offer?

a) Lower frequencies and longer ranges
b) Higher frequencies but shorter ranges
c) Higher frequencies and longer ranges
d) Lower frequencies but shorter ranges

14. Which of the Following is not a role of a Fire Controlman?

a) Maintain overall contact management
b) Create firing solution for torpedos based on course, range, and speed.
c) Ensure the crew understands the basic procedures on handling a fire
d) Update the flight path for all tomahawk missile strikes

15. What are the parts that make up a torpedo in order?

a) Nose, Aft/tail, Warhead, Fuel, Control
b) Aft/tail, Control, Fuel, Nose, Warhead
c) Nose, Warhead, Control, Fuel, Aft/tail
d) Warhead, Nose, Control, Fuel, Aft/tail
16. VLS is an acronym that stands for what?
a) Vertical Lay System
b) Variable Low Speed
c) Vertical Launch System
d) Very Long Shot

17. Missile Technicians work on which types of Subs? Mark all that apply.
SSC
SSN
SSBN
SSGN

18. Which of the following is not a role of a Missile Technician?

a) Launch Ballistic Missiles
b) Monitor Weapons
c) Monitor Pressure
d) Monitor Temperature

19. Which of the following is not a role of a Nav ET?

a) Maintain the ships exact position using Global Positioning Tools
b) Maintain charts for all areas the ship will encounter
c) Maintain the engines electrical system
d) Maintain the ship’s interior communication system.

20. ESM is an acronym that stands for what?

a) Electronic Support Measures
b) External Storage Module
c) Engine System Maintanence
d) Electronic Surveillance Measures

21. What don’t A-Gangers Maintain/Operate in ship systems?

a) Sonar Electronics System
b) Trim and Drain
c) Hydrolic System
d) Air System

22. Which of the following forward rates is executive?

a) FT
b) YN
c) LS
d) CS

Topic 3: Damage Control (10.5 Points)

23. How may damage control stations are aboard a submarine?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

24. Utilizing the image below determine where the subs damage control stations are located.

a) A, C, E
b) B, D, E
c) A, D, E
d) B, C, D

25. At what temperature Fahrenheit can Large Fires reach on a Sub?

a) 1000
b) 1300
c) 1500
d) 2000

26. What part is the FFE not made up of?

a) Nomex
b) Karamid
c) Gortex
d) Aramid

27. How much time does it take to don the FFE?

a) 30 Seconds
b) 60 Seconds
c) 120 Seconds
d) 180 Seconds

28. What is the max temperature protection that the FFE offers?
a) 350
b) 700
c) 1300
d) 2000

29. In what color box are the Training SPE’s Stored?

a) Yellow
b) Florescent Green
c) Red
d) International Orange

30. A SCBA offers Respitory Protection for how many minutes?

a) 15 minutes
b) 30 minutes
c) 60 minutes
d) 120 minutes
32. On what classification of fire is CO2 not used on?
a) Alpha
b) Bravo
c) Charlie
d) Delta

33. How does AFFF work?

a) It smothers the fire
b) It cools it down
c) It removes the fuel of the fire
d) It disrupts the chemical reaction

34. How does PKP work?

a) It smothers the fire
b) It cools it down
c) It removes the fuel of the fire
d) It disrupts the chemical reaction

35. How many hours of operation is provided to the NIFTI?

a) 4 Hours
b) 4.5 Hours
c) 4.85 Hours
d) 5 Hours

36. How many hours do the backup AA Alkaline Batteries provide to the NIFTI?
a) 3 Hours
b) 3.05 Hours
c) 4 Hours
d) 4.85 Hours

37. Where can the Deep Fat Fryer Extinguishing System be Remotely Opperated?
a) Portside corner of the Galley
b) Starboard Side of the Galley
c) Control Station by Pantry Door
d) Aft-most part of the Galley

38. How many Volts do the Submersible Pump motor output?

a) 300
b) 350
c) 400
d) 450

39. How much does the Submersible Pump weigh?

a) 105 lbs
b) 110 lbs
c) 115 lbs
d) 120 lbs

40. At what PSI does the Emergency Air System distribute air throughout the ship?
a) 50 PSI
b) 75 PSI
c) 100 PSI
d) 125 PSI

41. What does the SEIE protect the wearer from?

a) Injury Shock
b) Heat Shock
c) Cold Shock
d) Electrical Shock

Topic 4: Early Submarines (3.5 Points)

42. Which of the following submarines were the first to sink an enemy warship?
a) Turtle
b) CSS Hunley
c) USS Holland
d) USS Nautilus

43. Which of the following submarines was made by Bushnell?

a) Turtle
b) CSS Hunley
c) USS Holland
d) USS Nautilus

44. Which of the following submarines was named after its creator?
a) Turtle
b) CSS Hunley
c) USS Holland
d) USS Nautilus

45. Which submarine ships used at the start of WWII were considered the first “Fleet
Submarines”?
a) “S” Boats
b) Nuclear Subs
c) Early Attack Submarines
d) “B” Boats

46. What was one thing the Balao, Tench, and Narwhal submarines all had in common?
a) They all had one 40mm
b) They were all Nuclear Submarines
c) They all used Battery Electric Motors
d) Their Beams were all 27 ft long

47. During WWII only __% of the Navy was the Submarine Force, Yet SUBs sank __% of
Japanese Naval/Merchant Fleets.
a) 5, 50
b) 2, 70
c) 5, 70
d) 2, 50

48. What was the first nuclear sub?

a) Turtle
b) CSS Hunley
c) USS Holland
d) USS Nautilus

Topic 5: Submarine Heroes (3.5 Points)

Topic 6: Submarine Pioneers (2 Points)