14. What term identifies the port and starboard
halves of a yard?
1. Yardarms
2. Pigstick
3. Gaff
4. Peak
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
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
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
18. Ships of the U.S. Navy are divided into how
many categories?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
19. How many types of ships are included in the
warship category?
1. Five
2. Six
3. Seven
4. Eight
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
21. Approximately how many aircraft are
embarked on Nimitz class CVs?
1.
70
2.
75
3.
80
4.
85
22. What class of cruiser is designated as battle
force capable?
1. Ticonderoga
2. Spruance
3. Arleigh Burke
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
24. What class destroyer represents a return to
all-steel construction?
1. Kidd class
2. Spruance class
3. Arleigh Burke class
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
26. What class of submarines has the quietest
operation?
1. Sturgeon
2. Ohio
3. Seawolf
27. The Ohio class ballistic submarine has how
many Trident missile tubes?
1.
16
2.
20
3.
24
4.
26
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