11.   Which of the following is a responsibility of the operations department? 1.   Piloting the ship 2.   Forecasting weather 3.   Conducting and analyzing intelligence information 4.   Both 2 and 3 above 12.   The damage control assistant is a member of what department on a ship? 1.   Deck 2.   Supply 3.   Operations 4.   Engineering 13.   If a ship doesn’t have a deck department, what department is responsible for inspection and maintenance of survival equipment? 1.   Supply 2.   Weapons 3.   Navigation 4.   Engineering 14.   Which of the following officers is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation of the ship? 1.   Navigator 2.   Operations officer 3.   Executive officer 4.   Commanding officer 15.   When a ship is abandoned, custom and regulation require which of the following actions by the commanding officer? 1.   To be the first person to leave the ship 2.   To be the last person to leave the ship 3.   To exert every effort to destroy the ship before it sinks 4.   To inform all personnel that they are on their own 16.   What is the function of the command master chief? 1.   To take charge of and be responsible for the training of enlisted personnel 2.   To assign enlisted personnel to their duties according to their qualification 3.   To relieve the commanding officer of the responsibility for the welfare and morale of enlisted personnel 4.   To transmit ideas and recommendations directly to the commanding officer 17.   Of the following duties, which is NOT one of the executive officer’s? 1.   Assignment of personnel 2.   Coordination of ship’s drills 3.   Assignment of punishment to offenders 4.   Coordination of policing and inspection of the ship 18.   If the executive officer becomes incapacitated, what person normally takes over his/her duties? 1.   The next senior line officer assigned to the ship 2.   An officer appointed by the ship’s captain 3.   The next senior staff officer on board 4.   The first lieutenant 19.   For what reason do commanding officers and executive officers usually have separate battle stations aboard ship? 1.   To decrease the likelihood of their being disabled at the same time 2.   To maintain a high degree of control over personnel 3.   To provide maximum coordination of operations throughout the ship 4.   To divide the areas of responsibility between the executive officer and the commanding officer 20.   The department head is responsible for which of the following functions within a department? 1.   General condition of equipment 2.   Administrative matters 3.   Operational readiness of the department 4.   All of the above 21.   The division officer has the responsibility of carrying out which of the following duties? 1.   Making frequent inspections of division spaces, equipment, personnel, and supplies 2.   Maintaining copies of division orders and bills and displaying them conspicuously 3.   Training division personnel and preparing them for battle 4.   Each of the above 19