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 doesnt 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 officers?
1. Assignment of personnel
2. Coordination of ships 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 ships 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
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