WorksheetsNS3 Naval Knowledge Ch8
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is littoral nation?
A country that’s an island
A country without a shoreline bordering international waters
A country with at least three shorelines bordering international waters
A country with at least one shoreline bordering international waters
Diplomatic recognition is a term that describes the measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state.
True
False
What are the major technological developments that have emphasized the importance of the oceans since WWII?
The island reach of sea power and the development of propulsion technology
A rapid increase in the number of new nations and the steady decrease In the interdependence of all nations of the world
The island rash of sea power and the development of nuclear technology
A rapid increase in the number of new nations and the steady increase in the interdependence of all nations of the world
What two aspects of nuclear technology have affected sea power?
Thermonuclear warheads
Fission reactors
Radiological missiles
What oceans are of prime strategic importance to the United States?
Arctic
Pacific
Atlantic
Afro-Asian
The merchant fleet must not be kept competitive if it’s to meet the growing needs of industry and provide logistical support to our forces overseas.
True
False
The U.S must import over one hundred vital metals and minerals from more than sixty countries, including nearly 100 percent of what two ores?
Iron
Aluminum
Bauxite
Chromium
Uranium
What type of ship is registered in the United States and operates under the American flag on the high seas?
Intermodal
U.S.-flag
Containership
Foreign-flag
___________ ships have revolutionized waterborne freight transport worldwide. They are the most productive intermodal ships in the U.S. maritime service.
Intermodal
Roll-on-roll-off (RoRo)
Container
Cruise
The _________ authorized the payment of construction and operating subsidies so American ship owners would consider expansion. This enables the merchant marine to compete against foreign companies.
Merchant Marine Act of 1936
Jones Act of 1920
Merchant Marine Act of 1996
Maritime Commission of 1951
The basic means of moving vast quantities of raw materials and manufactured trade goods throughout the world is by land because this is the fastest, most efficient, and most economical way.
True
False
What designator is used to identify MSC ships?
USS
USN
USNS
UNSS
The national strategy of the United States today includes three principal elements: deterrence, flexible response, and __________.
Maritime security
Massive retaliation
Global strategy
Forward strategy
What type of supporting warfare task involves naval operations that are unconventional in nature and often clandestine in character?
Intelligence
Special warfare
Electronic warfare
Logistics
What are the Navy’s two basic functions?
Sea control
Maritime combat
Power projection
Deterrence
What is the tactical key to survival in atomic warfare?
Deterrence
Best position
Dispersal
Larger size
What is limited war defines as?
Armed conflict between major powers in which the total resources of the belligerents are employed, and the national survival of a major belligerent is in jeopardy
Armed conflicts, other than incidents, in which one or more major powers or their proxies voluntarily restrict their actions in order to prevent escalation
A form of warfare used by a small group of individuals outside the established government in attempt to bring about political change by the creation and exploitation of fear
Mao considered revolution total war, with no scruples for __________, righteousness, and morality.
Wickedness
Benevolence
Dishonor
Malice
What new form of warfare has emerged in recent years?
World
Limited
General
Terrorism
During what type of warfare are the following tools used: radio sonobuoys, magnetic anomaly detection gear, dipping sonar, infrared detection, and towered arrays?
Undersea
Submarine
Amphibious
All of the above
Historically, the mission of a submarine has been to seek out and destroy enemy submarine, bot naval and merchant.
True
False
What are the main Navy visual communication methods?
Flaghoist
Semaphore
Flashing light
All the answers are correct
Who is the chair of the National Security Council (NSC)?
Secretary of Defense
President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Which Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Group 10, compromised of articles 77-134, deals with acts that are in direct violation of military and civil law suck as murder, assault, larceny, and absence without leave. What are these articles called?
Criminal articles
General articles
Punitive articles
Jurisdictional articles
Which Navy regulations article is the rule concerning service examinations?
Article 1110
Article 1145
Article 1151
Article 1162
What kind of nonjudicial punishment may be awarded to officers?
They may be placed in correctional custody
They may be assigned extra duty
They may be placed in hack
They may be demoted in rank
What type of court-martial is the most serious?
Summary
General
Special
Peremptory
What is an archipelago nation?
One composed of a single state
One composed of many islands
One composed of a single island
One composed of three or more countries
Some rivers, such as Potomac, Mississippi, Thames, of Rhône, lie entirely within one country. What are these rivers called?
National
Inland
Thalweg
Contiguous
What is the name of the meetings that occurred in 1907 as a first attempt to create rules of warfare?
The Geneva Conventions
The Law of the Sea Conventions
The Paris Peace and Warfare Discussions
The Hague Peace Conventions
