SWSCO Study Guide Questions and Answers All Correct
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SWSCO Study Guide Questions and Answers All Correct
What is HPWM used for? - Answer-•Suppressing class Alpha and Bravo fires
What are the different types of military discharges? - Answer-Honorable
Other than honorable
Dishonorable
What programs exist for our enlisted Sailors to advance?...
SWSCO Study Guide Questions
and Answers All Correct
What is HPWM used for? - Answer-•Suppressing class Alpha and Bravo fires
What are the different types of military discharges? - Answer-Honorable
Other than honorable
Dishonorable
What programs exist for our enlisted Sailors to advance? - Answer-MAP program
STA21 Program
Med Corps
Naval Academy
LDO/Warrant
Get out, retire, GI Bill
What happens when we go one time zone east? (We set our clocks ahead one
hour((1200 turns into 1300)) - Answer-We gain an hour and are in time zone "N"
Cardinal points of the compass - Answer-North 000 degrees, South 180 degrees, East
090 degrees, West 270 degrees
How far is a nautical mile? (6,080 feet) Is it further than a statute mile? - Answer-1,852
meters and yes it is longer than a statute mile.
What is the Equator? - Answer-Great circle at latitude 0 degrees that bisects the
Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian? - Answer-a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of
longitude.
What is a gyro compass? - Answer-A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass
which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth to find geographical
direction automatically
What is OPTAR? TADTAR? - Answer-OPTAR: Operating Target
-Repair: EMRM: Equipment Maintenance Related Materials
-Consumable: Paper, ink, office supplies.
TADTAR: Temporary Additional Duty
-Pay for schools
What USN/USMC assets make up an ARG? - Answer-Group of 3:
,-LHD/LHA
-LPD/LSD
-Destroyer to Escort
-Embark Marines
-SEALs
-MH-60's
-LCAC's
-LCU/AV's
-Marine Air-Ground Task Force
What is the mission of a Zumwalt Destroyer? - Answer--Offensive Ship
-Stealth
-Sub on top of water
-New design features
Heptafluoropropane (HFP) - Answer-•Extremely effective on class Bravo, somewhat
effective on class Alpha
What is AFFF used for? - Answer-•Suppressing class Bravo fires
-400 gallons each
-2 stations total
Telerobotic Firefighting Nozzles (TFNs) - Answer-•Electro-mechanical device used to
dispense water or AFFF solution.
-7 total
Class A fire - Answer-Common Combustibles such as paper, wood, furniture, clothing -
Water, AFFF Foam.
Class B fire - Answer-Burnable fuels such as gasoline, oil, or alcohol - Inert Gas, CO2,
AFFF
Class C fire - Answer-energized electrical equipment. Make sure to turn off power.
Class D fire - Answer-Special Fires, such as chemical, metal - Dry powder, get off ship
TSCE - Answer-Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) (also known as CORE).
CORE is used to integrate all shipboard computing systems. Some systems can be
controlled in either the Auto or Manual mode of operation.
PCU/UPS - Answer-Power conditioning unit.
Delivering distributed power to equipment.
RTU - Answer-Remote Terminal Unit: Messenger between the equipment and operator.
RTU provides the interface between the DCU and the engineering equipment that ECS
monitors and controls. There are 120 RTUs located throughout the ship and each RTU
, is connected to two DCUs, one on the port and one on the starboard side of the ship for
redundancy.
MIPS/MACS/MADC - Answer-ECS is made up of three software subsystems:
Automated Damage Control (MADC), Auxiliary Control System (MACS) and Integrated
Power System (MIPS). Each software system is responsible for the control and
monitoring of its associated engineering equipment.
b. Each software subsystem is made up of hardware, Distributed Control Units (DCU)
and Remote Terminal Units (RTU). The hardware is physically connected to the
engineering equipment and provides discrete digital signals (i.e. start and stop
commands and indications) and analog signals (i.e. pressure and temperature
readings). The framework of ECS is the software and hardware that provides
information and equipment status to the Ship Domain Controller (SDC).
PCM - Answer-Four PCM4s which function as an interface between the HVDS and the
Low Power Distribution System. PCM 4s take 4160 VAC input power and convert it to
1000VDC output power for further distribution to the PCM1 and the Ship's Service
Distribution System (SSDS).
UNREP - How many stations do we have? What are we capable of receiving at each?
What is SUPPO's role? - Answer-Station 9, 10, flight deck on the retractable king post.
Fueling: F76 & JP5
Vertical Replenishment
Suppo: Paying for it, LOGREQ, how much fuel/stores we receive, logistics of it.
Anchoring - What type of anchor do we have? Where is it? How much does it weigh? -
Answer-2 Flook, Balanced Flook
Middle of the ship, anchor handling unit room located in BOSN 2.
7,000kg/14,000Ibs
Mooring - How many lines do we moor with? What is a spring line? A breast line? -
Answer-9 standard lines
Spring: shifting fwd and aft
Breast: Moving away from pier
Towing - What size of vessel is MONSOOR able to tow? - Answer-Our towage or less
Helo OPS - What types of aircraft is MONSOOR capable of landing? What is HCO's
role? - Answer-2 x SH-60 LAMPS Helos
1 x MH-60R
3 x MQ-8 Fire Scout UAV
Safe Landing/Take off
SAR - How many ways can MONSOOR recover a man overboard? What are they? -
Answer-3
Small boat recovery
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