ENG 101; PPME Block 1-7: Primary Professional Military Education (Enlisted) Questions And Answers

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SECTION 1: CHIEF PETTY OFFICER HISTORY, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. The only article of the CPO uniform described in the 1897 Uniform Regulations was the? ** hat device 2. Which regulation est... ablished the grade of chief petty officer on 1 April 1893? ** U.S. Navy Regulation Circular Number 1 3. On 23 May, 1978, the CNO approved new roles and responsibilities for a chief petty officer. Which of the following was a defined role? ** The top technical authority and expert within a rating 4. The CNO/MCPON Advisory Panel was established in 1971 to? ** Represent the enlisted force to Navy leadership on professional and personnel issues 5. The Career Compensation Act of 1949 established what significant change? ** It designated chief petty officers as paygrade E-7 instead of paygrade 1SECTION 2: SECOND AND FOURTH FLEETS 1. The Atlantic Squadron was reorganized into the Atlantic in early 1941, because ______________. ** Of the possibility of war breaking out in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans 2. Which statement is accurate concerning the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War? ** The U.S. Navy obtained a lopsided victory in which every Spanish ship was either sunk or run aground. 3. Among the Navy’s roles during the First World War was ______________. ** All the answers are correct. 4. The opening of the Panama Canal enabled U.S. warships to transfer between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ______________. ** in less one-third the time 5. During World War II, ______________ numbered fleets were responsible for operations in the Atlantic Ocean. ** three 6. Select True or False: U.S. warships enforced the blockade during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis by sinking all Soviet-flagged vessels approaching the island. ** False 7. Navy units operating in the eastern Atlantic during the Second World War ______________. ** All the answers are correct. 8. What was the Navy’s primary duty during the Civil War? ** Blockade the Confederate Coast. 9. When conducting operations within its own AOR, Second Fleet is under the operational control of ______________. ** USNORTHCOM 10. What does the term “CHOP” stand for? **Change of Operational Control 11. The Fourth Fleet’s normal area of responsibility (AOR) is within which geographic combatant commander’s AOR? ** USNORTHCOM CUSTOMS, HONORS, TRADITIONS, AND CEREMONIES SECTION 1: CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS 1. Formal dinners promote ______________. ** All the answers are correct. 2. Which of the following (is a)/are title(s) given to those who cross the equator at a significant line of longitude? ** Golden 3. The Persian Excursion certificate inducts Sailors into which special group? ** Mystic Society of One Thousand and One Nights 4. Sailors who have not crossed the equator are called ______________. ** Pollywogs 5. The following certificate denotes Sailors who have crossed the Artic Circle ______________. ** Blue Nose 6. The title given to Sailors who have sailed around the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn) is ______________. ** Mossback 7. Initiation rites that include hazing are ______________. ** a violation of SECNAV Instructions 8. What event resulted in the shift of the center of the Navy social life from the wardroom to the officer’s club? ** Alcohol was banned from U.S. Navy vessels in 1914. 9. A junior officer serving as boat officer when his/her ship is at anchor ______________. ** should overrule the decisions of the coxswain only in emergency 10. Which of these rules of etiquette apply to conduct within the boat? [Show More]

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