FIST CERT 3 Test Questions & Answers
During an ILLUM mission if the flare burns out 60 mils above the ground and the OT
factor is 2, what correction should the Observer send for HOB?
a. Down 150
b. Down 120
c. Down
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FIST CERT 3 Test Questions & Answers
During an ILLUM mission if the flare burns out 60 mils above the ground and the OT
factor is 2, what correction should the Observer send for HOB?
a. Down 150
b. Down 120
c. Down 100
d. Down 50 - ✔✔c. Down 100
During an ILLUM mission your round burns on the ground for 13 seconds. You are
observing 155mm M485A2 illumination and the rate of decent is 5 meters per second.
What HOB correction do you send?
a. Up 100
b. Up 50
c. No refinement
d. Up 150 - ✔✔b. Up 50
True / False: The four types of smoke are obscuring, marking, incendiary, and
deception.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b. False
__________ is a smoke curtain used on the battlefield between threat observation
points and friendly units to mask friendly forces, positions, and activities.
a. Signaling smoke
b. Obscuring smoke
c. Screening smoke
d. Signaling smoke - ✔✔c. Screening smoke
____________ is placed on or near the threat to suppress threat observers and to
minimize their vision.
a. Deception smoke
b. Obscuring smoke
c. Screening smoke
d. Masking smoke - ✔✔b. Obscuring smoke
Use the quick smoke mission to obscure areas from ____ meters up to ____ meters
wide.
a. 600 to 1500
b. 150 to 500
c. 600 to 1000
d. 150 to 600 - ✔✔d. 150 to 600
True / False: A quick smoke mission requires the observer to send length, attitude,
maneuver target direction, wind direction, and duration in the call for fire.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
During a quick smoke mission with shell smoke (HC) use HE in adjustment until a
____ meter bracket is split. The observer then requests shell smoke. Fire one smoke
round, and make any necessary corrections. Then request FFE.
a. 100
b. 200
c. 400
d. 50 - ✔✔b. 200
Final protective fires may be any distance from the friendly position, but is normally
within _____ to ______ meters of friendly positions.
a. 200 to 400
b. 200 to 600
c. 400 to 600
d. 100 to 400 - ✔✔a. 200 to 400
True / False: The observer adjusts only the center weapon onto the center grid of the
FPF when adjusting for an automated FDC that uses muzzle velocity variations and
special corrections.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
True / False: During multiple missions the observer should use the assigned target
number followed by corrections.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
A linear irregularly shaped target requires the observer to send target description,
length, width, and ________ in the third transmission of the call for fire.
a. Direction
b. Elevation
c. Attitude
d. Radius - ✔✔c. Attitude
Attitude is sent to the nearest _______ and less than 3200 mils.
a. 1 mil
b. 10 mils
c. 20 mils
d. 100 mils - ✔✔d. 100 mils
What is the max range of the M777 155mm standard HE?
a. 18200
b. 37500
c. 22500
d. 21700 - ✔✔c. 22500
What is the max range of the M224 60mm mortar?
a. 3500
b. 3489
c. 3600
d. 3689 - ✔✔b. 3489
What is the max range of the M252 81mm mortar?
a. 5800
b. 4800
c. 4600
d. 5400 - ✔✔a. 5800
What is the max range of the M120 120mm mortar?
a. 5800
b. 7200
c. 7400
d. 6700 - ✔✔b. 7200
What is the max range of M982 Excalibur?
a. 44,000
b. 24,500
c. 22,200
d. 37,500 - ✔✔d. 37,500
A _____ operation is a coordinated attack using a combination of FW and Army RW
assets normally supported by artillery or NSFS. Electronic warfare (EW), air defense
artillery, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets also may support.
To maximize the effectiveness of a ______, fires are integrated, mutually supportive,
and synergistic, not simply deconflicted.
a. JARN Joint Air Reconnaissance Network
b. JAAT Joint Air Attack Team
c. JAAF Joint Aviation Assault Force
d. JAST Joint Air and Surface Team - ✔✔b. JAAT Joint Air Attack Team
Size, activity, location, time, remarks (SALT-R) is the standard format for passing
BDA information. Minimum requirements include _______________________.
a. Good effects, damage, and time
b. Good bombs, no need for re-attack
c. End of mission
d. Successful, unsuccessful, or unknown - ✔✔d. Successful, unsuccessful, or unknown
JTACs and FAC(A)s can use ________ to develop and correlate targeting data, mark
targets, and provide terminal guidance operations.
a. LLDRs
b. Digitally aided CAS
c. Ground burst illumination
d. JFOs - ✔✔d. JFOs
What is line 8 of the JFO target brief?
a. Mark type
b. Location of nearest friendlies
c. Target location
d. Egress - ✔✔b. Location of nearest friendlies
True / False: When communicating direct to a CAS platform and a JTAC or FAC(A) is
not available the observer must state "I am not a JTAC" or "I am a JFO".
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
True / False: After receiving the army attack aviation call for fire from the ground
forces, the aircrews are not required to identify the location of the friendly element and
the target prior to conducting an engagement.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b. False
True / False: Army Attack Aviation and Special Operations Forces (SOF) gunship
use the same call for fire format
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
How would an observer maintain positive control of SOF Gunship or Army Attack
Aviation during engagement?
a. State "I am not a JTAC"
b. State "cleared hot"
c. State "check fire"
d. State "at my command" - ✔✔d. State "at my command"
True / False: Clearance to fire is the transmission of the Aviation/SOF gunship call for
fire unless "at my command" or "danger close" has been stated.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
If "danger close" has been announced in an Aviation/SOF gunship call for fire what
else must be passed to the attacking aircraft?
a. Grid to nearest friendlies
b. Ground commanders risk assessment
c. Ground commanders initials
d. At my command - ✔✔c. Ground commanders initials
What fixed wing aircraft is equipped with 30mm, 105mm, and small diameter bombs?
a. F16
b. B-1B
c. F/A-18
d. AC-130W - ✔✔d. AC-130W
Which fixed wing aircraft can be equipped with 20mm, 2.75 inch rockets, AGM 65,
GBU, and GP bombs?
a. B-52
b. F-16
c. F-15E
d. F-35 - ✔✔b. F-16
True / False: The AH-64 is equipped with 30mm, 2.75 inch rockets, and AGM-176
Hellfire.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b. False
What UAS can be equipped with GBU and Hellfire?
a. MQ-1C
b. MQ-9
c. MQ-5B
d. Predator - ✔✔b. MQ-9
What brevity term is sighting of a FRIENDLY aircraft or ground position?
a. Contact
b. Spot
c. Eyes on
d. Visual - ✔✔d. Visual
What brevity term acknowledges sighting a specified reference point (either visually or
via sensor)?
a. Visual
b. Spot
c. Contact
d. Joy - ✔✔c. Contact
What brevity term is sighting a target, non-friendly aircraft, or enemy position?
a. Tally
b. Contact
c. Bogey
d. Squirter - ✔✔a. Tally
Brevity: Acquisition of laser designation or the platform is laser spot tracker (LST)
capable.
a. Capture
b. Spot
c. Contact
d. Acquire - ✔✔b. Spot
Brevity: The laser designator system is inoperative
a. Dead eye
b. Blind
c. No joy
d. Terminated - ✔✔a. Dead eye
Brevity: Mark / marking a target by infrared (IR) pointer.
a. Snake
b. Pulse
c. Lasing
d. Sparkle - ✔✔d. Sparkle
Brevity: Oscillate an IR pointer in a figure eight about a target.
a. Pulse
b. Snake
c. Sparkle
d. Rope - ✔✔b. Snake
Brevity: Once the aircrew sees the IR energy and is able to discern between the
friendly and target end of the pointer, a ____________________ call may be made.
a. Tally
b. Match sparkle
c. Cease sparkle
d. Contact sparkle - ✔✔d. Contact sparkle
Brevity: Specified surface target or object has been acquired and is being tracked
with an onboard sensor.
a. Track
b. Captured
c. Spot
d. Contact - ✔✔b. Captured
Brevity: FRIENDLY air-to-surface missile launch.
a. One away
b. Remington
c. Rifle
d. Winchester - ✔✔c. Rifle
Brevity: No ordnance remaining.
a. Remington
b. Winchester
c. Rifle
d. Browning - ✔✔b. Winchester
___________ is the unintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects
that are not lawful military targets.
a. Fratricide
b. Collateral damage
c. Error probability
d. Retrograde - ✔✔b. Collateral damage
True / False: Regardless of friendly force posture, commanders, JTACs, and aircrew
will refer to the Standing posture column and use this distance to determine when
danger close procedures apply.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
The mission of the Field Artillery is to __________________ the enemy with
integrated fires to enable maneuver commanders to dominate in unified land
operations.
a. Destroy, suppress, or neutralize
b. Destroy, deter, or defeat
c. Destroy, defeat, or disrupt
d. Destroy, deny, or disrupt - ✔✔c. Destroy, defeat, or disrupt
Field artillery contributes to unified land operations by ___________ in space and time
on single or multiple targets with precision, near-precision, and area fire capabilities.
a. Massing fire
b. Placing indirect fire
c. Denying enemy
d. Converging fires - ✔✔a. Massing fire
Actions executed to deliberately mislead adversary military, paramilitary, or violent
extremist organization decision makers, thereby causing the adversary to take
specific actions (or inactions) that will contribute to the accomplishment of the friendly
mission.
a. Defeat
b. Deceive
c. Delay
d. Destroy - ✔✔b. Deceive
Tactical mission task that occurs when an enemy force has temporarily or
permanently lost the physical means or the will to fight.
a. Defeat
b. Deceive
c. Delay
d. Destroy - ✔✔a. Defeat
Slow the time of arrival of enemy forces or capabilities or alter the ability of the enemy
or adversary to project forces or capabilities.
a. Suppress
b. Defeat
c. Deceive
d. Delay - ✔✔d. Delay
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