ACP 121(H) COMM INST GENERAL CHATPER 3 Flashcards
Communications requiring rapid delivery are normally prepared for transmission as brief and concise
what?
Messages
What is the command, formation, unit or headquarters on whose authority a message is sent?
Originator
Who is the person who actually composes the message for release by the Releasing Officer?
Drafter
Who is the person who authorizes the transmission for, and in the name of, the originator?
Releasing Officer
There are essentially how many types of military messages exchanged today?
Two
A message addressed to one organization was formerly referred to as a Single Address message if it was
addressed to a single Signal Message Address (SMA) in what Format Line?
7
Messages addressed to a collective address include what that have a wide standard distribution and are
controlled through the use of sequential serial numbers?
General Messages
Abbreviations and what else are used in messages in order to shorten the text, thereby saving
transmission time?
Short Titles
Punctuation is not authorized to be in the SMA with the exception of the hyphen and the what?
Full Stop
Date and time together are expressed as how many figures followed by the zone letter on a message?
Six
Messages containing cryptographic information, the knowledge of which needs to be restricted to
individuals authorized to receive it, are to be marked what?
Cryptosecurity
The NATO military messaging system cannot/will not send or receive messages bearing what caveat?
ATOMAL
Messages intended for training communications personnel are what messages?
Drill
What shows the relative order in which the message is to be processed?
Precedence
The DTG is expressed as how many digits followed by a zone suffix?
Six
What is an element of a military message that is used by most CCEB and NATO member nations for
delivery purposes?
SIC
In tactical operations, simulated or actual, when speed of delivery is so essential that time cannot be
spared for encryption and the transmitted information cannot be acted upon by the enemy in time to
influence current operations, messages of any classification except what may be transmitted in the clear
over any circuit?
TOP SECRET
The assignment of precedence to a message is the responsibility of the what?
Releasing Officer
The assignment of precedence to a message is the responsibility of the what?
Releasing Officer
The releasing office should be aware that all but what precedence messages are delivered to the
addressee immediately upon receipt by the communications center, regardless of the hour?
Routine
What message precedence is handled as fast as humanly possible with a time objective of less than 10
minutes?
Flash
What is the time objective for messages assigned a precedence of Immediate?
30-60 minutes
What is the time objective for messages assigned a precedence of Priority?
1-6 Hours
Time objectives for Formal Messages originated or in transit within the X.400 domain are contained
within the current edition of what publication?
ACP 123
What is the precedence to be used for all types of messages which justify transmission by rapid means but are not of sufficient urgency and importance to require a higher precedence?
Routine
What is a communication indicating that the message to which it refers has been received and the
purpose is understood by the addressee?
Acknowledgement
What operating signals are for use by communications personnel to obtain confirmation of message
delivery only, not acknowledgement?
ZFF and ZDF
The operating signal ZFF shall not be used on what messages?
General
Cancellation of a message which has been receipted for may be accomplished only by the what?
Originating authority
There are how many methods available for requesting the retransmission of the whole or part of a
message, which has been received?
Three
The instructions to reduce traffic will be made by the promulgation of what word?
MINIMIZE
GMT is indicated by what suffix?
Z
How many equidistant divisions of the earth’s surface are based on coordinates of Longitude East and/or West?
24
