ACP 121 (H) Communication Instructions General Flashcards
What is comprised of five member nations, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States and is the Sponsoring Authority for all Allied Communications Publications (ACPs)?
Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB)
What provide communications instructions and procedures, which are essential to the conduct of military operations?
ACPs
ACPs are prepared in accordance with the format contained in what?
ACP 198
The primary purpose of military communications and information systems (CIS) is to serve the what?
Military commander
During and after what radio became widespread, providing strategic and tactical worldwide communications from ships, aircraft, headquarters and vehicles?
World War I
What have gradually replaced HF strategic links as the primary means of Communication by utilizing both ultra high frequency (UHF) and Super High Frequency (SHF) line of sight links?
Satellites
Military communications systems are divided into two general classes: What are they?
Tactical and Strategic
What communication systems are usually self-contained within a command structure and are designed to allow the commander to conduct his mission at the operational level, e.g. Communications for control of a weapons system, early warning systems, aircraft movement control or land component command nets?
Tactical
What communications systems are generally more global in nature and are operated on either a common user or special purpose basis?
Strategic
In modern communications terminology, what is generally associated with fixed CIS infrastructure, which can be extended into the battlespace with high capacity bearers designed to interface with in-theatre systems?
Telecommunications
Information concerning the security of communications is contained in what publication?
ACP 122
What is the transmission and reception of messages using the international Morse code?
Wireless Telegraphy
What is the transmission of information, such as, pictures, maps, messages and other similar material?
Facsimile
What means of visual communications is the transmission of information by light, which is outside of the visible spectrum?
Infrared
What means of visual communications involves the use of flares, rockets and smoke for pre-arranged signals or for recognition purposes?
Pyrotechnics
What means of visual communications involves the use of specially shaped and or colored cloth or other material displayed in accordance with the pre-arranged code to convey messages?
Panels
What is the method of forwarding messages by an established Postal Service when the speed of delivery is not an issue and security considerations allow?
What method should always be used to deliver bulky material or any messages that could be delivered within the time required for encryption, transmission, decryption and delivery of a message?
Messenger or courier
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 is a message sent?
Originator
Who is the person who actually composes the message for release by the releasing officer?
Drafter
There are essentially how many types of military messages exchanged today?
Two
A message address to one organization was formally referred to as a single address message if it was addressed to a single signal message address 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, and 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