Calc and Place Terminology

Question 1

What is PI?

Answer 1

Symbol denotation ratio of a circle to diameter (3.1459265).

Question 2

What is Circumference?

Answer 2

Perimeter of a circle.

Question 3

What is Diameter?

Answer 3

Length of a straight line through the center of an object.

Question 4

What is Radius?

Answer 4

Half the distance of a diameter.

Question 5

What is Breaching Radius?

Answer 5

Half the distance that the explosive force of an explosive breaches through (3 dimensional).

Question 6

What is One Dimensional?

Answer 6

Lacking depth (the horizon).

Question 7

What is Two Dimensional?

Answer 7

Area with no depth only surface (table top).

Question 8

What is Three Dimensional?

Answer 8

Area plus Depth (brick).

Question 9

What is Area?

Answer 9

Surface set in 2 dimensional. Length x Width.

Question 10

What is Volume?

Answer 10

Amount of space occupied by 3 dimensional objects. Length x Width x Height.

Question 11

What is Square?

Answer 11

Rectangle with equal four sides, no depth (2D).

Question 12

What is Cube?

Answer 12

Object with 6 sides, has depth (3D).

Question 13

What is Cylinder?

Answer 13

A circle with depth (3D).

Question 14

What is Cone?

Answer 14

A cylinder with a triangular top.

Question 15

What is Square Root?

Answer 15

A factor of a number that the root is itself times itself. (3x3=9)

Question 16

What is Cube Root?

Answer 16

The factor of a number when the root is itself times itself. (3x3x3=27)

Question 17

What is a Fraction?

Answer 17

A numerical representation indicating a quotient of two numbers (a portion, a fragment).

Question 18

What is a Numerator?

Answer 18

A part of a fraction above line and signifies the number to be divided by the denominator.

Question 19

What is the Denominator?

Answer 19

Part of a fraction below the line and that fractions as divisor of the numerator.

Question 20

What is a Decimal?

Answer 20

Fragment or part of a whole number expressed in numbers by percentage.

Question 21

What is a Whole Number?

Answer 21

Entity, not a fragment.

Question 22

What does it mean to Round Up?

Answer 22

Taking the first number passed the decimal point and rounding it up to the nearest whole number.

Question 23

What does it mean to Round Down?

Answer 23

Taking the first number passed the decimal point and rounding it down to the nearest whole number.

Question 24

What does it mean to Round Off?

Answer 24

Taking the numbers two places passed the decimal point and rounding up to the nearest whole number if it is .50 or above and rounding down to the nearest whole number if it is .49 or lower.

Question 25

What is Deflagrate?

Answer 25

Change from solid to a gaseous state relatively slow (burning).

Question 26

What is Detonate?

Answer 26

Instantaneous or rapid change from solid to gaseous state.

Question 27

M-37 Satchel Charge.

Answer 27

Consists of 8 blocks of M5A1 C-4 PKG. 20lbs.

Question 28

M183 Satchel Charge.

Answer 28

Consists of 16 blocks of M112 C-4 PKG. 20lbs.

Question 29

What is a Charge?

Answer 29

Consists of one or more blocks of explosive.

Question 30

What is a Block Package/Stick?

Answer 30

A single entity of explosive?

Question 31

What is a Fuse Ignitor?

Answer 31

M60 used for non-electrical firing system. M-81 used for MDI.

Question 32

What is MDI?

Answer 32

Modern Demolition (Initiators).

Question 33

What is a Non-Electric Firing System?

Answer 33

Consists of an initiator (usually M-60), time fuse (usually M700), and a non-electric blasting cap (usually M-7).

Question 34

What is an Electric Firing System?

Answer 34

Consists of a power source (usually CD-450), firing wire, and an electric cap (usually M6).

Question 35

What is a Ring Main?

Answer 35

Det Cord tied into itself in a circle in between charges form which branch lines are tied off.

Question 36

What is a Branch Line?

Answer 36

Strip of det cord with a priming knot on one end. Used to prime a charge and tie into a ring main.

Question 37

What is a Priming Knot?

Answer 37

A knot used to take the place of a blasting cap to prime a charge.

Question 38

What are the various types of Priming Knots?

Answer 38

Uli Wiseman Spiral Det Cord Lace Double Overhand Sliding Uli 4 Wrap 8Wrap

Question 39

What is a Square Knot?

Answer 39

Used to connect Det Cord together and tie in Firing Systems to Ring Main.

Question 40

"Work Quickly"

Answer 40

Quickest method of constructing a charge and attacking a target. Most amount of explosives, conventional charge, external charge.

Question 41

"Work Efficiently/Effectively"

Answer 41

Most effective method of constructing a charge and attacking a target. Least amount of explosive, advanced charge, internal charge.