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1401.How does the CUDIXS serve as an extension of AUTODIN?

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By storing and forwarding messages, normally without need for human intervention.

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1402.What messages can CUDIXS recognize on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis within precedence?

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EMERGENCY COMMAND, FLASH, IMMEDIATE, PRIORITY, and ROUTINE.

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1403.What class of ship uses the Communications Data Processing System (CDPS)?

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LHA.

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1404.What is one of the most complex of the automated systems afloat?

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CDPS.

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1405.What system provides the commanding officers of SSN and SSBN submarines with an optional satellite path to complement existing VLF/LF/HF broadcasts?

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The Submarine Satellite information Exchange Subsystem (SSIXS).

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1406.To use the SSIXS, the submarine must he in what position to transmit/receive to/from the satellite?

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Line-of-sight.

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1407.What type of tactical situation must the submarine be in to use the SSIXS?

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Mast-mounted antenna exposed.

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1408.What system is used between submarines and submarines and shore stations?

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SSDCS.

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1409.What is the newest communications system that meets the need for protecting vital and sensitive information over a telephone system?

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The Secure Telephone Unit Third Generation (STU-III).

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1410.What agency has certified the use of STU-III equipment up to Top Secret?

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The National Security Agency (NSA).

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1411.What are the two types of keys used with the STU-III?

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The seed key and the crypto-ignition key (CIK).

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1412.Which key is used by the users to activate the secure mode on the STU-III?

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CIK.

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1413.Who is the information in the terminal electronically registered with?

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The Key Management Center (KMC).

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1414.How is the secured mode in the STU-III unit activated and deactivated?

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Using a CIK.

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1415.When using the STU-III unit, what is done to go from a clear to a secure voice transmission?

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Either caller simply presses his or her SECURE VOICE button after the CIK is used to activate the secure mode.

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1416.How may STU-III terminals and keys be administered?

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Either through the STU~I1I custodian or the CMS custodian.

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1417.What publication contains information on the management of STU-HI terminals?

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Secure Telephone Unit Third Genera/ (STU-111) COMSECMateria1ManagementManua/, CMS 6.

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1418.What telecommunications telephone interconnected network is found on most military and other Federal Government installations in the United States and overseas?

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The Defense Communications System (DCS) Defense Switched Network (DSN).

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1419.What feature provides the ability to disconnect a call of lower precedence and seize the access line or interswitch trunk to complete a call of higher precedence?

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Preemption.

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1420.What are the combined features of precedence and preemption used in DSN called?

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Multilevel precedence and preemption (MLPP).

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1421.The DSN offers how many types of call treatment?

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Five.

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1422.What call treatment takes precedence over and preempts all calls on the DSN and is not preemptible?

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Flash override (FO).

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1423.Which call treatment is preempted only by FO?

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Flash (F).

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1424.What call treatment preempts PRIORITY and ROUTLNE calls and is reserved for calls pertaining to situations that gravely affect the security of the United States?

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Immediate (I).

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1425.What call treatment is for calls requiring expeditious action or furnishing essential information for the conduct of government operations?

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Priority (P).

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1426.What call treatment is for official government communications that require rapid transmission by telephone?

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Routine (R).

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1427.Is the DSN a secure system?

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No.

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1428.How many times are enemy contact reports normally made?

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Only once.

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1429.What are the two conditions under which enemy contact reports are to be made more than once?

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When DO NOT ANSWER procedures are used and when the text consists of emergency alarm signals.

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1430.What are the two types of contact reports?

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Initial and amplifying.

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1431.What is authentication?

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A security measure designed to protect a communications system against fraudulent transmissions.

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1432.What publication contains information about the types of authentications and specific reasons when and why to use the authentication process?

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Communications Instructions - Security (U), ACP 122, and in NTP 5.

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1433.What form provides for the number of messages received, the classification of the message, and also provides a record of destruction for classified message traffic?

A

Broadcast form.

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1434.Who is responsible for preparing the command guard list?

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Each command.

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1435.What log is the official narrative record maintained to record significant events?

A

The master station log (MSL).

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1436.Who is required to sign the MSL when logging ?on? and ?off? duty and at the end of the RADAY?

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The shift or watch supervisor.

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1437.How long must MSLS be retained?

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A minimum of 12 months.

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1438.What plan satisfies the communications requirements of an operation and specifies circuits, channels, and facilities to be used and stipulates the policies and procedures that are applicable?

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The communications plan.

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1439.What system was designed to provide a means of monitoring and evaluating performance of any communications system used by forces afloat?

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The AN/SQ-88/A/B.

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1440.At what time does RADAY start worldwide?

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0001Z.

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1441.What does activating communications circuit usually mean?

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Turning on or starting a circuit to allow for communications signals to ride (or pass) on them.

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1442.What does it mean to terminate or deactivate a circuit?

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To stop using that path and remove all your equipment from that particular path.

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1443.What are you doing by placing communications circuits in standby?

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Placing them in hold.

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1444.Why is shifting frequencies or changing frequencies accomplished?

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To allow for stronger propagation of the circuits; when the signal strength begins to decay, the operator will shift frequencies to another or stronger frequency in accordance with naval and local instructions.

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1445.What is a key factor for showing the user what, where, total numbers, and reliability of the network?

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Accurate documentation.

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1446.What is the easiest most convenient method of relaying real-world situation traffic from ship to ship, ship to shore, or shore to ship?

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Radiotelephone (R/T) communications.

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1447.How can the inherent dangers of interception, when using the R/T, be significantly reduced?

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By adhering to the principles of strict circuit discipline.

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1448.When using R/T what should be the distance between lips and handset?

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About 2 inches.

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1449.What is the reason the standard phonetic equivalents of the letters of the alphabet are used in R/T communications?

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Because some letters of the alphabet have similar sounds, which make it easy to confuse the sounds letters.

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1450.When transmitting numerals in an R/T message, how is the numeral 0 always spoken?

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As ?zero?

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1451.How are decimal points spoken?

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As ?day-see-mal.?

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1452.How is the number 1920 pronounced?

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Wun Niner Too Zero.

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1453.In an R/T message how is a period spoken?

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FULL STOP or PERIOD.

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1454.In an R/T message how is a parentheses spoken?

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PAREN/UNPAREN or OPEN BRACKETS/CLOSE BRACKETS.

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1455.What are prowords used for?

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To expedite message handling on circuits where R/T procedures are used.

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1456.May a proword or combination of prowords be substituted for the textual component of a message?

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No.

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1457.What proword is equivalent to ZEV?

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ACKNOWLEDGE (ACK).

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1458.What proword is used to replace ?the addresses immediately following are exempted from the collective call??

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EXEMPT.

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1459.What proword is used to replace ?I am repeating transmission or portion indicated??

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I SAY AGAIN.

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1460.What proword is equivalent to XMT?

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EXEMPT.

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1461.What proword is used to replace ?this is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected??

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OUT.

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1462.What proword is equivalent to ZOF?

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RELAY (TO).

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1463.What proword is equivalent to QRS?

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SPEAK SLOWER.

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1464.What proword is used to replace ?I must pause longer’ than a few seconds??

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WAIT-OUT.

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1465.What proword is equivalent to QSZ?

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WORDS TWICE.

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1466.Are operating signals designed for R/T transmissions?

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No.

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1467.What are the two circumstances that is permissible to use operating signals contained in Communication Instructions, Operating Signals, ACP 131, instead of standard R/T phases?

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Where there are language difficulties and where practical if there is no risk of confusion.

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1468.What is a real-time procedure used to alert circuit operators that an unauthorized disclosure has occurred over a nonsecured circuit and warns other operators on the net of the disclosure?

A

BEADWINDOW.

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1469.What do long-term benefits of the BEADWINDOW procedure include?

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An increased awareness of the proper use of voice circuits throughout the fleet and better security of uncovered Navy voice communications.

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1470.What type of information have you revealed if EEFI 01 is transmitted over a nonsecured voice circuit to you as an operator?

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Position.

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1471.What type of information have you revealed if EEFI 04 is transmitted over a nonsecured voice circuit to you as an operator?

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Electronic Warfare (EW).

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1472.What type of information have you revealed if EEFI 03 is transmitted over a nonsecured voice circuit to you as an operator?

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Operations.

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1473.What is the only authorized reply to the BEADWINDOW message?

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?Roger, out.?

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1474.Where is the EEFI posted?

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In clear sight at all nonsecure voice positions.

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1475.On large ships, where are the voice circuits handled?

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The bridge and the combat information center (CIC).

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1476.What is the most common message form in R/T traffic?

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The abbreviated plaindress.

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1477.What information may an abbreviated plaindress message omit?

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Precedence, date, date-time group (DTG), and/or group count.

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1478.Is format line 1 used in R/T procedures?

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No.

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1479.What does format lines 2 and 3 contain?

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The call sign, the proword MESSAGE, and the transmission identification.

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1480.When is a full call normally used?

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When first establishing a net and when reporting into a previously established net and also in the transmission instructions and address components when a message is required to be relayed to a station on a different net.

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1481.What does format line 5 contain?

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The precedence, DTG, and any necessary instructions.

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1482.What is the first element of format line 5?

A

The precedence.

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1483.What format lines form the address of the message and are recognized by the prowords FROM, TO, INFO, and EXEMPT?

A

Format lines 6, 7, 8, and 9.

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1484.How is format line 10 identified?

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By the proword GROUPS, followed by the number of groups, or ?GROUP NO COUNT.?

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1485.What proword docs format line 11 contain?

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BREAK.

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1486.What format line is the text of the message and expresses the idea of the originator?

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Format line 12.

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  1. What information does format line 15 contain?
A

Any final instructions.

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  1. What are call signs used in radiotelephone commonly known as?
A

Voice call signs.

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  1. What do call signs consist of?
A

Spoken words, which can be transmitted and understood more rapidly and more effectively than actual names of ships and afloat commands, or phonetic equivalents of international radio call signs. (Under certain circumstances, however, the phonetically spelled international call sign is used in R/T for station identification. At other times, a ship?s name serves as the call sign.)

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  1. How may R/T call signs be assigned?
A

By an operational order (OPORD), a tactical communication plan (COMMPLAN), or permanently by commonly held communications publications.

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  1. What publication lists the publications that contain encrypted and daily changing call signs?
A

Voice Communications, NTP 5.

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  1. What lists the international call signs and hull numbers for ships under military control?
A

ACP 113.

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  1. What are port authorities that control local harbor voice circuits identified by?
A

The word ?CONTROL?

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  1. Voice communications requirements are grouped into what two basic categories?
A

Operational or tactical, and administrative.

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  1. What are the type of most voice circuits used at sea?
A

Operational or tactical nets.

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  1. What circuits are normally used only in port and may include both short- and long-range communications and are neither operational or tactical?
A

Administrative circuits.

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  1. Who establishes the circuit requirements from port to port?
A

The senior officer present afloat (SOPA).

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  1. What are the two types of R/T nets?
A

Directed and free.

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  1. What determines the type of net to be used?
A

The operational situation.

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  1. What is assigned to monitor the circuit or circuits and enforce circuit discipline?
A

A Net Control Station (NECOS).

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  1. What is the NECOS responsible for?
A

Implementing operational procedures and enforcing discipline and security on the net.

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  1. What is the difference between a directed net and a free net?
A

On a directed net, stations must obtain permission from NECOS before communicating with other stations on the net and on the free net, member stations don?t need NECOS permission to transmit.

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  1. Who is responsible for opening or reopening a net?
A

NECOS.

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  1. How long should a test signal be to tune the receiver or transmitter when a ship needs to pass traffic to another ship?
A

10 seconds.

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  1. How should call signs or address groups in message headings be arranged?
A

Alphabetically in the order in which they are to be transmitted, whether plain or encrypted.

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  1. What prowords are the standard phrase used in a call-up that questions signal strength and readability?
A

RADIO CHECK.

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  1. How does a station that wishes to inform another station of signal strength and readability do so?
A

By means of a short report of actual reception.

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1508.What are the rules to remember when using the WORDS TWICE or READ BACK procedure?

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First, the prowords THIS IS and OVER are not repeated twice when using the WORDS TWICE procedure (these prowords are not spoken twice in the original transmissions nor in the repeat back version), and second, the proword ROGER is not necessary to indicate receipt of the message in the READ BACK procedure. (If the message is correct in its repeated back version, you would use the phrase ?THAT IS CORRECT, OUT.?)

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1509.When a transmitting operator makes an error, what proword does the operator use to correct it?

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CORRECTION.

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1510.What happens if an error in a message is not discovered until the operator is some distance beyond the error?

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The operator may make the correction at the end of the message.

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1511.When words are missed or cannot be determined, what may stations request before receipting for the message?

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Repetitions.

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1512.What are the prowords most often used for obtaining repetitions?

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SAY AGAIN, ALL BEFORE, ALL AFTER, WORD BEFORE, WORD AFTER, and TO.

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1513.What prowords are used when the repetition procedure is used when a station requests that a particular word be repeated?

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WORD AFTER or WORD BEFORE.

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1514.What is an important rule to remember when you request repetitions in the heading of an R/T message containing FROM, TO, INFO, or EXEMPT addressees?

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The prowords are the key to the repetition procedures.

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1515.Before the ending proword OVER or OUT is sent, what prowords can be used by a station canceling a message transmission?

A

DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION, OUT.

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1516.After a message has been completely transmitted, how is the only way it can be canceled?

A

By another message.

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1517.When is a message considered delivered on an R/T circuit?

A

Not until the transmitting station receives a receipt.

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1518.A receipt is effected by the use of what proword?

A

ROGER.

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1519.What is an acknowledgment?

A

A reply from an addressee indicating that a certain message was received, understood, and can be complied with.

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1520.What is meant by receipt?

A

The message was received satisfactorily.

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1521.Who can authorize communications personnel to send an acknowledgment?

A

Only the commanding officer or his or her authorized representative.

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1522.How is a request for acknowledgment accomplished?

A

By use of the word ?acknowledge? (not a proword) as the final word of the text; the reply is the proword WILCO.

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1523.If the commanding officer can acknowledge at once, why may the communications operator receipt for the message with WILCO?

A

Because the meaning of ROGER is contained in WILCO.

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1524.What happens if the acknowledgment cannot be returned immediately?

A

The communications operator receipts for the message with ROGER, and replies with WILCO later.

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1525.Can the break-in procedure be used during the transmission of a tactical message?

A

No, except to report an enemy contact,

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1526.What does the precedence of the message spoken three times mean?

A

To cease transmissions immediately.

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1527.What proword does NECOS use to impose emergency silence?

A

SILENCE three times.

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1528.Why is the Executive Method for R/T used?

A

To ensure that two or more units make simultaneous maneuvers.

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1529.What are the two variations of the Executive Method?

A

Delayed and immediate.

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1530.A tactical message sent by the Delayed Executive Method must carry what warning proword in the message instructions immediately preceding the text?

A

EXECUTIVE TO FOLLOW.

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1531.What proword does the Immediate Executive Method use in the message ‘instructions instead of the proword EXECUTE TO FOLLOW?

A

IMMEDIATE EXECUTE.

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1532.What publication contains the complete list of data required in an R/T circuit log?

A

NTP 5.

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1533.When can you legally erase an entry in a log?

A

Never.

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1534.How are entries corrected or changed in a log?

A

Draw a net single line through the original entry and indicate the changed version adjacent to the lined out entry and when using the typewriter, the operator may use the slant key to delete erroneous entries. (All changes must be initialed by the operator making the change.)

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1535.What is emission control (EMCON)?

A

The management of electromagnetic and acoustic emissions.

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1536.Who normally imposes EMCON?

A

The electronic warfare coordinator (EWC),

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1537.Why do you, as an operator, not want to transmit any type of communications during EMCON?

A

You take the chance of being detected and your position will be known.

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1538.What publication can you find detailed information on the implementation of EMCON and its degree of adjustment?

A

Fleet Communications, NTP 4, and Electronic Warfare Coordination, NWP 1040 (NWP 3-51.1).

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1539.Setting EMCON requires what four basic steps?

A

Criteria, objectives, notification, and authority.

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1540.What will each ship prepare to react to EMCON changes?

A

An EMCON bill.

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1541.What are the objectives of EMCON?

A

To deny the enemy any way that it may locate your position, to support the efforts to disrupt the enemy?s effectiveness, and to allow your actions to go unnoticed.

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1542.What guidelines are EMCON conditions designed with to accomplish their objectives?

A

Minimize detection by enemy sensors, allow effective friendly command and control (C2), support operations security (OPSEC), support operational deception (OPDEC), minimize interference among friendly systems, and degrade effectiveness of enemy C2.

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1543.A ship is required to establish what circuit first when returning to the air after EMCON?

A

Orderwire.

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1544.What is the main cause of EEDs exploding during HERO?

A

Heat generated by a current passing through the sensitive wires surrounding a temperature-sensitive explosive.

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1545.What is the frequency range that is prohibited for use during HERO conditions?

A

Below 30 MHz

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1546.What is the purpose of transmitters and their antennas?

A

To radiate electromagnetic energy.

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1547.When are ordnance systems most susceptible to RF energy fields?

A

During loading, unloading, and handling.

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1548.What are the alternate methods of relaying communications during HERO conditions?

A

Electrical and nonelectrical relay systems.

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1549.What are the techniques that were developed to provide an uninterrupted flow of essential communications without violating HERO and EMCON limitations?

A

AUTOCAT, SATCAT, and MIDDLEMAN.

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1550.In AUTOCAT, who provides the method for automatically relaying UHF transmissions?

A

A ship.

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1551.In SATCAT, what provides the method for automatically relaying UHF transmissions?

A

An airborne platform.

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1552.What are the three different types of circuit configurations for reception and relay of UHF transmissions that AUTOCAT, SATCAT and MIDDLEMAN use?

A

A voice circuit where some units send and receive on one frequency, and other units send and receive on any other frequency; a voice circuit where all units transmit on one frequency and receive on another frequency; and a RATT circuit where all units transmit on one frequency and receive on another frequency.

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1553.What are the two message relay systems?

A

PIGEON POST and BEAN BAG.

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1554.What non-electronic relay system provides a method of traffic delivery to shore by aircraft?

A

PIGEON POST.

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1555.What does the BEAN BAG non-electronic relay system provide?

A

A method for small ships to deliver message traffic via helo to shore or to a unit that is terminated full period for further transmission.

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1556.What is general classified material usually considered?

A

Classified messages, publications, and instructions.

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1557.What is material used to protect U.S. Government transmission, communications, and the processing of classified and sensitive unclassified information?

A

COMSEC material,

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1558.What publication contains information on the handling of classified material?

A

DON Information Security Program (ISP) Regulation (SECNAVINST 5510.36).

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1559.What publication contains information on COMSEC material?

A

Communications Security Material System (CMS) Policy and Procedures Manual, CMS 1.

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1560.How may routine destruction of Secret and below material be accomplished?

A

By burning, pulping, pulverizing, or shredding.

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1561.What record is required if only one person destroys Secret material?

A

A record of destruction.

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1562.When destroying Confidential material, is a record of destruction required?

A

No.

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1563.To verify destruction records, who will ensure that the material has been completely destroyed and only residue remains?

A

The senior person.

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1564.SPECAT or Top Secret will normally be handled at what pay grade?

A

E-6 or above.

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1565.Since access to SPECAT, Top Secret, or above material will he closely guarded on a need-to-know basis, how must all material be accounted for?

A

By signature.

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1566.How many witnessing officials will Top Secret material be destroyed by?

A

Two.

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1567.What form must every person who receives COMSEC material complete?

A

CMS Responsibility Acknowledgment Form.

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1568.Where will you find the original form that allows you to handle and use COMSEC material?

A

Annex K of CMS 1.

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  1. Who must maintain a local custody file containing effective signed local custody documents?
A

LH custodians.

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  1. Where must a watch-to-watch inventory that lists all COMSEC material held be kept?
A

In a watch station.

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  1. How is the material listed on the watch-to-watch inventory that lists all COMSEC material held?
A

Short title, edition, accounting numbers, and quantity.

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  1. What inventory is used to maintain control of effective material and material to he used in the future?
A

Watch-to-watch inventory.

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  1. What publication and article will you find how COMSEC material must be marked for effective and superseded dates?
A

Article 760 of CMS l.

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  1. What chapter of CMS 1 details the personnel, methods, and time periods for destroying COMSEC material?
A

Five.

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  1. What are address groups?
A

Four-letter groups assigned to represent a command, activity, or unit; used in the same manner as a call sign.

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  1. What is AIS facility-related information?
A

Work-load, anticipated resource changes, number of operators available, the system capabilities, etc.

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  1. What is a backlog?
A

The work waiting to be run (processed) on a computer.

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  1. What is batch processing?
A

A method of processing in which similar items are grouped together and processed all at one time.

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  1. What is a book message?
A

A message for two or more addressees in which the drafter considers it unnecessary that each addressee be informed of the other(s).

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  1. What is a CMS alternate custodian?
A

Responsible to the CMS custodian and commanding officer for the CMS account; is held accountable on the same level as the custodian.

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  1. What is a CMS custodian?
A

Responsible to the commanding officer for the correct accountability and maintenance of the CMS account.

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  1. What is a CMS local holder?
A

A command or activity that receives COMSEC material support from a CMS account command.

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  1. What is a CMS user?
A

An individual CMS user that requires COMSEC’ material to accomplish an assigned duty, advancement study, or training purpose.

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  1. What is a communications center supervisor?
A

Responsible for message processing, circuit operations, and supervision of personnel; responsible to the SWS, when assigned.

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  1. What is a COMMSHIFT?
A

A message sent to a NCTAMS to move its guard from one broadcast or servicing communications center to another.

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  1. What is a COMMSPOT?
A

A report to advise of any situation that might cause significant disruption to tactical communications.

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  1. What is COMNAVCOMTELCOM (COMMANDER, NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMAND)?
A

Headquarters for all naval shore-based communications.

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  1. What are contingency plans?
A

Backup plans for the continuation of an activity?s mission during abnormal operating conditions.

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  1. What is a CWO (COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER)?
A

Responsible for the efficient running of the watch, including equipment and personnel, responsible to the communications officer.

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  1. What is a drafter?
A

The person who actually composes a message for transmission.

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  1. What is a DTG (DATE-TIME GROUP)?
A

A method of assigning a date and time to message traffic consisting of six digits, two each to represent date, hour, and minutes; begins at the start of each new day at 0001Z.

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  1. What is an EA (ELECTRONIC ATTACK)?
A

Involves actions taken to prevent or reduce an enemy?s effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum. EA replaces electronic countermeasures (ECM).

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  1. What is an electromagnetic spectrum?
A

The natural vibrations that occur when a force is applied to a substance. These vibrations occur with various speeds and intensities. The speed at which they occur is called frequency, and the distance between each vibration is called wavelength.

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  1. What is an emergency plan?
A

Provides for the protection, removal, or destruction of classified material.

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  1. What is EP (ELECTRONIC PROTECTION)?
A

Involves actions taken to ensure friendly effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum despite an enemy?s use of electronic warfare. EP replaces electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM).

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  1. What are extracts?
A

Portions of naval warfare publications that are extracted/reproduced for use in training or operations. All extracts must be properly marked with security classification and safeguarded.

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  1. What is flash precedence?
A

Identified by the precedence prosign ?Z.? Category reserved for initial enemy contact reports or operational combat messages of extreme urgency. Brevity is mandatory. Speed of service objective is not fixed. Handled as fast as humanly possible with an objective of less than 10 minutes.

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  1. What is FRD (FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA)?
A

Pertains to defense information that has been removed from the Restricted Data category but is still safeguarded as classified defense information.

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  1. What is a general message?
A

A message with wide, predetermined and standard distribution.

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  1. What is IFF (IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE)?
A

A system using electromagnetic transmissions to which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds to distinguish themselves from enemy forces.

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