Electricians Mate Rating Flashcards
To what rating category do electricians mates belong
General
When assigned to shore duty, an EM may work outside the rate or rating true or false
True
What is the purpose of assigning an NEC to EMS?
To identify their specialized skills
If you want to find advanced information on field changes, you should refer to what publication?
Electronic information bulletin
If you want to find information about new developments in shipboard engineering, you should refer to what publication?
Deck plate
To what publication should you refer for information about the prevention of shipboard accidents?
Fathom
The navy electricity and electronics training series (NEETS) modules provide what type of training?
NEETS provides beginners with the fundamentals of electrical and electronic concepts
Which of the following is a purpose of the electronic installation and maintenance book (EIMB)?
To provide techniques for installing electrical equipment
Which of the following publications will help you in determining safe practices when working with electrical and mechanical equipment?
NSTM, SORM OPNAVINST 3120.32, safety 5100.19
By observing proper safety precautions, you will prevent what situations
Equipment damage and personal injury
Usually what amount of current is fatal if it passes through a persons body for 1 second or more
.1A
Most shipboard deaths due to electrocution are caused by shock received from what voltage/source?
115Vac
Final approval to work on an energized switchboard is required from which of the following persons
The CO
Before disconnecting a meter, what should you do to the current transformer?
Short circuit the secondary
To discharge capacitors in de-energized equipment, which of the following devices is used?
A shorting probe
What is an acceptable resistance reading for the ground connection between the ships hull and the metal frame of a portable electric drill?
1ohm or less
You are inspecting a portable electric drill, and you notice the cord has exposed conductors, what action should you take?
Replace the cord
Which of the following is NOT an acceptable procedure to follow when using a portable electric drill?
Remove the third prong when a three hole receptacle is not available
What is the most delicate part of a piece of test equipment
The meter
The top surface of electric workbenches must be insulated with what type of material?
3/8-inch Benelex 401
A workbench must be secured to the deck
True
All electrical workbench receptacles must be supplied from a common or an isolation transformer
True
If you need to find information about the approved deck coverings to use in your work area, you should refer to what publication ?
NSTM, chapter 634
The dielectric feature of electrical rubber gloves is based on what characteristic of any of the glove?
The wall thickness of the glove
When operating a deck buffer rates at 120 Volts, what is the lowest class of rubber gloves that you can safely wear
0
To ensure max protection from floor matting, you should take all EXCEPT which of the following actions?
Use general-purpose black floor matting
After reporting on board ship, at what point should naval personnel become acquainted with the types and locations of firefighting equipment
As soon as possible
What is the safest type of fire-extinguishing agent for you to use on an electrical fire?
CO2
During a fire, what person determines whether the power should be secured
The on-scene leader
When it becomes necessary to rig casualty power cables, what person is responsible for typing the cables in the overhead
All members of the repair party
If a person is unconscious because of an electric shock, you should start artificial respiration at what point
Asap
A person has just received an electrical shock from an electric drill, and you cannot find the switch or receptacle. What is the quickest and safest method for you to use to free the victim?
Pull the flexible cable of the drill until the victim is clear of its contact
A person has stopped breathing but is still alive. This person is said to be in which of the following states
Respiratory failure
To prepare a victim quickly for administration of mouth to mouth artificial respiration, you should take which of the following steps?
Place the victim face up, clear the mouth and throat, tilt the head back, lift the lower jaw and pinch the nose shut
When administering CPR to an adult, you should depress the sternum what approximate distance?
1 1/2 to 2 inches
What type of wound has torn skin and tissue
Laceration
What measure is the last resort when trying to control bleeding
Tourniquet
What method of any should you use to indicate to medical personnel that a victim has had a tourniquet applied?
Mark his/her forehead with a capital letter T
Caused by chemical action in tissue
Chemical burn
Direct result of heat caused by fire
Thermal burn
Caused by electrical current passing through tissue
Electrical burn
Caused by exposure of tissue to steam
Thermal burn
Burns of what degree are characterized by blistering
Second
What percentage of a person is considered burned when the burned area is continued to the right leg
9
When steam blisters cover half of a victims back, (a) what percentage of (b) what class burn exists?
(A) 9%
B) second degree
When treating a victim with second or third degree burns, you should treat for what symptom first?
Shock
Personnel that work in noise-hazardous areas with a noise level of 84dB and above are required to have a hearing test within what specified period of time after reporting aboard ship?
90days
At what minimum decibel level is double hearing protection required
104dB
Heat stress is caused by the body trying to regulate its temperature. Which of the following is/are cause of heat stress?
Air temp, thermal radiation, humidity
Which of the following is NOT a cause of heat stress?
Ventilation operating properly
A heat stress survey is required in any space when the ambient temp reaches or exceeds what minimum temperature
100
The reason for conducting a heat survey of a space is to
Determine the safe stay time for personnel
Of the following items? Which one is NOT considered a hazardous item?
Coffee grounds
You can prevent an injury if you regard all aerosols as presenting what hazard
Flammable
Electrical equipment y should be painted inly when the lack of paint will cause what
Corrosion
Which of the following actions should NOT be taken to prevent corrosion
Paint identification plates
What are the two types of insulating varnish
Clear-baking and air-drying
When the use of water-based solvent is not practical, what cleaner is recommended
Inhibited methyl chloroform
What action should you take when using cleaning solvents in a confined space?
Rig ventilation to blow out of the space
You should NOT use which if the following types of material to clean electrical contacts
Steel wool
Of the factors listed below, which one(s) cause(s) cathode-ray tubes (CRT) to be classified as a hazardous material?
Subject to considerable force from atmospheric pressure and chemical coating inside is toxic
Of the following materials which is NOT a hazardous material released when the glass envelope of a CRT is broken
Copper oxide
If you cannot return a CRT to the manufacturer for disposal, what action should you take?
Make it harmless by breaking the vacuum glass seal
Which of the following phrases is NOT allowed when a caution tag is used
Check oil level prior to operation
What publication contains an explanation of the steps required to tag out a piece of equipment
Opnavist 3120.32
Red tags are used when all EXCEPT which of the following conditions exists?
Special instructions are needed before the equipment can be operated
When two or more repair groups are performing repairs on a system, the responsibility for posting a red tag rests with
Each repair group
What function is derived from the manner in which the engineering department is organized
It provides for proper assignments t of duties for proper supervision of personnel
Which of the following is/are the purpose of the National Apprenticeship Standards of the U.S. Navy?
To provide registered certification of the rate training of navy personnel
To achieve recognition of the Navy person equal to his/her civilian counterpart
