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General Safety & Administration (Ch.1)✅️ Flashcards

1
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When assigned to shore duty, an EM may work outside the rate or rating?

A

True

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2
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What is the purpose of assigning an NEC to EM’s?

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To identify their specialized skills.

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3
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If you want to find advanced information on field changes, you should refer to what publication?

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Bibliography for Advancement Study

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4
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If you want to find information about new developments in shipboard engineering, you should teferto what publication?

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Electronics Information Bulletin (EIB)

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5
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To what publication should you refer for information about the prevention of shipboard accidents?

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Fathom

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6
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The Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) modules provide what type of training?

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NEETS provides beginners with the fundamentals of electrical and electronic concepts

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7
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Which of the following is a purpose of the Electronics Installation and Maintenance Book (EIMB)?

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To provide techniques for installing electrical equipment.

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8
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Which of the following publications will help you determine safe practices when working with electrical and mechanical equipment.

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Safety of Precautions for Forces Afloat OPNAVINST 5100.19

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9
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By observing proper safety precautions, you will prevent which of the following situations?

A

Equipment damage & Personally Injury

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10
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Usually what amount of current is fatal if it passes through a person’s body for 1 second or more?

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0.1A

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11
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Most shipboard deaths due to electrocution are caused by shock received from what voltage/source?

A

115VAC

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12
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Final approval to work on an energized switchboard is required from which of the following persons?

A

The Commanding Officer

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13
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Shipboard electrical systems are not considered as a perfect ungrounded system. Which of the following factors makes this statement correct?

A

Generator insulation resistance and capacitance to ground

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14
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When equipment grounding is provided, you make sure that the bonding surfaces will have a positive metal-to-metal contact by taking which of the following conditions?

A

Check the mechanical connection to ensure proper contact, securely fasten the connection with the proper mounting hardware, clean the shock mount

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15
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When using the safety shorting probe to discharge a 30uF capacitor, what is the max safe voltage to discharge?

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1,000K V

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16
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Before disconnecting a meter, what should you do to the current transformer?

A

Ground the secondary

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17
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Most potential transformer primary windings are protected by what type of devices?

A

Fuses

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18
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To discharge capacitors in de-energized equipment, which of the following devices is used?

A

A ground strap

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19
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What is an acceptable resistance reading for the ground connection between the ship’s hull and the metal frame of a portable electric drill?

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1 ohm or leas

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20
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You are a portable electric drill, and you notice the cord has exposed conductors. What action should you take?

A

Replace the cord

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21
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Which of the following is NOT an acceptable procedure to follow when using a portable electric drill?

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Remove the third prong when a three home receptacle is not available.

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22
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What is the most delicate part of a piece of test equipment?

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The meter

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23
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The top surfaces of electric workbenches must be insulated with what type of material?

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3/8” Benelex 401

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24
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A workbench must be secured to the deck

A

True

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25
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All electrical workbench receptacles must be supplied from a common or an isolation transformer.

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True

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26
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If you need to find information about the approved deck coverings to use in your work area, you shiukd refer to what publication?

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NSTM, chapter 634

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27
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The dielectric feature of electrical rubber globes is based on what characteristic, if any, of the glove?

A

The color of the label

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28
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When operating a deck buffer rated at 120V, what is the lowest class of rubber gloves that you can safely wear?

A

0

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29
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To ensure max protection from floor matting, you should take all EXCEPT which of the following actions?

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Make aure the matting is always in place

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30
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After reportint inboard ship, at what point should naval personnel become acquainted with the types and locations of fire-fighting equipment?

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As soon as possible

31
Q

What is the safest type of fire-extinguishing agent for you to use on an electrical fire?

A

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

32
Q

During a fure, what person determines whether power should be secured?

A

The Repair Party Electrician

33
Q

When it becomes necessary to rig casualty power cables, what person(s) is/are responsible for tying the cables up in the overhead?

A

All members of the repair party

34
Q

If a person is is unconscious because of an electrical shock, you should start artificial respiration at what point?

A

As soon as possible

35
Q

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 se to free the victim?

A

Pull the flexible cable of the drill until the victim is clear of it’s contact

36
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A person has stopped breathing but is still alive. This person is said to be in which of the following states?

A

Respiratory failure

37
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To prepare a victim quickly for administration of mouth to mouth artificial respiration, you should take which of the dollowing steps?

A

Place the victim face up, clear the mouth and throat, tilt the head back, lift the lower jaw and ounch the nose shut

38
Q

Which of the following actions should NOT be performed during the administration of closed-chest massage?

A

Apply the least pressure that will secure an effective pulse beat

39
Q

When administering CPR to an adult, you should depress the sternum what approximate distance?

A

1 1/2” to 2”

40
Q

What type of wound has torn skin and tissue?

A

Laceration

41
Q

What measure is the last resort when trying to control bleeding?

A

Tourniquet

42
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What method, if any, should you use to indicate to medical personnel that a victim hada tourniquet applied?

A

Mark his/her forehead with a capital letter T

43
Q

Caused by chemical action on tissue

A

Chemical burn

44
Q

Direct result of heat caused by fire

A

Thermal burn

45
Q

Caused by electrical current lassing through tissue

A

Electrical burn

46
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Caused by exposure of tissue to steam

A

Thermal burn

47
Q

Burns of what degree are characterized by blistering of the skin?

48
Q

What percentage of a person is considered burned when the burned area is confined to the right leg?

49
Q

When steam blisters covers half of a victims back, what percentage of / what class burns exist?

A

9% / second degree

50
Q

When treating a victim with second or third degree burns, you should treat for what symptom first?

51
Q

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?

52
Q

At what minimum decibel level is double hearing protection required?

53
Q

Heat stress is caused by the body trying to regulate it’s temperature. Which of the following is/are causes of heat stress

A

Air temperature
Thermal radiation
Humidity

54
Q

Which of the following is NOT. A cause of heat stress?

A

Ventilation operating properly

55
Q

A heat stress survey is required in any space when the ambient temperature reaches or exceeds what minimum temperature?

A

100 degrees F

56
Q

The reason for conducting a heat survey of a space is to

A

Determine the safe stay time for personnel

57
Q

Of the following items, which one is NOT considered a hazardous item?

A

Coffee grounds

58
Q

You can prevent an injury if you regard all aerosols as presenting what hazard?

59
Q

Electrical equipment should be painted only when the lack of paint will cause what condition?

60
Q

Which of the following actions should NOT be taken to prevent corrosion?

A

Paint identification plates

61
Q

What are the two types of insulating varnish?

A

Clear baking

Air drying

62
Q

When the use of water based solvent is not practical, what cleaner is recommended?

A

Inhabited methyl chloroform

63
Q

What action should you take when using cleaning solvents in a confined space?

A

Provide a ventilation source to blow in the space

64
Q

You should NOT use which of the following types of material to clean electrical contacts

A

Steel wool

65
Q

Of the factors listed below, which one(s) cause(s) cathode-Ray tubes (CRTs) to be classified as a hazardous material?

A

They are subject to considerable force from atmospheric pressure

The chemical coating inside is extremely toxic

66
Q

Of the following materials, which one is NOT a hazardous material released when the glass envelope of a CRT is broken?

A

Copper oxide

67
Q

If you cannot return a CRT to the manufacturer for disposal, what action should you take?

A

Make it harmless by breaking the vacuum glass seal

68
Q

Which of the following phrases is NOT allowed when a caution tag is used?

A

DO NOT OPERATE WITHOUT EOOW PERMISSION

69
Q

What publication contains an explanation of the steps required to tag out a piece of equipment?

A

OPNAVINST 3120.32

70
Q

Red tags are used when all EXCEPT which of the following conditions exists?

A

PMS is being performed on a system

71
Q

When two or more repair groups are performing on a system, the responsibility for posting a red tag rests with

A

Each repair group

72
Q

What function is derived from the manner is which the engineering department is organized?

A

It provides for proper assignment of duties and for proper supervision of personnel

73
Q

Which of the following is/are the purpose(s) of the National Apprenticeship Standards of the U.S. Navy?

A

To provide registered certification of the rate training of Navy personnel.

To achieve recognition of the Navy person equal to his/her civilian counterpart

74
Q

To what rating category do EM’s belong to?

Electrician's Mate Advancement (11 decks)

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