Quiz One Prep

Question 1

1. What are the three types of pressure?

Answer 1

Direct, fluid, and air

Question 2

2. How does the PDM deploy?

Answer 2

7 trip lines (each 20 feet long)

Question 3

3. What does the mongoose use to destroy mines?

Answer 3

Shape charge net

Question 4

4. What does Oф signify?

Answer 4

Frag-HE

Question 5

5. Once mine has been located it is either:

Answer 5

a) Marked and bypassed
b) Detonated in place
c) Pulled out by rope
d) Neutralized and removed

Question 6

6. What are the upwind/downwind hazards of chemical?

Answer 6

600m upwind / 2000m downwind

Question 7

7. What are the PDM times?

Answer 7

25 second – circuit self check
60 second – trip wires deploy
75 second – fully armed
4 hours – self-destruct

Question 8

8. What is bore safe and bore riding pin?

Answer 8

Bore riding pin is in held in place IOT keep projectile in the launching tube.
Bore safe means projectile is keep in the launching tube safely.

Question 9

9. What does the PDM use to propel the warhead?

Answer 9

M10 liquid propellant

Question 10

10. In soviet bomb markings, numerals indicates what?

Answer 10

Weight in kilogram

Question 11

11. Explain centrifugal force/spin

Answer 11

Centrifugal force is like a merry-go-round

Question 12

12. What is blasting radius of SLAM?

Answer 12

168 meters

Question 13

13. What are the techniques for probing?

Answer 13

Check for trip wires
Probe at a 30 degree angle
Probe every 2 inches (5cm)
1 meter wide lane

Question 14

14. What are the times for the SLAM time mode?

Answer 14

15,30,45, or 60 minutes

Question 15

15. What is the nomenclature for the warhead?

Answer 15

M43 Spherical warhead (kill mechanism)

Question 16

16. What is the least preferred method of detecting mine?

Answer 16

Encountering a mine

Question 17

17. What are the two types of energy?

Answer 17

Potential and Kinetic

Question 18

18. What is only sure means of detecting mines?

Answer 18

Manual probing

Question 19

19. What are the types of lane?

Answer 19

Foot path: 1 meter
Initial lane: 4.5 meters
Single lane: 4.5 meters
DBL lane: 10 meters

Question 20

20. Who has authorization of using chemical wpn?

Answer 20

Theater command (4 star general)

Question 21

21. What are the two types of Variable Time fuse?

Answer 21

Active and passive

Question 22

22. What is clearance distance required on mine mode of SLAM?

Answer 22

5”

Question 23

23. What are the four method of detecting mines?

Answer 23

Encountering a mine
Visual detection
Manual probing
Electronic mine detectors

Question 24

24. If necessary, is 18C allow to render safe procedure

Answer 24

NO. only EOD will do

Question 25

25. How far do you keep radios from an EMR safety?

Answer 25

At minimum 100 meters

Question 26

26. How long do you wait after pulling the mine with a rope?

Answer 26

Minimum 1 min for AHD

Question 27

27. What is minimum number of person required to conduct UXO operation?

Answer 27

At least 2

Question 28

28. How far can you manually probing minefield?

Answer 28

No more than 500 meters

Question 29

29. What is radome?

Answer 29

Radome encloses an antenna and permits maximum passage of RF energy to detect target

Question 30

30. What is safety distance between mine detect team?

Answer 30

25 meters

Question 31

31. What is PIBD stand for?

Answer 31

Point initiated Base Detonated

Question 32

32. What is the safe, and preferred method to dispose a mine?

Answer 32

Blow in place

Question 33

33. What are the three method of assault breaching?

Answer 33

Mechanical, explosive, and manual

Question 34

34. What is the number one hazard when dealing with mines?

Answer 34

Anti-Handling / Anti-Tamper devices

Question 35

35. What are the five non-explosive component of a fuze?

Answer 35

Firing pin, Rotor, Escapement Device, Detent, Slider (FREDS)

Question 36

36. What is the downrange hazard for jet?

Answer 36

5 miles

Question 37

37. What are the types of time fuse?

Answer 37

PTTF powder train time fuse
MT Mechanical time
ET electrical time