Volume 4 Flashcards
Self Test
1
Q
- When a truck arrives at the receiving section, why should a spotter be available?
A
- To help the driver back the vehicle into position for off-loading.
2
Q
- What four things need to be checked when off-loading property?
A
- (1) Bill of lading.
(2) Shipping label.
(3) Transportation control number (TCN).
(4) Obvious damage.
3
Q
- When are XB3 items turned in to the LRS?
A
- When the XB3 serviceable or unserviceable items have potential use or resale value.
4
Q
- What form is used to process a turn-in (TIN) request?
A
- AF Form 2005.
5
Q
- What does AFI 23–111 say about property found-on-base (FOB)?
A
- It requires all property found on that installation and not accounted for to be promptly recorded on the appropriate records of accountability.
6
Q
- What TEX code is used to process an NF/ND equipment turn-in (TIN) found-on-base (FOB) when ownership cannot be determined?
A
- Plus sign (+).
7
Q
- Who appoints in writing, an individual as chief inspector to oversee the COSIS program?
A
- LRS CC or AO.
8
Q
- Who conducts an annual overall COSIS inspection for each warehouse?
A
- Chief inspector.
9
Q
- What must be identified in writing by the chief inspector?
A
- Anyone authorized limited authority inspector duties.
10
Q
- What inspection functions are performed by the materiel management inspector?
A
- Establish and maintain the final identification and classification of all property received, stored, issued, or shipped; identify property known or suspected to be damaged or to have deteriorated or corroded during use,storage, or shipment; ensure that re-inspection dates prescribed by TOs are properly computed and entered on the applicable tags or labels, or are included on the marking used in lieu of such tags and labels, to identify property received, stored, issued, and/or shipped by a supply activity; accept or reject property received on local purchase orders or contracts requiring inspection and/or acceptance at destination; ensure documentation accompanies all property received, stored, issued, and shipped by a materiel management activity as well as directed condemned property, when such action is prescribed by directives of higher authority; and establish and maintain inspection controls on materiel within the technical order compliance (TOC) category to ensure that inspection dates will permit the availability of serviceable stock.
11
Q
- What three received-property factors must be verified by the materiel management inspector?
A
- (1) Identity
(2) Condition.
(3) Status.
12
Q
- An item’s identity includes what three things?
A
- (1) Reference number (part number).
(2) Stock number.
(3) Item description (nomenclature).
13
Q
- What factor have you defined when you decide that an item can be used for its intended purpose without any alteration or modification?
A
- Item status.
14
Q
- What series tag is used to ensure each item is properly identified before issuance or storage?
A
- DD Form 1570 series.
15
Q
- What condition tags are used to identify unserviceable materiel that is uneconomical to repair (condemned)?
A
- DD Form 1577 and 1577–1.
16
Q
- What condition does a green tag identify?
A
- Unserviceable items that can be economically repaired or restored for use (reparable).
17
Q
- List the eight entries required on the DD Form 1570 series tag.
A
- (1) Part number.
(2) Stock number.
(3) Item description.
(4) Inspection activity.
(5) Condition code.
(6) Unit of issue.
(7) Quantity.
(8) Inspector’s name or stamp and date.
18
Q
- List the three condition codes that can be used with a DD Form 1574.
A
- Condition codes A, B, and C.
19
Q
- If an item is suspended from issue pending a condition classification, what condition tag and condition code is used to identify the item?
A
- DD Form 1575 with a condition code J.
20
Q
- What condition code is used on a DD Form 1576 for serviceable property that requires test, alteration, modification, conversion, or disassembly?
A
- D.
21
Q
- What circumstance requires processing a condition change input?
A
- Whenever property deteriorates or becomes damaged in storage.
22
Q
- Which change input, transaction identification code (TRIC) is used to correct an identification error for serviceable items in storage?
A
- FCH.
23
Q
- Who is the certifying official that signs the FCH documents?
A
- The chief of the function making the change.
24
Q
- What is the purpose of the surveillance inspection program?
A
- To ensure that property is ready for issue and that deterioration and corrosion are controlled
25
Q
- How often should you inspect storage listings and programs for compliance?
A
- Daily.
26
Q
- What are the two primary means used to submit a supply discrepancy report (SDR)?
A
- ES-S SDR function and the DOD Web SDR system.
27
Q
- What timeframe does the receiving activity have to submit the SDR?
A
- (1) Within 24 hours of discovery for controlled items.
(2) Within 60 calendar days from date of shipment for CONUS destinations.
(3) Within 120 calendar days from date of shipment for overseas destinations.
28
Q
- When is an SDR considered closed?
A
- When the SDR is categorized as unresolved; the shipment appears on an ILS-S script providing shipment loss analysis, or when Part 3 of the M16, Shipment Loss Analysis Report, lists all shipments, which may be potential losses, confirmed losses, and recovered shipments., .
29
Q
- What materiel management function evaluates and controls the incoming SDR program?
A
- The customer support function.
30
Q
- What are most base-level SDRs considered?
A
- Outgoing SDRs.
31
Q
- What are the minimum and maximum numbers of positions found in a warehouse location designator?
A
- No fewer than 10 and no more than 11.
32
Q
- What two factors identify a stockroom?
A
.2. Stockrooms are sequenced from left to right and from front to rear; never use the letters I or O to identify a stockroom because they are easily mistaken for the numbers 1 and 0.
33
Q
- How are storage levels identified and how will they be labeled?
A
- By a single capital letter. The letters will be placed at least every six feet along the bin row.
34
Q
- What are the reasons for processing an FCS?
A
.4. To load or assign a warehouse location, change a warehouse location, and delete a warehouse location.
35
Q
- Why are warehouse locations normally deleted?
A
- To provide new storage space.
36
Q
- Why does the AF use bar coded bin labels?
A
- To aid in inventory and warehouse validation.
37
Q
- When are reserve locations used?
A
.7. When you have an overflow of assets that can’t be stocked in the primary location, and only as a last resort.
38
Q
- List the reasons for doing a warehouse location validation.
A
- (1) To verify that the asset is in fact stored in the warehouse location stated on the item record.
(2) To ensure that all item records indicating a serviceable balance are assigned a warehouse location.
(3) To identify records with duplicate warehouse locations.
39
Q
- Who prepares the warehouse location validation schedule?
A
- Storage personnel.
40
Q
- For what period of time is the warehouse location validation schedule prepared?
A
- Each fiscal year.
41
Q
- Ideally, when should a warehouse validation be completed?
A
- Within 10 workdays of the start of an inventory cycle or sample inventory.
42
Q
- When do you prepare the parameter input for your warehouse validation?
A
- One day before starting the warehouse validation.
43
Q
- What corrective action do you take on a discrepancy where the NSN on the property in location does not match the NSN on the bin label and the item record is loaded?
A
- Process an FCS change or move the item(s) to the correct location based upon your research.
44
Q
- What is the serviceable balance—no warehouse location listing (R36) used for?
A
- To identify items having a serviceable balance, but no warehouse location assigned to them, and a DOLT greater than three days.
45
Q
- List two ways you can conserve storage space.
A
- Stack high as practical and compactly as possible.
46
Q
- Explain what honeycombing is.
A
- Storing or removing items in a way that creates unusable areas of storage space in a stack.
47
Q
- What system of storage ensures that the oldest items are issued before they become outdated?
A
- FIFO.
48
Q
- What must warehouse personnel ensure is in place prior to storing property?
A
- All condition, identification, and hazardous tags/labels are in place on items.
49
Q
- Which warehouse change is used to indicate that an item in storage has deteriorated or become damaged?
A
- FCC.
50
Q
- Which warehouse change document is processed if the inspector determines that an item in storage has been misidentified by the manufacturer?
A
- FCH.
51
Q
- Which warehouse change document identifies a unit of issue change to an item?
A
- FCU.
52
Q
- Which warehouse change document may be output when, due to a change in the controlled item code (CIC), an item must be relocated to a more secure area?
A
- 1SC.
53
Q
- What steps should you take when selecting an item for issue?
A
- Ensure the bin label matches the information on the issue document. Ensure the NSN and the unit of issue on the property tag/label are correct. Select the oldest dated item in the location. Select the quantity required on the issue document. Sign and date the issue document.
54
Q
- How many copies of DD Form 1348–1A are produced for shipments and transfers?
A
- Three warehouse copies and three transportation copies
55
Q
- What is a transfer and what are the types of transfers?
A
- Movement of materiel to DLADS; directed and nondirected.
56
Q
- What TRIC is used to transfer an item to DLADS?
A
- TRM.
57
Q
- What code printed on the transfer document is used to decide whether or not demilitarization (DEMIL) is required and what method to use?
A
- DEMIL code.
58
Q
- What is a warehouse refusal?
A
- When a needed issue item is not found in the location, or when the quantity needed is not sufficient to fill the request.
59
Q
- Define covered storage.
A
- Storage space within any roofed structure.
60
Q
- What is the most common warehouse facility found throughout the AF?
A
- General-purpose storage warehouse.
61
Q
- What is the temperature range of a refrigerated chill space in a storage warehouse?
A
- 32–50 °F (0 - 10 °C).
62
Q
- Define an open storage area.
A
- An open area designed for storing items that do not require protection from the weather.
63
Q
- What are the two types of open storage areas?
A
- Improved and unimproved.
64
Q
- What serves to define and protect an open storage area?
A
- A perimeter fence with a main gate serves as protection for the items stored and provides boundary limits that define the storage area.
65
Q
- What is the basic resource of any materiel management distribution operation?
A
- Storage space.
66
Q
- What factor is particularly important in planning aisle placement in a warehouse?
A
- The location of structural columns.
67
Q
- What type of warehouse area should be kept to a minimum to increase storage efficiency and space utilization?
A
- Work areas.
68
Q
- When items with similar handling requirements are stored together, what storage factor is being observed?
A
- Item similarity.
69
Q
- What storage factor encourages slower moving items to be placed farther away from active stock processing areas?
A
- Item popularity.
70
Q
- What publication can be used as a guide to identify potentially hazardous items?
A
- Federal Standard 313.
71
Q
- How are potential health-hazard item records marked?
A
- IEX code 9, or HHF.
72
Q
- An IEX code 9 is assigned to what type of item?
A
- Serious-health-hazard items.
73
Q
- What is the purpose of an HHF?
A
- It eliminates repetitive initial reviews of the same item and ensures all items in the categories identified in the health-hazard publications have been screened, identified, and controlled.
74
Q
- What information does an SDS provide?
A
- It identifies the hazards and safety measures associated with a particular product.
75
Q
- Who determines which IEX code or flag should be loaded on the item record?
A
- BES.
76
Q
- How should corrosives be stored?
A
- On pallets compatible with the materiel being stored.
77
Q
- What type of acids must be stored under automatic water sprinklers?
A
- Organic.
78
Q
- What is the principle hazard from storing closed flammable containers?
A
- The rupture of the containers due to increased pressure when they are exposed to fire.
79
Q
- What is the proper way of storing aerosol cans and why?
A
- In a room separate from other flammables, if space permits. A barrier should separate aerosol cans from other flammables. When exposed to heat, aerosol cans are capable of becoming self-propelled projectiles and airborne sources of ignition.
80
Q
- Why is outside storage of flammable liquid products in metal drums not recommended?
A
- Because pressure buildup in the drums due to thermal loading from the sun and the likelihood of subsequent rupture or drum failure due to corrosion or handling. This could create a significant spill containment and environmental hazard.