BMR-Ch 4 Communications

1. What is considered a vital importance to a shipboard organization?

2. What could cause the whole ship to break down and fail in its mission?

3. Name the two categories that communications are grouped into?

4. Which category of communications involves exchange of information between individuals aboard a ship?

5. What is one of the most important communications systems used aboard ships?

6. Name the two types of Sound-Powered Telephones used aboard ships?

7. What are the three procedures that you must become familiar with when using the Sound-Powered Telephone?

8. What does the Navy requires to be spoken instead of the letters themselves to avoid confusion, when using the

9. What is sometimes referred to as the voice of command?

10. What was adopted by the armed forces of the various NATO nations as a means of overcoming many

11. What is each word of the Phonetic Alphabet accented on?

12. What does the Sound-Powered Telephone operates on?

13. Sound-Powered Telephones do not require any batteries or external electrical power source. (True or False)

14. What cause the diaphragm to vibrate?

16. Where is the diaphragm located on the Sound-Powered Telephone?

17. What does movement of the armature in the magnetic field causes?

18. Where is the current transmitted to after being induced into the coil?

19. Where is the receiver located on the Sound-Powered Telephone?

20. What two parts of the sound-powered telephone functions in the same manner?

21. You can talk into the earpiece and hear through the mouthpiece. (True or False)

22. What are the two important reasons to remember about the interchangeable function of the earpiece and

23. What is the mouthpiece of the Sound-Powered Telephone suspended from?

24. What is the yoke attached to?

25. What is the earpiece and mouthpiece of the Sound-Powered Telephone connected by?

26. Where is the junction box located?

27. Which hand should you hold the entire unit with when you pick up the set to put it on?

28. How many inches from your mouth should the transmitter be positioned when speaking into it?

29. Which category of communications involves divisions aboard a ship?

30. How should the lead cord be placed on the floor?

31. What should be done after plugging in the Sound-Powered Telephone?

32. You should never secure the phones until you have permission to do so. (True or False)

33. How should the lead cord be secured be before stowing?

34. What two parts of the Sound-Powered Telephone can be used interchangeably?

35. What direction should the lead cord be coiled in?

36. Where do you start coiling the lead cord of the Sound-Powered Telephone?

37. How many inches across should the loop of the lead cord be when coiling?

38. What good conductors of noise?

39. What type of communication system is held in one hand with the receiver over one ear and the transmitter in

40. What are the two functions that are established or allowed by depressing the button on the Handset Telephone?

41. Where the button located on the Handset Telephone?

42. Which category of communications involves conveying information between two or more stations?

43. What is the Handset Telephone held on when not in use?

44. What are the three categories that the Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System falls into aboard ships?

45. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls armament?

46. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System is not usually manned?

47. What two Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit Systems are preceded by the letter X?

48. What circuit designator is designated for surface search radar?

49. What circuit designator is designated as the captain’s battle circuit?

50. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System contains a buzzer system?

51. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls maneuvering?

52. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System consists of several short, direct circuits?

53. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls surveillance functions during battle?

54. What circuit designator is designated for air search radar?

55. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System is designated JA - JZ?

56. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System duplicates the primary circuits?

57. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls circuits from the bridge to the quarterdeck?

58. What circuit designator is designated for weapons control?

59. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls engineering?

60. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System control is designated XJA - XJZ?

61. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System controls damage control?

62. What circuit designator is designated for sonar information?

63. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System control is designated X1J – X61J?

64. What circuit designator is designated for maneuvering and docking?

65. Which category of communications involves conveying information between two or more ships?

66. What circuit designator is designated for damage control?

67. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System does not have provisions?

68. What circuit designator is designated for replenishment at sea?

69. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System is easily identified?

70. What circuit designator is designated for lookouts?

71. What Sound-Powered Telephone Circuit System has no letter after the letter J?

72. What are the two characters that circuit designations are characterized by?

73. Which category of communications involves departments aboard a ship?

74. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter Z?

75. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter Y?

76. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter X?

77. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter W?

78. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter V?

79. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter U?

80. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter T?

81. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter S?

82. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter R?

83. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter Q?

85. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter O?

86. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter N?

87. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter M?

88. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter L?

89. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter K?

90. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter J?

91. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter I?

92. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter H?

93. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter G?

94. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter F?

95. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter E?

96. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter D?

97. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter C?

98. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter B?

99. What is the equivalent for the phonetic alphabet letter A?

100. What must you learn to be a good Sound-Powered Telephone Talker?

101. What is essential to the operation of a ship at sea because it must have a reliable ICS?

102. How must you speak into the Sound-Powered Telephone to get your message through?

103. How must you repeat all messages passed over the Sound-Powered Telephone?

104. What may happen if you try to paraphrase a message?

105. What part of your mouth should you talk from?

106. What part of your mouth should you not talk from?

107. What are the three rules of circuit discipline used for the Sound-Powered Telephone?

108. What types of terms should be used over the Sound-Powered Telephone?

109. What are the three characteristics that circuit discipline prohibits you from showing?

110. What does circuit discipline means?

111. What are three parts that most messages are divided into?

112. What are the two responses that must be given when a message is received?

113. What are the two responses that are required to acknowledge a message?

114. What are the two terms that are used to answer a question?

115. How must you repeat a message when it’s received over the Sound-Powered Telephone?

117. What is communication on the Sound-Powered Telephone System not phrased in?

118. What link is very important in the interior communication chain?

119. What are the three types of languages that should not be used over the Sound-Powered Telephone?

120. What should not be used over the Sound-Powered Telephone because it can be easily misunderstood?

122. What should you immediately order if you belay an order?

123. What should you tell the sender if you do not understand the message?

124. What are the two requests that you can ask the sender if you only need part of a message repeated back?

125. Who must you obtain permission from to leave the circuit for any reason?

126. What station is called first when sending the message?

127. What are the three steps on receiving a message?

128. What type of equipment is an important and essential instrument in every Navy office?

129. What does the success of a telephone conversation depends almost entirely upon?

130. Name the three types of telephones used aboard ships?

131. What type of telephone is a splashproof unit that may be installed on weather decks and other areas exposed

132. What type of telephone is used in staterooms, cabins, offices, and similar areas?

133. What type of telephone can be used in any station except those on weather decks?

134. What does good telephone technique starts with?

135. Name the four pieces of information that should be recorded on all telephone messages?

136. What system is an integrated communication system that solves some of the shortcomings of older systems

137. Name the two types of terminal devices that are used with the IVCS?

138. Which terminal device provides service comparable to that provided by sound-powered telephone systems?

139. What is the heart of the Integrated Voice Communications System?

140. What is defined as the protective measures taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from

141. What type of material should not be discussed in telephone conversations?

142. What type of equipment is similar to the automatic switchboards of a dial telephone system?

143. What should you inform the caller, when answering a telephone on a nonsecure communications circuit?

144. What system combines the features of sound-powered telephones, dial telephones, and intercommunication

145. Which terminal device provide services that can be most easily compared to that provided by a dial

146. What is the general purpose of shipboard announcing and intercom systems?

147. What type of equipment performs the switching actions necessary to connect the calling party to the calling

148. How are orders and information transmitted between stations within the ship?

149. Name the two types of communication systems that are used to transmit amplified voice communication

150. Which communication system is used to broadcast orders or information simultaneously to a number of

151. What circuit is used as the general announcing system?

152. What alarm system is tied into the 1 MC?

153. Name the three stations where transmitters are located?

154. Who is in charge of the 1 MC?

155. Name the three authorities that may authorize calls passed over the 1 MC?

156. What circuit is the basic MC circuit?

157. Who is responsible for passing the word over the 1 MC?

158. What is used to show whether a station is busy?

159. What color is the signal light of the transmitter?

160. Which communication system is used for two-way transmission of orders or information?

161. What circuit can words be passed to every space in the ship?

162. What announcing system is assigned to the 1 MC?

163. What are the two announcing systems assigned to the 2 MC?

164. What are the two announcing systems assigned to the 3 MC?

165. What announcing system is assigned to the 4 MC?

166. What announcing system is assigned to the 5 MC?

167. What announcing system is assigned to the 6 MC?

168. What announcing system is assigned to the 18 MC?

169. What announcing system is assigned to the 19 MC?

170. What announcing system is assigned to the 20 MC?

171. What announcing system is assigned to the 21 MC?

172. What are the two announcing systems assigned to the 22 MC?

173. What announcing system is assigned to the 24 MC?

174. What announcing system is assigned to the 26 MC?

175. What announcing system is assigned to the 32 MC?

176. What announcing system is assigned to the 47 MC?

177. What announcing system is assigned to the 58 MC?

178. What announcing system is assigned to the 59 MC?

179. What MC circuit is known as the bullhorn?

180. What MC circuit is known as the squak boxes?

181. What are the two step performed to talk to one or more stations announcing system?

182. How does the does the signal light indicates that the transmitter is ready to receive?

183. Name the four MC circuits that all one-way systems?

184. What MC circuit is the announcing system from one point to another?

185. What system is an improved means of damage control using modern hand-held radios specifically designed

186. What repair area is assigned to channel 1?

187. What repair area is assigned to channel 2?

188. What repair area is assigned to channel 3?

189. What is channel 4 assigned to?

190. Name the two individuals of the fire time that are issued WIFCOM hand-held transceivers?

191. What items are used to dress ship?

192. What does each flag has?

193. What are numeral flags only used for?

194. What MC circuit can be used to communicate between two ships?

195. What are the five elements that flags and pennants have identified for centuries?

196. What are the two items used in tactical maneuvers?

197. What must always be treated with the greatest respect?

198. What items are used as decorations?

199. What should the National Ensign never touch?

200. How does the does the signal light indicates that the transmitter is busy?

201. What are the three requirements of the National Ensign?

202. What MC circuit can be used for passing orders to boats and tugs alongside or to line-handling parties?

203. What are the two items used to indicate and identify units?

204. What does our flag represents?

205. What is the National Ensign displayed from?

206. What is the Union Jack displayed from?

207. What types of ships display the Union Jack and National Ensign?

208. What part of the ship is the National Ensign displayed?

209. When is the National Ensign displayed at the stern of the ship?

210. What hours are the Union Jack and National Ensign displayed in port?

211. What part of the ship is the Union Jack displayed?

212. When is the Union Jack displayed at the bow of the ship?

213. Where is the National Ensign normally flown from while underway?

214. Where is the gaff usually positioned on ships having more than one mast?

215. What is required by a U.S. naval ship to briefly display when it enters a foreign port during darkness?

216. Why does a U.S. naval ship briefly display its colors on the gaff when it entering a foreign port during

217. What is the Union Jack and National Ensign referred to?

218. What is the ceremonial hoisting of the national flag known as?

219. What is the ceremonial lowering of the national flag known as?

220. What pennant is flown 5 minutes before morning and evening colors?

221. When does the ceremony for colors begin?

222. What does to the dip mean?

223. How is the Ensign hoisted to the top of the flagstaff?

224. How is the Ensign lowered from the flagstaff?

225. What type of Ensign is never hoisted to the top of the flagstaff?

226. When does the hoisting and lowering of the Ensign begin when a band or recorded music is available?

227. What are the two signals used for rendering and terminating the hand salute for ships having no band, music,

228. When is the command “Carry On” sounded at the color ceremony?

229. What is played at morning colors if a band or music is not available?

230. What emergency warning flag means diver down?

231. What emergency warning flag means taking in?

232. What emergency warning flag means personnel aloft?

233. What emergency warning flag means this ship is a medical guard duty?

234. What emergency warning flag means this ship is dental guard duty?

235. What emergency warning flag means man overboard?

236. What emergency warning flag means breakdown?

237. What administrative flag means this ship has a harbor pilot on board?

238. What administrative flag means preparing to come alongside in-port?

239. What administrative flag means I have a semaphore message to transmit?

240. What administrative flag means general recall?

241. What administrative flag means boat recall?

242. What administrative flag means ready duty, in port?

243. What administrative flag means holding flag hoist drill?

244. What administrative pennant means absence of the civil official?

245. What administrative pennant means absence of the flag officer?

246. What administrative pennant means absence of the chief of staff?

247. What administrative pennant means absence of the civil or military flag official?

248. What administrative pennant means absence of the CO?

249. What administrative pennant means absence of the unit commander?

250. What emergency warning flag means keep well clear at slow speed?

251. What emergency warning flag means discharging?

252. What emergency warning flag means this ship is having engine or steering problems?

253. What administrative flag means at anchor?

254. What administrative flag means preparing to replenish, at sea?

255. What emergency warning flag means carrying dangerous materials?

256. When is the national anthem of each country played, if foreign warships are present?

257. When is the national anthem of each country played, if your ship is visiting a foreign port?

258. What is the internationally recognized symbol of morning?

259. When is the flag lowered to haft-mast?

260. What holiday does the United States honored its war dead by flying the flag at haft-mast?

261. How long is the flag flown at haft-mast on Memorial Day?

262. How is the Nation Ensign hoisted to haft-mast?

263. What is the rectangular blue part of the United States Flag containing star?

264. How is the Nation Ensign lowered from haft-mast?

265. When are the distinctive marks haft-masted?

266. What does each stars of the Union Jack represent?

267. What flag indicates a General Court Martial or a Court of Inquiry is in session?

268. Where is the Union Jack hoisted to indicate that a General Court-Martial is in session?

269. The Union Jack is haft-masted if the National Ensign is haft-masted. (True or False)

270. What size must the Union Jack be when flown at the jack staff?

271. How can you check to make sure that the Union Jack is not flown upside down?

272. What flag was established to fulfill a need for an official flag to represent the Navy?

273. When was the U.S. Navy Flag established?

274. Who established the U.S. Navy Flag?

275. What symbolizes the union of the states of the United States?

276. The Union Jack is not dipped when the National Ensign is dipped. (True or False)

277. What are the five occasions that the U.S. Navy Flag represent the Navy?

278. What pennant is flown by every Navy commissioned ship?

279. Name the three types of flags or pennants that replace the commission pennant of Navy commissioned ship?

280. Where is the Commission Pennant flown on a naval vessel?

281. How is the Commission Pennant flown on the hoist of a naval vessel?

282. Where is the Commission Pennant flown on a boat when a commanding officer is visiting?

283. What is regarded as the personal symbol of the commanding officer of a ship?

284. When is the Commission Pennant haft-masted along with the Union Jack and Ensign?

285. What flag is the distinctive mark flown from the after truck of a commissioned hospital ship of the Navy?

286. Where is the Red Cross Flag displayed in boats engaged in sanitary services?

287. What are the two symbols that some countries use to indicate a mission of mercy or amnesty from attack?

288. What are the three areas in reference of the Nation Ensign should no flag or pennant be flown?

290. What flag is regarded as an international guarantee of amnesty from attack?

291. What pennant is displayed during Jewish religious services afloat and ashore?

292. Who was the Jewish Worship Pennant authorized by?

293. What flag displayed an eagle clutching an anchor and encircled by 50 gold links of chain?

294. What pennant is displayed in the absence of various officers aboard ships not under way?

295. Who is responsible for hoisting and hauling down the Substitute Pennant?

296. What flag is also known as the Geneva Convention flag?

297. When are Substitute Pennants flown?

298. What flag is hoisted when the ship is taking aboard, transferring, or handling dangerous commodities?

300. What flag means visual communication duty?

301. Where is the National Ensign flown when a double display is required?

302. Where is the person flag or pennant flown when a double display is required?

303. Where is the National Ensign flown on naval boats?

304. What is displayed in the bow of the boat that is assigned for use by the Chief of Staff who is not a flag

305. What is displayed in the bow of the boat that is assigned for use by a Unit Commander?

306. What is displayed on each side of the bow of the boat that is assigned for use by a General Officer?

307. What is displayed in the bow of the boat that is assigned for use by a Commanding Officer who is not a flag

308. What is displayed on each side of the bow of the boat that is assigned for use by a Flag Officer?

309. How many flagstaff insignias are there?

310. Name the five flagstaff insignias?

311. What flagstaff insignia is for Civil Official entitled to honors lesser in nature?

312. What flagstaff insignia is for Flag Officers whose salute is 19 guns or more?

313. What flagstaff insignia is for Flag Officers whose salute is less than 19 guns?

314. What flagstaff insignia is for officers of the grade of Captain in the Navy?

315. What flagstaff insignia is for officers of the grade of Commander?

316. What flagstaff insignia is for Civil Official whose salute is 11 guns or more?

317. What flagstaff insignia is for Civilian Official whose salute is 19 guns or more?

318. What flagstaff insignia is for officers below the grade of Commander?

319. What person is usually responsible for making sure that special flags and pennants are displayed, in large

320. What is rendered to officers and officials boarding and departing the ship?

321. What are the two procedures that Side Honors consist of?

322. Who is piping the side performed by?

323. What are the six occasions when Side Boys are not paraded?

325. What term means a formal visit of courtesy requiring special honors and ceremonies?

326. What term means an informal visit of courtesy requiring no special ceremonies?

327. When is the first gun fired if a gun salute is prescribed on arrival?

328. Where are personnel facing when the rail is manned for honors for official visits?

329. When is the proper flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor broken if a gun salute is prescribed on

330. When is the proper flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor hauled down if a gun salute is prescribed

331. When is the command “attention” sounded?

332. When is the proper flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor hauled down for other ships firing a

333. What is rendered if it is impractical to render a gun salute before honor of the visitor arrival on board?

334. When is the proper flag or pennant displayed in honor of the visitor broken if a gun salute is not prescribed

335. When does the Side Boys drop the salute?

336. What sounded in the absence of a band?

337. What uniforms are worn by the Side Boys?

338. Where are Side Boys stationed?

339. How many personnel can be assigned as Side Boys?

340. What is the number of Side Boys determined by?

341. When does the Side Boys render the salute?

342. What are enlisted women assigned as Side Boys called?