Naval Knowledge Unit 1 Practice Exercise

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven major features of the U.S. flexible response strategy?
1. Strategic nuclear sufficiency, rather than an attempt to maintain nuclear superiority.
2. Larger U.S. active forces, with greater emphasis given to their readiness and modernization.
3. Emphasis on a strong research and development program to maintain our technological superiority.
4. Security assistance for the defense needs of friendly nation.
5. Strong conventional capability, assisted by increased participation and improved defense capabilities of allied nations.
What has been the trend in the building of merchant marine shipping?
1. Fewer but larger and more productive ships are being built.
2. There is no general trend in the building of merchant marine shipping.
3. Fewer but smaller and more productive ships are being built.
4. Greater numbers of ships which are less productive are being built.
5. Greater numbers of ships, and more productive ships are being built.
The conflict between the West and the Soviet Union during the Cold War followed which school of classic grand strategy most closely?
1. The Undersea Warfare School.
2. The Maritime School
3. The Continental School
4. The Aerospace School
5. The Political School
Malaysia from Indonesian Sumatra are separated by what strait?
1. The Strait of Bab al Mandeb
2. The Sunda Straits
3. The Strait of Hormuz
4. The Turkish Straits
5. The Strait of Malacca.
Which TWO items below were important tactical developments used in the Korean War?
1. Infantry body armor.
2. Combat helicopters
3. Recoilless artillery
4. Missiles
5. Fast-carrier task forces
Which type of merchant marine ships are the best suited to carry vehicles, both from the standpoint of economy of stowage and ease in loading and offloading?
1. Ferries
2. RoRo ships
3. Jumbo Tankers
4. Containerships
5. Barge carriers
Why is the independence of areas such as the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, Western Europe, Northeast Asia, and Africa vital to the United States?
1. Because our international trade and economic ties make these areas critical to our national objectives.
2. Because we need the countries in these areas to go along with U.S. policies.
3. Because it improves the global image of the United States and the U.S. public wants to be liked overseas.
4. The independence of these areas is not considered vital to overall U.S. national objectives.
5. Because we are concerned that if the nations in these areas were not independent, that they would become hostile to the U.S.
The tactic of dividing up Army Division into 5 separate battle groups to counter the threat of nuclear warfare is known as what?
1. Pentomic
2. Forward strategy
3. "Smart" deployment
4. Triad dispersal
5. Defensive dispersal
The ocean area which has become a naval operating area only since the advent of the nuclear submarine is the
1. Arctic Ocean.
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean.
4. Pacific Ocean
5. Afro-Asian Ocean.
The grouping of naval units to achieve a proper balance for a specific tactical employment is called what?
1. The Strategic Triad
2. Forward Strategy
3. Vertical Envelopment
4. Tactical Force Organization
5. Pentomic Organization
Which of the following Allied Forces strategic conferences of World War II did NOT include the Soviet Union?
1. Yalta
2. Potsdam
3. Casablanca
4. Moscow
5. Teheran
Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of forward-deployed naval forces?
1. They can often operate outside of the range of enemy countermeasures.
2. They can rely on allied sea ports for resupply items.
3. They operate in international waters and so are immune to many political difficulties.
4. Naval forces carry most of their own supplies.
5. Their mobility complicates enemy detection and targeting problems.
What is the specialty of the large shipbuilding yards in the United States?
1. Military ship construction.
2. Container Ships
3. Oil Tankers
4. U.S. shipyards do not specialize in one type of ship.
5. High-quality commercial vessels
Which of the following is NOT one of the chokepoints areas for the passage of oil between the Persian Gulf and Europe?
1. None of these are important chokepoint areas for the passage of oil between the Persian Gulf and Europe.
2. The Cape of Good Hope
3. The Suez Canal
4. The Strait of Malacca
5. All of these are important chokepoint areas for the passage of oil between the Persian Gulf and Europe.
The ability of a state to satisfy its objectives or to stop others from threatening them is the goal of which of the three basic considerations which dominate the evaluation of an external threat?
1. Vulnerabilities
2. Intentions
3. Capabilities
4. Time Factors
5. Limitations
Which of the following is NOT one of the methods that naval forces use to project power ashore?
1. Missiles
2. Carrier-based aircraft
3. Long-range, early warning radar.
4. Amphibious landings
5. Gunfire
Which fundamental naval warfare task includes close air support or shore bombardment in support of troops in contact with enemy forces?
1. Strike Warfare
2. Surface Warfare
3. Amphibious Warfare
4. Space Warfare
5. Air Warfare
Select the THREE main forms that large scale armed conflicts might take in modern times.
1. Terrorist War
2. Revolutionary War
3. Jungle War
4. Nuclear War
5. Limited War
6. General War
Which of the following countries would be a part of the "Outer" or "Insular Crescent" as defined in Sir Halford J. MacKinder's theories on the Continental School of grand strategy?
1. Russia
2. Italy
3. The United States
4. Egypt
5. Germany
Which nineteenth-century theorist's writings were closely followed by leading U.S. and Confederate Generals during the American Civil War?
1. Hans Delbrück
2. Karl von Clausewitz
3. Antoine Jomini
4. Alfred Thayer Mahan
5. Karl Marx
Which of the following is NOT one of the top five sites for U.S. shipbuilding?
1. Bath, Maine
2. Newport News, Virginia
3. Groton, Connecticut
4. Pascagoula, Mississippi
5. Miami, Florida
Modern military strategic thought began through the intense study of the campaigns of what military leader?
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Napoleon Bonaparte
3. Alexander the Great.
4. Julius Caesar
5. Fredrick the Great
Which fundamental naval warfare task deals with the control or denial of enemy harbor areas?
1. Surface warfare
2. Mine warfare
3. Amphibious warfare
4. Strike warfare
5. Undersea warfare
Which of the following is NOT one of the three classic schools of strategic thought?
1. These are all schools of strategic thought.
2. Maritime
3. None of these represents one of the three classic schools of strategic thought.
4. Aerospace
5. Continental
Which form of modern large-scale armed conflict is defined as armed conflict between major powers in which the total resources of the belligerents are employed?
1. General War
2. Nuclear War
3. Global War
4. Revolutionary War
5. Limited War
Which of the Principals of War allows the commander to set the terms and select the place of the confrontation?
1. Define the objective
2. Achieve surprise
3. Mass forces
4. Take the offensive
5. Maintain security.
Why is there no real hope of victory in a General War today?
1. Because General Wars could never take place in modern times.
2. Because the major powers would use nuclear weapons and the scale of the destruction would mean there were no winners.
3. Because no major power has the resources to fight a General War.
4. Because it wouldn't be allowed under the rules of the United Nations.
5. Because no one major power could ever defeat another in the modern world.
What are the TWO categories of major naval ships?
1. Combatants
2. Surface
3. Auxiliaries
4. Logistics
5. Subsurface
The advantage of naval forces to more easily resupply at sea than land armies is referred to as what?
1. Sustainability
2. Tactical mobility
3. Logistic independence
4. Forward presence
5. Geographic mobility
What quickly became the most successful tactical operation of World War II?
1. Amphibious Operations
2. Urban Warfare
3. Paratroop landings behind enemy lines
4. Vertical Envelopment
5. Defensive Beach Emplacements
In times of tension, deployed U.S. forces can be increased to what percentage for limited periods?
1. 40 percent
2. 25 percent
3. 50 percent
4. 85 percent
5. 30 percent
What term below best describes the strength or power base from which to launch the ideas and take the actions essential to the implementation of the grand strategy?
1. Political center
2. Democracy
3. Responsiveness
4. Preparedness
5. Heartland
What is the term used by the Navy to define mastery over the entire surface, subsurface, and air and near-Earth space above designated sea and littoral areas?
1. Sea Dominance
2. Sea Control
3. Sea Supremacy
4. Littoral Control
5. Power Projection
Which of the following is NOT one of the general classifications of National Objectives?
1. Intelligence Gathering
2. These are all classifications of National Objectives.
3. Security
4. Political
5. Economic
What is another word for Sea-Farming?
1. Water Farming
2. Aquaculture
3. Fish Factory Ships
4. Oceanography
5. Fish Farming
Which ocean area of the world is the primary responsibility of NATO members?
1. The Pacific Ocean
2. NATO members concern themselves with the defense of Europe and not an ocean area.
3. The Arctic Ocean
4. The Afro-Indian Ocean
5. The Atlantic Ocean
What has been the name given to the talks that have been held between the U.S. and Russia (and also the former Soviet Union) concerning the reduction in the number of nuclear warheads?
1. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (SALT)
2. Strategic Reduction of Nuclear Weapons Treaties (SRNWT)
3. Agreements on the Reduction of nuclear Missiles (ARM)
4. End The Nukes Now Talks (ETNNT)
5. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaties (NNPT)
What area of the world accounts for over 70 percent of the shipbuilding market?
1. Europe
2. South America
3. The United States
4. Asia
5. Africa
What act of Congress, passed in 1936, provided for the payment of construction and operating subsidies so American ship-owners would consider expansion?
1. The Waterborne Commerce Act
2. The Jones Act
3. The Maritime Subsidy Act
4. The Merchant Marine Act
5. The Freedom on the Seas Act
Which of the following weapon systems did NOT first see action in World War II?
1. Missiles
2. Nuclear Bombs
3. Armored columns of tanks
4. Recoilless artillery
5. Helicopters
What great military leader said "There is no substitute for victory!"
1. Sun Tzu
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Winston Churchill
4. Alexander the Great
5. Douglas MacArthur
What did the Jones Act of 1920 require?
1. That all international cargoes shipped from U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-owned and operated vessels.
2. The payment of construction and operating subsidies to American ship-owners so that they would consider expansion.
3. That all domestic cargoes shipped between U.S. ports be carried in foreign-owned and operated vessels.
4. That all international cargoes shipped from U.S. ports be carried in foreign-owned and operated vessels.
5. That all domestic cargoes shipped between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-owned and operated vessels.
What term is used to describe conflict in which at least one of the opponents is operating from the sea with surface ships, submarines, or sea-based aircraft?
1. Naval warfare
2. Mine warfare
3. Amphibious warfare
4. Defensive warfare
5. Offensive warfare
What term is used to describe the five subdivisions of naval command and control?
1. Information Weapons Systems
2. Ocean surveillance
3. Pentomic
4. Strategic Triad
5. C4I
Which conflict was the first of the great coalition wars of the twentieth century?
1. World War I
2. The Spanish-American War
3. World War II
4. The Korean War
5. The Sino-Russian War
The colonial wars of independence in South America in the early 1800's are an example of what type of war?
1. Global War
2. Revolutionary War
3. Limited War
4. General War
5. Terrorism
What major historical era resulted in an ever-increasing list of innovations that would facilitate warfare on a global scale?
1. The Bronze Age
2. The Industrial Revolution
3. The era of Flight
4. The Computer Revolution
5. The era of Ancient Strategies
What is the most critical component of sea power to the U.S. Navy?
1. The Navy's ability to maintain a technological lead in power projection.
2. The Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups
3. The people in the Navy
4. The Navy's submarine forces
5. The Amphibious Ready Groups
Which one of the following is NOT one of the four components of C4I?
1. Communications
2. Intelligence
3. Coordination
4. Computers
5. Control
Which of the following is one of the two major technological developments since World War II that has increased the importance of the oceans?
1. The rapid increase in the number of new nations.
2. All of the other answers are major technological developments which have increased the importance of the oceans.
3. The capability of sea power to reach far inland.
4. The creation of the United Nations
5. The United States has more commitments with more countries than any other nation in history.
Which of the following countries has not developed a means of getting energy from tides?
1. All of the listed countries have tidal energy systems.
2. Canada
3. France
4. Holland
5. None of the listed countries have developed tidal energy plants.
Which of the following areas is NOT considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean from the Naval perspective?
1. The Mediterranean Sea
2. The Straits of Gibraltar
3. The Southern Atlantic Ocean
4. The North Atlantic Ocean
5. The Western approaches to Europe
What type of merchant marine ship is designed to carry natural gas and other forms of petroleum gasses in the liquid state at extremely low temperatures?
1. Hazardous Materials Transports
2. Jumbo Tankers
3. Roll on/Roll off Ships
4. Containerships
5. Barge Transports
Which of the following is NOT one of the five ways in which the merchant marine can contribute to national defense?
1. Use as auxiliary combatants.
2. Military sealift.
3. Direct support of military operations.
4. Support of foreign policy.
5. These are all ways that the merchant marine can contribute to the national defense.
Which of the following group of forces would all be considered U.S. "General Purpose Forces"?
1. Trident Submarines, Destroyers, Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers
2. Cruisers, Army Divisions, Attack Submarines and Air Force Fighter Wings
3. Air Force ICBM silos, Aircraft Carriers, Army Brigades and Attack Submarines
4. Destroyers, Aircraft Carriers, Air Force ICBM silos and Marine Corps Divisions
5. Air Force Fighter Wings, Marine Corps Divisions, Cruisers and Trident Submarines
Which two Services worked together prior to the start of World War II to develop an Amphibious Warfare Doctrine?
1. The Navy and the Marine Corps
2. The Navy and the Coast Guard
3. The Air Force and the Marine Corps
4. The Navy and the Army
5. The Marine Corps and the Army
Which of the Principals of War advises us to never permit an enemy to acquire an unexpected advantage?
1. Define the objective
2. Economize force
3. Achieve surprise
4. Maintain simplicity
5. Maintain security
Which of the following is NOT one of the principal elements of U.S. national military strategy today?
1. These are all principal elements of U.S. national military strategy.
2. Forward Strategy
3. Technological Improvement
4. Deterrence
5. Flexible Response
What general is considered to be the first Western grand strategist?
1. Frederick the Great
2. Hannibal
3. Scipio Africanus
4. Alexander the Great
5. Julius Caesar
Which type of ships make up the largest portion of the active U.S. Merchant Marine fleet?
1. Roll on/Roll off Ships
2. Barge Transports
3. Tankers
4. Warships
5. Containerships