Naval Knowledge Unit 4 Practice Exercise

Which of the principals underlying the rules of civilized land warfare permits a belligerent to apply only the degree and kind of regulated force not otherwise prohibited by the laws of war?
1. Chivalry
2. Mercy
3. Military necessity
4. Proportionality
5. Humanity
Who is considered to be the "Father of International Law"?
1. Hugo Grotius
2. Carl Von Clausewitz
3. Aristotle
4. Niccolo Machiavelli
5. Dean Rusk
Diplomacy always depends in some degree on the power of the state for which the diplomat is acting. Which of the following is NOT one of these powers?
1. Military
2. Allied
3. Moral
4. Bureaucratic
5. Economic
Consular Services, which developed in the Italian city-states in the early 16th century, concerned themselves with what sort of things?
1. Political matters
2. International Criminal Law
3. City council matters
4. Military matters
5. Trade and commerce matters
Which of the main precepts of international law of the sea defines areas of special limited jurisdiction where neither the rules of the high seas nor territorial seas pertain?
1. High Seas
2. Economic Zones
3. Littoral Zones
4. Special Contiguous Zones
5. Territorial Seas
Which of the following statements is true?
1. International Rules of the Road generally apply in territorial seas and national waters, unless special internal rules have been adopted by a nation.
2. International Rules of the Road only apply in national waters.
3. International Rules of the Road only apply in territorial seas.
4. International Rules of the Road only apply on the High Seas, not in territorial seas or national waters.
5. International Rules of the Road apply in territorial seas and all national waters.
Which of the following statements concerning the rules governing the lawful use of minefields at sea is FALSE?
1. Unanchored contact mines are forbidden unless they become harmless within one hour after they cannot be controlled
2. The rules for the use of minefields in war were specified in the Hague Conventions.
3. Automatic minefields are not to be laid solely for the purpose of intercepting commercial shipping.
4. Minefields which could have an adverse affect on neutral commercial shipping are prohibited.
5. Precautions must be taken when laying the minefield for the security of peaceful neutral shipping.
Which of the following is NOT one of the main issues that the law of the sea conferences have had to deal with?
1. The breadth of territorial seas
2. Mineral rights on the seabed.
3. Fisheries
4. Passage through straits
5. Size and strength of Navies
Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a warship in a foreign port of call?
1. To comply with harbor regulations concerning traffic control.
2. To comply with harbor regulations concerning speed control.
3. To comply with harbor regulations concerning routine searches or inspections of the ship.
4. To comply with harbor regulations concerning sewage disposal.
5. To comply with harbor regulations concerning quarantine restrictions.
What has proven to be the most effective method of enforcing the laws of war?
1. Using UN observers in tension hotspots to report violations of the laws to an international tribunal.
2. The publication of the facts by the wronged nation.
3. War crimes trials held by the victorious nations after the conflict.
4. The use of admiralty and prize courts to quickly administer justice in these cases.
5. Reprisal attacks
India is a member country of which of the following organizations?
1. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
2. The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.
3. The British Commonwealth of Nations
4. The Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
5. The European Union
Which of the following is NOT one of the main precepts of the international law of the sea that have evolved over the centuries?
1. The concept of innocent passage.
2. The concept of special contiguous zones.
3. The concept of the territorial sea.
4. The concept of freedom of the high seas.
What two countries' sailing rules were the foundation for the first international acceptance of the International Rules of the Road in 1895?
1. The French and the Spanish
2. The American and the British
3. The American and the French
4. The British and the French
5. The British and the Spanish
What early scholar of international law first said "No part of the sea may be regarded as pertaining to the domain of any given nation."?
1. Karl Von Clausewitz
2. President Roosevelt
3. President Truman
4. Hugo Grotius
5. Niccolo Machiavelli
In the case of a collision at sea, where is the law case held to determine who was responsible?
1. In a civil court of the maritime nation having jurisdiction.
2. In the International Court of Justice at the Hague
3. In an admiralty court of the maritime nation having jurisdiction.
4. In a civil court conducted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
5. In an admiralty court of the United Nations
What is the name of the agreement that often exists between the U.S. and foreign governments which specifies in detail how any problems are to be handled in the event a crew member or officer breaks a law while on liberty or leave in a foreign port?
1. The Status of Forces Agreement
2. The Geneva Conventions
3. The International Law of the Seas Agreements
4. The Asylum Rights Agreement
5. The International Incident Agreements.
If an entrance to a bay or gulf is _____ miles or less in width, a line can be drawn seaward of the narrows at the entrance and all of the water within the bay or gulf is considered territorial seas.
1. 24
2. 20
3. 12
4. 3
5. 32
What country first proposed the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons in the deep seabed and ocean floor?
1. Canada
2. Great Britain
3. France
4. The United States
5. India
The people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas hold citizenship of what Sovereign State?
1. Great Britain
2. They do not hold formal citizenship
3. The United States
4. Japan
5. The United Nations
What agreement in 1978 set the limit of a territorial sea at 12 miles?
1. The Law of the Sea Conference
2. The Maritime Nations Border Agreement
3. The NATO Agreement
4. The Organization of American States Convention
5. The Conference of Littoral States
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning the rules of war today?
1. It does not matter if a belligerent nation has ratified the rules of warfare or not.
2. The limitations placed on land forces and naval forces are significantly different.
3. They are designed to ensure that belligerents do not escalate a conflict to total war.
4. They are considered binding on all nations.
5. They are designed to restrain belligerents from the excessive use of force.
Which term below describes the right of a state to have representatives in other states for carrying on diplomatic negotiations?
1. Diplomatic Immunity
2. The right of self-defense
3. The right of litigation
4. The right of ambassadors
5. The right of legation
The High Seas fall under the sovereignty of what state?
1. The United Nations
2. The International Court of Justice at the Hague
3. The League of Nations
4. The High Seas are not under the sovereignty of any state.
5. The United States
What is the name given to rivers that form a boundary between two or more countries?
1. National Rivers
2. Channels
3. Seaways
4. Thalwegs
5. International Rivers
Which of the words below is defined as the political protection given by a government to a person from another country?
1. Asylum
2. Legation
3. Arbitration
4. Sovereignty
5. Diplomacy
Which of the following is NOT an example of a country trying to claim the waters within a bay or a gulf as internal waters, but their claim has not been held up under international law?
1. Hudson Bay
2. The Gulf of Sidra
3. The Bay of Fundy
4. All of these bays and gulfs are examples of waters unsuccessfully claimed as territorial seas.
5. The Gulf of Mexico
What is the primary difference, if any, between the treatment of private property in land and sea warfare?
1. There is no "private property" in sea warfare if the fighting occurs in international waters.
2. Private property must be left undisturbed during sea warfare.
3. Private property must be returned to its owners in sea warfare.
4. There is no legal difference between the treatment of private property in land or sea warfare.
5. In land warfare, private property is generally required to be left undisturbed.
What was the basis for the 3-mile limit set up until modern times for territorial seas?
1. The limit of territorial seas was never set at 3 miles.
2. Sailing speeds averaged 3 miles per hour and so this was the same as a one-hour warning.
3. That was how far a cannon shell shot from a 17th century cannon could go.
4. That is the distance of the horizon at sea level.
5. This was how far away a ship's cannon could fire at a land target.
Concerning immunity from local laws while in a foreign port, which of the following statements is FALSE?
1. Officers and crew are completely immune while on board the ship.
2. Officers and crew are normally immune while off the ship on official business.
3. Officers may not be immune while ashore on leave.
4. Officers are immune while ashore on official liberty.
5. Crew members may not be immune while ashore on liberty.
Which of the following is NOT an internationally recognized responsibility of Commanding Officers of warships?
1. Render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost.
2. Following a collision at sea, render assistance to the other ship.
3. To prevent confrontations between warships of other nations on the high seas.
4. Rescue persons in distress if informed of their need of assistance.
5. To suppress piracy on the high seas.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a rule that a ship transiting a country's territorial waters must follow?
1. Pollution of the waters.
2. Conservation of the living resources of the sea.
3. All of these are rules that must be followed during a transit under the right of innocent passage.
4. The rights of hunting and fishing.
5. Display of the ship's national colors and such salutes as required by the coastal state.
What government first challenged the 3 mile territorial sea limit, seeking to move it out to 12 miles?
1. Great Britain
2. France
3. Russia
4. The United States
5. Italy
Which of the following is considered to be a national river?
1. The Rhone
2. The Amazon
3. The Congo
4. The Danube
5. The Rhine
A nation free of foreign control and able to conduct its own business is known as what?
1. A Constitutional Democracy
2. An Independent State
3. A Commonwealth
4. A Republic
5. A Sovereign State
What body of water has been proposed by some third world countries to be a zone of "peace and security", where no warships should be allowed to enter?
1. The Red Sea
2. The Indian Ocean
3. The Arctic Ocean
4. The Mediterranean Sea
5. The Gulf of Mexico
What formal agreement established the three classes of heads of diplomatic missions in 1961?
1. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
2. The Law of the Seas Conventions
3. The Organization of American States Representation Convention
4. The Geneva Conventions on Diplomatic Missions
5. The United Nations Treaty on Diplomatic Representation
What was the name given to the U. N. Security Council voting arrangement where all five permanent members must either vote yes or abstain for a substantive measure to pass?
1. The Geneva Conventions
2. The Big Five Veto
3. The Congress of Vienna
4. The Potsdam Formula
5. The Yalta Formula
The system of rules and principles, founded on treaty, custom precedent, and consensus, which civilized sovereign nations recognize as binding on the mutual relations between them.
1. International Law
2. Diplomatic Law
3. Civil Law
4. Diplomacy
5. The Rule of Law
In International Law, which term below refers to territorial limits or geographic boundaries on a map?
1. Nation
2. Area
3. Country
4. State
5. Confines
To what type of vessels do the International Rules of the Road apply?
1. To all vessels
2. Merchant vessels above 500 tons and all warships
3. Warships only
4. Merchants only
5. Commercial merchant vessels and warships
Which of the following would NOT be considered an illegal act in time of war?
1. Attacks on hospital ships
2. The aerial bombardment of undefended cities open for immediate occupation
3. Unrestricted submarine warfare
4. Naval bombardment intended to inflict wanton destruction of populated places
5. The use of Chemical, Biological and/or Radiological Weapons.
Which term below best describes the involvement of other countries besides the U.S. in assisting and contributing to their common defense?
1. Collective Security
2. Bipartisan Politics
3. Collective Bargaining
4. Collaboration
5. Mutual Assistance
What part of International Law deals with the relations between sovereign states?
1. Public Law
2. Private Law
3. Civil Law
4. Diplomatic Law
5. Criminal Law
What do port authorities or police personnel in a foreign port need to board a warship to investigate possible crimes?
1. The Commanding Officer's permission.
2. A formal request from the elected official or ruler of the government of the host nation.
3. They do not need anything special as the warship is subject to local laws and rules while in the foreign port.
4. A written order from that country's ambassador.
5. A international subpoena.
Why would setting up designated sea lanes and enforcing their use on the open sea be a bad thing for the U.S. Navy?
1. Because having to stay within specified sea lanes would be a difficult navigation problem.
2. Because the chance of collisions at sea would go up if everyone used the same sea lanes.
3. Using only these routes would make the job of an enemy easier when trying to track our warships.
4. Because we might not get the sea lanes we want approved and that would limit our mobility.
5. Because it would make search and rescue efforts harder when accidents as sea occurred.
Which of the following is an example of an international river?
1. The Rhone
2. The Thames
3. The Amazon
4. The Mississippi
5. The Potomac
In order to be able to suppress piracy on the high seas, what right is granted under international law to warships?
1. The right of jurisdiction.
2. The right of search and seizure.
3. The right of inspection.
4. The right of preemptive boarding.
5. The right of approach.
Since World War II, which international maritime area below has seen the most legal disputes?
1. Mineral Exploration
2. Freedom of Navigation
3. Fisheries
4. Oil Production
5. Territorial Sea Limits
Which of the following statements concerning the doctrine of "asylum" is FALSE?
1. Local police can come onboard a merchant ship to arrest an accused offender.
2. Local police cannot come onboard a warship without the Commanding Officer's permission.
3. The doctrine of asylum does not apply to merchant ships.
4. A foreign national seeking asylum onboard a U.S. merchant ship must be turned over to local authorities.
5. A foreign national seeking asylum onboard a U.S. warship must be turned over to local authorities.
What legal term is used to refer to governments that are understood to exist in fact, but not by law?
1. En Hecho
2. De Jure
3. Non Grata
4. De facto
5. Di Journo
Under international law, Commanding Officers of warships are most closely related to which of the following below?
1. Chargés d’ Affairs heading up foreign missions.
2. Private citizens on international travel visas.
3. Ambassadors heading up overseas legations.
4. Justices on the International Court of Justice at the Hague.
5. Senior Military Attachés at overseas embassies.
Which of the following is not one of the three basic principles underlying the rules of civilized land warfare?
1. Military necessity
2. Chivalry
3. Mercy
4. Humanity
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of NATO today?
1. Spain
2. Hungary
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Poland
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility or right of a littoral (coastal) state when a foreign vessel is making a right of innocent passage transit through its territorial sea?
1. It cannot hinder the innocent passage so long as the vessel follows the rules.
2. It can protect itself from acts harmful to its security.
3. It can require that customs and health inspectors board the ship before it is allowed entry into that country's internal waters.
4. To give permission to the ship to make the transit if it is following all of the rules.
5. It must provide adequate publicity to know dangers to navigation in its territorial sea.
What is the name given to a limited and selective form of a naval blockade directed against specific prohibited cargo?
1. A Quarantine
2. An Injunction
3. A Restriction
4. An Embargo
5. A Tariff
What is the more common name given to the "Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea"?
1. The International Rules of the Road
2. The Safe Transit and Commerce Regulations
3. The Geneva Conventions
4. The Hague Conventions
5. The Rules of the Law of War at Sea
What is the name given to the center of the deepest channel in an international river, that is used to mark the boundary between two countries?
1. A Channel Marker
2. A Contiguous Zone
3. A Rhomb Line
4. A Thalweg
5. A Boundary Line
What term is used to describe all goods useful for making war that are destined for an enemy?
1. Quarantine
2. Contraband
3. Blockade
4. CBR Weapons
5. Munitions
What is the position of the United States in regards to who should control the deep seabeds?
1. That only coastal nations be given parcels of the seabed for development.
2. That every nation should be given equal parcels of the seabed for development.
3. That the deep seabeds be off limits to every nation permanently.
4. That all activities be governed by international law in accordance with UN principals.
5. That the nations with the strongest Navies be given parcels of the seabed for development.
Which of the following is an example of a collective military action taken outside of the purview of the United Nations?