RANGE SAFETY COURSE MASTER STUDY
SHEET 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉Local SOP's & airspace requirements. Answer: may require the
RSO to identify personnel as air sentinels
◉Installation Commander will coordinate w US Army Corps of
Engineers and US Coast Guard to ensure proper notification of:.
Answer: -waterways involved
-operations to be conducted
-Sector of waterway that must be restricted
◉Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). Answer: Issued by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), informs pilots and air traffic
controllers about range activities that require civilian aircraft to
avoid range and airspace.
◉Notice to Mariners (NTM). Answer: Issued by the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and contains navigation
warnings that advise mariners of waterway/sea space restrictions
during range exercises.
, ◉purpose of a danger zone. Answer: to designate areas that protect
personnel and property from dangers during training and, to the
extent practicable, during combat
◉design of the DZ is intended to. Answer: prevent injury to
personnel or damage to property by identifying hazardous
boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation associated with live fire
training.
◉surface danger zone (SDZ). Answer: is the danger zone area for
munitions fired from the ground.
◉weapon danger zone (WDZ). Answer: is the danger zone for air-
delivered munitions
◉laser surface danger zone (LSDZ). Answer: is a specific type of
danger zone when lasers are in use.
◉Standard SDZ for small arms. Answer: cone and bat wing
◉How are SDZs created. Answer: created from the "ballistic
footprint" of a weapon system. Each weapon system's ballistic
footprint is the firing pattern created when a weapon is tested, firing
SHEET 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉Local SOP's & airspace requirements. Answer: may require the
RSO to identify personnel as air sentinels
◉Installation Commander will coordinate w US Army Corps of
Engineers and US Coast Guard to ensure proper notification of:.
Answer: -waterways involved
-operations to be conducted
-Sector of waterway that must be restricted
◉Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). Answer: Issued by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), informs pilots and air traffic
controllers about range activities that require civilian aircraft to
avoid range and airspace.
◉Notice to Mariners (NTM). Answer: Issued by the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and contains navigation
warnings that advise mariners of waterway/sea space restrictions
during range exercises.
, ◉purpose of a danger zone. Answer: to designate areas that protect
personnel and property from dangers during training and, to the
extent practicable, during combat
◉design of the DZ is intended to. Answer: prevent injury to
personnel or damage to property by identifying hazardous
boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation associated with live fire
training.
◉surface danger zone (SDZ). Answer: is the danger zone area for
munitions fired from the ground.
◉weapon danger zone (WDZ). Answer: is the danger zone for air-
delivered munitions
◉laser surface danger zone (LSDZ). Answer: is a specific type of
danger zone when lasers are in use.
◉Standard SDZ for small arms. Answer: cone and bat wing
◉How are SDZs created. Answer: created from the "ballistic
footprint" of a weapon system. Each weapon system's ballistic
footprint is the firing pattern created when a weapon is tested, firing
