Us Army Explosives Safety Familiarization (Ammo-63) Questions And Answers

US ARMY EXPLOSIVES SAFETY
FAMILIARIZATION (AMMO-63)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Whatsissthesbestsdescriptionsofsansexplosive?s-
sans✔✔Reactivesmaterialswith saslotsofspotentialsenergy




Materialssthatsdetonatesares-sans✔✔Supersonic

Materialssthatsdeflagratesares-sans✔✔subsonic

Whatsissnotsansexamplesofsaslowsexplosive?s-sans✔✔Dynamite

Whatsaresthreesusessofslowsexplosives?s-sans✔✔DelaysElements
Propellants
Pyrotechnics

Lowsexplosivesscommonlysusedstosthrustsasprojectilesoutsofsasweaponsarescalleds-
sans✔✔Propellants




Blackspowdersissansexamplesofsaslowsexplosivesbecausesits-sans✔✔Deflagrates

TNTsissansexamplesofsashighsexplosivesbecausesits-sans✔✔Detonates

Whatsaresthreestypessofshighsexplosives?s-sans✔✔RDX
PETN
Dynamite

Whatsissnotsansexamplesofsashighsexplosive?s-sans✔✔Propane

Whatsarestwoskeysconceptssyousneedstosknowsaboutsexplosivestrains?s-
sans✔✔Theysallowsforssafesstoragesandshandling




Theysensuresthesitemssfunctionsassintended

, Whichscomponentsissnotspartsofsaslowsexplosivestrain?s-sans✔✔Booster

Whichscomponentsissnotspartsofsaslowsexplosivestrain?s-
sans✔✔Primer,sDetonator,sBooster,sBurstingscharge




Whichsthreesitemsswillsyousfindsonsashighsexplosivestrain?s-sans✔✔Booster
Detonator
Burstingscharge

Whichsissnotsascharacteristicsofsinertsammo?s-sans✔✔Theyshavesansexplosivescharge

Whatsaresthreeswaysstosdeterminesifsansammositemsissinert?s-sans✔✔Itsissascloth-
coveredscomponentsmarkeds"INERT"

Itsissdrilledswithsholes,sandstheswords"EMPTY"sissstampedsonsit

Itsisssmallsarmssammunitionsonspublicsdisplayswiths"INERT"sattachedsonsasplate

Whatsarestwosexceptionsstosthesrequirementstosdrillingsholessintosinertsammo?s-
sans✔✔Emptysorsinertsammosusedsinsloadingsdrills




Emptysorsinertsammoswhosesuseswouldsbesreducedsbysthesholes

UsingsthesthesChemicalsGroupsJobsAid,swhichsthreeschemicalssproducesextremesheatsands
aresdifficultstosextinguishswhensburning?s-sans✔✔PT
TH
HC

UsingsthesChemicalsGroupsJobsAid,sselectstwostypessofsPPE/SpecialsEquipmentsforsChemi
calsGroupsCs-sans✔✔Firesresistantsgloves,scoveralls,sandssafetysfacesshields

WatersbarrelssavailablestossubmergesleakingsWPsammunition

Whichsdistancesissintendedstospreventspropagationsbetweenstwosoperatingsbuildingsscontai
ningsexplosives?s-sans✔✔ILD

WhysarestheresdivisionsswithinsClasss1?s-sans✔✔Tosidentifysthesspecificshazardsposed

MagazinesAscontainssHC/Ds1.1.sMagazinesBscontainssHC/Ds1.4.sWhichsHC/Dsrequiressthes
smallestssafesseparationsdistance?s-sans✔✔1.4

ThesmaximumsNEW sthissmagazinesisspermittedstosholdsiss12,500slbssofsHC/Ds1.1.sItscurrent
lyscontainss11,000slbs.sUsingsthesYellowsBook,showsmanyspalletssofsthesammunitionslisteds
belowscansbesplacedsinsthesfacility?s-sans✔✔4spallets