RANGE SAFETY COURSE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ 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
a certain ammunition at certain target media. The characteristics of
the firing pattern are measured to create an SDZ.
FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ 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
a certain ammunition at certain target media. The characteristics of
the firing pattern are measured to create an SDZ.
