RANGE SAFETY LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Dedicated Impact Area - ✔✔normally associated with non-sensitive ammunition and
explosives. These areas can be very dangerous due to possible dud ammunition.
Access will be strictly controlled by range control. large areas multiple firing ranges.
✔✔High Hazard Impact area - ✔✔permanently designated to contain sensitive
ammunition and explosives. These areas are very dangerous because they contain high
explosives and sensitive unexploded ordnance. Never enter a high-hazard impact area
without permission from range control.
✔✔Temporary Impact Area - ✔✔normally for small arms or non-dud-producing
ammunition. This type of impact area exists only for the length of an exercise.
✔✔Coordinating use of navigable waters - ✔✔installation commander will coordinate
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure proper
notification of: Waterways involved, Operations to be conducted, Sector of waterway
that must be restricted
✔✔Notices to airmen and mariners - ✔✔pilots, air traffic controllers, & mariners must be
informed of location, dates, & times when range operations will pose a safety risk
✔✔notice to airmen - ✔✔issued by FAA
✔✔notice to mariners - ✔✔issued by National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGIA)
✔✔local notice to mariners - ✔✔Issued by USCG
✔✔purpose of a danger zone (DZ) - ✔✔designate areas that protect personnel and
property from dangers during training and, to the extent practicable, during combat.
✔✔design of the DZ - ✔✔intended to prevent injury to personnel or damage to property
by identifying hazardous boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation associated with live
fire training.
✔✔DZ boundary - ✔✔determined by the type of weapon system and the munitions
being used.
✔✔Types of DZs - ✔✔surface DZ, laser surface DZ, weapon DZ
✔✔surface DZ - ✔✔danger zone area for munitions fired from the ground.
✔✔laser surface DZ - ✔✔specific type of danger zone when lasers are in use.
, ✔✔weapon DZ - ✔✔danger zone for air-delivered munitions.
✔✔ballistic footprint - ✔✔firing pattern created when a weapon is tested firing a certain
ammunition at a certain target media. Characteristics of firing pattern are measured to
create an SDZ
✔✔Standard SDZ for small arms - ✔✔cone and bat wing
✔✔Cone SDZ - ✔✔is typically used when conducting training that does not involve fire
and movement or fire and maneuver.
✔✔Bat Wing SDZ - ✔✔provides greater containment of ricochets. It will be used when
designing or conducting training that involves fire and movement, fire and maneuver,
flanking fire, or when ricochet hazards outside the range complex boundary may
endanger nonparticipating personnel.
✔✔Cone SDZ components - ✔✔distance X, dispersion area, ricochet area, area A
✔✔Distance X - ✔✔max distance a projectile (including guided missiles and rockets)
will travel when fired or launched at a given elevation with a given charge or propulsion
system.
✔✔Dispersion area - ✔✔contains projectiles after making initial contact with the target
medium. Area within the surface danger zone located between the gun target line (GTL)
and the ricochet area.
✔✔Ricochet Area - ✔✔contains projectiles after making initial contact with the target
medium. Defined as an additional 5 degrees off the dispersion area line on the left and
right sides.
✔✔Area A - ✔✔secondary danger area or buffer zone that laterally parallels the impact
area or ricochet area depending on the weapon system. Area A contains fragments,
debris, and components from frangible or explosive projectiles and warheads
functioning on the right or left edge of the impact area or ricochet area. For non-
explosive projectiles Area A is a standard 100m in width. For explosive projectiles, the
width varies by weapon and munition
✔✔Batwing SDZ components - ✔✔distance X, dispersion area, distance Y, angle P,
angle Q, distance W, ricochet area,
✔✔major difference b/w cone & batwing SDZ - ✔✔size & shape of ricochet area
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Dedicated Impact Area - ✔✔normally associated with non-sensitive ammunition and
explosives. These areas can be very dangerous due to possible dud ammunition.
Access will be strictly controlled by range control. large areas multiple firing ranges.
✔✔High Hazard Impact area - ✔✔permanently designated to contain sensitive
ammunition and explosives. These areas are very dangerous because they contain high
explosives and sensitive unexploded ordnance. Never enter a high-hazard impact area
without permission from range control.
✔✔Temporary Impact Area - ✔✔normally for small arms or non-dud-producing
ammunition. This type of impact area exists only for the length of an exercise.
✔✔Coordinating use of navigable waters - ✔✔installation commander will coordinate
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard to ensure proper
notification of: Waterways involved, Operations to be conducted, Sector of waterway
that must be restricted
✔✔Notices to airmen and mariners - ✔✔pilots, air traffic controllers, & mariners must be
informed of location, dates, & times when range operations will pose a safety risk
✔✔notice to airmen - ✔✔issued by FAA
✔✔notice to mariners - ✔✔issued by National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGIA)
✔✔local notice to mariners - ✔✔Issued by USCG
✔✔purpose of a danger zone (DZ) - ✔✔designate areas that protect personnel and
property from dangers during training and, to the extent practicable, during combat.
✔✔design of the DZ - ✔✔intended to prevent injury to personnel or damage to property
by identifying hazardous boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation associated with live
fire training.
✔✔DZ boundary - ✔✔determined by the type of weapon system and the munitions
being used.
✔✔Types of DZs - ✔✔surface DZ, laser surface DZ, weapon DZ
✔✔surface DZ - ✔✔danger zone area for munitions fired from the ground.
✔✔laser surface DZ - ✔✔specific type of danger zone when lasers are in use.
, ✔✔weapon DZ - ✔✔danger zone for air-delivered munitions.
✔✔ballistic footprint - ✔✔firing pattern created when a weapon is tested firing a certain
ammunition at a certain target media. Characteristics of firing pattern are measured to
create an SDZ
✔✔Standard SDZ for small arms - ✔✔cone and bat wing
✔✔Cone SDZ - ✔✔is typically used when conducting training that does not involve fire
and movement or fire and maneuver.
✔✔Bat Wing SDZ - ✔✔provides greater containment of ricochets. It will be used when
designing or conducting training that involves fire and movement, fire and maneuver,
flanking fire, or when ricochet hazards outside the range complex boundary may
endanger nonparticipating personnel.
✔✔Cone SDZ components - ✔✔distance X, dispersion area, ricochet area, area A
✔✔Distance X - ✔✔max distance a projectile (including guided missiles and rockets)
will travel when fired or launched at a given elevation with a given charge or propulsion
system.
✔✔Dispersion area - ✔✔contains projectiles after making initial contact with the target
medium. Area within the surface danger zone located between the gun target line (GTL)
and the ricochet area.
✔✔Ricochet Area - ✔✔contains projectiles after making initial contact with the target
medium. Defined as an additional 5 degrees off the dispersion area line on the left and
right sides.
✔✔Area A - ✔✔secondary danger area or buffer zone that laterally parallels the impact
area or ricochet area depending on the weapon system. Area A contains fragments,
debris, and components from frangible or explosive projectiles and warheads
functioning on the right or left edge of the impact area or ricochet area. For non-
explosive projectiles Area A is a standard 100m in width. For explosive projectiles, the
width varies by weapon and munition
✔✔Batwing SDZ components - ✔✔distance X, dispersion area, distance Y, angle P,
angle Q, distance W, ricochet area,
✔✔major difference b/w cone & batwing SDZ - ✔✔size & shape of ricochet area
