ESWS Test Answers – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam Review
What is Navigation's primary Fix source? - correct answer ✔✔GPS
What are the 6 rules of DR? - correct answer ✔✔• Every Course Change
• Every Speed Change
• Every L.O.P
• Every Running Fix
• Every Hour
• Plot Label Draw
What is CVN 77's safety depth? - correct answer ✔✔50 feet
What is Chart 1? - correct answer ✔✔A publication containing all symbols found on charts.
Name the Are of Visibility for the following lights. - correct answer ✔✔Masthead light: 225
degrees
Port and starboard running lights: 112.5 degrees each
Stern light: 135 degrees
(NOTE: The total of the masthead light and the stern light -360°)
Name the stations for QM's during Sea and Anchor. - correct answer ✔✔• Nav Evaluator -
Responsible for making course change recommendations to the Conning
Officer to keep the ship on its Plan of Intended Movement (PIM) track based off information
given by the Nav Plotter
• Nav Plotter - Plots the ship's position based off bearings given to the Bearing Book
Recorder
, •Bearing Book Recorder - Records bearings received from the Bearing Takers
• Bearing Taker - Uses a telescopic alidade to get true bearing from aids to navigation
• Deck Log Recorder - Responsible for recording every occurrence during sea and anchor detail
including set and drift every three minutes
• Signal Bridge Personnel - Responsible for all flag hoist during sea and anchor
What are the three Levels of War? - correct answer ✔✔Tactical
Operational
Strategic
What does your Page 4 Contain? - correct answer ✔✔Qualification, Awards, Training, NEC's
Who is the Secretary of the Navy? - correct answer ✔✔-The Honorable Carlos del Toro
-78th Secretary of the Navy
Who is in charge of Carrier Strike Group Ten? - correct answer ✔✔Rear Admiral Cheeseman
What are Three Classes of Naval vessels that existed at the inception of the Navy? - correct
answer ✔✔Ships-of-the-line
Frigates
Sloops-of War
Attack on Pearl Harbor - correct answer ✔✔December 1941. The first attack in history
conducted solely from aircraft carriers.
Battle of the Coral Sea - correct answer ✔✔May 1942 - Resulted in the end of Japanese
advances in the southwost Pacific. First battle fought solely by air groups; fleet never saw each
other. Lost USS Lexington and USS Yorktown
What is Navigation's primary Fix source? - correct answer ✔✔GPS
What are the 6 rules of DR? - correct answer ✔✔• Every Course Change
• Every Speed Change
• Every L.O.P
• Every Running Fix
• Every Hour
• Plot Label Draw
What is CVN 77's safety depth? - correct answer ✔✔50 feet
What is Chart 1? - correct answer ✔✔A publication containing all symbols found on charts.
Name the Are of Visibility for the following lights. - correct answer ✔✔Masthead light: 225
degrees
Port and starboard running lights: 112.5 degrees each
Stern light: 135 degrees
(NOTE: The total of the masthead light and the stern light -360°)
Name the stations for QM's during Sea and Anchor. - correct answer ✔✔• Nav Evaluator -
Responsible for making course change recommendations to the Conning
Officer to keep the ship on its Plan of Intended Movement (PIM) track based off information
given by the Nav Plotter
• Nav Plotter - Plots the ship's position based off bearings given to the Bearing Book
Recorder
, •Bearing Book Recorder - Records bearings received from the Bearing Takers
• Bearing Taker - Uses a telescopic alidade to get true bearing from aids to navigation
• Deck Log Recorder - Responsible for recording every occurrence during sea and anchor detail
including set and drift every three minutes
• Signal Bridge Personnel - Responsible for all flag hoist during sea and anchor
What are the three Levels of War? - correct answer ✔✔Tactical
Operational
Strategic
What does your Page 4 Contain? - correct answer ✔✔Qualification, Awards, Training, NEC's
Who is the Secretary of the Navy? - correct answer ✔✔-The Honorable Carlos del Toro
-78th Secretary of the Navy
Who is in charge of Carrier Strike Group Ten? - correct answer ✔✔Rear Admiral Cheeseman
What are Three Classes of Naval vessels that existed at the inception of the Navy? - correct
answer ✔✔Ships-of-the-line
Frigates
Sloops-of War
Attack on Pearl Harbor - correct answer ✔✔December 1941. The first attack in history
conducted solely from aircraft carriers.
Battle of the Coral Sea - correct answer ✔✔May 1942 - Resulted in the end of Japanese
advances in the southwost Pacific. First battle fought solely by air groups; fleet never saw each
other. Lost USS Lexington and USS Yorktown
