INTRODUCTION TO EXPLOSIVES SAFETY
FOR SAFETY PROFESSIONALS ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWER KEY
●● You have been appointed as your installation's Occupational Health
and Safety Manager. Who is responsible for developing, implementing,
and managing the ESP as part of the overall safety and occupational
health program for the installation?
Answer: Installation Commander
●● If you are responsible for assisting commanders and staff with
resolving explosives safety concerns, which role do you have?
Answer: Safety Specialist
●● If you are assigned to support tactical units regarding execution of
ESMP. Who are you?
Answer: Ammunition Warrant Officer
●● The Installation Commander assigns one person as the POC for all
ESMP activities. Which role does that person fill?
Answer: Occupational Health and Safety Manager
, ●● Material potentially presenting an explosive hazard (MPPEH)
Answer: Material that may contain explosives or munitions or material
that may contain a high enough concentration of explosives that the
material presents an explosive hazard
●● Unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Answer: Explosive weapons that did not explode when they were
employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades
after they were used or discarded
●● discarded military munitions (DMM)
Answer: unfired ammo that has been buried, abandoned, or otherwise
improperly disposed of.
●● Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB)
Answer: A Joint Service board composed of a chair, voting
representatives from the Services, and a permanent military and civilian
Secretariat, to perform Board operational and administrative functions
that provides advice to the Secretary of Defense and DoD Components
on explosives safety matters
●● Ammunition Supply Point (ASP)
Answer: An area designated to receive, store, issue, and manage military
munitions
FOR SAFETY PROFESSIONALS ACTUAL
TEST QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWER KEY
●● You have been appointed as your installation's Occupational Health
and Safety Manager. Who is responsible for developing, implementing,
and managing the ESP as part of the overall safety and occupational
health program for the installation?
Answer: Installation Commander
●● If you are responsible for assisting commanders and staff with
resolving explosives safety concerns, which role do you have?
Answer: Safety Specialist
●● If you are assigned to support tactical units regarding execution of
ESMP. Who are you?
Answer: Ammunition Warrant Officer
●● The Installation Commander assigns one person as the POC for all
ESMP activities. Which role does that person fill?
Answer: Occupational Health and Safety Manager
, ●● Material potentially presenting an explosive hazard (MPPEH)
Answer: Material that may contain explosives or munitions or material
that may contain a high enough concentration of explosives that the
material presents an explosive hazard
●● Unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Answer: Explosive weapons that did not explode when they were
employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades
after they were used or discarded
●● discarded military munitions (DMM)
Answer: unfired ammo that has been buried, abandoned, or otherwise
improperly disposed of.
●● Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB)
Answer: A Joint Service board composed of a chair, voting
representatives from the Services, and a permanent military and civilian
Secretariat, to perform Board operational and administrative functions
that provides advice to the Secretary of Defense and DoD Components
on explosives safety matters
●● Ammunition Supply Point (ASP)
Answer: An area designated to receive, store, issue, and manage military
munitions
