Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is responsible for the efficient attainment of aircraft and equipment readiness in support of
operational objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER -Maintenance Control
Who serves as a contact point between work centers and the SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic
(SSCA) and is responsible for the management of all aspects of the MDS to include NALCOMIS
reports/inquiries at the activity level? - CORRECT ANSWER -System
Administrator/Analyst (SA/A)
OMA NALCOMIS Optimized squadrons that operate from a detachment based concept for how
many or more days shall have one System Administrator (SA) per detachment attend the
NALCOMIS OOMA system analyst course (Course C-555-0049)? - CORRECT
ANSWER -90
Which publication provides the standardized policy and procedures for Aviation Logistics
Information Management and Support (ALIMS) operations? - CORRECT ANSWER -
MCO 2020.1
Unless otherwise specified in aircraft MRCs, fuel samples must be taken within how many hours
preceding the aircraft's initial launch? - CORRECT ANSWER -24
What is the Aircraft Inspection and Acceptance Record form number? - CORRECT
ANSWER -OPNAV 4790/141
What is defined as an operational evolution where an aircraft is refueled while the engine(s) is
(are) operating? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hot Refueling
What is defined as an operational evolution where the pilot/crew of manned aircraft is changed
while the engine(s) is (are) operating and the aircraft is to be immediately relaunched? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Hot Seating
,What are required to determine whether the airframe, power plant, accessories, and equipment
are functioning per predetermined standards while subjected to the intended operating
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER -Functional Check Flights (FCFs)
Unless directed by the applicable T/M/S NATOPS manual, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
may not require an Functional Check Flight (FCF), other than for acceptance inspection, after
completion of standard rework, or when not flown for how many or more days? - CORRECT
ANSWER -30
Completed Functional Check Flight (FCF) checklists shall be retained in the aircraft maintenance
files for a minimum of how many months or one phase cycle, whichever is greater? - CORRECT
ANSWER -6
Which maintenance concept divides the total scheduled maintenance requirement into small
packages or phases of approximately the same work content? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Phase
For aircraft not having preservation maintenance technical manuals, preservation shall be
performed per which publication? - CORRECT ANSWER -NAVAIR 15-01-500
To meet unusual situations or to ease workload scheduling, reporting custodians may apply plus
or minus deviations to inspection intervals, if specified in T/M/S MRCs or commercial aircraft
derivative task cards. If deviations are not specified in T/M/S technical manuals or commercial
aircraft derivative task cards, the following maximum deviations may be applied. Plus or minus
which percent, or a portion thereof, may be applied to the authorized inspection interval of
scheduled maintenance requirements based on flight hours, operating hours, cycles, or events? -
CORRECT ANSWER -10%
Which form is used to document aircraft daily and turnaround inspections? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Pre-flight/Daily/Turnaround/Post-flight Maintenance Record (OPNAV
4790/38)
,The daily aircraft inspection is conducted to inspect for defects to a greater depth than the
turnaround inspection. The daily inspection is valid for a period of how many hours commencing
from the date and time the inspection is completed, provided no flight occurs during this period
and no maintenance other than servicing has been performed? - CORRECT ANSWER -72
Commanding Officers (COs) may authorize pilots-in-command to conduct applicable T/M/S
NATOPS pilot inspections, ensure servicing requirements are accomplished, and sign the
Aircraft Inspection and Acceptance Record (OPNAV 4790/141) in the certification block while
operating away from home without qualified maintenance personnel for periods not exceeding
how many hours? - CORRECT ANSWER -72
The turnaround inspection is conducted between flights to verify the integrity of the aircraft for
flight, verify proper servicing, and to detect degradation that may have occurred during the
previous flight. The turnaround inspection is valid for a period of how many hours commencing
from the date and time the inspection is completed, provided no flight and no maintenance other
than servicing occurs during this period? - CORRECT ANSWER -24
Which type of inspections are scheduled inspections with a prescribed interval other than daily or
phase? - CORRECT ANSWER -special
When an individual special inspection or a group of special inspections due simultaneously will
consume more than how many hours of elapsed maintenance time, the inspection requirements
may be divided into portions performed incrementally at any time during the allowable deviation
period? - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Which type of maintenance requirements are unscheduled events required as the result of a
specific over limit condition, or as a result of circumstances or events which create an
administrative requirement for an inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER -conditional
Which type of inspection is a general inspection of a specific area of an aircraft? - CORRECT
ANSWER -zonal
, Which delivery procedure eliminates the requirement for configuration verification during
acceptance inspection when received from the factory? - CORRECT ANSWER -Joint
Strike Fighter (JSF)
Aircraft originally planned for short-term transfer, but due to operational or Test Evaluation (TE)
requirements exceed how many days, will require a complete transfer inspection before
transferring the aircraft to another reporting custodian? - CORRECT ANSWER -90
Per OPNAVINST 3110.11, aircraft that fail Aircraft Service Period Adjustment (ASPA) must be
inducted for Phased Depot Maintenance (PDM) no later than how many days after the current
Period End Date (PED)? - CORRECT ANSWER -90
How many days of advance notice, via naval message, is required prior to sending an aircraft to
the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) for storage? - CORRECT
ANSWER -10
Engines with major inspection intervals of 400 hours or more will have major inspections
performed if what percent or less of the interval remains until the next inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER -25%
Engines with major inspection intervals of less than 400 hours will have major inspections
performed if less than how many hours remain until the next inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER -100
Which form is used to record Support Equipment (SE) issue and receipt transactions? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Support Equipment Transaction Report (OPNAV 4790/64)
Which form is used to record acceptance information, custody and transfer, rework, preservation
and depreservation, Technical Directives (TDs), and any other miscellaneous history required to
accompany the Support Equipment (SE) throughout its service life? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Support Equipment (SE) Custody and Maintenance History Record