AO2 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Guided missiles are classified according to their range, speed, launch environment, mission, and
what else? - CORRECT ANSWER -Vehicle type
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mach
numbers
What is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the
object is moving? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mach number
Under standard atmospheric conditions, sonic speed is about how many miles per hour? -
CORRECT ANSWER -766
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 classified as? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Subsonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 classified as? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Transonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 classified as? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Supersonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds above Mach 5.0 classified as? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Hypersonic
Which type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds, designed for
service use in combat? - CORRECT ANSWER -Service
, The external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles, except radome and antenna surfaces, are
painted white or which other color? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gray
Which three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their components? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Yellow, brown, and blue
Which section is the brain of the missile which directs it's maneuvers and causes the maneuvers
to be executed by the control section? - CORRECT ANSWER -Guidance
In which type of homing system does the missile get its target illumination from an external
source, such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Semi-active
Which element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched to do? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Payload
There are two general types of fuzes used in guided missiles--proximity fuzes and which other
type? - CORRECT ANSWER -Contact
What are electronic detecting devices similar to the detecting systems in VT fuzes that detect the
presence of a target and determine the moment of firing? - CORRECT ANSWER -TDDs
There are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems--the turbojet, pulsejet, and what
else? - CORRECT ANSWER -Ramjet engines
Which type of rocket motor does the majority of air-launched guided missiles used by the Navy
use? - CORRECT ANSWER -Solid propellant
Which type of missile is the AIM-7M/P missile? - CORRECT ANSWER -Semi-active
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Guided missiles are classified according to their range, speed, launch environment, mission, and
what else? - CORRECT ANSWER -Vehicle type
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mach
numbers
What is the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the
object is moving? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mach number
Under standard atmospheric conditions, sonic speed is about how many miles per hour? -
CORRECT ANSWER -766
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 classified as? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Subsonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 classified as? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Transonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds up to Mach 1.2 to Mach 5.0 classified as? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Supersonic
What is a guided missile travelling at speeds above Mach 5.0 classified as? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Hypersonic
Which type of missiles are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds, designed for
service use in combat? - CORRECT ANSWER -Service
, The external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles, except radome and antenna surfaces, are
painted white or which other color? - CORRECT ANSWER -Gray
Which three significant color codes are used on guided missiles and their components? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Yellow, brown, and blue
Which section is the brain of the missile which directs it's maneuvers and causes the maneuvers
to be executed by the control section? - CORRECT ANSWER -Guidance
In which type of homing system does the missile get its target illumination from an external
source, such as a transmitter carried in the launching aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Semi-active
Which element or part of the missile that does what a particular missile is launched to do? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Payload
There are two general types of fuzes used in guided missiles--proximity fuzes and which other
type? - CORRECT ANSWER -Contact
What are electronic detecting devices similar to the detecting systems in VT fuzes that detect the
presence of a target and determine the moment of firing? - CORRECT ANSWER -TDDs
There are three types of atmospheric jet propulsion systems--the turbojet, pulsejet, and what
else? - CORRECT ANSWER -Ramjet engines
Which type of rocket motor does the majority of air-launched guided missiles used by the Navy
use? - CORRECT ANSWER -Solid propellant
Which type of missile is the AIM-7M/P missile? - CORRECT ANSWER -Semi-active
