AO ADVANCEMENT STUDY GUIDE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How are guided missiles classified? - ANS According to their range, speed, launch
environment, mission, and vehicle type
A long-range guided missile can travel what distance? - ANS At least 100 miles
What missile does not exceed the range capabilities of long-range guns? - ANS The short-
range guided missile
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - ANS In Mach numbers
What is a Mach number? - ANS The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in
the medium through which the object is moving
What is considered sonic speed under standard atmospheric conditions? - ANS About 766
miles per hour or Mach 1.0
What is supersonic speed equal to if sonic speed is equal to Mach 1? - ANS Mach 1.2 to Mach
5. 0
How is the speed of a air-launched guided missile determined? - ANS The speed of the
launching aircraft is added to the speed of the missile
What are the two types of guided missiles? - ANS Service and nonservice missiles
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, What are service missiles? - ANS They are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds,
designed for service use in time of war
What are the two types of nonservice missiles? - ANS Captive air training missiles (CATMs)
and dummy air training missiles (DATMs)
Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training in aerial target acquisition and aircraft
controls/displays? - ANS The CATM
Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training during fleet weapon training exercises? -
ANS The DATM
What is the purpose of dummy air training missiles? - ANS They are ground training missiles
used to train ground personnel missile assembly/disassembly, uploading/download, and
handling procedures
What two types of guided missiles are used in naval aviation? - ANS Air-to-air and air-to-
surface missiles
What do the first three letters of a missile designation sequence represent? - ANS The launch
environment, the primary mission of the missile, and the type of vehicle, respectively
What is the meaning of the designator, AGM? - ANS Air-launched, service-attack, guided
missile
What is the meaning of the designator RIM? - ANS Ship-launched, intercept-aerial, guided
missile
What number follows the basic designator? - ANS A design number
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, What color are the external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles painted? - ANS All surfaces,
except radome and antenna surfaces, are painted white
What are the three significant color codes used on guided missiles and their components? -
ANS Yellow, brown, and blue
What do color codes on guided missiles indicate? - ANS The explosive hazard in the missile
component
Where would you find the serial number in an assembled missile? - ANS The missile serial
number is normally the serial number found on the leading component of the missile
List the major sections of the guided missile. - ANS The guidance section, control section,
armament section, and propulsion section
What is considered the "brain" of the missile? - ANS The guidance section
The complete missile guidance system includes what two systems? - ANS The electronic
sensing system and the control system
Which system carries out the guidance orders initiated by the electronic sensing system? -
ANS The control system
Name two possible physical influences of a target on which homing systems are based. -
ANS Radar reflections and thermal characteristics
How are homing systems classified? - ANS As active, semiactive, and passive
In what type of homing system is target illumination supplied by a component carried in the
missile, such as a radar transmitter? - ANS The active homing system
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How are guided missiles classified? - ANS According to their range, speed, launch
environment, mission, and vehicle type
A long-range guided missile can travel what distance? - ANS At least 100 miles
What missile does not exceed the range capabilities of long-range guns? - ANS The short-
range guided missile
How is the speed capability of guided missiles expressed? - ANS In Mach numbers
What is a Mach number? - ANS The ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in
the medium through which the object is moving
What is considered sonic speed under standard atmospheric conditions? - ANS About 766
miles per hour or Mach 1.0
What is supersonic speed equal to if sonic speed is equal to Mach 1? - ANS Mach 1.2 to Mach
5. 0
How is the speed of a air-launched guided missile determined? - ANS The speed of the
launching aircraft is added to the speed of the missile
What are the two types of guided missiles? - ANS Service and nonservice missiles
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, What are service missiles? - ANS They are fully operational and fully explosive loaded rounds,
designed for service use in time of war
What are the two types of nonservice missiles? - ANS Captive air training missiles (CATMs)
and dummy air training missiles (DATMs)
Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training in aerial target acquisition and aircraft
controls/displays? - ANS The CATM
Which nonservice missile is used for pilot training during fleet weapon training exercises? -
ANS The DATM
What is the purpose of dummy air training missiles? - ANS They are ground training missiles
used to train ground personnel missile assembly/disassembly, uploading/download, and
handling procedures
What two types of guided missiles are used in naval aviation? - ANS Air-to-air and air-to-
surface missiles
What do the first three letters of a missile designation sequence represent? - ANS The launch
environment, the primary mission of the missile, and the type of vehicle, respectively
What is the meaning of the designator, AGM? - ANS Air-launched, service-attack, guided
missile
What is the meaning of the designator RIM? - ANS Ship-launched, intercept-aerial, guided
missile
What number follows the basic designator? - ANS A design number
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, What color are the external surfaces of all Navy guided missiles painted? - ANS All surfaces,
except radome and antenna surfaces, are painted white
What are the three significant color codes used on guided missiles and their components? -
ANS Yellow, brown, and blue
What do color codes on guided missiles indicate? - ANS The explosive hazard in the missile
component
Where would you find the serial number in an assembled missile? - ANS The missile serial
number is normally the serial number found on the leading component of the missile
List the major sections of the guided missile. - ANS The guidance section, control section,
armament section, and propulsion section
What is considered the "brain" of the missile? - ANS The guidance section
The complete missile guidance system includes what two systems? - ANS The electronic
sensing system and the control system
Which system carries out the guidance orders initiated by the electronic sensing system? -
ANS The control system
Name two possible physical influences of a target on which homing systems are based. -
ANS Radar reflections and thermal characteristics
How are homing systems classified? - ANS As active, semiactive, and passive
In what type of homing system is target illumination supplied by a component carried in the
missile, such as a radar transmitter? - ANS The active homing system
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