RANGE SAFETY COURSE FINAL SCRIPT
2026 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERS
COMPLETE A+
◉ Local SOP's & airspace requirements
Answer: may require the RSO to identify personnel as air sentinels
◉ Installation Commander will coordinate w US Army Corps of
Engineers and US Coast Guard to ensure proper notification of:
Answer: -waterways involved
-operations to be conducted
-Sector of waterway that must be restricted
◉ Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
Answer: Issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
informs pilots and air traffic controllers about range activities that
require civilian aircraft to avoid range and airspace.
◉ Notice to Mariners (NTM)
Answer: Issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA) and contains navigation warnings that advise mariners of
waterway/sea space restrictions during range exercises.
,◉ purpose of a danger zone
Answer: to designate areas that protect personnel and property
from dangers during training and, to the extent practicable, during
combat
◉ design of the DZ is intended to
Answer: prevent injury to personnel or damage to property by
identifying hazardous boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation
associated with live fire training.
◉ surface danger zone (SDZ)
Answer: is the danger zone area for munitions fired from the
ground.
◉ weapon danger zone (WDZ)
Answer: is the danger zone for air-delivered munitions
◉ laser surface danger zone (LSDZ)
Answer: is a specific type of danger zone when lasers are in use.
◉ Standard SDZ for small arms
Answer: cone and bat wing
, ◉ How are SDZs created
Answer: created from the "ballistic footprint" of a weapon system.
Each weapon system's ballistic footprint is the firing pattern created
when a weapon is tested, firing a certain ammunition at certain
target media. The characteristics of the firing pattern are measured
to create an SDZ.
◉ Cone SDZ
Answer: is typically used when conducting training that does not
involve fire and movement or fire and maneuver.
◉ Cone SDZ will contain
Answer: rounds, ricochets, fragments, and debris.
◉ The cone surface danger zone consists of
Answer: a dispersion area, a ricochet area, and an area "A".
◉ Distance X
Answer: is the maximum distance a projectile (including guided
missiles and rockets) will travel when fired or launched at a given
elevation with a given charge or propulsion system.
◉ The Dispersion Area
2026 TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERS
COMPLETE A+
◉ Local SOP's & airspace requirements
Answer: may require the RSO to identify personnel as air sentinels
◉ Installation Commander will coordinate w US Army Corps of
Engineers and US Coast Guard to ensure proper notification of:
Answer: -waterways involved
-operations to be conducted
-Sector of waterway that must be restricted
◉ Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
Answer: Issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
informs pilots and air traffic controllers about range activities that
require civilian aircraft to avoid range and airspace.
◉ Notice to Mariners (NTM)
Answer: Issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA) and contains navigation warnings that advise mariners of
waterway/sea space restrictions during range exercises.
,◉ purpose of a danger zone
Answer: to designate areas that protect personnel and property
from dangers during training and, to the extent practicable, during
combat
◉ design of the DZ is intended to
Answer: prevent injury to personnel or damage to property by
identifying hazardous boundaries of ricochets and fragmentation
associated with live fire training.
◉ surface danger zone (SDZ)
Answer: is the danger zone area for munitions fired from the
ground.
◉ weapon danger zone (WDZ)
Answer: is the danger zone for air-delivered munitions
◉ laser surface danger zone (LSDZ)
Answer: is a specific type of danger zone when lasers are in use.
◉ Standard SDZ for small arms
Answer: cone and bat wing
, ◉ How are SDZs created
Answer: created from the "ballistic footprint" of a weapon system.
Each weapon system's ballistic footprint is the firing pattern created
when a weapon is tested, firing a certain ammunition at certain
target media. The characteristics of the firing pattern are measured
to create an SDZ.
◉ Cone SDZ
Answer: is typically used when conducting training that does not
involve fire and movement or fire and maneuver.
◉ Cone SDZ will contain
Answer: rounds, ricochets, fragments, and debris.
◉ The cone surface danger zone consists of
Answer: a dispersion area, a ricochet area, and an area "A".
◉ Distance X
Answer: is the maximum distance a projectile (including guided
missiles and rockets) will travel when fired or launched at a given
elevation with a given charge or propulsion system.
◉ The Dispersion Area
