Range Safety OIC/RSO Actual Exam
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1. AR385-63/MCO 3570.1 - ANSWER establishes ranges safety policies and
responsibilities for firing ammunition, lasers, guided, missiles, and rockets
on Marine Corps and Army ranges.
2. DA Pam 385-63 - ANSWER provides implementation guidance for the
Marine Corps Range Safety Program.
3. SOP - ANSWER each range or range complex will have its own standard
operating procedure (SOP). The SOP for an installation will have installation
-specific instructions for range safety. You must read the most current Sop
for the range that you will be using.
4. Why are high-hazard impact areas dangerous - ANSWER they contain high
explosives and sensitive unexploded ordinance
5. True/False: Never enter a high-hazard impact area without permission from
range control - ANSWER True
6. Ordnance fired into high-hazard impact areas - ANSWER Cluster bombs,
artillery rounds, mortar rounds, high-explosive grenades, missiles
7. Access Restricted - ANSWER fences, barricades, signs, guards or a
combination of these types of positive controls are used to protect
unauthorized personnel
,8. Temporary Impact Area - ANSWER normally for small arms or non-dud
producing ammunition. This type of impact exists only for the length of an
exercise.
9. After Use of temporary impact area - ANSWER After an exercise, the
temporary impact area should be capable of being cleared and returned to
the original state.
10.Range Control __________________ and ______________________
airspace during live fire exercises - ANSWER Manages and deconflicts
11.What should you do if an aircraft/boat/ship enters your airspace during a live
fire exercise - ANSWER Immediate cease fire and control range control
12.What does range control do for a range - ANSWER -Captures vertical
hazard limit for each weapon fired
-Coordinates w/ FAA to invoke airspace restrictions for all non-participating
aircraft
-Captures operating airspace both lateral and vertical for all exercise aircraft
operations
13.Local SOP's & airspace requirements - ANSWER may require the RSO to
identify personnel as air sentinels
14.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
15.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.
16.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.
17.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
18.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.
19.USMC Range Safety Pocket Guide - ANSWER The USMC Range Safety
Pocket Guide summarizes the policies and procedures needed to conduct a
live-fire event. This document contains information on surface danger zones
(SDZ) setup for weapon systems. The Pocket Guide also provides the OIC
and RSO with a checklist that will assist them with their most common tasks
20.SOUM - ANSWER Safety Of Use Memorandums (SOUM) are how the
Range and Training Area Management (RTAM) Branch provides range
safety information and guidance to the Marine Corps Total Force. This
guidance is directive until the SOUM is cancelled, changed or written into
the Range Safety Order.
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A+ Answers | Latest Edition
1. AR385-63/MCO 3570.1 - ANSWER establishes ranges safety policies and
responsibilities for firing ammunition, lasers, guided, missiles, and rockets
on Marine Corps and Army ranges.
2. DA Pam 385-63 - ANSWER provides implementation guidance for the
Marine Corps Range Safety Program.
3. SOP - ANSWER each range or range complex will have its own standard
operating procedure (SOP). The SOP for an installation will have installation
-specific instructions for range safety. You must read the most current Sop
for the range that you will be using.
4. Why are high-hazard impact areas dangerous - ANSWER they contain high
explosives and sensitive unexploded ordinance
5. True/False: Never enter a high-hazard impact area without permission from
range control - ANSWER True
6. Ordnance fired into high-hazard impact areas - ANSWER Cluster bombs,
artillery rounds, mortar rounds, high-explosive grenades, missiles
7. Access Restricted - ANSWER fences, barricades, signs, guards or a
combination of these types of positive controls are used to protect
unauthorized personnel
,8. Temporary Impact Area - ANSWER normally for small arms or non-dud
producing ammunition. This type of impact exists only for the length of an
exercise.
9. After Use of temporary impact area - ANSWER After an exercise, the
temporary impact area should be capable of being cleared and returned to
the original state.
10.Range Control __________________ and ______________________
airspace during live fire exercises - ANSWER Manages and deconflicts
11.What should you do if an aircraft/boat/ship enters your airspace during a live
fire exercise - ANSWER Immediate cease fire and control range control
12.What does range control do for a range - ANSWER -Captures vertical
hazard limit for each weapon fired
-Coordinates w/ FAA to invoke airspace restrictions for all non-participating
aircraft
-Captures operating airspace both lateral and vertical for all exercise aircraft
operations
13.Local SOP's & airspace requirements - ANSWER may require the RSO to
identify personnel as air sentinels
14.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
15.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.
16.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.
17.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
18.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.
19.USMC Range Safety Pocket Guide - ANSWER The USMC Range Safety
Pocket Guide summarizes the policies and procedures needed to conduct a
live-fire event. This document contains information on surface danger zones
(SDZ) setup for weapon systems. The Pocket Guide also provides the OIC
and RSO with a checklist that will assist them with their most common tasks
20.SOUM - ANSWER Safety Of Use Memorandums (SOUM) are how the
Range and Training Area Management (RTAM) Branch provides range
safety information and guidance to the Marine Corps Total Force. This
guidance is directive until the SOUM is cancelled, changed or written into
the Range Safety Order.
