FiST Cert Exam Questions & Answers

FiST Cert Exam Questions & Answers What are the six elements in the Call for Fire? - Observer ID, Warno, Target Location, Target description, Method of engagement, Method of fire and control What are the six methods of engagement? - Type of Adjustment, Danger Close, Mark, Trajectory, Ammunition, Distribution What are the fourteen methods of control? - Fire when ready, at my command, cannot observe, time on target, time to target, continuous illum, coordinated illum, cease loading, check firing, continuous firing, repeat, request splash, do not load, duration What are the fifteen subsequent corrections - OT Direction, Danger Close, Trajectory, Method of Fire, Distribution, Projectile, Fuze, Volume, Deviation Correction, Range Correction, HOB Correction, Target Description, Mission Type/Method of Control, Splash, Repeat What does the warning order consist of? - Mission type, size of element to ffe, method of target location What are the four types of missions that can be announced in the second element of the cff? - fire for effect, adjust fire, suppression, immediate suppression/immediate smoke What are the five methods of target location? - Polar Plot, Grid coordinates, shift from known point, laser polar, laser grid What five elements are included in the target description? - what the target is, what the target is doing, number of elements in the target, degree of protection, target size and shape What four items does the message to observer consist of? any additional info? - unit to fire, changes to call for fire, number of rounds, target number, additional info: PEr, Angle T, Pulse Repetition Frequency code, time of flight What is angle T? - Angle T is the angle formed by the intersection of the GT line and the OT line with its vertex at the target If the observer is getting the "ping pong" effect (getting more of a correction than you ask for) angle t might be what? - 500 mils or greater What are the two types of adjustments that can be employed with artillery and mortars? - precision fire and area fire What are the four techniques used to conduct area adjustment fires? - hasty bracketing, successive bracketing, creeping fire, one round adjust What are the two types of precision fire missions? - precision registration and destruction mission What three things are spottings made for? - Height of burst, range, deviation What are the five possible height