EXPLOSIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which two load transportation violations are shown in the photo? - ✔✔It is
completely exposed.
It is not secured.
✔✔Indicate whether each characteristic identifies A&E as standard or non-standard. -
✔✔Assigned HC - Standard
Not Assigned HC - Non-standard
Evaluated for safety, health, quality standards - Standard
Quality and reliability have not been assessed - Non-standard
Packaged, protected from long term storage or environment - Standard
No training for handling or use has been developed - Non-standard
✔✔The Yellow Book is an unofficial source for determining which of following? Select all
that apply. - ✔✔Hazard division (HD)
Net explosives weight (NEW)
Storage compatibility group (SCG)
✔✔A soldier fires a 40mm high explosive grenade on a training range. The grenade
fails to detonate. This incident is - ✔✔a malfunction
✔✔A Humvee rolls over while transporting a number of boxes of small ammunition. This
incident is - ✔✔an accident
✔✔A soldier receives a burn while attempting to operate an illumination grenade. This
incident is - ✔✔an accident that could also be a malfunction
✔✔Select the malfunction class for non-performance incidents. - ✔✔X
✔✔Select the malfunction class for major damage to materiel, equipment, or property. -
✔✔B
✔✔Select the malfunction class that applies when there has been a death or severe
personnel injury. - ✔✔A
✔✔Select the malfunction class for ammunition performance incidents. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which type of small arms ammunition (SAA) is blue? - ✔✔Practice
✔✔According to color coding, which term applies to the image? - ✔✔Low explosive
, ✔✔In which two circumstances does empty or inert ammo not require holes drilled in it?
- ✔✔When it is on permanent display in museums and the holes reduce its historic
value
When the holes impair the use of ammo in training
✔✔What information is found in the highlighted area of the ammo package? -
✔✔National Stock Number (NSN)
✔✔What information is found in the highlighted area of the ammo package? - ✔✔Ability
of the leads and circuit to capture RF energy
Amount of current required to fire an EED
Type, characteristics, and intensity of RF energy
✔✔What are the two key safety concerns with EEDs? - ✔✔Stray electric current from
electromagnetic radiation accidentally initiating an EED
Stray electric current from static electricity accidentally initiating an EED
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the live firing range. Who is immediately
responsible for actions taken at the site? - ✔✔Senior person at the incident site
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the shooting range. What is the ASP required
to do? - ✔✔Notify any units or organizations with the ammunition lot in question to
immediately stop using it.
✔✔When the malfunction occurred at the live fire range at Camp Swale, the ammo
representative or the Occupational Health and Safety Office communicated the
preliminary malfunction reports via - ✔✔the fastest means immediately available
✔✔When the malfunction occurred at the live firing range at Camp Swale, who was
responsible for initiating the reporting process in the absence of ammunition personnel?
- ✔✔Occupational Health and Safety Office
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the live firing range. Which three actions must
be taken immediately? - ✔✔Cease fire
Notify range control
Secure the malfunction site
✔✔You need to perform operations between magazines in the open. How far from the
AGM do you have to be to perform this task? - ✔✔100 feet of ILD (whichever is greater)
✔✔You are inspecting an AGM and the ammo is stacked close to the ceiling. What is
the minimum required distance it can be stacked from the ceiling? - ✔✔18 inches
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which two load transportation violations are shown in the photo? - ✔✔It is
completely exposed.
It is not secured.
✔✔Indicate whether each characteristic identifies A&E as standard or non-standard. -
✔✔Assigned HC - Standard
Not Assigned HC - Non-standard
Evaluated for safety, health, quality standards - Standard
Quality and reliability have not been assessed - Non-standard
Packaged, protected from long term storage or environment - Standard
No training for handling or use has been developed - Non-standard
✔✔The Yellow Book is an unofficial source for determining which of following? Select all
that apply. - ✔✔Hazard division (HD)
Net explosives weight (NEW)
Storage compatibility group (SCG)
✔✔A soldier fires a 40mm high explosive grenade on a training range. The grenade
fails to detonate. This incident is - ✔✔a malfunction
✔✔A Humvee rolls over while transporting a number of boxes of small ammunition. This
incident is - ✔✔an accident
✔✔A soldier receives a burn while attempting to operate an illumination grenade. This
incident is - ✔✔an accident that could also be a malfunction
✔✔Select the malfunction class for non-performance incidents. - ✔✔X
✔✔Select the malfunction class for major damage to materiel, equipment, or property. -
✔✔B
✔✔Select the malfunction class that applies when there has been a death or severe
personnel injury. - ✔✔A
✔✔Select the malfunction class for ammunition performance incidents. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which type of small arms ammunition (SAA) is blue? - ✔✔Practice
✔✔According to color coding, which term applies to the image? - ✔✔Low explosive
, ✔✔In which two circumstances does empty or inert ammo not require holes drilled in it?
- ✔✔When it is on permanent display in museums and the holes reduce its historic
value
When the holes impair the use of ammo in training
✔✔What information is found in the highlighted area of the ammo package? -
✔✔National Stock Number (NSN)
✔✔What information is found in the highlighted area of the ammo package? - ✔✔Ability
of the leads and circuit to capture RF energy
Amount of current required to fire an EED
Type, characteristics, and intensity of RF energy
✔✔What are the two key safety concerns with EEDs? - ✔✔Stray electric current from
electromagnetic radiation accidentally initiating an EED
Stray electric current from static electricity accidentally initiating an EED
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the live firing range. Who is immediately
responsible for actions taken at the site? - ✔✔Senior person at the incident site
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the shooting range. What is the ASP required
to do? - ✔✔Notify any units or organizations with the ammunition lot in question to
immediately stop using it.
✔✔When the malfunction occurred at the live fire range at Camp Swale, the ammo
representative or the Occupational Health and Safety Office communicated the
preliminary malfunction reports via - ✔✔the fastest means immediately available
✔✔When the malfunction occurred at the live firing range at Camp Swale, who was
responsible for initiating the reporting process in the absence of ammunition personnel?
- ✔✔Occupational Health and Safety Office
✔✔An ammunition malfunction occurs at the live firing range. Which three actions must
be taken immediately? - ✔✔Cease fire
Notify range control
Secure the malfunction site
✔✔You need to perform operations between magazines in the open. How far from the
AGM do you have to be to perform this task? - ✔✔100 feet of ILD (whichever is greater)
✔✔You are inspecting an AGM and the ammo is stacked close to the ceiling. What is
the minimum required distance it can be stacked from the ceiling? - ✔✔18 inches
