ATG CPO Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers Graded A+ 2025
How to properly depart a Chief's Mess - correct answer "Chief Select **YOUR
NAME** respectfully requests permission to depart the hallowed halls of the CPO
Mess. I have greatly enjoyed and benefitted from this training session and I look
forward with eager anticipation to the next block of training next Day/Week. Same
time, same place, same selectee, only smarter."
Proper response when asked "What time is it?" - correct answer "Due to the
fallacious nature of my chronometer and the inability of my cerebrum to function in
the manner of an August Chief Petty Officer, I am unable to ascertain the correct
military time to a punctilious degree. However, it is my firm conviction that the correct
local time is...."
Proper response when asked "How long have you been in the Navy?" - correct
answer "All me bloomin life. Me mother was a mermaid, me father was King
Neptune. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep.
Seaweed and barnacle is me clothes. The hair on me head is hemp, every tooth in
me head is a marlinspike, every bone in me body's a spar, and when I spits, I spits
tar. I's hard, I is, I am, I are!!"
Proper response when asked "How high is up?" - correct answer "Up is equal to the
amplitude, but in the opposite direction to the deep of down, and its magnitude is
often delineated in such phrases as "up your nose, up your posterior, and your all
hosed up", Chief!"
Proper response when asked "How old are you?" - correct answer "I am not any age
because I have not been born yet. When I am born, it will be the happiest day of my
life."
Proper response when asked "What is the lowest thing on earth?" - correct answer
"A CPO Selectee is the lowest thing on earth. They are lower than a whale's night
soil that resides on the bottom of the ocean."
Proper response when asked "How high is up, in 4 words?" - correct answer "Twice,
half the distance."
What makes an Outstanding Chief Petty Officer? - correct answer An outstanding
Chief Petty Officer takes initiative in the absence of orders.
An outstanding Chief Petty Officer takes repeated actions to overcome obstacles.
, An outstanding Chief Petty Officer acts for command-wide effectiveness.
An outstanding Chief Petty Officer insists on full job responsibility.
What kind of anchors does a Chief wear? - correct answer Kedging anchor
Used by the USS Constitution in an escape maneuver called "kedging" to escape 5
British ships in 1812.
What does the USN stand for on the chiefs anchors? - correct answer Unity, Service,
Navigation
What do you bring to the Chiefs Mess? - correct answer Myself. My own perspective
and personal experiences.
Who is this training about? - correct answer It's not about me, it's about them. My
sailors, my officers, and my family. It's all about them.
What day is it? - correct answer The happiest day of me bloomin life!
Is a CPO Selectee ignorant? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, but I am NOT
stupid. Ignorance can be corrected. Stupidity cannot be corrected.
Does a CPO Selectee make mistakes? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, a chief
petty officer selectee makes mistakes, but learns from their mistakes and strives to
not repeat them.
Does a CPO selectee perform menial tasks? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, a
chief petty officer selectee loves to perform the scummiest, lowest, and most useless
tasks as possible.
"Give me an attitude check!" - correct answer This is the happiest day of my life!
"Give me a positive attitude check!" - correct answer This is positively the happiest
day of my life!
"Give me a negative attitude check!" - correct answer I'll be sorry to see this day end!
"Give me a short attitude check!" - correct answer Great day!
Response when asked a question you do not know the answer to. - correct answer
"Not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy, I hesitate to articulate for fear
I may deviate from the true course of rectitude."
Who is the only Admiral of the Navy? - correct answer Admiral George Dewey
Ahoy - correct answer Old traditional greeting for hailing other vessels was originally
a Viking battle cry.
Bamboozle - correct answer When you intentionally deceive someone.
Correct Answers Graded A+ 2025
How to properly depart a Chief's Mess - correct answer "Chief Select **YOUR
NAME** respectfully requests permission to depart the hallowed halls of the CPO
Mess. I have greatly enjoyed and benefitted from this training session and I look
forward with eager anticipation to the next block of training next Day/Week. Same
time, same place, same selectee, only smarter."
Proper response when asked "What time is it?" - correct answer "Due to the
fallacious nature of my chronometer and the inability of my cerebrum to function in
the manner of an August Chief Petty Officer, I am unable to ascertain the correct
military time to a punctilious degree. However, it is my firm conviction that the correct
local time is...."
Proper response when asked "How long have you been in the Navy?" - correct
answer "All me bloomin life. Me mother was a mermaid, me father was King
Neptune. I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep.
Seaweed and barnacle is me clothes. The hair on me head is hemp, every tooth in
me head is a marlinspike, every bone in me body's a spar, and when I spits, I spits
tar. I's hard, I is, I am, I are!!"
Proper response when asked "How high is up?" - correct answer "Up is equal to the
amplitude, but in the opposite direction to the deep of down, and its magnitude is
often delineated in such phrases as "up your nose, up your posterior, and your all
hosed up", Chief!"
Proper response when asked "How old are you?" - correct answer "I am not any age
because I have not been born yet. When I am born, it will be the happiest day of my
life."
Proper response when asked "What is the lowest thing on earth?" - correct answer
"A CPO Selectee is the lowest thing on earth. They are lower than a whale's night
soil that resides on the bottom of the ocean."
Proper response when asked "How high is up, in 4 words?" - correct answer "Twice,
half the distance."
What makes an Outstanding Chief Petty Officer? - correct answer An outstanding
Chief Petty Officer takes initiative in the absence of orders.
An outstanding Chief Petty Officer takes repeated actions to overcome obstacles.
, An outstanding Chief Petty Officer acts for command-wide effectiveness.
An outstanding Chief Petty Officer insists on full job responsibility.
What kind of anchors does a Chief wear? - correct answer Kedging anchor
Used by the USS Constitution in an escape maneuver called "kedging" to escape 5
British ships in 1812.
What does the USN stand for on the chiefs anchors? - correct answer Unity, Service,
Navigation
What do you bring to the Chiefs Mess? - correct answer Myself. My own perspective
and personal experiences.
Who is this training about? - correct answer It's not about me, it's about them. My
sailors, my officers, and my family. It's all about them.
What day is it? - correct answer The happiest day of me bloomin life!
Is a CPO Selectee ignorant? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, but I am NOT
stupid. Ignorance can be corrected. Stupidity cannot be corrected.
Does a CPO Selectee make mistakes? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, a chief
petty officer selectee makes mistakes, but learns from their mistakes and strives to
not repeat them.
Does a CPO selectee perform menial tasks? - correct answer Yes INSERT TITLE, a
chief petty officer selectee loves to perform the scummiest, lowest, and most useless
tasks as possible.
"Give me an attitude check!" - correct answer This is the happiest day of my life!
"Give me a positive attitude check!" - correct answer This is positively the happiest
day of my life!
"Give me a negative attitude check!" - correct answer I'll be sorry to see this day end!
"Give me a short attitude check!" - correct answer Great day!
Response when asked a question you do not know the answer to. - correct answer
"Not being informed to the highest degree of accuracy, I hesitate to articulate for fear
I may deviate from the true course of rectitude."
Who is the only Admiral of the Navy? - correct answer Admiral George Dewey
Ahoy - correct answer Old traditional greeting for hailing other vessels was originally
a Viking battle cry.
Bamboozle - correct answer When you intentionally deceive someone.
