DC Exam – Latest 2025/2026 Exam Prep &
Practice Questions
Casualty - correct answerloss of life, severe damage, jeopardize ship integrity and
stability
Rapid response - correct answerdirectly goes to see without FFE to provide initial
casualty response
- Sends repair party from repair locker/ DCRS
CO Role - correct answersafety of ship and lives of the crew
XO Role - correct answer- Damage Control Training Team (DCTT)
- Owns training of DC Organization
- Final approver for DCPO
Duty Fire Marshall - correct answerassists the DCA with daily fire prevention, material
conditions, and training
Rescue and Assistance - correct answerhave a watch bill that has these teams to help
out other ships
HCO - correct answercommunicates with pilot, coordinates landing w Bridge
Crash/Salvage Team (Air Ops Dept)
Conditions - correct answer- we stay at COND3
- GQ can relieve OOD bc everyone has their specific spot during GQ
--> Regular battle stations
COND2 DC: repair locker watch bill
Inport Control Org - correct answerCDO > EDO (does not turn over to anyone if late
night major casualty) > Rapid Response
Inport Rapid Response - correct answerDuty Fire Marshall, DC, Electrician, advanced
DC person
Locker Reqs - correct answerLocker leader, on scene leader, 2 investigators, repair
electrician, plotter, phone talker (to EDO/DCA), messenger, closure/boundary
Repair Lockers - correct answer- Repair 5: main space/engine room (Middle)
Engineers, deck people
- Repair 2: Forward casualties
,- Repair 3: aft casualties
UW Battle Org - correct answerOOD > EOOW > DCA (turns over to DCA when shit hits
fan) > Rapid Response
UW Rapid Response - correct answerShip's DCC, EMC, DC1 (best DC man)
Battle Dress - correct answerCoverall, flash hood, buttons buttoned, pants tucked in,
flash gloves
Cannot fight fires in gray hood
FFE - correct answerhelmet, flash hood, FF gloves, fpg, boots
Proximity Suit - correct answer- 2 piece Kevlar aluminized to reflect heat
- Save pilots from burning aircraft
Air Supplying - correct answerprovides air from outside source instead of removing
contaminants
- SCBA/ SAR
Air Purifying - correct answer- cleans the bad air
use MCU2P
Air Cylinder Limits - correct answerHP 4500psi
LP 2216psi
EEBD - correct answer10 mins of O2, smoke protection
10 years shelf life
10 seconds to get it on
Follow the yellow: pop yellow tab, yellow neck strap, yellow mouthpiece, yellow nose
clip
Blue = Training; Orange = Actual
Emergency Escape Breathing Device
EEBD Allowance - correct answerShips = 150%
Embarked Personnel = 100%
Berthing space = 100%
Eng Spaces = 200%
Casualty Power - correct answerNOT intended to supply power to all electrical
equipment on ship
- repair party personnel to quickly respond to a damaged electrical system
- provide temporary emergency power to equipment vital to ship
- preservation of watertight integrity, simplicity, flexibility, interchangeability of parts
, CP Examples - correct answerExternal Comms, fire pump controllers, CIWS, interior
comms, lighting system, power panels (propulsion), AFF, steering
Portable Cables Phase ID - correct answerA Phase: 1 ring
B Phase: 2 ring
C Phase: 3 ring
Bulkhead Terminals - correct answerpermanently installed in watertight bulkheads
- Permits circuit connection through bulkhead without removing watertight integrity
Riser - correct answerconsists of two riser terminals connected by permanently installed
cable; same function between decks
Switchboard Terminals - correct answerportable cables can be connected at these
points to obtain power from or supply power to Bus Bars
Casualty Power Circuit Breakers - correct answerinstalled at switchboards and load
centers to de-energize the switchboard casualty power terminals
Rigging CP - correct answerLOAD to SOURCE = horizontal cables; riser at load →
switchboard
- CO grants permission to rig and energize casualty power
- CHENG will designate source switchboard and riser
Safety CP - correct answer- NSTM 300 = electrical safety reqs
- Proper PPE, coordination/comms with engineering, DC, local parties
- De-Energize!!
PKP Extinguisher - correct answer(Bravo fires)
18/27 pounds
Inhibits chemical chain rxn
CO2 Extinguisher - correct answer(Charlie)
15 pounds
AFFF Extinguisher - correct answer(Bravo)
Has inline eductor
28 pounds
Naval FF Thermal Imager (NFTI) - correct answerLocate seat of fire in smoke filled or
dark spaces
P100 Portable Emergency Pump - correct answerDiesel/centrifugal (100 gpm)
Perijet Eductor - correct answerjet type pump (viscous fluids with small matter)
Practice Questions
Casualty - correct answerloss of life, severe damage, jeopardize ship integrity and
stability
Rapid response - correct answerdirectly goes to see without FFE to provide initial
casualty response
- Sends repair party from repair locker/ DCRS
CO Role - correct answersafety of ship and lives of the crew
XO Role - correct answer- Damage Control Training Team (DCTT)
- Owns training of DC Organization
- Final approver for DCPO
Duty Fire Marshall - correct answerassists the DCA with daily fire prevention, material
conditions, and training
Rescue and Assistance - correct answerhave a watch bill that has these teams to help
out other ships
HCO - correct answercommunicates with pilot, coordinates landing w Bridge
Crash/Salvage Team (Air Ops Dept)
Conditions - correct answer- we stay at COND3
- GQ can relieve OOD bc everyone has their specific spot during GQ
--> Regular battle stations
COND2 DC: repair locker watch bill
Inport Control Org - correct answerCDO > EDO (does not turn over to anyone if late
night major casualty) > Rapid Response
Inport Rapid Response - correct answerDuty Fire Marshall, DC, Electrician, advanced
DC person
Locker Reqs - correct answerLocker leader, on scene leader, 2 investigators, repair
electrician, plotter, phone talker (to EDO/DCA), messenger, closure/boundary
Repair Lockers - correct answer- Repair 5: main space/engine room (Middle)
Engineers, deck people
- Repair 2: Forward casualties
,- Repair 3: aft casualties
UW Battle Org - correct answerOOD > EOOW > DCA (turns over to DCA when shit hits
fan) > Rapid Response
UW Rapid Response - correct answerShip's DCC, EMC, DC1 (best DC man)
Battle Dress - correct answerCoverall, flash hood, buttons buttoned, pants tucked in,
flash gloves
Cannot fight fires in gray hood
FFE - correct answerhelmet, flash hood, FF gloves, fpg, boots
Proximity Suit - correct answer- 2 piece Kevlar aluminized to reflect heat
- Save pilots from burning aircraft
Air Supplying - correct answerprovides air from outside source instead of removing
contaminants
- SCBA/ SAR
Air Purifying - correct answer- cleans the bad air
use MCU2P
Air Cylinder Limits - correct answerHP 4500psi
LP 2216psi
EEBD - correct answer10 mins of O2, smoke protection
10 years shelf life
10 seconds to get it on
Follow the yellow: pop yellow tab, yellow neck strap, yellow mouthpiece, yellow nose
clip
Blue = Training; Orange = Actual
Emergency Escape Breathing Device
EEBD Allowance - correct answerShips = 150%
Embarked Personnel = 100%
Berthing space = 100%
Eng Spaces = 200%
Casualty Power - correct answerNOT intended to supply power to all electrical
equipment on ship
- repair party personnel to quickly respond to a damaged electrical system
- provide temporary emergency power to equipment vital to ship
- preservation of watertight integrity, simplicity, flexibility, interchangeability of parts
, CP Examples - correct answerExternal Comms, fire pump controllers, CIWS, interior
comms, lighting system, power panels (propulsion), AFF, steering
Portable Cables Phase ID - correct answerA Phase: 1 ring
B Phase: 2 ring
C Phase: 3 ring
Bulkhead Terminals - correct answerpermanently installed in watertight bulkheads
- Permits circuit connection through bulkhead without removing watertight integrity
Riser - correct answerconsists of two riser terminals connected by permanently installed
cable; same function between decks
Switchboard Terminals - correct answerportable cables can be connected at these
points to obtain power from or supply power to Bus Bars
Casualty Power Circuit Breakers - correct answerinstalled at switchboards and load
centers to de-energize the switchboard casualty power terminals
Rigging CP - correct answerLOAD to SOURCE = horizontal cables; riser at load →
switchboard
- CO grants permission to rig and energize casualty power
- CHENG will designate source switchboard and riser
Safety CP - correct answer- NSTM 300 = electrical safety reqs
- Proper PPE, coordination/comms with engineering, DC, local parties
- De-Energize!!
PKP Extinguisher - correct answer(Bravo fires)
18/27 pounds
Inhibits chemical chain rxn
CO2 Extinguisher - correct answer(Charlie)
15 pounds
AFFF Extinguisher - correct answer(Bravo)
Has inline eductor
28 pounds
Naval FF Thermal Imager (NFTI) - correct answerLocate seat of fire in smoke filled or
dark spaces
P100 Portable Emergency Pump - correct answerDiesel/centrifugal (100 gpm)
Perijet Eductor - correct answerjet type pump (viscous fluids with small matter)
