Munitions items such as guns, rockets, missiles, and flare dispensers pose which of the primary hazards of explosives?
Initiation
Sensitivity
Fragmentation
Forward-firing munitions
When, if ever, are you, as a 2W151/aircraft armament system specialist, authorized to disassemble explosive components?
Never
When authorized by the technical order
When authorized by a maintenance operating instruction
When your supervisor is present and it is authorized by the technical order
Which items cannot be permitted in a storage magazine containing explosives?
Dunnage
Hand-held flashlights
Open containers of explosives
Clothing made from cotton
During explosions operations, personnel who need to remove outer garments
Must remove the garments and continue working
May step out of the immediate area, remove the garment, and reenter
May step out of the immediate area, remove the garment, ground themselves and reenter
may remove them anywhere, provided they ground themselves first before recommencing work
What are explosive limits based on?
Quantity-distance separation criteria only
Quantity of explosives sufficient for the operation only
Quantity of explosives sufficient for the operation and their transportation mode
Quantity of explosives sufficient for the operation and quantity-distance separation criteria
The ammunition and explosives hazard classes are subdivided into division based on
Ammunition and/or explosive item weight
Ammunition and/or explosive item volume
The specific sensitivity of the hazardous item
The nature of the hazard and its potential for injury or damage
Which division of explosive hazard class 1 contain nuclear weapons?
1
2
3
4
Which division of explosive hazard class 1 contains items that produce fire that burn vigorously and are difficult to put out?
Which explosive hazard class 1 division includes items that present a fire hazard but no blast hazard?
What dot he four fire division symbols represent or indicate?
The hazards explosives present
The different fire extinguishers needed
How well the storage building is ventilated
How far the explosives are required to be kept apart
Which hazard symbols or signs are used to identify operating buildings and storage facilities containing pyrotechnic and chemical munitions or agents and other hazardous materials?
Fire division symbols
Chemical hazard symbols
Material safety warning signs
Explosive hazard class symbols
When are fire division symbols posted on or near non-nuclear explosive locations?
Before storing explosives
Before transporting the explosives
At the time the explosives are stored
At the time the explosives are transported
What precaution, if any, must personnel who work with toxic chemicals take before smoking?
They must wash their hands
No precautions are necessary
they must use only electric lighters
They must wear gloves while smoking
What is the minimum withdrawal distance for all non-essential personnel if munitions posted with a fire symbol 2 are involved in a fire?
4000 feet
2500 feet
3000 feet
250 feet
The cardinal principle in conducting any explosive operation concerning personnel limits is to expose the:
Minimum number of people to the maximum quantity of explosives for the minimum period
Maximum number of people to the maximum quantity of explosives for the maximum period
Minimum number of people to the minimum quantity of explosives for the maximum period
Minimum number of people to the minimum quantity of explosives for the minimum period
Select which of the following materials produce a high amount of static electricity
Wool
Plastic
Silk
Polyester
Explosives and ammunition are include in what class?
The ammunition and explosive hazard classes are subdivided into divisions based on the nature of hazard and its potential for injury or damage.
What explosive hazard class 1 division are considered to be items whose principal hazards are fragment and blasts?
What explosive hazard class 1 division includes ammunition, impulse cartridges, safety fuses, and fuse lighters.
In regards to fire division symbols, the hazard associated with each increases as the fire symbol number decreases.
Which fire symbol number deals with mass detonation?
Stop sign
Cross
Triangle
Diamond
Which fire symbol deals with Explosion with fragments
Which fire symbol deals with mass fire?
Which fire symbols deals with moderate fire?
Who approves smoking near explosive areas?
Quality assurance
Commander
Weapons NCOIC
Nobody
Who approves the kind of flashlights used in a facility that contains explosives or flammable vapors?
Base Commander
Quality Assurance
Wing Weapons NCOIC
United States Bureau of Mines (USBM)
How far away must you keep equipment from explosives if it is not directly involved with operations?
25 feet
50 feet
75 feet
100 feet
If your equipment runs out of fuel, how far must it be away from the explosives to refuel?
