OSC SWE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
"Released by" line is located where in a standered message
Correct Answers At the end of the message on the last line
before "BT"
"Teledesic" provides what service Correct Answers "Internet-
in-the-Sky."
(2) Determine the operational or administrative nature of the
What does ZYB after the DTG of message specify? Correct
Answers The message is of an administrative nature
(CG) units will carry out (SAR) missions only after what?
Correct Answers The operational commander has ensured the
unit is properly trained, equipped and ready for the mission.
(GMDSS) consists of what telecommunications sub-systems?
Correct Answers (8) Subsystems-
- DSC (Digital Selective Calling)
- NAVTEX (Navigation Teletex) or Narrow-band Direct-
printing Telegraphy for Transmission
- SITOR (Simplex Teletypewriter Over Radio)
- INMARSAT B (International Maritime Satellite System)
- INMARSAT C (International Maritime Satellite System)
- Radio-Telephone
- Satellite EPIRB (406 MHz)
- SART Search and Rescue Transponder
,10 modern Coast Guard cutters were transferred on Lend-Lease
to Great Britain Correct Answers World War II
1789 Correct Answers Lighthouses built by the colonies were
federalized
1798 Correct Answers Department of the Navy was established
1798 Correct Answers Quasi War
1808 Correct Answers The rate of petty officer became official
1812 Correct Answers War of 1812
1822 Congress created the Correct Answers Timber reserve for
the Navy
1830-1870 Correct Answers The larger passenger vessels
carrying immigrants to the New Jersey and Long Island coasts
were the main focus of search and rescue efforts
1841 Correct Answers Petty officers in the Navy acquire their
first rate insignia when they begin wearing a sleeve device
showing an eagle perched on an anchor. Some wear the device
on the left arm; others wear it on the right arm.
1846 Correct Answers Mexican American War
1861 - 1865 Correct Answers Civil War
,1866 Correct Answers Specialty or rating marks become
official
1867 Correct Answers The purchase of Alaska
1871-1914 Correct Answers Smaller coastal sailing vessels
became the primary search and rescue focal point as innovations
in the shipping industry reduced coastal disasters affecting large
passenger vessels.
1885 Correct Answers The Navy recognizes its three classes of
petty officers: First, Second, and Third.
1886 Correct Answers Petty officers wear rate insignia of
chevrons with the points down under a spread eagle and rating
mark. The eagle faces left instead of right as it presently does.
1887 Correct Answers Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald
H. Horsley, USCG retires in January. He serves on active duty
for 44 years, four months, and 27 days. His career spans three
wars, and sees service on board 34 vessels.
1890 Correct Answers The USRC Wolcott made the first
recorded narcotics seizure
1893 Correct Answers The Navy establishes the Chief Petty
Officer rate and issues the insignia of three chevrons with an arc
and eagle. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class petty officers begin wearing
the present insignia.
1898 Correct Answers Spanish American War
, 1899 Correct Answers Refuse Act
1912 Correct Answers More than 1,500 lives were lost when
the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
and sank
1915 - 1977 Correct Answers Blue water cutters, joined by
flying amphibians and regular trans-Atlantic air traffic in the
1930s, became primary rescue platforms. Ocean stations were
established in the Atlantic and later in the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific.
1915 Correct Answers The Coast Guard comes into existence
when Congress combines the Revenue Cutter Service with the
U.S. Life Saving Service
1917 Correct Answers World War I
1918 Correct Answers Twin sisters Genevieve and Lucille
Baker of the Naval Coastal Defense Reserve become the first
uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard.
1920 Correct Answers The 55th U.S. Congress officially
approved and established the Coast Guard's Chief Petty Officer
grade. Since the Coast Guard adopted the Navy's rate structure,
its chiefs inherited equal status with their Navy counterparts.
1920s Correct Answers "Rum War at Sea".
1940 Correct Answers Pre-war Port Security began
SOLUTIONS
"Released by" line is located where in a standered message
Correct Answers At the end of the message on the last line
before "BT"
"Teledesic" provides what service Correct Answers "Internet-
in-the-Sky."
(2) Determine the operational or administrative nature of the
What does ZYB after the DTG of message specify? Correct
Answers The message is of an administrative nature
(CG) units will carry out (SAR) missions only after what?
Correct Answers The operational commander has ensured the
unit is properly trained, equipped and ready for the mission.
(GMDSS) consists of what telecommunications sub-systems?
Correct Answers (8) Subsystems-
- DSC (Digital Selective Calling)
- NAVTEX (Navigation Teletex) or Narrow-band Direct-
printing Telegraphy for Transmission
- SITOR (Simplex Teletypewriter Over Radio)
- INMARSAT B (International Maritime Satellite System)
- INMARSAT C (International Maritime Satellite System)
- Radio-Telephone
- Satellite EPIRB (406 MHz)
- SART Search and Rescue Transponder
,10 modern Coast Guard cutters were transferred on Lend-Lease
to Great Britain Correct Answers World War II
1789 Correct Answers Lighthouses built by the colonies were
federalized
1798 Correct Answers Department of the Navy was established
1798 Correct Answers Quasi War
1808 Correct Answers The rate of petty officer became official
1812 Correct Answers War of 1812
1822 Congress created the Correct Answers Timber reserve for
the Navy
1830-1870 Correct Answers The larger passenger vessels
carrying immigrants to the New Jersey and Long Island coasts
were the main focus of search and rescue efforts
1841 Correct Answers Petty officers in the Navy acquire their
first rate insignia when they begin wearing a sleeve device
showing an eagle perched on an anchor. Some wear the device
on the left arm; others wear it on the right arm.
1846 Correct Answers Mexican American War
1861 - 1865 Correct Answers Civil War
,1866 Correct Answers Specialty or rating marks become
official
1867 Correct Answers The purchase of Alaska
1871-1914 Correct Answers Smaller coastal sailing vessels
became the primary search and rescue focal point as innovations
in the shipping industry reduced coastal disasters affecting large
passenger vessels.
1885 Correct Answers The Navy recognizes its three classes of
petty officers: First, Second, and Third.
1886 Correct Answers Petty officers wear rate insignia of
chevrons with the points down under a spread eagle and rating
mark. The eagle faces left instead of right as it presently does.
1887 Correct Answers Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald
H. Horsley, USCG retires in January. He serves on active duty
for 44 years, four months, and 27 days. His career spans three
wars, and sees service on board 34 vessels.
1890 Correct Answers The USRC Wolcott made the first
recorded narcotics seizure
1893 Correct Answers The Navy establishes the Chief Petty
Officer rate and issues the insignia of three chevrons with an arc
and eagle. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class petty officers begin wearing
the present insignia.
1898 Correct Answers Spanish American War
, 1899 Correct Answers Refuse Act
1912 Correct Answers More than 1,500 lives were lost when
the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
and sank
1915 - 1977 Correct Answers Blue water cutters, joined by
flying amphibians and regular trans-Atlantic air traffic in the
1930s, became primary rescue platforms. Ocean stations were
established in the Atlantic and later in the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific.
1915 Correct Answers The Coast Guard comes into existence
when Congress combines the Revenue Cutter Service with the
U.S. Life Saving Service
1917 Correct Answers World War I
1918 Correct Answers Twin sisters Genevieve and Lucille
Baker of the Naval Coastal Defense Reserve become the first
uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard.
1920 Correct Answers The 55th U.S. Congress officially
approved and established the Coast Guard's Chief Petty Officer
grade. Since the Coast Guard adopted the Navy's rate structure,
its chiefs inherited equal status with their Navy counterparts.
1920s Correct Answers "Rum War at Sea".
1940 Correct Answers Pre-war Port Security began
