NAVY ODS EXAM 208 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ What are the barriers to navigating stress? Answer: Believing
everyone is the same, believing that stress problems are only
experienced by the weak, harm to career, intolerance for weakness
of any kind, intolerance or fear of those different from oneself
◉ Describe each phase of the stress continuum model. Answer:
Ready (effective communication, emotionally and physically
healthy), reacting (irritable and pessimistic), injures (sleeplessness
and self medicating, social isolation), and ill (constant and disabling
distress, depression, severe anxiety)
◉ What does DAPA stand for? Answer: Drug and Alcohol Program
Advisor
◉ What does SARP stand for? Answer: Substance Abuse
Rehabilitation Program
◉ What does NADAP stand for? Answer: Navy Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Prevention
,◉ What is the NADAP instruction number? Answer: OPNAVIST
5340.4D
◉ What does ARI stand for? Answer: Alcohol Related Incident
◉ Who are qualified self-referral agents outside the command?
Answer: Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor, DoD Medical Personnel,
Fleet and Family Support Center Counselors
◉ Who are qualified self-referral agents inside the command?
Answer: Command Master Chief (CMC), Command DAPA, executive
officer (XO), Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge
◉ Which regulation covers uniform regulations? Answer: NAVPERS
15665I
◉ What is mutilation? Answer: The intentional radical alteration of
the body, head, face or skin for the purpose of and or resulting in an
abnormal appearance
◉ When should a cap/cover be worn? Answer: When in a vehicle or
on base, outdoors on base, indoors when on duty, during
invocation/benediction ceremony
, ◉ The PTU is designed primarily for group/unit physical training
activities and the semi-annual Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA). It
can be worn on base for fitness and/or leisure but should not be
worn off base unless determined otherwise by regional coordinators
or commanding officers. True or False? Answer: False
◉ PTU shirts can be worn in or outside of shorts during individual
PT time? Answer: True
◉ What determines the permissibility of tattoos? Answer: Size,
location, cosmetics and content (NOT NUMBER!)
◉ What actions are not permissible while in uniform? Answer:
Attend a demonstration or political event, have anything bulging
from pockets, walking while eating
◉ What are some unauthorized grooming actions? Answer: Hair
that has been cut with distinct lines, hair that is extremely
asymmetrical, multicolored hair, faddish styles
◉ What color brassieres are authorizes for women? Answer: White
and skintone
◉ What are the uniform earring regulations for women? Answer:
Enlisted servicewomen wear silver ball 4-6 mm while servicewomen
STUDY GUIDE 2026 ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ What are the barriers to navigating stress? Answer: Believing
everyone is the same, believing that stress problems are only
experienced by the weak, harm to career, intolerance for weakness
of any kind, intolerance or fear of those different from oneself
◉ Describe each phase of the stress continuum model. Answer:
Ready (effective communication, emotionally and physically
healthy), reacting (irritable and pessimistic), injures (sleeplessness
and self medicating, social isolation), and ill (constant and disabling
distress, depression, severe anxiety)
◉ What does DAPA stand for? Answer: Drug and Alcohol Program
Advisor
◉ What does SARP stand for? Answer: Substance Abuse
Rehabilitation Program
◉ What does NADAP stand for? Answer: Navy Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Prevention
,◉ What is the NADAP instruction number? Answer: OPNAVIST
5340.4D
◉ What does ARI stand for? Answer: Alcohol Related Incident
◉ Who are qualified self-referral agents outside the command?
Answer: Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor, DoD Medical Personnel,
Fleet and Family Support Center Counselors
◉ Who are qualified self-referral agents inside the command?
Answer: Command Master Chief (CMC), Command DAPA, executive
officer (XO), Commanding Officer/Officer in Charge
◉ Which regulation covers uniform regulations? Answer: NAVPERS
15665I
◉ What is mutilation? Answer: The intentional radical alteration of
the body, head, face or skin for the purpose of and or resulting in an
abnormal appearance
◉ When should a cap/cover be worn? Answer: When in a vehicle or
on base, outdoors on base, indoors when on duty, during
invocation/benediction ceremony
, ◉ The PTU is designed primarily for group/unit physical training
activities and the semi-annual Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA). It
can be worn on base for fitness and/or leisure but should not be
worn off base unless determined otherwise by regional coordinators
or commanding officers. True or False? Answer: False
◉ PTU shirts can be worn in or outside of shorts during individual
PT time? Answer: True
◉ What determines the permissibility of tattoos? Answer: Size,
location, cosmetics and content (NOT NUMBER!)
◉ What actions are not permissible while in uniform? Answer:
Attend a demonstration or political event, have anything bulging
from pockets, walking while eating
◉ What are some unauthorized grooming actions? Answer: Hair
that has been cut with distinct lines, hair that is extremely
asymmetrical, multicolored hair, faddish styles
◉ What color brassieres are authorizes for women? Answer: White
and skintone
◉ What are the uniform earring regulations for women? Answer:
Enlisted servicewomen wear silver ball 4-6 mm while servicewomen
