FMF Practice Test Core questions with verified detailed solutions
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What is ORM? - ✔✔It is a decision making tool used by people at all levels to increase our
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ability to make informed decisions and minimize ricks to acceptable levels.
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Are technical bulletins containing information about materials, such as composition,
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chemical and physical characteristics, health and safety hazard, and precautions for safe
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handling and use. - ✔✔MSDS || || || ||
The first Marine landing took place during the Revolutionary War. Marines invaded New
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Providence Island in the Bahamas and seized guns and supplies. The uniform of the day had
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a stiff leather stock that was worn around the neck, thus the nickname "Leatherneck"
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became. What year did all of this take place? - ✔✔1776
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Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma on the "Shore of Tripoli." Marines
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raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in the Eastern Hemisphere. What year did this
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all take place? - ✔✔1805
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Under who's command did the Marines storm the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry to
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put down an attempted slave revolt lead by abolitionist John Brown? - ✔✔Colonel Robert E.
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Lee, U.S. Army || ||
In 1913 the Marine Corps established its aviation unit. Who was the first pilot? - ✔✔Major
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Alfred A. Cunningham || ||
The French Fourragere was awarded to Marines who participated in eight distinct operations
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in France in what year? - ✔✔1917
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, In what year did the Marines land in the Dominican Republic to evacuate and protect U.S.
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citizens? - ✔✔1965 || ||
Marines deployed to where in 1982 as part of a multinational peacekeeping force in an effort
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to restore peace and order to the war-torn country? - ✔✔Lebanon
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On what date did a suicide truck bomb attack the HQs building killing 241 Americans and
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wounding 70 others and what date did the last unit withdraw from Lebanon? - ✔✔23 October
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1983; July 1984 || ||
What date did 1st MARDIV land on the beaches of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and
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launched the first United States land offensive of WW2? - ✔✔07 August 1942
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During the Battle of Guadalcanal, amphibious landings followed on the remaining Solomon
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Islands. What were the names? - ✔✔Bougainville, Choiseul (Feint), and New Georgia
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This battle took place because of the need for airfields by the Air Force and advanced bases
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for the Navy. - ✔✔The Battle of Mariana Islands
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Led a combined invasion force of Marines and soldiers that totaled over 136,000. It was the
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greatest number of troops up to that time to operate in the field under a Marine command. -
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✔✔Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith || || || ||
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place on what date? - ✔✔19 February 1945
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How many casualties were there at the Battle of Iwo Jima? - ✔✔23,300
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During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, how many enemy divisions did the Marines smash on
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their march from Chosin Reservoir? - ✔✔7
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What is ORM? - ✔✔It is a decision making tool used by people at all levels to increase our
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ability to make informed decisions and minimize ricks to acceptable levels.
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Are technical bulletins containing information about materials, such as composition,
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chemical and physical characteristics, health and safety hazard, and precautions for safe
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handling and use. - ✔✔MSDS || || || ||
The first Marine landing took place during the Revolutionary War. Marines invaded New
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Providence Island in the Bahamas and seized guns and supplies. The uniform of the day had
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a stiff leather stock that was worn around the neck, thus the nickname "Leatherneck"
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became. What year did all of this take place? - ✔✔1776
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Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma on the "Shore of Tripoli." Marines
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raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in the Eastern Hemisphere. What year did this
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all take place? - ✔✔1805
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Under who's command did the Marines storm the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry to
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put down an attempted slave revolt lead by abolitionist John Brown? - ✔✔Colonel Robert E.
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Lee, U.S. Army || ||
In 1913 the Marine Corps established its aviation unit. Who was the first pilot? - ✔✔Major
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Alfred A. Cunningham || ||
The French Fourragere was awarded to Marines who participated in eight distinct operations
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in France in what year? - ✔✔1917
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, In what year did the Marines land in the Dominican Republic to evacuate and protect U.S.
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citizens? - ✔✔1965 || ||
Marines deployed to where in 1982 as part of a multinational peacekeeping force in an effort
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to restore peace and order to the war-torn country? - ✔✔Lebanon
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On what date did a suicide truck bomb attack the HQs building killing 241 Americans and
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wounding 70 others and what date did the last unit withdraw from Lebanon? - ✔✔23 October
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1983; July 1984 || ||
What date did 1st MARDIV land on the beaches of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands and
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launched the first United States land offensive of WW2? - ✔✔07 August 1942
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During the Battle of Guadalcanal, amphibious landings followed on the remaining Solomon
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Islands. What were the names? - ✔✔Bougainville, Choiseul (Feint), and New Georgia
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This battle took place because of the need for airfields by the Air Force and advanced bases
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for the Navy. - ✔✔The Battle of Mariana Islands
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Led a combined invasion force of Marines and soldiers that totaled over 136,000. It was the
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greatest number of troops up to that time to operate in the field under a Marine command. -
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✔✔Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith || || || ||
The Battle of Iwo Jima took place on what date? - ✔✔19 February 1945
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How many casualties were there at the Battle of Iwo Jima? - ✔✔23,300
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During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, how many enemy divisions did the Marines smash on
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their march from Chosin Reservoir? - ✔✔7
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