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USNSCC Petty Officer 1st Class PO1
(Complete!) Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
1-1. An element that enables a sea-dependent nation to
project its political, economic, and military
strengths seaward is known as:
1. sea power
2. naval power
3. global strategy
4. national strategy
Ans: 1. sea power
1-2. The true strength of sea power can only be
measured in terms of a nation's ability to use the sea to
further its:
1. national objectives
2. naval power
3. aggression
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4. population
Ans: 1. national objectives
1-3. It is more feasible to send naval forces, in comparison
to other military forces, into crisis areas
for which of the following reasons?
1. The cost is low
2. Naval forces can stay on station indefinitely
3. Naval forces leave behind no physical reminders of
their presence
4. All of the above
Ans: 4. All of the above
1-4. To continue to exist as we know it today, the United
States must have a policy that recognizes its:
1. economy
2. naval strengths
3. national security
4. worldwide commitments
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Ans: 4. worldwide commitments
1-5. What are the three fundamental pillars on which
United States military strategy rests?
1. Maritime superiority, deterrence, and alliance solidarity
2. Control of the seas, deterrence, and forward defense
3. Deterrence, forward defense, and alliance solidarity
4. Forward defense, control of the seas, and alliance
solidarity
Ans: 3. Deterrence, forward defense, and alliance
solidarity
1-6. Which of the following responses could the United
States take in the event of aggression by a potential
enemy?
1. Meet force with force
2. Control the duration of the fighting
3. Increase the intensity of the conflict
4. Each of the above
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Ans: 4. Each of the above
1-7. The Navy has the ability to outlast any aggressor with:
1. a great number of personnel and materials
2. secure sea-lanes
3. a large fleet
4. flexibility
Ans: 2. secure sea-lanes
1-8. In time of emergency the Navy must be able to
venture into harm's way.
1. True
2. False
Ans: 1. True
1-9. Which of the following is NOT a component of the
TRIAD of strategic nuclear forces?
1. Intercontinental ballistic missiles
2. Sea-launched ballistic missiles
Pretest - Stuvia US
USNSCC Petty Officer 1st Class PO1
(Complete!) Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
1-1. An element that enables a sea-dependent nation to
project its political, economic, and military
strengths seaward is known as:
1. sea power
2. naval power
3. global strategy
4. national strategy
Ans: 1. sea power
1-2. The true strength of sea power can only be
measured in terms of a nation's ability to use the sea to
further its:
1. national objectives
2. naval power
3. aggression
Pretest - Stuvia US
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4. population
Ans: 1. national objectives
1-3. It is more feasible to send naval forces, in comparison
to other military forces, into crisis areas
for which of the following reasons?
1. The cost is low
2. Naval forces can stay on station indefinitely
3. Naval forces leave behind no physical reminders of
their presence
4. All of the above
Ans: 4. All of the above
1-4. To continue to exist as we know it today, the United
States must have a policy that recognizes its:
1. economy
2. naval strengths
3. national security
4. worldwide commitments
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Ans: 4. worldwide commitments
1-5. What are the three fundamental pillars on which
United States military strategy rests?
1. Maritime superiority, deterrence, and alliance solidarity
2. Control of the seas, deterrence, and forward defense
3. Deterrence, forward defense, and alliance solidarity
4. Forward defense, control of the seas, and alliance
solidarity
Ans: 3. Deterrence, forward defense, and alliance
solidarity
1-6. Which of the following responses could the United
States take in the event of aggression by a potential
enemy?
1. Meet force with force
2. Control the duration of the fighting
3. Increase the intensity of the conflict
4. Each of the above
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Ans: 4. Each of the above
1-7. The Navy has the ability to outlast any aggressor with:
1. a great number of personnel and materials
2. secure sea-lanes
3. a large fleet
4. flexibility
Ans: 2. secure sea-lanes
1-8. In time of emergency the Navy must be able to
venture into harm's way.
1. True
2. False
Ans: 1. True
1-9. Which of the following is NOT a component of the
TRIAD of strategic nuclear forces?
1. Intercontinental ballistic missiles
2. Sea-launched ballistic missiles
Pretest - Stuvia US
