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AO ADVANCEMENT EXAM STUDY
GUIDE BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. Aboard ship, who assembles rocket components for current
operations? - correct answer -Weapons department
ordnancemen
2. What motor is used with the 5.0-inch FFARs? - correct answer
-The Mk 71 motor
3. How are aircraft rocket launchers classified? - correct answer -
As either 2.75 inch or 5.0 inch, and as reusable or nonreusable
4. What section of the rocket launcher houses or supports all
other components of the launcher? - correct answer -The
center section
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5. What consists of a shock pan assembly, a shock pan cover
assembly, and/or locking ring assembly? - correct answer -The
shipping ends
6. Why are RF barriers used on 2.75-inch aircraft rocket
launchers (pods)? - correct answer -To prevent the entry of
electromagnetic radiation into the rocket igniter circuit
7. What is the purpose of the barrier on the aft end of the pods? -
correct answer -It prevents exposure of the igniter lead contact
8. What components are common to rocket launcher packages? -
correct answer -Fairings, breaker switch, mode selector switch,
and intervalometer
9. What component is made from an impregnated molded fiber
designed with a waffle or grenade type structure that shatters
readily upon rocket impact or from a blast? - correct answer -
Frangible fairings
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10. Why does the base section of the tail fairing for the LAU-10
(series) remain on the launcher after a rocket blast? - correct
answer -To act as a choke or funnel to direct debris away from
the aircarft
11. What device, found on all rocket launchers, prevents loaded
rockets from firing? - correct answer -A breaker switch
12. Where is the breaker switch usually located? - correct
answer -On the top of the center section of the launcher
between the aft end and the aft electrical receptacle
13. When should the detent pin, in the rocket launcher safe/arm
device, be removed? - correct answer -Immediately before the
aircraft takes off (install it immediately after the aircraft lands)
14. Where is the mode selector switch located? - correct answer
-In the aft bulkhead of the launcher
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15. Where is the intervalometer, for the LAU-10 (series) pods,
located? - correct answer -In the forward bulkhead of the
center section
16. How does the intervalometer fire rockets if the mode selector
switch in the 19-shot pod is in the SINGLE fire position? -
correct answer -It fires the rockets in pairs
17. When should the intervalometer, for the 2.75-inch pod, be
manually rotated through the numbered positions? - correct
answer -Only when checking an empty pod
18. What is the weight range, depending on configuration, of a
fully loaded LAU-10 rocket launcher? - correct answer -From
500 to 550 pounds
19. How are the rockets retained in the LAU-10 (series) launcher
tubes during shipping, handling, and flight? - correct answer -
By engagement of a spring-loaded detent pawl in the rocket
detent groove
AO ADVANCEMENT EXAM STUDY
GUIDE BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
1. Aboard ship, who assembles rocket components for current
operations? - correct answer -Weapons department
ordnancemen
2. What motor is used with the 5.0-inch FFARs? - correct answer
-The Mk 71 motor
3. How are aircraft rocket launchers classified? - correct answer -
As either 2.75 inch or 5.0 inch, and as reusable or nonreusable
4. What section of the rocket launcher houses or supports all
other components of the launcher? - correct answer -The
center section
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5. What consists of a shock pan assembly, a shock pan cover
assembly, and/or locking ring assembly? - correct answer -The
shipping ends
6. Why are RF barriers used on 2.75-inch aircraft rocket
launchers (pods)? - correct answer -To prevent the entry of
electromagnetic radiation into the rocket igniter circuit
7. What is the purpose of the barrier on the aft end of the pods? -
correct answer -It prevents exposure of the igniter lead contact
8. What components are common to rocket launcher packages? -
correct answer -Fairings, breaker switch, mode selector switch,
and intervalometer
9. What component is made from an impregnated molded fiber
designed with a waffle or grenade type structure that shatters
readily upon rocket impact or from a blast? - correct answer -
Frangible fairings
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10. Why does the base section of the tail fairing for the LAU-10
(series) remain on the launcher after a rocket blast? - correct
answer -To act as a choke or funnel to direct debris away from
the aircarft
11. What device, found on all rocket launchers, prevents loaded
rockets from firing? - correct answer -A breaker switch
12. Where is the breaker switch usually located? - correct
answer -On the top of the center section of the launcher
between the aft end and the aft electrical receptacle
13. When should the detent pin, in the rocket launcher safe/arm
device, be removed? - correct answer -Immediately before the
aircraft takes off (install it immediately after the aircraft lands)
14. Where is the mode selector switch located? - correct answer
-In the aft bulkhead of the launcher
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15. Where is the intervalometer, for the LAU-10 (series) pods,
located? - correct answer -In the forward bulkhead of the
center section
16. How does the intervalometer fire rockets if the mode selector
switch in the 19-shot pod is in the SINGLE fire position? -
correct answer -It fires the rockets in pairs
17. When should the intervalometer, for the 2.75-inch pod, be
manually rotated through the numbered positions? - correct
answer -Only when checking an empty pod
18. What is the weight range, depending on configuration, of a
fully loaded LAU-10 rocket launcher? - correct answer -From
500 to 550 pounds
19. How are the rockets retained in the LAU-10 (series) launcher
tubes during shipping, handling, and flight? - correct answer -
By engagement of a spring-loaded detent pawl in the rocket
detent groove
