RANGE SAFETY OIC RSO FINAL EXAM PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ RCO. Answer: Responsible for all range safety matters and
provides coordination of ranges in the installation complex
◉ OIC. Answer: Responsible and accountable for conduct of the
exercise and ensuring participants follow safety regulations
◉ RSO. Answer: Responsible for range safety for the exercise
◉ LRSO. Answer: Responsible for laser range safety for exercises
involving lasers
◉ Land. Answer: The land area of a range for live-fire and maneuver
includes start and cease-fire lines, target areas, and impact areas.
◉ Airspace. Answer: refers to any one of several types of controlled
and uncontrolled airspace required to support range operations.
Airspace over a range may include restricted areas, warning areas,
military operations, and air traffic controlled assigned airspace.
,◉ Waterways. Answer: The range boundaries may include navigable
inland waterways such as rivers or lakes. Sea space is the operating
area necessary to contain live-fire and support ship to shore
training.
◉ Dedicated impact areas. Answer: An impact area is a designated
area within the limits of a range.
◉ Dedicated Impact Areas are associated with:. Answer: non-
sensitive ammunition and explosives.
◉ Size of dedicated impact area. Answer: usually a large piece of
land that several ranges fire into.
◉ What is a dedicated impact area reserved for. Answer: the impact
and fragmentation of launched or fired ammunition and explosives
◉ Dedicated Impact area can contain what other impact area.
Answer: high-hazard
◉ Impact Area. Answer: The purpose of an impact area is to contain
all hazards associated with the ordnance being fired
, ◉ High-hazard impact. Answer: areas that are permanently
designed to contain sensitive ammunition and explosives
◉ Why are high-hazard impact areas dangerous. Answer: they
contain high explosives and sensitive unexploded ordinance
◉ True/False: Never enter a high-hazard impact area without
permission from range control. Answer: True
◉ Ordnance fired into high-hazard impact areas. Answer: Cluster
bombs, artillery rounds, mortar rounds, high-explosive grenades,
missiles
◉ Access Restricted. Answer: fences, barricades, signs, guards or a
combination of these types of positive controls are used to protect
unauthorized personnel
◉ Temporary Impact Area. Answer: normally for small arms or non-
dud producing ammunition. This type of impact exists only for the
length of an exercise.
◉ After Use of temporary impact area. Answer: After an exercise, the
temporary impact area should be capable of being cleared and
returned to the original state.
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ RCO. Answer: Responsible for all range safety matters and
provides coordination of ranges in the installation complex
◉ OIC. Answer: Responsible and accountable for conduct of the
exercise and ensuring participants follow safety regulations
◉ RSO. Answer: Responsible for range safety for the exercise
◉ LRSO. Answer: Responsible for laser range safety for exercises
involving lasers
◉ Land. Answer: The land area of a range for live-fire and maneuver
includes start and cease-fire lines, target areas, and impact areas.
◉ Airspace. Answer: refers to any one of several types of controlled
and uncontrolled airspace required to support range operations.
Airspace over a range may include restricted areas, warning areas,
military operations, and air traffic controlled assigned airspace.
,◉ Waterways. Answer: The range boundaries may include navigable
inland waterways such as rivers or lakes. Sea space is the operating
area necessary to contain live-fire and support ship to shore
training.
◉ Dedicated impact areas. Answer: An impact area is a designated
area within the limits of a range.
◉ Dedicated Impact Areas are associated with:. Answer: non-
sensitive ammunition and explosives.
◉ Size of dedicated impact area. Answer: usually a large piece of
land that several ranges fire into.
◉ What is a dedicated impact area reserved for. Answer: the impact
and fragmentation of launched or fired ammunition and explosives
◉ Dedicated Impact area can contain what other impact area.
Answer: high-hazard
◉ Impact Area. Answer: The purpose of an impact area is to contain
all hazards associated with the ordnance being fired
, ◉ High-hazard impact. Answer: areas that are permanently
designed to contain sensitive ammunition and explosives
◉ Why are high-hazard impact areas dangerous. Answer: they
contain high explosives and sensitive unexploded ordinance
◉ True/False: Never enter a high-hazard impact area without
permission from range control. Answer: True
◉ Ordnance fired into high-hazard impact areas. Answer: Cluster
bombs, artillery rounds, mortar rounds, high-explosive grenades,
missiles
◉ Access Restricted. Answer: fences, barricades, signs, guards or a
combination of these types of positive controls are used to protect
unauthorized personnel
◉ Temporary Impact Area. Answer: normally for small arms or non-
dud producing ammunition. This type of impact exists only for the
length of an exercise.
◉ After Use of temporary impact area. Answer: After an exercise, the
temporary impact area should be capable of being cleared and
returned to the original state.
