JFO Pre Test
- Select the night CAS brevity term used by the pilot and required by the controller indicating sighting of the ground position.
- Sparkle
- Visual
- Rope
- Blind
- Identify the purpose of a permissive fire support coordination measure.
- Provide safeguards for friendly troops
- Restrict the use of air defense artillery (ADA) weapons systems
- Restrict the use of certain types of vehicles in a designated area
- Facilitate the attack of targets under given conditions
- Which of the following is an advantage of low-altitude CAS?
- Better communications with the forward air controller
- Reduces detection by enemy radar
- More precise navigation at low-altitude
- Decreased exposure to small-arms fire
- All SAMs are capable of being carried and launched by a single person?
- True
- False
- The safest acquisition for laser employment extends to + or - ____ degrees on either side of the safety zone.
- 20
- 30
- 50
- 60
- Which type of fuze functioning is not applicable within the CAS environment?
- Proximity
- Hydrostatic
- Impact
- Time
- Define the call for fire ship pre-fire report.
- The ship transmits a pre-firing report before firing on a target a spotter identifies in his call for fire
- The ship reports the point of aim ordered by the spotter
- The ship reports the GTL to the spotter using the same north reference and units, degrees or mils, as the spotter used in his call for fire
- The ship reports "ready" followed by the time of flight in seconds when it is ready to fire the first salvo of the mission
- Select the best answer to indicate when the reflected laser energy is blocked from the seeker and thus can cause the laser guided weapon to not see the laser energy.
- Podium effect
- Beam divergence (spot size)
- Flashlight effect
- Spillover effect
- What is brevity term used by the pilot to confirm he can see an object the controller is referencing?
- Tally
- Visual
- No joy
- Contact
- What would be the BEST weapon/fuzing option to destroy a command bunker?
- Mk-82 with proximity fuze
- CBU-89 with time delay fuze
- GBU-31b with impact delay fuze
- GBU-12 with impact delay fuze
- Terminal attack control is defined as:
- The authority to control the maneuver of and grant weapons release clearance to attacking aircraft
- An officer (aviator/pilot) member of the tactical air control party who, from a forward ground or airborne position, controls aircraft in close air support of ground troops
- The authority to direct aircraft to maneuver into a position to deliver ordnance, passengers, or cargo to a specific location or target
- An order implementing the airspace control plan that provides the details of the approved requests for airspace control measures
- The close air support (CAS) 9-line briefing is required by all US CAS aircraft.
- True
- False
- Which two lines are required readbacks ?
- 6 & 9
- 4 & 8
- 4 & 6
- 1 & 7
- Which of the following is NOT in the precision-guided munitions (PMG) classification?
- Laser-guided bomb (LGB)
- Electro-optical (EO)
- Magnetic radar guidance (MRG)
- Infrared (IR)
- The four lines that enclose the body of standard military maps representing latitude and longitude are called:
- Range lines
- Prime lines
- Neat lines
- Degree/minute lines