Digraphs consist of how many letters?

              (2)

·         The first letter identifies the number of different key

settings within the canister, the number of copies of each key

setting, and the total number of segments in the canister,

                     respectively.

·         The second letter Identifies the cryptoperiod.

What form number is the COMSEC Material Report?

       SF-153 (Retained for 90 Days)

What is the lowest classification allowed for a COMSPOT message?

       Confidential

COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by quantity from production to destruction?

       AL CODE 2

After initial receipt to the COR, COMSEC material is locally accountable by quantity and handled based on its classification?

       AL CODE 4

COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by accounting (serial/register) # from production to destruction?

       AL CODE 1

COMSEC material that is electronically generated and continuously accountable to the COR from production to destruction?

       AL CODE 6

What AL Code is the SKL?

       AL CODE 1

What key card is located inside the SKL?

       KOV 14 (Old)

       KSV 21 (New) ??CIK??

Classified material may be jettisoned at sea to depths greater than ____ fathoms?

       1000

What are the 3 COMSEC status conditions?

·         Reserve

·         Effective

·         Superseded

What are the 3 types of supersession?

·         Regular

·         Irregular

·         Emergency

How many tiers are in the EKMS architecture?

(4)

Tier 0 = Composite of NSA's Fort Meade and Finksburg key facilities that provides centralized key management services for all forms of key.

Tier 1 = The layer of the EKMS which serves as the intermediate key generation and distribution center, central offices of record (COR), privilege managers, and registration authorities for EKMS/COMSEC accounts. Management of the system is a cooperative effort involving the Army, Navy, Air Force, NSA and the Joint Staff (J6).

                     Common Tier 1 (CT1) – The EKMS system that at EKMS Final

Operational Capability (FOC) will act as the COR for all military

service accounts. CT1 is comprised two Primary Tier 1 sites

(Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX and Ft. Huachuca, AZ)

SERVICING PRIMARY TIER 1 SEGMENT (PT1S) – Term used to refer to the Tier 1 site having primary COR responsibility for a Tier 2 account.

TIER 2 - The layer of EKMS comprised of the EKMS Accounts that manage key and other COMSEC material. Most Tier 2 accounts are equipped with a Local Management Device (LMD) that runs Local COMSEC Management Software (LCMS) and that interfaces with a Key Processor (KP). This suite of equipment is referred to as a LMD/KP.

TIER 3 - The lowest tier or layer of the EKMS architecture which includes but is not limited to; the AN/CYZ-10(Data Transfer Device (DTD), AN/PYQ-10 (Simple Key Loader (SKL) and all other means used to fill key to End Cryptographic Units(ECUs); hard copy material holdings only; and STE keying material only using Key Management Entities (KMEs) (i.e., Local Elements(LEs)).

Unlike LMD/KP Tier 2 accounts, Tier 3 using entities never receive electronic key directly from a COR or Tier 0.

Each EKMS Tier 2 account is assigned and identified by a _____ - digit EKMS account number, which also serves as the account’s EKMS ID.

       Six

What term is used to describe the acceptance of responsibility for the proper handling, safeguarding, accounting, and disposition of COMSEC material issued by EKMS Manager and LE personnel?

              Local Custody

What term is used to describe the action involved when COMSEC material is moved from CIC to Radio?

              Issuing COMSEC Material

If hardcopy COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by accounting (serial/register) number from production to destruction then you should enter the AL code _____ on the SF-153.

              One

If COMSEC material is electronically generated and continuously accountable to the COR from production to destruction then you should enter the AL code _____ on the SF-153.

              Six

The two types of COMSEC material that can be transferred include _____ and _____.

              Electronic keying material

Physical

What term is used to describe the action involved when COMSEC material is moved from one numbered EKMS account to another EKMS numbered account?

Transferring COMSEC Material

A local element inventory must be conducted by the person having _____ _____ responsibility for the material and the qualified witness.

How many days from receipt of the request inventory transaction prompt do EKMS Managers have to send the fixed cycle SAIR to the COR?

       30 Days

A request for inventory transaction shall be transmitted to each account electronically by the _____.

              COR

The minimum required retention period for SF-153 Local Custody documents is _____ days after supersession.

What is the minimum required retention period for an appointment letter?

       2 Years

What law establishes a national program for the conservation and management of the fishery resources of the U.S. to prevent overfishing, to rebuild over-fished stocks, and to facilitate long-term protection of essential fish habitats? In general, these regulations establish administrative provisions, catch limitations, closed areas, gear restrictions, and other requirements for particular species.

              Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

What may be conducted only when reasonable suspicion exists that there is a particular hazard that may threaten the boarding team.

       Extended Initial Safety Inspection

What extends to a maximum distance of 200nm out from its coastal baseline granting a coastal nation control of all economic resources within, including fishing, mining, oil exploration, and any pollution of those resources? However, it cannot prohibit passage or loitering above, on, or under the surface of the sea.

       Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

What is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12nm from the coastal baseline?

       Territorial Seas (TTS)

What is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24nm from the baseline, within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea".

       Contiguous Zone (CZ)

What is it when, under international law, a warship, military aircraft, or other duly authorized vessel may approach in international waters any vessel, other than a warship or government vessel on noncommercial service, to verify its nationality.

       Right of Approach (ROA)

The USCG may commence Right of Visit (ROV) boardings:

·         For vessels with no indicators of nationality;

·         For vessels reasonably suspected to be engaged in piracy, slave trade, and unauthorized broadcasting; or

·         When they have clear, articulable evidence to believe that indicators and/or claims of vessel nationality are false or conflicting.

Where do you find copies of the SAR check sheet?

       COMDTINST M16130.2 USCG Addendum to the U.S. National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search & Rescue Manual (IAMSAR)

What is the mission and purpose of the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue (SAR) Program?

Prevent death or injury to persons and loss or damage to property in the marine environment.

The focus of the SAR addendum is on the four key processes involved in performance of CG SAR missions, what are the four processes?

              Distress monitoring and communications

              Search planning

              Search coordination

              Search and rescue operations

What is the definition of a SEARCH?

What is the definition of a RESCUE?

Rescue is an operation with the primary purpose of retrieving persons in distress and delivering them to a place of safety.  This may include providing for certain medical care or other critical needs.  Rescue operations may also be performed for the purpose of preventing or mitigation property loss or damage.  However, missions shall not normally be performed for the purpose of salvage or recovery of property when those actions are not essential to the saving of life.  Beneficial secondary consequences of a rescue operation may be to prevent environmental damage or remove

Note: The rescue of persons in distress is the highest priority SAR mission.  Missions solely for saving property or for other purposes such as preventing environmental damage will always give way to saving a persons life.

The statutory authority for the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct SAR mission is contained in ___________?

              Title 14, Section 2,88, and 141 of the U.S. Code.

SAR doctrine, policy and procedures for the Coast Guard are provided in a few primary publications, what are they?

              National Search and Rescue Plan

              International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual

              United States National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) to the IAMASR Manual

              Coast Guard Addendum (CGADD) to the NSS (COMDTINST M16130.2)

What are the four general SAR Program OBJECTIVES?

Minimize loss of life, injury, and property loss and damage in the maritime environment;

              Minimize crew risk during SAR missions;

              Optimize use of resources in conducting SAR;

              Maintain a world leadership position in maritime SAR

What is the PRIMARY GOAL of the SAR Program?

The ultimate goal of the coast guard’s SAR program is to prevent loss of life in every situation where our actions and performance could possible be brought to bear.

Each Coast Guard unit with a SAR readiness responsibility shall have a suitable SAR resource ready to proceed within ______ minutes of notification of a distress?

              30 Minutes

NOTE: Deviations from the 30 minute readiness policy must be reported to the cognizant District Commander

As it concerns SAR Mission Response; the resource planning standard for a Group or other Coast guard units with specified SAR AORs, the siting, basing or staging of search and rescue units (SRU) should provide for no greater than a  ______ hour total response time for any one surface or air SRU within that group or unit’s AOR to arrive at any location within the AOR.

              Two-hour

The National Distress and Response System (NDRS) Coverage primary distress alerting and SAR command, control and communications (C3) system for U.S. Coast waters is SEA Area A-1.  The standard for the VHF-FM network is a minimum of ______ continuous coverage for reception of a one-watt signal of a one-meter antenna, out to ______ nautical miles from shore around the coastline of the continental U.S., the Great Lakes, main Hawaiian Islands, the commonwealth of Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and portions of Alaska?

              90% continuous coverage

              20 nautical miles

SMCs shall process and evaluate information about a SAR incident, determine appropriate initial actions, and initiate actions within ______ minutes of notification of a distress incident.

              5 Minutes

What are the approved search planning methodologies?

              Manual solution work sheets with manual plotting,

              C2PC/JAWS

              CASP

What search planning methodology should be used for planning guidance for cases involving incidents outside the ______ mark when:  - The duration of an incident has or could have exceeded 24 hours. There is uncertainty concerning the incident time, incident location, or type of search object(s) involved.

              Computer Assisted Search Planning (CASP) System

An internationally recognized designation of a facility with the responsibility to promote efficient organization of SAR services and to coordinate the conduct of SAR operations within a search and rescue region (SRR)

              Rescue Coordination Center (RCC)

A rescue Sub-center is an internationally recognized designation of a facility established where the RCC can not exercise direct and effective control over SAR facilities in remote areas, or where local facilities can be directed only through local authorities. There is only one RSC in the Coast Guard, where is it?

              Greater Antilles Section within CCGD7 (RSC San Juan under RCC Miami)

________ is a Coast Guard internal designation.  They are not designated as RCC or RSCs.  The are responsible for SAR mission coordination and tactical control of search and rescue unit (SRUs) in its AOR which is within the SRR of the RCC.

              Command Center (Group/Activities level)

If a SAR mission crosses areas of responsibility (AORs) or Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) who assumes RCC responsibilities?

The RCC within whose region the last position report was received assumes overall responsibility.  If the last report received was at the boundary of two regions, or if no position report was received, the RCC of the region the craft was entering usually assumes responsibility.

Can SAR Mission Coordinator duties be delegated below the Group / Activities level.

              NO

Who is responsible for initiating a response to a distress incident and requests for assistance?

              The Coordinator of the region or sector in whose area the incident occurs

What are some examples of incidents that require the SMC to be at the District RCC level or above?

1.  Initial action for cases involving ELT and EPIRB, HF-DSC, and Inmarsat alerts

2.  Cases during which search planning by a Group/Activity extends beyond 36 hours shall be evaluated by the District to determine the unit’s ability to continue search planning.  Decisions to shift or not shift the SMC in all cases shall be documented in the case file

3.  Cases involving mass rescue operations

4.  Cases outside the U.S. SRR’s where a Coast Guard RCC is carrying out the duties of “first RCC”, where assistance is request by an international RCC outside the U.S., or where U.S. citizens appear to be in distress outside U.S. SRR and involvement of a U.S. RCC is appropriate.

Of the various models and checklist used in Operational Risk Management (ORM), what factors do they all have in common?

              Define the task

              Identifying the hazards,

              Identifying options,

              Evaluating risk versus gain

              Executing the decision.

Note: Regardless of the model or checklist a unit uses to evaluate operational risk, that form shall be included in the case file

When completing an Operational Risk Management checklist, what model is used to IDENTIFY HAZARDS?

              PEACE

              P =  Planning

              E = Event Complexity

              A = Asset Selection

              C = Communications

              E = Environment Conditions

When completing an Operations Risk Management Checklist, what model is used to IDENTIFY OPTIONS?

              STAR

              S = Spread Out

              T = Transfer

              A = Avoid

              R = Reduce

When completing an Operations Risk Management Checklist, what model is used when ASSIGNING RISK?

              GAR

              G = Green

              A = Amber

              R = Red

What is the definition of Heavy Weather?

SEAS, Swell, and Wind conditions combining to exceed 8 feet and/or winds exceeding 30 knots

Can an individual be designated a SAR Controller with an Interim Qualification?

              NO

Note: Any person performing the function of Command Center SAR Controller will be fully qualified.  A newly assigned controller or Assistant Controller shall attend SAR School at the earliest practicable date. While awaiting assignment to SAR School, a prospective Controller or Assistant should be closely supervised in an on –the-job training status.

In order to stay current on watch polity and procedures, all qualified SAR Controllers, including senior controllers and fill-in controllers are required to maintain watch proficiency through the use of currency watches.  All qualified controllers will stand a minimum of ____ watches per month?

              2

There are times when NOK of missing persons who are presumed dead approach the Coast Guard and request a Letter of presumed Death (LPD), usually to assist in insurance and probate court proceedings.  For a case involving recreational boater, what office in the Coast Guard is authorized to do this?

Coast Guard typically does not investigate recreational deaths or overdues and therefore is not authorized to issue an LPD in these cases.  Often local or state authorities perform these functions

       NOTE: If the case involved commercial mariners, the local MSO may have conducted an investigation and may be able to issue the letter

All RCCs/Command Center’s shall maintain a current Search and Rescue Facility (SARFAC) listing. At the Group/Activity level, the SARFAC list shall incude all assets available with the AOR that can assist in responding to SAR. This list shall include up to date 24-Hour contact number for local authorities responsible for public safety, bridges, tunnels, pipelines and other facilities subject to waterway incidents with the AOR.  Additionally, 24 Hour contact numbers for DOD, state, county, municipal, volunteer, and commercial SAR resources including hospitals, ambulances, and coroners.  Facility listings are particularly important for identifying capabilities not held by the Coast Guard.  How often are SARFAC lists updated?

              Annually

If a federal, state or local agency within your AOR request SAR case information can you give it to them?

Yes, unless there is a compelling reason to withhold it and them you must obtain concurrence from the cognizant district commander.

Who would you refer a request for a foreign government to use the international versions of C2PC called SARPC?

              COMDT (G-CI)

Can access to the CASP software be distributed outside the Coast Guard?

              No, USCG use only

       As a SAR Controller, can you reply to a request for medical advice from a boater?

     Yes but it is done on a not-to-interfere bases with commercial providers and a qualified doctor must provide the Coast Guard the medical advice to be transmitted.

International SAR agreements can only be negotiated by _______?

              COMDT (G-OPR)

Coast Guard personnel should refer to operation of vessels or aircraft, including military craft, to enter or overfly the territorial sea of a foreign nation to render emergency assistance to persons, ships or aircraft in danger or distress from perils of the sea as _________?

              “Assistance Entry” (AE)  DOD commands use the term “right of assistance enter (AE)

Note: The right to carry out AE extends only to bona-fide rescue operations, not to search operations

When is a Statement of No Objection (SNO) required before a CG aircraft can enter airspace over a foreign territorial sea for the purpose of conducting “AE”?

It is required when in the judgment of an aircraft commander or operational commander believes a person is in danger or distress from perils of sea, and delay in render assistance would not be life-threatening and

              The distress location is reasonably well known, and

              The rescue unit is in position to renter timely and effective assistance.

What CG office can authorize or grant a Statement of No Objection?

              COMDT G-O

In all cases of AE action in progress or contemplated by Coast Guard rescue units, what CG office must be notified?

              COMDT G-OPF

A worldwide voluntary ship reporting system for SAR sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard. The primary function is to quickly provide SAR authorities with accurate information on the positions and characteristics of ships near a reported maritime or aviation distress that may be able to provide assistance.

              AMVER

When ever an AMVER-participating vessel makes a rescue or diverts to assist (with or without positive results) or a foreign RCC request a SURPIC reports must be sent to Amver Maritime Relations either by email or message. What is the PLAD for message reporting?

              COGARD AMR NEW YORK NY

What is the primary purpose of global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)?

              To change from a ship-to-ship method of distress alerting to a ship-to-shore method

What are the internationally recognized methods of satellite distress alerting under GMDSS?

              INMARSAT and 406Mhz EPIRBs

What is the internationally recognized method of sending terrestrial digital distress alert?

              Digital Selective Calling (DSC)

VHF-FM range – Coastal area within the radiotelephoen coverage of at least on VHF-FM coast station with continuous DSC alerting capabilities (approximately 20 miles offshore).  What GMDSS Sea Area is this?

              SEA AREA A1

How far offshore does SEA AREA A2 go?

Approximately 200 nautical miles – Sea Area A2: MF Range – area beyond VHF-FM coverage, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF station with continuous DSC alerting capabilities.

The Sea Area generally defined as the area between 70N and 70S.  HF range Inmarsat.

              SEA AREA A3

The Sea Area defined as the polar region north of 70N and south of 70S?

              SEA Area A4

The following are GMDSS subsystems

              Digital Selective Calling (DSC)

              NAVTEX

              SITOR

              Inmarsat A (analog) and B (digital)

              Inmarsat C (telex only)

              Radio-telephone

              Satellite EPIRB (406 Mhz and Inmarsat E, 1645 Mhz)

              SART (survival craft)

What does MMSI stand for?

              Maritime Mobile Service Identify

An afloat unit receiving a DSC distress alert must wait _______ to allow the shore units to respond?

              5 minutes

DSC calls fall into five categories, what are they?

              Distress, Urgency, Safety, Routine, and Ship’s Business

The most important information to be gleaned from an incoming DSC call is ______, the _____ and (for distress calls) the

position and nature of distress.

              Category of call

              MMSI number

______ is specifically designed for the promulgation of Maritime Safety Information?

              NAVTEX

The international Ice Patrol uses this GMDSS sub-system as a means of disseminating ice bulletins and warning messages.

              NAVTEX

What CG publication would you refer to when drafting a NAVTEX message for proper format?

              CG Aids to Navigation Manual – Administrative

How far offshore does NAVTEX cover?

              200 nautical miles

______ is a service of Inmarsat’s Enhanced Group Call (EGC) system specifically desgined for promulgation of Maritime Safety Information (MSI) as part of GMDSS.  Coast Guard RCCs shall disseminate and monitor search and rescue distress related information using ________ system when the SAR case location is deemed to be outside the coverage area of NAVTEX

              INMARSAT SafetyNET

The SART (SAR Transponder) is used for locating survival craft in the _____ frequency band?

T

              9 GHZ

A SART signal appears as a distinctive line of _____ equally space blips on a radar screen extending outward from the SART position along its line of bearing?

              12

What DSC frequencies to Groups guard?

              MF DSC 2187.5 kHZ AND 156.525 MHZ (channel 70)

Distress Alert acknowledgment shall be made on the same DSC frequency that it was received and shall take place after one minute to allow for units with automated MF/HF DSC to make calls on all MF/HF frequencies. In all cases the DSC Alert acknowledgment must occur within ______ minutes of receipt.

              2.75 Minutes

After acknowledging a DSC Alert each receiving unit must monition the corresponding voice frequency for at least ______ minutes or until follow-up communications between the distressed vessel and the coast Guard can be established.  Notification of the DSC Alert by each receiving unit takes place during the same _____ minutes that the unit is listening to the corresponding voice frequency.

              10 Minutes

Who is the “Primary Voice Responder” for all HF DSC distress calls?

              CAMS

Who can make a determination that a DSC distress alert was a false alarm?

              Only the SMC

Who is designated the default SMC for all HF DSC distress calls?

              Area Command Centers

Who is designated the default SMC for all MF DSC distress calls?

              District Command Centers

Can Area command centers delegate DSC SMC responsibilities to Districts? And can District command centers delegate DSC SMC responsibilities to Groups?

              Yes

For DSC case claiming purposes and MISLE data entry, how much time must be spent in efforts to coordinate/communications be for a case must be claimed?

              30 minutes