navy ods Flashcards

What's on the cards

1. Under 5 U.S.C. 3331, which person elected or appointed to federal office is exempt from taking the statutory oath of office?
2. In the oath of office an officer takes at commissioning, against whom does the officer swear to support and defend the Constitution?
3. According to the officer's oath of office, in what manner does the new officer take the obligation?
4. What does the closing promise of the oath of office commit the officer to do?
5. The exemplary conduct statute requires commanding officers and others in authority in the naval service to show in themselves a good example of which four qualities?
6. Besides setting a good example, what does the exemplary conduct statute require those in authority to be vigilant in inspecting?
7. A division officer learns that Sailors in the division are engaged in dissolute practices. What does the exemplary conduct statute require the officer to do?
8. Which of the following does the exemplary conduct statute require officers to promote and safeguard for the people under their command: (A) their promotion opportunities, (B) their morale, physical well-being and general welfare, (C) their off-duty earnings, or (D) their political views?
9. An older ODS study guide cites the exemplary conduct requirement as 10 U.S.C. 5947. Where is that requirement found in the U.S. Code today?
10. You are driving on base when morning colors begins within sight of your car. What does Navy Regulations require of the vehicle and its passengers?
11. At evening colors, when is the ensign started down from the peak or truck?
12. An officer returns aboard the ship to which he or she is attached and salutes the national ensign. What must the officer do next?
13. A service member in civilian clothes is passed by a formation carrying the national ensign. What should the member do?
14. With which hand is a salute rendered and returned in the naval service?
15. Two Navy ships pass close aboard and exchange passing honors. Which ship sounds Attention, and at what moment?
16. Your ship passes another U.S. Navy ship close aboard at 0630. Are passing honors rendered?
17. Under Navy Regulations, what is the difference between an official visit and a call?
18. Within what time should an official visit be returned?
19. Who attends the side when officials and officers arrive at and depart from a Navy ship?
20. Through whom does the commanding officer normally require official communications from subordinates to be sent?
21. At the daily accounting, a Sailor has not been seen by any responsible senior. How is the Sailor reported?
22. How must a Navy commanding officer ensure prisoners of war are treated when they are taken or received?
23. Before a ship proceeds to sea or an aircraft commences a flight, what must the commanding officer be satisfied of?
24. Which record is kept as an adjunct to the engineering log, and who prescribes the rules for the deck and engineering logs?
25. If it becomes necessary to abandon ship, who should be the last person to leave?
26. Under the 1949 Geneva Convention, what central requirement applies to a Navy hospital ship or medical aircraft?
27. In time of peace, when is it lawful for U.S. naval personnel to use force against another nation or anyone within its territory?
28. Under Navy Regulations article 0915, naval personnel have a right of self-defense against what?
29. What must the senior officer present respect regarding foreign nations?
30. An officer serving under an acting appointment has that appointment revoked. What title does the officer use afterward?
31. You carry out an order that conflicts with an earlier order from a different superior, after that officer insisted on it. What must you then do?
32. Which limited duty officers may succeed to command of an activity under Navy Regulations?
33. Who is the commanding officer's direct representative and is primarily responsible for the organization, training and good order of the entire command?
34. How long does the commanding officer's absolute responsibility for the safety, well-being and efficiency of the ship and crew last?
35. Who is the enlisted advisor to the command on policies affecting enlisted morale, welfare, job satisfaction, discipline and training?
36. When may a department head confer directly with the commanding officer on departmental matters?
37. Who inspects each department daily and reports its condition, and to whom does that report go?
38. According to the SORM, a new division officer is responsible for what?
39. Who is the leading chief petty officer or leading petty officer (LCPO/LPO) of a division?
40. Where should a watch officer's station be located?
41. Before relieving the watch, whose permission must the oncoming watchstander obtain?
42. Who designates the officer of the deck underway, and what is the OOD in charge of?
43. To avoid grounding or collision, the OOD underway acts in accordance with which of the following: (A) tactical doctrine, (B) the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules of the Road, (C) the orders of the commanding officer or other proper authority, or (D) all three?
44. In port, who carries out the unit's routine and supervises the OOD (In-Port)?
45. The executive officer is temporarily away from the ship while it is in port. Who carries out the XO's duties?
46. Who is the OOD (In-Port), and for what is he or she primarily responsible?
47. Under the SORM's regulations, who must give permission to strike the ship's bell, and for what purposes?
48. An officer senior to the executive officer leaves the ship. Who reports the departure, and to whom?
49. A Sailor's special request chit sits on a supervisor's desk for a week because the supervisor forgot it. Which SORM regulation does this violate?
50. What is the Watch, Quarter and Station Bill?
51. Who has custody of the ship's seal, and how may it be used?
52. Foreign dignitaries are coming aboard for a visit. Who appoints the officer guides to escort them?
53. Why did firing a ship's guns before entering a friendly port start out as a courtesy?
54. Why are gun salutes fired in odd numbers?
55. On 16 November 1776, which Continental Navy brigantine fired a 13-gun salute on entering the harbor of St. Eustatius in the West Indies?
56. Which year's U.S. Navy regulations were the first to prescribe a specific manner of rendering gun salutes, and what did the 21 guns for the President match at the time?
57. When did the 21-gun salute for the President, heads of state, Washington's Birthday and the Fourth of July become standard in the U.S. Navy?
58. At a change of command, what does the outgoing commanding officer do after all hands are mustered, and what does the relief do?
59. When does the change of command ceremony first appear in Navy regulations?
60. After taking command, what does the new commanding officer customarily say about the standing orders?
61. After turning over command, what authority and honors does the relieved commanding officer keep until final departure?
62. Why do watchstanders ring the ship's bell when the captain or a flag officer comes aboard or departs?
63. Who owns a U.S. Navy ship's bell?
64. At a conference, a vendor offers you an unsolicited coffee mug worth $15. Under the de minimis gift exception, may you accept it?
65. Your division wants to take up a collection for an expensive farewell gift for the commanding officer, who is your official superior. What does the gifts-between-employees rule say?
66. On an occasional basis, such as a holiday, what may be given to an official superior under the exceptions for gifts between employees?
67. What basic obligation of public service does 5 CFR 2635.101(a) place on every federal employee?
68. An action you are considering is technically legal but would look improper to an observer. What does the ethics standard require?
69. May an officer use a government vehicle or office printer for a personal errand?
70. What does 5 CFR 2635.705(a) require of an employee's use of official time?

Answers are on the backs of the cards — or open the full navy ods answer key to read them all at once.