When applied to the first digit of an AFSC, what identifies the career grouping in terms of its relationship to the Air Force mission.

(c) Career group

What uses a combination of the first digit and second position letter in an AFSC and is a functional grouping of personnel requiring the same knowledge and skills?

(b) Career field

What is comprised of positions 1 and 2 combined with the third positioned digit of an AFSC?

(d)  Career field subdivision

Which skill level does a trainee possess after initially entering into an AFSC?

(a) Helper

Before entering which skill level must an active duty trainee hold the rank of at least SSgt for?

(c) Craftsman

What is a comprehensive task list that describes a particular job type or duty position?

(c) Air Force Job Qualification Training plan

What is an instructional course designed for use at the unit to qualify, or aid in qualifying, in a duty position, in a program, or on a piece of equipment?

(a) Air Force Qualification Training Package

What is a comprehensive multi-purpose document that encapsulates the entire spectrum of career field training?

(b) Career Field Education and Training Plan

What is a self-study correspondence course that provides airmen with the fundamental knowledge of their AFS?

(d) Career Development Course

Historically, 3C wartime support responsibility belonged to

(b) combat communication units or contingency communications elements

Emphasis on wartime communications is focused on

(c) providing logistical support to requesting commanders and warfighters

Which AFSC is responsible for the Base Information Transfer System (BITS), postal management, records management, network workgroup management?

(b) Information management (3A0X1)

Which AFSC is responsible for reviewing reports and resolving electromagnetic interference problems?

(d) Electromagnetic spectrum management (3C1X2)

Which AFSC is responsible for acquiring, funding, testing, and certifiying new communication systems coordination?

(b) C-CS plans and implementation (3C3X1)

In which AFI would you reference information on personnel security program management?

(b) 31-501

Which AF document would you use to note on-the-job training qualifications?

(d) IMT 623

Keeping your uniforms neat, clean, and safe as well as presenting a military image falls under which military member key responsibility?

(b) Adhering to military standards

Attending an AF technical school or completing a career development course upholds what key responsibility of a military member?

(c) Maintaining technical competence

In which AFOSH Standard would you reference information on Communications Cable, Antenna and Communications-Electronics Systems?

(c) 91-50

In which AFOSH Standard would you reference information on Material Handling and Storage Equipment?

(b) 91-46

In which AFOSH Standard would you reference information on Data Processing Facilities?

(b) 91-64

In which AFOSH Standard would your reference Training Systems Fire Protection?

(d) 91-118

What is the least amount of current flow through the body that can result in shock and cardiac arrest?

(c) 50 mA

Which source can harm deep tissue and organs with little or no sensation of skin heating?

(d) Nonionizing radiation

At which minimum voltage must safety boards and emergency equipment be present?

(c) 600

In which document do you reference information on Operational Risk Management?

(b) AFI 90-901

In which electrostatic discharge (ESD) class would sensitive items be in when the voltage rantes from 1000 to 3999?

(b) II

In which electrostatic discharge (ESD) class would sensitive items be in when the voltage ranges from 4000 to 15000?

(c) III

To prevent the creating of static electricity when working with electrical components, you should

(b) wear a conductive wrist strap

Which of these memory components is the smallest representation of data?

(a) bit

Which of these memory components is the smallest addressable unit of memory?

(b) Byte

Which of these memory components is a unit of data that can store four hexadecimal digits?

(c) Word

What bit length do computer instructions use as an addressing scheme?

(c) 16

Which is the most commonly used coding scheme for computer text files?

(c) ASCII

Which numbering system characteristic is known as the base and indicates the number of digits in a particular numbering system?

(c) Radix

Which numbering system characteristic, the value of which is known as the power, indicates how many times a number is multiplied by itself?

(d) exponent

Which numeric representation is the leftmost non-zero digit of a numeric value?

(b) MSD -- most significant digit

Which numeric representation is the rightmost digit of a numeric value to include zeros?

(a) LSD -- least significant digit

Which is defined as the various physical environments through which communication transmission signals pass?

(b) media

Which is best defined as two or more computers connected together by one or more types of media to enable the computers to share resources and/or communicate with each other?

(c) Network

Which is a device (such as a computer or router) used as a connection point on a computer network?

(a) Node

Which is a single-run cable or network medium that connects or channels two or more computers together?

(d) Segment

Which is a physical or logical arrangement supporting the attachment of any device to a connector or to another network device?

(c) interface

Which networking device modulates outgoing digital signals to analog signals for telephone line usage?

(a) Modem

Which networking device receives a digital signal transmission via a medium and regenerates the signal along the next leg of the medium?

(b) Repeater

Which networking device converts data from one network format type to another and can act as a bridge to another network?

(b) Gateway

Which networking device channels incoming data from any of muliple input ports to a specified output port thus advancing data towards its intended destination?

(b) Switch

Which network configuration is best suited for serving a small geographic area?

(b) Local area network

Which network configuration is the best suited for maintaining the Internet?

(d) Hybrid

Which network topology has all of the network nodes connected directly to a central controller?

(a) Physical star

Which network topology has the advantage of having each node act as a repeater?

(b) Physical ring

Which network topology has all devices attached to the same transmission medium or cable backbone?

(b) Physical Bus

Which network topology transmits all data simultaneously to all nodes on the backbone media?

(d) Logical bus

What is a set of rules that define how a network communications are to take place?

(a) Protocols

Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for reliable end-to-end also called host-to-host packet delivery?

(c) Transport

Which protocol standard is one that has become popular without the guidance of any standards organization?

(b) De facto

What is the family of portocols working together in a consistent fashion to provide communication services?

(a) Protocol suite

What is a layered set of protocols within a protocol suite working together to define communications between layers of the protocol suite?

(b) Protocol stack

In what year did transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) become the official transport mechanism for DOD Internet usage?

(b) 1982

Internet protocol is composed of 32 bits which consists of

(c) four sets of 8 binary bits

Which class of Internet protocol addressing would you use for large networks?

(a) A

Which port can transfer eight bits of data or one byte simultaneously through eight separate lines in a single cable?

(b) Parallel port

Which port would you use to encrypt credit card transactions with e-commerce sites?

(c) Port 443

Illegal distribution of software can subject a seller to arrest the felony charges with fines up to $250,000 and prison terms up to how many years?

(c) 5

When must each computer have a license to legally access networked software?

(d) Prior to utilization

What is an entity of data available to computer system users and is capable of being manipulated as an entity?

(a) File

One of the most commonly used methods of encryptions is

(b) cryptography

Encrypting File Systems (EFS) provide file security by

(c) encrypting each file with a ramdomly generated key

The two major reasons why many users are attracted to Voice over Internet porocol (VoIP) services are

(b) lower costs and increased functionality

In what year did the Joint Staff and Armed Services consolidate the first drafts of joint doctrine?

(c) 1995

Which publications are drafted at the Air Force level and provide guidance for AFIs?

(c) AF policy directives

Which publications are drafted at the Air Force level and provide guidance for AFIs?

(a) AF manuals

What are informational publications which are "how to" documents?

(b) AF pamphlets