NG Navy Exam case studies
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The NG Navy Exam is an entry-screening test used to gauge whether a candidate has the academic foundation to handle Navy and National Guard enlisted training in technical and non-technical ratings. It is aimed at applicants who are preparing to enlist or who are exploring whether a military occupational path is a realistic fit. The NG Navy Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,021 words.
1Watch Bill Manpower: Meeting a Continuous Two-Person Damage Control Watch
A repair locker at a forward-deployed squadron must keep two damage-control watchstations manned continuously, 24 hours a day, in four-hour sections. Each section requires two qualified watchstanders, and a section begins every four hours around the clock, so a full week contains 42 sections.
542 words, about 3 min2Storeroom Painting: Coat Coverage, Container Sizes, and a Change Order
During a shipyard availability, a working party is assigned to paint a shore-side storeroom measuring 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 9 feet high. The job covers the four bulkheads and the overhead; the deck is not painted.
570 words, about 3 min3Lapsed Damage Control Qualification: Applying a Grace-Period Instruction
Read the following excerpt from a squadron instruction, then evaluate the three cases described. 'A damage control qualification remains valid for 24 months from the date of final practical sign-off.
608 words, about 3 min4Engine Lift Through a Deck Hatch: Rig Mechanical Advantage and an Off-Center Load
A working party must lift a 900-pound diesel engine out of an engine room and through a deck hatch. The rig on hand is a double purchase: a fixed block with two sheaves and a moving block with two sheaves, giving four parts of the fall, with the hauling part led through a fairlead to an electric winch on deck rated for 500 pounds of pull.
663 words, about 3 min5Equipment Rack Fault: Reading Voltages in a Series-Parallel 24 V Circuit
A 24-volt DC panel feeds an equipment rack. A 6-ohm resistor R1 is in series with a parallel pair: R2, a 12-ohm heater element, and R3, a 12-ohm lamp assembly.
638 words, about 3 min