| Questions for Basic Military Requirements (BMR): Sea Power : Chapter : 20 |
| Rating | Question |   |
 | Sea power is a nation’s ability to protect which of the following interests? |
| What are the principle parts of sea power? |
| In peacetime, what does sea power encompass? |
| What person coined the phrase "sea power"? |
 | Which of the following is a requirement for a nation to have sea power? |
| Immediately after the Civil War, the primary role of the U.S. Navy was to defend the coast and as a commerce raider. |
| During World War II, fewer battles were fought between ships within sight of each other for which of the following reasons? |
| Today, sea power involves which of the following industries? |
| The seas are our lifeline for survival. Which of the following factors make this a true statement? |
| An economic advantage for a nation is to produce goods and services and to exchange them with other nations. Those that have failed in commerce have also failed as world powers. |
| What is the determining factor in the United States that changed our point of view about raw materials? |
| What amount of minerals does the United States produces? |
| The United States acknowledges freedom of the seas under what law or treaty? |
| Which of the following actions must our country take to protect our national security and sustain our economy? |
| What states are outside the continental United States (CONUS)? |
 | There are a total of how many overseas U.S. territories? |
| The primary functions of the Navy and Marine Corps forces is to seek and destroy enemy naval forces, suppress enemy sea commerce gain, maintain general naval supremacy, control vital sea areas, and protect sea lines of communication. |
| When did the "tanker wars" occur in the Persian Gulf? |
| Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm is an example of what type of exercise? |
| What is meant by the term "hi-low balanced mix"? |
| A broad course of action designed to achieve national objectives. |
| Conditions that are to the advantage of our nation to pursue or protect. |
| Use of naval forces to achieve naval objectives. |
| Which of the following objectives would fall under the term "national objective"? |
| Sea control and power projection are the Navy’s mission in support of |
| Which of the following functions allows the Navy to control the sea and project power? |
| On what date did Congress authorize the first six frigates of the Continental Navy? |
| In what year did Congress enact the Merchant Marine Act? |
| During World War II, the U.S. built and manned more than how many merchant ships? |
 | In wartime, the Merchant Marine is responsible for which of the following missions? |
| In peactime, which of the following military services is not controlled by the Department of Defense? |
| The U.S. Coast Guard was established as the United States Revenue Marine in what year? |
| What is the traditional image of the U.S. Coast Guard? |
| Which of the following are modern-day Coast Guard duties? |
| During wartime, the Coast Guard operates directly under the |
| Which of the following organizations was established by combining the sealift missions of the Naval and Army Transport services? |
| Military Sealift Command ships use which of the following titles? |
| In peacetime, the Military Sealift Command ships nearly what percentage of all military cargo on privately owned U.S. flagships and other merchant marine vessels? |
| What are the essential ingredients for U.S. sea power? |
