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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Task Force Ranger deployed to Somalia under the command of Major General William F. Garrison?
(a) July 4, 1990.
(b) August 22, 1993.
(c) September 1, 1992.
(d) November 19, 1991.

2. Who is the manufacturer of Black Hawk helicopters?
(a) Boeing.
(b) Airbus.
(c) Lockheed Martin.
(d) Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

3. What co-pilot managed to climb out of the mangled wreck of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?
(a) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(b) Private Richard Kowalewski.
(c) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(d) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart

4. What is a term of art used by armed forces to denote infantry weapons an individual soldier may carry?
(a) Elementary firearm.
(b) Light firearm.
(c) Personal weaponry.
(d) Small arms.

5. In "Overrun," the CSAR Black Hawk dropped two medics in front of the alley where what helicopter had gone down?
(a) Super Six Three.
(b) Super Six Five.
(c) Super Six Two.
(d) Super Six One.

6. Night vision devices were first used in what war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) Desert Storm.
(d) Vietnam.

7. What unit had already been at the site where the CSAR medics were dropped and set up a perimeter, killing multiple Somalis to protect the crash site in "Overrun"?
(a) Chalk One.
(b) Chalk Three.
(c) Chalk Two.
(d) Chalk Four.

8. What is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays?
(a) Microwaves.
(b) Gamma rays.
(c) Ultraviolet light.
(d) Infrared light.

9. In the context of military special operations, what consists of: "Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets"?
(a) Indirect action.
(b) Direct action.
(c) Non-hostile action.
(d) Hostile action.

10. What did the UH-60A Black Hawk replace as the Army's tactical transport helicopter?
(a) The Bell UH-1 Iroquois.
(b) The AH-64A Apache.
(c) The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.
(d) The CH-47 Chinook.

11. Who was hit by a bullet in the femoral artery, severing it, in "The Alamo"?
(a) Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(b) Corporal Jamie Smith.
(c) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(d) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.

12. What is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support and are also known as Night Stalkers?
(a) The 18th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(b) The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(c) The 36th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(d) The 240th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

13. What refers to the coordinated military actions of a state in response to a developing situation?
(a) Teamwork.
(b) Millitary conflict.
(c) Military operation.
(d) Army mission.

14. Who directed the field hospital at the base, choosing who to treat and who was too badly wounded to waste time on in "The Alamo"?
(a) Major Rob Marsh.
(b) Corporal Jamie Smith.
(c) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(d) Captain Mike Steele.

15. Who was instructed to guard the single window in the room where they were taking the wounded in "The Alamo"?
(a) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(b) Specialist John Stebbins.
(c) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart.
(d) Specalist Dale Sizemore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave a gun to Durant before returning to the nose of the aircraft to continue fighting off the Somalis in "Overrun"?

2. What does POW stand for?

3. What refers to one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units, also known as Delta Force?

4. When was the Somali National Alliance formed?

5. What is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command, and is charged to study special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, plan and conduct special operations exercises and training?

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