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Volume One 3E551 CDC
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Civil Engineering
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07/18/2014

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Term
What is the squadron commander also referred as?
Definition
The Base Civil Engineer
Term
How many flights is the BCE directly responsible for?
Definition
Seven
Term
Why does CE traditionally have a higher percentage of civilians than other organizations on base?
Definition
The need for continuity and to have someone on-hand to maintain the base when the military goes to war.
Term
Where in the CE squadron will you typically be assigned as an engineering professional?
Definition
The Programs Flight
Term
What is the primary mission of CE?
Definition
To establish, sustain, and restore the base infrastructure.
Term
What is your wartime mission of CE?
Definition
To provide the bases, infrastructure, and facilities necessary to support the engagement of air and space forces.
Term
What is the concept for the EAF?
Definition
EAF conducts military operations on short notice in response to crisis with forces tailored to achieve limited and clearly stated objectives.
Term
What is AFCESA's goal?
Definition
To field the best equipment, business practices, engineering standards, and professional training for mobility forces and facility maintenance.
Term
Define RED HORSE
Definition
Rapid Engineer Deployable
Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer
Term
What is the worldwide mission of RED HORSE?
Definition
They provide air component commanders with a dedicated and flexible unit capable of airfield and base heavy construction and repair.
Term
Who do reserve RED HORSE units report to?
Definition
When not mobilized, they report to HQ AFRC. When mobilized, they report directly to the gaining
MAJCOM.
Term
How do the ANG and AFRC help to meet mission requirements?
Definition
They have become a major force in worldwide deployments. Supplement active duty.
Term
When does AFCESA conduct a deployment workshop for the ANG and AFRC?
Definition
In April or May of each year
Term
Who accomplishes the role of the BCE in the ANG and AFRC?
Definition
The ANG or AFRC civil engineer unit commander.
Term
What is a UTC?
Definition
A five-character, alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each type unit of the Armed Forces.
Term
What are the objectives of Prime BEEF?
Definition
a) Develop and maintain a highly skilled, agile military combat support civil engineer force capable of rapid response to support worldwide contingency operations.
b) Develop and maintain highly skilled, in-place civil engineer forces to support the CONUS and theater forces.
c) Provide an adequate force structure to support wartime mobility and CONUS and/or theater sustaining mission requirements.
Term
How do MAJCOMs posture Prime BEEF forces at their bases for worldwide deployment?
Definition
By way of mobility UTCs that primarily concentrate on supporting aircraft and combat operations.
Term
What do core positions represent?
Definition
Minimally acceptable skills and proficiency levels necessary to organize and lead the most demanding contingency tasks required of the UTC.
Term
What is Category II of tier 1 training?
Definition
Hands-on training of the contingency equipment that you work with during deployments.
Term
What are the three ways CE personnel can satisfy initial and recurring training?
Definition
Classroom training, technical training courses, and contingency testing.
Term
What training does Tier 2 training provide?
Definition
Special training site capabilities for contingency skill training that are not available for home station training due to equipment limitations.
Term
What is the primary purpose of Tier 3 training?
Definition
For students to show their ability to perform critical contingency tasks in a team environment.
Term
What bags are required for each position on a Prime BEEF team?
Definition
One general purpose bag (A-Bag), one extreme cold weather bag (B-Bag), and one chemical warfare bag
(C–1 Bag).
Term
Who must possess a full complement of team and CTKs?
Definition
Prime BEEF teams.
Term
What does comprehensive planning establish?
Definition
A systematic framework for decision-making with regard to the development of Air Force installations
Term
What are the four basic parts of a comprehensive plan?
Definition
General plan, component plans, special plans and studies, and maps.
Term
How are the inspection, documentation and surveillance of a contractor’s performance accomplished?
Definition
Through the use of Performance Based Services Acquisition (PBSA
Term
How can you be appointed as a QAE?
Definition
You must be the most knowledgeable of those available and be free of duties that would interfere with your abilities to perform all contract surveillance duties.
Term
What is a performance plan?
Definition
An evolving document whose development begins with acquisition planning, and is finalized as the acquisition progresses.
Term
Who signs the performance plan?
Definition
The members of the multi-functional team.
Term
What is the goal of PBSA?
Definition
To design mission support strategies that obtain higher levels of contractor performance, foster synergistic partnerships, accommodate changing or unforeseen mission needs, and leverage commercial best practices.
Term
What muscles should you use when lifting a heavy load?
Definition
Leg muscles.
Term
What can you do to protect yourself from cold temperatures and protect exposed skin to avoid sunburn during hot temperatures?
Definition
Wear proper clothing.
Term
What should you wear when on construction sites?
Definition
A hard hat.
Term
What three conditions must be present in the “safety triangle?”
Definition
The employee, an unsafe act, an unsafe condition.
Term
List two former titles of the Engineering professional career field.
Definition
Site D and EA.
Term
List the four rules for success in CE.
Definition
Work hard, study effectively, cooperate with others, listen to and respond positively to the desires of your immediate supervisor.
Term
What does the second character, letter E, represent in 3E4X1?
Definition
The career family. The E represents the members of civil engineer.
Term
What does the Air Force use suffixes for?
Definition
To designate a position associated with a particular piece of equipment, identifying an individual with specific experience with a major equipment item in their own AFSC.
Term
What does your job description tell you?
Definition
How you, as an engineering professional, fit into the CE portion of the Air Force mission.
Term
What is a helper in the Air Force skill level?
Definition
A relatively unskilled worker who assists someone that knows how to do the job.
Term
What must you complete to earn your 5-skill level award?
Definition
Perform satisfactorily in 5-skill level upgrade on-the-job training (OJT) for a minimum of 15 months, complete training on all 5-level core tasks, complete training on all 5-level duty position tasks, complete all
5-level CDC courses, and receive your supervisor’s recommendation.
Term
What is a craftsman in the Air Force skill level?
Definition
One who creates or performs with skill and dexterity in the manual arts and does work of a consistently high quality
Term
What must you do before your promotion to staff sergeant?
Definition
You must attain the journeyman, 5-level skill level.
Term
What is your responsibility in the Air Force?
Definition
To progress to the next rank and skill level
Term
When are you authorized to wear the master badge?
Definition
Five years in the specialty at the 7-skill level authorizes master sergeants or above to wear it.
Term
What is the purpose of education and training (E&T)?
Definition
To prepare every individual to meet Air Force mission requirements.
Term
How does the CFETP assist you, your trainer, supervisor, and unit commander?
Definition
In planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting training.
Term
What does the CFETP part 1, Section A address?
Definition
Explains how to use the plan and includes purpose, uses, and coordination and/or approval authorities.
Term
What does the CFETP part 2, Section D address?
Definition
Lists the mandatory and optional courses for career progression. This course listing includes the course numbers, titles, and who owns the course.
Term
What three categories will you find proficiency code levels divided into?
Definition
Subject knowledge, task knowledge, and task performance.
Term
What does a “C” represent in a proficiency code?
Definition
Can analyze facts and principles and draw conclusions about the subject—analysis.
Term
What does a “b” represent in a proficiency code?
Definition
Can determine the step-by-step procedures for doing the task—procedures.
Term
What does a “3” represent in a proficiency code?
Definition
Can do all parts of the task. Needs only a spot check of completed work—competent.
Term
What tasks do work center supervisors identify as critical?
Definition
If they have a detrimental effect on mission accomplishment if not performed correctly.
Term
Since core tasks are the minimum qualification requirements within an Air Force specialty or duty position, what do they say about your career field?
Definition
These tasks exemplify the essence of the career field.
Term
Once you have completed the training on diamond tasks, how should you accomplish hands-on certification?
Definition
At the first opportunity when equipment is available.
Term
Explain what designates a certifier.
Definition
Be at least a staff sergeant with a 5-skill level or civilian equivalent, be someone other than the trainer, be qualified and certified to perform the task being certified, and have attended the formal certification course.
Term
Who develops proficiency codes in the STS?
Definition
Experts from the field.
Term
What does the AFTR web based program allow your supervisor to do?
Definition
Quickly update your training records as well as make easy changes to individuals just assigned to the section.
Term
What does the 623a screen allow your supervisors to do?
Definition
Provides your supervisor with a place to comment on training issues that concern you.
Term
What does the 803 screen allow your supervisor to do?
Definition
Allows your supervisor to document task evaluations.
Term
What should you do if you do not feel comfortable doing the task?
Definition
You should not initial the trainee block.
Term
What is the first step in creating a JQS?
Definition
Take a STS and determine which tasks match the work requirements in your section.
Term
Why must your supervisor be truthful about how you are doing, regardless if it is good or bad?
Definition
This allows you to think about your actions and apply better decision making.
Term
What are the four categories each enlisted civil engineer career field CerTest program is broken into?
Definition
AFSC specific, supplemental training, CE general, and contingency.
Term
What does each pre-test provide for you and your supervisor?
Definition
A “training road map” that shows the student’s strong and weak areas.
Term
When can you retake the post-test after failing it twice?
Definition
After you complete all assigned remedial training.
Term
How often are major installations required to conduct ECAMPs internal and external assessments?
Definition
Internal environmental compliance assessment at least annually and an external compliance assessment at least once every three years.
Term
What do the pre-assessment activities of an ECAMP include?
Definition
Establishing the scope of the assessment and team responsibilities.
Term
What are the different types of findings that an ECAMP assessment team can give to an installation?
Definition
Carryover; Major; Minor; Positive; Repeat; and Significant.
Term
What did the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) establish?
Definition
A national environmental policy with goals for the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the environment, and provides a process for implementing these goals within federal agencies.
Term
What is the purpose of the AF Form 813, Request for Environmental Impact Analysis?
Definition
The need to conduct an environmental analysis or the application of certain categorical exclusions
(CATEX).
Term
What should you prepare if a proposed action is not categorically excluded, but does not usually require an EIS?
Definition
Environmental assessment (EA).
Term
What does a FONSI document explain?
Definition
Why an action would not have a significant effect on the environment, and therefore, would not require further environmental analysis.
Term
An EIS is the most detailed and comprehensive environmental analysis specified under NEPA.
What’s its focus?
Definition
Significant environmental impacts of the proposed action and/or alternatives, including short-term and long-term effects.
Term
What is a record of decision (ROD)?
Definition
Public document formalizing the final course of action to be taken by the proponent.
Term
What two main concerns in the United States did the Bhopal, India disaster highlight?
Definition
A lack of knowledge of the dangers of chemicals used in our manufacturing plants and our inability to effectively react to industrial disasters.
Term
What are the three main objectives of the EPCRA?
Definition
To bolster local emergency planning efforts, to improve emergency notification in the event of a release of hazardous chemicals, and to develop a baseline on routine chemical releases into the environment.
Term
What does the material safety data sheet (MSDS) provides you?
Definition
An explanation of the physical data of the chemicals you work with.
Term
What does the report commonly known as the Form R cover?
Definition
Covers releases and transfers of toxic chemicals to various facilities and environmental media.
Term
The EPA develops strategic plans centered on what themes?
Definition
Air and global climate change, water, land, communities and ecosystems, and compliance and environmental stewardship.
Term
In recent years, where have between 40 and 50 percent of the EPA’s budget been used?
Definition
Provide direct support through grants to State environmental programs.
Term
What must the hazardous waste management plan (HWMP) reflect?
Definition
Current regulatory requirements and installation hazardous waste activities, with annual updates and approvals by the installation EPC.
Term
What is a waste stream?
Definition
The movement of a hazardous waste from the generator to disposal with all of the stops on the way. Each type of hazardous waste must have the waste stream identified.
Term
What does the hazardous waste profile sheet provide?
Definition
Details of each hazardous waste stream.
Term
What is the accumulation point?
Definition
A common place to store hazardous waste before disposal.
Term
How much hazardous waste can a satellite accumulate point can hold?
Definition
Maximum of 55 gallons of hazardous waste at a time.
Term
What is the first thing you need to do when you develop a new hazardous waste profile?
Definition
See if it is hazardous.
Term
What is meant by containers being in good condition?
Definition
They must not leak or have corrosion.
Term
What is required for fire safety in an accumulation point?
Definition
Ground all ignitable hazardous wastes.
Term
What does segregation refer to with hazardous waste?
Definition
Keeping different types of waste apart.
Term
What are the three major sources of lead exposure to children?
Definition
a) lead-based paint.
b) urban soil and dust.
c) drinking water.
Term
What operations in the Air Force involve the potential exposure to LBP?
Definition
Maintenance, renovation and abatement work, and corrosion control of items previously painted with LBP.
Term
What are installations required to do under Air Force LBP policy?
Definition
To identify, evaluate, control and eliminate existing LBP hazards.
Term
Which base organization is responsible for evaluating facilities for LBP health hazards?
Definition
Medical services.
Term
List the steps of the recommended approach to implementing a LBP program.
Definition
a) Conduct a blood lead screening program and establish a lead toxicity investigation team. b) Perform visual inspections.
c) Perform risk assessments designed to identify areas with the greatest hazard.
d) Perform comprehensive sampling and testing.
Term
When is a new employee required to receive training regarding the specific hazards associated with their work environment?
Definition
Prior to initial assignment to areas where there is a possibility of exposure over the action level and annually thereafter.
Term
What are the three general strategies for LBP abatement?
Definition
Replacement, encapsulation, and enclosure.
Term
After an LBP abatement project, personal protective suits which were worn during the process may be disposed of as non-hazardous materials. This is true if what conditions have been met?
Definition
As long as they were decontaminated with a HEPA filtered vacuum.
Term
What is asbestos?
Definition
A natural occurring fibrous mineral.
Term
Where will you most likely find friable and non-friable asbestos?
Definition
Friable – pipe insulation, mechanical rooms, crawl spaces, inside walls, and above ceilings. Non-friable – floor tile, sheet flooring, transite panels in mechanical rooms, transite siding, underground transite piping, roofing material, caulk, adhesives and mastic.
Term
List the guidelines that can help establish your image with a customer.
Definition
a. Show an interest in each customer.
b. Tell your customer about CE services.
c. Show your professionalism by dressing and acting professionally
Term
List some guidelines that will help you to improve your communication skills.
Definition
a. Seek to clarify your ideas before communicating.
b. Examine the true purpose of each communication.
c. Consider the total physical and human setting.
d. Consult with others when appropriate.
e. When communicating, watch the overtones as well as the basic content of your message.
f. Take the opportunity, when it arises, to convey something of value or assistance to the receiver.
Term
What type of work request should be used for the work described in each of these statements?

a. Minor maintenance that is not emergency or urgent in nature.
b. Self-help remodeling.
c. Natural gas line leak.
Definition
a. AF Form 332.
b. AF Form 332.
c. Service call.
Term
What type of job order is used to correct a condition that will slow down or stop the mission?
Definition
Emergency job order.
Term
What type of job order is used to correct problems that are not emergencies, but should be corrected within 7 calendar workdays?
Definition
Urgent job order.
Term
Which Air Force form authorizes routine work that does not need coordination between shops?
Definition
AF Form 1879, BCE Job Order Record.
Term
What is the primary Air Force form used to authorize MFH renovation jobs?
Definition
AF Form 1219, BCE Multi-Craft Job Order.
Term
Which form authorizes work that needs detailed planning, special costing, close coordination between shops, or large bills of materials?
Definition
AF Form 327, Base Civil Engineer Work Order.
Term
What is the purpose of the recurring work program?
Definition
To manage recurring maintenance of real property, RPIE, and other equipment that is the maintenance responsibility of CE.
Term
What form is used to identify recurring maintenance actions?
Definition
AF Form 1841, Maintenance Action Sheet (MAS).
Term
Who lists maintenance tasks on the AF Form 1841, Maintenance Action Sheet (MAS)?
Definition
The shop supervisor.
Term
How is the MAS used when a maintenance action is to be done?
Definition
A copy of the MAS is given to the worker, who uses it as a guide to do the job.
Term
How often do superintendents review the RWP file to check the tasks on each MAS?
Definition
At least once a year
Term
What action is taken when an RWP item is no longer used?
Definition
The shop supervisor tells production control to take the item out of the RWP inventory.
Term
What do self-help work orders enable an organization to do?
Definition
To do necessary work on its own, using its own donated labor and/or materials.
Term
Before approving a self-help work order, what important factors must CE consider?
Definition
(1) The requester’s technical capability.
(2) The resources available to the requester.
(3) CE support requirements.
Term
List three restrictions pertaining to self-help work orders.
Definition
(1) All self-help work requires the submission of an AF Form 332.
(2) The requester must be briefed thoroughly on all aspects of the self-help work that is being requested.
(3) A self-help work request submitted by a MFH occupant must include a statement of donor.
(4) Material used by the requester must comply with Air Force standards.
(5) The self-help work may be authorized by an AF Form 332 if the first review shows work should be approved, or AF Form 327 if more detailed planning is necessary.
Term
Define the IWP.
Definition
The basic document used to program work requirements over a period of 12 months.
Term
State five indirect input sources for the IWP.
Definition
(1) Supervision.
(2) Training.
(3) Leave.
(4) Overtime.
(5) Loaned/borrowed hours.
Term
State five direct input sources for the IWP.
Definition
(1) Recurring work.
(2) Job orders.
(3) Work orders.
(4) Plant operations.
(5) Readiness training.
Term
Briefly identify the purpose of time accounting.
Definition
To distribute hours and cost to work orders and account codes.
Term
What are the two methods of time accounting?
Definition
(1) ATA.
(2) ETA.
Term
What does effective scheduling provide?
Definition
The orderly and economic performance of jobs, as well as the orderly assignment of work to the shops.
Term
What information does the AF Form 1734 show about each worker?
Definition
Location of each worker and the status of all work.
Term
What is AF Form 561 used for?
Definition
Weekly work schedule.
Term
What should the shop supervisor use to make work assignments?
Definition
Part II of AF Form 561, BCE Weekly Work Schedule.
Term
As a worker, what types of planning will you be doing?
Definition
What tools and equipment to use, the best way to do jobs, and estimating how long those jobs will take.
Term
Who is the expert for acquisitions in the operation flight?
Definition
Material acquisition element within the operations flight.
Term
What is the purpose government purchase card program?
Definition
To supplement the Simplified Acquisitions and other simplified purchase procedures in the procurement process.
Term
Who is responsible for oversight of all cardholders under their control?
Definition
Approving official.
Term
For what purpose is the DD Form 2167, Job Phase Calculation Worksheet, used?
Definition
To compute time requirements for work orders.
Term
What information on the DD Form 2167 is most important to the worker?
Definition
The list of tasks to be done.
Term
With whom should the planner coordinate to ensure tasks, phasing, and times are correct and sufficient?
Definition
The shop supervisor.
Term
How are IWIMS computer users identified?
Definition
They are assigned a three-character logon identification and a corresponding password.
Term
IWIMS provides what type information to base and major commands (MAJCOM)?
Definition
Real time data inputs and information output necessary for effective resource allocation.
Term
IWIMS/ACES is comprised of how many subsystems and with which ones will you be primarily concerned?
Definition
Comprised of 12 subsystems; Ops and CEMAS.
Term
CEMAS subsystem is used for what purpose?
Definition
The report utility.
Term
What are the two of files you use to create a report?
Definition
Data files and control files.
Term
Responsible and accountable for all property issued to his or her organization.
Definition
Command.
Term
Applies to persons who exercise supervision over property received, in use, in transit, in storage, or undergoing modification or repair.
Definition
Supervisory
Term
Anyone who has possession of Government property and is personally responsible for it.
Definition
Custodial
Term
List two ways a person may be relieved of property responsibility.
Definition
a. Property may be turned into base supply as being excess to the unit’s needs.
b. Items may be transferred from the responsibility of one person, account, or organization to another.
Term
What does “pecuniary” mean?
Definition
Money.
Term
What is DD Form 1131, Cash Collection Voucher, used for?
Definition
To make a cash payment.
Term
What form is used to start an automatic deduction from an employee’s paycheck until the amount is recovered?
Definition
DD Form 362, Statement of Charges for Government Property Lost, Damaged, or Destroyed.
Term
What two conditions initiate a Report of Survey?
Definition
a. When someone does not admit pecuniary liability.
b. When the amount involved is greater than $500.
Term
How can you tell you are reading a directive publication?
Definition
Directive publications contain the statement “COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY” on the title page.
Term
What is the purpose of Air Force publications?
Definition
The purpose of Air Force publications is to give you standards to follow in your day-to-day duties as an Air
Force member
Term
Why are many AFIs written somewhat vague?
Definition
This allows Air Force leadership to direct actions without restricting the ability of the individual units to complete the mission.
Term
If your MAJCOM issues a supplement to a nondirective publication, is the supplement directive or nondirective?
Definition
Supplements follow their parent publication. Supplements to a directive publication are directive in nature and supplements to nondirective publications are nondirective.
Term
Which type of publication is informational which normally are “how to” documents and may include procedures for implementing Air Force policies?
Definition
Air Force pamphlets.
Term
Civil engineer publications are assigned to which indexing series?
Definition
32 series.
Term
Which series of publications govern policy and procedures on operations?
Definition
10 series.
Term
Which series of publications covers policy on the Civil Air Patrol?
Definition
36 series
Term
Which type of publication usually deals with common aspects to all military functions such as travel and supply issues?
Definition
DOD publications.
Term
What are the two types of DISA publications?
Definition
DISA Circulars and DISA Notices.
Term
What are the two types of searches on the Air Force publications website?
Definition
Short title and long title.
Term
What happens if there is a conflict between publications?
Definition
The higher-level publication takes precedence when guidance in a publication that was issued by a field unit conflicts with the guidance issued by a higher-level unit.
Term
How do engineering technical letters go beyond manufacturing instructions and standard construction practices?
Definition
They address specific construction processes or requirements unique to our military mission.
Term
Who manages ETL?
Definition
HQ AFCESA.
Term
What is the purpose of a TO?
Definition
It is the official means of disseminating technical information, instructions, and safety procedures pertaining to the operation, maintenance, and modification of equipment.
Term
What determines the layout of a joint use manual?
Definition
The layout follows the one used by the branch of service that initially had the publication developed.
Term
What are the four types of TOs?
Definition
The operation and maintenance instructions, field maintenance instructions, overhaul instructions, and illustrated parts breakdown.
Term
Which type of TO describe advanced levels of maintenance you can accomplish at your location?
Definition
Field maintenance instructions.
Term
What are the most common abbreviated TOs?
Definition
Work simplification devices such as inspection work cards, lubrication charts, and checklists.
Term
How long do you have to comply with the work identified in urgent TCTOs?
Definition
Within 10 days.
Term
What is a commercial publication?
Definition
Any publication commercially produced for profit by non-government agencies.
Term
Why does the Air Force use commercial publications?
Definition
It is cheaper to purchase the existing publication rather than to have someone develop and distribute it.
Term
What is the U.S. standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment?
Definition
The NEC or NFPA 70.
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