ASSIGNMENT 1 Textbook  Assignment:  “Communications  Hardware,”  chapter  1,  pages  1-1 through  1-18. 1-1. What are a lot of communications  failures ascribed to? 1. Equipment  failure 2. Poor  administration 3 Technical  problems 4. Operator  error 1-2. Who determines the level of readiness  and  preparation that a deploying ship should maintain? 1. The  commanding  officer 2. The  executive  officer 3. The  type  commander 4. The fleet commander in chief 1-3. What it the most efficient method of ensuring that all step-by-step  preparations are  completed  before deploying? 1. A check-off list 2. A visual check of all stores 3. A review of all locally produced  SOPs 4. A review of all inventory  lists 1-4. What  publication  provides the minimum number of check-off  sheets? 1. NTP 4 2. NWP 4 (NWP 6-01) 3. CMS 1 4. CMS 5 1-5. For  long-range  direction finding,  medium-range communications  and navigation  communications, which of the following frequencies  is  normally used? 1.   VLF 2.   UHF 3.   SHF 4.   LF 1-6. The LF receiver is fed into what component in a low-frequency  receiver system? 1. Receiver  transfer switchboard 2. AN/SRA-58 3. FCC-100 4. UYK-20 1-7. The AN/UCC-1, when used to convert AF to dc for use by teleprinters,  functions  as what type of equipment? 1. Converter 2. Multicoupler 3. Converter  comparator 4. Patch panel 1