Navy General Orders Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Your relief is late, and the scheduled end of your watch has passed. What do the General Orders require?
Remain only if government property is visible
Leave after notifying the nearest sentry
Secure the post and report to the guardhouse
Remain at the post until properly relieved
2. You encounter a situation at your post that is not covered by your instructions. What should you do?
Resolve it independently and report it at the end of watch
Call the officer of the deck
Wait until your relief arrives to ask for guidance
Repeat a call to the nearest post
3. You observe someone violating an access rule that you were specifically told to enforce. Which response best follows the Third General Order?
Leave the post to follow the person
Report the violation
Wait and tell only the relieving sentry
Repeat the event as a call from a distant post
4. What does the Tenth General Order require a sentry to salute?
Only officers who first address the sentry
All military personnel who enter the post
All officers and all colors and standards not cased
Only the commanding officer and the national ensign
5. At night, an unidentified person approaches the edge of your post. Which response follows the Eleventh General Order?
Observe the person but challenge only if they enter the post
Challenge the person and permit passage only with proper authority
Allow passage if the person is wearing a military uniform
Call the officer of the deck without first addressing the person
6. Which duty is central to the Second General Order?
Walking the post in a military manner while staying alert to everything within sight or hearing
Remaining stationary unless an officer directs movement
Reporting every call heard from a nearby post
Challenging every person during both day and night watches
7. While on watch, you see smoke and signs of a possible fire. What action does the Eighth General Order call for?
Investigate silently until the source is confirmed
Leave the post to locate firefighting equipment first
Wait for another sentry to verify the danger
Give the alarm
8. Which behavior best demonstrates the Second General Order during a routine watch?
Checking the area only at scheduled intervals
Focusing straight ahead and disregarding sounds outside the post
Walking the post in a military manner while observing everything within sight or hearing
Leaving the assigned post whenever something unusual is noticed nearby
9. A watch supervisor asks for a status report directly related to your post. How does the Seventh General Order apply?
You must remain silent because sentries may never talk on post
You may respond only after being formally relieved
You may respond because the conversation is in the line of duty
You should refer every question to another sentry
10. Under the First General Order, what must a sentry take charge of?
The assigned post and all government property in view
Every post within sight of the guardhouse
Only weapons and classified material at the post
All personnel entering the command area
11. Which General Order requires reporting violations of the orders a sentry is instructed to enforce?
The First General Order
The Sixth General Order
The Third General Order
The Ninth General Order
12. Which action is consistent with the Sixth General Order?
Ignore verbal orders unless they are also provided in writing
Pass standing orders to the relief but withhold new watch instructions
Accept post orders from any service member who outranks the sentry
Receive an order from the officer of the deck and pass it to the relieving sentry
13. A sentry at a post farther from the guardhouse than yours makes an official call. What are you required to do?
Walk toward that post to confirm the call
Record the call and mention it when relieved
Treat the call as a possible violation and report it
Repeat the call
14. An off-duty friend approaches your post and starts a personal conversation. How should you apply the Seventh General Order?
Politely decline the conversation because it is not in the line of duty
Answer one personal question before ending the conversation
Continue briefly as long as you keep watching the area
Direct the friend to continue the conversation with the relieving sentry
15. Which General Order directs a sentry to repeat calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than the sentry's own post?
The Eighth General Order
The Fourth General Order
The Eleventh General Order
The Fifth General Order
16. Which statement correctly distinguishes the Fifth General Order from the First?
The Fifth governs leaving the post only when properly relieved, while the First establishes responsibility for the post and government property in view
The Fifth concerns saluting, while the First concerns challenging people at night
The Fifth concerns official calls, while the First concerns orders from watch personnel
The Fifth concerns alarms, while the First concerns reporting violations