13. The Manual of the Medical Department directs that each medical activity of the Navy shall be inspected, in detail, by a district or staff medical officer once every 1. 3 months 2. 6 months 3. 12 months 4. 24 months 14. When applying for naval medical care, dependents must 1. be accompanied by the person on whom they are dependent 2. present proper identification 3. be certified by the Navy Relief as being in need 4. make prior appointments in all cases 15. Which one item listed below would not be included in an inspection by a district medical officer of a naval shipyard dispensary? 1. The disaster and emergency plan 2. The sanitary standards of living spaces 3. The fresh water supply 4. The brig administration 16. A candidate for original appointment in the Dental Corps of the Navy must submit an application to 1. the Secretary of the Navy 2. the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 4. the Assistant Chief of the Bureau for Dentistry 17. Routine dental treatment by the Navy shall be made available to all categories of personnel listed here except 1. personnel on the retired list of the Navy and Marine Corps on active or inactive duty 2. personnel of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve when on active duty 3. prisoners of war 4. dependents of active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel 18. At naval hospitals and dispensaries commanded by officers of the Medical Corps, the senior officer of the Dental Corps attached is designated 1. the Senior Dental Officer. 2. Chief of the Dental Service 3. Head of the Dental Department 4. Special Assistant, Dental 19. A dental patient requiring early treatment of conditions such as extensive or advanced caries or chronic oral infections would be classed as 1. Class 1 2. Class 2 3. Class 3 4. Class 4 20. Members of the naval service who refuse to submit to dental treatment necessary to keep them fit to perform their duties shall be reported to the 1. commanding officer 2. fleet or district dental officer, as appropriate 3. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 4. Secretary of the Navy TRUE-FALSE ITEMS Write the word "True" or "False" in the blank space provided after each statement. 21. One of the duties of the "Inspectors, Naval Medical Activities" is to collaborate with the respective district medical officers in procurement of suitable Medical Department Personnel for the Naval Reserve. 22. The Manual of the Medical Department requires that prescriptions for alcoholic beverages, narcotics, and poisonous drugs for use in the dental department shall be signed by a medical officer. 23. The duties outlined in the Manual of the Medical Department for district medical officers shall also apply to river command medical officers. 24. When a person reenlists or extends his enlistment, the Dental Record shall be corrected and brought up to date in lieu of preparing a new Dental Record. 25. Generally, original appointments in the Dental Corps of the Navy are made in the grade of ensign. INSTRUCTION TEST Assignment No. 4 Read this reference: Manual of the Medical Department, U. S. Navy, Chapters 7, 8, and 9. COMPLETION ITEMS Complete the following statements by supplying the proper word or words. 1. A Medical Service Corps was established as a staff corps within the Medical Department of the Navy by provisions of public law in the year 2. Under provisions of the present law, the highest grade authorized for officers of the Medical Service Corps is 3. Excluding the Director of the Nurse Corps, the Nurse Corps shall consist of officers in the grades of ensign to inclusive. 4. The Director of the Nurse Corps shall have the rank of while serving in that capacity. 5. The Director of the Nurse Corps is appointed by the Secretary of the Navy for a term of not more than years. 6. Though officers of the Nurse Corps shall not be eligible for the exercise of they shall exercise such military authority as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Navy. 7. The applicable law requires that enlisted men of other ratings in the Navy and of ranks in the shall be eligible for transfer to the Hos pital Corps. 8. When a member of the Hospital Corps has been found qualified by training or experience in any his commanding officer shall cause an entry to that effect to be made in his Service Record. 9. Hospital corpsmen are restricted, in view of the limitations of the from assign ment to any duty of a combatant nature. 10. Personnel of the Hospital Corps relieved from night duty shall not, except in emergency, be reassigned to duty for hours thereafter. MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS In the following statements or questions place the number preceding the correct answer in the blank space provided. 11. The authorized strength of the Medical Service Corps of the Navy is established by law as 1. 20 per centum of the authorized strength of the Medical Corps of the Navy 2. 20 per centum of the total number of staff officers of the Navy 3. 25 per centum of the authorized strength of the Medical Corps of the Navy 4. 25 per centum of the total number of staff officers of the Navy 12. To be eligible for original appointment in the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, a person must be between the ages of 1. 18-32 2. 18-35 3. 21-32 4. 21-35 13. A commander or lieutenant commander of the Nurse Corps shall be retired by the President on the first day of the month following that in which she attains the age of 1. 50 years 2. 55 years 3. 60 years 4. 62 years 14. The authorized strength of the Hospital Corps is 31⁄2 per centum of the authorized 1. officer and enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps 2. officer and enlisted strength of the Navy 3. officer strength of the Navy and Marine Corps 4. enlisted strength of the Navy and Marine Corps 15. An applicant for enlistment in a rate of the Hospital Corps must 1. have completed a minimum of 2 years of high school or equivalent education 2. be a high school graduate 3. have had previous training in first aid 4. be 21 years of age or older 16. Normally, enlisted personnel of the Hospital Corps shall not be required to perform night duty for a period exceeding one month and shall not ordinarily be called upon for night duty more frequently than 1. every other month 2. one month out of 3. one month out of 4. one month out of every three every six every twelve 17. The Manual of the Medical Department directs that a Hospitalman (HN) shall be rotated in duty assignment, insofar as practicable, every 1. other month 2. two months 3. four months 4. six months 18. The Manual of the Medical Department directs that a Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) shall be rotated in duty assignments insofar as practicable, but not less often than 1. every quarter |