ALC Marksmanship Exam 2023 with Complete Solutions Graded A+ Is all shooting the same? - Correct Answer All shooting is the same Two firing task? - Correct Answer 1) properly point the weapon at the target.2) fire the rifle without moving it.What is sight alignment? - Correct Answer The centering of the front sight, rear sight, and shooters eye.What is sight picture? - Correct Answer The addition of a target into properly aligned sights.The eye, the sights, and the target are all in one straight line.What is follow through? - Correct Answer Continuing to apply the basic fundamentals of marksmanship until recoil has ceased.What are the 4 elements of a steady position? - Correct Answer 1) Support (artificial and bone) 2) Muscular relaxation 3) Natural point of aim 4) Durability What is the most stable platform? - Correct Answer The ground What is natural point of aim? - Correct Answer Where your position is naturally pointing when your body is relaxed.What are the 5 points of a solid position? - Correct Answer 1. Non-Firing hand
- Firing Hand
- Elbows
- Rifle butt
- Stockweld
What is the purpose of a firing position? - Correct Answer To support the two basic fundamentals of marksmanship.What is parallax? - Correct Answer The apparent movement or displacement of objects when viewed from different perspectives.What is ballistics? - Correct Answer Everything that happens to the projectile from the time the primer is struck by the firing pin until the projectile comes to a complete stop.What are the three ballistic phases? - Correct Answer 1) Internal 2) External 1 / 2
3) Terminal What are the two forces that effect ballistics? - Correct Answer 1) gravity 2) air resistance
Gravity: causes the bullet to fall towards the earth.
Air resistance: causes the bullet to slow down and fly erratically.
What are the parts of trajectory? - Correct Answer 1) line of sight 2) line of bore 3) trajectory What is line of sight? - Correct Answer What the shooter sees behind the sights and can be illustrated by drawing a straight imaginary line for your eye through the rear and front sights out to the target; this is how you aim.What is line of bore? - Correct Answer A straight imaginary line that is drawn from the muzzle of the rifle out to the target.What is trajectory? - Correct Answer The path the bullet will take when fire from the rifle.What is zeroing? - Correct Answer Zeroing aligns the sights of the weapon with the weapon's barrel.Adjusting the sights so that the bullet will impact where you aim.What tc covers the m4? - Correct Answer TC 3-22.9 What is a mechanical zero? - Correct Answer Mechanically centering the weapon systems sights.
- minute of angle equals? - Correct Answer 1/60 of a degree.
- MOA= 1/60 of a degree
- MOA at 100yds= 1.047in
- minute of angle at 100 yards equals what? - Correct Answer 1.047 inches.
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What is minute of angle? - Correct Answer A measure of angular measurement.
The unit of measurements used by all weapon systems with which you will make your windage and elevation adjustments.
What has the greatest variable effect on ballistic trajectories? - Correct Answer Wind The elements of wind effects are what? - Correct Answer 1) time 2) direction wind is blowing