Back to Chapter 17 Dress and Appearance
77. Which uniform is optional for enlisted personnel?
A. Service Dress Uniform
*B. Mess Dress Uniform
C. Service Uniform
D. BDU or ABU
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78. Which uniform is worn for social or official functions (i.e., “black tie” events)?
A. Mess Dress
B. semiformal service dress
C. the Service Uniform
*D. both A and B
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79. The Mess Dress uniform is worn for social or official functions (i.e., “black tie” events). What uniform may enlisted members wear to such events if they don't own a Mess Dress uniform?
A. the Service Dress Uniform
*B. semiformal service dress
C. the Service Uniform
D. both A and B
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80. What uniform is the military equivalent of a civilian tuxedo or evening gown?
A. the Service Dress Uniform
B. the Service Uniform
*C. the Mess Dress Uniform
D. BDUs or ABUs
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81. When wearing this uniform, the name tag and head gear are not worn and saluting is not required.
A. semiformal service dress
B. Mess Dress uniform
C. Service Uniform
*D. both A and B
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82. For both men and women, the sleeves of the Mess Dress jacket end
*A. 1/4 to 1/2 inch below the wrist
B. 1/4 to 1/2 inch above the wrist
C. 3 to 3 1/2 inches below the top of the thigh
D. at the center line of the outstretched palm
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83. The sleeves of this uniform item will end 1/4 to 1/2 inch below the wrist.
A. the Service Dress Uniform's blue service coat
B. the Service Uniform's long-sleeved shirt/blouse
C. the Mess Dress jacket
*D. all of these answers
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84. On the Mess Dress jacket, men wear 4-inch chevrons. What size chevrons do women wear on the Mess Dress jacket?
A. women wear 4 inch chevrons
B. women wear 3 1/2 inch chevrons
*C. women wear 3 1/2 or 4-inch chevrons
D. chevrons are optional for women
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85. What accouterments are authorized for the Mess Dress jacket?
A. occupational, duty, miscellaneous badges, and command insignia
B. aeronautical, space, cyber, and chaplain badges and miniature medals
C. name tag, ribbons, and aeronautical, space, cyber, and chaplain badges
*D. both A and B
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86. How long is the skirt of the Mess Dress uniform?
A. no more than 6 inches above or below the middle of the kneecap
B. there is no formal length requirement but modesty should be paramount
*C. ankle length (no higher than the ankle, no longer than the bottom of the heel)
D. no shorter than the top of the kneecap or longer than the bottom of the kneecap
17.6.6.3.
87. What type of tie do men wear with the Mess Dress uniform?
A. the tab tie (V-tie)
B. the polyester or silk herringbone twill tie
*C. blue satin bow tie (5 to 5 1/2 inches long)
D. the 2 1/2-inch wide tie with square ends (without design)
17.6.6.4.1.
88. What type of tie do women wear with the Mess Dress uniform?
A. the tab tie (V-tie)
B. the 2 1/2-inch wide tie with square ends (without design)
C. blue satin bow tie (5 to 5 1/2 inches long)
*D. either A or B
17.6.6.4.1.
89. Men will wear cuff links with the Mess Dress uniform. What designs are authorized?
*A. “wing and star” design and the Air Force symbol
B. skull and crossbones, pair of dice, and the Air Force symbol
C. miniature rank emblem, thunderbolts, and the Air Force symbol
D. miniature medals (authorized), the Hap Arnold wings, and the Air Force symbol
17.6.6.4.2.
90. Both men and women will wear the blue satin cummerbund with the Mess Dress uniform. The cummerbund is pleated and without design, with the open edge of the pleats facing
A. downward
*B. upward
C. to the wearer's left
D. to the wearer's right
17.6.6.5.
91. Men may wear suspenders with the Mess Dress uniform. If worn, they will not be visible when wearing the jacket and must be one of three colors:
A. dark blue, black, or silver
*B. solid white, blue, or black
C. light blue, dark blue, or silver
D. blue, black, or the color chosen for the organizational event
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92. What shoe will men wear with the Mess Dress uniform?
*A. low quarters
B. boots
C. pumps
D. both A and B
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93. What outergarments may be worn with the Mess Dress uniform?
A. the top coat or all-weather coat, grey scarf, black gloves, and black cane
B. the top coat or all-weather coat, grey scarf, black tophat, black gloves, and grey muff
C. the top coat or all-weather coat, grey scarf, top hat or beret, black gloves, and grey muff
*D. the top coat or all-weather coat, black scarf, black gloves, blue winter cap, and black earmuffs
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