CTTC · E-7 BIBLIOGRAPHY · JANUARY 2027 EXAMActive duty & FTS

CTT E-7 Bibs · January 2027

Cryptologic Technician (Technical) · Effective July 2026 · Revised by the Navy (revision 2) · 53 references on the Regular exam

  1. AFTTP 3-1.THREAT GUIDE CH 6
    ADVERSARY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND ARMAMENT
    Ch 1Ch 6
  2. APP-7(E) CHANGE 1
    JOINT BREVITY WORDS PUBLICATIONS
  3. ATP 1 VOL II
    ALLIED MARITIME TACTICAL SIGNAL AND MANEUVERING BOOK
    Ch 20
  4. CHINA SMART BOOK 2022
    CHINA - PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PLAN) AND MARITIME FORCES SMART BOOK
    STUDY CHINA SMART BOOK, CHINA'S NAVAL AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES, TOP BRUSH OTH RADAR, UAV
  5. COMBINED EMITTER DATABASE
    CED: COMBINED EMITTER DATABASE
    ELNOT O539ZSTUDY BLUE FORCE AIRBORNE RADARSSTUDY ELNOTS: A436Z
  6. COMNAVIWTGINST 3502.4E
    ELECTRONIC WARFARE USER GUIDE
  7. COMNAVSURFPAC/LANT INST 3502.7C
    SURFACE FORCE TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL (WITH CHANGE NOTICE ONE)
    App BCh 1
  8. COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 4790.3 VOLUME V REV D CHG 2
    JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL (JFMM) VOLUME V QUALITY MAINTENANCE
    Ch 1Ch 5
  9. COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 4790.3 VOLUME VI REV D CH 2
    JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL (JFMM) VOLUME VI MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS
    Ch 1Ch 19
  10. CRITIC HANDBOOK
    LETTER OF PROMULGATION
  11. DEPLOYABLE SECURITY TRAINER
    DEPLOYABLE SECURITY TRAINER
    Ch 2Ch 7Ch 8Ch 9Ch 11
  12. DODM 5105.21 VOL 2 CHG 2
    SCI ADMINISTRATIVE SECURITY MANUAL ADMINISTRATION OF PHYSICAL SECURITY, VISITOR CONTROL, AND TECHNICAL SECURITY
    Encl 2
  13. IBUG
    INTEGRATED BROADCASTS USERS GUIDE (IBUG)
    Sec 5Sec 6Sec 7D
  14. IRAN SMART BOOK
    ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN NAVAL AND MARITIME FORCES SMART BOOK
    STUDY CDCM ARCHITECTURE, SURFACE COMBATANTS, UAV
  15. JP 3-13.3
    OPERATIONS SECURITY
  16. JP 3-85
    JOINT ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS
    Ch 3
  17. NAVEDTRA 14168A
    NAVAL SPACE
    Ch 2
  18. NAVEDTRA 14182A NEETS MOD 10
    NEETS MODULE 10-WAVE PROPAGATION, TRANSMISSION LINES, AND ANTENNAS
    Ch 1Ch 2Ch 4
  19. NAVEDTRA 14184A MODULATION
    NEETS, MODULE 12--MODULATION PRINCIPLES
    Ch 1
  20. NAVEDTRA 14190A
    NEETS MODULE 18-RADAR PRINCIPLES
    Ch 1
  21. NAVSEAINST 4790.8D 3M
    SHIPS MAINTENANCE AND MATERIAL MANAGEMENT (3-M) MANUAL
    SECTION 1 CHAPTER 5, 1, CHAPTER 2, 1, CHAPTER 3, 2, CHAPTER 1
  22. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK COUNTERING INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE AND TARGETING(CISRT)(2026)
    NAVYWIDE OPTASK COUNTERING INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE AND TARGETING (CISRT) (2026)
  23. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE(EW)
    NAVY-WIDE OPTASK ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE (EW)
  24. NAVY-WIDE OPTASK INFORMATION WARFARE(IW)
    NAVY-WIDE OPTASK INFORMATION WARFARE (IW)
  25. NTRP 3-20.6.02
    AEGIS CG CLASS TACTICAL PUBLICATION
    Ch 5
  26. NTRP 3-20.6.06
    CV/CVN CLASS TACTICAL PUBLICATION
    Ch 9
  27. NTRP 3-20.6.08 VOL 3
    DDG 51 (FLIGHT IIA) CLASS TACTICAL PUBLICATION (U)
    Page 38-40
  28. NTRP 3-20.6.21
    LPD 17 CLASS TACTICIAL PUBLICATION
    Ch 8
  29. NTTP 2-02.1
    STRIKE GROUP AND UNIT LEVEL CRYPTOLOGIC OPERATIONS (U)
    App BCh 1Ch 2Ch 3Ch 4
  30. NTTP 3-13.10
    SUBMARINE ELECTRONIC WARFARE
    App AApp BCh 5
  31. NTTP 3-13.14
    SURFACE ELECTRONIC WARFARE GUIDE
    App AApp CApp FCh 2Ch 4Ch 5Figure 2-1Figure C-8Pages 31-104
  32. NTTP 3-13.2
    NAVY INFORMATION OPERATION WARFARE COMMANDERS MANUAL
    Ch 3Ch 4Ch 5Ch 7
  33. NTTP 3-51.1
    NAVY ELECTRONIC WARFARE
    App CCh 2Ch 4Ch 6
  34. NTTP 3-54.M
    OPSEC
    Ch 3
  35. NWP 3-56 COMPOSITE WARFARE
    COMPOSITE WARFARE: MARITIME OPERATIONS AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL OF WAR
    Ch 2Ch 4
  36. ONI-1200-110-1919(SMART BOOK - RUSSIA)
    RUSSIAN FEDERATION NAVY SMART BOOK
    STUDY BLACK SEA FLEET CAPABILITIES, FIGHTERS, SSBNS, SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES
  37. OPNAVINST 3000.15A
    OPTIMIZED FLEET RESPONSE PLAN
  38. OPNAVINST 3432.1A
    OPERATIONS SECURITY
    STUDY CHECKSHEETS
  39. PCMS MANUAL SE400-DA-MMO-010 REV7
    PASSIVE COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEM TECHNICAL MANUAL OPERATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL MAINTENANCE
    Ch 1Ch 3
  40. SECNAVINST 3070.2A
    OPERATIONS SECURITY
    STUDY CHECKSHEETS
  41. SECNAVINST 5510.30C
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM (U)
    App GCh 8Encl 10
  42. SECNAVINST 5510.36B
    DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM
    Ch 2Ch 10
  43. TM 3-13.1-22
    CISRT PLANNING AND TACTICAL SITUATION MANAGEMENT AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL OF WARFARE
    Ch 4
  44. TM 3-51.2-16
    JOINT TACTICAL TERMINAL EMPLOYMENT FOR NAVAL SURFACE UNITS
    Ch 1Ch 2
  45. TM 3-51.2-18
    AN/SLQ-32(V)6 TACTICAL USERS GUIDE
    Ch 3
  46. TM 3-51-1-15
    ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS AFLOAT
    Ch 2Ch 3
  47. USSID 18
    PROTECTION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY OF U.S. PERSON INFORMATION WHEN CONDUCTING SIGINT MISSIONS
    Sec 1Sec 7
  48. USSID 2
    THE USSID SYSTEM
    Sec 3
  49. USSID 212
    TIME-SENSITIVE SIGINT TIPPING/REPORTING USING THE KLIEGLIGHT/TACTICAL REPORTS FORMAT
    Sec 3
  50. USSID 220
    SIGINT DISSEMINATION: TACTICAL ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (ELINT)
    Annex ESec 1
  51. USSID 314
    TECHNICAL ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE
    Annex CAnnex ESec 7
  52. USSID 319
    UNIVERSAL FORMATTING FOR REPORTING OF SPECIFIC SIGINT INTERCEPT DATA
    Sec 3STUDY LETTER OF PROMULGATION
  53. WFIP 52 L
    WAR FIGHTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (WFIP) NUMBER FIFTYTWO LIMA COMBAT SYSTEM SMOOTH LOG

Exam topics

7 topics · 27 subtopics

What this exam covers, from the official topics list published with the bib.

CRYPTOLOGIC FUNDAMENTALSAUTHORITIES AND DIRECTIVES · ELINT OPERATIONS · SYSTEMS
EW FUNDAMENTALSEA · EP · ES · WATCHSTANDING FUNDAMENTALS
INFORMATION OPERATIONSCNO · IO PLANS · MILDEC · MISO · OPSEC · UAS
MAINTENANCEPREVENTATIVE · REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION · SYSTEMS · TESTING AND CERTIFICATIONS
RADAR FUNDAMENTALSEQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS · THEORY · WAVE PROPAGATION
SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONCLASSIFICATION GUIDANCE · PERSONNEL · PHYSICAL
TACTICAL OPERATIONSCISRT · EMSO & MANAGEMENT · STRIKE GROUP OPERATIONS · TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
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  2. This BIBLIOGRAPHY is provided by NAC to document the REFERENCES used by a subject matter expert (a Navy Chief in the rating) as the basis for writing the questions on the REGULAR Navy Advancement exam that will be given to ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL in January 2027. All exam questions are developed by rating subject matter experts utilizing the latest Occupational Standards provided by NAVMAC.
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Source: the official January 2027 E-7 bibliography on Navy COOL (effective July 2026).