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Mushroom
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Used in groups of three or more, surrounding a central mooring point.
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You are being relieved as the helmsman. What information should you pass on to your relief?
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The course you are steering.
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What is the morning watch?
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0400-0800
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Wire rope should NEVER be stowed next to what?
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Acid
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Divice used for mooring small boats clear of ships side?
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Boat boom
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What naval stockless anchor has the greatest holding power?
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Mark 2
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Where do seamen sit when entering a small boat?
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Last; toward the bow
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What is the strongest wire rope size?
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6 × 19
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What length does the ship have to be for a second masthead light?
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50 meters
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Should you remain covered in the CO mess?
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False
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What device do you bend the tail of the gantline to when riding down standing rigging?
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A shackle
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What publications gives the senior person authority to be in charge?
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Code of conduct and navy regulations
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Fairway and channel buoys are numbered odd to starboard and even to port approaching from seaward.
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False
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What is a distress signal?
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A dye marker
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What type of mechanical boat davit handles the rescue rigid inflatable boat?
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The slewing arm davit
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How often should 1 1/2-inch anchor chains be laid out and inspected?
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Quarterly
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High speed transfer method for cargo and missiles between ships at sea.
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STREAM
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Who gives permission to work outside lifelines while underway?
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Commanding officer
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Who do you report fog signals to?
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The OOD
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Safety rope lines should be replaced with wire rope.
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True
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What is a concern for personnel aboard small boats?
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Crew safety and passenger safety
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There are how many types of chocks?
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Three
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Not four
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What is a strike force greatest assets?
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Mobility
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What color identifies a special mark?
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Yellow
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Most common type of anchor.
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Stockless
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What is the emergency breakaway signal?
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Five short blasts
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Double-ended pair of projecting horns.
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Cleat
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Who orders the course the helmsman steers?
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Conning officer
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What is the function of the steering gear follow-up shaft?
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To stop the pumping of oil when the rudder reaches the desired angle
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Rudder
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What firing devices interrupt firing when the gun is pointed at the ships permanent structure?
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Firing cutouts
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What distance should the coxswain be from a ship before taking a magnetic compass reading?
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100 yd
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What is the burning time of the Mk 58 marine location marker?
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40 to 60 minutes
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Over 30
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What is the first letter designation assigned to sound-powered circuits?
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J
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What do you use to spot the yard-and-stay booms in their working area?
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Guys
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Line
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What ladder is rigged out and lowered for boarding and leaving an anchored ship?
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Accommodation ladder
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What ship is the center of a naval task force?
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Aircraft carrier
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What davit is used aboard aircraft carriers and amphibious helicopter landing ships?
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Overhead suspended
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The fog signals of inland and international waters are the same except Inland Rules do NOT provide for which of the following vessels?
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Constrained by draft
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Anchored
Underway Constrained by draft Aground |
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The purpose of the fluid brake is to regulate the speed of a descending boat.
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True
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A red pyrotechnic from a lifeboat signals what?
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The lifeboat need assistance
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What is a wooden fid used for?
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To splice line
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What country is thought to have nuclear weapons?
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Israel
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Iran
Israel Lebanon Iraq |
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Where is white, untreated canvas located?
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Below decks
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What is NOT a use of the chain stopper?
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To secure a shackle permanently to the pad eye
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Secure
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Standing lights are dim blue lights throughout a ships interior.
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False
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What does the number designation of canvas indicate?
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Weight per square yard
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When a boat comes alongside a ship underway to be hoisted in, what line is attached first?
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The sea painter
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What degree of readiness requires part of a ships weapons systems to be ready for immediate action at prolonged notice?
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III
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Serving as a side boy, at what call of the pipe should you render the hand salute?
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OVER THE SIDE
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What flagstaff insignia is used for a commander?
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A star
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The Enlisted Duty Preference Form does not have the location or type of duty you wish to request, what should you do?
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Check OPNAVIST 3111.14U and look in chapter 25 of the TRANSMAN
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3111.14U, CH.25
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Canvas is issued by what measurement?
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Linear feet
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What operation should you be engaged in when your ship goes into readiness condition IA?
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Amphibious operations
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Accommodation ladders are made of aluminum.
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True
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To stop both engines, what order should the conning officer give?
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ALL ENGINES STOP
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What red lights are located 6 feet vertically apart and are mounted on brackets that extend abaft the mast?
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Breakdown and man-overboard
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What mooring line runs through the bullnose?
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Bow
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What is NOT the correct order when writing a naval letter?
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Stating explanations before answers
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What IALA markings call attention to an area or specific feature?
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Special marks
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What signal do you make if you are hailed by the OOD and one of your passengers is a captain?
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Four fingers extended
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Working with wire rope, why should you wear heavy gloves?
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To protect your hands from Fishhooks
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What important principle do you have to remember as a helmsman?
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The wheel, the rudder, and the ships head all move in the same direction
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What's the most common error committed by a new helmsman?
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Using too much rudder
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How often should you check sound-powered communications with the bridge?
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Every 30 minutes
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The magnetic steering compass is located topside and the standard compass is located in the pilot house.
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False
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What does NOTHING TO THE RIGHT mean?
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Keep the ship from swinging to the right of a given course
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How does the fathometer measure the depth of water?
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By the time required for sound to travel to the bottom and back
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Which of the following is NOT a requirement for maintaining a 24-hour watch aboard ship?
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Informing other ships of the condition of your ship
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What device is used to secure tools?
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Lanyard
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What do you use to splice wire?
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A marlinespike
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What term describes a power-driven vessel that is in a crossing situation close enough to involve the risk of collision?
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Stand-on vessel
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A boat boom is secured to the side of the ship by what?
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A gooseneck and a pin
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Backbone of the ship.
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Keel
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When a boat is hoisted with davits, what line is in hand?
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The Manrope
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Four veers is how many side boys?
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Eight
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What officer is responsible for training lookouts?
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The CIC officer
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You may not be ordered to active duty without the permission of which of the following persons?
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Chief of Naval Personnel
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What type of windlass is below deck?
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Horizontal shaft
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What device permits free rotation of the wildcat when you are paying out chain?
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Locking head
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What space aboard ship provides permanent stowage for parts of the ammunition allowance?
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Ready-service magazines
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Which of the following knots provides the best security whether bending two lines together?
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Square
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An effective leader should recognize that people as individuals have different values and beliefs.
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True
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Paragraphs in a naval letter should contain how many sentences?
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4 to 5
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Aircraft carriers fire the shot line to delivering ships because of the danger of hitting aircraft on the carrier's deck.
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True
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Chapter 8 of U.S. Navy Regulations, 1990, applies to which of the following people?
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Commanding officers
Prospective commanding officers Petty officers detailed as officer in charge or command duty officer |
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What boat hail should you call to indicate that the SECNAV is embarked?
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NAVY
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What is the best knot for bendingv together two lines of different sizes?
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Becket bend
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How often do you report to the OOD?
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Every hour
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What is the reciprocal bearing of your ship of your course is 230°?
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050°
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What order puts the rudder on the centerline?
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MIDSHIPS
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What type of braided line retains about 50 percent of its strength in the core?
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Double-braided
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What is the color of the station marker used to indicate fuel oil is being transferred at this station?
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Red
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What factor limits the number of sailors who can be advanced to petty officer?
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The number of vacancies that exist in each rate and rating
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Which of the following is the correct terminology for a course change?
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RIGHT FULL RUDDER
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How deep is the water when the leadsman reports A QUARTER LESS THREE?
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2 3/4 fathoms
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A vessel of less than 12 meters in length is NOT required to sound fog signals.
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True
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What is the purpose of the Shore Establishment?
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To provide support to the operating forces
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What flaghoist signal should the receiving ship hoist to indicate it is disengaged at the final station?
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PREP closed up
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What bend is used to tie the gantline to the boatswains chair?
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Double becket
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What bearing is the direction of an object as indicated by the magnetic compass?
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Compass
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Regular liberty is usually granted as a 4-day period.
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False
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Galvanized wire rope ordinarily should NOT be used for which of the following purposes?
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Hoisting
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In writing Z, cross a line through it.
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True
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Tattle-tale cords can be used to determine the strength of aramid (Kevlar) fiber line.
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False
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Why do you need to be on watch 30 minutes early?
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To allow information to pass
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How many degrees are contained in each point of the compass card?
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011 1/4°
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What color is the daytime marker used to indicate that the distance between two ships is 140 feet?
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Yellow
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The magnetic compass error called variation is caused by which of the following facts?
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Positions of the magnetic and geographic poles are not the same
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What is the most common type of small stuff used aboard ships?
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Marline
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What safety device stops the rudder movement when the rudder is brought against the stops?
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Steering engine cutout
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Navy anchor chains of the flash-welded type is the standard for new ship constructions.
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True
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Who should approve the division's watch, quarter and station bill?
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Executive officer
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What signal alerts the helmsman in after steering that the bridge has ordered a change in rudder angle?
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A bell
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What focus number should you use to change the binocular setting from day to night use?
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-1
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Which of the following investigations is an independent check based on the guidelines of a mishap investigation?
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Naval Safety Center investigation
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For what reason are the gyro repeaters placed on the bridgewings?
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To take bearings
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What is the equipment furnished with each boat called?
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Portable parts
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Which of the following is NOT a procedure that should be used during the breakdown of a navy ship at sea?
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Hoisting two black balls, one above the other
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During peacetime, what night signal indicates a man overboard?
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Two vertical blinking red lights
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To continue to exist as we know it today, the United States must have a policy that recognizes its?
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Worldwide commitments
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Which of the following duties is NOT a requirement for the messenger of the watch?
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Remaining uncovered in officer country
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USCENTCOM naval forces in the middle east and southwest Asia are under which of the following commands?
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Commander middle east forces
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What office provides legal services within the department of the navy in all areas except business and commercial law?
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Office of the general counsel of the navy
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The true strength of sea power can only be measured in terms of a nation's ability to use the sea to further its?
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National objectives
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What is the purpose of a NAVGRAM?
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Urgent communications between DOD addressees
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The Navy Rights and Responsibility Workshop is conducted by which of the following groups?
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Command Training Team (CTT)
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What part of the ship should a coxswain use as the point of departure from a ship?
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The anchor buoy
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What device is used with davits having wire rope falls?
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Drum
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