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Which of the following number sizes is the heaviest weight of canvas?
No. 1
If you plan to use the standard weight of canvas, generally specified for gun covers, which of the following types must you draw?
No.4 duck
What measure is used for issuing canvas?
Square Yard
Although synthetic fabrics are more expensive than canvas, they are replacing canvas in most applications because they are
lighter and stronger
Which of the following types of material is best suited for blackout and welding curtains?
Black Neoprene
What type of line should be used for bolt ropes and lashings on synthetic?
Synthetic
Which of the following grommets is recommended for use in synthetic cloth?
Eyelet and Ring
The Navy uses a variety of specially treated canvas including types which are resistant to fire and all EXCEPT which of the following agents?
Acid
Which of the following cleaning solutions should you use to scrub dirty canvas?
Mild Soap and Water Solution
What is the best way to repair a winch cover if a grommet tears out?
Sew a patch over the spot and put in another grommet
When measuring canvas to be used as an awning, always deduct
1/2 inch for each linear foot in both length and width
What material is used to reduce the wear on the sail twine while sewing is being done, and it also retards deterioration?
Beeswax
Which of the following sail needles is the largest?
8
Which of the following jobs requires the use of the roping palm?
Sewing on bolt ropes
Which of the following stitches is most commonly used to join two pieces of canvas together?
Round
What stitch is the strongest and self locks each stitch?
Herringbone
When you are making a canvas seabag, what type of stitch do you use to attach the bottom section to the tube section?
Round
Which of the following is the correct procedure for you to use when sewing bolt ropes to canvas?
Keep the rope taut and the canvas slack
The actual grommet in the hand sewn grommet is made of what material?
Canvas
If the canvas article you are making requires metal grommets having a 3/4-inch inside diameter, which of the following types should you use?
Spur type #6, or eyelet and ring type #6
Unlike the installation of a spur type of grommet, the eyelet-and- ring type of grommet requires you to take which of the following actions?
Sew the eyelet to the canvas
Place in the proper sequence the following steps for spreading an awning: (A) securing stops to the ridge pole, (B) pulling taut the earrings, (C) reeving off the earrings.
B,A,C
In which of the following widths is single-ply leather belting available?
1 to 6 inches
Leather will rend, crack, and shrink considerably if it is exposed to which of the following elements?
Heat
Why should you put paper between hides of leather that are stowed flat, one on top of the other?
To keep them from sticking
What deck fitting should you use to make fast a line that has been led through a chock?
A bitt
What deck fitting consists of a doubled-end pair of projecting horns used for belaying a wire?
A cleat
There are how many different types of chocks?
Three
When a naval vessel has two accommodation ladders, what personnel use the forward ladder?
Officers and Ceremonial Participants
What type of ladder is rigged out and lowered to provide for boarding or leaving an anchored ship?
An H-Frame
For ease of handling, most accommodation ladders in the Navy today are made of aluminum.
True
On ships not having outriggers, what davit can be used to support the ladder over the side?
A padeye
What bend is used to tie the gantline to the boatswains chair?
A double becket
When you are aloft in the boatswain’s chair, what command should you give to inform the deck crew to let go of the gantline?
Let Go
What device should you bend the tail of the gantline to when riding down the standing rigging?
A shackle
What officer must you receive permission from before going aloft?
Officer of the Deck
What does the number designation of canvas indicate?
Weight per square yard
Where is white, untreated canvas normally used aboard ship?
Below Decks
When you are rigging an accommodation ladder, what type of safety equipment is used to work it over the side?
Life jackets and Safety harness with proper safety lines rigged
Which of the following is used to protect the side of a ship from contact with a pier or another ship?
Fenders
What should you do with your tools when you are working aloft?
Tie tools and equipment to the chair
What type of device should be used to secure all tools, buckets, and brushes to the ship when you are working over the side?
Lanyards
When properly rigged, what part(s) of the stage should support all the weight?
Plank
What is the approximate weight of a lead line?
7 to 14 lbs
How deep is the water when the leadsman reports A QUARTER LESS THAN THREE?
2 3/4 Fathoms
What is the first word you say when ready to make the heave on a lead line?
Watch O Watch
What is used to identify the 7-fathom mark on the lead line?
A red rag
What is used to identify the 5-fathom mark on a lead line?
False
Personnel are not permitted to sit or lean on lifelines.
False (SAFETY)
How far from the block through which the line passes shall a person stand when handling a line?
6 Feet
What No. size of canvas is used to make sand bags?
No.1
How many types of sail palms are used in the Navy?
Two
What is the purpose of beeswax in sewing canvas?
It reduces the wear on the sail twine
What type of stitch is used when a strong seam is required?
Flat
What type of stitch is used to mend tears in heavy or painted canvas?
Herringbone
What size do the eyelet-and-ring type grommets come in?
6 to 15
What size width does single-ply belting leather come in?
1 to 6 inches