Chapter 2 Marlinespike Seamanship

Front 1

One of the advantages of braided lines over twisted (rope-laid) ropes is that they do not flex open to admit dirt. This characteristics is also a disadvantage because they are braided so tightly that

Back 1

Interior strands cannot be inspected readily

Front 2

Line in which the fibers are twisted to form yarns, then the yarns are twisted to the left to form strands, and next the strands are twisted to the right to form line best describes

Back 2

Three strand right laid

Front 3

What type of construction is used for cotton heaving lines?

Back 3

Stuffer braided

Front 4

A line that has an equal number of right-twisted and left-twisted strands paired to make up a line is known as

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Plaited

Front 5

The core of double braided line accounts for how much of the lines total strength?

Back 5

50%

Front 6

When you open a new coil of line, set it up with the inside end at the bottom of the center tunnel

True/False

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True

Front 7

If a line must be stowed when it is wet, how should the line be laid?

Back 7

Long flakes

Front 8

Winding a right laid line in a counterclockwise direction on a winch drum will cause the line to do what?

Back 8

Kink

Front 9

How must you handle secured lines during wet weather to prevent damage to them?

Back 9

Must be slacked off

Front 10

Which of the following conditions is an indication that a natural fiber line has deteriorated as a result of age exposure

Back 10

Yellow or brown color

Front 11

Which of the following conditions indicates internal wear in natural fiber line

Back 11

White powdery residue inside the lay

Front 12

At what angle to the direct line pull should you be positioned while you are tending synthetic fiber line that is under tension

Back 12

90°

Front 13

Which of the following synthetic fiber rope constructions has the highest resistance to abrasions

Back 13

3 strand nylon

Front 14

Before you use new three strand synthetic fiber line, it should be

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Faked out on deck and allowed to relax for 24 hours

Front 15

How much of its strength can a polypropylene line without ultraviolet inhibitors lose when exposed to sunlight for three months

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40%

Front 16

Why must you take an extra turn when you splice synthetic lines

Back 16

Because of the lower friction resistance and the tendency to slip

Front 17

When using a capstan or gypsy head to heave in synthetic line what is the minimum number of round turns you should take

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6

Front 18

What if anything will happen if a synthetic fiber line is placed on the same bollard with the spring lay rope

Back 18

The spring lay rope will cut the synthetic line

Front 19

When a tattletale cord suspended from two points on a synthetic line becomes thought what does it indicate

Back 19

The safe working load has been reached

Front 20

Tattletale cords are made of what size lines

Back 20

6 thread Manila

Front 21

The line handling term check 5 most clearly means

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**** this question ask for help

Front 22

What term is used when two mooring lines are placed over the same Ballard and one eye is led through the eye of another so that they do not disturb each other

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Dipping the eye

Front 23

Which of the following are two characteristics of synthetic lines

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High elasticity and low friction

Front 24

What is the term used for wire rope that has its trimmed shaved prior to the laying up process

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Preformed

Front 25

Which of the following bends consists of taking a half hitch with the ends of two lines around the standing part of the other in seizing the bitter end

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Reeving line bend

Front 26

What bend is used to bend a line to a Becket or an eye?

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Fisherman's bend

Front 27

Which of the following knots is best suited for making an eye in the middle of a line

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Bowline on a bite

Front 28

The rolling hitch is best used for which of the following applications

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Stopper on mooring lines and falls

Front 29

What hitch is used on spars planks and or other rough surface materials

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Timber hitch

Front 30

Which of the following knots is used to take a load off a weak spot in the line

Back 30

Sheepshank

Front 31

After making the first two turns of a three strand Turks Head you should turn your hand so that the back is toward you. next you

Back 31

Pass the end through the first bite and over the second term then rotate your hand so the palm is toward you

Front 32

How many strands should you start with if you wish to make a six strand at Turks Head

Back 32

4

Front 33

Which of the following coverings is made with consecutive half hitches

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Coxcombing

Front 34

Assume that you want to cover a 10 foot long 3 inch circumference rail with Cox combing using strands 1/8 inch in diameter each strand should be approximately how long

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L x C x T

------------ = length of strand in inches

3

Front 35

For which of the following pieces of fancy work is it necessary to use an even number of strands

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Crosspointing

Front 36

What is the length of each strand that encircles an object to be covered by Fox and geese

Back 36

1 1/2 the length of the work

Front 37

The common sennit difference from the flat sennit in that the common sennit is constructed by

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Using an odd number of strands

Front 38

How is the outboard strand past and making a square Senate

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Behind all but two of the other strands and back in front to its originating side

Front 39

What is the minimum number of strands that you should use in constructing a Russian Sennit

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16

Front 40

What type of seizing would you use if the marriage of lines is to be under little or no strain

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Flat seizing

Front 41

What is the best seize to use when there will be an unequal strain on two parts of the line which are seized together

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Racking seizing

Front 42

How long should you make the strands that you will use in making a small boat fender that is to be 1 foot long

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10 times as long

10ft

Front 43

The covering of a Navy style boat fender is made up of what kind of knots

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Wall knots

Front 44

A rat tail stopper consists of a 12 to 14 foot piece of line with an eye splice at one end and a flat tapering braid at the other end the taper is formed by

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Cutting out yarns as you braid

Front 45

The first step in making a long splice is to unload the end of each rope how many times do you unlay

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15 turns

Front 46

The special tools needed to splice double braided line smaller than 3 inches in circumference are

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Tubular fid and a pusher

Front 47

Which of the following tools are used in splicing a double braided line larger than 3 inches in circumference

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Wire fid

*yes a wire fid*

Front 48

How much of the average new line strength does the standard eye splice in new double braided line retain

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90%

Front 49

Which preliminary step allows you to restore the original length relationship between the lines core and cover and thus maintain the full strength of the line throughout this splice

Back 49

Tying a slip knot approximately five fid lengths up the line from the point marked X

Front 50

How many consecutive pairs of cover strands are counted off between the points R & T

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8

Front 51

When tucking the cover tail into the core you should pull the cover tail through the core until mark "R" on the cover emerges from

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Mark 3

Front 52

If the fid is not long enough to reach from one point to the other because of the eye size, you should

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Bring the fid out through the cover, pull the core through, and reinsert it in the same hole working toward the desired point

Front 53

If the cover bunches at the crossover as you work it down over the section of the core in the eye. You eliminate the bunching by

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Milking the cover toward point "X"

Front 54

What should you do prior to whipping an eye splice in double braided line

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Stitch lock the splice

Front 55

When doing critical operations with natural fiber line what is the maximum time in years you cannot exceed

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5

Front 56

Which of the following aramid line sizes is equivalent to 8" double braided nylon

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5 3/8"

Front 57

What does the term "EASE TWO" mean?

Back 57

Put less tension on two

Front 58

How many heaving lines must be laid out at each line handling station

Back 58

2

Front 59

How many standard mooring lines are used on most ships

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6

Front 60

Which of the following NSTM chapters would give you a comprehensive list of precautions in the use of fiber synthetic and wire rope

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NSTM 613

Front 61

What is the breaking strength in pounds for a 5 3/8 inch aramid mooring line?

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180,000 lbs

Front 62

Which of the following synthetic lines has the lowest breaking strength

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Polypropylene

Front 63

What is the number of wire rope clips required for a one inch 6 by 19 wire

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5

Front 64

What must you use if a mousing is to strengthen a hook

Back 64

Shackle

Front 65

Which of the following nstm chapters deals with the size care used in construction of wire ropes

Back 65

613

Front 66

When lines are used on double bitts figure eights reduce the Rope strength by what percent

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25%