Boatswain's Mate 14343 Study Guide

Front 1

The allowance for boats for shore stations is established by what authority?

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Commander, Naval Sea System Command

Front 2

Where can you find a list of all the items in a boat’s outfit?

Back 2

Coordinated Shipboard Alllowance List

Front 3

Under what condition is a boat outfit retained on board when the boat is turned in for disposal?

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When the boat is to be replaced by another of the same type

Front 4

Regulations and guidelines for a ship’s boat bill are set forth in which of the following manuals?

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OPNAVIST 3120.32 (SORM)

Front 5

Which of the following is a safety precaution you should observe while servicing a power boat?

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Keep the hinged covers on the engine hood closed during refueling

Front 6

The hoisting sling manufactured for a MWB weighing 6,500 pounds must pass a load test for how many pounds?

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13000 lbs

Front 7

As a general rule, ship’s personnel make a thorough inspection of boat slings for possible deterioration or rusting whenever they notice which of the following conditions?

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Wearing of the servings

Front 8

Who is responsible for making a boat ready for hoisting out?

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Coxswain

Front 9

If the sea is rough when you are preparing to launch a boat by crane, what steadying-lines arrangement should you provide?

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Two inboard, one astern, and one forward

Front 10

When you are launching a boat from the side of the ship, what should be done as soon as the boat is waterborne?

Back 10

Trip the slings

Front 11

While hoisting a boat aboard by crane, when are the steadying lines passed to the boat-crew?

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After the Sea painter is secured to the boat

Front 12

While hoisting a boat, when should passengers and crew disembark?

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When the boat is at the lowest weather deck

Front 13

What type of boat is used on a SLAD davit?

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RHIB

Front 14

The double-link pivoted gravity davit will hoist a fully loaded boat how many feet per minute?

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40 feet per minute

Front 15

What procedure is eliminated by using the single-arm davit?

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the process of threading two hooks through bow and stern hoisting rings

Front 16

The purpose of the falls tensioning device is to

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keep the slack out of the falls while hooking on and unhooking

Front 17

On the Raymond release hook, why is the outer end of the tripper weighted?

Back 17

When the boat is in the water the load is removed by the tripper

Front 18

Where should the monkey lines tend while lowering a boat to prevent them from fouling on an object or structure in the boat?

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Over the outboard side of the boat, away from the ship

Front 19

Once waterborne, what is the sequence of events that you should use in casting off a boat: (a) Cast off forward hook (b) Cast off aft hook (c) Cast off the sea painter (d) Cast off the steadying lines?

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B,a,d,c

Front 20

When a boat is to be hoisted in by davits, what is the first line a boat crew secures?

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Sea Painter

Front 21

The standard shipboard allowance of inflatable lifeboats, on a ship with crew GREATER than 295, is a quantity that will provide for what percentage of a ship’s crew?

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110%

Front 22

The primary difference between the Mk 7 and the Mk 8 inflatable lifeboat is that the

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Mk 8 holds more people

Front 23

At what depth is the automatic launching feature on inflatable lifeboats designed to activate?

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10 to 40 feet

Front 24

What degree of lip is designed on the standard Navy lifeboat stowage cradle to prevent the encapsulated lifeboat from falling out?

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15°

Front 25

What is the size of nylon cord that is attached to the shackle of the hydrostatic release and passed through the thimble of the wire rope harness?

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1/4 inch

Front 26

After installation of the hydrostatic release device, in which direction must the actuating mechanism face?

Back 26

Outboard to prevent accidental release

Front 27

When loading a ship’s boat ashore, who is responsible for seeing that the boat is NOT overloaded?

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Coxswain

Front 28

When you are coxswain, you need to know the range and state of the tide to secure your boat to the pier properly. From whom do you normally obtain information regarding tidal conditions?

Back 28

Quartermaster of the Watch (QMOW)

Front 29

The crew and passenger complement of a whaleboat includes the personnel listed below. In an emergency, who has final responsibility for the boat and its occupants?

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Boat Officer (ENS)

Front 30

Assume you are the coxswain and you have several ensigns and a commander aboard your boat, and you pass another boat containing only the coxswain who salutes your boat. Who in your boat returns the salute?

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Commander Only

Front 31

You are a coxswain of a powerboat under way when evening colors sound. You stop the boat, stand at attention, and salute. What should your passengers do to demonstrate

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Sit at Attention only

Front 32

If you and several officers are to be passengers in a boat, when should you enter the boat and where should you sit?

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First, and sit toward the stern

Front 33

As the screw of your boat begins to turn over going ahead, the stern of your boat swings to

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starboard, because of side force

Front 34

How does an increase in the frictional wake current affect the boat’s propeller and rudder efficiency?

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It increases both rudder and propeller efficiency

Front 35

While running your boat at night, you are suddenly warned of a partially submerged log dead ahead. You throw your rudder hard right but hit the log anyway. You are the victim of a natural phenomenon called

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advance

Front 36

How do the pertinent dynamic forces affect the boat that has a sternway with screw backing?

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Side force and discharge current tend to swing the stern to port

Front 37

If your boat starts walking to port while you are backing for a long distance, you compensate by

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periodically shifting the rudder and gunning the engine ahead

Front 38

How does a boat respond if it is moving forward, and you reverse the screw, and either (a) put the rudder hard right at the same time the screw starts backing, or (b) put the rudder hard left at the same time the screw starts backing?

Back 38

(a)Boaw swings to starboard, (b)bow swings to port initially and then swings to starboard

Front 39

Your boat is moving astern and the screw is going ahead at the time you put the rudder over hard right. How do the resultant dynamic forces affect the boat?

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Discharge current overcomes side force and normal steering effect and pushes the stern to port rapidly

Front 40

When a single-screw vessel approaches a pier port-side-to under light wind and current conditions, the course of approach should be at an angle with the face of the pier of approximately

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20°

Front 41

Compared to the typical port-side-to-landing, the usual starboard-side-to-landing requires a

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slower approach speed but an equal approach angle

Front 42

Generally, in what directions do the propellers of a twin-screw boat turn when they are going ahead?

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The starboard propeller turns clockwise and the port propeller turns counterclockwise

Front 43

An LCM's coxswain can turn the bow to starboard most quickly by

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applying right rudder, backing the starboard engine, and running the port engine ahead

Front 44

You are the coxswain of a lifeboat during a man-overboard drill. Which way should you steer if the ship hoists the EIGHT flag?

Back 44

Straight away from the ship

Front 45

You wish to know the variation in the harbor in which you are anchored, so you ask the quartermaster to break out a large-scale chart of the harbor. Where on the chart can you find the variation?

Back 45

In the compass rose

Front 46

Your chart shows a compass rose which indicates that in 1977 there was a 23°32’ easterly variation, increasing 12’ annually. What is the total variation in 1988?

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25°44’

Front 47

How are the numbers indicating water depth computed for a U.S. chart?

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At mean low tide, in feet or fathoms

Front 48

On a navigation chart, what represents the limits of a dredged channel?

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A straight, black dashed line

Front 49

What color lights are reserved for port and starboard lateral marks?

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red and green only

Front 50

When you are approaching the Mayport, Florida, harbor, which of the following numbers would be the third buoy to starboard?

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6

Front 51

In which of the following directions is a vessel or boat safe in passing a north cardinal mark?

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North

Front 52

The topmarks are the most important feature of the cardinal marks by day. Which direction is indicated by a topmark which has the cones pointing at each other?

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West

Front 53

Which of the following color bands on a cardinal mark indicate an eastern direction?

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Black band above and below a Yellow band

Front 54

Which of the following markings describes a mid-channel buoy?

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Red & White vertical strips

Front 55

Every buoy, daymark, and light structure in the Intracoastal Water-way has part of its surface painted yellow. What part is painted yellow?

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The band

Front 56

What information can be obtained from the outer ring of the compass rose?

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True headings

Front 57

Information that you record in the compass log should include points of departure and destination, compass course, pertinent buoys and other navigational aids, times of runs, and

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Boat engine speed

Front 58

Pilot Rules that apply in inland waters are promulgated by the

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Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Front 59

A meeting situation exists with two vessels at night when

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both sidelights of each vessel are visible to each other

Front 60

A power vessel is required to stand clear of all sailing vessels, unless the sailing vessel is

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overtaking the powel vessel

Front 61

Under which of the following conditions must you alter your course if you are making way at night and see a running light of another vessel?

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When there is a red light off your starboard bow

Front 62

The international code signal of distress is signified by which of the following flags?

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