Boatswain’S Mate Duties

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1-1 A person who makes BM3 is thought of as a supervisor rather than a worker. Which of the following is the most important aspect of this change?

1. A supervisor is responsible for the whole job

2. A supervisor is responsible for the output, safety, and well-being of the personnel
who work for him/her

3. A supervisor must make out the watch and commencing a seamanship evolution?
work assignments

4. A supervisor must stand back and watch others work

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2. A supervisor is responsible for the output, safety, and well-being of the personnel

Front 2

1-2. How often should you instruct new personnel in the evolution their duties so that they will fit into each phase of shipboard routine?

1. Once

2. Twice

3. As often as it takes

4. Let them learn by watching others

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3. As often as it takes

Front 3

1-3. The first thing a Boatswain’s Mate must do when analyzing a job is to determine

1. the number of people people required

2. how long the job will take

3. the objective of the job

4. what tools are necessary

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3. the objective of the job

Front 4

1-4. The step-by-step process, which is done before the actual work begins, includes deciding which tasks must be done first, which tasks can be done at the same time, and the personnel and materials needed is known as what phase?

1. Objective phase Mate must obtain permission from the

2. Planning phase

3. Lay-out phase

4. Task organization phase

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2. Planning phase

Front 5

1-5. Unlike a command that has two parts, what is the maximum number of parts an order may have?

1. Five

2. Six

3. Three

4. Four

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1. Five

Front 6

1-6. What is the first thing you should do before commencing a seamanship evolution?

1. Talk to your first lieutenant

2. Talk to your people

3. Review all technical manuals and pubs on the evolution

4. Tell the CO what you are going to do

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3. Review all technical manuals and pubs on the evolution

Front 7

1-7. Which of the following actions should be taken when something goes wrong during an evolution?

1. A critique should be held immediately after the operation

2. Tell the CO what happened

3. Tell the first lieutenant

4. Wait a couple of days to talk to your

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1. A critique should be held immediately after the operation

Front 8

1-8. During an evolution, who should be permitted
to warn personnel of immediate danger?

1. Division officer

2. PO in charge

3. Safety officer

4. Anyone

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4. Anyone

Front 9

1-9. Before sending personnel aloft, a Boatswain’s Mate must obtain permission from the

1. division officer

2. division petty officer

3. executive officer

4. officer of the deck

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4. officer of the deck

Front 10

1-10. When working over the side, a sailor’s safety line should NEVER be secured to which of the following objects?

1. Bitt

2. Chock

3. Cleat

4. Lifeline

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4. Lifeline

Front 11

1-11. Which of the following is a condition that must 4. be met before burning, welding, and/or blowtorch operations are permitted from a stage or boatswain’s chair?

1. A charged firehose must be laid out

2. A portable CO2 extinguisher must be on

3. A fire watch must be posted

4. The bridles, gantlines, and stagelines must be made of steel wire

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4. The bridles, gantlines, and stagelines must be made of steel wire

Front 12

1-12. What is generally wrong with most new Navy issue and commercial boatswain’s pipes?

1. The pee is too constricted

2. The wind edge of the bowl is too sharp

3. The pee is too open

4. The reed is too crooked

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3. The pee is too open

Front 13

1-13. You are testing the alignment of the wind edge and the pee by pushing a broom straw through the reed. What, if anything, should you do if the wind edge splits the straw?

1. Bend the reed downward at the point where it projects over the bowl

2. Build up the wind edge with solder

3. Flatten the pee

4. Nothing

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4. Nothing

Front 14

1-14. What hand position is used with the boatswain’s pipe to make a high, shrill, clear
note?

1. Open

2. Curved

3. Closed

4. Clinched

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4. Clinched

Front 15

1-15. Assume that you are writing the score for a pipe call which requires a note to be made by striking the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. With which of the following lines do you indicate this type of note?

1. ______

2. ..........

3. ----------

4. ______>

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2. ............

Front 16

1-16. Which of the following pipe calls is made by
using the clinched hand position only?

1. “Call mates”

2. “All hands”

3. “Stand by”

4. “Sweepers”

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1. “Call mates”

Front 17

1-17. A general call to battle stations is preceded by the boatswain’s call for

1. “Call mates”

2. “All hands”

3. “Stand by”

4. “Word to be passed”

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2. “All hands”

Front 18

1-18. Which of the following calls is used to pipe a division to quarters?

1. “Pipe down”

2. “Stand by”

3. “Veer”

4. “Boat call”

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4. “Boat call”

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1-19. The Boatswain’s Mate of the watch orders the crew to clear the mess decks by the call “Mess gear,” which actually consists of

1. “All hands” sounded once

2. “Heave around” sounded once

3. “Heave around” sounded twice

4. “Stand by” sounded twice

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2. “Heave around” sounded once

Front 20

1-20. Which of the following calls consists of two slurred veer calls?

1. “Walk away”

2. “Ease away”

3. “(Two side boys) Tend the side”

4. “(Four side boys) Tend the side”

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4. “(Four side boys) Tend the side”

Front 21

1-21. Which of the following calls is varied to indicate the speed at which the work is to be done?

1. “Heave around”

2. “Veer”

3. “Hoist away”

4. “Sweepers”

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2. “Veer”

Front 22

1-22. What call is sounded to “set taut”?

1. “Boat call”

2. “Heave around”

3. “Hoist away”

4. “Stand by”

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4. “Stand by”

Front 23

1-23. What call is shown in figure 1-14 in the chapter 1 text?

1. “Piping the side”

2. “Belay”

3. “Pipe down”

4. “Mess gear”

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1. “Piping the side”

Front 24

1-24. One use of the call in figure 1-14 in the chapter
text is to

1. secure from an all-hands function

2. pipe a visitor over the side

3. pipe a division to quarters

4. avast heaving and make it fast

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2. pipe a visitor over the side

Front 25

1-25. While rendering honors to a visitor, when does the Boatswain’s Mate begin the “Over the side” portion of the call “Piping the side”?

1. As soon as the visitor’s boat or vehicle
comes within hailing distance

2. At the time the visitor’s boat or vehicle
makes the gangway

3. At the time the visitor steps onto the
gangway

4. As soon as the visitor’s head appears at
the quarterdeck level

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. As soon as the visitor’s head appears at
the quarterdeck level