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49 Cards in this Set
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What is the backbone of a boat's skeleton called? |
The keel |
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What is the name of the most forward part of a boat? |
The stem |
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Which boat is used as the lifeboat or as the utility boat? |
Motor whaleboat |
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What type of boat is generally used for side cleaning duties? |
Punt |
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What is the equipment furnished with each boat called? |
Portable parts |
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Where should you look to find the cargo and passenger capacities of the boat? |
Boat label |
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To what officer is the coxswain responsible for the boat's cleanliness and readiness? |
Division officer and the Officer of the deck |
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What individual usually issues instructions that set the uniform policy for boat crews? |
SOPA |
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You are the bow hook on a small boat. Where should you be stationed when the boat is underway? |
Forward lookout |
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When a boat comes alongside a ship underway to be hoisted in, what line is attached to the boat first? |
The sea painter |
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When a boat is being lowered by crane, what device is used to cast the slings off the hook? |
A safety runner |
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When a boat is hoisted with davits, what line should be kept in hand by each person aboard the boat? |
Manrope |
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What is the ideal landing approach for a single-screw boat? |
Port-side-to, bow into current |
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When there is sufficient maneuvering room, what is the best way to get a boat away from a starboard-side-to landing? |
Back until the stern is clear |
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What item does a small boat usually require to heave to in rough seas? |
A drogue |
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In a small boat carrying an officer for whom a salute is being fired, who should rise and salute? |
The coxswain |
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You are a Seaman about to board a small boat with several officers. When should you enter the boat and where should you sit? |
First; toward the bow |
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When should the ensign be displayed aboard a small boat operating in a foreign port? |
0800 until sunset |
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The commanding officer of your ship is a commander. What flagstaff insignia should be displayed from his gig? |
A star |
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You are the coxswain of a boat approaching your ship during daylight. One of your passengers is a captain. What signal should you make if you are hailed by the OOD? |
Hold up your arms with four fingers extended |
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What boat hail should you call out to indicate that the Secretary of the Navy is embarked aboard your boat? |
NAVY |
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You are the coxswain of the admiral's barge. Which of the following flaghoists would require you to return to the ship? |
Qp1 |
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What part of a ship should a coxswain use as the point of departure from a ship? |
The anchor buoy |
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When using a magnetic compass, what distance should the coxswain be from a ship before taking a magnetic compass reading? |
100 yd |
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What term defines the amount of compass offset from true north and the direction of the Earth's magnetic fields? |
Variation |
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Assume true course, taken from a chart, is 030°; variation from the same chart is 3°W; and deviation from the same chart table is 2°W. What is the compass course? |
035° |
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When two ships meet head on, each ship must change course to starboard to pass in what direction? |
Port-to-port |
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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? |
Give-way vessel |
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Your vessel has received the whistle signal of two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast. How should you acknowledge receipt of this signal? |
One prolonged blast, one short blast, one prolonged blast, and one short blast |
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What underway situation occurs when the mast of two vessels, when viewed from each other, are in line? |
Meeting |
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Under International Rules, a warning signal of one short blast by a ship's whistle has what meaning? |
I AM ALTERING MY COURSE TO STARBOARD |
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What international whistle signal means I INTEND TO OVERTAKE YOU ON YOUR STARBOARD SIDE? |
Two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast |
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Signals given under International Rules of the Road are signals of intention only. |
False |
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A power-driven vessel is in international waters. Fog has set in, and you hear the fog sound signal of one prolonged blast at 2-minute intervals. What does this signal indicate? |
I AM UNDERWAY AND MAKING WAY |
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A submarine fires a yellow flare. What does this signal indicate? |
I AM RISING TO PERISCOPE DEPTH |
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A vessel of less than 12 meters in length is NOT required to sound fog signals. |
False |
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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? |
Constrained by draft |
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Which of the following is a distress signal? |
A dye marker |
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What characteristic of a buoy is the chief indication of its purpose? |
Color |
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Which of the following IALA markings call attention to an area or specific feature? |
Special marks
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Fairway and channel buoys are numbered odd to starboard and even to port approaching from seaward. |
False |
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What type of mark indicates the port and starboard side of the channel? |
Lateral |
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What device is used in conjunction with the cardinal mark to indicate the best navigable water? |
A compass |
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What colors are used to identify cardinal marks? |
Black and yellow |
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What color identifies a special mark? |
Yellow |
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Which of the following countries is covered under Region A of the IALA Maritime Buoyage System? |
Europe |
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You observe a cardinal mark quick flashing every 10 seconds. What quadrant is indicated by this signal? |
East |
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You observe a white flashing light showing a group of two flashes. What mark does this signal indicate? |
Isolated danger |
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Intermediate caliber guns are greater than 8 inches in circumference. |
False |
