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4-23.
What part of a ship should a
coxswain use as the point of
departure from a ship?
1.
The ship's bow
2.
The anchor buoy
3.
The sea painter
4.
The accommodation ladder
4-24.
When using a magnetic compass, what
distance
should the coxswain be
from a ship before taking a
magnetic compass reading?
1.
20 yd
2.
50 yd
3.
80 yd
4.
100 yd
4-25.
What term defines the amount of
compass offset from true north and
the direction of the Earth's
magnetic fields?
1.
Variation
2.
Deviation
3.
Compass error
4.
Correcting compass course
4-26.
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?
1.
030°
2.
032°
3.
033°
4.
035°
4-27.
When two ships meet head on, each
ship must change course to
starboard to pass in what
direction?
1.
Port-to-port
2.
Port-to-starboard
3.
Starboard-to-port
4.
Starboard-to-starboard
4-28.
What term describes a power-driven
vessel that is in a crossing
situation close enough to involve
the risk of collision?
1.
Constrained vessel
2.
Give-way vessel
3.
Stand-on vessel
4.
Crossing vessel
4-29.
Your vessel has received the
whistle signal of two prolonged
blasts followed by one short blast.
How should you acknowledge receipt
of this signal?
1.
One short blast
2.
One prolonged blast and one
short blast
3.
One prolonged blast, one short
blast, and one prolonged blast
4.
One prolonged blast, one short
blast, one prolonged blast, and
one short blast
4-30.
What underway situation occurs when
the mast of two vessels, when
viewed from each other, are in
line?
1.
Crossing
2.
Meeting
3.
Overtaking
4.
Give-way
4-31.
Under International Rules, a
warning signal of one short blast
by a ship's whistle has what
meaning?
1.
I AM ALTERING MY COURSE TO PORT
2.
I AM ALTERING MY COURSE TO
STARBOARD
3.
I AM OPERATING ASTERN
PROPULSION
4.
I AM DEAD IN THE WATER
4-32.
What international whistle signal
means I INTEND TO OVERTAKE YOU ON
YOUR STARBOARD SIDE?
1.
One short blast
2.
One prolonged blast
3.
One prolonged blast followed by
one short blast
4.
Two prolonged blasts followed
by one short blast
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