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1. INTERNATIONAL ONLY Two power-driven vessels are meeting. A two blast whistle signal by either vessel means __________.

"I intend to alter course to port"
"I desire to pass starboard to starboard"
"I desire to pass port to port"
"I am altering course to port"

2. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel 30 meters in length and aground would display a dayshape consisting of __________.

a cylinder
one black ball
two black balls in a vertical line
three black balls in a vertical line

3. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND In restricted visibility a towed vessel must sound a fog signal when it is _____________ .

the last vessel in the tow
the last vessel in the tow and it is carrying a crew
manned, regardless of its position in the tow
None of the above are correct

4. INTERNATIONAL ONLY In a narrow channel, a vessel trying to overtake another on the other vessel's port side, would sound a whistle signal of __________.

one short blast
two short blasts
two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast
two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts

5. INTERNATIONAL ONLY The light which may be used with a vessel's whistle must be __________.

used when the whistle is broken
a white light
used only at night
used prior to sounding the whistle

6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The term "restricted visibility", when used in the Rules, refers to __________.

situations when you can see vessels on radar that you cannot see visually
visibility of less than half a mile
any condition where visibility is restricted
visibility where you cannot see shore

7. INTERNATIONAL ONLY A partially submerged object towed by a vessel must show during the day one __________.

diamond shape when the length of the tow is 200 meters or less
diamond shape when the length of the tow exceeds 200 meters in length
black ball
black ball only when the length of the tow exceeds 200 meters in length

8. INTERNATIONAL ONLY Which signal is sounded ONLY when vessels are NOT in sight of each other?

A signal of at least five short and rapid blasts
Four short blasts on the whistle
One prolonged, one short, one prolonged, and one short blast on the whistle, in that order
Two short blasts on the whistle

9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel using a traffic separation scheme is forbidden to __________.

proceed through an inappropriate traffic lane
engaged in fishing in the separation zone
cross a traffic lane
enter the separation zone, even in a emergency

10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND If two sailing vessels are running free with the wind on the same side, which one must keep clear of the other?

The one with the wind closest abeam
The one to windward
The one to leeward
The one that sounds the first whistle signal