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1. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What dayshape must be shown on a partly submerged vessel which is being towed?

A diamond
A cone
One black ball
Two black balls in a vertical line

2. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel is NOT classified as "restricted in her ability to maneuver"?

A vessel picking up a navigation mark
A vessel transferring cargo while underway
A vessel whose anchor is fouled
A vessel in a towing operation that restricts the ability of the vessel and her tow to change their course

3. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel may carry her sidelights and sternlight in a combined lantern on the mast?

An 18-meter sailing vessel
A 10-meter sailing vessel also being propelled by machinery
A 25-meter sailing vessel
All of the above

4. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are crossing a narrow channel in a small motorboat. You sight a tankship off your port bow coming up the channel. Which statement is TRUE?

You are the stand-on vessel because the tankship is to port.
You cannot impede the safe passage of the tankship.
The tankship is the stand-on vessel because it is to port of your vessel.
The tankship is the stand-on vessel because it is the larger of the two vessels.

5. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement is TRUE concerning fog signals?

All fog signals for sailing vessels are to be given at intervals of not more than one minute.
A vessel aground may sound a whistle signal.
A vessel not under command sounds the same fog signal as a vessel towed.
The identity signal of a pilot vessel is the only fog signal sounded by such a vessel.

6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway and approaching a bend in the channel where vessels approaching from the opposite direction cannot be seen. You should sound __________.

one blast, 4 to 6 seconds in duration
three blasts, 4 to 6 seconds in duration
one continuous blast until you are able to see around the bend
one blast, 8 to 10 seconds in duration

7. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel with a 150-meter stern tow shall display __________.

three masthead lights in a vertical line
a towing light above the sternlight
two towing lights in a vertical line
a red light over a white light at the masthead

8. INLAND ONLY You are overtaking a power-driven vessel in a narrow channel and wish to leave her on your starboard side. You may __________.

sound one short blast
sound four short blasts
overtake her without sounding whistle signals
attempt to contact her on the radiotelephone to arrange for the passage

9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement concerning an overtaking situation is correct?

The overtaking vessel is the stand-on vessel.
Neither vessel is the stand-on vessel.
The overtaking vessel must maintain course and speed.
The overtaking vessel must keep out of the way of the other.

10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel which is fishing is required to show sidelights and a sternlight only when __________.

anchored
underway
dead in the water
underway and making way