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1. INLAND ONLY Your tug is pushing a barge ahead at night. What light(s) should show aft on your vessel?

The light(s) in Diagram 60.
The light(s) in Diagram 75.
The light(s) in Diagram 46.
The light(s) in Diagram 70.

2. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When anchoring a 25-meter vessel at night, you must show __________.

one all-round white light
two all-round white lights
one all-round white light and the sidelights
the sidelights and a sternlight

3. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND By radar alone, you detect a vessel ahead on a collision course, about 3 miles distant. Your radar plot shows this to be a meeting situation. You should __________.

turn to port
turn to starboard
maintain course and speed and sound the danger signal
maintain course and speed and sound no signal

4. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You see a red sidelight bearing NW (315°). That vessel may be heading __________.

northwest (315°)
east (090°)
southwest (225°)
west (270°)

5. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When two vessels are in immediate danger of collision, the stand-on vessel must __________.

abandon ship
assist in taking whatever action is necessary to avoid collision
hold course and speed
sound a distress signal

6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel showing a yellow light over a white light at night is a vessel __________.

engaged in piloting
towing astern
engaged in fishing
in distress

7. INTERNATIONAL ONLY At night, a power-driven vessel less than 7 meters in length, with a maximum speed which does not exceed 7 knots, MUST show when underway at least __________.

one white 360° light
a white light on the near approach of another vessel
sidelights and a sternlight
the lights required of a vessel less than 12 meters in length

8. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A sailing vessel underway at night MAY show __________.

a green light over a red light
a red light over a white light
two white lights at the stern
None of the above

9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Each prolonged blast on whistle signals used by a power-driven vessel in fog, whether making way or underway but not making way, is __________.

about one second
two to four seconds
four to six seconds
eight to ten seconds

10. INLAND ONLY Which is TRUE of a vessel downbound with a following current when meeting an upbound vessel on the Western Rivers?

Neither vessel has the right-of-way.
She has the right-of-way only if she is power-driven.
She does not have the right-of-way, since the other vessel is not crossing the river.
She must wait for a whistle signal from the upbound vessel.