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1. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Your power-driven vessel is underway when you sight a sailing vessel on your port bow. Which vessel is the "stand-on" vessel?
The sailboat, because it is to port of your vessel The sailboat, because it is under sail Your vessel, because it is a power-driven vessel Your vessel, because it is to starboard of the sailboat
2. INTERNATIONAL ONLY You are in sight of a power-driven vessel that sounds two short blasts of the whistle. This signal means that the vessel __________.
is altering course to port is altering course to starboard intends to leave you on her port side intends to leave you on her starboard side
3. INTERNATIONAL ONLY Your vessel is constrained by her draft and operating in a narrow channel. Another vessel is crossing your course from starboard to port. You are in doubt as to her intentions. According to Rule 9, you __________.
should sound one short blast to indicate that you are holding course and speed must sound one prolonged blast may sound the danger signal are required to back down
4. INTERNATIONAL ONLY A whistle signal of one prolonged, one short, one prolonged and one short blast, is sounded by a vessel __________.
at anchor towing a submerged object being overtaken in a narrow channel in distress
5. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are the stand-on vessel in a crossing situation. If you think the give-way vessel is NOT taking sufficient action to avoid collision, you should sound __________.
one short blast and maintain course two short blasts, alter to port, and pass astern no signal and maneuver at will the danger signal
6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which display indicates a vessel conducting mineclearance operations?
Three balls in a vertical line Two balls in a vertical line One ball near the foremast and one ball at each yardarm One diamond near the foremast and one ball at each yardarm
7. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel is carrying three lights in a vertical line. The highest and lowest of these are red and the middle light is white. Which statement is always TRUE?
During the day, she would display three balls in a vertical line. If making way, she would show masthead lights at night. If at anchor, she need not show anchor lights while displaying identifying lights. Her fog signal would consist of a rapid ringing of a bell for five seconds every minute.
8. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are the stand-on vessel in a crossing situation. If you think the give-way vessel is NOT taking sufficient action to avoid collision, you should sound __________.
one short blast and maintain course two short blasts, alter to port, and pass astern the danger signal no signal and maneuver at will
9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel shows the same lights as a __________.
vessel engaged in towing, when not underway vessel towing astern sailing vessel pushing vessel and a vessel being pushed, when they are rigidly connected in a composite unit
10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Two vessels meeting in a "head-on" situation are directed by the Rules to __________.
alter course to starboard and pass port to port alter course to port and pass starboard to starboard decide on which side the passage will occur by matching whistle signals slow to bare steerageway