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1. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND While underway your vessel enters fog. You stop your engines and the vessel is dead in the water. Which fog signal should you sound?
One prolonged blast every two minutes Two prolonged blasts every two minutes Three short blasts every two minutes One prolonged and three short blasts every two minutes
2. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are operating in restricted visibility and hear a signal of a rapidly ringing bell followed by the rapid sounding of a gong. It could be a __________.
30-meter sail vessel at anchor 150-meter power-driven vessel aground vessel in distress 300-meter power-driven vessel at anchor
3. INLAND ONLY A commercial vessel engaged in public safety activities may display a(n) __________.
alternately flashing red and yellow light flashing blue light flashing yellow light alternately flashing blue and red light
4. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND At night, you are towing a partly submerged vessel, 20 meters in length and 4 meters in breadth. What lights must you display on the towed vessel?
A white light at the stern Two white lights side by side at the stern A white light at the forward end and a white light at the after end Two red lights in a vertical line at the after end
5. INTERNATIONAL ONLY The International Rules of the Road apply __________.
to all waters to any waters inside the territorial waters of the U.S. only to waters where foreign vessels travel upon the high seas and connecting waters navigable by seagoing vessels
6. INLAND ONLY You are the stand-on vessel in a crossing situation. The other vessel is showing an alternating red and yellow light. Which action should you take?
Stand on. Heave to. Alter course to assist. Yield the right-of-way.
7. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You sight another power-driven vessel dead-ahead showing both the red and green sidelights. The required action to take would be to __________.
carefully watch his compass bearing start a radar plot in order to ascertain his course alter your course to port alter your course to starboard
8. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What does the word "breadth" mean?
Greatest breadth Molded breadth Breadth on the main deck Breadth at the load waterline
9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement is TRUE, according to the Rules?
A vessel engaged in fishing shall keep out of the way of a sailing vessel. A vessel engaged in fishing while underway shall, so far as possible, keep out of the way of a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver. A vessel not under command shall keep out of the way of a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver. A vessel not under command shall keep out of the way of a vessel engaged in fishing.
10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What describes a head-on situation?
Seeing one red light of a vessel directly ahead Seeing two forward white towing lights in a vertical line on a towing vessel directly ahead Seeing both sidelights of a vessel directly off your starboard beam Seeing both sidelights of a vessel directly ahead