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1. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Your tug is underway at night and NOT towing. What light(s) should your vessel show aft to other vessels coming up from astern?
One white light Two white lights One white light and one yellow light One white light and two yellow lights
2. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Your 15-meter tug is underway and crossing a deep and narrow channel. A large container vessel is off your port bow on a steady bearing. Which statement is TRUE concerning this situation?
You should maintain course and speed. The container vessel is the stand-on as it is the larger vessel. You are not to impede the safe passage of the container vessel in the channel. None of the above
3. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel is "underway" according to the Rules?
A vessel made fast to a single point mooring buoy A purse seiner hauling her nets A pilot vessel at anchor A vessel which has run aground
4. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Under the Rules, any vessel may slacken her speed, stop, or reverse her engines to __________.
create a crossing situation allow more time to assess the situation attract the attention of another vessel All of the above
5. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A sailing vessel with the wind abaft the beam is navigating in fog. She should sound __________.
three short blasts one prolonged blast one prolonged and two short blasts two prolonged blasts
6. INTERNATIONAL ONLY A vessel constrained by her draft may display __________.
three all-round red lights two 225° red lights three all-round blue lights two 225° blue lights
7. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel using a traffic separation scheme shall NOT __________.
cross a traffic lane engage in fishing the separation zone proceed in an inappropriate traffic lane enter the separation zone
8. INLAND ONLY You are meeting another vessel in inland waters, and she sounds one short blast on the whistle. This means that she __________.
is changing course to starboard is changing course to port intends to leave you on her port side desires to depart from the Rules
9. INTERNATIONAL ONLY In a crossing situation on international waters, a short blast by the give-way vessel indicates that the vessel __________.
is holding course and speed is turning to starboard intends to pass port to port will keep out of the way of the stand-on vessel
10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A sailing vessel is proceeding along a narrow channel and can safely navigate ONLY inside the channel. The sailing vessel approaches a vessel engaged in fishing in the narrow channel. Which statement is TRUE?
Each vessel should move to the edge of the channel on her port side. The vessels are required to exchange signals. The fishing vessel is directed not to impede the passage of the sailing vessel. Each vessel should be displaying signals for a vessel constrained by her draft.