SEAMANSHIP QUIZ - SEPTEMBER 2013
Test your knowledge with these Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institutewww.captains.com
1. INTERNATIONAL RULES: A lantern combining the two side lights of a vessel’s running lights may be shown on a:
A. sailing vessel of less than 12 meters
B. 40-meter barge
C. 25-meter tug
D. 15-meter vessel engaged in fishing and not making way
2. A distress signal for International Rules is:
A. 5 or more blasts on fog signal
B. raising and lowering a large white flag
C. orange smoke by day
D. 2 black squares in the rigging
3. INTERNATIONAL RULES: What is more nearly a meeting situation with a power vessel?
A. you see 1 side light and a white light
B. you see 2 side lights of a vessel directly ahead
C. you see 2 white lights in a straight line with each other
D. you see 2 side lights and 2 white lights in line with each other
4. INLAND RULES: A group of vessels being pushed ahead or towed alongside shall be lighted:
A. as individual vessels
B. with a flashing light at the stern of the last vessel
C. as one vessel
D. as a “special tow” conglomerate
5. When entering an anchorage area, which of the following buoys could be used to mark the area?
A. white buoy “3”
B. white buoys with a green top
C. white buoys with orange bands
D. yellow buoy “N”
Answers:
1. A, Rule 23
2. C. Annex IV
3. D, Rule 14
4. C, Rule 24(f)
5. D
September 2013 issue