1.

If a distress signal is received on board your ship, what should be the first action that should
be taken?
a. Attempt to establish contact with the distressed vessel
b. Determine how close your vessel is to the distressed vessel.
c. Contact SAR Authorities via nearest coastal Radio station
d. Determine if anyone else has heard the distress signal and if your vessel is near the distress.
 
2. The Master arrives on the bridge obviously under the influence of alcohol and states he is
taking over the "con" of the ship. What actions should the Officer of the Watch (OOW) take in
this situation?
a. Attempt to diplomatically avoid taking any actions that would put the ship or crew into danger
and call the Chief Officer for assistance.
b. Tell the Master you do not think this is a good idea and retain control of the watch.
c. Watch the actions made by the Master and if not dangerous, wait until the Master becomes
more capable to take control or leaves the bridge
d. Tell the Master you consider him incapable of taking over the responsibility of the watch and
that he should retire to his cabin and sleep it off.
 
3. The ship is involved in a collision, what is the immediate action by the Officer of the Watch
after the incident has taken place?
a. Sound the General Alarm and stop engines.
b. Call the Master and check the position for any immediate dangers.
c. Contact the other ship and send the bridge lookout down to start taking soundings
d. Stop engines and check over the side for any signs of pollution.
 
4. What action should be taken by the Officer of the Watch in the event of fire being reported to
the bridge during the 00.00 to 04.00 watch?
a. Sound the Fire Alarm
b. Call the Master
c. Stop engines and inform the engine room
d. Send the bridge look-out down to investigate

5. What actions should the Officer of the Watch take when the ship's steering gear fails?
a. All of the suggested answers
b. Display the NUC signal and consider stopping the engines
c. Request the engine room to check the steering gear
d. Call the Master and advise him of the situation

6. What can be used to reduce the effect of the state of sea-waves?

a. Vegetable / Fish Oil
b. Foam
c. Fuel Oil
 d. Crude Oil
 

7. What immediate actions should the Officer of the Watch take when the ship goes aground on an
uncharted shoal in the middle of the ocean?
a. Stop engines and call the Master
b. Stop engines and immediately request "Full Astern"
c. Stop engines and tell the engine room to switch over to high suctions
d. Sound the General Alarm and plot the ships position
 

8. What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man
overboard and in the water?
a. A SART
b. A RACON
c. AIS
d. A sectored search pattern
 

9. Which method is used to make a physical connection between a rescue vessel and
a wreck?
a. Rocket line
b. Heaving line
c. Sputnik line d. Cosmos line

10. As a probable result of being in collision with your vessel, the other vessel involved is on fire?
What are your responsibilities to the other vessel?

a. After checking the extent of the damage and welfare of your crew, if possible your vessel
should standby and offer assistance, until being relieved of that obligation by the other vessel.
b. There is no statutory requirement to provide assistance as the actions of that vessel were the
primary cause of the collision
c. Your vessel should manoeuvre close to the other vessel and aid the fire fighting operation.
d. You should inform the nearest Coast Radio Station of the incident and if your damage is not
serious, continue on your voyage.

11. Ship A is fully loaded with iron ore and is navigating in a coastal region when it is in collision
with ship B, causing ship A to take in water in several holds. What is the best course of action by
ship A to save the vessel and the cargo?
 a. Put the ship aground on a soft sandy bottom as soon as
possible
b. Attempt to stop the ingress of water by listing the ship over
and bringing the damaged area of the hull out of the
water.
c. Call for tug boat assistance as soon as possible
d. Inform the local coast radio station of the situation and ask for advice

12. The bridge wheelman has not reported for duty and there is a suspected "Man Overboard"
situation on your vessel. The ship has been searched and there is one seaman missing? The vessel
turns round and retraces the course back, calling for assistance from other vessels in the vicinity.
What should be the focal point for any search pattern to be established?

a. Determine when the seaman was last sighted and concentrate the search round the course
line between the last sighting and present position, taking into account any prevailing
current.
b. The focus of the search should be from the present
position as he probably went overboard when
proceeding to the bridge for his watch.
c. Determine the drift and leeway of own ship and
take this deviation from track into account on the
return course. The search should focus around this
return track back to the last sighted position
d. The last sighted position should be the focal point of any search pattern and all ships
should keep a good lookout in that vicinity, moving outwards to the present position.

13. The engines have failed and will require at least 24 hours to be available as a reliable means of
propulsion. Your vessel is about 20 miles off the coast in a tidal area. What are the initial steps
that should be taken to ensure the safety of the ship?

a. Display NUC lights and investigate the tidal flow over the next 24 hours and the probable
drift of the vessel.
b. Display NUC lights and inform the nearest Coast Guard of you predicament.
 c. Display NUC lights and determine if anchoring is possible
d. Display NUC lights and send out a navigational warning to all other vessels of your
position and situation

14. The vessel is passing through the English Channel when the ARPA radars fail completely and
navigation must continue without any operational radars. Should there be any changes to your
passage plan or bridge procedures. Your vessel is equipped with an operational ECDIS

a. Increase the officers on the bridge to allow greater use of visual navigation
b. Change the passage plan to avoid areas of high density shipping, if possible
c. Post extra lookouts
d. No changes are necessary

15. You are Sen.Off.Deck / Duty officer onboard one of the vessels involved in a collision. What
will your actions be following the collision?

a. Make sure your vessel + crew are safe and then offer your assistance to the other vessel
b. Continue the voyage to your destination
c. Call the Company Office
d. Start an argument with the other vessel about fault

16. You are Sen.Off.Deck onboard a merchant vessel. During the night you have been in a
collision with a sail boat and there are no signs of life in the water. What would you do?

a. Alarm the rescue centre and commence searching for any survivors
b. Leave the position as fast as possible
c. Do nothing and wait for assistance
d. Call the company, explain the situation and ask for orders

17. You are witness to a collision between two other ships close to your vessel. What immediate
action should you take?

a. Nothing, just standby and wait to see if any assistance is required.

b. Contact one or both vessels involved in the incident and offer assistance.
c. Send out a distress message on their behalf.
 d. Inform the local coast radio station of the incident and submit your name as a witness.

18. Your vessel has been in collision and it is uncertain whether the vessel has the required
residual stability to remain afloat. After sounding the general alarm on board and informing the
nearest Coast Radio Station of your situation, what other immediate steps should be taken?

a. Complete soundings of all compartments to determine the

number of compartments flooded. Check the vessels
stability limitations within its statutory loadline
requirements to determine if still adequate.
b. Sound round the vessel and calculate the changes in
stability due to the lost buoyancy, to determine if the final
residual positive stability is sufficient to remain afloat.
c. Monitor any gradual increase of draft, list and trim to
determine the final of equilibrium. Ensure this is sufficient to remain afloat
d. Prepare for abandoning ship and ensure that all ship’s personnel are at their lifeboat
stations.

19. Your vessel has been in involved in a collision with an other vessel. As Master responsible for
the ship and persons on board, what is the first step to take?

a. Organise someone to assess the extent of

damage and the residual stability of the vessel.
b. Communicate with the other ship.
c. Determine is there is any evidence of pollution.
d. Determine any injuries or deaths of persons on
board

20. Your vessel is involved in a collision with another vessel. What should you as Master tell the
Master on the other vessel?

a. Name; Port of registry; Port of destination of your vessel.

b. Explain your actions prior to the collision and request details of actions taken by the
other vessel which resulted in the collision.
 c. Ask if there is any assistance required by the other vessel.
d. There should be no communication with the other vessel.

21. Your vessel is progressing within a Traffic Separation Scheme and receives a navigational
warning of another vessel progressing the wrong way within the scheme. What actions should be
taken on the bridge, if any?

a. Use the Arpa for early identification of all other ship movements within the traffic lane
and give rogue vessel a wide berth
b. Take no actions but proceed with extra caution.
c. Move out of the traffic lane towards the coast.
d. Slow down your vessel and proceed with caution,
posting extra lookouts

22. A vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver shall __________.

a. turn off her sidelights when not making way
b. when operating in restricted visibility, sound a whistle signal of two prolonged and one
short blast
c. show a day-shape of two diamonds in a vertical line
d. keep out of the way of a vessel engaged in fishing
23. A power-driven vessel at anchor, not fishing or otherwise restricted in its ability to maneuver,
sounds her fog signal at intervals of not __________.
a. more than one minute
b. more than two minutes
c. more than three minutes
d. less than two minutes
24. You are underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about 20°
on your starboard bow. Risk of collision may exist. You should __________.
a. alter course to starboard to pass around the other vessel
b. reduce your speed to bare steerageway
c. slow your engines and let the other vessel pass ahead of you
d. alter course to port to pass the other vessel on its portside
25. What day-shape would a vessel at anchor show during daylight?
a. One black ball
b. Two black balls
 c. Three black balls
d. No signal
26. What day-shape would a vessel at anchor show during daylight?
a. One black ball
b. Two black balls
c. Three black balls
d. No signal
27. You are approaching a bend in a channel. You cannot see around the bend because of the
height of the bank. You should __________.
a. stop engines and navigate with caution
b. stay in the middle of the channel
c. sound passing signals to any other vessel that may be on the other side of the bend
d. sound a whistle blast of 4 to 6 seconds duration
28. Which statement is TRUE concerning a vessel of 150 meters in length, at anchor?
a. She may show an all-round white light where it can best be seen.
b. She must show all-round white lights forward and aft.
c. The showing of working lights is optional.
d. None of the above
29. Which vessel would be required to show a white light from a lantern exhibited in sufficient
time to prevent collision?
a. A 9-meter sailing vessel
b. A rowboat
c. A 6-meter motorboat
d. A small vessel fishing
30. Barges being towed at night __________.
a. must be lighted at all times
b. must be lighted only if manned
c. must be lighted only if towed astern
d. need not be lighted
31. You sight another power-driven vessel dead-ahead showing both the red and green sidelights.
The required action to take would be to __________.
a. carefully watch his compass bearing
b. start a radar plot in order to ascertain his course
c. alter your course to port
d. alter your course to starboard
32. You are underway in fog and hear one short, one prolonged, and one short blast in
succession. What is the meaning of this signal?
a. A vessel is in distress and needs assistance.
b. A vessel is fishing, hauling nets.
c. A vessel is at anchor, warning of her position.
d. A vessel is towing.
33. An anchored vessel on pilotage duty must show which light(s) at night?
a. A stern light only
b. Anchor lights only
c. A white light over a red light only
d. A white light over a red light and anchor lights
34. A vessel which is fishing is required to show sidelights and a stern light only when
__________.
a. anchored
b. underway
c. dead in the water
d. underway and making way
35. What is a requirement for any action taken to avoid collision?
a. When in sight of another vessel, any action taken must be accompanied by sound signals.
b. The action taken must include changing the speed of the vessel.
c. The action must be positive and made in ample time.
d. All of the above
36. In the daytime, you see a large sailing vessel on the beam. You know that she is also
propelled by machinery if she shows __________.
a. a basket
b. a black ball
c. a black cone
d. two black cones
37. Your power-driven vessel is stopped and making no way, but is not in any way disabled.
Another vessel is approaching you on your starboard beam. Which statement is TRUE?
a. The other vessel must give way since your vessel is stopped.
b. Your vessel is the give-way vessel in a crossing situation.
c. You should be showing the lights or shapes for a vessel not under command.
d. You should be showing the lights or shapes for a vessel restricted in her ability to
maneuver.
38. For identification purposes at night, U.S. Navy submarines on the surface may display an
intermittent flashing light of which color?
 a. Amber (yellow)
b. White
c. Blue
d. Red
39. Vessels engaged in fishing may show the additional signals described in Annex II to the
Rules when they are __________.
a. trolling
b. fishing in a traffic separation zone
c. in a narrow channel
d. in close proximity to other vessels engaged in fishing
40. Which vessel must show a masthead light abaft of and higher than her identifying lights?
a. A 55-meter vessel fishing
b. A 55-meter vessel trawling
c. A 100-meter vessel not under command
d. A 20-meter vessel engaged on pilotage duty
41. While underway in a narrow channel, a vessel should stay __________.
a. in the middle of the channel
b. to the starboard side of the channel
c. to the port side of the channel
d. to the side of the channel that has the widest bends
42. Vessels of less than what length may not impede the passage of other vessels which can
safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway?
a. 10 meters
b. 20 meters
c. 30 meters
d. 40 meters
43. A lantern combining the sidelights and stern light MAY be shown on a __________.
a. sailing vessel of 25 meters in length
b. 20-meter vessel engaged in fishing and making way
c. 25-meter power-driven vessel engaged in trolling
d. 6-meter vessel under oars
44. The lights required by the Rules must be shown __________.
a. from sunrise to sunset in restricted visibility
b. at all times
c. ONLY from sunset to sunrise
d. whenever a look-out is posted
45. Which vessel may carry her sidelights and stern light in a combined lantern on the mast?
a. An 18-meter sailing vessel
b. A 10-meter sailing vessel also being propelled by machinery
c. A 25-meter sailing vessel
d. All of the above
46. A vessel nearing a bend or an area of a channel or fairway where other vessels may be hidden
by an obstruction shall __________.
a. sound the danger signal
b. sound a prolonged blast
c. take all way off
d. post a look-out
47. You are approaching a vessel dredging during the day and see two balls in a vertical line on
the port side of the dredge. These shapes mean that __________.
a. you should pass on the port side of the dredge
b. there is an obstruction on the port side of the dredge
c. the dredge is not under command
d. the dredge is moored
48. Which statement is TRUE concerning the light used to accompany whistle signals?
a. It is mandatory to use such a light.
b. The light shall have the same characteristics as a masthead light.
c. It is used to supplement short blasts of the whistle.
d. All of the above
49. Which vessel must sound her fog signal at intervals not to exceed one minute?
a. A power-driven vessel underway, not making way
b. A vessel constrained by her draft
c. A vessel engaged in fishing, at anchor
d. A vessel aground
50. By day, you sight a vessel displaying three shapes in a vertical line. The top and bottom
shapes are balls, and the middle shape is a diamond. It could be a __________.
a. vessel trolling
b. mineclearing vessel
c. trawler
d. vessel engaged in replenishment at sea