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U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam
Deck Officer Endorsements
Q100 Rules of the Road - Inland-International
(Sample Examination)
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Q100 Rules of the Road- Inland-International
Illustrations: 3
Choose the best answer to the following Multiple Choice Questions.
NO reference materials are authorized for use on this exam.
1. INTERNATIONAL ONLY Your vessel is backing out of a slip in a harbor and you can see that other
vessels are approaching. You should sound which of the following signals?
o (A) One prolonged blast only

• (B) Three short blasts when leaving the slip
o (C) One prolonged blast followed by three short blasts when the last line is taken aboard
o (D) Five short and rapid blasts
If choice B is selected set score to 1.
2. INTERNATIONAL ONLY A wing in ground (WIG) craft cannot comply with the spacing requirement
for masthead lights. What is required in this situation?
o (A) The WIG must be altered to permit full compliance with the rules.
• (B) The WIG's lights must comply as closely as possible, as determined by her government.
o (C) The WIG must carry only the lights that comply with the rules; the others may be omitted.
o (D) An all-round light should be substituted for the after masthead light and the stern light.
3. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When shall the stand-on vessel change course and speed?
o (A) After the give-way vessel sounds one blast in a crossing situation
• (B) When action by the give-way vessel alone cannot prevent collision
o (C) The stand-on vessel may change course and speed at any time as it has the right of way
o (D) When the two vessels become less than half a mile apart
4. INLAND ONLY Which statement is TRUE concerning lighting requirements for Great Lakes
vessels?
o (A) Sidelights for vessels over 50 meters are required to have only a two-mile range of visibility.
o (B) The showing of a forward masthead light is optional for vessels under 150 meters.
• (C) An all-round white light may be carried in lieu of the second masthead light and stern light.
o (D) Great Lakes vessels are exempted from the requirement to show yellow towing lights.
If choice C is selected set score to 1.
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Illustrations: 3
5. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND 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. Which vessel are you
observing?
• (A) vessel engaged in replenishment at sea

o (B) mineclearing vessel
o (C) trawler
o (D) vessel trolling
If choice A is selected set score to 1.
6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You see the lights shown in illustration D077RR below. This
could be which of the following?
o (A) A stationary dredge

o (B) A vessel pushing barges ahead
• (C) A vessel towing barges astern
o (D) A pipeline
7. INTERNATIONAL ONLY On open water two vessels are in an overtaking situation. The overtaking
vessel has just sounded one short blast on the whistle. What is the meaning of this whistle signal?
o (A) "I will maintain course and speed and pass you on your starboard side."
o (B) "I request permission to pass you on my port side."
o (C) "On which side should I pass?"
• (D) "I am changing course to starboard."
If choice D is selected set score to 1.
8. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The term "power-driven vessel" refers to any vessel
__________.
o (A) making way against the current

o (B) with propelling machinery onboard whether in use or not
• (C) with propelling machinery in use
o (D) traveling at a speed greater than that of the current
9. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which is a requirement for a vessel approaching a narrow
channel?
• (A) avoid crossing the channel if it impedes another vessel navigating in the channel
o (B) keep as close as possible to the edge of the channel on her port side
o (C) not overtake any vessels within the channel
o (D) anchor only in the middle of the channel
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Illustrations: 3
10. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What equipment for fog signals is required for a vessel 15
meters in length?
o (A) Whistle and bell only

o (B) Bell only
• (C) Whistle only
o (D) Whistle, bell, and gong
11. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement is TRUE concerning risk of collision?
o (A) Risk of collision exists if the vessels will pass within half a mile of each other.
o (B) Risk of collision never exists if the compass bearing of the other vessel is changing.
• (C) Proper use shall be made of radar equipment to determine risk of collision.
o (D) Risk of collision must be determined before any action can be taken by a vessel.
12. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND While underway in fog, you hear the fog signal of another
vessel ahead. If a risk of collision exists, which action is required by the Rules?
o (A) continue on your course and speed until the other vessel is sighted
• (B) slow to bare steerageway and navigate with caution
o (C) sound three short blasts and back your engines
o (D) stop your engines and navigate with caution
13. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Two power-driven vessels are crossing as shown in illustration
D042RR below. Vessel "A" sounds one short blast on the whistle. Vessel "B" is which of the
following in this scenario?
o (A) overtaking vessel

o (B) give-way vessel
o (C) burdened vessel
• (D) stand-on vessel
14. INTERNATIONAL ONLY In a narrow channel, a vessel trying to overtake another on the other
vessel's port side, would sound which whistle signal?
• (A) Two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts

o (B) Two short blasts
o (C) Two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast
o (D) One short blast
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Illustrations: 3
15. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A 25-meter vessel trawling is required to exhibit
which shape(s)?
• (A) two cones, apexes together

o (B) two balls
o (C) a cone, apex downward and outboard
o (D) a basket
16. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The steering and sailing rules for vessels in restricted visibility
apply to vessels __________.
• (A) navigating in or near an area of restricted visibility

o (B) only if they have operational radar
o (C) only if they are showing special purpose lights
o (D) in sight of one another in fog
17. INLAND ONLY The term "Great Lakes", as defined by the Inland Rules of the Road, does NOT
include which choice?
• (A) The St. Lawrence River to Trois-Rivières

o (B) Portions of the Calumet River
o (C) Saginaw Bay
o (D) Portions of the Chicago River
18. INTERNATIONAL ONLY You have sighted three red lights in a vertical line on another vessel dead
ahead at night. Which vessel would display these lights?
o (A) A vessel moored over a wreck

o (B) A vessel aground
• (C) A vessel constrained by her draft
o (D) A vessel dredging
19. INLAND ONLY You are overtaking another power-driven vessel in a narrow channel, and you wish
to overtake on the other vessel's port side. What whistle signal would you sound?
o (A) two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast

• (B) two short blasts
o (C) one short blast
o (D) two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts
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Illustrations: 3
20. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel using a traffic separation scheme shall NOT take
which action?
o (A) enter the separation zone

o (B) cross a traffic lane
o (C) engage in fishing the separation zone
• (D) proceed in an inappropriate traffic lane
21. INLAND ONLY What lights will a single vessel being towed alongside show?
o (A) only the outboard sidelight and a stern light

o (B) sidelights and a stern light
o (C) one all-round white light
• (D) a special flashing light, sidelights, and a stern light
22. INLAND ONLY At night, which lights are required on barges moored in a group formation, more than
two barges wide, and located where other vessels cannot navigate on both sides of the group?
o (A) Two red lights in a vertical line at the corner extremities of the group
o (B) Two unobstructed all-round yellow lights
• (C) Two unobstructed all-round white lights
o (D) All-round white lights placed at the corners of each barge in the group
23. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are in restricted visibility and hear a fog signal forward of
the beam. Nothing appears on your radar screen. The Rules require which action to be taken?
• (A) Slow to the minimum that the course can be mantained

o (B) Stop your engines
o (C) Sound five short and rapid blasts on the whistle
o (D) Sound two prolonged blasts of the whistle
24. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in restricted visibility. You hear the fog signal
of another vessel about 22° on your starboard bow. If danger of collision exists, which
action(s) are you required to take?
o (A) Slow your engines and let the other vessel pass ahead of you
• (B) Slow to a minimum that the vessel can stay on course
o (C) Alter course to port to pass the other vessel on its port side
o (D) Alter course to starboard to pass around the other vessel's stern
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Illustrations: 3
25. INLAND ONLY A power-driven vessel intends to overtake another power-driven vessel on the
overtaken vessel's port side. Which whistle signal should be sounded in order to state this intention?
o (A) 1 short blast

• (B) 2 short blasts
o (C) 2 prolonged and 2 short blasts
o (D) 2 prolonged and 1 short blasts
26. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which is the duration of each prolonged blast on whistle signals
used by a power-driven vessel in fog, whether making way or underway but not making way?
o (A) about one second

o (B) two to four seconds
• (C) four to six seconds
o (D) eight to ten seconds
27. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What is the minimum sound signaling equipment required
aboard a vessel 24 meters in length?
o (A) A bell only

o (B) Any means of making an efficient sound signal
o (C) A whistle only
• (D) A bell and a whistle
28. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel nearing a bend where other vessels may be obscured
is required to sound which signal?
o (A) Two short blasts

o (B) One long blast
• (C) One prolonged blast
o (D) One short blast
29. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND If two sailing vessels are running free with the wind on the same
side, which one must keep clear of the other?
o (A) The one to leeward

o (B) The one with the wind closest abeam
• (C) The one to windward
o (D) The one with the wind closest astern
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Illustrations: 3
30. INLAND ONLY A commercial vessel engaged in public safety activities may display a(n) identity
light(s). Which of the following is appropriate for these activities?
o (A) alternately flashing blue and red light

o (B) flashing yellow light
• (C) alternately flashing red and yellow light
o (D) flashing blue light
31. INLAND ONLY Which is a characteristic of a "special flashing light"?
• (A) It must show through an arc of not less than 180° nor more than 225°.
o (B) It must be of the same character and construction as the masthead light.
o (C) It is required for all vessels being pushed ahead as part of a composite unit.
o (D) All of the above
32. INTERNATIONAL ONLY You are underway in a narrow channel, and you are being overtaken by a
vessel astern. After the overtaking vessel sounds the proper signal indicating his intention to pass
your vessel on your starboard side, which signal would you sound to indicate your agreement?
o (A) One short, one prolonged, one short, and one prolonged blast
o (B) Two prolonged blasts
o (C) Two prolonged followed by two short blasts
• (D) One prolonged, one short, one prolonged, and one short blast
33. INTERNATIONAL ONLY You see the lights shown in illustration D066RR below. What do these
lights indicate?
• (A) Vessel towing a barge alongside

o (B) Dredge working at anchor
o (C) Vessel pushing a barge ahead
o (D) Pilot vessel with a launch alongside
34. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What shape should a vessel being towed exhibit if the tow
EXCEEDS 200 meters?
o (A) One ball

o (B) Two diamonds
o (C) Two balls
• (D) One diamond
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Illustrations: 3
35. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When underway in a channel, which action should you take, if it
is safe and practicable?
• (A) keep to the side of the channel which lies to your starboard
o (B) exchange whistle signals with any other vessels in the channel
o (C) stay near the middle of the channel
o (D) keep to the starboard side of any vessels you meet
36. INLAND ONLY Which light(s) are permitted ONLY for law enforcement vessels?
• (A) a flashing blue light

o (B) an alternately flashing red and yellow light
o (C) two red lights in a vertical line
o (D) a flashing yellow light
37. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel is underway in fog but is stopped and
making no way through the water. What is the required fog signal?
o (A) Two prolonged blasts at not more than one minute intervals
• (B) Two prolonged blasts at not more than two minute intervals
o (C) One prolonged blast at not more than one minute intervals
o (D) One prolonged blast at not more than two minute intervals
38. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Your vessel is underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog
signal of another vessel about 30° on your starboard bow. If danger of collision exists, which
action(s) are you required to take?
• (A) Reduce your speed to the minimum at which it can be kept on course
o (B) Slow your engines and let the other vessel pass ahead of you
o (C) Alter course to starboard to pass around the other vessel's stern
o (D) Alter course to port and pass the other vessel on its port side
39. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which of the the signals, other than a distress signal, can be
used by a vessel to attract attention?
o (A) An orange smoke signal

• (B) The vessel's searchlight
o (C) A red star shell
o (D) A burning barrel
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Illustrations: 3
40. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When two power-driven vessels are meeting head-on and there
is a risk of collision, which action is required to be taken?
o (A) Back down

o (B) Sound at least five short and rapid blasts
o (C) Both vessels shall stop their engines
• (D) Both vessels alter course to starboard
41. INLAND ONLY When is a vessel required to exhibit a special flashing light?
o (A) when towed astern

• (B) when being pushed ahead
o (C) when at anchor in a fairway
o (D) All of the above
42. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND If you saw flames aboard a vessel but could see the vessel was
not on fire, what would this indicate?
o (A) The vessel was attempting to attract the attention of a pilot boat
• (B) The vessel required immediate assistance
o (C) The crew was trying to get warm
o (D) The vessel was being illuminated for identification by aircraft
43. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When is your vessel travelling at a "safe speed" as defined in
the COLREGS?
o (A) when you are traveling slower than surrounding vessels

• (B) when you can take proper and effective action to avoid collision
o (C) when no wake comes from your vessel
o (D) when you can stop within your visibility range
44. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which signal may be used by a vessel that is in doubt as to
whether sufficient action is being taken by another vessel to avoid collision?
o (A) One prolonged blast on the whistle

o (B) A continuous sounding of the fog horn
o (C) Firing a gun every minute
• (D) Five or more short rapid blasts on the whistle
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Illustrations: 3
45. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What is the duration of a "short blast" on the whistle?
• (A) 1 second
o (B) 4 to 6 seconds
o (C) 8 to 12 seconds
o (D) 12 to 15 seconds
46. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND For identification purposes at night, U.S. Navy submarines on
the surface may display an intermittent flashing light of which color?
• (A) Amber (yellow)

o (B) Blue
o (C) Red
o (D) White
47. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which signal shall a vessel underway and making way in fog
shall sound every two minutes?
o (A) Three distinct blasts

• (B) One prolonged blast
o (C) One prolonged blast and three short blasts
o (D) Two prolonged blasts
48. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND In a dense fog you hear a whistle signal ahead of one
prolonged blast followed by three short blasts. Which vessel is required to sound this signal?
o (A) Vessels not under command

• (B) A manned vessel being towed
o (C) fishing vessels underway trawling
o (D) A pilot vessel underway making a special signal
49. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You see a vessel displaying the code flag "LIMA" below which
is a red ball. The vessel is indicating it is in which of the following situations?
• (A) In distress
o (B) Aground
o (C) Trolling
o (D) Preparing to receive aircraft
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Illustrations: 3
50. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel with a 150-meter stern tow is required
to display which lights?
o (A) three masthead lights in a vertical line

• (B) a towing light above the stern light
o (C) a red light over a white light at the masthead
o (D) two towing lights in a vertical line
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Providing Credentials to Mariners

U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam

Deck Officer Endorsements

Q100 Rules of the Road - Inland-International

Choose the best answer to the following Multiple Choice Questions.

NO reference materials are authorized for use on this exam.

o (A) One prolonged blast only

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

• (A) vessel engaged in replenishment at sea

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

o (A) A stationary dredge

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

o (A) making way against the current

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

o (A) Whistle and bell only

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

o (A) overtaking vessel

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

• (A) Two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

• (A) two cones, apexes together

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

• (A) navigating in or near an area of restricted visibility

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

• (A) The St. Lawrence River to Trois-Rivières

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

o (A) A vessel moored over a wreck

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

o (A) two prolonged blasts followed by one short blast

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

o (A) enter the separation zone

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

o (A) only the outboard sidelight and a stern light

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

• (A) Slow to the minimum that the course can be mantained

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

o (A) 1 short blast

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

o (A) about one second

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

o (A) A bell only

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

o (A) Two short blasts

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

o (A) The one to leeward

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

o (A) alternately flashing blue and red light

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

31. INLAND ONLY Which is a characteristic of a "special flashing light"?