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Rules of the Road

Note : the answer is the first letter with a comma; in the example the correct answer is letter C. Letter D has also a comma but the first letter is letter C0001

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND RULES, A VESSEL SHALL SLACKEN HER SPEED STOP OR REVERSE HER ENGINES TO:

A. BE STOPPED IN AN APPRORIATE DISTANCE B. AVOID COLLISION

C, ALLOW MORE TIME TO ASSES THE SITUATION D, ALL OF THESE.

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INLAND ONLY, A VESSEL DISPLAYING A BLUE LIGHT IS:

A. A WORK BOAT

B, A LAW ENFORCEMENT VESSEL

C, TRANSFERRING Dangerous CARGO D, ENGAGED IN A RACE.

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IN FOG YOU HEAR A SIGNAL OF 3 STROKE OF A BELL, RAPID RINGING OF THE BELL AND THOSE MORE STROKE OF THE BELL. THIS SIGNAL IS MADE BY:

A. A 100 OR MORE METERS IN LENGTH SHIP AT ANCHOR

B. AT ANCHOR AND GIVING A WARNING

C, AGROUND

D, NOT UNDER COMMAND AND AT ANCHOR.

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INLAND ONLY, WHICH TERM IS NOT USED IN THE INLAND NAVIGATION RULES?

A. A VESSEL ENGAGED IN MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS

B. A VESSEL ENGAGED IN FISHING

C. AVESSEL TOWING

D, AVESSEL CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT.

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.INTERNATIONAL ONLY, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF A 250 METERS FREIGHT VESSEL PROCEEDING DOWN IN A NARROW CHANNEL. THERE IS A VESSEL ENGAGED IN FISHING ON YOUR STARBOARD BOW HALF A MILE AWAY. WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE?

A. IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT AS TO THE FISHING VESSEL'S INTENTION, YOU MAY SOUND THE DANGER SIGNAL

B, YOU ARE NOT TO EMPEDE THE FISHING VESSEL

C, YOU ARE TO SLOW TO BARE STEERAGEWAY UNTIL CLEAR OF THE FISHING VESSEL.

D.YOU MUST SOUND THE DANGER SIGNAL.

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND ,AT NIGHT WHICH LIGHT INDICATE TO YOU THAT THE VESSEL IS FISHING?

A. A GREEN LIGHT OVER THE RED LIGHT B, A RED LIGHT OVER AWHITE LIGHT

C, TWO RED LIGHTS, ONE OVER THE OTHER. D, A WHITE LIGHT OVER A RED LIGHT.

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INLAND ONLY, WHEN YOU ARE OVERTAKING ANOTHER VESSEL AND DESIRE TO PASS ON HER LEFT OR PORT HAND, YOU SHOULD SOUND:

A. ONE SHORT BLAST

B. TWO PROLONG BLAST

C. ONE LONG BLAST

D, TWO SHORT BLAST.

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ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE DISTRESS SIGNAL EXCEPT:

A, GIVING FIVE OR MORE SHORT AND RAPID BLAST OF THE WHISTLE.

B. FIRING A GUN AT INTERVALS OF ABOUT A MINUTE.

C, THE CONTINOUS SOUNDING OF ANY FOG SIGNAL APPARATUS

D, A BARREL WITH BURNING OIL IN IT , ON DECK

0009

. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A VESSEL RESTRICTED IN HER ABILITY TO MANEUVER?

A. A VESSEL CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT

B. A VESSEL NOT UNDER COMMAND

C.A VESSEL UNDERWAY IN FOG

D , A VESSELTOWING UNABLE TO DEVIATE FROM HER COURSE.

0010

.BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, YOU ARE UNDERWAY IN A NARROW CHANNEL AND

ARE OVERTAKEN BY A VESSEL ASTERN. THE OVERTAKING VESSEL SOUNDS A SIGNAL

INDICATING HER INTENTION TO PASS YOU ON YOUR STARBOARD SIDE. IF SUCH AN ACTION APPEARS DANGEROUS, YOU SHOULD SOUND:

A. ONE PROLONG, ONE SHORT, ONE PROLONG, ONE SHORT BLAST IN THAT ORDER.

. B.ONE PROLONGED FOLLOWED BY ONE SHORT.

C. THREE SHORT AND RAPID BLAST

D, FIVE SHORT AND RAPID BLAST ON THE WHISTLE.

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. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF STAND-ON VESSEL IN A

CROSSING SITUATION. THE OTHER SHIP IS 1.5 MILES TO PORT. YOU BELIEVE THAT RISK OF COLLISION EXIST, YOU SHOULD:

A.IMMEDIATELY SOUND THE DANGER SIGNAL

B.TAKE AVOIDING ACTION UPON DETERMINING THAT RISK OF COLLISION EXIST.

C, TAKE AVOIDING ACTION ONLY After PROVIDING THE GIVE WAY VESSEL TIME TO TAKE ACTION, AND DETERMINING THAT HER ACTION IS NOT APPRORIATE

D. HOLD COURSE AND SPEED UNTIL THE POINT OF EXTREMISAND THEN SOUND THE DANGER SIGNAL, TAKING WHATEVER ACTION WILL BEST AVERT COLLISION

0012

WHAT IS THE AUTHORIZE LIGHT TO ASSIST THE IDENTIFICATION OF SUBMARINES?

A. FLASHING WHITE LIGHT B, INTERMITTENT FLASHING AMBER /YELLOW LIGHT

C, BLUE ROTATING LIGHT D, FLASHING SIDELIGHT.

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. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE CONCERNING THE

DANGER SIGNAL?

A. MAY BE SOUNDED ON STAND-ON VESSEL

B . INDICATES THAT THE VESSEL IS IN DISTRESS

C, MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED BY AN APPRORIATE LIGHT SIGNAL.

D. IS ISSUED TO INDICATE A COURSE CHANGE.

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THE NAVIGATION RULES DEFINES A VESSEL NOT UNDER COMMAND AS A VESSEL WHICH:

A. THROUGH SOME EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IS UNABLE TO MANEUVER AS REQUIRED BY THE RULES

B. BY TAKING ACTION CONTRARY TO THE RULES HAS CREATED A SPECIAL

CIRCUMSTANCES SITUATION.

C, FROM THE NATURE OF HER WORK IS UNABLE TO KEEP OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER VESSEL

D, IS MOORED, AGROUND, OR AGROUND IN FAIRWAY.

0015

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, A TUG IS TOWING THREE UNMANNED BARGES ASTERN ,THE VESSEL IN A TUG SHOULD SOUND:

A. NO FOG SIGNAL .B. THREE PROLONG AND ONE SHORT BLAST C, ONE SHORT BLAST

D. ONE PROLONGED, ONE SHORT, AND ONE PROLONGED BLAST.

0016

INLAND ONLY , A BARGE MORE THAN 50 METERS LONG WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SHOW

HOW MANY WHITE LIGHTS WHEN ANCHORED?

A. NONE B. ONE C, TWO D. ONE ON THE NEAR APPROACH OF ANOTHER VESSEL

0017

. A 30 METER TUG IS UNDERWAY AND NOT TOWING, AT NIGHT THIS VESSEL WOULD SHOW

SIDELIGHTS AND ;

A. TWO MASTHEAD LIGHTS AND A STERNLIGHT

B. , ONE MASTHEAD LIGHT AND A STERNLIGHT

C, A STERNLIGHT

D, THREE-MASTHEAD LIGHT AND A STERNLIGHT

0018.

INTERNATIONAL ONLY, WHICH OF VESSEL IS NOT RESTRICTED IN HER ABILITY TO MANEUVER?

A, A VESSEL CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT

B, A TOWING VESSEL WITH TOW UNABLE TO DEVIATE FROM HER COURSE.

C. A VESSEL SEVICING AIDS TO NAVIGATION

D. A VESSEL ENGAGED IN DREDGING.

0019.

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, A VESSEL BEING TOWED ASTERN SHALL SHOW AT

NIGHT:

A. THE LIGHTS REQUIRED BY A POWER DRIVEN VESSEL UNDERWAY

.B. STERNLIGHT ONLY

C. , SIDELIGHTS AND A STERNLIGHT

D. , ONLY THE REQUIRED MASTHEAD LIGHTS.

0020.

IF A ROW BOAT UNDERWAY, DOES NOT SHOW THE LIGHTS SPECIFIED FOR A SAILING

VESSEL UNDERWAY, IT SHALL SHOW A:

A. COMBINE LANTERN SHOWING GREEN TO STARBOARD AND RED TO PORT AND SHOW IN

SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREVENT COLLISION.

B. COMBINE LANTERN SHOWING GREEN TO STARBOARD AND RED TO PORT AND SHOWN

FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE.

C. WHITE LIGHT FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE

D, WHITE LIGHTS SHOWN IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO AVERT COLLISION

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WHAT TYPE OF VESSEL ON OPERATION IS INDICATED BY A VESSEL SHOWING TWO CONES

WITH APEXES TOGETHER.

A, A VESSEL TRAWLING B. SAILING C. DREDGING D. MINE CLEARING

0022

. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, IF YOUR VESSEL IS UNDERWAY IN FOG AND YOU

HEAR ONE PROLONGED AND THREE SHORT BLAST ON THE WHISTLE, THIS IS :

A. VESSEL NOT UNDER COMMAND B, VESSEL BEING TOWED (UNMANNED)

C, VESSEL BEING TOWED (MANNED) D. SAILING VESSEL

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INTERNATIONAL ONLY, OF THE VESSELS LISTED, WHICH MUST KEPT OUT OF THE WAY OF

ALL THE OTHER?

A. A VESSEL CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT.

B. A VESSEL RESTRICTED ON HER ABILITY TO MANEUVER

C, A VESSEL ON PILOTAGE DUTY

D, A VESSEL ENGAGED IN FISHING .

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. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE CONCERNING TWO

SAILING VESSEL APPROACHING ONE ANOTHER?

A. A SAILING VESSEL OVERTAKING ANOTHER IS THE GIVE WAY VESSEL

B.WHEN EACH IS AT DIFFERENT TACK, THE VESSEL ON THE STARBOARD TACK SHALL KEEP OUT OF THE WAY

C, ALL OF THESE

D. A SAILING VESSEL SEEING ANOTHER TO LEEWARD ON AN UNDETERMINED TACK SHALL HOLD HER COURSE

0025

INTERNATIONAL ONLY, IF YOU SIGHTED THREE RED LIGHTS IN A VERTICAL LINE ON ANOTHER VESSEL AT NIGHT, IT WOULD BE A VESSEL:

A. DREDGING

B, CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT

C, AGROUND

D, MOORED OVER A WRECK.

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, YOU ARE UNDERWAY IN FOG AND YOU HEAR A FOG

SIGNAL OF TWO PROLONGED BLAST ON YOU STARBOARD QUARTER, YOU SHOULD:

A. CHANGE COURSE TO THE RIGHT B. CHANGE COURSE TO THE LEFT

C, HOLD YOUR COURSE AND SPEED D, STOP YOUR VESSEL

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A VESSEL MUST PROCEED AT A SAFE SPEED:

A. DURING NIGHT

B. IN CONGESTED WATER

C. IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITY

D, AT ALL TIME .

0028

. BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, YOU ARE UNDERWAY IN FOG AND YOU HEAR THREE

DISTINCT STROKE OF A BELL FOLLOWED BY THREE SECONDS OF RAPID BELL RINGING, FOLLOWED BY THREE DISTINCT STROKE OF BELL, THIS SIGNAL INDICATES A VESSEL:

A. AT ANCHOR B, AGROUND

C. IN DISTRESS D. ENGAGED IN UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTIONS.

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A VESSEL WILL NOT SHOW A SIDELIGHT WHEN:

A. MAKING WAY NOT UNDER COMMAND B, NOT UNDER COMMAND, NOT UNDERWAY

C. TROLLING, UNDERWAY

D. UNDERWAY BUT NOT MAKING WAY

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IN REDUCE VISIBILITY, YOU HEAR TWO PROLONGED BLAST ON THE WHISTLE , THIS

SIGNAL IS SOUNDED BY:

A. A VESSEL NOT UNDER COMMAND B, POWER DRIVEN VESSEL DEAD IN THE WATER

C. SAILING VESSEL ON THE PORT TACK D, VESSEL FISHING WITH NETS.

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, YOU ARE IN- CHARGE OF A POWER DRIVEN VESSSEL

IN DENSE FOG, YOU OBSEVE ANOTHER VESSEL ON YOU RADAR WHICH IS HALF A MILE

DISTANCE ON YOUR PORT BOW, YOU SHOULD:

A, SOUND THE DANGER ALARM B, MAKE NO CHANGE ON YOUR FOG SIGNAL

C. SOUND A LONG BLAST

D, EXCHANGE PASSING SIGNAL.

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. . BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, FOG SIGNALS REQUIRED UNDER THE RULES FOR

VESSELS UNDERWAY SHALL BE SOUNDED:

A . ONLY ON THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER VESSEL

B.AT INTERVALS OF NOT MORE THANONE MINUTE

C, AT INTERVALS OF NO MORE THAN TWO MINUTES

D. ONLY WHEN VESSELS ARE IN SIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER.

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INLAND ONLY, WHICH TYPE OF VESSEL IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE INLAND NAVIGATION

RULES?

A. AN INSCOS PICOUS PARTLY SUBMERGED VESSEL B. A SEAPLANE

C.AN AIR CUSHION VESSEL

D, A VESSEL CONSTRAINED BY HER DRAFT,

0034. INLAND ONLY, YOU ARE UNDERWAY ON VESSEL " A" AND DESIRE TO OVERTAKE VESSEL "B",AFTER YOU SOUND TWO SHORT BLAST ON YOUR WHISTLE, VESSEL "B SOUNDS FIVE SHORT RAPID BLAST N THE WHISTLE, YOU SHOULD:

A, KEEP SOUNDING PASSING SIGNAL UNTIL THE SAME SIGNAL IS RECEIVED FROM VESSEL "b"

B, ANSWER FIVE SHORT BLAST THEN PASS ON THE PORT SIDE

C, ALTER COURSE TO STARBOARD SIDE OF " B

D, PASS WITH CAUTION ON THE PORT SIDE OF "B"

0035

. INLAND ONLY, AT NIGHT, WHAT LIGHT IS REQUIRED ON BARGES MOORED IN A GROUP

FORMATION IN A RIVER BANK?

A. A WHITE LIGHT PLACED AT THE CORNERS FARTHEST FROM THE BANK OF EACH OF THE

UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM END OF THE GROUP.

B. FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT PLACED AT EACH OF THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM END OF THE GROUP.

C, A WHITE LIGHTS PLACED AT THE CORNERS FARTHEST FROM THE BANK ON EACH BARGES ON THE GROUP.

D, TWO RED LIGHTS ON A VERTICAL LINE PLACED AT THE CORNERS FARTHEST FROM THE BANK ON EAH OF THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ENDS OF THE GROUP.

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, A DREDGE NOT ENGAGED IN DREDGING BUT

PROCEEDING TO A DREDGING LOCATION AT NIGHT WOULD:

A. WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SHOW THE LIGHT OF A STATIONARY DREDGE

.B. BE REQUIRED TO SHOW THE LIGHT CHARACTERESTIC OF A DREDGE .

C.NOT REQUIRED TO SHOW ANY LIGHT

D, BE REQUIRED TO SHOW THE LIGHTS OF A POWER DRIVEN VESSEL UNDERWAY.

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.BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND, THE ARC OF VISIBILITY OF A SIDELIGHTS IS FROM

AHEAD TO:

A, 22.5 ABAFT THE BEAM B, 22.5 FORWARD OF THE BEAM

C, 135 ABAFT THE BEAM D, ABEAM

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INTERNATIONAL ONLY, WHEN TWO VESSELS ARE IN SIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER, ALL OF THE

FOLLOWING ARE APPROXIMATE EXCEPT:

A, FOUR SHORT BLAST ON THE WHISTLE B. ONE PROLONGED, ONE SHORT, ONE PROLONGED

ONE SHORT BLAST ON THE WHISTLE, ON THAT ORDER.

C. A LIGHT SIGNAL OF AT LEAST FIVE SHORT AND RAPID BLAST

D. TWO SHORT BLAST ON THE WHISTLE

Compiled by C/M Ricardo T. Coloyan

Deck Board Exam Reviewer

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