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Q360 Deck General – Deck Safety

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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2

Choose the best answer to the following Multiple Choice Questions.

1. Which is the BEST action to take if your vessel is dragging her anchor in a strong wind?

o (A) Put over a stern anchor • (B) Increase the scope of anchor cable o (C) Shorten the scope of anchor cable o (D) Put over the sea anchor

If choice B is selected set score to 1.

2. What type of knot in illustration D030DG below is indicated by the Letter "Q"?

o (A) Clove hitch • (B) Bowline o (C) Round knot o (D) Square knot


3. The vessel shown in illustration D025DG has broken down and you are going to take her in tow. The wind is on her starboard beam. She is making more leeway than you. Where should you position your vessel when you start running lines?

o (A) A o (B) B o (C) C • (D) D

If choice D is selected set score to 1.

4. What is the MOST important consideration when determining how to fight an electrical fire?

• (A) Danger of shock to personnel o (B) Maintaining electrical power o (C) The amount of toxic fumes created by the extinguisher o (D) Whether the fire is in machinery or passenger spaces

If choice A is selected set score to 1.

5. Which type of portable fire extinguishers is NOT designed for use on flammable liquid fires?

o (A) Foam (stored-pressure) o (B) Dry chemical o (C) Carbon dioxide • (D) Water (cartridge-operated)



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 6. When a small craft's anchor fouls in a rocky bottom, how should the first attempt to clear it be made?

o (A) Hauling vertically on the line o (B) Increasing the scope and running slowly in a wide circle with the anchor line taut • (C) Reversing the angle and direction of pull, with moderate scope o (D) Making the line fast to the bitt and bringing the vessel further forward

If choice C is selected set score to 1.

7. The possibility of wake damage can be reduced by following which action?

o (A) Passing close aboard to the moored vessel o (B) Alternate engine speeds • (C) Slow down when passing moored vessels o (D) Apply rudder in both port and starboard directions


8. Which expresses the term leeway?

o (A) The momentum of a vessel after her engines have been stopped o (B) The displacement of a vessel multiplied by her speed • (C) The lateral movement of a vessel downwind of her intended course o (D) The difference between the true course and the compass course


9. When running before a heavy sea, what will moving weights aft on the vessel accomplish?

o (A) Reduce the rolling of the vessel o (B) Increase the rolling of the vessel o (C) Increase the yawing of the vessel • (D) Reduce the yawing of the vessel


10. Uninspected motor vessels constructed after 25 April 1940, which use fuel with a flash point of 110°F (43°C) or less, shall have at least what number of ventilator ducts for the removal of explosive or flammable gases, provided that they are not required to have ignition protected electrical components or fuel tanks that vent directly to the outside of the craft?

o (A) 1 • (B) 2 o (C) 3 o (D) 4



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 11. The exhaust pipe must be gas tight throughout its entire length otherwise __________.

o (A) the joint gaskets may be blown o (B) entry of air may cause vapor lock o (C) bilge water may enter the exhaust pipe • (D) carbon monoxide may enter the interior of the vessel


12. A safe fuel system must __________.

o (A) supply sufficient air to the intake manifold o (B) prevent engine overheating • (C) be liquid- and vapor-tight o (D) have proper air/gasoline fuel mixture ratio


13. While proceeding up a narrow waterway you observe a vessel berthed in the river with slack mooring lines. Which is the most prudent action to take FIRST?

o (A) Contact the moored vessel o (B) Call the US Coast Guard o (C) Give 5 short blasts on the whistle • (D) Reduce the speed of your vessel


14. A situation has occurred where it becomes necessary for you to be towed. What action should be taken to prevent your vessel from yawing?

• (A) Shift weight to the stern o (B) Shift weight to the bow o (C) Throw excess weight overboard o (D) Shift weight to the center of the boat


15. Which knot in illustration D030DG below represents a bowline?

o (A) G o (B) H o (C) L • (D) Q



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 16. The vessel shown in illustration D025DG has broken down and you are going to take her in tow. The

wind is on her starboard beam. Both vessels are making the same amount of leeway. Where should you position your vessel when you start running lines?

o (A) A o (B) B • (C) C o (D) D


17. Which term defines when a boat turns broadside to heavy seas and winds, thus exposing the boat to the danger of capsizing?

o (A) Trimmed o (B) Pitchpoled o (C) Yawed • (D) Broached


18. What is the number of fire extinguishers required on an uninspected "Motor vessel" based on?

• (A) The vessel's gross tonnage o (B) The vessel's length o (C) The number of crew members o (D) The vessel's draft


19. Which type of bottom is best suited for holding an anchor of a small boat?

• (A) Mud and clay o (B) Sandy o (C) Rocky o (D) Gravel


20. What is the Ring life buoy requirement on your small passenger vessel that has a length of 28 feet?

• (A) A minimum of one life buoy not less than 24 inches in diameter o (B) A minimum of one life buoy less than 20 inches in diameter o (C) A minimum of two life buoys less than 20 inches in diameter o (D) A minimum of two life buoys not less than 24 inches in diameter



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 21. If your propeller is racing in rough weather, which action should you take?

o (A) Stop your engine until the rough weather passes o (B) Ignore it, this is acceptable in rough weather o (C) Increase your engine speed • (D) Decrease your engine speed


22. Which action should be taken once fueling has been completed?

o (A) The engine should be started immediately to prevent vapor lock in the fuel line o (B) The fuel tank fill pipe should be left open to allow vapors to vent from the tank o (C) Open the fuel line and drain a small amount of gasoline into the bilge to clear the line of

sediment • (D) All hatches should be opened and all compartments should be ventilated


23. Which statement is TRUE to back a right-handed, single-screw vessel in a straight line?

o (A) Use very little rudder • (B) Use some right rudder o (C) Use full left rudder o (D) Use some left rudder


24. You are aboard a right-handed single-screw vessel with headway on. The engine is put full astern and the rudder hard left. What will the bow do?

o (A) The bow will swing to the right. o (B) It will swing to the left without increasing or decreasing its swing. • (C) It will swing to the left, straighten out and then swing to the right as the vessel loses way. o (D) It will swing to the left, and will swing left faster as the vessel loses way.


25. Outlets in gasoline fuel lines are __________.

o (A) permitted for drawing fuel samples • (B) prohibited o (C) permitted for draining fuel from lines o (D) permitted for bleeding air from lines



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2

26. What is the spoken emergency signal for a distress signal over a VHF radio?

o (A) Security • (B) Mayday o (C) Pan o (D) Red Alert


27. As compared to carbon dioxide, dry chemical has which advantage?

o (A) Non corrosive to metals o (B) Effective on metal fires • (C) Greater range o (D) Cleaner


28. Which is the Best way to reduce your wake in a narrow channel?

o (A) Shift the weight to the stern o (B) Change your course to a zigzag course o (C) Apply enough rudder to counter the effect of the current • (D) Reduce your speed


29. When discharging a portable CO2 fire extinguisher, why must you grasp the hose handle and NOT the discharge horn?

• (A) The discharge horn becomes extremely cold o (B) The horn is placed directly in the flames o (C) The discharge horn becomes extremely hot o (D) The horn could come off in your hands


30. Which is an advantage of a dry chemical over a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher?

o (A) Cleanliness o (B) Non corrosive • (C) Greater discharge range o (D) All of the above



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 31. Your twin-screw vessel is moving ASTERN with rudders amidships. The starboard screw suddenly

stops turning. How will your vessel respond?

o (A) The bow will swing from port to starboard o (B) The bow will go to starboard • (C) The bow will go to port o (D) The bow will remain stationary


32. Life jackets should be stowed in __________.

o (A) survival craft • (B) readily accessible locations o (C) locked watertight containers o (D) messrooms


33. Which knot shown in illustration D030DG below represents a square knot?

• (A) W o (B) P o (C) R o (D) H


34. Which is the easiest way to anchor a vessel in a current?

o (A) Stem the current and endeavor to make neither headway nor sternway when the anchor is dropped

• (B) Stem the current and be falling aft very slowly when the anchor is dropped o (C) Stop all headway through the water and keep the current astern when the anchor is dropped o (D) Stem the current and make very slow headway when the anchor is dropped


35. According to uninspected vessel regulations what is NOT listed on the metallic name plate required to be attached to hand portable fire extinguishers?

• (A) The hydrostatic test date of the cylinder o (B) The rated capacity in gallons, quarts, or pounds o (C) An identifying mark of the actual manufacturer o (D) The name of the item



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 36. Following a Serious Marine Incident, a mariner involved in the incident is prohibited from consuming

alcohol until after being tested or which time frame?

o (A) 2 hours following the incident o (B) 4 hours following the incident • (C) 8 hours following the incident o (D) 12 hours following the incident


37. Under federal regulations, what minimum level of Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) constitutes a violation of the laws prohibiting Boating Under the Influence of Alcohol (BUI) on commercial vessels?

o (A) .10% BAC o (B) .18% BAC o (C) .06% BAC • (D) .04% BAC


38. You are heading into the sea during rough weather. What may happen if there is too much weight forward in your small boat?

o (A) The craft will broach o (B) The craft will list severely • (C) The craft may plunge into the wave o (D) The craft will rise rapidly over the wave


39. Which type of fixed fire-extinguishing system is approved for use on board uninspected vessels?

• (A) Carbon dioxide o (B) Steam smothering o (C) Chemical foam o (D) All of the above


40. Distress signals may be __________.

o (A) red flares o (B) sound signals o (C) smoke signals • (D) Any of the above



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 41. If you must jump from a vessel, what does the correct posture include?

o (A) Knees bent and held close to the body with both arms around legs o (B) Both hands holding the life preserver below the chin with knees bent and legs crossed o (C) Body straight and arms held tightly at the sides for feet first entry into the water • (D) Holding down the life preserver against the chest with one arm crossing the other, covering

the mouth and nose with a hand, and feet together


42. Most of your vessel's superstructure is forward. How will the vessel lie when drifting with no way on?

• (A) With the wind from abaft the beam o (B) With the wind from ahead o (C) With the wind off the port beam o (D) With the wind off the starboard beam


43. Uninspected vessels must have one approved ring life buoy on board if the length is over how many feet?

o (A) 6 feet o (B) 16 feet • (C) 26 feet o (D) 36 feet


44. You have hand launched an inflatable liferaft. What should be one of your FIRST actions after all persons have boarded the liferaft?

• (A) Cut the sea painter and clear the vessel. o (B) Open the equipment pack. o (C) Decide on food and water rations. o (D) Inflate the liferaft floor.


45. An important step in fighting any electrical fire is to take which action?

o (A) Stop the vessel • (B) De-energize the circuit o (C) Stop ventilation o (D) Apply water to extinguish the fire



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Q360 Deck General - Deck Safety U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Limited Operator Uninspected Passenger Vessels Illustrations: 2 46. Which type of bottom provides most anchors with the best holding ability?

• (A) Sandy mud o (B) Soft sand o (C) Clay and rocks o (D) Soft mud


47. All of the following are part of the fire triangle EXCEPT __________.

o (A) heat o (B) fuel o (C) oxygen • (D) electricity


48. Which is TRUE concerning a fuel-air mixture below the lower flammable limit?

o (A) The mixture is too dense to burn o (B) The mixture is too rich to burn o (C) The mixture is too cool to burn • (D) The mixture is too lean to burn


49. The vessel shown in illustration D025DG has broken down and you are going to take her in tow. The wind is coming from her starboard beam. You are making more leeway than she. Where should you position your vessel when you start running lines?

• (A) A o (B) B o (C) C o (D) D


50. You are backing on twin engines with rudders amidships, when your port engine stalls. To continue backing on course, which action should you take?

o (A) Increase engine speed • (B) Apply right rudder o (C) Keep your rudder amidships o (D) Apply left rudder



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