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USCG Safety & Environmental Protection (Deck) (Set 1)
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What should you do if you have transmitted a distress call a number of times on channel 16 and have received no reply?
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30 MCQs #1 What should you do if you have transmitted a distress call a number of times on channel 16 and have received no reply? #2 The distress message of a ship should include considerable information which might facilitate the rescue. This information should __________. #3 What is the spoken emergency signal for a distress signal over a VHF radio? #4 You are in a lifeboat broadcasting a distress message. What information would be essential to your rescuers? #5 You are underway in the Gulf of Mexico when you hear a distress message over the VHF radio. The position of the sender is about 20 miles south of Galveston, TX, and you are about 80 miles ESE of Galveston. What action should you take? #6 You are underway in mid-ocean, when you hear a distress message over the VHF radio. The position of the sender is 20 miles away. What action should you take? #7 You are underway in mid-ocean when you hear a distress message. The position of the sender is 150 miles away. No other vessel has acknowledged the distress. Your maximum speed is 5 knots and due to the seriousness of the distress, you cannot arrive on scene to provide effective assistance. What action should you take? #8 You can indicate that your vessel is in distress by __________. #9 When a vessel signals her distress by means of a gun or other explosive signal, the firing should be at intervals of approximately __________. #10 Distress signals may be __________. #11 A man aboard a vessel, signaling by raising and lowering his outstretched arms to each side, is indicating __________. #12 All of the following are recognized distress signals under the Navigation Rules EXCEPT __________. #13 A distress signal __________. #14 One of the signals, other than a distress signal, that can be used by a rescue boat to attract attention is a/an __________. #15 Which system has the least effective radius of operation? #16 What is the action that a GMDSS Radio Operator should take when a DSC distress alert is received? #17 What is the primary purpose for Digital Selective Calling (DSC)? #18 When sending a DSC call, the vessel's __________. #19 What does the DSC control unit do if the GMDSS Radio Operator fails to insert updated information when initiating a DSC distress alert? #20 If a GMDSS radio operator initiates a DSC distress transmission but does not insert a message, what happens? #21 Which channel and mode should be used when initiating a Distress alert transmission? #22 When should the emergency position-indicating radio beacon be activated after abandoning a vessel? #23 When will the float-free emergency position indicating radio beacon be activated after abandoning ship? #24 Which piece of required GMDSS equipment is the primary source of transmitting locating signals? #25 Which task is NOT the responsibility of the GMDSS Radio Operator? #26 What does "EPIRB" stand for? #27 Which shipboard equipment will detect a signal from a SART? #28 After you activate your emergency position indicating radio beacon, you should __________. #29 What should you do with your emergency position indicating radio beacon if you are in a liferaft in a storm? #30 Which EPIRB transmits a distress alert that is received and relayed by an INMARSAT satellite?
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