Failed Launching of Rescue Boat while Underway

Prior To Start  Rescue Boat Drill 

• The rescue boat drill is to be supervised by a competent personnel.
• The Master is to ensure that all safety measures and precautions are being observed in accordance with the vessel’s safety management system (SMS) and lifeboat / rescue boat instruction manuals.

• Safety briefing to all personnel involved shall be conducted prior to commencement of the drill.
• The operation must be carried out during daylight hours only.
• The operation shall not be carried out concurrently with any other activity such as bunkering, overside cargo operation, underwater diving, main engine immobilization etc.

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COMPETENCE 1 PLAN AND CONDUCT A PASSAGE AND DETERMINATION POSITION

QUESTION: # 13

What is a phenomenon in which the axis of an object wobbles when torque is applied?

A.Torque-induced precession

B.Wobble parallax

C.Equinoctial eccentricity

D. Gyroscopic inertia

ANSWER: Torque-induced precession

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COMPETENCE 1 PLAN AND CONDUCT A PASSAGE AND DETERMINATION POSITION

COMPETENCE 1 PLAN AND CONDUCT A PASSAGE AND DETERMINATION POSITION

QUESTION: #12  

Which of these may cause false echoes in an echo sounder?

A. Schools of big fish

B. Bioluminescent microorganisms in the water

C. Protruding rocks from the seabed

D. Turbulence from the interaction of tidal streams with solid particles in suspension

ANSWER: Turbulence from the interaction of tidal streams with solid particles in suspension

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COMPETENCE 1 PLAN AND CONDUCT A PASSAGE AND DETERMINATION POSITION

QUESTION: #11

Which of these is an echo sounder transducer type?

A. Magnetostriction

B. Diesel-electric

C. Piezo-hydraulic

D. Blue-diode

ANSWER: Magnetostriction

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COMPETENCE 1 PLAN AND CONDUCT A PASSAGE AND DETERMINATION POSITION

QUESTION:

What is the nature of the beam transmitted by echo sounder?

A. Linear

B. Hyperbolic

C. Parabolic

D. Directional

ANSWER: Directional

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What is the speed of sound in the water?

QUESTION:

What is the speed of sound in the water?

• 1.5 kilometers per second
• 0.8 kilometer per second
• 1.1 kilometers per second
• 1.3 kilometers per second

ANSWER:  1.5 kilometers per second

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Guide questionnaires with your smart gadgets

QUESTION: 

Where can the data relating to the direction and velocity of rotary tidal currents be found?

• Tide Tables 
• Nautical Almanac 
• Mariner's Guide 
• Tidal Current Tables

ANSWER:  Tidal Current Tables

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Marina Questionnaire # 14

QUESTION: 

What is an error in a gyrocompass caused by rapid changes in course, speed and latitude causing deviation before the gyro can adjust itself?

• Parallax error 
• Stream error 
• Error of collimation 
• Rapid error

ANSWER: Stream error 

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GUIDE QUESTIONNAIRES for seafarers Competence 1

The Annual Publication of Database of Questionnaires is mandated in Republic Act 10635 or the Act Establishing the 

Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the Single Maritime Administration Responsible for the Implementation and 

Enforcement of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 

1978, as amended and International Agreements or Covenants related thereto and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. 

These questions have been reviewed and validated by our Board of Examiners.

You may access these guide questionnaires with your smart gadgets
anywhere and anytime at your convenience. Please consider the
environment before printing.



QUESTION: 

What navigational instrument used to indicate direction by measuring course and bearing?

• Pelorus 
• Sextant 
• Azimuth  circle 
• Compass

ANSWER: Compass

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GUIDE QUESTIONNAIRES for seafarers

GUIDE QUESTIONNAIRES for seafarers

The Annual Publication of Database of Questionnaires is mandated in
Republic Act 10635 or the Act Establishing the Maritime Industry
Authority (MARINA) as the Single Maritime Administration Responsible
for the Implementation and Enforcement of the 1978 International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers, 1978, as amended and International Agreements or
Covenants related thereto and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
These questions have been reviewed and validated by our Board of
Examiners.

You may access these guide questionnaires with your smart gadgets
anywhere and anytime at your convenience. Please consider the
environment before printing.


QUESTION:

When using GPS, you may expect your position to be accurate 95% of the time within a radius of __________ meters. 

• 50 m 
• 20 m 
• 10 m 
• 100 m

ANSWER:

• 100 m

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GUIDE QUESTIONNAIRES for seafarers

A barometric pressure reading of 29.92 inches of mercury is equivalent to 

1012.35 millibars
1015.25 millibars
1010.35 millibars
1013.25 millibars

Ans. 1013.25 millibars

Apparent altitude is

sextant altitude corrected

for __________.

inaccuracies in the reading and reference level

double-second difference

chronometer error and dip

difference in assumed latitude and actual latitude

Ans. inaccuracies in the reading and reference level

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Guide Questionnaires for seafarers August 22 2017

What is the position
obtained by applying only
your vessel's course and
speed to a known
position?

• Fix 
• Applied position 
• Dead-reckoning 
• Probable position

ANS. Dead-reckoning

What is the position
obtained by applying
estimated current and
wind to your vessel's
course and speed?

• Estimated position 
• Applied position 
• Dead-reckoning position
• Assumed position

ANS. Estimated position 

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