Marina Exam Reviewer: Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is FALSE?

Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is FALSE? 

A. Fresh water may be obtained from fish. 
B. Lifeboat covers or canopies should be washed with rain before drinking water is collected. 
C. Fresh water may be collected from condensation inside the liferaft. 
D. Seawater should never be consumed. 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: If a crew member has fallen overboard during the hours of darkness and you immediately execute a Williamson turn, what is the primary advantage of this maneuver under these circumstance exams?

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If a crew member has fallen overboard during the hours of darkness and you immediately execute a Williamson turn, what is the primary advantage of this maneuver under these circumstance exams? 

A. The turn enables you to reverse course in the shortest possible time 
B. The turn provides the maximum coverage of the area to be searched 
C. You will have enough time to maneuver to close in on the man for rescue 
D. You will be in a reciprocal course and nearly on the track line run during the night 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: When beaching a ship to avoid immediate danger of foundering, it is ideal to do so at/on __________ so that the ship settles slowly, rather than drive her hard ashore and strain the bottom plating.

Marina Exam Reviewer

When beaching a ship to avoid immediate danger of foundering, it is ideal to do so at/on __________ so that the ship settles slowly, rather than drive her hard ashore and strain the bottom plating. 

A. spring tide 
B. full moon 
C. neap tide 
D. high water or falling tide 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: When a parallel track search pattern is being carried out, the course of the search units should normally be which of the following?

Marina Exam Reviewer

When a parallel track search pattern is being carried out, the course of the search units should normally be which of the following? 

A. In the same direction as the anticipated drift 
B. In the opposite direction of the anticipated drift
C. Perpendicular to the line of anticipated drift 
D. Downwind 

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Marina Board Exam: Which of the following actions is NOT to be taken following a collision:

Marina Board Exam

Which of the following actions is NOT to be taken following a collision: 

A. discharge or probable discharge of harmful substances to be reported to the nearest coast radio station 
B. survival craft should be made ready for abandoning ship or assisting crew of the other ship 
C. immediately sail away from the scene 
D. owners to be informed of all details about the collision 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Your ARPA has been tracking a target and has generated the targets course and speed. The radar did not receive a target echo on its last two scans due to the weather. What should you expect under these circumstances?

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Your ARPA has been tracking a target and has generated the targets course and speed. The radar did not receive a target echo on its last two scans due to the weather. What should you expect under these circumstances? 

A. the ARPA will generate date based on sea return 
B. the ARPA will generate date as if the target was still being tracked by radar 
C. the ARPA will give an audible and/or visual lost target alarm 
D. the ARPA has lost all memory of the target and must recomputed the target date 

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Marina Board Exam: Your ARPA has automatic speed inputs from the log. Due to currents, the log is indicating a faster speed than the speed over the grounds. What should you expect under these circumstances?

Marina Board Exam

Your ARPA has automatic speed inputs from the log. Due to currents, the log is indicating a faster speed than the speed over the grounds. What should you expect under these circumstances? 

A. The targets true course vector will be in error. 
B. The range on initial target acquisition will be less than normal 
C. The generated CPA will be less than the actual CPA 
D. The generated TCPA will be later than the actual TCPA 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: When using an ARPA, what should you consider in order to evaluate the information displayed?

Marina Exam Reviewer

When using an ARPA, what should you consider in order to evaluate the information displayed? 

A. The trial maneuver feature will automatically determine a course that will clear all targets. 
B. You cannot determine if a small target has been lost due to sea return. 
C. Navigational constraints may require a target vessel to change course. 
D. The target vessels generated course and speed are based solely on radar inputs. 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: You are the Senior Deck Officer of a vessel involved in a collision. All necessary actions to ensure safety of crew and vessel has been taken. What shall you then tell the Sen. Deck Off. on the other vessel?

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You are the Senior Deck Officer of a vessel involved in a collision. All necessary actions to ensure safety of crew and vessel has been taken. What shall you then tell the Sen. Deck Off. on the other vessel? 

A. That you are sorry for the collision. 
B. Dont talk to the Sen. Deck Off. on the other vessel at all. 
C. Check with the pilot or any witnesses about their consideration of whom to blame for the collision. 
D. Name and Port of registry of your vessel. 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Your vessel has been holed in #1 hold and partially flooded. The hole is plugged against further flooding. In calculating the effect of the flooding on your transverse stability, you should use which method?

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Your vessel has been holed in #1 hold and partially flooded. The hole is plugged against further flooding. In calculating the effect of the flooding on your transverse stability, you should use which method? 

A. Factor of subdivision method 
B. Lost buoyancy method 
C. Compartment standard method 
D. Added weight method 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Which step should be taken, if possible, when the vessel must be abandoned because of a distress situation?

Marina Exam Reviewer

Which step should be taken, if possible, when the vessel must be abandoned because of a distress situation? 

A. Program the SART and EPIRB to transmit the vessel's location and situation. 
B. Place the SART and EPIRB in the "ON" position and secure them to the survival craft. 
C. No additional steps are needed as the SART and EPIRB will both automatically float free and operate properly. 
D. Alert the U.S. Coast Guard by using the survival craft's portable INMARSAT unit. 

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Marina Board Exam: Which situation requires you to furnish a notice of marine casualty to the coast guard?

Marina Board Exam

Which situation requires you to furnish a notice of marine casualty to the coast guard? 

A. Your vessel is at anchor and grounds at low tide with no apparent damage 
B. Storm damage to the cargo winch motors requiring repairs costing $19,000 
C. A seaman slips on ice on deck and sprains his ankle, requiring an ace bandage 
D. You collide with a buoy and drag it off station with no apparent damage to the vessel or to the buoy 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Your vessel has been involved in a collision. As master you have to write about the accident in the log-book. In order to only write the facts in the logbook, which of the following procedures do you find most correct?

Marina Exam Reviewer

Your vessel has been involved in a collision. As master you have to write about the accident in the log-book. In order to only write the facts in the logbook, which of the following procedures do you find most correct? 

A. Write down the story as favorable as possible seen from your own point of view. Make sure that your log-book tells your story 
B. Write down all the facts you have collected, and also write down your own opinion about the circumstances 
C. Write continually in the log-book as soon as the accidents happen 
D. Find out from officers and crew who have been in connection with the collision, what they have seen, so that detailed and complete description of the sequence of events can be entered in the log-book 

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Marina Exam Questions: You are attempting to take a dead ship in tow. All lines have been passed and secured. How should you get underway?

Marina Exam Questions

You are attempting to take a dead ship in tow. All lines have been passed and secured. How should you get underway? 

A. Order minimum turns until the towing hawser is taut and then continue at that speed until towing speed is attained. 

B. Order minimum turns until the catenary almost breaks the water then stop. Order more turns as the hawser slackens but keep the catenary in the water. 

C. If the towline is properly adjusted and weighted you can order slow or dead slow and the towline will act as a spring to absorb the initial shock. 

D. Order minimum turns until the towing hawser is just clear of the water then reduce speed to that necessary to keep the line clear of the water. 

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Marina Board Exam: You are proceeding to a distress site where the survivors are in liferafts. Which action will assist in making your vessel more visible to the survivors?

Marina Board Exam

You are proceeding to a distress site where the survivors are in liferafts. Which action will assist in making your vessel more visible to the survivors? 

A. Steering a zigzag course with 5 to 10 minutes on each leg. 
B. Steering a sinuous course. 
C. Dumping debris over the side to make a trail to your vessel. 
D. Making smoke in daylight. 

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Marina Exam Questions: You are signing on a deck officer who will be designated as one of the GMDSS operators before sailing foreign. Which statement is true?

Marina Exam Questions

You are signing on a deck officer who will be designated as one of the GMDSS operators before sailing foreign. Which statement is true? 

A. You must consult the List of Qualifications on the reverse of his/her FCCissued license. 
B. His/her Merchant Mariners Document must have an added endorsement as Radio Electronics Officer. 
C. He/she must have an STCW certificate endorsed as Valid for Service on Vessels Operating in the GMDSS System. 
D. He/she must present either an FCC-issued license or a Coast Guard-issued license. 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: After a collision or accident involving an uninspected vessel, regulations require that the operator assist persons affected, but only if the operator can do so without __________.

Marina Exam Reviewer

After a collision or accident involving an uninspected vessel, regulations require that the operator assist persons affected, but only if the operator can do so without __________. 

A. serious danger to his or her own vessel 
B. further damaging the other vessel 
C. undue delay 
D. creating a panic on either vessel

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Marina Exam Reviewer: You are on a vessel that has broken down and are preparing to be taken in tow. You will use your anchor cable as part of the towline. Which statement is TRUE?

Marina Exam Reviewer

You are on a vessel that has broken down and are preparing to be taken in tow. You will use your anchor cable as part of the towline. Which statement is TRUE? 

A. The strain of the tow is taken by the riding pawl chain stopper and anchor windlass brake. 
B. The anchor cable should be veered enough to allow the towline connection to be immediately astern of the towing vessel. 
C. The anchor cable should be veered enough to allow the towline connection to be just forward of your bow. 
D. The anchor cable should be led out through a chock if possible to avoid a sharp nip at the hawsepipe lip.

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Marina Board Exam: What will be the action of each vessel after the collision accident?

Marina Board Exam 

What will be the action of each vessel after the collision accident? 

A. The stable vessel should standby to assist the vessel in most distress 
B. Reports to the Charterers the incident and continue the voyage 
C. After logging the other vessel's name, leave and continue the voyage 
D. Report to the Owners the incident and continue the voyage 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: The abbreviation HEL-H of helicopter radius of action for rescue purposes. What are the radius and evacuating capacity of the helicopter?

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The abbreviation HEL-H of helicopter radius of action for rescue purposes. What are the radius and evacuating capacity of the helicopter? 

A. 150 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 12 persons. 
B. 200 nm and capacity for evacuating more then 15 persons. 
C. 100 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 10 persons. 
D. 500 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 25 persons.  

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Your vessel have been in collision with an other vessel. You are taking in water and you have to prepare for leaving the vessel. How will you act?

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Your vessel have been in collision with an other vessel. You are taking in water and you have to prepare for leaving the vessel. How will you act? 

A. Send a distress message and collect survival suits / thermal bags 
B. Assist your friends to collect their personal belongings 
C. Collect your own personal belongings 
D. Just jump over board and be ready 

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Marina Board Exam: While underway, a vessel over 100,000 gross tons with an automatic identification systems (AIS) is expected to broadcast all of the following information every 1 to 10 seconds EXCEPT __________.

Marina Board Exam

While underway, a vessel over 100,000 gross tons with an automatic identification systems (AIS) is expected to broadcast all of the following information every 1 to 10 seconds EXCEPT __________. 

A. rate of turn 
B. ship's heading 
C. navigational status 
D. name of vessel 

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Marina Board Exam: Which data must ECDIS be able to record at oneminute intervals?

Marina Board Exam

Which data must ECDIS be able to record at oneminute intervals? 

A. Speed through the water 
B. Estimated time of arrival 
C. Course made good history 
D. Shaft RPM

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Marina Exam Reviewer: When the gyro-pilot is used for steering what control is adjusted to compensate for varying sea conditions?

Marina Exam Reviewer

When the gyro-pilot is used for steering what control is adjusted to compensate for varying sea conditions? 

A. Weather adjustment 
B. Sea control 
C. Lost motion adjustment 
D. Rudder control 

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Marina Exam Questions: An ECDIS is required to display which information?

Marina Exam Questions

An ECDIS is required to display which information? 

A. Waypoints 
B. Meteorological data 
C. Radar targets 
D. Soundings 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding automatic identification systems (AIS) ?

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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding automatic identification systems (AIS) ? 

A. AIS can be used to make passing arrangements via ship-to-ship text massaging thus relieving a vessel operator from making such arrangements via bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone or signaling intent to pass via whistle signals. 
B. AIS cannot be used to make passing arrangements because the system is not capable of this type of ship-toship communications. 
C. AIS can be used to make passing arrangements via ship-to-ship text messaging but a vessel operator is not relieved from the requirement to sound whistle signals or make arrangements via bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone. 
D. AIS cannot be used to make passing arrangements because the shipto-ship text messaging feature is for emergency use only. 

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Marina Exam Reviewer: ECDIS must have the capability to preserve the record of the track for the previous __________.

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ECDIS must have the capability to preserve the record of the track for the previous __________. 

A. 6 hours 
B. 12 hours 
C. 24 hours 
D. 18 hours

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Marina Exam Questions: The Component of the IBS that allows a navigator to see an integrated navigation and tactical display and to avoid navigational hazard is:

Marina Exam Questions

The Component of the IBS that allows a navigator to see an integrated navigation and tactical display and to avoid navigational hazard is: 

A. System display unit 
B. Tactical display unit 
C. Control system 
D. RADAR 

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Marina Board Exam: The Component of the IBS which contains the heart of the whole sysytem is the:

Marina Board Exam

The Component of the IBS which contains the heart of the whole sysytem is the: 

A. Chart data base 
B. Planning station 
C. Control system 
D. RADAR 

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Marina Exam Questions: This is the ship's electronic data base used in the ECDIS Sytem

Marina Exam Questions 

This is the ship's electronic data base used in the ECDIS Sytem 

A. maps 
B. Digital Chart 
C. Electronic Nautical Chart 
D. Chart data base

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Marina Exam Reviewer: The light which may be used with a vessels whistle must be __________.

Marina Exam Reviewer

The light which may be used with a vessels whistle must be __________. 

A. a white light 
B. used only at night 
C. used prior to sounding the whistle 
D. used when the whistle is broken

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Marina Exam Reviewer: At night you observe a vessel ahead show three flashes of a white light. This signal indicates that the vessel ahead is __________ .

Marina Exam Reviewer

At night you observe a vessel ahead show three flashes of a white light. This signal indicates that the vessel ahead is __________ . 

A. operating astern propulsion 
B. intending to overtake another vessel 
C. in distress 
D. approaching a bend in the channel 

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Marina Board Exam: With regards to ARPA, what does the lost target warning tell?

Marina Board Exam

With regards to ARPA, what does the lost target warning tell? 

A. Display failure 
B. Radar failure 
C. Computer failure 
D. Target can no longer be plotted

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Marina Exam Reviewer: Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding automatic identification systems (AIS)?

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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding automatic identification systems (AIS)? 

A. AIS will not provide information on another vessel if that vessel is indistinguishable in radar sea clutter. 

B. AIS provides near real-time information regarding another vessel's speed over ground and heading regardless of visibility. 

C. AIS can be relied upon as the sole means to determine course changes due to other AIS equipped traffic. 

D. AIS is designed to replace ARPA, maneuvering boards, and visual bearings as a means to ascertain the risk of collision. 

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