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57 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following number sizes is the heaviest weight of canvas?
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No. 1
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If you plan to use the standard weight of canvas, generally specified for gun covers, which of the following types must you draw?
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No.4 duck
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What measure is used for issuing canvas?
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Square Yard
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Although synthetic fabrics are more expensive than canvas, they are replacing canvas in most applications because they are
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lighter and stronger
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Which of the following types of material is best suited for blackout and welding curtains?
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Black Neoprene
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What type of line should be used for bolt ropes and lashings on synthetic?
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Synthetic
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Which of the following grommets is recommended for use in synthetic cloth?
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Eyelet and Ring
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The Navy uses a variety of specially treated canvas including types which are resistant to fire and all EXCEPT which of the following agents?
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Acid
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Which of the following cleaning solutions should you use to scrub dirty canvas?
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Mild Soap and Water Solution
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What is the best way to repair a winch cover if a grommet tears out?
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Sew a patch over the spot and put in another grommet
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When measuring canvas to be used as an awning, always deduct
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1/2 inch for each linear foot in both length and width
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What material is used to reduce the wear on the sail twine while sewing is being done, and it also retards deterioration?
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Beeswax
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Which of the following sail needles is the largest?
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8
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Which of the following jobs requires the use of the roping palm?
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Sewing on bolt ropes
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Which of the following stitches is most commonly used to join two pieces of canvas together?
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Round
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What stitch is the strongest and self locks each stitch?
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Herringbone
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When you are making a canvas seabag, what type of stitch do you use to attach the bottom section to the tube section?
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Round
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Which of the following is the correct procedure for you to use when sewing bolt ropes to canvas?
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Keep the rope taut and the canvas slack
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The actual grommet in the hand sewn grommet is made of what material?
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Canvas
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If the canvas article you are making requires metal grommets having a 3/4-inch inside diameter, which of the following types should you use?
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Spur type #6, or eyelet and ring type #6
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Unlike the installation of a spur type of grommet, the eyelet-and- ring type of grommet requires you to take which of the following actions?
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Sew the eyelet to the canvas
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Place in the proper sequence the following steps for spreading an awning: (A) securing stops to the ridge pole, (B) pulling taut the earrings, (C) reeving off the earrings.
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B,A,C
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In which of the following widths is single-ply leather belting available?
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1 to 6 inches
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Leather will rend, crack, and shrink considerably if it is exposed to which of the following elements?
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Heat
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Why should you put paper between hides of leather that are stowed flat, one on top of the other?
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To keep them from sticking
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What deck fitting should you use to make fast a line that has been led through a chock?
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A bitt
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What deck fitting consists of a doubled-end pair of projecting horns used for belaying a wire?
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A cleat
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There are how many different types of chocks?
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Three
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When a naval vessel has two accommodation ladders, what personnel use the forward ladder?
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Officers and Ceremonial Participants
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What type of ladder is rigged out and lowered to provide for boarding or leaving an anchored ship?
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An H-Frame
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For ease of handling, most accommodation ladders in the Navy today are made of aluminum.
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True
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On ships not having outriggers, what davit can be used to support the ladder over the side?
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A padeye
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What bend is used to tie the gantline to the boatswains chair?
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A double becket
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When you are aloft in the boatswain’s chair, what command should you give to inform the deck crew to let go of the gantline?
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Let Go
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What device should you bend the tail of the gantline to when riding down the standing rigging?
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A shackle
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What officer must you receive permission from before going aloft?
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Officer of the Deck
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What does the number designation of canvas indicate?
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Weight per square yard
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Where is white, untreated canvas normally used aboard ship?
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Below Decks
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When you are rigging an accommodation ladder, what type of safety equipment is used to work it over the side?
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Life jackets and Safety harness with proper safety lines rigged
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Which of the following is used to protect the side of a ship from contact with a pier or another ship?
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Fenders
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What should you do with your tools when you are working aloft?
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Tie tools and equipment to the chair
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What type of device should be used to secure all tools, buckets, and brushes to the ship when you are working over the side?
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Lanyards
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When properly rigged, what part(s) of the stage should support all the weight?
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Plank
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What is the approximate weight of a lead line?
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7 to 14 lbs
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How deep is the water when the leadsman reports A QUARTER LESS THAN THREE?
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2 3/4 Fathoms
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What is the first word you say when ready to make the heave on a lead line?
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Watch O Watch
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What is used to identify the 7-fathom mark on the lead line?
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A red rag
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What is used to identify the 5-fathom mark on a lead line?
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False
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Personnel are not permitted to sit or lean on lifelines.
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False (SAFETY)
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How far from the block through which the line passes shall a person stand when handling a line?
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6 Feet
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What No. size of canvas is used to make sand bags?
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No.1
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How many types of sail palms are used in the Navy?
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Two
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What is the purpose of beeswax in sewing canvas?
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It reduces the wear on the sail twine
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What type of stitch is used when a strong seam is required?
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Flat
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What type of stitch is used to mend tears in heavy or painted canvas?
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Herringbone
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What size do the eyelet-and-ring type grommets come in?
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6 to 15
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What size width does single-ply belting leather come in?
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1 to 6 inches
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