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What channel is frequency 157.100 MHz?
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22A
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What channel is frequency 156.800 MHz?
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16
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True or False. All vessels equipped with a VHF-FM radio are required to monitor Channel 16.
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True
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What is the recommended distance you should keep the microphone from your lips?
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1 to 2 inches
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Which of the following is not a basic radio discipline that should be followed?
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Always set the squelch on highproper prowords
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True or False. The Raytheon 152 SSB radiotelephone is not designed to operate on marine frequencies between 1,605 and 23,000 KHz.
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False
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True or False. The TUNE button
activates tuning of the AC 162 antenna coupler. |
False
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Which button places the Raytheon 152 SSB radiotelephone transceiver on
the international emergency frequency, when pressed along with the ALM button? |
2182
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True or False. The Raytheon 152
SSB radiotelephone has an audible alarm. |
True
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To turn off the Raytheon 152 SSB
radiotelephone, you must press the off button simultaneously with what other button? |
PWR
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True or False. When you use the radiotelephone, you are speaking for, and with the authority of, the command in which
you are serving. The manner in which you use the radiotelephone reflects directly upon your commanding officer. |
True
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When the proword OVER is used, the required action is?
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Response is required
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When the proword OUT is used, the required action is?
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No response is requireed
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When contacting a Coast Guard ship by radio, what should be inserted before the name of the ship?
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Coast Guard Cutter
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The proword "WILCO" means?
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Will comply with your last order or
request. |
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Mk-124 Mod 0 is used during?
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Day and Night
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How long does the MK-124 Mod 0 burn for on each end?
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20 seconds
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True or False. You should never ignite both ends of the MK-124 Mod 0 at the same time, under any circumstances.
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True
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True or False. The MK-124 Mod 0 signal ends are marked to make identification easy in daylight or darkness?
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True
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What color is the tab on the daytime end of the MK-124 Mod 0?
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Orange
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Hold the signal downwind and overhead at a _____ degree angle from the horizon over the side of the raft, or away from dry debris to prevent burns from hot drippings.
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45
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MK-79 Illumination signal kit can reach altitudes of ______ feet.
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250-650
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What type of projector is attached by lanyard to the MK-79 kit?
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MK-31
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True or False. Failing to cock the firing pin back does not result in the cartridge firing prematurely when attaching to the projector?
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False
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How many times should you attempt to fire the MK-79 kit before waiting 30 seconds and removing the projectile?
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3
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What type of signal is produced by the MK-127A1 Parachute Illumination Signal?
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White
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The MK-127A1 signal descends at a rate of?
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10 to 15 feet per seond
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When firing the Mk-127A1 signal slowly push the cap onto the primer end until the cap meets the edge of the?
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Knurled Bankd
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What is the normal firing angle of the MK-127A1?
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90 degreee
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True or False. If you fire the MK-127A1 signal at less than 60 degrees the candle will, in almost all cases, still be burning when it strikes the surface?
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True
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When moving toward the stern of the vessel, you are heading _____?
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aft
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A direction that runs from side to side on
a vessel is _____? |
athwartships
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What is the entire left side of the vessel
called? |
port side
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What is the entire right side of the vessel
called? |
starboard side
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What is the back end of a vessel called?
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stern
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When you are climbing onto the vessel's
rigging at the mast, you are going ____. |
aloft
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Which of the following is the BEST
description for the windward side of the vessel? |
In the direction from which the wind
is blowing. |
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The vertical partitions that make up the
compartments of a vessel (the same thing as a wall in a building) is / are ______. |
bulkheads
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The force of water on the hull acting in a
vertical or upward force (pushing it up) causing the vessel to float is ______. |
buoyancy
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The ability to keep water out of a
compartment or vessel is called ______. |
watertight integrity
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Of the three basic types of hulls, which
hull skims along the surface of the water as speed increases? |
planing hull
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What type of keel has stiffeners (vertical
or upright members to increase strength) to protect the boat’s hull plating, and reduce roll? |
Bar keel
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What is the point on a vessel's
underwater body that reaches the greatest depth. Measured from the waterline to bottom of the keel. |
draft
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What term is used to describe the
difference between light displacement and loaded displacement? |
dead weight
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Weight and buoyancy ______.
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are equal to each other and act in
opposite directions |
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Which of the following statements
concerning the center of gravity is FALSE? |
The center of gravity will move
away from added weight. |
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When a boat is at rest, the center of
buoyancy acting upwards/vertically is below the center of gravity acting downwards. It is at this point that a boat is considered to be _________. |
in equilibrium
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Which type of stability balances the
vessel fore and aft? |
longitudinal
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Internal forces caused by the placement
of weight aboard a vessel are called _______ forces? |
static
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In a compartment, when loose water
shifts from side to side or forward and aft due to turning, speed changes, or wave action, which may cause the vessel to not want to right itself. This causes a loss of stability and is referred to as ___________. |
free surface effect
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When a vessel collects ice on deck, the
center of gravity will move ______ and ______ the ice on a vessel, affecting vessel stability. |
Up, towards
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Which of the following statements is
TRUE? |
A watertight compartment is a space
within a vessel. |
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A tool used to open and close
individual dogs on watertight doors and hatches is called a ________. |
dogging wrench
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Watertight hatches can be mounted on
the deck of a vessel in different ways. Of the following, which is NOT a feature on a watertight hatch? |
Have a quick acting hatch actuator
handle |
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The knife edge on a water tight door,
hatch, or scuttle, is bright, smooth, and ______. |
unpainted
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When using the tow bitt, the point
where the static pulling force becomes such that any increase in engine load could lead to damage to the engine or tow bitt is called excessive ___________. |
bollard pull
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The unused or belayed end of a line (it
is the remaining part of the line, including the end that is not worked) is called the _____? |
running end (bitter end)
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Lines are made of natural or synthetic
fibers, the fibers are twisted into______. |
yarns
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Natural and synthetic line is measured
by ______, and wire rope is measured by ______. |
circumference, diameter
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Which of the following
characteristics describe a plain laid line? |
Three strands, right laid most
common |
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What is the name of the natural fiber
plant manila line made from? |
Abaca
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What type of synthetic line is half the
strength of nylon, 25% lighter than nylon, and it is designed to float on water? |
Polypropylene
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A periodic inspection of all working
lines used at your unit should be made paying special attention to ______. |
cockles
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After making a line fast to a cleat, the
most common method of stowing the extra line on deck or on the dock is to ___________. |
coil the line
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What is the name of gear is used to
protect pieces of line when it runs over taft rails, chocks, or other surfaces. This gear is made of sheathing materials like old fire hoses, leather, or heavy canvas. |
Chafing
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