Coast Guard Test Coast Guard Emergency Response

Question 1

What does the acronym EPIRB stand for and what is its purpose?

Accepted Answer

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — a device that transmits distress signals with GPS coordinates to satellite rescue systems

Answer

Electronic Personal Identification Radio Band

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Emergency Power Internal Routing Backup

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Enhanced Positioning and Information Relay Box

Question 2

What are the stages of the Coast Guard search and rescue process?

Accepted Answer

Awareness, initial action, planning, operations, and conclusion

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Search, find, rescue, and debrief

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Call, wait, find, and recover

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Alert, deploy, and return

Question 3

What is the purpose of the Coast Guard's Marine Safety program?

Accepted Answer

Preventing maritime casualties, protecting property, and safeguarding the marine environment through inspections, investigations, and regulations

Answer

Only patrolling for illegal fishing

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Managing port traffic signals

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Providing weather forecasts to mariners

Question 4

What is the Incident Command System (ICS) as used by the Coast Guard?

Accepted Answer

A standardized management system for organizing multi-agency emergency response with clear command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance sections

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A system for commanding individual vessels

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A communication radio system

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A vessel tracking system

Question 5

What are the primary duties of the United States Coast Guard?

Accepted Answer

Maritime safety, security, stewardship (environment), law enforcement, and national defense

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Only search and rescue operations

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Only enforcing immigration laws

Answer

Only maintaining lighthouses

Question 6

What type of distress signal should be used during the day versus at night?

Accepted Answer

Day: orange smoke signals, signal mirror, or distress flag; Night: red flares, strobe light, or electric SOS light

Answer

The same signals work equally well day and night

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No visual distress signals exist for daytime

Answer

Only radio signals should be used