Coast Guard Test Coast Guard Navigation and Seamanship 5

Question 1

A sailing vessel and a power-driven vessel are on a collision course in open water; which is normally the stand-on vessel?

Accepted Answer

The sailing vessel

Answer

The power-driven vessel

Answer

The faster vessel

Answer

The vessel to leeward

Question 2

What is the purpose of a vessel's freeboard?

Accepted Answer

The height of hull above the waterline for buoyancy reserve

Answer

The length of the anchor chain

Answer

The width of the deck

Answer

The depth of the keel

Question 3

Which navigational method estimates present position from a known past position using course, speed, and time?

Accepted Answer

Dead reckoning

Answer

Celestial fix

Answer

GPS waypoint

Answer

Radar guard zone

Question 4

A yellow buoy on U.S. waters generally marks what?

Accepted Answer

A special area such as anchorage or dredging

Answer

The starboard channel edge

Answer

Safe water

Answer

A wreck

Question 5

What action reduces the risk of capsizing when caught in heavy following seas?

Accepted Answer

Adjusting speed to avoid surfing down wave faces

Answer

Turning broadside to the waves

Answer

Stopping the engine

Answer

Moving all weight forward

Question 6

The prolonged blast of a whistle lasts approximately how long?

Accepted Answer

Four to six seconds

Answer

One second

Answer

Ten to twelve seconds

Answer

Thirty seconds

Question 7

When a person falls overboard, what is the immediate first action for the helmsman?

Accepted Answer

Shout 'man overboard,' point, and turn toward the victim

Answer

Increase speed away from the victim

Answer

Drop anchor immediately

Answer

Send a crew member below deck