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

A power-driven vessel generally must keep clear of a sailing vessel, making the sailboat the stand-on vessel.

Question 2

What is the purpose of a vessel's freeboard?

Accepted Answer

The height of hull above the waterline for buoyancy reserve

Answer

Freeboard is the distance from the waterline to the deck edge, providing reserve buoyancy against swamping.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Dead reckoning

Answer

Dead reckoning projects position forward from a known point using heading, speed, and elapsed time.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A special area such as anchorage or dredging

Answer

Yellow buoys mark special areas like anchorages, dredging zones, or traffic separation.

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

Matching speed to the seas prevents dangerous surfing and broaching in a following sea.

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