Master of Unlimited Tonnage Practice Test

1. 1. You are shifting a gas free tank barge to dry dock for repairs. The barge must have onboard which document?
2. 2. Which type of ice is a hazard to navigation?
3. 3. You are Master of a vessel that is sold in a foreign country after discharge of cargo. What is your responsibility to the crew in regards to return to the Unite...
4. 4. Your vessel is disabled and in imminent danger of grounding on a lee shore. The Master agrees to salvage services using Lloyd's Open Form of Salvage Agreement....
5. 5. U.S. regulations require any tankship making a voyage of over 48 hours duration to conduct certain tests not more than 12 hours prior to leaving port. Which of...

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1. 1. When transferring survivors from an enclosed lifeboat to a rescue vessel, personnel on board the boat should __________.
2. 2. The greatest effect on stability occurs from loose liquids flowing __________.
3. 3. Which is the term given to the joint formed when two steel plates are placed end-to-end?
4. 4. What does a pyrometer measure on a diesel engine?
5. 5. By day, what is the signal meaning, "This is the best place to land"?

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1. 1. If the current and wind are in opposite directions, what does the sea surface indicate?
2. 2. Which defines the controlling depth of the river?
3. 3. Restricted areas at locks and dams are indicated by which method?
4. 4. Which is TRUE if the compass heading and the magnetic heading are the same?
5. 5. You are underway on course 241°T at a speed of 18.2 knots. You sight a daymark bearing 241°T at a radar range of 3.9 miles at 1006. If you change course at 1009...

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1. 1. The Light List indicates that a light has a nominal range of 10 miles and is 11 feet high. If the visibility is 15 miles and your height of eye is 20 feet, at w...
2. 2. At 0930 you obtain a position from the following information: Race Rock Light bears 110°T at a range of 1.4 miles, and Goshen Point bears 330°T at a range of 3....
3. 3. At 1000 buoy "PI" is abeam to starboard a distance of 0.5 mile. From this position, with a set of 295° and a drift of 1.6 knots, what course must you steer to a...
4. 4. At 1130, Horton Point Light bears 172°T at a range of 3.45nm. The fathometer reads 81 ft. Which of the following describes your position?
5. 5. At 1155 your vessel's position is LAT 41°09.0'N, LONG 72°34.4'W. If you make good a course of 282°T and a speed of 10.0 knots, when will you arrive at New Haven...

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1. 1. On 24 May your vessel's 1000 ZT position is LAT 25°36.0'N, LONG 118°39.5'W, when you take an azimuth of the Sun. Determine the gyro error using the azimuth info...
2. 2. Generally speaking, which direction do the more destructive storms occurring on the Great Lakes usually come from?
3. 3. Which of the Great Lakes generally has the shortest navigation season?
4. 4. A vessel operating on the Great Lakes, and whose position is south of an approaching eastward-moving storm center, would NOT experience which condition?
5. 5. On 8 December in DR position LAT 21°56.1'S, LONG 17°21.6'E you observe an amplitude of the Sun. The Sun's center is on the celestial horizon and bears 240.5°psc...

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1. 1. At 0620 on 25 November, you depart Cape Girardeau fleeting area (mile 53.0 UMR) bound for Bisso Towboat Co. Mooring New Orleans, LA, (mile 102.0 AHP). Your engi...
2. 2. What is the distance to Caruthersville Gage from Cape Girardeau?
3. 3. Which dayboard would you see on Puntney Light (mile 943.6 AHP)?
4. 4. What is the distance from the Memphis Gage to Elmwood Marine Services Dock in New Orleans, LA.?
5. 5. How long will it take you to go from the Memphis Gage to your destination in New Orleans, LA, if you estimate the average current on this segment of the route t...

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