Mate of Unlimited Tonnage Practice Test

1. 1. To determine which grades of cargo a tank vessel is permitted to carry you should __________.
2. 2. You discharge food waste overboard at sea. You have recorded your vessel's position as required, what other items must be included in the report?
3. 3. What is the proper first aid for LPG in the eye?
4. 4. When oily ballast has been pumped overboard, an entry must be made in the __________.
5. 5. Which term describes the process of lowering a boom to a horizontal position and onto its deck support?

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1. 1. What is the difference between net tonnage and gross tonnage?
2. 2. Which signaling device(s) is/are required on inflatable liferafts?
3. 3. The percentage of the total surface area or volume of a flooded compartment that can be occupied by water caused by damage is known as __________.
4. 4. In the illustration, what is the strake of shell plating indicated by letter "H" known as?
5. 5. In which location are lifejackets required to be stowed?

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1. 1. At which location is the value of sixty nautical miles per degree of geodetic latitude most correct?
2. 2. Some lights used as aids to marine navigation have a red sector to indicate a danger area. The limits of a colored sector of a light are listed in the Light Lis...
3. 3. Where will you find information about the duration of slack water?
4. 4. The velocity of a rotary tidal current will be decreased when the Moon is at which phase?
5. 5. While steaming on course 280°T, you sight a buoy showing a very quick flashing (VQ) white light well to port. Maintaining course, you sight another buoy showing...

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1. 1. Your position is LAT 40°59.0'N, LONG 73°06.2'W. What is the course psc to New Haven Harbor Lighted Whistle Buoy "NH"?
2. 2. You depart from the position in the previous question at 2114 and make good 12 knots on a course of 040°T. At what time will you sight New Haven Light if the vi...
3. 3. At 2142, you take the following bearings: Stratford Point Light 331°T Stratford Shoal Middle Ground Light 280°T Old Field Point Light 223°T What is your 2142 po...
4. 4. What was the speed made good between 2114 and 2142?
5. 5. At 2142, you change course to make good 030°T and increase speed to 14 knots. You rendezvous with another vessel and receive fresh supplies while off New Haven...

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1. 1. Which describes nearly half of all storms that enter the Great Lakes Basin during the period from October through May?
2. 2. Which expresses the term leeway?
3. 3. Which publication offers information on Great Lakes ice services?
4. 4. Which statement concerning storm surges on the Great Lakes is TRUE?
5. 5. Which formula can be used to calculate metacentric height?

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