Mate Uninspected Fishing Vessels Practice Test

1. 1. Which is an example of an anchor which has a stock?
2. 2. In a following sea, a wave has overtaken your vessel and thrown the stern to starboard. To continue along your original course, you should __________.
3. 3. Which term defines when a vessel is swinging from side to side off course due to quartering seas?
4. 4. If there is a discrepancy in the cargo totals, between the cargo onboard the vessel and the cargo listed in the cargo manifest, the more accurate account of car...
5. 5. What is meant by veering the anchor chain?

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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 shearing stresses on a ship's structure are usually greatest at __________.
3. 3. At all angles of inclination, which is the true measure of a vessel's stability?
4. 4. Which is a major advantage of the round turn maneuver in a man overboard situation?
5. 5. A partially full tank causes a virtual rise in the height of the __________.

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1. 1. Which of the buoys listed below could be used to mark an anchorage?
2. 2. A mountain peak charted at 700 feet breaks the horizon, and your height of eye is 12 feet. What is your approximate distance off (choose closest answer)?
3. 3. A buoy having red and green horizontal bands would have a light characteristic of __________.
4. 4. On the pole side of the high-pressure belt in each hemisphere, the pressure diminishes. The winds along these gradients are diverted by the Earth's rotation tow...
5. 5. Which may cause above-normal tides near the center of a hurricane?

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1. 1. The speed of sound through ocean water is nearly always __________.
2. 2. The direction in which a vessel is steered is the course. The path actually followed is the __________.
3. 3. Which compensates for induced magnetism in the horizontal soft iron of a vessel?
4. 4. Which of the buoys listed below could be used to mark an anchorage?
5. 5. The approximate distance to a storm center can be determined by noting the hourly rate of fall of the barometer. If the rate of fall is 0.08 - 0.12 inches, what...

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1. 1. On 31 July, you are anchored at LAT 37°22.4'N, LONG 75°39.9'W. You get underway at 0240 enroute to Yorktown, VA. What is the course psc from the anchorage to po...
2. 2. Which of the following describes the coast between Great Machipongo Inlet and Cape Charles?
3. 3. If your engines turn for 6.5 knots, and you encounter a 0.5 knot southerly current, what is your ETA at point A?
4. 4. What is the course to steer per gyrocompass from the anchorage to point "A" if easterly winds are causing 3° of leeway?
5. 5. At 0250, Great Machipongo Inlet Light "5" (37°21.8'N, 75°43.7'W) bears 279°pgc. At 0320, the light bears 320° pgc. If you are making good 6.5 knots, what is the...

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1. 1. The propeller on a vessel has a diameter of 18.8 feet and a pitch of 21.4 feet. What would be the slip if the vessel cruised 378 miles in a 24 hour day (observe...
2. 2. On 9 November 2023 at 1630, you are inbound at Charleston Harbor Entrance Buoy “10” (ACT6611). What is the direction and velocity of the current you are encount...
3. 3. On 5 October 2023, you will be docking at the Redwood Marine Terminal in Eureka, CA at the second high tide. The berth is located between NOAA reference tidal s...
4. 4. Your vessel is steering 195° per standard magnetic compass. Variation for the area is 13°W, and the deviation is 4°E. The wind is from the west-southwest, produ...
5. 5. You are taking a time tick using the 1930 signal from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. You hear the preparatory signal "CQ DE PPE" repeated several times followed by a s...

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1. 1. On 13 October your vessel's 1722 zone time DR position is LAT 27°36'S, LONG 136°16'E, when an amplitude of the Sun is observed. The Sun's center is on the celes...
2. 2. Your 0830 DR position is LAT 27°33'S, LONG 79°17'E. Your vessel is on a course of 066°T, at a speed of 19.5 knots. Determine the time of LAN on 10 December.
3. 3. On 28 July your 0800 zone time (ZT) fix gives you a position of LAT 25°16.0'N, LONG 71°19.0'W. Your vessel is on course 026°T, and your speed is 17.5 knots. Loc...
4. 4. On 16 July at 2000 zone time, you take a sextant observation of Polaris. Your vessel's DR position is LAT 27°22.0'N, LONG 148°35.0'W, and your sextant reads 26°...
5. 5. On 24 March your 0800 zone time fix gives you a position of LAT 22°16.0'N, LONG 31°45.0'W. Your vessel is steaming a course of 285°T at a speed of 16.5 knots. A...

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