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Deck General - USCG Exam Questions

Seamanship in the broad sense: marlinespike, ground tackle and anchoring, mooring and towing, weather, stability basics, and day-to-day vessel operations.

Every question below is a real U.S. Coast Guard exam question with four choices. Answer one and the correct choice is revealed instantly, with the USCG reference and illustration where the question uses one.

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  1. #3065 Instructions to the crew in the use of all the ship's lifesaving equipment shall be completed __________.
  2. #3066 Preparation of muster lists and signing of same is the responsibility of the __________.
  3. #3067 Seeing that all hands are familiar with their duties, as specified in the muster list, is the responsibility of the __________.
  4. #3068 Fire and abandon ship stations and duties may be found on the __________.
  5. #3069 The Shipping Articles shall be signed by each seaman and the __________.
  6. #3070 Shipping articles are a contract of agreement between the members of the crew and the __________.
  7. #3071 While assigned to a 120 GRT vessel, you are required to sign "foreign" articles on a voyage from New York City to which port?
  8. #3072 While assigned to a 106 GRT vessel, you are required to sign "foreign" articles on a voyage from San Francisco to which port?
  9. #3073 While assigned to a 150 GRT vessel, you are required to sign "foreign" articles on a voyage from New Orleans to which port?
  10. #3074 The master or individual in charge of a vessel prepares a certificate of discharge for each mariner being discharged from the vessel where the origina...
  11. #3075 You are signing on your crew. Which is NOT authorized?
  12. #3076 A seaman leaves a vessel before it sails from a foreign port. He informs the Chief Officer that he won't return. After the vessel sails, the Chief Off...
  13. #3077 Your vessel is in a foreign port and you find that one of the crew members has been incarcerated for drunkenness. The Official Logbook shows that the...
  14. #3078 A vessel has been surveyed in a foreign port and found unseaworthy as a result of neglect. A seaman on this vessel is entitled to discharge and ______...
  15. #3079 When paying off seamen in a foreign port, where a United States consul is not available, the release must be executed by the seamen and the __________...
  16. #3080 In a foreign port with a consulate, the U.S. Consul may excuse the Master from personally appearing before him to consent to the mutual release of an...
  17. #3081 When may a seaman on a vessel engaged in foreign trade be paid before earning the wages?
  18. #3082 A seaman you have just discharged has a Continuous Discharge Book. Which statement is TRUE?
  19. #3083 Total responsibility for shipping and discharging the seamen is that of the __________.
  20. #3084 Which action will take place if a crew member is replaced in a U.S. port after foreign articles have been signed, and the ship proceeds foreign?
  21. #3085 You are signing on a crew. A man presents a Merchant Mariner's Document that you suspect has been tampered with. Which action should you take?
  22. #3086 The forecastle card is a copy of the __________.
  23. #3087 A copy of the Articles of Agreement, less the signatures, is required to be posted. What is this document called?
  24. #3088 Which statement about the forecastle card is TRUE?
  25. #3089 Which statement is true regarding the forecastle card?
  26. #3090 When may foreign credentialed personnel be employed on a US-flag towing vessel?
  27. #3091 Your 199 GT tugboat is on a 675 mile coastwise voyage. What percentage of the deck crew must be Able Bodied Seamen?
  28. #3092 You are the credentialed Master of a 199 GT uninspected towing vessel making a 500 mile coastwise trip. You carry a deck crew of six (6). Which statem...
  29. #3093 On which vessels may credentialed individuals be required to stand watch under the two-watch system, on voyages of more than 600 miles in length?
  30. #3094 Which statement concerning a 298 GRT inspected tug engaged in towing from Seattle, WA, to Alaska is TRUE?
  31. #3095 If the Master of a US-flag towing vessel replaces any crew member with a non-US citizen, he/she must ensure that the __________.
  32. #3096 On a sea going towing vessel of 150 gross tons, there are six (6) seamen in the deck crew. How many certificated able seamen are required if the voyag...
  33. #3097 You are the credentialed operator of a 100 GT towing vessel sailing coastwise. What percentage of the deck crew must be able to understand the languag...
  34. #3098 In terms of vessel manning, a watch is the __________.
  35. #3099 Who is responsible for properly manning a vessel in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and international conventions?
  36. #3100 On vessels over 100 gross tons, whose responsibility is it to ensure that all able seamen in the vessel's crew have the documents and qualifications r...
  37. #3101 The terminology "able to understand any order spoken by the officers" refers to all of the following situations EXCEPT __________.
  38. #3102 How can the Coast Guard determine that a crew member is "able to understand any order spoken by the officers"?
  39. #3103 The Officers Competency Certificates Convention of 1936 applies to all of these vessels operating seaward of the boundary line EXCEPT a/an _________.
  40. #3104 Which statement, concerning offshore supply vessel operations, correctly defines the length of a voyage?
  41. #3105 Which party must ensure that legal work hour limitations (for both officers and crew members), rest periods and regulations governing work on Sundays...
  42. #3106 The Master may require part of the crew to work when needed for __________.
  43. #3107 For towing vessels over 100 gross tons that are permitted to maintain a two-watch system, what percentage of the deck crew must be able seamen?
  44. #3108 Considering the manning requirements for U.S. vessels, your three watch cargo vessel has a deck crew of 20 people, exclusive of the officers. How many...
  45. #3109 Deckhands onboard towing vessels shall be divided into 3 watches when on a trip exceeding __________.
  46. #3110 Deckhands onboard towing vessels shall be divided into 3 watches when the trip exceeds __________.
  47. #3111 You are signing on crew members. The minimum number of people required aboard, and the qualifications of each, is listed on the __________.
  48. #3112 You are signing on crew members. The minimum number of people required aboard, and the qualifications of each, is listed on the __________.
  49. #3113 A U.S. or foreign flag vessel that does not comply with the Officers Competency Certificates Convention of 1936 may be detained by certain designated...
  50. #3114 You cannot operate a VHF or SSB radiotelephone aboard a rig unless that station is licensed. Which of the following organizations issues the license?
  51. #3115 Where would you find the "call sign" or "call letters" of the radio station on your rig?
  52. #3116 What is the international calling and distress channel found on all VHF-FM equipped drilling rigs?
  53. #3117 When evacuating the DEEP DRILLER, preparations should include __________.
  54. #3118 If help has not arrived in 10-12 hours after you abandon a MODU in a survival craft, which of the following would be the best course of action?
  55. #3119 When abandoning a MODU, after launching the survival craft which of the following choices is your best action to take?
  56. #3120 If you must abandon a rig in VERY HEAVY SEAS, in a survival craft, when should you remove the safety pin and pull the hook release?
  57. #3121 Who is responsible for lowering the survival craft?
  58. #3122 In an emergency, if you must jump from a MODU, what is the best procedure to follow?
  59. #3123 In evacuation from a MODU, an individual without the option of a survival craft or liferaft should enter the water on the leeward side. This procedure...
  60. #3124 Prior to entering a davit-launched liferaft, which of the following checks should make first?
  61. #3125 The order to abandon a MODU should only be given by the which of the following personnel?
  62. #3126 To assure safe boarding and launching of a davit-launched liferaft from a MODU, preparation should include which of the following choices?
  63. #3127 What action should you take if a davit-launched liferaft aboard a MODU cannot be launched because of damage to the davit?
  64. #3128 Hydrogen sulfide in explosive concentrations has been detected on the drill floor and the abandon rig signal has been sounded. Which of the following...
  65. #3129 When should the emergency position-indicating radio beacon be activated after abandoning a MODU?
  66. #3130 When shoring a damaged bulkhead on a MODU, effort should be taken to spread the pressure over the __________.
  67. #3131 The procedure of strengthening damaged structures on a MODU by using wood or steel is called __________.
  68. #3132 The procedure of strengthening damaged structures on a MODU by using wood or steel is called __________.
  69. #3133 The two factors which make underwater hull repair of a MODU difficult are accessibility and the __________.
  70. #3134 When patching holes in the hull of a MODU, pillows, bedding, and other soft materials can be used as __________.
  71. #3135 The wooden plug inserted in the vent of a damaged tank of a MODU should be removed in case it is decided to __________.
  72. #3136 Progressive flooding on a MODU is controlled by securing watertight boundaries and __________.
  73. #3137 To assess the potential for progressive flooding aboard a damaged MODU, you must know the __________.
  74. #3138 Which type of hull damage on a floating MODU should be repaired first?
  75. #3139 Repairing damage to the hull of a MODU at or above the waterline reduces the threat of __________.
  76. #3140 An uncontrolled flow of gas, oil, or other well fluids into the atmosphere is called a __________.
  77. #3141 If the low side bilge pump fails and the high side bilge pump has insufficient suction to dewater the low side of the COASTAL DRILLER when afloat, you...
  78. #3142 Failure of both port ballast pumps on the DEEP DRILLER prevents their use. To deballast from tank 1P, you may use the __________.
  79. #3143 Repair of structures on a MODU in the vicinity of liquid mud handling areas presents what possible hazard?
  80. #3144 Which of the following would be the most probable location to encounter explosive and flammable gasses on a MODU?
  81. #3145 What is the percentage of oxygen in a typical sample of uncontaminated air?
  82. #3146 On a MODU, if there is a probability of encountering H2S during the drilling of a well, where should the air movers (bug blowers) be installed to dilu...
  83. #3147 Requirements for H2S preparation and equipment usage aboard MODU's in U.S. offshore waters are administered by the which of the following organization...
  84. #3148 When H2S has been encountered on a MODU, or is anticipated, monitoring devices must sound an alarm (which differs from the lower concentration alarm)...
  85. #3150 The probability of sulfide stress cracking in the presence of hydrogen sulfide is greatest for which of the following materials?
  86. #3151 What additional precautions should be taken when making temporary repairs to a MODU that is operating when hydrogen sulfide is present?
  87. #3152 Individuals who have consumed alcohol within 24 hours prior to exposure to H2S can tolerate which of the following?
  88. #3153 What is the minimum concentration of H2S that will cause death with short-term exposure?
  89. #3154 What is the minimum concentration of H2S which can cause death if a person is exposed for even an instant?
  90. #3155 The airborne concentrations of substances (such as H2S) under which nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effects defines which...
  91. #3156 Which of the following conditions would be the worst for the dispersion of H2S?
  92. #3157 What is the effect of high concentrations of H2S gas on personnel?
  93. #3158 Why can a person's sense of smell not be depended upon to detect H2S?
  94. #3159 During severe storms when survival becomes a major concern, it may become necessary to relieve high anchor tensions on the windward side of the unit b...
  95. #3160 The edge of a hurricane has overtaken your MODU in the Gulf of Mexico and the northwest wind of a few hours ago has shifted to the west. This is an in...
  96. #3161 What danger is presented if a waterspout passes over a MODU?
  97. #3162 Apparent wind speed blowing across a MODU under tow can be measured by a(n) __________.
  98. #3163 When hanging off drill pipe in emergency situations aboard a MODU, the preferred location of the drill bit is __________.
  99. #3164 A survival craft being used to pick up a person who has fallen overboard from a MODU should approach the person __________.
  100. #3165 On board a mobile offshore drilling unit, the key to the most rapid and effective response to a man overboard situation is __________.

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