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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. #5573 A vessel reduces speed without backing. Which item is the primary factor that determines the rate that her speed through the water decreases?
  2. #5574 What is an advantage of a steam turbine over a diesel for the main propulsion?
  3. #5575 Why is it desirable to have screens on the vents of potable water tanks?
  4. #5576 Under which condition(s) can the wages due a seaman be attached by the court?
  5. #5577 Your vessel is chartered under a time charter party. Under this type of charter party, what is your responsibility as Master?
  6. #5578 Which term defines the payment of penalty for a ship's delay after the expiration of lay days due to some fault of the charterer or his agent?
  7. #5579 Your vessel is port side to a pier with a spring line led aft from the bow. How will the vessel respond in calm weather, with the engines ahead and ha...
  8. #5580 Your tank vessels carrying grade B liquids. Regulations required that the cargo pumps be separated from all sources of vapor ignition by which item?
  9. #5581 Who must approve the vessel's trim and stability booklet?
  10. #5582 Where must a pressure gauge for each fire pump on a tankship be located?
  11. #5583 Which is TRUE of the mechanical gearing of deck machinery such as the windlass or towing engines?
  12. #5584 Which is TRUE of the vessel's Sheer Plan?
  13. #5585 Maritime Administration personnel may be allowed in the pilothouse and on the navigation bridge. Who is responsible for these personnel while in these...
  14. #5586 Each crewmember has an assigned firefighting station. Where is this assignment listed?
  15. #5587 Your twin-screw vessel is moving ASTERN with rudders amidships. The starboard screw suddenly stops turning. How will your vessel respond?
  16. #5588 According to regulations, when must limit switches, winches, falls, etc. be thoroughly inspected and repaired as needed?
  17. #5589 AMVER is a system which as its main goal is to provide which information?
  18. #5590 Which of the following is a characteristic of Methane gas?
  19. #5591 A twin-screw ship going ahead on the starboard screw only, will move the bow in which direction?
  20. #5592 Which condition must be met during a stability test on an inspected vessel?
  21. #5593 In which location are lifejackets required to be stowed?
  22. #5594 Where is the pivoting point located on a fully loaded vessel with normal trim proceeding ahead at sea speed?
  23. #5595 What is a ceiling on a vessel?
  24. #5596 If you see an individual fall overboard, which action(s) should you take?
  25. #5597 In the United States, which organization sets the load line markings?
  26. #5598 How does the rotation of the steering wheel on the navigation bridge initiate oil pressure being applied to the steering gear rams?
  27. #5599 A sling is a device used in which operation?
  28. #5600 Which position shown in the illustration is the most dangerous when tying up? illustration
  29. #5601 When bunkering is complete, which is the correct procedure concerning the bunker hoses?
  30. #5602 Under which condition is a container vessel required to maintain an Oil Record Book?
  31. #5603 Providing you are not in a special area, such as the Mediterranean or Red Sea, how many nautical miles from land must you be to throw packing material...
  32. #5604 Which statement defines the term "gross tonnage"?
  33. #5605 Which term describes the process of lifting the anchor from the bottom?
  34. #5606 Which term defines when a boat turns broadside to heavy seas and winds, thus exposing the boat to the danger of capsizing?
  35. #5607 Your oceangoing vessel is required to have a waste management plan. Which procedures must be described in this written plan?
  36. #5608 Which defines the standing part of a tackle?
  37. #5609 For the purpose of regulating tank vessels, which defines the term flammable liquids?
  38. #5610 An annual inspection of a tank vessel shall be made between which of the following months while the Certificate of Inspection is valid?
  39. #5611 The possibility of wake damage can be reduced by following which action?
  40. #5612 If your propeller is racing in rough weather, which action should you take?
  41. #5613 Corrosive liquids and acids should have what kind of label?
  42. #5614 Which part of an anchor is designed to dig into the bottom to increase holding power?
  43. #5615 Which term describes the process of lowering a boom to a horizontal position and onto its deck support?
  44. #5616 You are a watchstanding mate and have come to the bridge to relieve the watch while underway at sea. Which event(s) will require the transfer of comma...
  45. #5617 Which statement is TRUE?
  46. #5618 Which term defines when a vessel is swinging from side to side off course due to quartering seas?
  47. #5619 What is the minimum required protective clothing that must be worn while sampling hazardous cargo on a tankship?
  48. #5620 Which statement is TRUE when loading a tanker?
  49. #5621 You are anchoring your vessel. When should you release and payout the anchor?
  50. #5622 A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, while escorting ships in ice, has sounded four short and one long blasts on the whistle. What does this indicate?
  51. #5623 What is the name of the mark indicated by the letter B in the illustration? illustration
  52. #5624 You are a watchstanding mate and have come to the bridge to relieve the watch. After reviewing the chart and having been briefed by the off-going mate...
  53. #5625 According to regulations, which choice depicts the bursting pressure of a cargo hose used for transferring liquefied gases?
  54. #5626 Which of the flash points would indicate a grade D combustible liquid?
  55. #5627 While discharging a tanker, how can the list be controlled?
  56. #5628 The shipping papers for the products being carried in your tankship are NOT required to contain which information?
  57. #5629 You are planning to anchor in an area where several anchors have been lost due to fouling. What precaution should you take?
  58. #5630 Under which circumstance is a 30,000 DWT tankship required to have an IOPP certificate?
  59. #5631 2.10.1.2-3) You are docking a vessel. When are the wind and current most favorable in this situation?
  60. #5632 You are making mooring lines fast to bitts, stern to, as in some Mediterranean ports. A swell is liable to make the vessel surge. How should you tie u...
  61. #5633 Providing you are not sailing in the Red Sea or another special area as listed in ANNEX V of MARPOL, how many miles from land must you be to throw gar...
  62. #5634 Fuel for use on a vessel (300 GT or more constructed before July 1, 1974) may be carried in independent tanks forward of a collision bulkhead if which...
  63. #5635 Which term describes the distance that a vessel travels from the time that the order to put engines full astern until the vessel is dead in the water?
  64. #5636 Which defines the process of cargoes segregation?
  65. #5637 Which knot in the illustration represents a bowline? illustration
  66. #5638 A vessel to which Annex V to MARPOL 73/78 applies is located in a MARPOL designated special area, 14 nautical miles from nearest land. What type of ga...
  67. #5639 A seaman you have just discharged from an Oceanographic Research Vessel has a Continuous Discharge Book. Which statement is TRUE?
  68. #5640 On an inspected vessel, when may a stability test be dispensed with?
  69. #5641 For vessels on international voyages fitted with cargo gear, an initial test of the units under a proof load shall be conducted. Subsequent tests and...
  70. #5642 Fueling results in the collection of waste oil in drip pans and containers. Which is an approved method of disposing of the waste oil?
  71. #5643 When observed, which item indicates a snag or other underwater obstruction in a river?
  72. #5644 You must shore up a bulkhead due to solid flooding forward. The bulkhead approximates an inverted triangle. Where should the center of pressure of the...
  73. #5645 What is the approximate length of the painter of the inflatable liferaft?
  74. #5646 Where, due to the arrangement of the vessel, lifejackets may become inaccessible, which is TRUE of the required additional lifejackets?
  75. #5647 Where is the heel block located on a boom?
  76. #5648 Which of the following aspects of a flooded space will most adversely affect transverse stability if it is subject to free communication?
  77. #5649 Which term is used to describe the projecting lugs of the rudderpost which furnish support to the rudder?
  78. #5650 When a two-leg sling is used to lift a 20 feet load, why is it better to use a sling 40 feet longer than one of 30 feet?
  79. #5651 On 4 October your 1907 zone time DR position is LAT 25°15.0'S, LONG 105°44.0'E. At that time, you observe Deneb bearing 011.5°psc. The chronometer rea...
  80. #5652 What is the Ring life buoy requirement on your small passenger vessel that has a length of 28 feet?
  81. #5653 What is the total number of approved low-velocity water spray ("water-fog") applicators required aboard a tankship?
  82. #5654 Generally, when lifting an inflatable liferaft back aboard ship which item(s) would you use?
  83. #5655 Which statement is TRUE regarding the Emergency Position Indicating Radio beacon (EPIRB)?
  84. #5656 According to the regulations, where is the capacity of a liferaft required to be marked?
  85. #5657 Which extinguishing agent is most effective for combating wood fires?
  86. #5658 Which is TRUE of the term coastal current?
  87. #5659 Regulations require which action to be performed prior to the vessel departing on a voyage more than 48 hours long?
  88. #5660 In ship construction, where should the keel scantlings be the greatest thickness?
  89. #5661 A vessel can be termed as either tender or stiff in relation to its rolling period. Which of the following would cause a vessel to be tender?
  90. #5662 Which is required to be marked on the vessel's life preservers?
  91. #5663 Which term defines the upward pressure of displaced water of a vessel?
  92. #5664 What is the proper name for the fitting that allows a boom to move freely both vertically and laterally?
  93. #5665 What would be your immediate action in the event an anchor is suspected of being fouled on an underwater pipeline?
  94. #5666 A wooden plug fitted tightly inside the vent of a damaged tank may prevent which situation?
  95. #5667 Which of the following is a rope ladder with wooden rungs?
  96. #5668 Which is an advantage of nylon rope over manila rope?
  97. #5669 Unless extremely flexible wire rope is used, the sheave diameter should always be as large as possible. Which is the Coast Guard rule for correct shea...
  98. #5670 As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?
  99. #5671 Which is the proper term used to describe a stream of water immediately surrounding a moving vessel's hull, flowing in the same direction as the vesse...
  100. #5672 Failure to notify the Coast Guard of an oil spill can carry a prison sentence of what duration?

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