GMDSS. FCC Test 28 – Online Maritime Tests

Which statement is NOT true regarding the COSPAS-SARSAT system?

Which action should the GMDSS radio operator take in a distress situation when embarking in survival craft?

Notify RCC (Rescue Coordination Center) through VHF DSC in portable equipment.
Switch on EPIRB and SART immediately and leave on.
EPIRB and SART switched on manually prior to embarking; remain aboard vessel in distress.
Communicate via Inmarsat-C from the survival craft.

Which statement is NOT true regarding the requirements of survival craft portable two-way VHF radiotelephone equipment?

Equipment for radiotelephony use in survival craft stations under GMDSS must have what capability?

Which statement is NOT true regarding the requirements of survival craft portable two-way VHF radiotelephone equipment?

With what other stations may portable survival craft transceivers communicate?

Which statement is NOT true regarding the requirements of survival craft portable two-way VHF radiotelephone equipment?

Which statement is true regarding the COSPAS-SARSAT system?

Signals received by low altitude near-polar orbiting satellites are relayed to a ground receiving station, called a Local User Terminal.
EPIRBs are used as satellite beacons aboard vessels as alerting devices.
All of these.
Doppler shift is used to locate the beacons.

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