Navigation Watch. Test 4 – Online Maritime Tests

If you are to use a newly installed mechanical pilot hoist arrangement to pick up a pilot:

It is not necessary to have any backup ladder ready.
It is necessary to have a pilot ladder rigged and reaching from deck to the waterline, next to the pilot hoist.
It is necessary to keep any sort of ladder ready on deck next to the pilot hoist.
It is necessary to keep a pilot ladder rolled and ready on deck adjacent to the pilot hoist.

What is the main requirement of a lookout posted on the bridge?

To detect new targets when they break the line of horizon
To see changing weather patterns
To assess ship types
Good eyesight and able to communicate with the OOW (officer on watch)

You are on a power driven vessel when you suddenly run into a fog bank. What action would you take?

Call the Master and wait for him to arrive before taking any action if it appears to be all clear
Stop engines and call Master
Commence sounding the fog signal, engines on standby, call for lookout, call Master
As the radar is clear proceed as normal for the time being as the fog will probably lift

What are the compartments to be regularly checked with regard to water and oil leakages?

Tank top in the engine room.
Bilge tank(s)
All those listed in the other alternatives
Bilge wells

How to increase the effectiveness of the lookout?

The lookout to be equipped with binoculars for early identification
To be briefed about what to expect and when ships and lights should be detected
To move position frequently to obtain a clear view of the surrounding sea
The lookout to be posted on the forecastle-head

The duty engineer of a UMS ship is approached by a member of the ship's staff, seeking permission to hang wet working clothes in the engine room to dry. Should he:

Not allow the clothes to be hung anywhere in the unmanned machinery spaces.
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail anywhere.
Allow the clothes to be hung over rail next to the warm F.O. service tanks.
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail provided there is no electrical equipment directly below.

What are the quickest and most certain way of keeping a look out in clear weather?

By use of vigilant lookouts
If the lookout is encouraged to use the radar
Monitor the radar and refer to the chart
Take a visual search of the sea around the ship

During restricted visibility you are posted, as lookout, on the bridge and you hear 1 prolonged blast at intervals of no more than 2 minutes on your port bow. What will you report to the OOW (officer on watch)?

A vessel aground on port bow
Power-driven vessel making way on port bow
A vessel at anchor on port bow
Power-driven vessel making no way on port bow

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