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Sounds

10 questions to focus your practice on sound signals. Pulled from a bank of 37 possible test questions.

1 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND: Power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal courses as to involve risk of collision, which vessel may sound the doubt signal?

Give way vessel

Neither vessel

Either vessel

Stand on vessel

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND: A power-driven vessel underway, making way through the water, shall sound a fog signal of:

Two prolonged blasts at intervals of not more than one minute

One prolonged blast at intervals of not more than two minutes

Two prolonged blasts at intervals of not more than two minutes

One prolonged blast at intervals of not more than one minute

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND: Your vessel is in a storm and visibility is restricted and hear a ship's horn forward of the port beam. Nothing appears on your radar screen. You must:

Slow to bare steerageway

Stop your engines

Sound two prolonged blasts of the whistle

Sound the doubt signal

4 / 10

INLAND ONLY. A vessel nearing a bend in a narrow channel which other vessels may be obscured by an obstruction shall sound:

One long blast

One short blast

Five short blasts

One prolonged blast

5 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND. What is the duration of a "short blast" under the navigation rules?

Six to eight seconds

Two to four seconds

Four to six seconds

One second

6 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND. You are underway in restricted visibility when you hear "one short blast, one prolonged blast and one short blast" in succession. Which of the following would it be?

A power-driven vessel underway and making NO way through the water

A vessel towing which exceeds 200 meters in length

A sailing vessel underway

A vessel at anchor giving an additional warning of her position

7 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND. The correct duration of a "prolonged blast" is:

Two to four seconds

Four to six seconds

Six to eight seconds

Eight to ten seconds

8 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND: Which vessel would sound a fog signal consisting of the ringing of a bell for 5 second?

A sailing vessel becalmed

A vessel engaged in fishing

A sailing vessel, at anchor

A vessel restricted in its ability to maneuver

9 / 10

BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND INLAND: A tug is towing 3 manned barges inline in fog. The first barge should sound:

One short blast

One long blast

Two long blasts

No fog signal

10 / 10

INTERNATIONAL ONLY: You are meeting another vessel in open water and will pass safely port to port without adjusting course. You should:

Hold course and sound no whistle signal

Change course to starboard and sound one blast

Hold course and sound two long blasts on the whistle

Hold course and sound one blast

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The average score is 79%

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