USCG Master Mate Towing GLI Practice Questions - USCG Master, Mate, and Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels - Great Lakes and Inland Exam - USCG Master Mate Towing GLI Practice Questions - USCG Master, Mate, and Apprentice Mate of Towing Vessels

Question 1

Under Rule 5, a proper lookout on a towing vessel must be maintained by:

Radar alone when pushing a long barge string Sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate to the circumstances The master only when the tow exceeds 200 meters VHF Channel 13 alone while in a lock approach

Correct Answer:

Sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate to the circumstances

Question 2

You take successive compass bearings on another vessel while closing range. The bearing remains nearly steady. What should you assume?

There is no risk because the bearing is not changing Risk of collision exists Only the other vessel has collision responsibility The other vessel must be overtaking you

Correct Answer:

Risk of collision exists

Question 3

Two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision. Which vessel is the give-way vessel under the Rules?

The vessel that has the other on her own port side The smaller of the two vessels The vessel that has the other on her own starboard side The vessel with barges in tow

Correct Answer:

The vessel that has the other on her own starboard side

Question 4

Under Rule 14, when two power-driven vessels are meeting head-on so as to involve risk of collision, each vessel shall:

Alter course to port and pass starboard to starboard Stop engines until the situation clears Alter course to starboard so that each passes on the port side of the other Sound five short blasts and maintain course

Correct Answer:

Alter course to starboard so that each passes on the port side of the other

Question 5

On inland waters you reach a passing agreement with an approaching vessel over the bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone. Under Inland Rule 34(h), you are then:

Required to sound the Rule 34 whistle signals anyway, because a radio agreement has no standing under the Rules Not obliged to sound the Rule 34 whistle signals, although you may still do so Relieved of every Rule 34 obligation for the rest of the passage, including the doubt signal Required to repeat the agreement to the local Coast Guard sector before executing the maneuver

Correct Answer:

Not obliged to sound the Rule 34 whistle signals, although you may still do so

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