USCG Mate 1600 Practice Questions - USCG Mate Less Than 500 1600 GRT (Near Coastal) Exam - USCG Mate 1600 Practice Questions - USCG Mate Less Than 500 1600 GRT (Near Coastal) Exam

Question 1

As the mate on watch, you take over the bridge during a planned course change in heavy traffic. Under STCW bridge-watchkeeping principles, what should you do?

Accept the watch immediately so the relieved officer can leave the bridge Delay the formal handover until the maneuver is complete Take the conn and complete the maneuver alone without input Sign the handover log and then start a new plan from scratch

Correct Answer:

Delay the formal handover until the maneuver is complete

Question 2

Under Rule 5 of the COLREGS, the mate on watch must maintain a proper lookout by:

Radar alone in restricted visibility Sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate to the circumstances AIS only when other vessels are within 6 nautical miles Visual observation only, since electronics can be misleading

Correct Answer:

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

Question 3

Under Rule 7, what is one of the principal means by which the mate on watch determines whether risk of collision exists?

Watching for a change in the masthead light color Using systematic radar observation including long-range scanning, plotting, or equivalent analysis Calling the other vessel on Channel 13 and asking Waiting until the CPA is less than 0.5 nautical miles

Correct Answer:

Using systematic radar observation including long-range scanning, plotting, or equivalent analysis

Question 4

Two power-driven vessels are meeting head-on at night and each sees both sidelights of the other. Under Rule 14, each vessel shall:

Hold course and speed and pass port to port without action Alter course to starboard so each passes on the port side of the other Alter course to port so each passes on the starboard side of the other Stop and exchange whistle signals before maneuvering

Correct Answer:

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

Question 5

Under Rule 13, a vessel is considered to be overtaking when she is approaching another vessel from a direction more than:

11.25 degrees abaft her beam 22.5 degrees abaft her beam 45 degrees abaft her beam 90 degrees abaft her beam

Correct Answer:

22.5 degrees abaft her beam

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