USCG Mate Rivers 500-1600 Practice Questions - USCG Mate of Less Than 500-1600 GRT - Rivers Exam - USCG Mate Rivers 500-1600 Practice Questions - USCG Mate of Less Than 500-1600 GRT

Question 1

Under Rule 3, two vessels are deemed to be in sight of one another:

Whenever each holds the other on radar Whenever they can speak to one another on VHF Only when one can be observed visually from the other Whenever they are within two miles of each other

Correct Answer:

Only when one can be observed visually from the other

Question 2

Your vessel is fitted with operational radar. Under Inland Rule 7 you must:

Rely on the radar picture alone and dispense with visual bearings Use the radar only when visibility falls below two miles Assume that a target not shown on AIS is not a real vessel Carry out long-range scanning for early warning and plot or systematically observe detected objects

Correct Answer:

Carry out long-range scanning for early warning and plot or systematically observe detected objects

Question 3

Inland Rule 16 states the duty of the give-way vessel. She shall, so far as possible:

Sound one prolonged blast before making any alteration Cross ahead of the stand-on vessel so as to clear the situation quickly Take early and substantial action to keep well clear Match the stand-on vessel's speed until the situation resolves

Correct Answer:

Take early and substantial action to keep well clear

Question 4

Under Inland Rules on the Western Rivers (and other waters specified by the Secretary), a power-driven vessel proceeding downbound with a following current in a narrow channel:

Must always keep clear of every upbound vessel as give-way vessel Has the right-of-way over an upbound vessel, shall propose the manner and place of passage, and shall initiate the maneuvering signals as appropriate Is required to stop engines until the upbound vessel passes Has no special status and applies ordinary head-on rules only

Correct Answer:

Has the right-of-way over an upbound vessel, shall propose the manner and place of passage, and shall initiate the maneuvering signals as appropriate

Question 5

When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision under ordinary Inland head-on rules (Rule 14), each shall:

Alter course to port and pass starboard to starboard Maintain course and speed without signals Alter course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other Sound five short blasts and reverse engines immediately

Correct Answer:

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

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