GOC-KUP2/1 – Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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GOC-KUP2/1 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Question: Which action should the GMDSS radio operator take in a
distress situation when embarking in survival craft?

Ans: Switch on EPIRB and SART immediately and leave on

Question: What equipment is used to provide the means for locating a
survival craft or mother ship in distress?

Ans: EPIRB and SART

Question: What can be defined as Radio Transmissions intended to
facilitate the finding of a mobile unit in distress of the location of
survivors?

Ans: Locating Signal

Question: What can be defined as Radio Transmissions intended to
facilitate the finding of a mobile unit in distress of the location of
survivors?

Ans: Distress Signal

Question: When will the float-free Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacon be activated after abandoning ship?

Ans: Immediately after floating free

Question: When should the emergency position indicating radio beacon
be activated after abandoning the vessel?

Ans: Immediately

Question: If a ships sinks, what device is designed to float free of the
mother ship, is turned on automatically and transmit a distress signal?

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Ans: EPIRB on 121.5 MHz/243 MHz or 406.025 MHz.

Question: Which device provides the main means in the GMDSS for
locating ships in distress, or their survival craft?

Ans: Satellite EPIRBs.

Question: What part of a satellite EPIRB may function as a visual aid to
rescue vessels?

Ans: Strobe light.

Question: Which of the following EPIRBs is most likely to be used to
transmit a distress alert signal?

Ans: 406 MHz EPIRBs.

Question: What information is transmitted by a 406 MHz EPIRB alert?

Ans: A unique Hexadecimal I.D. number.

Question: What is the quickest method of transmitting a DSC distress
alert?

Ans: Press the "Distress Hot Key".

Question: Which equipment may not be utilized to provide locating
signals in GMDSS?

Ans: Loran C or GPS signal

Question: Which equipment may NOT be utilize to provide locating
signal in GMDSS?

Ans: 3 Ghz signals of radar transponder

Question: What is an example of a locating signal?

Ans: A float- free EPIRB

Question: How can SART's effective range be maximized?