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A function of an EPIRB is to provide:
a) A secondary method of Distress Alerting
b) Two-way communications for survival craft use
c) The position of survival craft on radar
d) A primary method of Distress Alerting correct answers a) A secondary method of Distress
Alerting
An EPIRB signal indicates
a) That one or more persons may be in distress, and may have abandoned ship
b) Position, course and speed of vessel in distress
c) That survivors have abandoned ship
d) ID and position of casualty on X-band/3cm/9GHz radar correct answers a) That one or more
persons may be in distress, and may have abandoned ship
An EPIRB signal indicates
a) That the primary Distress Alerting methods may have failed
b) That survivors have abandoned ship
c) The position, course and speed of the vessel in distress
d) The ID and position of the casualty on X-band/3cm/9GHz radar correct answers a) That the
primary Distress Alerting methods may have failed
COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRBs use polar orbiting satellites and:
a) Inmarsat LESs
b) DSC equipped coast stations
c) RT equipped coast stations
d) LUTs correct answers d) LUTs
,COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB coverage is
a) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4 (global)
b) Between 70 degrees North and 70 degrees South only
c) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2 and A3 only
d) GMDSS sea areas A4 only correct answers a) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4 (global)
The equipment that transmits on 406 MHz is:
a) SART
b) GMDSS hand-held Radio
c) VHF EPIRB
d) COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB correct answers d) COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB
After activation EPIRB will transmit locatable and identifiable signals for up to:
a) 12 hours
b) 24 hours
c) 48 hours
d) 72 hours correct answers c) 48 hours
What is an example of a locating signal?
a) SSB phone traffic
b) Ship to shore transmissions
c) Inmarsat-C
d) A Float-Free EPIRB correct answers d) A Float-Free EPIRB
What may be used as a homing signal by the search and rescue vessels in the immediate vicinity
of the ship?
a) Strobe light
, b) A 121,5 MHz emergency transmitter in a satellite EPIRB
c) 406 MHz signal from a satellite EPIRB
d) All of the above mentioned correct answers b) A 121,5 MHz emergency transmitter in a
satellite EPIRB
EPIRBs should not be transferred from one vessel to another unless:
a) The EPIRBs registration details are changed
b) Nearest MRCC is notified in writing
c) EPIRB is tested and works satisfactorily
New ships Master agrees and new batteries are fitted correct answers a) The EPIRBs registration
details are changed
To set-up the MF/HF transceiver for a telex call to a coast station, the operator must:
a) Select J3E mode for proper telex operations
b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
c) Select F1B/J2B modes or J2E mode, depending on whether ARQ or FEC is preferred
d) None of the above correct answers b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the
equipment manufacturer
To set-up the MF/HF transceiver for a TELEX call to a coast station, the operator must:
a) Select J3E mode for proper FEC operations
b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
c) Select F1B/J2B modes or J3E mode, depending on
d) Determine which satellite is best suited to provide communications between the Inmarsat
station placing a call and the station receiving the call correct answers b) Select F1B mode or
J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
ARQ-mode means:
a) Characters are sent in groups containing 3 char. in group
A function of an EPIRB is to provide:
a) A secondary method of Distress Alerting
b) Two-way communications for survival craft use
c) The position of survival craft on radar
d) A primary method of Distress Alerting correct answers a) A secondary method of Distress
Alerting
An EPIRB signal indicates
a) That one or more persons may be in distress, and may have abandoned ship
b) Position, course and speed of vessel in distress
c) That survivors have abandoned ship
d) ID and position of casualty on X-band/3cm/9GHz radar correct answers a) That one or more
persons may be in distress, and may have abandoned ship
An EPIRB signal indicates
a) That the primary Distress Alerting methods may have failed
b) That survivors have abandoned ship
c) The position, course and speed of the vessel in distress
d) The ID and position of the casualty on X-band/3cm/9GHz radar correct answers a) That the
primary Distress Alerting methods may have failed
COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRBs use polar orbiting satellites and:
a) Inmarsat LESs
b) DSC equipped coast stations
c) RT equipped coast stations
d) LUTs correct answers d) LUTs
,COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB coverage is
a) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4 (global)
b) Between 70 degrees North and 70 degrees South only
c) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2 and A3 only
d) GMDSS sea areas A4 only correct answers a) GMDSS sea areas A1, A2, A3 and A4 (global)
The equipment that transmits on 406 MHz is:
a) SART
b) GMDSS hand-held Radio
c) VHF EPIRB
d) COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB correct answers d) COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB
After activation EPIRB will transmit locatable and identifiable signals for up to:
a) 12 hours
b) 24 hours
c) 48 hours
d) 72 hours correct answers c) 48 hours
What is an example of a locating signal?
a) SSB phone traffic
b) Ship to shore transmissions
c) Inmarsat-C
d) A Float-Free EPIRB correct answers d) A Float-Free EPIRB
What may be used as a homing signal by the search and rescue vessels in the immediate vicinity
of the ship?
a) Strobe light
, b) A 121,5 MHz emergency transmitter in a satellite EPIRB
c) 406 MHz signal from a satellite EPIRB
d) All of the above mentioned correct answers b) A 121,5 MHz emergency transmitter in a
satellite EPIRB
EPIRBs should not be transferred from one vessel to another unless:
a) The EPIRBs registration details are changed
b) Nearest MRCC is notified in writing
c) EPIRB is tested and works satisfactorily
New ships Master agrees and new batteries are fitted correct answers a) The EPIRBs registration
details are changed
To set-up the MF/HF transceiver for a telex call to a coast station, the operator must:
a) Select J3E mode for proper telex operations
b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
c) Select F1B/J2B modes or J2E mode, depending on whether ARQ or FEC is preferred
d) None of the above correct answers b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the
equipment manufacturer
To set-up the MF/HF transceiver for a TELEX call to a coast station, the operator must:
a) Select J3E mode for proper FEC operations
b) Select F1B mode or J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
c) Select F1B/J2B modes or J3E mode, depending on
d) Determine which satellite is best suited to provide communications between the Inmarsat
station placing a call and the station receiving the call correct answers b) Select F1B mode or
J2B mode, depending on the equipment manufacturer
ARQ-mode means:
a) Characters are sent in groups containing 3 char. in group
