First Class Pilot, Revision & Practice Exams

If the gyrocompass error is east, what describes the error and the correction to be made to gyrocompass headings to obtain true headings?

1. The readings are too low (small numerically) and the amount of the error must be added to the compass to obtain true ✓
2. The readings are too high (large numerically) and the amount of the error must be added to the compass to obtain true
3. The readings are too low and the amount of the error must be subtracted from the compass to obtain true
4. The readings are too high and the amount of the error must be subtracted from the compass to obtain true

When utilizing a Pacific Coast chart, which is the reference plane of soundings?

1. Mean low water springs
2. Mean lower low water ✓
3. Lowest normal low water
4. Mean lowest water

In illustration D044NG below, what type of buoy is indicated by the letter A?

1. Spar
2. Nun
3. Can ✓
4. Pillar

The four standard light colors used for lighted aids to navigation are red, green, white, and __________.

1. blue
2. purple
3. yellow ✓
4. orange

You are steaming southward along the west coast of the United States when you encounter a buoy showing a flashing red light. Which is TRUE concerning the buoy?

1. The buoy can remain on either side close aboard
2. The buoy should be left on the vessel's starboard side
3. The buoy can be on either side well clear
4. The buoy should be left on the vessel's port side ✓

Multiple factors will have an effect on your vessel when it is maneuvering in restricted waters. Which of the following factors is the combination of sinkage and trim of the vessel?

1. Squat ✓
2. Bank suction
3. Heel
4. Bank cushion

What must change for the compass deviation to change?

1. The longitude of the vessel
2. The geographical position of the vessel
3. The heading of the vessel ✓
4. The speed of the vessel

The possibility of wake damage can be reduced by following which action?

1. Slow down when passing moored vessels ✓
2. Alternate engine speeds
3. Apply rudder in both port and starboard directions
4. Passing close aboard to the moored vessel

If you have a fire in the engine room, what is the FIRST action you should take?

1. Discharge the fixed CO2 system into the engine room
2. Secure the fuel supply and ventilation to the engine room ✓
3. Maneuver your vessel into the wind
4. Have all of your crew get into the liferaft

A breeches buoy is being rigged from the shore to a stranded vessel. The initial shot line passed to the vessel is normally made fast to a __________.

1. hawser which is used to pass a tail-block and whip to the vessel
2. hawser which should be made fast to the vessel below the intended location of the tail-block
3. hawser with breeches buoy and harness attached
4. tail-block and whip which may be used to pass a hawser to the vessel ✓

Which is a characteristic of a port side daymark?

1. Numbered ✓
2. Black and white
3. Of any shape
4. Octagonal

How may a spherical buoy be identified?

1. It may be green
2. It may be numbered
3. It may be red
4. It may be lettered ✓

Your vessel is port side to a pier with a spring line led aft from the bow. How will the vessel respond in calm weather, with the engines ahead and hard left rudder?

1. The bow will slip out and the stern in
2. Both the bow and stern will move out
3. Both the bow and stern will move in
4. The bow will swing in and the stern out ✓

The nominal range of a light may be accurately defined as the maximum distance at which a light may be seen __________.

1. with ten miles visibility ✓
2. under existing visibility conditions
3. with fifteen miles visibility
4. under perfect visibility

Where is the pivoting point located on a fully loaded vessel with normal trim proceeding ahead at sea speed?

1. One-third the length of the vessel from the bow ✓
2. Right at the bow
3. Two-thirds the length of the vessel from the bow
4. One-half the length of the vessel from the bow

When computing gross under keel clearance (UKC), what factor should NOT be considered?

1. Squat allowance
2. Heel allowance
3. Tidal residual allowance
4. Wind residual allowance ✓

When a dual-purpose marking is used, how should the mariner following the Intracoastal Waterway be guided?

1. By the shape of the aid
2. By the shape of the yellow mark ✓
3. By the color of the top band
4. By the color of the aid

Which of the following describes the principal purpose of magnetic compass adjustment?

1. To reduce the magnetic dip as much as possible
2. To reduce the variation as much as possible
3. To reduce the deviation as much as possible ✓
4. To allow the compass bowl to swing freely on its gimbals

Your ship is in shallow water and the bow rides up on its bow wave while the stern sinks into a depression of its transverse wave system. What is this called?

1. Squatting ✓
2. Fish tailing
3. Parallel sinkage
4. Broaching

Which of the following is NOT identified on the vessel's fire control plan?

1. Gas detector
2. Dry chemical monitor
3. Fire and emergency signals ✓
4. Fire control plan

Which statement is TRUE concerning radiotelephones on board towing vessels?

1. There cannot be a radiotelephone located anywhere except in the wheelhouse.
2. Only the Master of the vessel is allowed to speak over the radiotelephone.
3. Only distress messages may be transmitted over channel 13.
4. The officer in charge of the wheelhouse is considered to have the radiotelephone watch. ✓

A self-contained breathing apparatus is used to __________.

1. make underwater repairs to barges
2. resuscitate an unconscious person
3. enter areas that may contain dangerous fumes or lack oxygen ✓
4. determine if the air in a tank is safe for men

Which is TRUE of a shipborne Class A Automatic Identification System (AIS)?

1. It has a power output of 12.5 watts ✓
2. It has a power output of 5 watts
3. It has a power output of 2 watts
4. It has a power output of 1 watt

When must a proper look-out be kept?

1. Only when entering and leaving port
2. Only in fog
3. Only between the hours of sunset and sunrise
4. At all times ✓

Automatic identification systems (AIS) are required to do which of the following?

1. Provide safety-related information automatically to shore stations, other vessels and aircraft
2. Receive safety-related information automatically from similarly equipped vessels
3. Exchange safety-related information with shore-based facilities
4. All of the above ✓

Which agency maintains federal aids to navigation?

1. Coast Guard ✓
2. Maritime Administration
3. Corps of Engineers
4. National Ocean Service

Which Naval Control of Shipping publication should be aboard your vessel?

1. ATP-1, Volume II "Allied Tactical Signals"
2. NWP-14, "Amphibious Operations"
3. ATP-2, Volume II "Allied Control of Shipping Manual - Guide to Masters" ✓
4. PUB 102, "International Code of Signals"