SEAMANSHIP (Ship Handling) Quiz

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What do river currents have a basic tendency to do?

a) Pick up speed where the channel widens.

b) Run slower in the center of the channel.

c) Hug the inside of a bend.

d) Cause the greatest depth of water to be along the outside of a bend.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

While in a narrow channel your intention is to overtake another vessel. What will occur as you approach the other vessel’s stern to pass alongside?

a) You will gain speed.

b) Both vessels will gain speed.

c) The vessels will drift together.

d) The vessels will drift apart.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

When would conditions be best for crossing a rough bar?

a) Low water slack.

b) High water slack.

c) High water ebb.

d) High water flood.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What does the term to “warp a vessel” mean?

a) Anchor the vessel.

b) Bring the head into the wind.

c) Clean the decks.

d) Move the vessel by hauling on lines.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What would most likely be the cause if you notice that your speed has decreased, the stern of your vessel has settled more into the water, and your rudder is sluggish in responding?

a) Mechanical problems with the steering gear

b) Shallow water

c) Loss of lubricating oil in the engine

d) Current

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Your single screw vessel is proceeding along a narrow channel. The effect known as “bank suction” acts in which of the following ways?

a) It pulls the bow toward the bank.

b) It pulls the stern toward the bank.

c) It pulls the entire vessel toward the bank.

d) It heels the vessel toward the bank.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Squat affects what part of the vessel for most large merchant vessels?

a) Bow

b) Stern

c) The end nearest the bottom

d) The entire vessel evenly

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Your vessel suddenly sheers toward the opposite bank while you are proceeding at a slow speed with your starboard side near the bank of the channel. What would be the best maneuver?

a) Full ahead, hard left rudder.

b) Full ahead, hard right rudder.

c) Full astern, hard left rudder.

d) Full astern, hard right rudder.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Your single-screw right hand vessel is going ahead. It tends to turn more rapidly to port because of propeller:

a) Discharge current.

b) Suction current.

c) Sideways force.

d) Thrust.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Your vessel is steaming through an anchorage. You should:

a) Avoid crossing close astern of the anchored ships.

b) Avoid crossing close ahead of the anchored ships.

c) Keep the ship moving at a good speed to reduce set.

d) Transit only on a flood tide.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What does the term lee side refer to?

a) Side of the vessel exposed to the wind.

b) Side of the vessel sheltered from the wind.

c) Port side.

d) Starboard side.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What is a common occurrence when a vessel is running into shallow water?

a) The wake is less pronounced.

b) The vessel is more responsive to the rudder.

c) Squat will cause a decrease in bottom clearance and an increase in draft.

d) All of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

Your vessel is traveling down a narrow channel and your draft is nearly equal to the depth of the water when your vessel sheers towards the opposite bank. This effect is known as:

a) Smelling the bottom.

b) Squatting.

c) Bank suction.

d) Bank cushion.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

What is a wedge of water building up between the bow of a vessel and nearer bank forcing the bow out and away?

a) Bank cushion.

b) Bank suction.

c) Combined effect.

d) Bend effect.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Ship Handling

While in a narrow channel, to reduce your wake you should:

a) Shift weight to the stern.

b) Shift weight to the bow.

c) Reduce your speed.

d) Steer on a straight course.

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