USCG Assistance Towing - Stranding Quiz -

Assistance Towing Endorsement – Stranding Quiz

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

With a following sea, a vessel will tend to:

a) Heave to

b) Pound

c) Reduce speed

d) Yaw

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

In assistance towing, heaving lines are used for:

a) Passing a tow bridle to the tug.

b) Passing a tow line.

c) Heaving in the tow bridle.

d) Service lines with rocket line throwers.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

A rope ladder with wooden rungs is a:

a) Drop ladder.

b) Life ladder.

c) Jacob’s ladder.

d) Jury ladder.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

When a boat turns broadside to heavy seas and winds, thus exposing the boat to the danger of capsizing, the boat has:

a) Broached.

b) Pitchpoled.

c) Trimmed.

d) Yawed.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

Which type of line floats?

a) Dacron

b) Nylon

c) Old manila

d) Polypropylene

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

For safety reasons, when assistance towing:

a) The disabled vessel should be towed to the nearest port.

b) The disabled vessel should not be boarded.

c) Passengers should always be removed from the disabled vessel.

d) Personnel on the disabled vessel should don PFDs.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

When there is plenty of sea room, a vessel with a sea anchor and a relatively small center of gravity will ride easiest in a heavy gale with the:

a) Vessel drifting.

b) Sea on the quarter, engines slow astern.

c) Ship’s stern to the wind and sea, engines slow ahead.

d) Wind two to three points on the bow, engines slow ahead.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

The splice designed to pass easily through a block is called a(n):

a) Eye splice.

b) Short splice.

c) Long splice.

d) Block splice.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

Your vessel is broken down and rolling in heavy seas. You can reduce the danger of capsizing by:

a) Constantly shifting the rudder.

b) Moving all passengers to one side of the boat.

c) Rigging a sea anchor.

d) Moving all passengers to the stern.

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Category: ASSISTANCE TOWING ENDORSEMENT – Stranding

The disadvantage of using a heaving line to pass a tow line is that:

a) It increases the likelihood of collision between the towing vessel and the disabled vessel.

b) Recreational boaters tend to make the heaving line fast to the towed vessel as if it were the towline.

c) The Monkey Fist may injure someone.

d) It may reduce the catenary and increase yawing.

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