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| What does the term "RCC" signify?
| Rescue Coast Centre
| Rescue Co-ordination Centre
| Routine Call Collective
| Rescue Call Centre
| Rescue Co-ordination Centre
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| The correct format for a RT urgency/safety calls are:
| PAN PAN/SECURITE (3 times), all stations or CS (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
| PAN PAN/SECURITE, all stations (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
| PAN PAN/SECURITE (3 times), CS (3 times), this is, name, CS, MMSI
| PAN PAN/SECURITE (3 times), all stations or CS (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS (3 times), MMSI (3 times)
| PAN PAN/SECURITE (3 times), all stations or CS (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
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| What does the term "Seelonce Feenee" signify?
| Distress in force, but restricted working may be resumed
| Normal working may be resumed
| The Controlling station imposes silence on interfering stations
| Any other stations impose silence
| Normal working may be resumed
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| What does the term "Seelonce Mayday" signify?
| Distress in force, but restricted working may be resumed
| Normal working may be resumed
| The Controlling station imposes silence on interfering stations
| Any other stations impose silence
| The Controlling station imposes silence on interfering stations
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| The correct format for a RT distress call is:
| Mayday, this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
| Mayday (3 times), this is, name, CS, MMSI
| Mayday (3 times), this is, name (3 times)
| Mayday (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
| Mayday (3 times), this is, name (3 times), CS, MMSI
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| What is a distress alert?
| This is a digital selective call (DSC) using a distress call format in the bands used for terrestrial communication
| This is urgency message
| A manual of Vessel Rescue System
| Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
| This is a digital selective call (DSC) using a distress call format in the bands used for terrestrial communication
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| Which signal indicates that an important meteorological îr navigational warning is about to follow?
| SECURITE
| MAYDAY
| PAN PAN
| ALL STATIONS
| SECURITE
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| What does SES abbreviation means?
| Ship Earth Service
| Save Our Souls
| Switch to Earth Station
| Ship Earth Station
| Ship Earth Station
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| What does SafetyNET abbreviation means?
| The service which is used to broadcast business information to ships
| The service which is used to broadcast Maritime Safety Information to ships
| Network Safety Station
| Network Safety Centre
| The service which is used to broadcast Maritime Safety Information to ships
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| Which of these numbers is the Inmarsat-C number?
| Nine digits, beginning with 3
| Nine digits, beginning with 6
| Seven digits, beginning with 1
| Nine digits, beginning with 4
| Nine digits, beginning with 4
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| What information is available from SafetyNET transmissions?
| Commercial information
| Maritime Safety Information
| Radio telex letter
| Maripress news service
| Maritime Safety Information
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| What information is considered to be unscheduled in SafetyNET broadcast?
| Routine messages
| Urgent navigational warnings, severe weather warnings and distress alert relays
| The position of the ship
| The acknowledgment of the distress message
| Urgent navigational warnings, severe weather warnings and distress alert relays
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| How many NAVAREAs we have now?
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| What system are Enhanced Group Calls transmitted over?
| Inmarsat-A satellite communications system
| Inmarsat-B satellite communications system
| Inmarsat-C satellite communications system
| Inmarsat-M satellite communications system
| Inmarsat-C satellite communications system
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| What is the AIS-SART identification at Electronic Navigation System?
| Black cross
| Square
| Green triangle
| Red cross in red circle
| Red cross in red circle
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| All NAVTEX messages are prefixed by a:
| 3-character group
| 4-character group
| 5-character group
| 6-character group
| 4-character group
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| What does the EPIRB signal indicate?
| That all persons are out of danger
| That SAR operations are finished
| That one or more persons are in distress that they may no longer be on board a ship or aircraft and that receiving facilities may no longer be available
| That you are in a dangerous area
| That one or more persons are in distress that they may no longer be on board a ship or aircraft and that receiving facilities may no longer be available
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| Who is responsible for ensuring that your EPIRB is registered?
| Mission Control Center
| Local User Terminal
| The relevant authority in the flag State
| Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue System
| The relevant authority in the flag State
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| On vessels being sold to new owners, the EPIRB:
| Must not be re-registered
| Must be re-registered
| Can be re-registered
| Must be changed
| Must be re-registered
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| How often is it recommended to fulfill EPIRB test procedure?
| Weekly
| Monthly
| Twice a week
| Twice a month
| Monthly
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| What is the purpose of a SART?
| To acknowledge a distress alert
| To relay a distress alert
| To determine the position of the nearest station
| To home SAR units to the distress position
| To home SAR units to the distress position
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| What test should be carried out daily?
| DSC: live call to any other station
| DSC: without radiation, using built-in test facility
| EPIRB: using built-in test facility without radiation
| SARTs: using built-in test facility
| DSC: without radiation, using built-in test facility
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| What test should be carried out weekly?
| DSC: live call to any other station
| DSC: without radiation, using built-in test facility
| EPIRB: using built-in test facility without radiation
| SARTs: using built-in test facility
| DSC: live call to any other station
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| What test should be carried out monthly?
| Printers: paper, cartridges, voltage supplies
| Survival craft VHF: not on channel 16, SARTs, EPIRBs
| DSC: live call to another station
| DSC: without radiation, using built-in test facility
| Survival craft VHF: not on channel 16, SARTs, EPIRBs
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| State the areas covered by the Inmarsat satellite system:
| Sea areas A1+A2+A3+A4
| Sea areas A1+A2+A3
| Sea area A2
| Areas between parallels 70 N and 70 S
| Areas between parallels 70 N and 70 S
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| State the meaning of the abbreviation NCS within the Inmarsat system:
| Not Connected Station
| Network Co-ordination Service
| Network Co-ordination Station
| Network Control Station
| Network Co-ordination Station
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| How would you define Sea area A1?
| An area extended to about 50 nautical miles within the radiotelephone coverage of at least two VHF coast stations
| An area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area within the radio telex coverage of at least one coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area extended to about 25…30 nautical miles within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station
| An area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
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| How would you define Sea area A2?
| An area, excluding sea area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area which extends over to 20 nautical miles, within the radiotelephony coverage of at least two MF coast stations in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area, including sea area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area which extends to up to 150 nautical miles within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area, excluding sea area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
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| How would you define Sea area A3?
| An area, excluding sea area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area, including sea area A1, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area which extends to up to 150 nautical miles within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available
| An area excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the coverage of an Inmarsat satellite system in which continuous alerting is available
| An area excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the coverage of an Inmarsat satellite system in which continuous alerting is available
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| How would you define Sea area A4?
| An area within 70 deg N-70 deg S
| An area which consists of sea areas A1, A2, A3
| An area outside sea areas A1, A2, A3
| An area inside sea areas A1, A2, A3, 70 deg N-70 deg S
| An area outside sea areas A1, A2, A3
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| The AIS-SART identity from these numbers is:
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| Which channel is used for DSC distress alerting and routine calling in VHF band?
| VHF channel 16
| VHF channel 70
| VHF channel 13
| VHF channel 6
| VHF channel 70
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| Which international frequency is used in NAVTEX system?
| 518 kHz
| 121.5 MHz
| 1.5 GHz
| 4210 kHz
| 518 kHz
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| What is a craft associated with a parent ship identifier?
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| What does the abbreviation F3E signify?
| Unmodulated Morse Code
| SSB Full-carrier telephony
| Frequency-modulated telephony
| SSB Suppressed-carrier telephony
| Frequency-modulated telephony
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| The Call Sign of a ship's survival craft is:
| UYZL
| UYZL 272310000
| UYZL 35
| UYZL A
| UYZL 35
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| What is the AIS-SART identification on the AIS equipment?
| SART TEST or SART ACTIVE
| MMSI
| NAME and CS
| 12 dots
| SART TEST or SART ACTIVE
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| What do 002321000 signify?
| Ship's station MMSI
| MMSI of group of ships
| MMSI of coast station, or group of coast stations
| Inmarsat Mobile Number
| MMSI of coast station, or group of coast stations
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| What do 232100000 signify?
| Ship's station MMSI
| MMSI of group of ships
| MMSI of coast station
| MMSI of group of coast stations
| Ship's station MMSI
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| What do 023210000 signify?
| Ship's station MMSI
| MMSI of group of ships
| MMSI of coast station
| MMSI of group of coast stations
| MMSI of group of ships
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| What is the purpose of the VHF channel 70?
| It is used intentionally for ship/shore calls
| It is used intentionally for ship/ship calls and for shore/ship calls
| It is used for distress /safety
| It is used for distress/safety and routine calls
| It is used for distress/safety and routine calls
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| How often is a live DSC test required to be made?
| Weekly
| Daily
| Monthly
| Twice a day
| Weekly
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| How often is an internal DSC test required to be made?
| Weekly
| Daily
| Monthly
| Twice a day
| Daily
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| A DSC distress alert, unless acknowledged or reset, will automatically repeat after:
| Every 3 minutes
| Every 5 to 6 minutes at random
| Every 3,5 to 4,5 minutes at random
| Every 10 seconds
| Every 3,5 to 4,5 minutes at random
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| What does the distress signal MAYDAY mean?
| That the crew should abandon a vessel
| That the vessel and crew are threatened by immediate destruction
| That the crew can not remove malfunctions on a vessel
| That the crew of a vessel asks other ships for help
| That the vessel and crew are threatened by immediate destruction
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| State the urgency signal:
| MAYDAY
| PAN PAN
| Securite
| Seelonce
| PAN PAN
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| What does the safety signal indicate?
| That an important meteorological or navigational warning is not to follow
| That a routine message is to follow
| That a routine meteorological or navigational warning is about to follow
| That an important meteorological or navigational warning is about to follow
| That an important meteorological or navigational warning is about to follow
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| State the safety signal:
| Warning
| Securite
| Mayday
| Pan Pan
| Securite
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| Where can times of coast station traffic lists transmissions be found?
| ITU List of Ship Stations or MARS
| ITU List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
| ITU List of Radiodetermination and Special Service Stations
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
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| Where can charges for coast stations services be found?
| ITU List of Ship Stations
| ITU List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities or MARS
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
| ITU List of Radiodetermination and Special Service Stations
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
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| Where can times of weather bulletins transmissions be found?
| ITU List of Ship Stations
| ITU List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
| ITU List of Special Service Stations
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
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| Where can Ship's AAIC be found?
| ITU List of Coast Stations
| ITU List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities or MARS
| ITU List of Ship Stations and Maritime Mobile Service Identity Assignment or MARS
| ITU List of Radiodetermination and Special Service Stations
| ITU List of Ship Stations and Maritime Mobile Service Identity Assignment or MARS
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| Where can details about Inmarsat LESs be found?
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
| ITU List of Call Signs and Numerical Identities
| ITU Manual for Use by the Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Services or MARS
| ITU List of Radiodetermination and Special Service Stations
| ITU List of Coast Stations and Special Service Stations or MARS
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| How can MSI be received in the GMDSS?
| By Morse code on MF and HF
| By NAVTEX, EGC, HF NBDP
| By weather fax
| From the nearest broadcast station
| By NAVTEX, EGC, HF NBDP
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| In which frequency band do radar transponders operate?
| In the MF band
| In the S-band for radar
| In the 3 GHz band
| In the 9 GHz band
| In the 9 GHz band
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| What does the urgency signal consist of?
| The word PAN
| The group of the words PAN PAN
| The word URGENCY
| The word URGENT
| The group of the words PAN PAN
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| If a drifting container was observed, what kind of message is to be broadcasted?
| A distress message
| An urgency message
| A routine message
| A safety message
| A safety message
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| By what means can a safety message be announced in the sea area A1?
| By radiotelephony in VHF band
| By radiotelephony in MF and HF bands
| By using DSC in VHF band
| By using radiotelephony in MF or VHF bands
| By using DSC in VHF band
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| For making routine DSC VHF calls of a coast station must be used:
| Coast stations are not called by DSC
| Channel 16
| Channel 70
| Coast stations are called for safety purposes only
| Channel 70
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| How can a satellite EPIRB be activated?
| Manually (in case of distress) or automatically (if the vessel is sinking)
| By the geostationary satellite (in case of distress )
| Manually only
| Automatically only
| Manually (in case of distress) or automatically (if the vessel is sinking)
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| Who must be informed immediately of the receipt of a distress alert and its contents?
| The master of the ship only
| The ships owner
| The master or person responsible for the ship
| The master of the ship and ships owner
| The master or person responsible for the ship
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| What the identity can belongs to the AIS Aids-to-Navigation (AtoN) station?
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| What is the main factor which determines the range of transmission in VHF band?
| Power output
| Direction diagram of antennas
| Suspension heights of antennas
| Propagation conditions of radio waves
| Suspension heights of antennas
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| Which identity can belongs to the SAR aircraft?
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| What is the maximum power output that should be used for routine calls addressed to "All Ships" at VHF channel 70?
| The power should not exceed 25 W
| 5 W
| From 6 to 25 W
| The power should not exceed 1 W
| The power should not exceed 1 W
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| What does a distress alert consist?
| MMSI, self identification and MID
| Format specifier, self identification, nature of distress, position, time, type of subsequent communication
| Self identification, position and time
| Format specifier, nature of distress, position and type of subsequent communication
| Format specifier, self identification, nature of distress, position, time, type of subsequent communication
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| What is the urgency/safety announcement?
| The Local Coast Station voice call in MF/HF bands
| The Local Coast Station voice call in VHF band
| A digital selective call (DSC) using the urgency/safety format in VHF, MF or HF bands
| An urgency/safety voice message in VHF band
| A digital selective call (DSC) using the urgency/safety format in VHF, MF or HF bands
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| What is a Traffic List?
| A list of vessels currently steaming in a Traffic Separation Lane
| A list of frequencies sent by Coast Stations on which communication can be exchanged
| A list of ships names/call signs for whom a Coast Station has telegrams, telephone calls or telex messages
| A list of Coast Stations who will accept commercial traffic from ships
| A list of ships names/call signs for whom a Coast Station has telegrams, telephone calls or telex messages
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| The correct format for on-going on-board communications is:
| GOLD STAR BRIDGE this is GOLD STAR TWO
| GOLD STAR BRAVO this is CONTROL
| GOLD STAR BRIDGE this is GOLD STAR AFT
| GOLD STAR CONTROL this is GOLD STAR BRAVO
| GOLD STAR CONTROL this is GOLD STAR BRAVO
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| Which channel is used for ship-to-ship alerting in the VHF band?
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| What is an urgency/safety call?
| This is DSC urgency/safety call
| This is the initial voice or text procedure
| This is urgency/safety RT message
| This is Inmarsat urgency/safety call
| This is the initial voice or text procedure
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| What does mean the MEOSAR abbreviation?
| Medium-altitude Earth Orbit SAR
| Main Effective Observer of SAR
| Maritime Equipment Operating for SAR
| Mobile Earth Operator SAR
| Medium-altitude Earth Orbit SAR
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| Which IMN belongs to a Inmarsat-C Ship Earth Station (SES)?
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| Are VHF radio waves reflected by the ionosphere?
| Yes, by D-layer and E-layer
| Yes, by all layers
| No
| Yes, only by F-layer
| No
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| The functions of an AIS-SART are to:
| To make a distress alert by satellite systems
| To show ship-in-distress ID and position in AIS and other electronic navigation systems
| To provide two way communications for survival craft
| To make a distress alert by terrestrial systems
| To show ship-in-distress ID and position in AIS and other electronic navigation systems
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| What is the minimum operation time of reserve source of energy on ships without an emergency energy source?
| 1 hour
| 6 hours
| 24 hours
| 48 hours
| 6 hours
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| What is the minimum operation time of reserve source of energy on ships with an emergency energy source?
| 1 hour
| 6 hours
| 24 hours
| 48 hours
| 1 hour
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| If a crewmember is badly injured and you want him to be taken ashore, the procedure will be:
| Distress
| Urgency
| Safety
| Warning
| Urgency
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| EGC has to do with:
| VHF
| MF/HF
| INMARSAT
| MF
| INMARSAT
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| SAFETYNET has to do with:
| VHF
| MF/HF
| INMARSAT
| MF
| INMARSAT
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| Which calling system can be used for ship-to-ship calls?
| EGC
| NAVTEX
| AMVER
| DSC
| DSC
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| What does the urgency signal indicate?
| That a distress message of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, or a person is to follow
| That a routine message is to follow
| That a very important message concerning the safety of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, or safety of a person is to follow
| That a traffic list message concerning the business of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle is to follow
| That a very important message concerning the safety of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, or safety of a person is to follow
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| What does the abbreviation "TR" signify?
| Traffic List
| Transmit Report
| Transit Report
| Traffic Routine
| Transit Report
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| For on-board communications in VHF band an operator should use:
| Ch. 08 or 10
| Ch. 15 or 17
| Any simplex channels
| Ch. 72
| Ch. 15 or 17
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| What does the term "Pru-donce" signify?
| Distress in force, but restricted working may be resumed
| Normal working may be resumed
| The Controlling station imposes silence on interfering stations
| Any other station impose silence on interfering stations
| Distress in force, but restricted working may be resumed
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| What does the term "Seelonce Distress" signify?
| Normal working may be resumed
| The Controlling station imposes silence on interfering stations
| Distress in force, but restricted working may be resumed
| Any other station impose silence on interfering stations
| Any other station impose silence on interfering stations
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| What does the abbreviation "AMVER" signify?
| Always Make Very Effective Request
| American Vessel Rescue System
| A manual of Vessel Rescue System
| Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
| Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
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| What does the abbreviation LES in the Inmarsat system mean?
| Land Earth Service
| Land Emergency Station
| Land Earth Station
| Little Earth Station
| Land Earth Station
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| What does the number "00" denote in NAVTEX messages?
| Medical advice
| Navigational warnings
| Messages of singular importance, such as distress messages
| Meteorological warnings
| Messages of singular importance, such as distress messages
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| What categories of messages cannot be rejected using the NAVTEX receiver controls?
| Pilot services information
| Navigation warnings
| Weather forecasts
| Ice reports
| Navigation warnings
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| What does the abbreviation MES in the Inmarsat system means?
| Message Saved
| Medical Station
| Mobile Earth Services
| Mobile Earth Station
| Mobile Earth Station
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| State COSPAS-SARSAT EPIRB frequencies:
| 406 MHz, 1.3 GHz, VHF Ch. 06
| 406 MHz, 121.5 MHz
| 406 MHz, VHF Ch.70
| 2187.5 kHz, 406.1 MHz, VHF Ch. 70
| 406 MHz, 121.5 MHz
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| What is the relationship between frequency F, wavelength L and the radio waves propagation speed C?
| L = F * C
| L = F / C
| L = C * F
| L = C / F
| L = C / F
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| Which mode of emission should be used at the VHF Channel 16?
| H3E
| J3E
| G3E/F3E
| F1B/J2B
| G3E/F3E
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| Which of the following numbers is a Ukrainian flag ship MMSI?
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| What is the number of Inmarsat-C SES?
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| What type of radio wave is propagated in VHF band?
| Sky wave
| Ground wave
| Line-of-sight wave
| Sea wave
| Line-of-sight wave
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| The time entered in the GMDSS Radio Log book should be:
| Zone time
| Ship's time
| UTC
| Local time
| UTC
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| When a vessel is at anchor within port limits, an operator may use the radiotelephone to communicate with:
| A GMDSS Coast Station
| The Local Coast Station
| Another vessels passing at sight limits
| Another vessels at anchor
| The Local Coast Station
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| For a public correspondence RT service should, if possible, be used:
| A simplex basis
| A duplex basis
| The A3E mode
| The H3E mode
| A duplex basis
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| Which currencies must be used in international charging for radio communications?
| SDR only
| Gold Franc and USD
| SDR and Gold Franc
| Gold Franc only
| SDR and Gold Franc
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| Should lead batteries and Ni-Cd batteries be located in the same battery room?
| Yes
| No
| Yes if the battery room is large enough
| Yes if the battery room has compulsory ventilation
| No
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| What does the Transit Report consist of?
| Tariff Report
| The names and call signs of the ships for which a coast station have messages
| The name and the call sign of the ship, its position, course and speed, if possible, its destination
| Traffic Routine
| The name and the call sign of the ship, its position, course and speed, if possible, its destination
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