ONC07 - OUPV-Near Coastal

INLAND ONLY Which term is NOT defined in the Inland Navigation Rules?

How is a safety shackle identified?

How many characters does the short text messaging feature of the automatic identification system (AIS) allow for?

What are the bottom characteristics of Nautilus Shoal (LAT 37°03'N, LONG 75°56'W)?

INLAND ONLY Which of the following may be displayed by a law enforcement boat?

Which term describes the rope which is rove through a tail block to be used with a bosun's chair?

Which information must automatic identification systems (AIS) automatically provide to appropriately equipped shore sta...

Which of the following describes the abandoned lighthouse west of Cape Henry Light?

INLAND ONLY Which of the following is indicated by a vessel displaying a flashing blue light?

Which factor is most likely to impair the strength and durability of synthetic line?

On a chart, the characteristic of the light on a lighthouse is shown as flashing white with a red sector. Which is TRUE...

What is the horizontal clearance of the navigation opening of Trestle B of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND By definition which vessel is unable to keep out of the way of another vessel?

Which lines primary function is to reduce the fore and aft motion of a docked vessel?

A List of Lights entry (L Fl) is a single flashing light which shows a long flash of not less than which duration?

You are on course 027° per magnetic compass when you take the following bearings per magnetic compass: New Point Comfor...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel that is defined as "restricted in her ability to maneuver" is unable to keep out o...

Which method of adjusting mooring lines is MOST useful for leaving a boat free to rise and fall with the tide?

What does a white buoy with an orange rectangle on it indicate?

You sight Thimble Shoal Light in line with Old Point Comfort Light bearing 265° per standard magnetic compass. You are ...

INTERNATIONAL ONLY You intend to overtake a vessel in a narrow channel on its port side. The vessel to be overtaken has...

You are on watch at anchor awaiting berthing orders. Which statement is TRUE?

You sight a buoy fitted with a double-sphere topmark. If sighted at night, what color and light sequence would you expe...

Your 1302 position is LAT 37°14.7'N, LONG 76°22.7'W. You are turning for 9.6 knots. What is your ETA at Trestle C of th...

INTERNATIONAL ONLY You are operating a vessel in a narrow channel. Your vessel must stay within the channel to be navig...

When is a lookout permitted to leave his station?

When entering a channel from seaward, which is TRUE concerning the numbers on buoys?

What is the first course per standard magnetic compass (psc) in the outbound southeasterly traffic lane of the Chesapea...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND In which situation do the Rules require both vessels to change course?

You are a watchstanding mate and have come to the bridge to relieve the watch. After reviewing the chart and having bee...

In the IALA Buoyage System, what do buoys with alternating red and green horizontal bands indicate?

What is the true heading to steer outbound in Thimble Shoal Channel if your engines are turning for 8.0 knots, the curr...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When two power-driven vessels are meeting head-on and there is a risk of collision, which a...

Which is a predictable result of a vessel nearing a bank or edge of a steep banked channel?

Under the IALA Buoyage Systems, which is TRUE of safe water marks?

At 1239 your GPS indicates a position of LAT 36°55.2'N, LONG 75°33.1'W. You are on course 281° per standard magnetic co...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Vessel "A" is overtaking vessel "B" as shown in illustration D017RR below. Vessel "B" shoul...

You are making a sharp turn in a channel and using a buoy four points on the bow to gauge your rate of turn. If you obs...

You have been informed that dredging operations may be underway in your vicinity. Which buoy indicates the dredging are...

At 1256 your GPS position is LAT 36°57.0'N, LONG 75°41.0'W. At 1336 your position is LAT 37°07.5'N, LONG 75°39.1'W. Wha...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which is TRUE of a power-driven stand-on vessel?

Which type of bottom is best suited for holding an anchor of a small boat?

The luminous range of a light takes into account which factor?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You hear the fog signal of another vessel forward of your beam. Risk of collision may exist...

You are docking a vessel. When are the wind and current most favorable in this situation?

The Light List indicates that a light has a nominal range of 10 miles and is 11 feet high. If the visibility is 15 mile...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in heavy fog. You hear the fog signal of a vessel which is somewhere ahead...

After casting off moorings at a mooring buoy in calm weather, which action should you take?

A chart has extensive corrections to be made to it. When these are made and the chart is again printed, what term is gi...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in restricted visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about ...

Which is TRUE when you pay out more anchor cable?

What is indicated when slanted letters are used to spell the name of a charted object?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel is the stand-on vessel when two vessels crossing in fog are NOT in sight of on...

Which term defines when a boat turns broadside to heavy seas and winds, thus exposing the boat to the danger of capsizi...

Which agency publishes the Light Lists?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The steering and sailing rules for vessels in restricted visibility apply to vessels ______...

What is meant by the term "broaching to"?

A HYDROLANT warning would normally be sent for all of the following EXCEPT __________.

INTERNATIONAL ONLY Which light(s) shall a single vessel being towed alongside show?

When making way in heavy seas you notice that your vessel's screw is being lifted clear of the water and racing. Which ...

The chart indicates the variation was 3°45'E in 1988, and the annual change is increasing 6'. If you use the chart in 1...

INTERNATIONAL ONLY You have sighted three red lights in a vertical line on another vessel dead ahead at night. Which ve...

When is the effect of wind on exposed areas of the vessel most noticeable?

Which is TRUE concerning compass error?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND In which situation would risk of collision definitely exist?

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

Which would influence a magnetic compass?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are on Vessel "A" engaged in fishing in a narrow channel as shown in illustration D037R...

While proceeding up a narrow waterway you observe a vessel berthed in the river with slack mooring lines. Which is the ...

Your vessel is proceeding down a channel, and you see a pair of range lights that are in line dead ahead. The chart ind...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When in sight of another vessel and there is sufficient sea room, any action taken to avoid...

If a gasoline engine turns over freely but will not start, the cause is generally __________.

Your vessel is proceeding up a channel, and you see a pair of range lights that are in line ahead. The chart indicates ...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A traffic separation zone is that part of a traffic separation scheme which __________.

The carburetor is placed on the engine to perform which function?

What do the numbers on isobars indicate?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND When do the Rules state that risk of collision shall be deemed to exist?

What is required in addition to the heat, fuel, and oxygen of the fire triangle to have a fire?

What is the average speed of the movement of a hurricane following the recurvature of its track?

INTERNATIONAL ONLY A wing in ground (WIG) craft cannot comply with the spacing requirement for masthead lights. What is...

Where would spontaneous combustion most likely to occur?

What is the FIRST sign of the existence of a well-developed tropical cyclone?

INLAND ONLY The masthead light may be located at other than the fore and aft centerline on which power- driven vessel?

Spontaneous ignition can result from __________.

Which term is given to the dense black cumulonimbus clouds surrounding the eye of a hurricane?

INLAND ONLY Which statement is TRUE concerning lighting requirements for Great Lakes vessels?

How can the accumulation of dangerous fumes generated by the storage batteries be prevented?

Weather warnings such as gale, storm and hurricane warnings are based on which criteria?

INLAND ONLY A power-driven vessel when pushing ahead or towing alongside on the Western Rivers (above the Huey P. Long ...

Fire extinguishing agents used on class C fires must have which characteristic?

Barometer readings in weather reports are given in terms of pressure at which reference location?

INLAND ONLY Vessels "A" and "B" are meeting on a river as shown in illustration D041RR below and will pass 1/4 mile apa...

Which extinguishing agent is/are suitable to combat a class B fire in an engine compartment?

Aneroid barometers are usually calibrated to indicate atmospheric pressure in which units?

INLAND ONLY A barge more than 50 meters long is required to show how many white anchor lights when anchored in a Secret...

If heavy smoke is coming from the paint locker, what should be the FIRST firefighting response?

What does the prefix "nimbo" in a cloud's name mean?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You see ONLY the light shown in illustration D080RR below. Which type of vessel are you obs...

CO2 mainly extinguishes a fire by which of the following?

What do clear skies, with the exception of a few cumulus clouds indicate?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel displaying the shape shown in illustration D010RR below is which of the following?

Which is an advantage of an ABC dry chemical over a carbon dioxide extinguisher?

Which type of cloud is the classic "thunderhead"?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which of the following describes a vessel exhibiting the lights shown in illustration D084R...

When a ship is abandoned and there are several liferafts in the water, which task must be done to aid in your rescue?

When observing a rapid rise in barometric pressure, what may you expect?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The stern light shall be positioned such that it will show from dead astern to how many deg...

On a small boat, if someone fell overboard and you did not know over which side the person fell, which action should yo...

As a high-pressure system approaches, which is TRUE concerning the barometer reading?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which is TRUE of a tugboat displaying the shape shown in illustration D010RR below?

The vessel shown in illustration D025DG has broken down and you are going to take her in tow. The wind is coming from h...

A rotary current sets through all directions of the compass. How much time does it take to complete one of these cycles...

INLAND ONLY What signal is a power-driven vessel, when leaving a dock or berth, required to sound?

Which letter in illustration D030DG below represents a plain whipping?

How many high waters usually occur each day on the East Coast of the United States?

INLAND ONLY You are underway in a narrow channel, and are being overtaken by another power-driven vessel. The overtakin...

Which of the following describes a fid?

On 9 November 2023 at 1630, you are inbound at Charleston Harbor Entrance Buoy “10” (ACT6611). What is the direction an...

INTERNATIONAL ONLY A vessel sounds two short blasts. What does this indicate?

Which is the requirement for the name and hailing port of a documented commercial vessel?

On 14 October 2023, you will be docking at the Southern Branch Elizabeth River, VA at the second low tide. The berth is...

INTERNATIONAL ONLY Two power-driven vessels are meeting. What would a two-blast whistle signal by either vessel mean?

What is NOT listed on the metallic name plate that is required to be attached to hand portable fire extinguishers accor...

Which term refers to the direction a current is flowing?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which is the duration of each prolonged blast on whistle signals used by a power-driven ves...

According to uninspected vessel regulations, what is the minimum number of portable fire extinguishers required on boar...

Which defines the range of tide?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What is the duration of each blast of the whistle signals used in head-on and/or crossing s...

Which method requires prior approval to be used when cleaning up an oil spill?

You are steering 173°T, and a light is picked up dead ahead at a distance of 13.9 miles at 0054. You change course to p...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which of the signals, other than a distress signal, can be used by a vessel to attract atte...

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act requires the person in charge of a vessel to immediately notify the Coast Guard...

While on a course of 321°T, a light bears 7° on the starboard bow at a distance of 9.7 miles. What course should you st...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What is the minimum sound signaling equipment required aboard a vessel 10 meters in length?

What is the period of validity of a Merchant Mariner Credential?

Your vessel is steering course 149°psc, variation for the area is 13°E, and deviation is 4°E. The wind is from the nort...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement is TRUE regarding equipment for sound signals?

How does good housekeeping prevent fires on a vessel?

Your vessel is steering course 299°psc, variation for the area is 7°W, and deviation is 4°W. The wind is from the south...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Two power-driven vessels are crossing as shown in illustration D042RR below. Vessel "A" sou...

What is maximum power allowed by the FCC for VHF-FM radio transmissions?

You are underway on course 215°T at 12 knots. The current is 000°T at 2.3 knots. What is the course made good?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel nearing a bend where other vessels may be obscured is required to sound which sign...

If you know that the vessel you are about to call on the VHF radio maintains a radio watch on both the working and the ...

Which level of accuracy can be obtained utilizing the U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Differential GPS in an established cov...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel(s) is/are required to sound a fog signal of one prolonged followed by two short...

What is the average range of vessel-to-vessel VHF-FM radio communications?

When operated over a muddy bottom, a fathometer may indicate which of the following?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What is the required fog signal for a manned vessel being towed at night?

Which visual distress signal is acceptable for daylight use only?

If within 500 yards (460m) of a Northern Right Whale, you are lawfully obligated to take which actions?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel engaged in fishing while at anchor shall sound which fog signal?

Life jackets should be marked with which item?

It is unlawful to approach within how many yards of a Northern Right Whale?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You hear the firing of a gun at one-minute intervals from another vessel. What does this sig...

Which is TRUE concerning the stowage of life jackets?

Advection fog is most commonly caused by __________.

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What does the continuous sounding of a fog whistle by a vessel indicate?

If you are required to jump from any height from your vessel when should the external flotation bladder of an immersion ...

Fog generally clears when the __________.