GOC - Section B - Multiple Choice Questions Flashcards
Battery terminals should be clean, tight and smeared with a little…
Petroleum jelly (Vaseline)
The channels or frequencies for on scene communication between SAR vessels and the vessel in distress would be…
CH06 and CH16
A DSC Distress Alert followed by an R/T Call and Message is sent on the authority of…
The Master or person responsible for the ship
The primary intership working channel is…
CH06
Having received a DSC Safety Call on CH70 you should…
Listen for the message on the channel indicated in the DSC call
The VHF DSC should be tested…
Daily by an internal test
DSC CH70 may be used for…
Distress
Urgency
Safety
Routine
GMDSS Area A2 is…
Within MF range of a DSC fitted Coast Station
EPIRBs and SARTs should be checked and tested…
Monthly
VHF CH13 is used for…
Ship to ship safety of Navigation
Simplex Operation involves the use of…
One frequency
The correct mode of emission when using 2182KHz is…
J3E
Failure to enter the vessels position into the EGC equipment may result in…
reception of all MSI for the entire ocean region
The Inmarsat installation which has an omni-directional antenna system is…
Inmarsat C
The correct channel for routine DSC calls in the VHF band is…
CH70
When observing a 9GHz SART signal on an X Band Radar when homing toward survivors of a distress it will…
change from dots, to arcs, then concentric circles
A long wire aerial must include a…
safety loop
A Navtex receiver often uses…
an active aerial
It is important to ground the MF/HF aerial systems…
during thunder storms and when working on, or in, the vicinity of an aerial system
If you are aware that your COSPAS SARSAT EPIRB has been activated accidentally you should…
inform the MRCC by any available means
GMDSS SafetyNet messages are received via…
Enhanced Group Calling (EGC)
When conducting onboard communications an operator should use…
VHF CH15 and CH17
A VHF whip antenna is usually…
situated as high as possible to maximise the range
Routine DSC calls are permitted on CH70…
at any time
