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Which radiotelephone transmission may be sent over channel 16?
A. Distress signal MAYDAY
B. Call to a particular station
C. A meteorological warning
D. All of the above
✓ ~: D
The service life of distress signals must be not more than __________.
A. forty two months from the date of manufacture
B. thirty six months from the date of the last inspection
C. twenty four months from the date of approval
D. twelve months from the date of purchase
✓ ~: A
Hand held red flares expire 42 months from the date of manufacture. Floating orange smoke
distress signals expire after how many months?
A. 18 months
B. 24 months
C. 42 months
D. 60 months
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✓ ~: C
The service use of pyrotechnic distress signals measured from the date of manufacture shall
be limited to a period of __________.
A. 24 months
B. 36 months
C. 42 months
D. 60 months
✓ ~: C
By regulation, orange smoke distress signals will expire not more than how many months
from the date of manufacture?
A. 24 months
B. 36 months
C. 42 months
D. 54 months
✓ ~: C
Distress flares and smoke signals for small passenger vessels __________.
A. are not required aboard vessels on runs of less than 30 minutes duration
B. must be Coast Guard approved and stowed in a portable, watertight container
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C. must be marked with an expiration date not more than 42 months from the date of
manufacture
D. All of the above
✓ ~: D
For emergency communications, vessels operating on oceans, coastwise, or Great Lakes
routes, on runs of more than 30 minutes shall carry in a portable watertight container at or
near the operating station __________. (small passenger vessel regulations)
A. six orange hand smoke distress signals
B. sex red hand flare distress signals
C. one 3-cell flashlight
D. six red hand flare distress signals and six orange hand smoke distress signals
✓ ~: D
All small passenger vessels operating on lakes, bays, sounds, or river routes on runs of more
than 30 minutes are required to carry __________. (small passenger vessel regulations)
A. 3 red hand flare distress signals and 3 orange smoke hand distress signals
B. 8 red hand flare distress signals and 8 orange smoke hand distress signals
C. 6 red hand flare distress signals and 6 orange smoke hand distress signals
D. None of the above
✓ ~: A
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Distress flares and smoke signals are not required on vessels operating on short runs. A "short
run" is limited to __________. (small passenger vessel regulation)
A. water of less than 20 feet in depth
B. where land is always in sight
C. no more than 5 miles
D. about 30 minutes away from the dock
✓ ~: D
A vessel may use any sound or light signals to attract the attention of another vessel as long
as __________.
A. white lights are not used
B. red and green lights are not used
C. the vessel signals such intentions over the radiotelephone
D. the signal cannot be mistaken for a signal authorized by the Rules
✓ ~: D
One of the signals, other than a distress signal, that can be used by a vessel to attract attention
is a(n) __________.
A. red star shell
B. searchlight
C. burning barrel
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