NAVIGATIONAL WATCHKEEPING
COLLISION AND AVOIDANCE
Instruction: Do not write anything in this questionnaire. Write your answer with
the answer sheet provided to you.
1. Risk of collision is rule ____ of the Rules of the Road.
A. 3
B. 5
C. 11
D. 7
2. Which vessel is not restricted in her ability to maneuver?
A. Engage in fishing
B. Engage in towing
C. Engage in mine clearing
D. Dredging
3. During daylight, a vessel engaged in fishing should show:
A. shape consisting of two cones apexes together in vertical line one over the
other
B. shape consisting of a cone and basket
C. shape consisting of a cone
D. shape consisting two baskets
4. Which vessel(s) is/are considered a vessel restricted in her ability to
maneuver?
A. Vessel engage in laying pipelines
B. Vessel engage in underwater operation
C. Vessel engage in dredging
D. All of these
5. Bell and gong should be made of what kind of material?
A. Silver material
B. Corrosion-resistant material
C. Strong-metal
D. Bronze material
6. On hearing a prescribed signal nearing a bend, the vessel should sound:
A. two prolonged blasts
B. one prolonged blast
C. three prolonged blasts
D. none of the above
7. A vessel is required to carry what light aft, when towing astern?
A. A yellow towing light in vertical line above the stern light
B. Depending on situation
C. Not necessary
D. None of these
8. While your vessel is underway in restricted visibility, you hear a fog signal,
one prolonged followed by 2 short blasts, it means:
A. pilot vessel
B. vessel not under command
C. vessel at anchor
D. vessel aground
9. Can a local authority issue their own rules which is different from those in
the international regulation for preventing collision at sea?
A. No
B. Yes/No
C. Yes
D. None of these
10. Vessel at anchor should sound at intervals of not more than one minute
and ring the bell rapidly for about ________.
A. 5 seconds
B. 10 seconds
C. 3 seconds
D. 2 seconds
11. A vessel is considered underway when she is:
A. stopped and engaged in fishing
B. waiting for a pilot
C. none of these
D. at anchored waiting for berth
12. What is the day shape of a vessel aground?
A. One black ball not less than 0.6 meter in diameter
B. Two black balls not less than 0.6 meter in diameter
C. Three black balls not less than 0.6 meter in diameter and not less than 1.5
meters in vertical distance
D. None of these
13. Masthead light of a power driven vessel of 50 meters or more in length
should be visible at:
A. 2 N.M
B. 6 N.M
C. 1 N.M
D. 3 N.M
14. Vessel engaged in fishing with purse seine gear may exhibit:
A. 1 red light in vertical line
B. 2 yellow lights in vertical line
C. 2 white lights in vertical line
D. none of these
15. Which vessel may show three lights in a vertical line, the top and bottom
being red and the middle being white?
A. A vessel trawling
B. A pilot vessel
C. A vessel engaged in diving operation
D. A vessel mine clearing
16. A vessel "not under command" means?
A. A vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to
maneuver and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another
vessel
B. Vessel in head on situation
C. Vessel abeam in starboard side
D. All of these
17. What is the color of starboard hand marks in the uniform system of
buoyage?
A. White
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. Black
18. Rule 34, if whistles are fitted in vessel at a distance apart of more than
100 meters, _____ shall be used for giving maneuvering and warning
signals.
A. 2 whistles
B. One whistle
C. None of these
D. 3 whistles
19. A vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking, when coming up with another
vessel from a direction more than:
A. 15 abaft her beam
B. 22.5 abaft her beam
C. 12 abaft her beam
D. None of these
20. In order to prevent the sidelight from being seen across the other bow:
A. they most be covered
B. they must be fitted with inboard screen which are painted with glossy
black paint
C. they must be fitted with inboard screen painted matt black
D. none of these
KEY
1. D
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. C