USCG-Aux RBSVP Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Question 1
What ANSC form is used to report prep and travel time?
Correct Answer
ANSC 7029
Question 2
Objectives of the RBSVP include:
Correct Answer
1. Assist in NOAA Small Craft Marina Facility Updating
2.Provide The Partner with a resource person for boating Safety Issues
3.Establish or enhance working relations b/w Partners, the Coast Guard and
Program Visitors.
4. Use the Partners as the contact point for making the boating public aware of
federal, state and local boating safety regulations.
5. Distribute Fed., State, & Local and other boating safety materials approved for
distribution by the RBSVP or CG. (YIC, WW, MDA handouts & discuss public's
involvement in each program).
6. Provide information regarding public boating safety education programs, VSC,
and Memberships in the Auxiliary.
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,Question 3
Program Visitors should have the following materials (chk list):
Correct Answer
1. Rec Boating Safety Visitation Program Descriptive Material
2. Pub. Education program Schedules and VSC Station Schedules
3. Posters
4. Program Visitor Certification Letter.
5. ample and varied supply of display materials
6. Partner ID Coding Sheet (CG 5093 / ANSC 7047)
7. RBSVP Activity Report Sheets (ANSC 7046)
8. PV and VE names and Telephone numbers or members business cards (for further
contact)
Question 4
When is the best time to conduct your initial visit of the year to a Partner?
Correct Answer
Just prior to the beginning of the boating season.
Question 5
PV should have the following for distribution/Display:
Correct Answer
1. You're in Command Boating Safety pamphlets
2. Any Current CG Boating Safety Circulars.
3. Literature display Rack - ANSC 9018
4. Necessary RBSVP forms
5. State & Local handouts
6. local public boating safety education schedules (State and local courses)
7. VSC Station schedules and/or posters
8. Other Applicable district or locally printed boating safety materials
9. Fed Reqs for Rec Boaters.
Question 6
Civilian clothes should never be worn while conducting an official program visit.
Correct Answer
TRUE
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, Question 7
What types and sizes of vessel must carry visual distress signals to meet the reqs for
the VSC?
Correct Answer
1. All Vessels used on coastal waters, Great Lakes, Territorial seas and those waters
connected directly to them up to a point where a body of water is less than 2 miles
wide, must be equipped. -Vessels owned in the US and on the High Seas.
2. These following Vessel do not require Day signals but must have night signals if
operating from sunset to sunrise:
-Rec boats less than 16'
-Manually propelled boats
-boats in organized events/regattas/parades
-Open Sailboats less than 26' with no motor
Question 8
Describe how RBSVP interfaces with the Vessel Safety Check (VSC) program.
Correct Answer
1. The PV can recommend that the Partner stock USCG approved equipment.
2. The Partner will become aware of the requirement of the VSC decal.
3. The Partner can be encouraged to make use of their facilities for a VSC station
and to distribute safety related pamphlets to the boating public.
Question 9
Marine Law Enforcement officers who are also Auxiliarists may not become Program
Visitors.
Correct Answer
FALSE
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Correct Answers
Question 1
What ANSC form is used to report prep and travel time?
Correct Answer
ANSC 7029
Question 2
Objectives of the RBSVP include:
Correct Answer
1. Assist in NOAA Small Craft Marina Facility Updating
2.Provide The Partner with a resource person for boating Safety Issues
3.Establish or enhance working relations b/w Partners, the Coast Guard and
Program Visitors.
4. Use the Partners as the contact point for making the boating public aware of
federal, state and local boating safety regulations.
5. Distribute Fed., State, & Local and other boating safety materials approved for
distribution by the RBSVP or CG. (YIC, WW, MDA handouts & discuss public's
involvement in each program).
6. Provide information regarding public boating safety education programs, VSC,
and Memberships in the Auxiliary.
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,Question 3
Program Visitors should have the following materials (chk list):
Correct Answer
1. Rec Boating Safety Visitation Program Descriptive Material
2. Pub. Education program Schedules and VSC Station Schedules
3. Posters
4. Program Visitor Certification Letter.
5. ample and varied supply of display materials
6. Partner ID Coding Sheet (CG 5093 / ANSC 7047)
7. RBSVP Activity Report Sheets (ANSC 7046)
8. PV and VE names and Telephone numbers or members business cards (for further
contact)
Question 4
When is the best time to conduct your initial visit of the year to a Partner?
Correct Answer
Just prior to the beginning of the boating season.
Question 5
PV should have the following for distribution/Display:
Correct Answer
1. You're in Command Boating Safety pamphlets
2. Any Current CG Boating Safety Circulars.
3. Literature display Rack - ANSC 9018
4. Necessary RBSVP forms
5. State & Local handouts
6. local public boating safety education schedules (State and local courses)
7. VSC Station schedules and/or posters
8. Other Applicable district or locally printed boating safety materials
9. Fed Reqs for Rec Boaters.
Question 6
Civilian clothes should never be worn while conducting an official program visit.
Correct Answer
TRUE
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, Question 7
What types and sizes of vessel must carry visual distress signals to meet the reqs for
the VSC?
Correct Answer
1. All Vessels used on coastal waters, Great Lakes, Territorial seas and those waters
connected directly to them up to a point where a body of water is less than 2 miles
wide, must be equipped. -Vessels owned in the US and on the High Seas.
2. These following Vessel do not require Day signals but must have night signals if
operating from sunset to sunrise:
-Rec boats less than 16'
-Manually propelled boats
-boats in organized events/regattas/parades
-Open Sailboats less than 26' with no motor
Question 8
Describe how RBSVP interfaces with the Vessel Safety Check (VSC) program.
Correct Answer
1. The PV can recommend that the Partner stock USCG approved equipment.
2. The Partner will become aware of the requirement of the VSC decal.
3. The Partner can be encouraged to make use of their facilities for a VSC station
and to distribute safety related pamphlets to the boating public.
Question 9
Marine Law Enforcement officers who are also Auxiliarists may not become Program
Visitors.
Correct Answer
FALSE
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