BRM Final Exam ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 C's of the Navigational Watch - CORRECT ANSWER - Communication, Cooperation,
Coordination
5 principles of the watch Officer - CORRECT ANSWER - Watch/pilot briefings,
Situational Awareness, Error chain Recognition, Communication, Integration of bridge
equipment
Error Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of sequential events that are caused by
human error and lead to an accident
3 characteristics of the error chain - CORRECT ANSWER - They are sequential, they may
or may not be related, they may or may not be apparent
Four responsibilities of the watch officer - CORRECT ANSWER - Conn, Collision
avoidance, Navigation, Administration
When releasing the anchor, you MUST: - CORRECT ANSWER - Note heading, position,
find bridge-bow distance, etc.
Four Principles of passage planning - CORRECT ANSWER - Appraisal, planning
execution monitoring
80% of all accidents are caused by: - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure in the Bridge system
Causes of accidents - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of position update, incorrect courses,
groundings
, "Ease the Rudder" Means: - CORRECT ANSWER - decrease the rudder angle
When you are steering on a pair of range lights and find the upper light to the left of the lower
light, what should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Come right
What does a SART sound signal look like? - CORRECT ANSWER - A line of dots
radiating outward with the increment dot indicating SART's Position
The Best Steerageway is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Making headway
Which Statement is true concerning a vessel equipped with operational radar? - CORRECT
ANSWER - She must use this equipment to obtain early warning risk of collision
What is the best method of determining the range of visibility? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Using the VRM
You are on watch and the pilot has the Conn, the pilot gives a steering command that will put the
vessel in danger. The Master is not present. What do you do - CORRECT ANSWER -
Countermand the command.
Actions to avoid collisions must: - CORRECT ANSWER - Be large enough to be readily
apparent visually AND by radar.
Uncontrollable forces: - CORRECT ANSWER - Wind, seas, current, depth
The arrival and departure gear test should be recorded in: - CORRECT ANSWER - The
Deck Log book and the Bell book
Bank suction on a single screw vessel proceeding along a narrow channel will: - CORRECT
ANSWER - pull the stern toward the bank, push the bow away.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 C's of the Navigational Watch - CORRECT ANSWER - Communication, Cooperation,
Coordination
5 principles of the watch Officer - CORRECT ANSWER - Watch/pilot briefings,
Situational Awareness, Error chain Recognition, Communication, Integration of bridge
equipment
Error Chain - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of sequential events that are caused by
human error and lead to an accident
3 characteristics of the error chain - CORRECT ANSWER - They are sequential, they may
or may not be related, they may or may not be apparent
Four responsibilities of the watch officer - CORRECT ANSWER - Conn, Collision
avoidance, Navigation, Administration
When releasing the anchor, you MUST: - CORRECT ANSWER - Note heading, position,
find bridge-bow distance, etc.
Four Principles of passage planning - CORRECT ANSWER - Appraisal, planning
execution monitoring
80% of all accidents are caused by: - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure in the Bridge system
Causes of accidents - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of position update, incorrect courses,
groundings
, "Ease the Rudder" Means: - CORRECT ANSWER - decrease the rudder angle
When you are steering on a pair of range lights and find the upper light to the left of the lower
light, what should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Come right
What does a SART sound signal look like? - CORRECT ANSWER - A line of dots
radiating outward with the increment dot indicating SART's Position
The Best Steerageway is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Making headway
Which Statement is true concerning a vessel equipped with operational radar? - CORRECT
ANSWER - She must use this equipment to obtain early warning risk of collision
What is the best method of determining the range of visibility? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Using the VRM
You are on watch and the pilot has the Conn, the pilot gives a steering command that will put the
vessel in danger. The Master is not present. What do you do - CORRECT ANSWER -
Countermand the command.
Actions to avoid collisions must: - CORRECT ANSWER - Be large enough to be readily
apparent visually AND by radar.
Uncontrollable forces: - CORRECT ANSWER - Wind, seas, current, depth
The arrival and departure gear test should be recorded in: - CORRECT ANSWER - The
Deck Log book and the Bell book
Bank suction on a single screw vessel proceeding along a narrow channel will: - CORRECT
ANSWER - pull the stern toward the bank, push the bow away.
