GMDSS FCC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the fundamental concept of the GMDSS?
A. GMDSS utilizes automated systems and satellite technology to improve
emergency communications for the
world's shipping industry.
B. It is intended to automate and improve existing digital selective calling
procedures and techniques.
C. It is intended to provide more effective but lower cost commercial
communications.
D. It is intended to provide compulsory vessels with a collision avoidance
system when they are operating in
waters that are also occupied by non-compulsory vessels. - ANSWER A
The primary purpose of the GMDSS is:
A. Allow more effective control of SAR situations by vessels.
B. Automate and improve emergency communications for the world's shipping
industry.
C. Provide additional shipboard systems for more effective company
communications.
D. Effective and inexpensive communications. - ANSWER B
What is the basic concept of GMDSS?
A. Shoreside authorities will rely on reports from nearby vessels to become
aware of Distress alerts.
B. Shoreside authorities and vessels can assist in a coordinated SAR operation
only after the correct chain of
DSC relays takes place.
C. SAR authorities ashore can be alerted to a Distress situation & shipping in
the vicinity can be requested to
participate in SAR operations.
D. SAR authorities ashore wait to have EPIRB Distress alerts confirmed by
satellite follow-on communications. - ANSWER C
,GMDSS is primarily a system based on:
A. Ship-to-ship Distress communications using MF or HF radiotelephony.
B. VHF digital selective calling from ship to shore.
C. Distress, Urgency and Safety communications carried out by the use of
narrow-band direct printing
telegraphy.
D. The linking of search and rescue authorities ashore with shipping in the
immediate vicinity of a ship in
Distress or in need of assistance. - ANSWER D
What is the responsibility of compulsory GMDSS vessels?
A. Every vessel must be able to perform communications functions essential for
its own safety and the safety of
other vessels.
B. Vessels must transmit a DSC distress relay upon receipt of a DSC distress
alert.
C. Only the vessels closest to a Distress incident must render assistance.
D. Vessels must immediately acknowledge all DSC distress alerts. - ANSWER
A
GMDSS is required for which of the following?
A. All vessels capable of international voyages.
B. SOLAS Convention ships of 300 gross tonnage or more.
C. Vessels operating outside of the range of VHF coast radio stations.
D. Coastal vessels of less than 300 gross tons. - ANSWER B
Which GMDSS system utilizes terrestrial radio techniques?
A. F-77
B. Inmarsat-C
C. GPS
D. VHF-MF-HF-DSC - ANSWER D
What equipment utilizes satellite communications?
A. Inmarsat-C
B. VHF-MF-HF
C. NAVTEX
D. SART - ANSWER A
,What equipment is used in or near the survival craft?
A. NAVTEX
B. EPIRB
C. Fathometer
D. COSPAS-SARSAT - ANSWER B
What equipment is programmed to initiate transmission of Distress alerts and
calls to individual stations?
A. NAVTEX
B. GPS
C. DSC Controller
D. DSC Scanning Watch Receiver - ANSWER C
What system provides accurate vessel position information to the GMDSS
equipment?
A. COSPAS-SARSAT
B. EPIRB
C. GPS
D. Inmarsat-B - ANSWER C
Which of these can be used to receive MSI?
A. SART
B. EPIRB
C. Inmarsat-B
D. NAVTEX - ANSWER D
Which of the following regions lie outside Sea Areas A1, A2, and A3?
A. Sea Areas only apply to Inmarsat footprint areas.
B. Sea Area A3-I Inmarsat coverage and Sea Area A3-S HF SITOR (NBDP)
coverage.
C. Sea Area A4
D. There are no additional Sea Areas - ANSWER C
What sea area is defined as being within range of a shore-based MF station that
provides for continuous
DSC alerting?
A. Coastal waters
B. Sea area A3
, C. Sea area A1
D. Sea area A2 - ANSWER D
If a vessel is engaged in local trade and at no point in its voyage travels outside
the range of a VHF shore
station with continuous DSC alerting then the vessel is operating in what area?
A. Sea area A1
B. Coastal and international zones
C. Inland and coastal waters
D. Sea areas A1 and A2 - ANSWER A
What is defined as an area, excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the coverage
of an Inmarsat
geostationary satellite in which continuous alerting is available?
A. Ocean Area Regions AOR-E, AOR-W, POR or IOR
B. Sea Area A3
C. Sea Area A4
D. Coastal and Inland Waters - ANSWER B
SITOR (NBDP) equipment is a partial or alternate carriage requirement under
GMDSS for vessels
operating in which sea area(s)?
A. A1
B. A3 and A4
C. A1 and A2
D. A1, A2, A3 and A4 - ANSWER B
What is defined as the area within the radiotelephone coverage area of at least
one VHF coast station in
which continuous DSC alerting is available as defined by the IMO regulation
for GMDSS?
A. Ocean Area Regions AOR-E, AOR-W, POR or IOR
B. Sea Area A2
C. Sea Area A1
D. Coastal and Inland Waters - ANSWER C
Which of the following is a functional or carriage requirement for compulsory
vessels?
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the fundamental concept of the GMDSS?
A. GMDSS utilizes automated systems and satellite technology to improve
emergency communications for the
world's shipping industry.
B. It is intended to automate and improve existing digital selective calling
procedures and techniques.
C. It is intended to provide more effective but lower cost commercial
communications.
D. It is intended to provide compulsory vessels with a collision avoidance
system when they are operating in
waters that are also occupied by non-compulsory vessels. - ANSWER A
The primary purpose of the GMDSS is:
A. Allow more effective control of SAR situations by vessels.
B. Automate and improve emergency communications for the world's shipping
industry.
C. Provide additional shipboard systems for more effective company
communications.
D. Effective and inexpensive communications. - ANSWER B
What is the basic concept of GMDSS?
A. Shoreside authorities will rely on reports from nearby vessels to become
aware of Distress alerts.
B. Shoreside authorities and vessels can assist in a coordinated SAR operation
only after the correct chain of
DSC relays takes place.
C. SAR authorities ashore can be alerted to a Distress situation & shipping in
the vicinity can be requested to
participate in SAR operations.
D. SAR authorities ashore wait to have EPIRB Distress alerts confirmed by
satellite follow-on communications. - ANSWER C
,GMDSS is primarily a system based on:
A. Ship-to-ship Distress communications using MF or HF radiotelephony.
B. VHF digital selective calling from ship to shore.
C. Distress, Urgency and Safety communications carried out by the use of
narrow-band direct printing
telegraphy.
D. The linking of search and rescue authorities ashore with shipping in the
immediate vicinity of a ship in
Distress or in need of assistance. - ANSWER D
What is the responsibility of compulsory GMDSS vessels?
A. Every vessel must be able to perform communications functions essential for
its own safety and the safety of
other vessels.
B. Vessels must transmit a DSC distress relay upon receipt of a DSC distress
alert.
C. Only the vessels closest to a Distress incident must render assistance.
D. Vessels must immediately acknowledge all DSC distress alerts. - ANSWER
A
GMDSS is required for which of the following?
A. All vessels capable of international voyages.
B. SOLAS Convention ships of 300 gross tonnage or more.
C. Vessels operating outside of the range of VHF coast radio stations.
D. Coastal vessels of less than 300 gross tons. - ANSWER B
Which GMDSS system utilizes terrestrial radio techniques?
A. F-77
B. Inmarsat-C
C. GPS
D. VHF-MF-HF-DSC - ANSWER D
What equipment utilizes satellite communications?
A. Inmarsat-C
B. VHF-MF-HF
C. NAVTEX
D. SART - ANSWER A
,What equipment is used in or near the survival craft?
A. NAVTEX
B. EPIRB
C. Fathometer
D. COSPAS-SARSAT - ANSWER B
What equipment is programmed to initiate transmission of Distress alerts and
calls to individual stations?
A. NAVTEX
B. GPS
C. DSC Controller
D. DSC Scanning Watch Receiver - ANSWER C
What system provides accurate vessel position information to the GMDSS
equipment?
A. COSPAS-SARSAT
B. EPIRB
C. GPS
D. Inmarsat-B - ANSWER C
Which of these can be used to receive MSI?
A. SART
B. EPIRB
C. Inmarsat-B
D. NAVTEX - ANSWER D
Which of the following regions lie outside Sea Areas A1, A2, and A3?
A. Sea Areas only apply to Inmarsat footprint areas.
B. Sea Area A3-I Inmarsat coverage and Sea Area A3-S HF SITOR (NBDP)
coverage.
C. Sea Area A4
D. There are no additional Sea Areas - ANSWER C
What sea area is defined as being within range of a shore-based MF station that
provides for continuous
DSC alerting?
A. Coastal waters
B. Sea area A3
, C. Sea area A1
D. Sea area A2 - ANSWER D
If a vessel is engaged in local trade and at no point in its voyage travels outside
the range of a VHF shore
station with continuous DSC alerting then the vessel is operating in what area?
A. Sea area A1
B. Coastal and international zones
C. Inland and coastal waters
D. Sea areas A1 and A2 - ANSWER A
What is defined as an area, excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the coverage
of an Inmarsat
geostationary satellite in which continuous alerting is available?
A. Ocean Area Regions AOR-E, AOR-W, POR or IOR
B. Sea Area A3
C. Sea Area A4
D. Coastal and Inland Waters - ANSWER B
SITOR (NBDP) equipment is a partial or alternate carriage requirement under
GMDSS for vessels
operating in which sea area(s)?
A. A1
B. A3 and A4
C. A1 and A2
D. A1, A2, A3 and A4 - ANSWER B
What is defined as the area within the radiotelephone coverage area of at least
one VHF coast station in
which continuous DSC alerting is available as defined by the IMO regulation
for GMDSS?
A. Ocean Area Regions AOR-E, AOR-W, POR or IOR
B. Sea Area A2
C. Sea Area A1
D. Coastal and Inland Waters - ANSWER C
Which of the following is a functional or carriage requirement for compulsory
vessels?
