Switch on EPIRB and SART immediately and leave on - (answer)Which action should the GMDSS radio
operator take in a distress situation when embarking in survival craft?
EPIRB and SART - (answer)What equipment is used to provide the means for locating a survival craft or
mother ship in distress?
Locating Signal - (answer)What can be defined as Radio Transmissions intended to facilitate the finding
of a mobile unit in distress of the location of survivors?
Distress Signal - (answer)What can be defined as Radio Transmissions intended to facilitate the finding
of a mobile unit in distress of the location of survivors?
Immediately after floating free - (answer)When will the float-free Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacon be activated after abandoning ship?
Immediately - (answer)When should the emergency position indicating radio beacon be activated after
abandoning the vessel?
EPIRB on 121.5 MHz/243 MHz or 406.025 MHz. - (answer)If a ships sinks, what device is designed to
float free of the mother ship, is turned on automatically and transmit a distress signal?
Satellite EPIRBs. - (answer)Which device provides the main means in the GMDSS for locating ships in
distress, or their survival craft?
Strobe light. - (answer)What part of a satellite EPIRB may function as a visual aid to rescue vessels?
406 MHz EPIRBs. - (answer)Which of the following EPIRBs is most likely to be used to transmit a distress
alert signal?
A unique Hexadecimal I.D. number. - (answer)What information is transmitted by a 406 MHz EPIRB
alert?
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Press the "Distress Hot Key". - (answer)What is the quickest method of transmitting a DSC distress alert?
Loran C or GPS signal - (answer)Which equipment may not be utilized to provide locating signals in
GMDSS?
3 Ghz signals of radar transponder - (answer)Which equipment may NOT be utilize to provide locating
signal in GMDSS?
A float- free EPIRB - (answer)What is an example of a locating signal?
The SART should be held as high as possible. - (answer)How can SART's effective range be maximized?
Hold or mount the unit as high as possible. - (answer)In a lifeboat or liferaft, what is a method of
maximizing the effectiveness of an SART?
To increase the range - (answer)Why must the SART be mounted as high as possible in the survival craft?
All messages relative to the immediate assistance required a ship, air craft or other vehicle in imminent
danger. - (answer)What is distress traffic?
Distress calls and communications preceded by the international urgency and safety signals -
(answer)What are the highest priority communications from ships at sea?
16 - (answer)Your ship received a distress relay on DSC VHF CHANNEL 70, ON what channel would you
reply?
A and B are both possible
-If the mobile unit in distress is incapable offurher distress alert communications.