ASA 104 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Perishable items - ✔✔Should be eaten first
✔✔Stow heavy sealed beverages - ✔✔Low in boat
✔✔5 gAllons - ✔✔Required per person per day for bathing
✔✔Run the engine _____hours per day to keep the batteries charged - ✔✔Two
✔✔Swim ladder - ✔✔Deploy before swimming
✔✔Ask permission to board - ✔✔Others crafts
✔✔ List 4 items that you should put in carry on - ✔✔Passport, credit cards, charter
docs, prescriptions
✔✔2 types of bilge pumps - ✔✔Electric and manual
✔✔Fill the freshwater tank through the? - ✔✔Deck plate
✔✔A possible leak - ✔✔A freshwater pump cycling
✔✔Turn off the _________ valve when turning off the gas stove. - ✔✔Solenoid
✔✔Flush waste to the - ✔✔Holding tank
✔✔Batteries are charged with? - ✔✔Engine alternator
✔✔An engine should run at this for optimal charging? - ✔✔At least 1500 rpm
✔✔An inverter converts - ✔✔Dc to ac
✔✔An emergency tiller fits into the top of the - ✔✔Rudder stock
✔✔Diesel engines have 2 cooling systems - ✔✔Internal pressurized and raw water
✔✔The pump ___________ is an important spare part - ✔✔Impeller
✔✔Four factors that affect a vessels range - ✔✔Wind, current , vessel loading, marine
growth
, ✔✔List 4 good items to have for repairs - ✔✔Wd 40, multimeter, fuel filters, engine oil,
cotter pins
✔✔A mainsail is hoisted with a? - ✔✔Halyard
✔✔Use the to unfurl the jib - ✔✔Furling line
✔✔Overpowered sails create? - ✔✔Weather helm
✔✔Weather helm slows the boat due to the large rudder - ✔✔Angle
✔✔Head into the wind - ✔✔To maintain in gusts
✔✔You may need to ______ the sails when heading upwind - ✔✔Reef
✔✔A preventer - ✔✔Stops boom from swingin while downwind
✔✔To decrease the power of sails - ✔✔Decrease angle of attack, add twist or flatten
✔✔Do this to prepare for heavy weather - ✔✔Don lifejackets, don harnesses, reef
✔✔Motor sailing - ✔✔Use mainsail and engine only
✔✔A skipper is responsible for - ✔✔Crew and the ship
✔✔List the four safety items that should be checked before departing - ✔✔Radio, bilge
pumps, life jacket, flares
✔✔When controlling a dockline - ✔✔Wrap a cleat
✔✔Current and wind - ✔✔Are the primary factors when docking
✔✔Prop wash - ✔✔Flow of water generated by the propeller
✔✔Standing turn - ✔✔180 degree turn in limited space.
✔✔Springer lines - ✔✔Helps control boat during docking and undocking
✔✔Docklines - ✔✔The greater the tidal range the longer these will have to be
✔✔Vibrations, change in bearing, closer to another vessel - ✔✔3 ways to know your
anchor is dragging
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Perishable items - ✔✔Should be eaten first
✔✔Stow heavy sealed beverages - ✔✔Low in boat
✔✔5 gAllons - ✔✔Required per person per day for bathing
✔✔Run the engine _____hours per day to keep the batteries charged - ✔✔Two
✔✔Swim ladder - ✔✔Deploy before swimming
✔✔Ask permission to board - ✔✔Others crafts
✔✔ List 4 items that you should put in carry on - ✔✔Passport, credit cards, charter
docs, prescriptions
✔✔2 types of bilge pumps - ✔✔Electric and manual
✔✔Fill the freshwater tank through the? - ✔✔Deck plate
✔✔A possible leak - ✔✔A freshwater pump cycling
✔✔Turn off the _________ valve when turning off the gas stove. - ✔✔Solenoid
✔✔Flush waste to the - ✔✔Holding tank
✔✔Batteries are charged with? - ✔✔Engine alternator
✔✔An engine should run at this for optimal charging? - ✔✔At least 1500 rpm
✔✔An inverter converts - ✔✔Dc to ac
✔✔An emergency tiller fits into the top of the - ✔✔Rudder stock
✔✔Diesel engines have 2 cooling systems - ✔✔Internal pressurized and raw water
✔✔The pump ___________ is an important spare part - ✔✔Impeller
✔✔Four factors that affect a vessels range - ✔✔Wind, current , vessel loading, marine
growth
, ✔✔List 4 good items to have for repairs - ✔✔Wd 40, multimeter, fuel filters, engine oil,
cotter pins
✔✔A mainsail is hoisted with a? - ✔✔Halyard
✔✔Use the to unfurl the jib - ✔✔Furling line
✔✔Overpowered sails create? - ✔✔Weather helm
✔✔Weather helm slows the boat due to the large rudder - ✔✔Angle
✔✔Head into the wind - ✔✔To maintain in gusts
✔✔You may need to ______ the sails when heading upwind - ✔✔Reef
✔✔A preventer - ✔✔Stops boom from swingin while downwind
✔✔To decrease the power of sails - ✔✔Decrease angle of attack, add twist or flatten
✔✔Do this to prepare for heavy weather - ✔✔Don lifejackets, don harnesses, reef
✔✔Motor sailing - ✔✔Use mainsail and engine only
✔✔A skipper is responsible for - ✔✔Crew and the ship
✔✔List the four safety items that should be checked before departing - ✔✔Radio, bilge
pumps, life jacket, flares
✔✔When controlling a dockline - ✔✔Wrap a cleat
✔✔Current and wind - ✔✔Are the primary factors when docking
✔✔Prop wash - ✔✔Flow of water generated by the propeller
✔✔Standing turn - ✔✔180 degree turn in limited space.
✔✔Springer lines - ✔✔Helps control boat during docking and undocking
✔✔Docklines - ✔✔The greater the tidal range the longer these will have to be
✔✔Vibrations, change in bearing, closer to another vessel - ✔✔3 ways to know your
anchor is dragging
