OUPV Exam: Understanding Deck General Requirements
To turn over an inflatable life raft that is upside down, you should pull on the: - correct answer
✔✔Righting strap
Pollution of the waterways may result from the discharge of - correct answer ✔✔Sewage, The galley
trash can, An oily mixture of one part per million
The International regulations of Preventing Collisions at Sea contain - correct answer ✔✔Signals that
must be sounded when being towed in restricted visibility
Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable life raft has bobbed to the surface upon
functioning of the hydrostatic release. What action should you take? - correct answer ✔✔Do nothing -
the painter will cause the life raft to inflate and open the container.
In order to discharge a CO2 portable fire extinguisher, the operator must FIRST: - correct answer
✔✔Remove the locking pin
All of the following are part of the fire triangle EXCEPT:
a. Oxygen
b. Heat
c. Electricity
d. Fuel - correct answer ✔✔Electricity
Inflatable life rafts are less maneuverable than lifeboats due to their - correct answer ✔✔Shape, Shallow
Draft, Large sail area
Which statement is True of a gasoline spill? - correct answer ✔✔It is visible for a shorter time than a fuel
oil spill.
Regardless of local requirements/regulations, when is a U.S. port, all oil spills must be reported to: -
correct answer ✔✔National Response Center (USCG)
,The spread of fire is prevented by: - correct answer ✔✔Removing combustibles from the endangered
area
If an inflatable life raft inflates upside down, you can right it by: - correct answer ✔✔Standing on the
CO2 bottle, holding down the bottom straps, and throwing your weight backwards
To turn over an inflatable life raft that is upside down, you should pull on the: - correct answer
✔✔Righting strap
You are fighting an electrical fire onboard. You should secure the power , then: - correct answer ✔✔Use
a portable CO2 extinguisher
Demarcation lines are denoted on a nautical chart for the purpose of? - correct answer ✔✔Separating
waters controlled by Inland and International Navigation Rules
After using a CO2 portable extinguisher, it should be: - correct answer ✔✔Recharged
The proper VHF-FM channel to use to make a Mayday distress call is: - correct answer ✔✔Channel 16
You hear air escaping from the life raft just after it has inflated. You should: - correct answer ✔✔Not
panic since the safety valves allow excess pressure to escape
The Master or person in charge of a vessel is obligated by law to provide whatever assistance can be
safely provided to any individual in peril at sea.
a. True
b. False - correct answer ✔✔a. True
Plastic material may be thrown overboard from a vessel which is:
a. 12 miles from shore
b. 3 miles from shore
, c. 25 miles from shore
d. None of the above is correct - correct answer ✔✔d. None of the above is correct
In relation to the turning circle of a ship the term "Transfer" means the distance - correct answer
✔✔Gained at right angles to the original course
The regulations governing the frequencies of bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone are issued by the: - correct
answer ✔✔Federal Communications Commission
A vessel in actual distress should send by radio telephone: - correct answer ✔✔Spoken words "Mayday,
Mayday, Mayday"
When underway and moving ahead, as the speed increases, the pivot point tends to: - correct answer
✔✔Move forward
The effect of wind on exposed areas of the vessel is most noticeable when: - correct answer ✔✔Backing
You are on course of 000 degrees and PSC and put the rudder right 30 degrees. In which direction will
advance be measured? - correct answer ✔✔000 degrees PSC
You can safely step in the bight of lind: - correct answer ✔✔At no time
If two mooring lines are to be placed on the same bollard, which method is BEST? - correct answer
✔✔Dip the eye from either line on the bollard, and then bring the eye of the other line through the eye
of the first, and place it on the bollard.
Which knot is best for making a temporary eye? - correct answer ✔✔Bowline
If you wished to transmit a message by voice concerning safety of navigation, you would preface it by the
word: - correct answer ✔✔Securite
To turn over an inflatable life raft that is upside down, you should pull on the: - correct answer
✔✔Righting strap
Pollution of the waterways may result from the discharge of - correct answer ✔✔Sewage, The galley
trash can, An oily mixture of one part per million
The International regulations of Preventing Collisions at Sea contain - correct answer ✔✔Signals that
must be sounded when being towed in restricted visibility
Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable life raft has bobbed to the surface upon
functioning of the hydrostatic release. What action should you take? - correct answer ✔✔Do nothing -
the painter will cause the life raft to inflate and open the container.
In order to discharge a CO2 portable fire extinguisher, the operator must FIRST: - correct answer
✔✔Remove the locking pin
All of the following are part of the fire triangle EXCEPT:
a. Oxygen
b. Heat
c. Electricity
d. Fuel - correct answer ✔✔Electricity
Inflatable life rafts are less maneuverable than lifeboats due to their - correct answer ✔✔Shape, Shallow
Draft, Large sail area
Which statement is True of a gasoline spill? - correct answer ✔✔It is visible for a shorter time than a fuel
oil spill.
Regardless of local requirements/regulations, when is a U.S. port, all oil spills must be reported to: -
correct answer ✔✔National Response Center (USCG)
,The spread of fire is prevented by: - correct answer ✔✔Removing combustibles from the endangered
area
If an inflatable life raft inflates upside down, you can right it by: - correct answer ✔✔Standing on the
CO2 bottle, holding down the bottom straps, and throwing your weight backwards
To turn over an inflatable life raft that is upside down, you should pull on the: - correct answer
✔✔Righting strap
You are fighting an electrical fire onboard. You should secure the power , then: - correct answer ✔✔Use
a portable CO2 extinguisher
Demarcation lines are denoted on a nautical chart for the purpose of? - correct answer ✔✔Separating
waters controlled by Inland and International Navigation Rules
After using a CO2 portable extinguisher, it should be: - correct answer ✔✔Recharged
The proper VHF-FM channel to use to make a Mayday distress call is: - correct answer ✔✔Channel 16
You hear air escaping from the life raft just after it has inflated. You should: - correct answer ✔✔Not
panic since the safety valves allow excess pressure to escape
The Master or person in charge of a vessel is obligated by law to provide whatever assistance can be
safely provided to any individual in peril at sea.
a. True
b. False - correct answer ✔✔a. True
Plastic material may be thrown overboard from a vessel which is:
a. 12 miles from shore
b. 3 miles from shore
, c. 25 miles from shore
d. None of the above is correct - correct answer ✔✔d. None of the above is correct
In relation to the turning circle of a ship the term "Transfer" means the distance - correct answer
✔✔Gained at right angles to the original course
The regulations governing the frequencies of bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone are issued by the: - correct
answer ✔✔Federal Communications Commission
A vessel in actual distress should send by radio telephone: - correct answer ✔✔Spoken words "Mayday,
Mayday, Mayday"
When underway and moving ahead, as the speed increases, the pivot point tends to: - correct answer
✔✔Move forward
The effect of wind on exposed areas of the vessel is most noticeable when: - correct answer ✔✔Backing
You are on course of 000 degrees and PSC and put the rudder right 30 degrees. In which direction will
advance be measured? - correct answer ✔✔000 degrees PSC
You can safely step in the bight of lind: - correct answer ✔✔At no time
If two mooring lines are to be placed on the same bollard, which method is BEST? - correct answer
✔✔Dip the eye from either line on the bollard, and then bring the eye of the other line through the eye
of the first, and place it on the bollard.
Which knot is best for making a temporary eye? - correct answer ✔✔Bowline
If you wished to transmit a message by voice concerning safety of navigation, you would preface it by the
word: - correct answer ✔✔Securite
