GMDSS Equipment Testing UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

GMDSS Equipment Testing UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
GMDSS - CORRECT ANSWER - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System for ship
emergency communications.


SAR - CORRECT ANSWER - Search and Rescue operations for distress situations at sea.



DSC - CORRECT ANSWER - Digital Selective Calling for automated ship-to-ship
communications.


EPIRB - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon for
distress alerts.


VHF - CORRECT ANSWER - Very High Frequency radio for short-range ship-to-ship
communication.


MF - CORRECT ANSWER - Medium Frequency radio for ship-to-ship distress
communications.


HF - CORRECT ANSWER - High Frequency radio for long-range ship-to-ship
communication.


NAVTEX - CORRECT ANSWER - Navigational Telex for sending maritime safety
information.


Inmarsat - CORRECT ANSWER - International Maritime Satellite Organization for ship
communication.

, SART - CORRECT ANSWER - Search and Rescue Transponder for locating vessels or
life rafts.


COSPAS-SARSAT - CORRECT ANSWER - International satellite system for search and
rescue operations.


MSI - CORRECT ANSWER - Maritime Safety Information for receiving safety-related
messages.


STCW - CORRECT ANSWER - Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping
for seafarers.


3A5 SITOR (NBDP) equipment - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial carriage requirement for
vessels in specified sea areas under GMDSS


Sea Area A2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Defined area with continuous DSC alerting from
VHF coast stations


Compulsory vessels - CORRECT ANSWER - Must meet functional and carriage
requirements based on sea areas


Distress alerting - CORRECT ANSWER - Compulsory for vessels to transmit and respond
to distress alerts


Maritime Safety Information (MSI) - CORRECT ANSWER - Information vessels must
receive to meet GMDSS requirements


Bridge-to-Bridge communications - CORRECT ANSWER - Required GMDSS function
for vessels