USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
4.3.1 Port Sidelight - Correct Answers ✅Red; 112.5 deg
4.3.2 Starboard Sidelight - Correct Answers ✅Green; 112.5
deg
4.3.3 Stern Light - Correct Answers ✅White; 135 deg
4.3.4 Masthead/Steaming Light - Correct Answers ✅White;
225 deg (above the sidelights)
4.3.5 Anchor Light - Correct Answers ✅White; 360 degrees
4.3.6 Small Boat Combination Light - Correct Answers
✅Red, Green, and White light; 360 degrees
4.3.7 State when boats are required to display navigational
lights - Correct Answers ✅1. Between sunrise and sunset
2. Any time there is limited visability
4.4.1 Identified Short Blast and its duration - Correct
Answers ✅About 1 second
4.4.2 Identified Prolonged Blast and its duration - Correct
Answers ✅About 4-6 seconds
,USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
4.4.3 Identified the danger signal and when its used -
Correct Answers ✅5 short blasts; Danger/Don't Understand
4.5.1 Name six of the 17 accepted maritime distress signals -
Correct Answers ✅1. Mayday radio broadcast
2. Signaling mirror
3. Signal whistle
4. November code flag over Charlie code flag
5. Continuous fog horn
6. SOS - Morse code
7. Gun fired at 1 minute intervals
8. High-intensity white flashing light
9. Red parachute flare
Astern Propulsion Signal - Correct Answers ✅3 Short Blasts
Leaving the Dock/Entering Main Channel (Inland) - Correct
Answers ✅1 Prolonged
3.1.1a Double braided - Correct Answers ✅Two hollow
braided line with a core of single laid. Always synthetic.
, USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
3.1.1b Three strand - Correct Answers ✅Twisted from three
lines of three twisted strands of yarn
3.1.2c Natural fiber - Correct Answers ✅- Low strength
- Low stretch
- Not load-bearing in the Coast Guard
- Susceptible to rot
3.1.2b Nylon - Correct Answers ✅- Strong
- High stretch
- Resistant to weather wear (except salt build-up and
exposure over time)
3.1.2a Polypropylene - Correct Answers ✅- Strong
- Floats
- Slippery
3.1.5 Bight - Correct Answers ✅Turn back line on itself
3.1.8 Turn - Correct Answers ✅Wrapped line around post
halfway
3.1.9 Round Turn - Correct Answers ✅Wrapped line around
post 1.5 times
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
4.3.1 Port Sidelight - Correct Answers ✅Red; 112.5 deg
4.3.2 Starboard Sidelight - Correct Answers ✅Green; 112.5
deg
4.3.3 Stern Light - Correct Answers ✅White; 135 deg
4.3.4 Masthead/Steaming Light - Correct Answers ✅White;
225 deg (above the sidelights)
4.3.5 Anchor Light - Correct Answers ✅White; 360 degrees
4.3.6 Small Boat Combination Light - Correct Answers
✅Red, Green, and White light; 360 degrees
4.3.7 State when boats are required to display navigational
lights - Correct Answers ✅1. Between sunrise and sunset
2. Any time there is limited visability
4.4.1 Identified Short Blast and its duration - Correct
Answers ✅About 1 second
4.4.2 Identified Prolonged Blast and its duration - Correct
Answers ✅About 4-6 seconds
,USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
4.4.3 Identified the danger signal and when its used -
Correct Answers ✅5 short blasts; Danger/Don't Understand
4.5.1 Name six of the 17 accepted maritime distress signals -
Correct Answers ✅1. Mayday radio broadcast
2. Signaling mirror
3. Signal whistle
4. November code flag over Charlie code flag
5. Continuous fog horn
6. SOS - Morse code
7. Gun fired at 1 minute intervals
8. High-intensity white flashing light
9. Red parachute flare
Astern Propulsion Signal - Correct Answers ✅3 Short Blasts
Leaving the Dock/Entering Main Channel (Inland) - Correct
Answers ✅1 Prolonged
3.1.1a Double braided - Correct Answers ✅Two hollow
braided line with a core of single laid. Always synthetic.
, USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide Answered Questions (Latest 2026)
3.1.1b Three strand - Correct Answers ✅Twisted from three
lines of three twisted strands of yarn
3.1.2c Natural fiber - Correct Answers ✅- Low strength
- Low stretch
- Not load-bearing in the Coast Guard
- Susceptible to rot
3.1.2b Nylon - Correct Answers ✅- Strong
- High stretch
- Resistant to weather wear (except salt build-up and
exposure over time)
3.1.2a Polypropylene - Correct Answers ✅- Strong
- Floats
- Slippery
3.1.5 Bight - Correct Answers ✅Turn back line on itself
3.1.8 Turn - Correct Answers ✅Wrapped line around post
halfway
3.1.9 Round Turn - Correct Answers ✅Wrapped line around
post 1.5 times
