Rules of the Road – Module Exam Practice Test & Study Guide

Rules of the Road – Module Exam Practice Test & Study Guide


BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which lights would be required to be shown at night by a
vessel which is restricted in her ability to deviate from her course?

Select one:

a. Three lights in a vertical line, the highest and lowest red and the middle white.

b. Three white lights in a vertical line.

c. Three red lights in a vertical line.

d. Three lights in a vertical line, the highest and lowest white and the middle red. - ✔✔Three
lights in a vertical line, the highest and lowest red and the middle white.



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND While underway in fog, you hear the fog signal of another
vessel ahead. If a risk of collision exists, you must __________.

Select one:

a.sound three short blasts and back your engines

b.stop your engines and navigate with caution

c.continue on your course and speed until the other vessel is sighted

d.slow to bare steerageway and navigate with caution - ✔✔slow to bare steerageway and
navigate with caution



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel may exhibit lights other than those prescribed by the
Rules as long as the additional lights __________.

Select one:

a.have a greater range than the prescribed lights

b.are not the color of either sidelight

c.have a lesser range than the prescribed lights

d.do not interfere with the keeping of a proper look-out - ✔✔do not interfere with the keeping
of a proper look-out

,BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND According to the Rules, what determines if a vessel is
"restricted in her ability to maneuver"?

Select one:

a.Whether or not all of the vessel's control equipment is in working order.

b.Whether or not the vessel is the give-way vessel in a meeting situation.

c.Whether the nature of the vessel's work limits maneuverability required by the Rules.

d.The vessel's draft in relation to the available depth of water. - ✔✔Whether the nature of the
vessel's work limits maneuverability required by the Rules.



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND "safe speed" is defined as that speed where __________.

Select one:

a.no wake comes from your vessel

b.you can take proper and effective action to avoid collision

c.you can stop within your visibility range

d.you are traveling slower than surrounding vessels - ✔✔you can take proper and effective
action to avoid collision



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The term "power-driven vessel" refers to any vessel
__________.

Select one:

a.making way against the current

b.with propelling machinery onboard whether in use or not

c.traveling at a speed greater than that of the current

d.with propelling machinery in use - ✔✔with propelling machinery in use



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You sight another power-driven vessel dead-ahead showing
both the red and green sidelights. The required action to take would be to __________.

, Select one:

a.alter your course to port

b.start a radar plot in order to ascertain his course

c.alter your course to starboard

d.carefully watch his compass bearing - ✔✔alter your course to starboard



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel has on her port side a sailing vessel,
which is on a collision course. The power-driven vessel is to __________.

Select one:

a.stop her engines

b.sound one blast and turn to starboard

c.keep clear, passing at a safe distance

d.maintain course and speed - ✔✔keep clear, passing at a safe distance



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A vessel underway and making way in fog shall sound every
two minutes __________.

Select one:

a.three distinct blasts

b.two prolonged blasts

c.one prolonged blast

d.one prolonged blast and three short blasts - ✔✔one prolonged blast



BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel is, as defined by the rules, unable to keep out of
the way of another vessel?

Select one:

a.Vessel engaged in fishing.

b.Sailing vessel