USCG Auxiliary Boat Crew QE Study
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Red; 112.5 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.1 Port Sidelight
Green; 112.5 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.2 Starboard Sidelight
White; 135 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.3 Stern Light
White; 225 deg (above the sidelights) - correct answer ✔✔4.3.4 Masthead/Steaming Light
White; 360 degrees - correct answer ✔✔4.3.5 Anchor Light
Red, Green, and White light; 360 degrees - correct answer ✔✔4.3.6 Small Boat Combination
Light
1. Between sunrise and sunset
2. Any time there is limited visability - correct answer ✔✔4.3.7 State when boats are required
to display navigational lights
About 1 second - correct answer ✔✔4.4.1 Identified Short Blast and its duration
About 4-6 seconds - correct answer ✔✔4.4.2 Identified Prolonged Blast and its duration
,5 short blasts; Danger/Don't Understand - correct answer ✔✔4.4.3 Identified the danger signal
and when its used
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 - correct answer ✔✔4.5.1 Name six of the 17 accepted maritime distress
signals
3 Short Blasts - correct answer ✔✔Astern Propulsion Signal
1 Prolonged - correct answer ✔✔Leaving the Dock/Entering Main Channel (Inland)
Two hollow braided line with a core of single laid. Always synthetic. - correct answer ✔✔3.1.1a
Double braided
Twisted from three lines of three twisted strands of yarn - correct answer ✔✔3.1.1b Three
strand
- Low strength
- Low stretch
- Not load-bearing in the Coast Guard
, - Susceptible to rot - correct answer ✔✔3.1.2c Natural fiber
- Strong
- High stretch
- Resistant to weather wear (except salt build-up and exposure over time) - correct answer
✔✔3.1.2b Nylon
- Strong
- Floats
- Slippery - correct answer ✔✔3.1.2a Polypropylene
Turn back line on itself - correct answer ✔✔3.1.5 Bight
Wrapped line around post halfway - correct answer ✔✔3.1.8 Turn
Wrapped line around post 1.5 times - correct answer ✔✔3.1.9 Round Turn
Squelch control blocks out weak signals. Adjust the squelch control until the noise
(static) can be heard, then adjust it slightly in the opposite direction until the noise
stops. - correct answer ✔✔Squelch Control
Low power for bridge-to-bridge communications (vessels relatively close). High power is used to
reach remote stations and when low power is ineffective. - correct answer ✔✔High/Low Power
Switch
<Station's Name 3x>, this is <Facility Name Once> on <VHF Channel>, Over.
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Red; 112.5 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.1 Port Sidelight
Green; 112.5 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.2 Starboard Sidelight
White; 135 deg - correct answer ✔✔4.3.3 Stern Light
White; 225 deg (above the sidelights) - correct answer ✔✔4.3.4 Masthead/Steaming Light
White; 360 degrees - correct answer ✔✔4.3.5 Anchor Light
Red, Green, and White light; 360 degrees - correct answer ✔✔4.3.6 Small Boat Combination
Light
1. Between sunrise and sunset
2. Any time there is limited visability - correct answer ✔✔4.3.7 State when boats are required
to display navigational lights
About 1 second - correct answer ✔✔4.4.1 Identified Short Blast and its duration
About 4-6 seconds - correct answer ✔✔4.4.2 Identified Prolonged Blast and its duration
,5 short blasts; Danger/Don't Understand - correct answer ✔✔4.4.3 Identified the danger signal
and when its used
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 - correct answer ✔✔4.5.1 Name six of the 17 accepted maritime distress
signals
3 Short Blasts - correct answer ✔✔Astern Propulsion Signal
1 Prolonged - correct answer ✔✔Leaving the Dock/Entering Main Channel (Inland)
Two hollow braided line with a core of single laid. Always synthetic. - correct answer ✔✔3.1.1a
Double braided
Twisted from three lines of three twisted strands of yarn - correct answer ✔✔3.1.1b Three
strand
- Low strength
- Low stretch
- Not load-bearing in the Coast Guard
, - Susceptible to rot - correct answer ✔✔3.1.2c Natural fiber
- Strong
- High stretch
- Resistant to weather wear (except salt build-up and exposure over time) - correct answer
✔✔3.1.2b Nylon
- Strong
- Floats
- Slippery - correct answer ✔✔3.1.2a Polypropylene
Turn back line on itself - correct answer ✔✔3.1.5 Bight
Wrapped line around post halfway - correct answer ✔✔3.1.8 Turn
Wrapped line around post 1.5 times - correct answer ✔✔3.1.9 Round Turn
Squelch control blocks out weak signals. Adjust the squelch control until the noise
(static) can be heard, then adjust it slightly in the opposite direction until the noise
stops. - correct answer ✔✔Squelch Control
Low power for bridge-to-bridge communications (vessels relatively close). High power is used to
reach remote stations and when low power is ineffective. - correct answer ✔✔High/Low Power
Switch
<Station's Name 3x>, this is <Facility Name Once> on <VHF Channel>, Over.
