BOAT PRO Quiz # 3 RP
SAFETY AWARENESS

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November 25-2005

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1. How do you avoid collisions?
a) Keep a good look-out
b) Reduce speed after a storm
c)Read the chart & check your position
d)All of the above
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2.In water temperature of 1-5 ° C unconsciuousness occurs in:
a) less than 15 minutes
b) 15 to 30 minutes
c) 30 to 60 minutes
d) over 60 minutes
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3. What are the three areas of difficulty most likely to affect a boat?
a) Sun, mechanical failure & collision
b) Other people, poor gas & fog
c) Weather, mechanical failure & collision
d) Waves, mechanical failure & collision
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4. Carbon Monoxide is:
a) oderless
b) smelly
c) blue in colour
d) reddish brown in colour
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5. If you see a distress signal you do which of the following:
a) phone the Coast Guard
b) go to shore and find a policeman
c) look the other way
d) stop and render assistance
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6. Which sound signal will a moving power boat use in poor visibility?
a) Two short blasts per 2 minutes
b) One long blast every 2 minutes
c) Don't need any if going slow
d) One long & 2 short blasts per 2 minutes
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7. The most common cause of engine failure is:
a) lack of fuel
b) insufficient compression
c) water in the fuel
d) incorrect fuel
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8. When your boat is beside a person in the water, you:
a) keep turning to port
b) put engine in neutral
c) switch off engine
d) put engine in reverse
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9. The most common accident to passengers and crew is:
a) seasickness
b) impaled with a fish hook
c) sunbburn
d) falling
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10. Which of the following sound signals will a sailboat use in poor visibility?
a) Two short blasts per 2 minutes
b) One long & 2 short blasts per 2 minutes
c) Two short & 1 long blast per 2 minutes
d) Turn up the stereo
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11. Main areas of heat loss are:
a) head and neck
b) lower abdomen
c) sides of chest
d) all of the above
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12. You meet a large deep-draft vessel in a narrow channel, you:
a) give it the right of way
b) use your sound device to alert the vessel
c) drive your boat at the vessel
d) stop your vessel
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13. What signal is used if you want to pass a head on vessel on the starboard?
a) One long blast
b) Two short blasts
c) One short blast
d) Two long blasts
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14. What signal is used if you want to overtake a vessel on the starboard side?
a) One long blast
b) Two short blasts
c) One short blast
d) Two long blasts
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Prepared by Robert Paton of Stratford Sqd CPS. Nov 21-05. Please refer to quiz name & number when commenting on the usefulness of this quiz. Input appreciated.

   
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