CHAPTER 3 REVIEW
1. Knowledge of piloting will provide you with two boating
safety skills. One is the ability to determine your
position at any time. What is the second skill?
a. Forecast the weather.
b. Determine the location of the best fishing grounds.
c. Handle your boat in rough seas.
d. Select a safe and efficient route from one place
to another.
2. What is the primary benefit from the Global Positioning
System (GPS)? It:
a. is not used by transoceanic navigators.
b. will provide a precise position on a continuous
basis.
c. will provide the location of all vessels in the area.
d. will give an indication of approaching storms.
3. Two of the three considerations when choosing an
anchor for your boat are size and type of your boat.
What is the third consideration?
a. kinds of sea bed where you intend to anchor
b. depth at which you will anchor
c. size and composition of your anchor rode
d. location of your bow chock
4. Under normal anchoring conditions, what is the recommended
scope of the anchor rode?
a. 20:1
b. 15:1
c. 7:1
d. 3:1
5. Anchor rode is typically a combination of chain and
anchor line. The chain is normally secured to the
anchor with anchor line completing the rode to the
boat. What is the purpose of the chain? It:
a. makes the anchor more difficult to set.
b. makes the pulling angle more horizontal by adding
weight.
c. requires more swinging room.
d. must be stored dry.
6. What is the correct method to anchor a boat?
a. Throw the anchor and rode over the side all
together.
b. Limit the scope to 2:1 or less.
c. Always use less scope in rougher waters.
d. Lower the anchor over the bow.
7. Each person on a boat is required to have a properly
sized and serviceable USCG-approved life jacket. What
factor do you look for when determining serviceability?
a. still in the plastic bag
b. not ripped or punctured
c. made of only natural fibers
d. water absorbent
8. What action is required by persons seeing someone
fall overboard?
a. Jump in after him to save him.
b. Make a Mayday call on your VHF radio.
c. Shout “man overboard” loudly so the helmsman
can hear.
d. Find the ship’s log book and make an entry documenting
the circumstances.
9. What action is required when refueling is complete?
a. Re-start your engine immediately.
b. Ventilate the engine compartment for at least 4
minutes then conduct the sniff test.
c. Close up your boat so that free air flow is not
possible.
d. Light up a cigarette.
10. What is the immediate action you take when there is
a fire onboard?
a. Tell everyone on the boat where the fire is and
have them put on PFD’s.
b. Give the fire plenty of oxygen.
c. Do not use your fire extinguishers until you are
sure the fire will not burn out on its own.
d. Do not be concerned as the water you are floating
in will put the fire out.
11. Capsizing and falling overboard accounts for the
majority of boating fatalities. What should your
action be if you capsize or fall overboard?
a. If you are on a river, swim for the bank head first.
b. Swim to the nearest shore or boat.
c. Keep active in the water to keep your blood flowing.
d. Stay with the boat and hang on to any floating
object.
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