COMPETENCE 9 – Maneuver the ship
#1. Installing tandem anchors on the same mooring line is referred to as:
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#2. When attempting an upstream landing while pushing empty barges ahead in a hard onshore wind, the approach is best made:
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#3. In rough weather, when a ship is able to maneuver, it is best to launch a lifeboat:
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#4. When pushing barges ahead close to a steep revetment where there is no current, what is MOST likely to occur?
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#5. Your attention is to overtake a vessel moving in a narrow channel. As you approach the other vessel's stern to pass alongside:
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#6. You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to:
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#7. When operated over a muddy bottom, a fathometer may indicate:
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#8. Two vessels are abreast of each other and passing port to port in a confined waterway. What would you expect as you approach the screws of the other vessels?
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#9. The use of an anchor to assist in turning in restricted waters is ____________.
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#10. The rudders are amidships and both screws are going ahead. What will happen if the starboard screw is stopped?
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#11. These are rudders that have the full area aft of the axis.
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#12. Which type of rudder may lose its effectiveness at angles of 10 or more degrees?
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#13. You are on watch at sea on course 90 degrees. A man falls overboard on your starboard side. You immediately execute a Williamson turn. Which step is NOT a part of a Williamson Turn?
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#14. Where is the pivot point of a towboat with a tow ahead?
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#15. The distance that a vessel travels from the time that the order to put engine full astern until the vessel is dead on the water is known as:
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There are 15 questions for the actual examination for Competence 9 for OIC-NW with a passing rate of 70%. This means that you are only allowed to make 4 mistakes.
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