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When survivors are in life rafts prior to being located:_________________ watch for aircraft or vessels - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ lookouts should be posted to

If survivors in life rafts cannot expect to be rescued immediately: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ food and water should be rationed

If more than one person is aboard a raft, a good way to maintain body heat is to

- Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ huddle together

If survivors are aboard more than one raft, the rafts should: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ be tied together

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When a crew member starts to show symptoms of seasickness while on patrol, the member should be - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ assigned a fresh air task

Use of the anti-motion medications ephedrine and promethazine or trans- dermal scopolamine should start - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ two hours prior to exposure

The standard USCG seasickness medication, promethazine hydrochloride and ephedrine sulfate in combination, my be taken if no alcohol has been consumed in the previous - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ 12 hours

In cold weather, you may help prevent fatigue by - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ dressing to keep warm

An action that will help rejuvenate fatigued crew members is to: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ provide them cups of hot soup

When fatigue begins to impair the efficiency of your crew, your best action is: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ ask the cognizant Coast Guard Station for a relief

Symptoms of frostbite are ________ or _________ spots on the skin and initial pain which disappears as all _______ is lost - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ patchy gray / yellow-white / sensation

Treatment for frostbite includes removal of _________ and then offering a ____________ - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ constrictive clothing / stimulant

A person who has been in 50 degree F water for 45 minutes is most likely to suffer from ____________ - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ hypothermia

A person who is found floating face-down in the water and who has no pulse should be ___________ until _____________ or the person is __ - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ given CPR / breathing starts / pronounced dead by a physician

Treatment for sunburn includes: - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ applying cool, wet towels

To replace water loses, a normal healthy adult requires at least _________ liters of water each day - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ two or three liters

First aid for a person suffering from dehydration includes all of the following except:

remove to shady cool location

ceasing physical activity

covering with a blanket

loosen victim clothing - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ covering with a blanket

Cramped muscles: __________________ be treated with heat packs - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ should not

Heat related illnesses, in increasing order of seriousness, are: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ heat rash,

heat cramps,

heat exhaustion,

Assignment to deck duties of an Auxiluary vessel crew involves tasks which include: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Line handler, tending of fenders or standing watch

Crew positions which may require more background and experience than is required for the first level of crew qualification are the: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Coxswain and navigator

In the majority of Auxiliary vessel crews, the facility owner or other Auxiliarist in charge of the vessel and crew will function as the: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔

️ Engineer

Auxiliarist crew members on a patrol should not____during a rescue - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Enter the water

To comply with Navigational Rules requirements, at least one member of the crew must be assigned as: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ A lookout

To comply with Navigational Rules requirements, at least one member of the crew must be assigned as: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ A lookout

When a member of an auxiliary patrol vessel crew is searching visually, it is called a: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Scanning

The area for which a lookout is responsible is called: - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔

️ A sector

A lookout scans about: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ 10 degrees - ideal to 15 degrees maximum at a given time until the sector is searched

Lookout reports should include? - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Object identification,

relative bearing,

approximate range

remain alert and give full attention to your duties;

remain on lookout until relieved;

don't sit or lounge;

don't become distracted;

speak loudly and clearly when making a report;

ensure that your report is acknowledged;

report everything you see

When a vessel has an operational radar, the Navigation Rules; - Correct

Answer ✔️ ✔️ Require it to be used

During periods of darkness or restricted visibility, the prime navigational aid is; - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Radar if available

The best time to obtain experience in using radar is during periods - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Of good visibility

When a radar operator observes an unidentified target on the radar: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Both the coxswain and the lookout should be informed

A radar target that remains at the same relative bearing but has a decreasing range: - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ Poses a risk of collision

A radar that is functioning properly and is the prime navigational tool eliminates the need for other navigational methods. - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ False

What are the duties of a towing watch? - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Observe how the tow is riding; report any changes to vessel operator; ensure that the chaffing gear is riding in place; immediately report actual or potential equipment failure;adjust the scope of towing;report any equipment failures; be ready to cut or release the towing line when directed; serve as a lookout; wear a PFD

The primary responsibility of an anchor watch is to; - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔

️ Ensure that the vessel remains in position

The mark of a confident and mature coxswain is; - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Calm, reasoned, and well thought out decisions

When otherwise qualified, an auxiliary coxswain is authorized to serve: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ In any crew capacity aboard an auxiliary vessel

An auxiliary member may not be assigned any authority or responsibility specifically reserved by regulation for ; - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Military personnel

The Coast Guard may appoint ____ as Patrol Commander - Correct Answer ✔ ️ ✔️ Coast Guard officers and petty officers and qualified Auxiliarists

The duties of an Auxiliary Patrol Commander includes all of the following: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Supervise radio circuit discipline;

submit a report to the operational commander;

determine the readiness of each patrol facility

If you have the owner of the facility, who is a qualified coxswain and has accepted the patrol, a Coast Guard Officer, the District Commodore, and a Qualification Examiner; who will be in command of a vessel? - Correct Answer

✔️ ✔️ The Owner

A guest may be aboard an Auxiliary facility on patrol if approved by; - Correct

Answer ✔️ ✔️ A cognizant Coast Guard authority

The Coast Guard will compensate an Auxiliarist for his services during a patrol if any vessel was assisted. - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ FALSE

In the event that a vessel's owner who has been assisted insists on making a contribution to the auxiliary, the Auxiliarist should: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Refer the contributor to cognizant Coast Guard authority

Will the Coast Guard accept a claim on form CG-5132 for $24.23 for fuel for a patrol without a receipt that has been signed and dated by the vendor? - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ YES

Since the Auxiliary's chartering in 1939, one of the most important operational functions has been: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Regatta and safety patrols

Safety patrols by the auxiliary directly support the Coast Guard mission of; - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Promoting boating safety

What enhances the image of both the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Coast Guard? - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ A properly executed patrol

Patrols for aids to navigation and chart updating purposes can obtain information for: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Federal, state, and local agencies

Safety patrols increase the opportunity for the boating public to obtain: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Boating safety information

A principal purpose of safety patrols is to render assistance to a vessel: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Before it becomes the object of a search and rescue

When a safety patrol is suspended for a combined recreational outing, all patrol items: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Must be removed from public view

The first duty of an Auxiliary Coxswain on a safety patrol is to know: - Correct

Answer ✔️ ✔️ The area to be patrolled

The minimum number of qualified Auxiliarists, including the coxswain, required as a crew for a safety patrol is : - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ 2

When a patrol unit arrives on station for a safety patrol, the____must be notified - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ The cognizant Coast Guard station must be notified

To determine prevailing conditions and locations where trouble might develop, a patrol vessel arriving on station should: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Make a preliminary sweep of the area

When the coxswain of an Auxiluary vessel is considering whether to assist a disabled vessel, the Coast Guard policy regarding _________ _________ should not be overlooked. - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Commercial assistance

When the condition or location of any navigational aid is found to be at variance with the data on the chart in the Light list or in the Local Notice to Mariners, the variance should be reported immediately to: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ The nearest Coast Guard unit

When a safety patrol vessel encounters a navigational hazard but is unable to report it to the Coast Guard, it is appropriate to send a ________ radio message to broadcast the particulars regarding the hazard. - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ SECURITY

The proper action when the time arrives to terminate a patrol is to: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Request permission to secure from the controlling Coast Guard station

It is beneficial for all patrol vessels to rendezvous at the end if a patrol: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ To discuss the patrol and recommend improvements

During a regatta or a marine parade, the safety of the participant vessels is the responsibility of the: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔️ Sponsoring organization

Most regattas and marine parades are staged over a: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Closed course

A patrol craft assigned to a patrol sector will ____ ____ _______ _____ ______, unless otherwise directed by the Patrol Commander. - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Move only within that sector

The category (ies) of Auxiliary members authorized to crew during operational patrols includes: - Correct Answer ✔️ ✔ ️ Boat Crew Qualified members