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USCG U.S Auxpat Quiz
When a CG officer is aboard an Auxiliary vessel for duty during a patrol, the Patrol Boat ensign should be replaced by the Coast Guard ensign. - ✔✔TRUE Auxiliary aircraft on patrol are generally most effective when; - ✔✔Used with a vessel facility Auxiliary radio station facilities may be of considerable value in patrol operations. - ✔✔TRUE An excellent method for communicating with spectator craft during the patrol of a high powered boat race is: - ✔✔Control signs When two-sided control signs are used to communicate with spectator craft, care must be taken to prevent: - ✔✔Other spectator vessels from seeing the reverse side of the sign The Auxiliary working blue uniform may be worn with; - ✔✔Civilian boating shoes A boater who does not respond to the request of an Auxiliarist on patrol should: - ✔✔Again be requested to comply If an Auxiliary patrol vessel with a qualified crew of four is in its slip on standby, the maximum number of crew members who may leave the vessel to conduct CME's is: - ✔✔Three
A qualified Auxiliary vessel that is not on patrol may be assigned by the Coast Guard to assist a disabled vessel. - ✔✔TRUE A vessel that belongs to an Auxiliarist but is not on patrol is prohibited from assisting another vessel unless such assistance is authorized by the Coast Guard. - ✔✔FALSE Additional equipment beyond National requirements to meet the unique needs of a district may be required by: - ✔✔The District Commander An Auxiliarist may carry a weapon aboard an Auxiliary vessel on a Coast Guard Patrol; - ✔✔Under no circumstances An Auxiliary operational vessel facility may display a Public Vessel ID Light: - ✔✔during a regatta or marine patrol Can BQ and AUXOP members who are not Boat Crew qualified take part in patrol activities? - ✔✔Yes, as trainees or to perform non-crew duties which are part of the mission May a vessel facility display a CME decal? - ✔✔NO Who can inspect an aircraft to be used as a facility? - ✔✔An Aircraft Commander (AC) designated by the DIRAUX or an specifically designated Coast Guard aircraft pilot. Who can inspect a radio facility? - ✔✔A Communications Staff officer who has successfully completed the communications specialty course, or an AUXOP.
The entry level designee may be onboard to: - ✔✔Observe operational missions Members of the crew of an Auxiliary vessel who may be counted as members for the minimum crew requirements are: - ✔✔Crew members or coxswains To qualify for service as a member of the crew aboard as Auxiliary vessel on a patrol, the Auxiliarist must be certified as having successfully completed the requirements in the: - ✔✔Boat crew qualification guide - crewman Assignment to deck duties of an Auxiluary vessel crew involves tasks which include: - ✔✔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: - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Engineer Auxiliarist crew members on a patrol should not____during a rescue - ✔✔Enter the water To comply with Navigational Rules requirements, at least one member of the crew must be assigned as: - ✔✔A lookout To comply with Navigational Rules requirements, at least one member of the crew must be assigned as: - ✔✔A lookout
When a member of an auxiliary patrol vessel crew is searching visually, it is called a: - ✔✔Scanning The area for which a lookout is responsible is called: - ✔✔A sector A lookout scans about: - ✔✔10 degrees - ideal to 15 degrees maximum at a given time until the sector is searched Lookout reports should include? - ✔✔Object identification, relative bearing, approximate range A lookout should scan his assigned sector at a rate of about: - ✔✔10 degrees per second When a lookout sights an object,the lookout should: - ✔✔Report it During fog, lookouts scan slowly and rely greatly on: - ✔✔Their ears Lookouts report sightings using - ✔✔Relative bearing An object sighted off of the starboard quarter would be reported as - ✔✔135 degrees relative
A radar that is functioning properly and is the prime navigational tool eliminates the need for other navigational methods. - ✔✔False What are the duties of a towing watch? - ✔✔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; - ✔✔Ensure that the vessel remains in position The first step an anchor watch should take when it is determined the vessel's anchor is dragging: - ✔✔Notify the coxswain Generally, the following action will be sufficient to make a dragging anchor hold: - ✔✔Pay out additional line It takes upward of ____ minutes after exposure to a bright light before a person reaches best _____ ______. - ✔✔30 / night vision The three simple rules for scanning at night with the naked eye are; - ✔✔Move your eyes about10 degrees above the horizon or what you want to see; scan swiftly through the sector; blink, but do not rub your eyes at the end if the sector, repeat the process The art of influencing people to accomplish a mission is: - ✔✔Leadership
The primary responsibility of a coxswain is - ✔✔The safety and conduct if passengers and crew The mark of a confident and mature coxswain is; - ✔✔Calm, reasoned, and well thought out decisions When otherwise qualified, an auxiliary coxswain is authorized to serve: - ✔✔In any crew capacity aboard an auxiliary vessel An auxiliary member may not be assigned any authority or responsibility specifically reserved by regulation for ; - ✔✔Military personnel The Coast Guard may appoint ____ as Patrol Commander - ✔✔Coast Guard officers and petty officers and qualified Auxiliarists The duties of an Auxiliary Patrol Commander includes all of the following: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔The Owner A guest may be aboard an Auxiliary facility on patrol if approved by; - ✔✔A cognizant Coast Guard authority
Since the Auxiliary's chartering in 1939, one of the most important operational functions has been: - ✔✔Regatta and safety patrols Safety patrols by the auxiliary directly support the Coast Guard mission of; - ✔✔Promoting boating safety What enhances the image of both the Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Coast Guard? - ✔✔A properly executed patrol Patrols for aids to navigation and chart updating purposes can obtain information for: - ✔✔Federal, state, and local agencies Safety patrols increase the opportunity for the boating public to obtain: - ✔✔Boating safety information A principal purpose of safety patrols is to render assistance to a vessel: - ✔✔Before it becomes the object of a search and rescue When a safety patrol is suspended for a combined recreational outing, all patrol items: - ✔✔Must be removed from public view The first duty of an Auxiliary Coxswain on a safety patrol is to know: - ✔✔The area to be patrolled The minimum number of qualified Auxiliarists, including the coxswain, required as a crew for a safety patrol is : - ✔✔ 2
When a patrol unit arrives on station for a safety patrol, the____must be notified - ✔✔The cognizant Coast Guard station must be notified The category (ies) of Auxiliary members authorized to crew during operational patrols includes:
- ✔✔Boat Crew Qualified members Before an Auxiliary facility can participate in a patrol, it must display a current facility inspection decal with - ✔✔An operational wreath Auxiliary vessel facilities must be inspected by; - ✔✔A certified Auxiliary Vessel Examiner An Auxiliary vessel on authorized patrol must display: - ✔✔The National ensign, Auxiliary Patrol Boat Ensign, Auxiliary facility patrol signs To determine prevailing conditions and locations where trouble might develop, a patrol vessel arriving on station should: - ✔✔Make a preliminary sweep of the area When a patrol vessel is assigned an assistance mission, vessels in adjacent sectors should: - ✔✔Move to the line between the 2 sectors The speed of a vessel in patrol should be kept down while patrolling to: - ✔✔Enable the crew to keep a sharp lookout
During a regatta or a marine parade, the safety of the participant vessels is the responsibility of the: - ✔✔Sponsoring organization Most regattas and marine parades are staged over a: - ✔✔Closed course A patrol craft assigned to a patrol sector will ____ ____ _______ _____ ______, unless otherwise directed by the Patrol Commander. - ✔✔Move only within that sector Patrol vessels may be assigned as either: - ✔✔Marker vessels or screen vessels A patrol vessel assigned to indicate the limits of a restricted area is a: - ✔✔Marker vessel Vessels employed to indicate turning points for regatta participants are provided by: - ✔✔The regatta sponsor An auxiliary vessel may be used as either a _______ or ________ screen - ✔✔Moving / stationary Auxiliary vessels serving as part of a moving screen maneuver between the __________ _______ and _________ _______ - ✔✔Participant vessels and spectator vessels During patrol for a marine event, it may be necessary to use a sequence of floats or a log boom if: - ✔✔There are not sufficient patrol vessels when's section if the course must be closed
When a log boom is used to restrict access to an area, whose responsibility is it to warn spectators of the obstructions? - ✔✔The patrol vessels Patrol vessels must be alert for weather changes which might cause anchored spectator vessels to? - ✔✔Swing into restricted zones A powerboat regatta is generally held on a/an: - ✔✔Rectangular or oval course One of the prime responsibilities of patrol vessels during powerboat regattas is to keep wakes from spectator and patrol craft: - ✔✔To a minimum A powerboat race contestant may be _________ if he/she attempts to recieve help - ✔✔Disqualified An auxiliary patrol vessel should not provide assistance to a contestant in a powerboat race unless requested to do so by; - ✔✔The race committee with the approval of the PATCOM Extensions to the straight sections of a powerboat race course are known as: - ✔✔Escape valves Because of the high noise level in some powerboat races, special communication equipment such as ______ ______ ____ or _________ may be necessary - ✔✔Traffic control signs / headphones Sailboat races are usually run on a ________ course - ✔✔Triangular
An application for Approval of a Marine Event must be prepared by the sponsor and submitted to the Coast Guard or local boating administration at least ___ ____ prior to the event. - ✔✔ 30 days When a Coast Guard patrol commander is embarked aboard an Auxiliary vessel, the _____ ____ ______ is not displayed, but the _____ _____ ______ is displayed - ✔✔Patrol Boat ensign / Coast Guard ensign When several Auxiliary vessels are on patrol under a CG Patrol Commander, coordination of the Auxiliary facilities will be accomplished by a designated; - ✔✔Auxiliary Facilities Commander (AUXCOM) Large areas to be patrolled are divided into : - ✔✔Sectors A grid for use in area patrol operations is formed by two sets of: - ✔✔Parallel straight lines with one set at right angles to the second set When enroute to assigned locations after a pre-patrol briefing, patrol vessels should examine the course for: - ✔✔Objects or debris When a patrol vessel observes a casualty during a regatta patrol: - ✔✔The Patrol Commander should be advised of the details When a patrol vessel is providing assistance during an emergency; - ✔✔Saving lives is more important than protecting property
When it is evident that assistance is needed in another sector, a patrol vessel should move to provide such assistance - ✔✔Only when ordered to do so by the Patrol Commander Reportable navigational aid casualties are: - ✔✔Aid missing, sinking or submerged; aid totally shrouded in ice; light signal showing improper characteristics; radio beacon not transmitting; aid being vandalized; aid damaged by collision with a vessel. Chart updating patrols: ___ ___ restricted to areas covered by NOAA-NOS charts - ✔✔ARE NOT Disaster patrols are usually performed independently by the Auxiliary true or false - ✔✔FALSE Copies of a Flotilla disaster plan should be provided to _______, and the _______ _______ - ✔✔DIRAUX : Division Captain During the preparation of a Flotilla Plan,some of the agencies that should be consulted are: - ✔✔Local Sheriff, police and fire departments; American Red Cross; Civil Air Patrol; FEMA; US Power Squadron; commercial and sports fishing groups; local marine Public correspondence company
Currently, there are ____ types of approved personal flotation devices - ✔✔Five The Off Shore Life Jacket Type I PFD has the _________ buoyancy of all PFD's and is designed to position and maintain an unconscious person in a ______ position. - ✔✔Greatest / vertical or slightly backward The Off Shore Life Jacket is especially suitable when there is a probability of : - ✔✔Delayed rescue The Coast Guard approved PFD is the most effective in rough water is the _________ because it provides the greatest __________ to its wearer - ✔✔Off shore life jacket (Type I) / flotation protection The only wearable PFD that must be reversible is the; - ✔✔Off Shore Life Jacket (Type I) The Off Shore Life Jacket comes in two sizes, adult for persons weighing ____ pounds and over and the child wrong less than ____ pounds. - ✔✔>90 - < One of the authorized colors for an Off Shore Life Jacket is; - ✔✔indian Orange A Near Shore Buoyant vest is designed to turn its wearer to a _________ position in the water. - ✔✔Vertical or slightly backward The color of a Near Shore Buoyant Vest: - ✔✔May be in any color
The Near Shore Buoyant Vest is manufactured in ____ sizes - ✔✔three The smallest Near Shore Buoyant Vest is for use by a child weighing less than ___ pounds - ✔✔thirty The turning characteristics of a Near Shore Buoyant Vest is _______ that of a Off Shore Life Jacket - ✔✔less than The Near Shore Buoyant Vest is usually preferred where there is a probability of a _______ rescue - ✔✔quick A Type III PFD is known as a ________ ____ - ✔✔Flotation Aid A Flotation Aid ______________ position and maintain an unconscious person in a vertical or slightly backward position in the water - ✔✔will not The buoyance of the Flotation Aid is _______ that for the Near Shore Buoyant Vest - ✔✔the same as The main advantage of a Flotation Aid is its _________ - ✔✔comfort A Type IV PFD is designed _____________ a person in the water - ✔✔to be thrown to The most common Throwable devices are the __________ and the ____________ - ✔✔buoyant cushion and the ring buoy
