MOK3 (3)

NATCOOM E ucation & Researeh oundation

lull arks: 60
Questions 30 curries l mark each
to
Qnestions 31 carries 6 marks cach
to 35
Passnarl: 36
Aleast 15 marks to be seeured from each
Section
SECTION-A
hipboard transmitters using F3E (FM
A) 500 watts Voice) may not exceed what carrier power
B) 250 watts C) 100 wntts D) 25 watts
Waat
cquipment is programmed to initiate transmission of distress aleirts and calls to
Individual stations?
A) Navtex B) GPS C) DSC Controller D) Scanning watch receiver
Smal passenger vessels thal sail 20 lu 150 mm from the neurest land must have what
Additional equipment ?
A) Inmarsat-B Terminal
B) Inmarsat-C terminal
C)Transeeiver with 121.5 Mhz D) MF-HF SSB Transcelver

4. What are the radio operator requirements of a passenger ship equipped with a GMDSS
lnstalation ?
A The operator must hold a General Radiotelephone Operator License or higher class license
B) The operatur must hold a Restrlcted Radiotelcphone Operator permil or higher class license
CThe operator miust hold a Marine Radio operator permit or higher class license
DTwo operators on board must hold a GMDSS Radio operator license or a Restricted
GMDSS Radio operator license, depending on the ship's operating areas

Radio watches for compulsory radiotelephone stations will include the following
A) VHF Channel 22a continuous watch at sea B)121.5 Mhz continuous walch at sea
C)VHF Channel 16 continuous watch D) 500 Khz
.

What channel must all compulsory,non-GMDSS vessels monitor at all times in the open sea ?
A) Channel 8 B) Channel 70 C) Channel 6 D) Channcl 16

What are the mandatory DSC Watchkeeping bands/Channels ?

A) VHF Ch-70, 2Mhz MF DSC, 6 MHZ DSC and 1 other HF DSC
B) 8 MHz HF DSC, 1 other HF DSC, 2 MHz MF DSC and VHF Ch.70
C) 2 Mhz MF DSC, 8 Mhz DSC, VHF ch 16 and 1 other HF DSC
D) None of the above

Who is responsible for the proper imaintenance of station logs ?|

A) The station licensee
of the station
B) The commercially licensed radio operator in charge
C)The ship's master and the station licensee
of the station
D) The station licensee and the radio operator in charge

. h i c h of the following is true ?

1) Battery test must be logged daily B) EPIRB tests are normally logged monthly
D) Nont of the above
Radiotelephone tests are normally logged weekly

. W here should the iMDSS Radin log be kept on bra:d ship ?

 A)Captain's office
(
B Sea cabin
OAt the (G,MDSS operating position D) Anywhere on board the
Vesse
I1. Under what circumstances may a coast station using telephony transmil a generai call to a

roup of vessels ?
A) Under no circumstances tant
or other imp01
B) When
announcing or
preceding the transmission of Distress, Urgeney, Safety
messages
C) When the vessels are located in international waters
) When identical traffc is destined for
beyond 12 mies
mu!tiple mobile stations within ra
12. What is required of a ship station which has established initial contact with anotnc
2182 Khz or Ch 16?
Ahe stations must change to an authorized working frequency for the transmision of
Messages
B) The stations must eheck the radio channel for Distress, Urgency and safety calls at ieast
once every ten minutes.
e
to
C Raciated power must be minimized so as not to interfere with other stations needing
the channel
D) To expedite safety communications, the vessels must observe radio silence for two t of
every fifteen minutes

13. What is the priority of communications ?

AE) Safety, Distress, Urgency and radio direction finding
BF) Distress, Urgency & Safety
Distress, safety, radio direction finding, search & rescue
oH) Radio direction finding, Distress & Safety

4. On what frequency should a ship station normally call a coast station when using a radio
telephony èmission ?
A) On a vacant radio channel determined by the licensed radio officer
B) Calls should be initiated on the appropriate ship-to-shoreworkingfrequency of the coast station
c) On any calling frequeney internationally approved for use within ITU Region 3
D) On 2182 khz or Ch-16 at any time
- - - - -

15. What is Distress Traffic ?

A) All messages relative to the im1nediate assistance required by a ship, aircraft or other vehicle
threatened by grave or imminent danger, such as life and safety of persons on board, or man

overboard
"MAYDAY"
B) In radiotelephony, the speaking of the word,
7 the safety of a vessel
C) Health & Welfare messages concerning property
communications relating to important situations
D) Internationally recognized

16. Ordinarily, how often would a station telephony emission identify?

using a
A) At least every 10 minutes
At the beginning and end of each transmission
and at 15 minute intervals
B)
is in progress
C) At 15 minute intervals, unless publie correspondence
D) At 20 minute intervals

The Urgency signal has low priority than:

11. D) Security
routine calls B) Distress C) Safety
A) Ship-to-ship
shall be sent only on the authority of:
18. The Urgency signal concerning the safety ofa ship or person
for mobile station
A) Master of Ship B) Person responsible D) A WPC licensed operator
for moble station
C) Fither Master of ship or person responsible
 US IN
mail, a system based on
sh ship Distiess
3)
Digital selective commnnleations
sing MF or
Distres, U'rgeney & calling from ship to shore
telegraphy Safety eommunications adotelephony
carried out
DThe linking of by the use
distress in need search and reseue authorilies
or
oi narrow band
eet
of assistanee ashore with p"inting
VHF Ship station shipping in the immediate
A) I wat transmitters must have the
viinity of a
ship in
B) 10 watts capability reducing
of
21. Why must all VHF C)25 watts carrier power to:
calls) be Distress, Urgency and D) 50 watt
performed in Simplex Safety communications
a. To
minimize operating mode? (as well VTS
To ensure thatinterference from vessels
as
b. trafic
exchange
vesseis not engaged routine
directly participating in
Tu enable in the communications.
.
d.
RCC or coast
To allow an RCC
an
station to communications can hear
both sides of the
or coast station to only hear radi
transmissions are from the vessel determine which communications from the vessels
actually in distress transmissions are from actually in
distress
Which VHP Channel is used other vessels and
which
A Ch. 700 only for
digital selective calling ?
B) Ch. 16
23. Which modes could be C) Ch.22A
selected to D) Ch.06
A) AM & VHF FM receive vessel traffic
B) ARQ& FEC lists from
24. What emissions must C) VHF FM & SSBhigh
shore stations ? seas
be used when D) SSB & FEC
A) J3E Single operating
B) AlA-On-Offsiceband telephony
on the MF distress &
C) keying without modulation by an audio Calling voice frequency?
D) A3E- F3E-Frequency
modulation telephony frequency
Amplitude modulated
25. When
telephony, double sideband
testing is conducted on 2182
in any 5 khz or
Ch.16, testing should not
A) 2 minutes minute period
B) 1 continue for more than
minute
C) 30 seconds
26. The best way to test D) 10 seconds
the MF-HF
A) Make a NBDP System is ?
B) Initiate an radiotelephone
call to a coast
ARQ call to demonstrate station.
C) Initiate an FEC that the
D) Initiate an call to
demonstrate that the transmitter & antenna are
ARQ working
call to a coast station and transmitter and antenna
27. wait for the are
automatic exchangeworking
Under normal
circumstances, what do you do if of answerbacks
off-frequency, over
A) Reduce to low modulating or distorting?
the transmitter
aboard your ship is
power
C) Stop transmitting operating
B) Reduce audio volume
28. D) Make a note in station level
Which of the operating
following
conditions would be LOG
radiotelephone system that must be symptom of a
A) Much
higher noise level reported to the Master, malfunction
then logged
in 2182 khz a

B) No indication
of power
observed during daytime operation appropriately
C) When output when speaking
testing radiotelephone a into the
watch rcceiver
becomes
alarm 2182 khz irto microphone on
1D) Failure unmated, artificial
an
to contact a shore station 600
an
improper testing procedure antenna, the Distress frequency
nm distant
29 Ahar is the t during daytime operation.
common type of
anenna for
MDSS VHE
 Horizonlally ptlarizesd eireular antenna
LE Both of the albove
) None of tlhe ábove
For a Small
passenger vessel
A) A interv ais not inspeetion, reserie
C) Al intervals not
excecding every 3 muuths
power batteries must be
tested:
exceeding 12 3) At intervals not
months, or during the evreedin, cvery 6 mths
inspection D) Befor any new
Voyag?

. a) What is the common

SECTION-B
code in NBDP for
b) Give an example
distress message requesting medical advice?
of
c)Write down the
NBDP message sent by CRSacknowledgement in NBDP.
indicating distress is over and nòrmaj working can be
resumed in
2. Your
vessel the Rising Sun/EARS MMSI 623495000 is ia sea
area Å2 in
You have
sighted a vessel capsizing 3NM SSE from position 42 33 North 027 36 West.
your position 0830U1c. You haye neither received
any distress alert nor any distress alert relay. You also observe at
liferafts. State the action that the vessel's ctew abandoning vessel into
two
you as Master of your vessel wouid take.
3 State the purpose of the
following frequencies in GMDSS:
a) 2187.5 Khz b) 406 Mhz )2182 Khz di125 Khz
e) 8414.5 Khz 3023 Khz

a) State the signal to bè uscd in NBDP when distress traffic is finished and
Normal working may be resumed
b) State the NBDP Distress frequencies on 8/12 Mhz Bands
c) State the heading under which a Distress Relay msg would be received in 8AT-C
d) What does the safety signal "Securite" indicate ?
e) When abandoning a ship state the tworadio cquipment to be activated for locating purpose.
DUnder whal eircumstanccs the signal Seelonce Distress" is used ?

a) Your Inmarsat F-77 is fully operational and set to operate in the AOR-W region with Burum as the default
CES.
State the sequence you would use to make a distress call.

b) State the contents of the distress message you would send

 ECT

MAME DHRU &ERPA DATE: 3los| 20

WEC TEST NO

A
2 13
15
B /LA

16 17 18 19 20

24 2.2 23

26
VA D
28 2 30

KD.
30
 SECTIN B

D (o) HED

NNA P P a ) e1 -c
DE
KoT kArrL Yy z

RRR MA1OAY
NNNN

MPY DA
C9

BoMSA RADsouwT

ST LE NE F N L

THil Yansmit DDSTRE SS RE LA ALERT TO

ALL STATIS NS on
2137.5k and will ISO SELF

PROLE ED For AssT STNE

MAYOAY REPY x3
ALL STATTsNS
ThISTS
RTST S
|ARS| 613u9So0o
MAY DA
OF P
SEUHTEDA VCL CAPS3rNa 3 wr ssE
PosN.42 33' 027° 3'w o83U UN
/SAaS

FSs-RI
STN
TDOF VSL PELAy NGDISTP

'UNCNoWy

To 0F SL TN DrsTPE:
8 ON DONT

LSD 0BSFRvED THE VSLS GRFW

VSL in twD LTFE Af TS
 PRE
MA NE PS N vTCD«7
Snbe Lod u oUT
EE P
T M E OTTATE
A S S T S T m N C E E

E&D
PssCScE
SELP

MSTE
OVER

(a) 2187.5 Hj. USEDA O sTRE SS

fURFrtTfsnFEn
SE TO No OTSTRES S I
FREENG) US E D oskreEss RELA
CRS o r L
veEuo IsareTy AlCvS TNS
E PIeB Foe

) 218 x Tho Fvegeng sco a RIT COvespinda

Fycyen a For 17.5. inFBahd

o)412Sk INnE &mD . Matheqny

Corpon yen7 For ley1

Fye9sen

e)841 Su TN F BNo cun vsed Por

Send Disess S S &EuveuF NY |
SFET ALE1 rosTy For A3n 8M e od
F) 303kry FeEuEN UsEO Far STP TO
SAR AZRCePPT

S1 FRE F PE eE» UsE DTN NVT¬x FoR

TPnSsjiin

e) SILENCE FI NT
8411-5kHy,12
MpDAY REL
(o)
(o)T+ ic cat Tho
Folld
 SART &EPrRB

)Scel on oi Sess S
bt nci h n in a3sta
ess
TD mpore Radd Silen onTher T Contvs
mu ISTVESS CAL

Selec T

Sele nA LES RE6 o.

PRESS oTSTR E SS 6 i Forbsces Ru 1

n inatt T Ca B Pre ssi te
whm HRCC Cmcs Oml . PaSs
Pre ecLe
D s e ss hSC.

(2)
T NHE Llollsig» F-77 Evn. ol
Time
POSm L OCFmi eFair
NOO.
2EGUTe E T mmec ak ASSIA TEnu
ADDrTTVA TNFO

SPRT e Feress LTIVaTE D

ovF&