Q440 - Ballast Control Operator: Deck General/Safety, USCG prep certification 2026

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1. If you find a victim that is unconscious. What vital signs is an immediate threat to life?Not learned 2. All of the following are recognized distress signals under the Navigation Rules EXCEPT which signal?Not learned 3. When a vessel signals its distress by means of a gun or other explosive signal, the firing should be at approximately which time intervals?Not learned 4. How can you indicate that your vessel is in distress?Not learned 5. The preferred agent used in fighting a helicopter crash fire on a MODU is __________.Not learned 6. After using a CO2 portable extinguisher, it should be __________.Not learned 7. A CO2 extinguisher which has lost 10% of its charge must be __________.Not learned 8. Fire extinguishers used on MODU's are numbered by size I through V, with I being __________.Not learned 9. Control of fire on a MODU should be addressed __________.Not learned 10. A fire in a ballast pumproom can be brought under control with minimal impact on stability by __________.Not learned 11. What must be provided on a MODU helicopter deck that is equipped with fueling facilities?Not learned 12. The size of fire hydrant hose connections on a cargo vessel must be either 1-1/2 inches or __________.Not learned 13. Automatic mechanical ventilation shutdown is required for CO2 systems protecting the __________.Not learned 14. What is best suited for fighting a fire in a ballast control room?Not learned 15. The required fireman's outfits required for MODU's are not to be used for any other purpose EXCEPT for the __________.Not learned 16. How many fireman's outfits are required on a MODU?Not learned 17. On a MODU, the locker or space containing the self-contained breathing apparatus must __________.Not learned 18. Clean air standards referred to as "Grade D" apply to compressed air for use in __________.Not learned 19. Smoking in bed on a MODU is dangerous __________.Not learned 20. The primary danger in helicopter fires on a MODU is __________.Not learned 21. The record of tests and inspection of firefighting equipment on board a MODU must include __________.Not learned 22. During the required periodic abandon ship drill aboard a MODU, each person not assigned duties in the muster list is __________.Not learned 23. At the required fire drill, all persons must report to their stations and demonstrate their ability to perform the duties assigned to them __________.Not learned 24. In accordance with 46 CFR Part 109, the Muster List ("Station Bill") shows each crew lifeboat station, their duties during abandonment, basic instructions, and __________.Not learned 25. When a rescuer discovers an electrical burn victim in the vicinity of electrical equipment or wiring, his first step is to __________.Not learned 26. Each person on a MODU carrying immersion suits must wear the immersion suit in a boat drill, or participate in a drill which includes donning the suit and being instructed in its use at least once every __________.Not learned 27. On a MODU, when may a work vest be substituted for a required life preserver?Not learned 28. A life preserver or buoyant work vest is required to be worn on a MODU when a person is __________.Not learned 29. Where would you find the FCC authorization for transmitting on your rig's EPIRB?Not learned 30. After being launched from MODUs, totally enclosed survival craft which have been afloat over a long period require __________.Not learned 31. According to the MODU regulations, the capacity of a liferaft is required to be marked __________.Not learned 32. The instructions for launching lifeboats and liferafts on a MODU are a requirement of the __________.Not learned 33. The limit switches on a MODUs survival-craft winch system __________.Not learned 34. How should a patient suffering from heat exhaustion be treated?Not learned 35. A person reports to you with a fishhook in his thumb, what procedure should you use to remove it?Not learned 36. What is the appropriate first aid treatment for small cuts and open wounds?Not learned 37. Ordinarily, bleeding from a vein may be controlled by what method?Not learned 38. How should you FIRST treat a simple fracture?Not learned 39. Unless there is danger of further injury, a person with a compound fracture should not be moved until bleeding is controlled and what action is taken?Not learned 40. You are treating a shipmate with a compound fracture of the lower arm. Which action should you take?Not learned 41. A crew member has suffered a burn on the arm. There is extensive damage to the skin with charring present. This is an example of what kind of burn?Not learned 42. A man has a burn on his arm. There is reddening of the skin, blistering, and swelling. Using standard medical terminology what type of burn is this?Not learned 43. For small, first-degree burns, what is the quickest method to relieve pain?Not learned 44. A victim has suffered a second-degree burn to a small area of the lower arm. What is the proper first aid treatment for this injury?Not learned 45. What should you do if a crewman suffers a second-degree burn on the arm?Not learned 46. What can be caused by severe airway burns?Not learned 47. Chemical burns are caused by the skin coming in contact with what substance(s)?Not learned 48. What should you do for a crew member who has suffered frostbite to the toes of both feet?Not learned 49. What are the symptoms of sugar diabetes?Not learned 50. A person with diabetes has received a minor leg injury. What symptoms would indicate the onset of a diabetic coma?Not learned 51. When giving first aid, in addition to conducting primary and secondary surveys, what should you be familiar with?Not learned 52. What is an effective method for moving patients with spinal injuries onto a spine board?Not learned 53. What is it called when you sort accident victims according to the severity of their injuries?Not learned 54. What must the rescuer be able to do in managing a situation involving multiple injuries?Not learned 55. What is the most useful drug to reduce a high fever?Not learned 56. Where can a rescuer most easily check to determine whether or not an adult victim has a pulse?Not learned 57. What action should you take if a shipmate chokes suddenly, cannot speak, and starts to turn blue?Not learned 58. The rescuer can best provide an airtight seal during mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by pinching the victim's nostrils and __________.Not learned 59. While carrying out artificial respiration how should rescuers be changed out?Not learned 60. What agency issues the Ship Station license for the VHF marine radio on a mobile offshore drilling unit?Not learned 61. Each buoyant work vest on a MODU must be __________.Not learned 62. You cannot operate a VHF or SSB radiotelephone aboard a rig unless that station is licensed. Which of the following organizations issues the license?Not learned 63. When a davit-launched raft is lowered from a MODU, upon becoming waterborne, the raft is released by __________.Not learned 64. Each EPIRB required on a MODU shall be stowed in a manner which will permit __________.Not learned 65. What equipment is included in the fireman's outfit?Not learned 66. Each fire hydrant serving machinery spaces containing oil fired boilers, internal combustion machinery, or oil fuel units must be equipped with a __________.Not learned 67. The generators on your rig have shut down, leaving you without navigation lights. Which emergency signal would you transmit over the VHF radio to alert vessels in the area of your predicament?Not learned 68. Each hand portable fire extinguisher on a MODU must be marked with __________.Not learned 69. The immersion suit requirements for MODU's apply to units operating in the Atlantic Ocean above __________.Not learned 70. What is the international calling and distress channel found on all VHF-FM equipped drilling rigs?Not learned 71. The international shore connection required on a MODU is designed to __________.Not learned 72. In how many locations must lifeboats be installed on a mobile offshore drilling unit?Not learned 73. The Master or person in charge on a MODU shall insure that line throwing equipment is not operated __________.Not learned 74. On a MODU, each EPIRB or SART must be tested at least once __________.Not learned 75. On a MODU, a fixed carbon dioxide or other approved system must be installed __________.Not learned 76. The MODU has suffered a casualty which requires an orderly evacuation of the unit using the lifeboats and liferafts. Among the items to accomplish in preparing to evacuate the unit is __________.Not learned 77. The muster list must be posted in conspicuous locations and signed by the __________.Not learned 78. On offshore drilling units, each fire station is required to be fitted with a hose which has a nominal diameter of __________.Not learned 79. On offshore drilling units, each fire station is required to be fitted with at least one spanner and at least one __________.Not learned 80. On offshore drilling units each inflatable liferaft that is not intended for davit launching must be stowed so as to float free or be __________.Not learned 81. Offshore drilling units that are on an international voyage must have a portable radio apparatus that meets specific requirements. Which of the following organizations mandates these requirements?Not learned 82. On offshore drilling units, the lifeboat motors shall be operated in the ahead and astern position at least once each __________.Not learned 83. On offshore drilling units, the lifeboats must be lowered to the water and maneuvered at least once every __________.Not learned 84. An offshore drilling unit must have enough inflatable liferafts to accommodate at least what percentage of the persons allowed?Not learned 85. Offshore drilling units must have at least two ring buoys with water lights that, when released from the mounting rack, activate a __________.Not learned 86. Each part of the fire-main system located on an exposed deck must be __________.Not learned 87. The person assigned to command a lifeboat or inflatable liferaft on a MODU shall have a list of the persons assigned to the lifeboat or liferaft. The list shall include each person's __________.Not learned 88. What is the primary advantage of a davit-launched liferaft in comparison to an inflatable liferaft?Not learned 89. The routes to be used during evacuation of the MODU are shown in the __________.Not learned 90. The signal to man emergency stations on MODU's is __________.Not learned 91. You are standing a radio watch aboard the rig. A crew boat calls you on VHF channel 16. When you reply with your vessel name and call letters, you should request the crew boat to switch to which of the following channels?Not learned 92. You are standing radio watch and monitoring VHF Channel 16 when you receive a call to your rig, TEXAS STAR, from a supply boat. What is the proper way to answer this call?Not learned 93. Where would you find the "call sign" or "call letters" of the radio station on your rig?Not learned 94. An air mass that has moved down from Canada would most likely have which symbols?Not learned 95. When is an air mass termed "warm"?Not learned 96. Which is a characteristic of warm air masses?Not learned 97. In North America, which direction do the majority of the weather systems move?Not learned 98. Which is TRUE concerning Hot air?Not learned 99. Weather systems in the middle latitudes generally travel in which direction?Not learned 100. A man aboard a vessel, is signaling by raising and lowering his outstretched arms to each side. What does this signal indicate?Not learned 101. The distress message of a ship should include considerable information which might facilitate the rescue. Which is TRUE concerning the information?Not learned 102. Distress signals may be __________.Not learned 103. Each fireman's outfit and its spare equipment on a tankship must be stowed in a(n) __________.Not learned 104. What does first aid mean?Not learned 105. What is MOST important when administering artificial respiration?Not learned 106. You are in a lifeboat broadcasting a distress message. What information would be essential to your rescuers?Not learned 107. What should you look for evidence of if a victim is unconscious?Not learned 108. What is the major cause of shock in burn victims?Not learned 109. If a person gets something in his eye and you observe that it is not embedded, you can ________.Not learned 110. What is the primary use of antiseptics?Not learned 111. Which is TRUE of a distress signal?Not learned 112. What is normal mouth temperature?Not learned 113. Which is one of the signals, other than a distress signal, that can be used by a rescue boat to attract attention?Not learned 114. A patient in shock should NOT be placed in which position?Not learned 115. What is the primary concern in aiding a back injury patient?Not learned 116. What is the proper stimulant for an unconscious person?Not learned 117. How can you recognize the necessity for administering artificial respiration?Not learned 118. Seasickness is caused by rolling or rocking motions which affect fluids in what body part?Not learned 119. What is the spoken emergency signal for a distress signal over a VHF radio?Not learned 120. A survivor has been pulled from the water off the coast of Greenland. The patient is in a state of confusion and has ceased shivering. Which of the following best describes the patient's condition?Not learned 121. What should you do if you have transmitted a distress call a number of times on channel 16 and have received no reply?Not learned 122. What should you do when treating a person for third-degree burns?Not learned 123. You are underway in the Gulf of Mexico when you hear a distress message over the VHF radio. The position of the sender is about 20 miles south of Galveston, TX, and you are about 80 miles ESE of Galveston. What action should you take?Not learned 124. You are underway in mid-ocean when you hear a distress message. The position of the sender is 150 miles away. No other vessel has acknowledged the distress. Your maximum speed is 5 knots and due to the seriousness of the distress, you cannot arrive on scene to provide effective assistance. What action should you take?Not learned 125. You are underway in mid-ocean, when you hear a distress message over the VHF radio. The position of the sender is 20 miles away. What action should you take?Not learned 126. Which is a symptom of traumatic shock?Not learned 127. How does bleeding from a vein appear?Not learned 128. Your vessel is in distress and the order has been given to abandon ship. If you must enter the water which of the following would aid in preventing hypothermia?Not learned 129. Prior to boarding from a MODU, a davit-launched liferaft should be well ventilated of excess __________.Not learned 130. What is the FIRST thing the rescuer must do if the patient vomits during mouth-to mouth resuscitation?Not learned 131. What should be the FIRST treatment of a person suspected of having airway burns?Not learned 132. You are attending to survivors after abandoning ship. Several of the personnel have a slow pulse and slow breathing rates. Which of the following is the most probable cause of these conditions?Not learned 133. Each fireman's outfit and its spare equipment on a MODU must be stowed __________.Not learned 134. A muster list change must be revised by the __________.Not learned 135. The procedures to be used during evacuation of the MODU are shown in the __________.Not learned 136. The signal to man emergency stations on MODU's is __________.Not learned 137. A MODU must have on board a first-aid kit that is approved by the __________.Not learned