Q437 - Barge Supervisor: Deck General/Safety, USCG prep certification 2026

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1. When is firefighting foam most effective?Not learned 2. If you find a victim that is unconscious. What vital signs is an immediate threat to life?Not learned 3. A construction portfolio may be included as part of the MODU __________.Not learned 4. The helicopter deck on an offshore drilling unit is required to be fitted with perimeter lights in alternating colors of __________.Not learned 5. What class of bulkhead is required around the galley on a MODU?Not learned 6. On all mobile offshore drilling units, the deckhead of each accommodation space must be located above __________.Not learned 7. Where are self-closing doors required on a MODU?Not learned 8. Which of the listed classes of fire would most likely occur in the engine room of a vessel?Not learned 9. A definite advantage in the use of water as a fire extinguishing agent is its ability to __________.Not learned 10. Which is one of the limitations of foam as an extinguishing agent?Not learned 11. Recharging a previously used cartridge-operated dry chemical fire extinguisher is accomplished by __________.Not learned 12. The discharge side of every fire pump must be equipped with a __________.Not learned 13. When fire pumps are used for other than firefighting services, each pipe connecting the other service (except for branch lines used for deck washing) must have which item to be incompliance with regulations?Not learned 14. No outlet on a fire hydrant may point above the horizontal in order to __________.Not learned 15. Your tankship has 40 gallons of 6% foam concentrate aboard. Approximately how much foam solution can be produced from this supply?Not learned 16. The carbon dioxide cylinders of a fixed fire extinguishing system may be located inside the protected space, if the quantity of CO2 required to protect that space is not more than which amount?Not learned 17. On a MODU, the locker or space containing the self-contained breathing apparatus must __________.Not learned 18. Where would spontaneous combustion most likely occur?Not learned 19. Combustible gas indicators measure the presence of combustible gas as a percentage of the __________.Not learned 20. During the required periodic abandon ship drill aboard a MODU, each person not assigned duties in the muster list is __________.Not learned 21. 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 22. 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 23. Who is responsible for reporting a casualty to a mobile offshore drilling unit?Not learned 24. All personnel on board a vessel should be familiar with the rescue boat's __________.Not learned 25. An immersion suit should be equipped with a/an __________.Not learned 26. Which statement concerning immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 27. You are testing the external inflation bladder on an immersion suit and find it has a very slow leak. Which is the BEST action to be taken?Not learned 28. 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 29. Which is TRUE concerning immersion suits and their use?Not learned 30. Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning life jackets?Not learned 31. Which statement is TRUE concerning life preservers?Not learned 32. A life preserver or buoyant work vest is required to be worn on a MODU when a person is __________.Not learned 33. Where would you find the FCC authorization for transmitting on your rig's EPIRB?Not learned 34. A qualified person must be assigned as the second in command of a lifeboat on a MODU if the lifeboat has a capacity of more than __________.Not learned 35. After being launched from MODUs, totally enclosed survival craft which have been afloat over a long period require __________.Not learned 36. According to the MODU regulations, the capacity of a liferaft is required to be marked __________.Not learned 37. The instructions for launching lifeboats and liferafts on a MODU are a requirement of the __________.Not learned 38. The limit switches on a MODUs survival-craft winch system __________.Not learned 39. Which statement is CORRECT with respect to inserting an airway tube?Not learned 40. As a last resort, what can a tourniquet be used for?Not learned 41. A person has suffered a laceration of the arm. Severe bleeding has been controlled by using a sterile dressing and direct pressure. What should you do next?Not learned 42. What is the appropriate first aid treatment for small cuts and open wounds?Not learned 43. Ordinarily, bleeding from a vein may be controlled by what method?Not learned 44. A seaman has a small, gaping laceration of the arm that is not bleeding excessively. What can be done as an alternative to suturing to close the wound?Not learned 45. What are the symptoms of seasickness?Not learned 46. What is it called when you sort accident victims according to the severity of their injuries?Not learned 47. Where there are multiple accident victims, which type of injury should be the first to receive emergency treatment?Not learned 48. Which of the following methods is a convenient and effective system of examining the body of an injury victim?Not learned 49. What agency issues the Ship Station license for the VHF marine radio on a mobile offshore drilling unit?Not learned 50. What agency is responsible for enforcing the rules for obstruction lights on mobile offshore drilling units?Not learned 51. The American Petroleum Institute recommends that a new anchor chain should be inspected after being in service for __________.Not learned 52. Anchor shackles should have a breaking strength that is __________.Not learned 53. Annual inspection of MODU cranes shall be conducted by __________.Not learned 54. Each buoyant work vest on a MODU must be __________.Not learned 55. The chemicals in sacks aboard MODU's are palletized to reduce __________.Not learned 56. In a combination chain and wire rope mooring system, the anchor chain is deployed at the anchor end of the line to __________.Not learned 57. A common class of wire rope used for mooring is the 6x19 class. What does the 6 represent?Not learned 58. The connection facilities for the international shore connection required on board offshore drilling units in international service must be located to provide access __________.Not learned 59. When a davit-launched raft is lowered from a MODU, upon becoming waterborne, the raft is released by __________.Not learned 60. To determine the number of industrial personnel allowed on a mobile offshore drilling unit, you should check the __________.Not learned 61. To determine the number of inflatable liferafts required on a mobile offshore drilling unit, you should check the __________.Not learned 62. To determine the number of portable fire extinguishers required on a mobile offshore drilling unit, you should check the __________.Not learned 63. Each EPIRB required on a MODU shall be stowed in a manner which will permit __________.Not learned 64. Extended cyclical variations in tensions will cause an anchor chain to break due to __________.Not learned 65. The factor of safety, based on the elastic limit of the material, for the forks used on power operated industrial trucks aboard a MODU must be at least __________.Not learned 66. Where will you find the requirements for the signals that must be sounded by a mobile offshore drilling unit that is being towed through an area of restricted visibility?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. A helicopter making a round trip from a helodeck with refueling capabilities to an unmanned platform will take 45 minutes each way. The helicopter should be carrying enough fuel to last __________.Not learned 69. The immersion suit requirements for MODU's apply to units operating in the Atlantic Ocean above __________.Not learned 70. Increasing the area of the anchor flukes will __________.Not learned 71. What is the international calling and distress channel found on all VHF-FM equipped drilling rigs?Not learned 72. A jack-up drilling rig being towed must __________.Not learned 73. A link on an anchor chain should be replaced when wear or grinding of surface cracks has reduced the cross- section area by __________.Not learned 74. When loading or discharging dry mud or cement, crew members should use facial respirator masks and __________.Not learned 75. The U.S. Navy Light Weight(LWT) anchor has two angular positions for the flukes. These are __________.Not learned 76. The major cause of anchor buoy pendant wire failures is __________.Not learned 77. In how many locations must lifeboats be installed on a mobile offshore drilling unit?Not learned 78. The Master or person in charge on a MODU shall insure that line throwing equipment is not operated __________.Not learned 79. When may a personnel net be used to bring heavy equipment aboard an offshore drilling unit?Not learned 80. A MODU crane which has been idle for a period of over six months shall be inspected to the same standards as a __________.Not learned 81. 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 82. When must the Master of a vessel log the position of load line marks in relation to the surface of the water in the Official Logbook?Not learned 83. The muster list must be posted in conspicuous locations and signed by the __________.Not learned 84. On offshore drilling units fitted with fixed CO2 systems, the system must discharge at least 85 percent of the required amount of CO2 within __________.Not learned 85. 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 86. 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 87. On offshore drilling units, the lifeboat motors shall be operated in the ahead and astern position at least once each __________.Not learned 88. On offshore drilling units, the lifeboats must be lowered to the water and maneuvered at least once every __________.Not learned 89. Offshore drilling units must have at least two ring buoys with water lights that, when released from the mounting rack, activate a __________.Not learned 90. On offshore drilling units, the number of industrial personnel permitted to be on board during drilling operations is found on the __________.Not learned 91. 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 92. The person in charge of a mobile offshore drilling unit must insure that __________.Not learned 93. For the purposes of the International Rules of the Road, a non-self-propelled mobile offshore drilling unit under tow is considered to be a __________.Not learned 94. The safest device used to secure the end of the pendant wire when it is initially passed to the anchor handling vessel is a __________.Not learned 95. The signal to man emergency stations on MODU's is __________.Not learned 96. 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 97. 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 98. Thirty-five percent of the breaking strength of an anchor cable is generally accepted as the __________.Not learned 99. In a wire rope mooring system, the fairlead sheave should be a minimum of __________.Not learned 100. The only wire rope termination which may be made in the field is __________.Not learned 101. Where would you find the "call sign" or "call letters" of the radio station on your rig?Not learned 102. An air mass that has moved down from Canada would most likely have which symbols?Not learned 103. When is an air mass termed "warm"?Not learned 104. Ascending and descending air masses with different temperatures is part of an important heat transmitting process in our atmosphere. Which term is given to this process?Not learned 105. Which causes the Earth's irregular heating?Not learned 106. Which is a characteristic of warm air masses?Not learned 107. The climate of the eastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico __________.Not learned 108. Which condition exists in the eye of a hurricane?Not learned 109. If the current and wind are in the same direction, what does the sea surface represent concern the true wind speed?Not learned 110. If the current and wind are in opposite directions, what does the sea surface indicate?Not learned 111. Cyclones tend to move __________.Not learned 112. Where can information about the direction and velocity of rotary tidal currents be found?Not learned 113. The datum from which the predicted heights of tides are reckoned in the tide tables is the same as that used for the charts of the locality. The depression of the datum below mean sea level for Hampton Roads, Virginia is __________.Not learned 114. When daylight savings time is kept, the times of tide and current calculations must be adjusted. How can this be accomplished?Not learned 115. How can you estimate the position of a tropical storm's center?Not learned 116. You will find daily information about the duration of slack water in a port on the Atlantic Coast in which publication?Not learned 117. The highest frequency of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean occurs during which time frame?Not learned 118. Which of the listed properties does warm air possess?Not learned 119. To make sure of getting the full advantage of a favorable current, you should reach an entrance or strait at which time in relation to the predicted time of the favorable current?Not learned 120. How many high waters usually occur each day on the East Coast of the United States?Not learned 121. Which term is given to the mechanical lifting of air by the upslope slant of the terrain?Not learned 122. What natural feature is responsible for the rather even climate found on the Florida peninsula throughout the year?Not learned 123. In North America, which direction do the majority of the weather systems move?Not learned 124. You are in the Northern Hemisphere and a tropical wave is located 200 miles due east of your position. Where will the wave be located 12 hours later?Not learned 125. In a river subject to tidal currents, the best time to dock a ship without the assistance of tugs is __________.Not learned 126. A storm's track is characterized by all of the following except __________.Not learned 127. Temperature and moisture characteristics are modified in a warm or cold air mass due to which factor?Not learned 128. Which term is given to the dense black cumulonimbus clouds surrounding the eye of a hurricane?Not learned 129. Which term is given to a mature hurricane that has passed over colder water or land and loses its tropical characteristics?Not learned 130. Which term is given to a tornado that moves out over the water from land?Not learned 131. Which time meridian is used when computing the velocity of the current for Pensacola Bay, Florida?Not learned 132. Which time meridian is used for tide computations in New York Harbor?Not learned 133. Tropical cyclones normally form within which of the following belts of latitude?Not learned 134. Tropical storms and hurricanes are most likely to form in the Southern hemisphere during which months?Not learned 135. Which is TRUE concerning air masses near the earth's surface?Not learned 136. Which is TRUE concerning Hot air?Not learned 137. Which is TRUE of the velocity of the current in large coastal harbors?Not learned 138. Weather patterns in the Gulf of Mexico area of the United States are _____.Not learned 139. Weather systems in the middle latitudes generally travel in which direction?Not learned 140. Which action is routinely performed at the annual servicing and inspection of a dry chemical cartridge- operated portable fire extinguisher?Not learned 141. Actuating the CO2 fixed system causes which of the following to shut down?Not learned 142. A burning pile of canvas is which classification of fire?Not learned 143. The bypass valve on a self-contained breathing device should be opened in which situation?Not learned 144. A class C fire would be burning __________.Not learned 145. As compared to carbon dioxide, dry chemical has which advantage?Not learned 146. What is the danger to personnel associated with using carbon dioxide in an enclosed space?Not learned 147. Dry chemical fire extinguishers are effective on which type(s) of fire?Not learned 148. Which is the most effective cooling agent among those normally used to fight fires?Not learned 149. When electrical equipment is involved in a fire, where should the stream of dry chemicals be directed?Not learned 150. How is the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit inflated?Not learned 151. When should the external inflation bladder on an immersion suit be inflated?Not learned 152. Which extinguishing agent is/are suitable to combat a class B fire in an engine compartment?Not learned 153. When fighting a fire using a portable carbon dioxide extinguisher, where should the stream be directed to extinguish the fire?Not learned 154. What does first aid mean?Not learned 155. Why should foam be banked off a bulkhead when extinguishing an oil fire?Not learned 156. How does foam extinguish an oil fire?Not learned 157. Foam extinguishes a fire mainly by __________.Not learned 158. The gross weight of a fully charged CO2 bottle in a fixed CO2 system is 220 lbs. When the bottle is empty it weighs 120 lbs. What is the minimum acceptable gross weight of the CO2 bottle before it should be recharged by the manufacturer?Not learned 159. When the handle of an all-purpose nozzle is pulled all the way back, it will __________.Not learned 160. An immersion suit must be equipped with which item(s)?Not learned 161. Large volumes of carbon dioxide are safe and effective for fighting fires in enclosed spaces, such as in a pumproom, provided that the __________.Not learned 162. Lifesaving regulations in Subchapter W require that a fire drill include which of the following?Not learned 163. According to the Lifesaving regulations in Subchapter W, fire and abandon ship drills must be held within 24 hours of leaving port if the percentage of the crew that has not participated in drills aboard that particular vessel in the prior month exceeds which percentage?Not learned 164. Which extinguishing agent is most effective on a mattress fire?Not learned 165. What is the function of the bypass valve on the self-contained breathing apparatus?Not learned 166. How often are CO2 cylinders forming part of a fixed fire extinguishing system required to be pressure tested?Not learned 167. If a powdered aluminum fire is being fought, which is the most effective extinguishing agent to use?Not learned 168. What is the primary use of antiseptics?Not learned 169. The safety discs on carbon dioxide cylinders are set to release at 2,700 psi. Under normal circumstances this pressure will be reached at which temperature?Not learned 170. Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 171. Which is TRUE concerning fire hose couplings?Not learned 172. Which is TRUE if passengers are on board when an abandon ship drill is carried out?Not learned 173. Where there are multiple accident victims, which condition should be the first to receive emergency treatment?Not learned 174. In order to discharge a CO2 portable fire extinguisher, the operator must FIRST take which action?Not learned 175. The primary method by which water spray puts out fires is by __________.Not learned 176. For the purpose of training and drills, if reasonable and practicable, how frequently should rescue boats be launched with their assigned crew?Not learned 177. You are on the second deck of the engine room between frames 92 thru105 and the space is filling up with smoke. Utilizing illustration D037SA below, where is the primary means of escape from that area is via a ladderwell?Not learned 178. What shall be conducted during a fire and boat drill?Not learned 179. Which statement concerning carbon dioxide is FALSE?Not learned 180. Which statement describes the primary process by which fires are extinguished by dry chemical?Not learned 181. What statement about immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 182. Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 183. Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 184. Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?Not learned 185. Which statement(s) is(are) TRUE concerning the use of dry chemical extinguishers?Not learned 186. A stored-pressure water extinguisher is most effective against which class of fires?Not learned 187. Which is TRUE concerning the production of mechanical foam by a portable in-line foam proportioner?Not learned 188. Which is TRUE of paints and solvents on a vessel?Not learned 189. Which types of portable fire extinguishers are designed for use on electrical fires?Not learned 190. Which type of portable fire extinguisher is NOT designed for use on flammable liquid fires?Not learned 191. Before using a fixed CO2 system to fight an engine room fire, you must __________.Not learned 192. Weight is considered during the periodic required inspection and servicing of which extinguisher(s)?Not learned 193. What is the preferred method of controlling external bleeding?Not learned 194. How does bleeding from a vein appear?Not learned 195. An aluminum powder fire is in which fire classification category?Not learned 196. As seen in illustration D004SA below, what action must be taken before inserting a low-velocity fog applicator into an all-purpose nozzle?Not learned 197. Prior to boarding from a MODU, a davit-launched liferaft should be well ventilated of excess __________.Not learned 198. When weight-testing a davit launched liferaft on a mobile offshore drilling unit, which is the deadweight equivalent for each person in the allowed capacity of the raft?Not learned 199. Which is an advantage of a dry chemical over a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher?Not learned 200. Which is an advantage of an ABC dry chemical over a carbon dioxide extinguisher?Not learned 201. The signal to man emergency stations on MODU's is __________.Not learned 202. What is the chemical reaction process involving Class K portable fire extinguisher agents known as?Not learned 203. Which is the primary method by which water spray puts out fires?Not learned 204. An obstruction on a helideck is any object that might present a hazard to the __________.Not learned