S9 - Other GMDSS Equipment

What does EPIRB represent?

• Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Buoy

• Emergency Positioning Identification Radio Beacon

• Extraterrestrial Positioning Identification Radio Buoy

• Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon

EPIRB's transmit on what frequency?

• 162.550 MHz

• 2187.5 kHz

• 406 MHz

• 467.8 MHz

How is a SART transponder activated?

• It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by flashlight

• It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by radar

• It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by VHF radio

• It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by MF radio

What is a SART?

• Search and Rescue Transporter

• Search and Recovery Transmitter

• Seek and Research Tracker

• Search and Rescue Transponder

NAVTEX receivers receive data prepared by whom:

• Hydrographic offices

• Meteorological offices

• Rescue Coordination Centres

• International Ice Patrol

The response time for an EPIRB is usually?

• Not more than 5 minutes

• Not more than 20 minutes

• Anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours

• Not more than half an hour

A SART sends out a signal in response to a ________ signal from a search vessel

What device can be automatically activated?

• Category 1 EPIRB

• Category 2 EPIRB

• Personal EPIRB

• SART

The COSPAS-SARSAT Satellite System is / has ...

• an international system consisting of four orbiting satellite systems designed to detect EPIRB 406 MHz distress signals

• established jointly by Russia, France, Canada and the U.S.A. for the purpose of monitoring for distress signals from EPIRBs

• any time a minimum of 3 satellites are operational

• an orbit time of approximately 160 minutes

Do EPIRBs use MMSI numbers?

• Yes

• No