Oceanographic instruments

Common accidents encountered at Sea because of -----------------?

• Collisions

• Engine failure

• Fire onboard

• All of the above

Which one of the following sea safety equipment’s needed compulsory onboard?

• GPS

• VHF

• EPIRB

• All of the above

Required numbers of Life jackets in a vessel is ------------------?

• One life jacket per crew member

• Two life jacket per crew member

• One life jacket for two crew member

• Three life jacket per crew member

Which one of the following equipment is used during retrieving a person who falls overboard

accidentally or while in distress at sea.

• Life Jacket

• Life Buoys 

• Life Rafts 

• First Aid Kit

Required numbers of Life buoys in a vessel is minimum of --------- Life Buoys for vessels up to 25-meter length.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A ------------ is used, during abandoning of the vessel in distress, to sustain the lives of crew till rescue.

• Life Jacket

• Life Buoys

• Life Rafts

• First Aid Kit

The life raft should be capable of withstanding exposure for -------- afloat in all sea conditions.

• 10 days

• 20 days

• 30 days

• 40 days

---------------- is operates only on standard, international frequencies known as channels.

• VHF Radio 

• Satellite EPIRB

• SART

• DAT

----------- helps to alert search and rescue services during an emergency at sea, by transmitting distress

signal via satellite and earth stations to the nearest rescue co-ordination center.

• VHF Radio

• Satellite EPIRB

• SART

• DAT

The radar-SART is used to locate a survival craft or distressed vessel by creating a series of dots on a rescuing ship’s radar display.

• VHF Radio

• Satellite EPIRB

• Radar SART

• DAT