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#Navigation / Pilotage
No. 518
Which one of the listed scales of a nautical chart is the largest?
1:70 000;
1:100 000;
10:500 000;
1:25 000;
#Colreg / Laws and Rules
No. 519
What should a vessel do when it is approaching a bend or an area of a channel or fairway where other vessels may be obscured by an intervening obstruction and hears one prolonged blast on the whistle?
Adjust her radar settings;
Also sound one prolonged blast on its whistle;
Stop the engines immediately;
Give the general alarm signal;
#Seamanship / Terminology
No. 520
What should a helmsman do after hearing the command "Hard-a-port"?
Alter course toward the harbour;
Turn the vessel's steering wheel as far as possible to the left;
Avoid the vessel turning to the left side;
Turn the vessel's steering wheel as far as possible to the right;
#Colreg / Laws and Rules
No. 521
According to the Racing Rules of Sailing, a protesting boat that is 6 meters or longer shall hail "Protest" and display ...
a shape of black ball;
a black flag;
an answering pennant;
a red flag (Bravo);
#Other / Erudition
No. 571
The Mississippi River is one of the world's major river systems in many respects. It is the second longest river in North America, approximately 2033 nautical miles long. Which is the longest river in North America?
Missouri River;
Colorado River;
Yukon River;
Amazon;
#Meteorology
No. 572
The presence of drift ice can be confirmed by two reliable clues. Abrupt smoothing of the sea is one of them. But what else indicates that drift ice is nearby?
Sea surface temperature;
Ice blink;
Echo sounder;
Change in the density of the water;
#Seamanship / Terminology
No. 573
In the picture, the round-bottom hull is shown as ...
number 1;
number 2;
number 3;
number 4;
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