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ROC-M EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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What is GMDSS Stand FOr - Precise Answer ✔✔Global Maritime Distress and Safety System What are the advantages of the GMDSS over the old system of monitoring channel 16, MF 2183khz or Morse Code on 500khz - Precise Answer ✔✔enhances ship-shore communications, provides rapid automated distress alerting, plus positional information. It also provides two separate means to alert others of a distress situation. On what vessels is it mandatory to caryy GMDSS equipment - Precise Answer ✔✔-Large Cargo ships -Passenger ships on international voyagers or in the open sea -Non-pleasure craft of closed construction more than 8 meters in length. -Non-pleasure craft carrying more than 6 passengers -Towering Vessels Is GMDSS Equipment required on Pleasure Craft - Precise Answer ✔✔No, but it is recommended With the Advent of GMDSS, will the coast guard continue to monitor VHF Channel 16 - Precise Answer ✔✔Yes, for the foreseeable future Are Vessels that must have GMDSS equipment required to monitor channel 16 - Precise Answer ✔✔no, but they do need to monitor channel 70 and mf 2187. What is the difference between a category 1 and category 2 EPIRB - Precise Answer ✔✔Category 1 activates automatically after submerged in 1 m of water. category 2 is only manual Can a portable VHF radio be used ashore - Precise Answer ✔✔Yes, only for listening
You send out a distress call, and provide your name. What is the next most important information you should provide: - Precise Answer ✔✔your position in latitude and longitude, if using dsc have it patched into your gps system How Many Watts should you use when transmitting in a habour - Precise Answer ✔✔1 watt or low power When should you monitor channel 16 - Precise Answer ✔✔always when you are not currently communicating can you make ship to shore communications using a duplex channel? - Precise Answer ✔✔no, you would need a sister duplex channel in the ashore radio what authority is responsible for MMSI number - Precise Answer ✔✔Industry Canada A station calling a MMSI number begining with 003 is likely associated with what authority - Precise Answer ✔✔canadian coast guard what does dsc stand for - Precise Answer ✔✔digital selective calling who needs an MMSI number? - Precise Answer ✔✔all vessels that have a dsc radio list and describe the four digital sea areas under gmdss - Precise Answer ✔✔1. a distance from shore where a vhf radio can pick up at least one shore station(20nm)
you are sailing on the west coast in a secluded area of howe sound. you a deadhead 2m in length, should you make a securite call - Precise Answer ✔✔no, its too small and the area to secluded to warrent the call you have made an urgency call,recvived assistance, and now wish to cancel your urgency call. Who do you make your call too? - Precise Answer ✔✔All stations, as this was where the call was originally initiated You are sailing and receive a dsc distress signal. what should you do initially? - Precise Answer ✔✔Do not digitally acknowledge the call, as this will cancel it. Instead determine if you are close enough to render assistance, if you are make your way to the vessel and monitor channel 16. What factors affect radio range? - Precise Answer ✔✔weather,humidity, air inversions,large waves what is the correct way to transmit $237.54 - Precise Answer ✔✔dollars, two three seven decimal five four When are radio transmissions considered confidential - Precise Answer ✔✔all transmissions are confidential, unless the call is made to "all stations" if you want to send a dsc distress signal, how long must you press the distress button? - Precise Answer ✔✔most need to be pressed for a period of time,usually 5 seconds. this is to prevent accidental calls. if you did not understand a transmission what do you say? - Precise Answer ✔✔Say Again what is the difference between simplex and duplex channels - Precise Answer ✔✔simplex: is a channel in which the radio transmits and recives on the same frequency, used for ship to shore transmisions. Duplex: a channel where the radio transmits and receives on different frequency List in order the top 3 priority transmisions - Precise Answer ✔✔1 Distress (Mayday) 2 Urgency (Pan Pan) 3 safety (securite)
what are key components of a distress call - Precise Answer ✔✔Mayday spoken 3 times name of vessel vessel location nature of distress vessel description you have called for a radio check and get "you are a 3" - Precise Answer ✔✔3 means fair audio quality, readable but with difficulty if the time is 18:00 UTC what time is it in vancouver - Precise Answer ✔✔minus 8 hours to convert to pst, so 10: EPIRB - Precise Answer ✔✔emergency position indicating radio beacon in a distress situation which station is the controlling station - Precise Answer ✔✔the one who initially called, unless the coast guard assumes control you are a pleasure craft with a built in radio and you intend on entering us waters. do you need a station license. - Precise Answer ✔✔yes, you are only exempt in canada your vessel call sign is ABC 263 and you wish to make a routine call to a vessel with a call sign DFB870, how do you make your call - Precise Answer ✔✔On channel 16 This is alpha bravo charlie two six three, alpha bravo two six three, alpha bravo two six three. Calling Delta foxtrot bravo eight seven zero, delta foxtrot bravo eight seven zero, delta foxtrot bravo eight seven zero phonetically spell john smith - Precise Answer ✔✔Juliet oscar hotel November sierra mike india tango hotel
MMSI - Precise Answer ✔✔maritime mobile service identity number where are MMSI numbers obtained from - Precise Answer ✔✔spectrum canada what is an MMSI number used for - Precise Answer ✔✔to identify the vessel and shore station what are the first 3 numbers of an MMSI number for - Precise Answer ✔✔indicate country of origin. what class of VHF-DSC radios is recommended for pleasure craft? - Precise Answer ✔✔Class D what should you do if your DSC radio is not patched into your GPS? - Precise Answer ✔✔record your position every 4 hours what is a requirement of an EPIRB - Precise Answer ✔✔that it is of the 406Mhz class and be registered with industry canada SART - Precise Answer ✔✔Search and Rescue Transponder, activates when picked up on another vessels radar. WHat should yo do if you hear a distress call on channel 16 or dsc 70? - Precise Answer ✔✔proceed immediately to the vessel in distress, notify the CGC and the distressed vessel of your eta.