Coast Guard Navigation Standards Manual  (COMDTINST M3530.2C):

Evaluates fix accuracy, Makes recommendations to the navigation evaluator based on CIC/CSC’s navigation plot, and keeps the Shipping Officer advised of course/speed changes.

Piloting Officer

Evaluates the surface picture, Designates contacts to be watched or tracked in accordance with ship’s directives, Verifies that the recommended course is clear of all surface contacts.

Provides all radar data as directed by the Shipping Officer

Provides all navigation radar data as directed by the Piloting Officer. Maintain communications with, and keep the Navigation Plotter informed of designated points available for use.

NavigationRadar Operator

Maintains CIC navigation plot. Plots and labels each fix on the chart in use. Extends the DR at least two fix intervals. Computes set and drift since last fix. Identifies nearest hazard to navigation. Determines time and distance to the next course change. Revises turn bearings. Plots various types of fixes as applicable, based on the installed electronic navigation system.

NavigationPlotter

Logs all Piloting Officer recommendations as well as the standard fix report. Assumes responsibility from the Bearing Book Recorder for designating times of fixes when CIC has been designated as the primary navigation plot.

NavigationRecorder

Communications Instructions-Radiotelephone Procedures (ACP125):

The term Voice Procedure encompasses what three related elements?

·         Protocol – Rules

·         Callsigns – Identifiers

·         Secure Nets and Codes - Cryptography

Transmission Security is that component of COMSEC which includes all measures designed to protect Allied radio transmissions from enemy __________.

·         Interception

·         Analysis

·         Deception

Maximum defense against interception and direction finding (DF) can be achieved if what protective measures are taken?

·         Radio Silence

·         Electronic Silence

·         Avoiding Unnecessary Transmissions

·         Transmission Length

·         Procedure

·         Changing Frequency

·         Use of Alternative Means of Communications

Codewords meanings are always classified and are intended to be used once only as an executive order.

True

Radio appointment titles are codewords.

What is a unique, daily changing group of four random letters used to disguise a command, formation, unit or sub unit?

What is a combination of letters and figures that identify a communication facility, an organization, or an individual on a radio net?

Classified Information Management Program (COMDTINST 5510.23):

What prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information?

Who is ultimately responsible for the security of classified information at his or her command?

What form number is the Activity Security Checklist?

What form number is the Security Container Checksheet?

SF-702 (Shall be affixed to the container and used each time the container is opened and closed. Retained for 3 months)

Coversheet:                       Sticker:

SF-703 = Top Secret               SF-706 = Top Secret

       SF-704 = Secret                   SF-707 = Secret

       SF-705 = Confidential             SF-708 = Confidential

What form number is the Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement?

What is a CG-4819?

What form number is the Top Secret Disclosure Record?

CG-4764A (Shows the names of all individuals given access and the date of such access and shall be attached to all Top Secret information in document form. Retained for 5 years)

What form number is the Security Container Records Form?

What are the 3 types of restricted areas?

·         Exclusion (Most Secure)

·         Limited (Not as Secure)

Controlled (Least secure)

What sound transmission class (STC) is required for Top Secret spaces?

What sound transmission class (STC) is required for Secret and below spaces?

Who has been delegated as original classification authorities within the Coast Guard and have the authority to originally classify information as secret and below?

COMLANTAREA SOP (Annex K)

What form number is the Report of Radio Interference?

CG-2861 retain 3 years

What form number is the Report of Violation of Radio Regulations or Communications Instructions?

What form number is the Frequency Authorization Request Form?

How long do you retain a Message Tracer File?

6 months following resolution

How long do you retain a Visitor Register?

2 years

How long do you retain High-Precedence Message Test Results?

1 year

What is the unclassified short name referring to investigations and studies of compromising emanations (CE)?

These are complete and continuous records of all radio signals transmitted and received. The absence of any signals for a five minute period will be indicated by a NO SIGS entry in the log.

These are a record of all transmitted and received signals that pertain to the unit. Entries may be abbreviated and in narrative form vice verbatim.

PHYSICAL SECURITY:

Which one of the following situations does NOT require the completion of a Personnel Security Action (CG-5588) form?

A. Request security clearances.

B. Request a Personnel Security Investigation (PSI)

C. Report a positive Page 7 entry.

D. Request an Interim clearance.

E. Granting local access.

F. Report derogatory information.

G. Report status changes.

When completing a CG-5588 form, what letter shall be entered in the “Status” block.

B – Enlisted

       C - Officer

A Top Secret clearance shall be updated after ______ years.

A Secret clearance will expire after ______ years.

The level of access necessary for each military and civilian position shall be based on mission needs and the determination of the ______ .

What are the 3 types of restricted areas?

·         Exclusion (Most Secure)

·         Limited (Not as Secure)

·         Controlled (Least secure)

FPCON:

This condition applies when a general threat of possible terrorist activity exists but warrants only routine security posture?

This condition applies when an increased and more predictable threat of terrorist activity exists. You must be able to maintain this posture for weeks w/o causing undue hardship in operational capability?

This condition applies when an incident has occurred or when intelligence is received indicating that some form of terrorist action against units and personnel is imminent?

This condition applies in the immediate area where a terrorist attack has occurred or when intelligence has been received that terrorist actions against a specific location is likely?

COMMS:

Be able to convert Hz ► KHz ► MHz ► GHz and vice versa

1000 Hz = 1 KHz

1000 KHz = 1 MHz

1000 MHz = 1 GHz

Frequency Ranges:

VLF = 3 – 30 KHz

LF  = 30 – 300 KHz

MF  = 300 – 3000 KHz

       HF  = 3 – 30 MHz

       VHF = 30 – 300 MHz

       UHF = 300 – 3000 MHz

       SHF = 3 – 30 GHz (Microwaves)

       EHF = 30 – 300 GHz (Microwaves, Navy)

What is the supplementary hailing CH/Freq for non-commercial vessels?

CH 9 / 156.45 MHz

SATCOM:

Geo-Synchronous satellites orbit _____ miles above the equator and travel with the speed of the earth’s rotation.

Free (Does not require a Net Control Station (NCS))

Directed (Controlled by NCS)

What is the lateral direction of the antenna, in degrees (0018-3608)?

Azimuth

What is the vertical direction of the antenna, in degrees (0008-0908)?

Elevation

What is the mathematical difference in the uplink and downlink frequencies in MHz?

Offset

What type of circuit is one way communications on one frequency?

What type of circuit is two-way communications allowing a unit to transmit only when not already receiving a transmission from another unit? (1 Frequency)

What type of circuit is two-way communications facilitated by transmitting on an uplink frequency, receiving on a separate, downlink frequency? (2 Different Frequencies)

What does FSB stand for?

What does NBSV stand for?

What does CUDIX stand for?

What does DAMA stand for?

Demand Assigned Multiple Access

What does ANDVT stand for?

What does NAVMACS II stand for?

What does AUTOVON stand for?

What does NCTAMS stand for and what is its purpose?

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Stations (NCTAMS) are net control for Naval UHF communications in assigned geographic locations

RADAR:

What is the measure of a wave’s energy level?

How fast do Radio frequency (RF) waves travel?

186,000 miles per second (Speed of Light)

What is the maximum range of a radar determined by?

What is minimum range determined by?

Pulsewidth

What is the ability of a radar to distinguish between two targets on the same bearing but at slightly different ranges?

A natural property of radio waves is that the direction of their transmission path changes as they pass between media having different densities. This is known as what?

Refraction

What is the means by which a wave bends around the edges of an object and penetrates into the shadow region behind it?

What is the scattering and absorption of energy as it passes through a medium?

Attenuation

What is the propagation velocity of RF energy?

328 yards per microsecond (ms)

As a radar transmits, some of the energy strikes the surface of the sea and is reflected upward. As a result, contacts cannot be detected. What are these areas called?

Fade Areas

What is the angular measurement between own ship’s head (own course) and the line of bearing to the object?

What is the plotting symbol for an estimated position?

What is the plotting symbol for a radar fix?

COMTAC Publications Policy and Procedures Manual (COMDTINST M2600.1):

Who is responsible for the overall administration of COMTAC Publications within the Coast Guard?

In the Administrative Maintenance File, how long should destruction reports be maintained for publications that were once held in the library?

Top Secret & Secret = 5 years

       Unclassified & Confidential = 2 years

When are secret and below COMTAC publications inventoried?

TS COMTAC Publications must be inventoried every _____?

COMTAC OPL Allowance lists must be reprinted every ______ or upon change.

Relief/designation letters of Publications Control Officer, including inventory at the time of relief must be retained for _________ after relief.

How long should Directives file (initial allowance authorization letters and all subsequent additions/deletions authorizations) be retained?

2 years

Correspondence files/local memos (all letters, messages, general messages, rapid drafts, etc. pertaining to the operation of the library) must be retained for _________.

2 years

_____________ replaces the NWPL Catalog Card (OPNAV 5070/11), and is the only method for accounting of each publication in the unit's CPL.

Coast Guard publications and instructions not applicable to the Navy can be included in the COMTAC publications system.

The COMTAC Online Publications Library (OPL) is centrally managed by __________and accessed through a web-interface using a standard web browser.

When must accounts (less Satellite) update Publications Control Officer (PCO) and Publications Control Clerk (PCC) information in the COMTAC OPL database? 

COMTAC publications (including CD-ROMs) may be extracted or reproduced for use in training or operations, unless prohibited by the Letter of Promulgation.

True

What are the three distinct formats COMTAC publications are prepared in?

Paper

       Microfiche

       Compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM)

When must an inventory of all COMTAC material take place?

·         Upon relief of the commanding officer

·         Relief of the PCO

·         Annually

Commanding Officer

Reports of the loss or possible compromise of classified COMTAC publications shall be made to the unit's ______________.

Cognizant Security Manager

All NATO COMTAC publications shall be separated from non-NATO COMTAC publications.

When should COMTAC publications be page checked?

·         Upon receipt

·         After entry of a change

·         After disassembling for any reason

What are the functional components of the CPL?

·         Publication Stock Center

·         Inventory of Publications

·         Custody Record File

·         COMTAC Administrative File

Publication Notice

All COMTAC publications must be stamped with an assigned ________ in the upper right-hand corner.

When making short changes / corrections to a COMTAC publication what color ink is authorized?

EKMS:

What form number is the COMSEC Material Report?

What is the lowest classification allowed for a COMSPOT message?

Confidential

COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by quantity from production to destruction?

After initial receipt to the COR, COMSEC material is locally accountable by quantity and handled based on its classification?

COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by accounting (serial/register) # from production to destruction?

COMSEC material that is electronically generated and continuously accountable to the COR from production to destruction?

What AL Code is the SKL?

What key card is located inside the SKL?

KOV 14 (Old)

       KSV 21 (New)

Classified material may be jettisoned at sea to depths greater than ____ fathoms?

What are the 3 COMSEC status conditions?

·         Reserve

·         Effective

Superseded

What are the 3 types of supersession?

·         Regular

·         Irregular

·         Emergency

How many tiers are in the EKMS architecture?

(4)

Each EKMS Tier 2 account is assigned and identified by a _____ - digit EKMS account number, which also serves as the account’s EKMS ID.

What term is used to describe the acceptance of responsibility for the proper handling, safeguarding, accounting, and disposition of COMSEC material issued by EKMS Manager and LE personnel?

What term is used to describe the action involved when COMSEC material is moved from CIC to Radio?

If hardcopy COMSEC material is continuously accountable to the COR by accounting (serial/register) number from production to destruction then you should enter the AL code _____ on the SF-153.

If COMSEC material is electronically generated and continuously accountable to the COR from production to destruction then you should enter the AL code _____ on the SF-153.

The two types of COMSEC material that can be transferred include _____ and _____.

Electronic keying material

Physical

What term is used to describe the action involved when COMSEC material is moved from one numbered EKMS account to another EKMS numbered account?

Transferring COMSEC Material

A local element inventory must be conducted by the person having _____ _____ responsibility for the material and the qualified witness.

Local custody

How many days from receipt of the request inventory transaction prompt do EKMS Managers have to send the fixed cycle SAIR to the COR?

A request for inventory transaction shall be transmitted to each account electronically by the _____.

The minimum required retention period for SF-153 Local Custody documents is _____ days after supersession.

What is the minimum required retention period for an appointment letter?

LAW ENFORCEMENT (MLEM) M16247.1E:

What law establishes a national program for the conservation and management of the fishery resources of the U.S. to prevent overfishing, to rebuild over-fished stocks, and to facilitate long-term protection of essential fish habitats? In general, these regulations establish administrative provisions, catch limitations, closed areas, gear restrictions, and other requirements for particular species.

What may be conducted only when reasonable suspicion exists that there is a particular hazard that may threaten the boarding team.

What extends to a maximum distance of 200nm out from its coastal baseline granting a coastal nation control of all economic resources within, including fishing, mining, oil exploration, and any pollution of those resources? However, it cannot prohibit passage or loitering above, on, or under the surface of the sea.

What is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12nm from the coastal baseline?

What is it when, under international law, a warship, military aircraft, or other duly authorized vessel may approach in international waters any vessel, other than a warship or government vessel on noncommercial service, to verify its nationality.

The USCG may commence Right of Visit (ROV) boardings:

·         For vessels with no indicators of nationality;

·         For vessels reasonably suspected to be engaged in piracy, slave trade, and unauthorized broadcasting; or

·         When they have clear, articulable evidence to believe that indicators and/or claims of vessel nationality are false or conflicting.

SAR:

Where do you find copies of the SAR check sheet?

What is the mission and purpose of the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue (SAR) Program?

Prevent death or injury to persons and loss or damage to property in the marine environment.

The focus of the SAR addendum is on the four key processes involved in performance of CG SAR missions, what are the four processes?

Distress monitoring and communications

              Search planning

              Search coordination

              Search and rescue operations

An operation, normally coordinated by a rescue coordination center (RCC), rescue sub-center (RSC), or group/activities operations center, using available and appropriate personnel, facilities and resources to locate persons or property in distress.

Rescue is an operation with the primary purpose of retrieving persons in distress and delivering them to a place of safety.  This may include providing for certain medical care or other critical needs.  Rescue operations may also be performed for the purpose of preventing or mitigation property loss or damage.  However, missions shall not normally be performed for the purpose of salvage or recovery of property when those actions are not essential to the saving of life.  Beneficial secondary consequences of a rescue operation may be to prevent environmental damage or remove

The statutory authority for the U.S. Coast Guard to conduct SAR mission is contained in ___________?

SAR doctrine, policy and procedures for the Coast Guard are provided in a few primary publications, what are they?

National Search and Rescue Plan

              International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual

              United States National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) to the IAMASR Manual

              Coast Guard Addendum (CGADD) to the NSS (COMDTINST M16130.2)

What are the four general SAR Program OBJECTIVES?

Minimize loss of life, injury, and property loss and damage in the maritime environment;

              Minimize crew risk during SAR missions;

              Optimize use of resources in conducting SAR;

              Maintain a world leadership position in maritime SAR

The ultimate goal of the coast guard’s SAR program is to prevent loss of life in every situation where our actions and performance could possible be brought to bear.

Each Coast Guard unit with a SAR readiness responsibility shall have a suitable SAR resource ready to proceed within ______ minutes of notification of a distress?

30 Minutes

As it concerns SAR Mission Response; the resource planning standard for a Group or other Coast guard units with specified SAR AORs, the siting, basing or staging of search and rescue units (SRU) should provide for no greater than a  ______ hour total response time for any one surface or air SRU within that group or unit’s AOR to arrive at any location within the AOR.

Two-hour

The National Distress and Response System (NDRS) Coverage primary distress alerting and SAR command, control and communications (C3) system for U.S. Coast waters is SEA Area A-1.  The standard for the VHF-FM network is a minimum of ______ continuous coverage for reception of a one-watt signal of a one-meter antenna, out to ______ nautical miles from shore around the coastline of the continental U.S., the Great Lakes, main Hawaiian Islands, the commonwealth of Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and portions of Alaska?

90% continuous coverage

              20 nautical miles

SMCs shall process and evaluate information about a SAR incident, determine appropriate initial actions, and initiate actions within ______ minutes of notification of a distress incident.

Manual solution work sheets with manual plotting,

              C2PC/JAWS

              CASP

What search planning methodology should be used for planning guidance for cases involving incidents outside the ______ mark when:  - The duration of an incident has or could have exceeded 24 hours. There is uncertainty concerning the incident time, incident location, or type of search object(s) involved.

Computer Assisted Search Planning (CASP) System

An internationally recognized designation of a facility with the responsibility to promote efficient organization of SAR services and to coordinate the conduct of SAR operations within a search and rescue region (SRR)

A rescue Sub-center is an internationally recognized designation of a facility established where the RCC can not exercise direct and effective control over SAR facilities in remote areas, or where local facilities can be directed only through local authorities. There is only one RSC in the Coast Guard, where is it?

Greater Antilles Section within CCGD7 (RSC San Juan under RCC Miami)

If a SAR mission crosses areas of responsibility (AORs) or Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) who assumes RCC responsibilities?

The RCC within whose region the last position report was received assumes overall responsibility.  If the last report received was at the boundary of two regions, or if no position report was received, the RCC of the region the craft was entering usually assumes responsibility.

NO

Who is responsible for initiating a response to a distress incident and requests for assistance?

What are some examples of incidents that require the SMC to be at the District RCC level or above?

1.  Initial action for cases involving ELT and EPIRB, HF-DSC, and Inmarsat alerts

2.  Cases during which search planning by a Group/Activity extends beyond 36 hours shall be evaluated by the District to determine the unit’s ability to continue search planning.  Decisions to shift or not shift the SMC in all cases shall be documented in the case file

3.  Cases involving mass rescue operations

4.  Cases outside the U.S. SRR’s where a Coast Guard RCC is carrying out the duties of “first RCC”, where assistance is request by an international RCC outside the U.S., or where U.S. citizens appear to be in distress outside U.S. SRR and involvement of a U.S. RCC is appropriate.

Of the various models and checklist used in Operational Risk Management (ORM), what factors do they all have in common?

Define the task

              Identifying the hazards,

              Identifying options,

              Evaluating risk versus gain

              Executing the decision.

Note: Regardless of the model or checklist a unit uses to evaluate operational risk, that form shall be included in the case file

When completing an Operational Risk Management checklist, what model is used to IDENTIFY HAZARDS?

PEACE

              P =  Planning

              E = Event Complexity

              A = Asset Selection

              C = Communications

              E = Environment Conditions

When completing an Operations Risk Management Checklist, what model is used to IDENTIFY OPTIONS?

       STAAR

              S = Spread Out

              T = Transfer

              A = Avoid

                A = accept

              R = Reduce

When completing an Operations Risk Management Checklist, what model is used when ASSIGNING RISK?

GAR

              G = Green

              A = Amber

              R = Red

What is the definition of Heavy Weather?

SEAS, Swell, and Wind conditions combining to exceed 8 feet and/or winds exceeding 30 knots

Can an individual be designated a SAR Controller with an Interim Qualification?

In order to stay current on watch polity and procedures, all qualified SAR Controllers, including senior controllers and fill-in controllers are required to maintain watch proficiency through the use of currency watches.  All qualified controllers will stand a minimum of ____ watches per month?

There are times when NOK of missing persons who are presumed dead approach the Coast Guard and request a Letter of presumed Death (LPD), usually to assist in insurance and probate court proceedings.  For a case involving recreational boater, what office in the Coast Guard is authorized to do this?

Coast Guard typically does not investigate recreational deaths or overdues and therefore is not authorized to issue an LPD in these cases.  Often local or state authorities perform these functions

All RCCs/Command Center’s shall maintain a current Search and Rescue Facility (SARFAC) listing. At the Group/Activity level, the SARFAC list shall incude all assets available with the AOR that can assist in responding to SAR. This list shall include up to date 24-Hour contact number for local authorities responsible for public safety, bridges, tunnels, pipelines and other facilities subject to waterway incidents with the AOR.  Additionally, 24 Hour contact numbers for DOD, state, county, municipal, volunteer, and commercial SAR resources including hospitals, ambulances, and coroners.  Facility listings are particularly important for identifying capabilities not held by the Coast Guard.  How often are SARFAC lists updated?

If a federal, state or local agency within your AOR request SAR case information can you give it to them?

Yes, unless there is a compelling reason to withhold it and them you must obtain concurrence from the cognizant district commander.

Who would you refer a request for a foreign government to use the international versions of C2PC called SARPC?

Yes but it is done on a not-to-interfere bases with commercial providers and a qualified doctor must provide the Coast Guard the medical advice to be transmitted.

COMDT (G-OPR)

Coast Guard personnel should refer to operation of vessels or aircraft, including military craft, to enter or overfly the territorial sea of a foreign nation to render emergency assistance to persons, ships or aircraft in danger or distress from perils of the sea as _________?

“Assistance Entry” (AE)  DOD commands use the term “right of assistance enter (AE)

Note: The right to carry out AE extends only to bona-fide rescue operations, not to search operations

When is a Statement of No Objection (SNO) required before a CG aircraft can enter airspace over a foreign territorial sea for the purpose of conducting “AE”?

It is required when in the judgment of an aircraft commander or operational commander believes a person is in danger or distress from perils of sea, and delay in render assistance would not be life-threatening and

              The distress location is reasonably well known, and

              The rescue unit is in position to renter timely and effective assistance.

COMDT G-O

In all cases of AE action in progress or contemplated by Coast Guard rescue units, what CG office must be notified?

A worldwide voluntary ship reporting system for SAR sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard. The primary function is to quickly provide SAR authorities with accurate information on the positions and characteristics of ships near a reported maritime or aviation distress that may be able to provide assistance.

AMVER

When ever an AMVER-participating vessel makes a rescue or diverts to assist (with or without positive results) or a foreign RCC request a SURPIC reports must be sent to Amver Maritime Relations either by email or message. What is the PLAD for message reporting?

What is the primary purpose of global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)?

What is the internationally recognized method of sending terrestrial digital distress alert?

VHF-FM range – Coastal area within the radiotelephoen coverage of at least on VHF-FM coast station with continuous DSC alerting capabilities (approximately 20 miles offshore).  What GMDSS Sea Area is this?

Approximately 200 nautical miles – Sea Area A2: MF Range – area beyond VHF-FM coverage, within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF station with continuous DSC alerting capabilities.

Digital Selective Calling (DSC)

              NAVTEX

              SITOR

              Inmarsat A (analog) and B (digital)

              Inmarsat C (telex only)

              Radio-telephone

              Satellite EPIRB (406 Mhz and Inmarsat E, 1645 Mhz)

              SART (survival craft)

What does MMSI stand for?

An afloat unit receiving a DSC distress alert must wait _______ to allow the shore units to respond?

The most important information to be gleaned from an incoming DSC call is ______, the _____ and (for distress calls) the position and nature of distress.

Category of call

              MMSI number

The international Ice Patrol uses this GMDSS sub-system as a means of disseminating ice bulletins and warning messages.

______ is a service of Inmarsat’s Enhanced Group Call (EGC) system specifically desgined for promulgation of Maritime Safety Information (MSI) as part of GMDSS.  Coast Guard RCCs shall disseminate and monitor search and rescue distress related information using ________ system when the SAR case location is deemed to be outside the coverage area of NAVTEX

A SART signal appears as a distinctive line of _____ equally space blips on a radar screen extending outward from the SART position along its line of bearing?

       What DSC frequencies to Groups guard?

MF DSC 2187.5 kHZ AND 156.525 MHZ (channel 70)

Distress Alert acknowledgment shall be made on the same DSC frequency that it was received and shall take place after one minute to allow for units with automated MF/HF DSC to make calls on all MF/HF frequencies. In all cases the DSC Alert acknowledgment must occur within ______ minutes of receipt.

2.75 Minutes

After acknowledging a DSC Alert each receiving unit must monition the corresponding voice frequency for at least ______ minutes or until follow-up communications between the distressed vessel and the coast Guard can be established.  Notification of the DSC Alert by each receiving unit takes place during the same _____ minutes that the unit is listening to the corresponding voice frequency.

       Who is the “Primary Voice Responder” for all HF DSC distress calls?

Area Command Centers

Can Area command centers delegate DSC SMC responsibilities to Districts? And can District command centers delegate DSC SMC responsibilities to Groups?

For DSC case claiming purposes and MISLE data entry, how much time must be spent in efforts to coordinate/communications be for a case must be claimed?

Cutters equipped with MF/HF DSC transceivers will monitor 2187.5 kHz continuously while underway and at actor.  Any cutter receiving a DSC distress call that is not acknowledged by as shore station within _____ minutes should acknowledge the call by first ________?

5 Minutes

Acknowledge receipt of the alert on the MF voice distress channel (2182 kHz) and attempt to establish communications.

If the cutter is enable to establish communications on the MF voice distress channel in the question above, what shall they do next?

The ship should acknowledge receipt of the distress alert using the DSC acknowledgment function. Once done the cutter is now responsible for notifying the applicable RCC by the most expedient means.

When a Coast Guard boat receives a VHF-DSC distress call what is their first course of action?

Inform the SMC of the contents of the distress alert, differ the acknowledgment of the call to the shore stations.  If the distress call is not acknowledged within 5 minutes the boat will acknowledge receipt of the alert on the VHF-FM voice distress channel 16. If unable to establish communications on ch 16, acknowledge the call using the VHF-DSC function on their radio and notify the applicable Group by the most expedient means.

What is the difference in actions taken by a Coast Guard Boat and a Coast Guard Cutter when receiving a VHF-DSC distress call?

The cutter first notifies their CO/OIC first.  Other than this they follow the same procedures.

What is the minimum response requirement for a Coast Guard shore unit receiving a VHF-DSC call?

After obtaining relevant information for the reporting source i.e., position, nature of distress, MMSI, the shore unit must attempt to establish communications on ch16. If unable to establish communications the SMC shall issue a UMIB.

No, a UMIB is required, and should advise all mariners that are VHF-DSC equipped receiving the DSC distress call to contact the CG with their position.

A _______ should be submitted for every vessel including foreign vessel in U.S. SAR areas of responsibility for:

Those who inadvertently transmit a false distress alert without proper cancellation, or who fail to respond to a distress alert due to misuse or negligence; Those who repeatedly transmit false alerts; or those who deliberately transmit false alerts

A SafetyNET messages are a tool used by CG SMCs to alert the maritime public to a distress or potential distress situation. When would and SMC issue a SafetyNet message?

Whenever the DMC determines that important maritime information needs to reach beyond the coverage of NAVTEX UMIBs.

SafetyNet messages can be sent as Safety Priority, Urgent priority and distress priority.  Which of these incur costs when used.

What must be included in the text of a SafetyNet message?

The name of the RCC that is sending the broadcast. It is the keyword used to send a “Monitored” copy of the message back to the RCC.

What does MMSI stand for?

Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number

_____________ Provides a SAR Planner with a rapid, reliable means of obtaining vessel information when planning a SAR case. The application allows the user to search for vessel information by Vessel Name, vessel Call Sign, Official or State Registration Number, MMSI Number, IMARSAT Number, EPIRB Registration Number, or Soundex Search (vessel name only)?

Web-based Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) Search and Rescue (SAR) Vessel Identification System “MMSI Database”

What is the primary function of the VHF-FM National Distress and Response System (NDRS)

Primary function of the NDRS is to receive distress alerts, coordinate SAR operations, and communicate with all maritime interests in water (including inland Waters) in which the Coast Guard has SAR responsibilities. The secondary function is to provide short-range command and control communications for all Coast Guard missions.

What are the 5 components of the SAR system?

1.  Organization

2.  Resources

3.  Communications

4.  Emergency Care

5.  Documentation

What are the 3 emergency phases?

1.  Uncertainty – Doubt

2.  Alert – Apprehension

3.  Distress - Danger

How many digits are in a MMSI and what do they mean?

9 Digits (First 3 = Country, Last 6 = Ship Station Identifier)

How long will a SLDMB last once deployed?

14 Days new

       22 days after 18 months storage

What is NAVTEX (Navigational Telex)?

·         Narrowband direct printing telegraphy for Navigation, Meteorological, and Urgent information.

·         MF Range

·         Covers 200nm offshore

What are the frequency, battery capacity, and range of the Search and Rescue Transponder (SART)?

·         9 GHz (9200-9500 MHz).

·         96 hours capacity

·         Range 40nm (Air) / 10nm (Surface)

What are the GMDSS Sea Areas?

·         SA 1 = (VHF-FM) 20nm offshore

·         SA 2 = (MF) Up to 200nm offshore

·         SA 3 = (HF & INMARSAT) Area between 708N and 708S

SA 4 = (HF & INMARSAT) Polar Regions

Sea Current - Is the main large scale flow of ocean water

Tidal Current - Mostly within 3 miles of the shoreline and within bays and sounds

Wind Current – Generated by the wind acting on the water surface over a period of time.

Lake & River Currents – Normally obtained from local knowledge, charts, table or computer models

Define Leeway (LW)

LEEWAY (LW) is the movement through the water caused by winds blowing against the exposed surfaces of the search object.

Search Pattern Letter Designators can consist of up to three letters.  1^st letter indicates search pattern type, 2^nd indicates the number of SRU in the same search area and the 3^rd indicates amplifying/supplementary.  What type of search pattern does the letter designators VS stand for?

Trackline                  T

              Parallel             P

              Creeping Line       C

              Expanding Square     S

              Sector               V

              Barrier              B

Expanding Square (S)

Which search pattern is used when datum is established with a high degree of confidence and the target may be difficult to detect?

Sector (V)

121.5 MHz

What is the Military Air Distress Frequency?

How could a radio transmission that is received at a command center be beyond the communications system’s operating limit?

What are the DSC guard frequencies?

VHF (CH 70) 156.525 MHz

HF 2187.5 KHz

What is the DSC alert acknowledgement time quota?