7R-A-22: Action to take after sending a false distress alert
7R-22D1:
What action should you take after sending a false Distress alert on VHF?
Make a voice announcement to cancel the alert on Ch-16.
Send a DSC cancellation message on Ch-70.
Make a voice announcement to cancel the alert on Ch-13.
Make a voice announcement to cancel the alert on Ch-22A.
7R-22D2:
A crewmember has accidentally transmitted a VHF-DSC Distress Alert. What action should be taken?
Turn off the power to the unit to stop the DSC call then turn power back on and make a voice announcement to cancel the alert on Ch-16.
Send a DSC call canceling the Distress Alert.
No specific action is necessary.
Turn off the power and make a voice announcement to cancel the alert on Ch-70.
7R-22D3:
What actions should be taken to prevent the transmissions of false distress alerts?
All of the above
Proper watch officer instruction in training.
Insure that the protective cover over the “Distress Hot Key” is secure.
Do not use DSC for relaying “ALL SHIPS” distress alerts.
7R-22D4:
The EPIRB on the bridge wing is observed with the strobe light flashing and the control switch in the “ON” position. What action should be taken?
Both of the above
Disable the EPIRB
Contact the nearest USCG Coast Station, give them your EPIRB’s I.D. number and advise that your unit was inadvertently activated.
None of the above
7R-22D5:
You have been monitoring your 3-cm radar screen and a series of 12 concentric circles suddenly appears centered on the screen. What is the most likely cause of this situation?
Your own vessel’s SART has been activated.
There is a survival craft within 3 nm distance.
There is a fault in the radar.
None of the above
7R-22D6:
The EPIRB on the bridge wing is observed with the strobe light flashing and the control switch in the “OFF” position. What action should be taken?
Both b) and c) are correct
Place the control switch in the ‘OFF” position.
Assume the unit is transmitting and disable the EPIRB.
Contact the nearest USCG Coast Station, give them your EPIRB’s I.D. number and advise that your unit was inadvertently activated.
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