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WorksheetsGMDSS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
GMDSS stand for
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Global Marine Distress and Safety System
Global Maritime Distress and Safety Satellite
Global Maritime Distress and Security System
Before 1899 a distress signal can be sent
using radio and telephony systems
using optic and sound signals
using radio signal with MORSE code
using flags
The GMDSS amendments was accepted into the SOLAS in
1990
1982
1999
1978
1914
How GMDSS do increase the safety on board?
with a standard and automatic radio-telecommunication equipment
with satellite comunication
with MORSE code comunication
with any radio-telecommunication equipment
The GMDSS works on
VHF frequencies only
MF frequencies only
VHF and MF frequencies
VHF, MF frequencies and satellite comunications
satellite comunications only
DSC stand for
Digital Selective Calling
Distress Safety Calling
Direct Safety Calling
Direct Selective Calling
NAVTEX is
an automattic system to distrubute Maritime Safety Information
a short message sent by a ship
a distress signal
a FAX message sent by a ship
The GMDSS Zone A1 is defined as zone where
at least VHF station is in-range
at least MF station is in-range
at least 1 satellite is visible
at least MF station and 1 satellite are in view
on board INMARSAT is divided in
INMARSAT - A & B
INMARSAT - A & C
INMARSAT - A & B & C
INMARSAT - D&E
The GMDSS Zone A3 is defined as zone where
at least VHF station is in-range
at least MF station is in-range
at least 1 INMARSART satellite is inview
at least MF station and 1 satellite COSPARSARSAT are in view
The INMARSAT system is based on
4 Geostationary satellites
4 Polar-Orbit satellites
36 Quasi-Polar-Orbit Satellite
12 Radio Stations
EPIRB stand for
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
Emergency Plotted Indicating Radio Beacon
Escurtion Position Indicating Radio Beacon
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Buoy
You are in GMDSS A3 zone with your ship. You need to call at home, which type of system do you use?
INMARSAT - A
INMARSAT - C
INMARSAT - B
VHF
INMARSAT-C can not trasmits
data message
Telex
NAVTEX
Voice
An emergency call must be perfomed using:
MAYDAY 3x
PANPAN 3x
SECURITE' 3x
MAYDAY 1x PANPAN 1x SECURITE' 1x
An urgency call must be perfomed using:
MAYDAY 3x
PANPAN 3x
SECURITE' 3x
MAYDAY 1x PANPAN 1x SECURITE' 1x
An safety call must be perfomed using:
MAYDAY 3x
PANPAN 3x
SECURITE' 3x
MAYDAY 1x PANPAN 1x SECURITE' 1x
The officer finds a buoy adrift. Which message should he send?
Safety message
Urgency message
Emergency message
No one
In a standard message, after the words MAYDAY 3x, the officer must say:
this is "the name of the ship"
this is "the name of the offcer in charge"
this is "the name of the master"
this is "the name of the owner"
Send an automatically formatted distress alert to the Coast Guard is possible using
DSC call
INAMARSAT phone-call
GNSS call
a classic VHF transmitter
