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WorksheetsS9 - Other GMDSS Equipment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What does EPIRB represent?
Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Buoy
Emergency Positioning Identification Radio Beacon
Extraterrestrial Positioning Identification Radio Buoy
Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon
EPIRB's transmit on what frequency?
162.550 MHz
2187.5 kHz
406 MHz
467.8 MHz
How is a SART transponder activated?
It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by flashlight
It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by radar
It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by VHF radio
It sends out a signal as a response to being interrogated by MF radio
What is a SART?
Search and Rescue Transporter
Search and Recovery Transmitter
Seek and Research Tracker
Search and Rescue Transponder
NAVTEX receivers receive data prepared by whom:
Hydrographic offices
Meteorological offices
Rescue Coordination Centres
International Ice Patrol
The response time for an EPIRB is usually?
Not more than 5 minutes
Not more than 20 minutes
Anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours
Not more than half an hour
A SART sends out a signal in response to a (a) signal from a search vessel
What device can be automatically activated?
Category 1 EPIRB
Category 2 EPIRB
Personal EPIRB
SART
The COSPAS-SARSAT Satellite System is / has ...
an international system consisting of four orbiting satellite systems designed to detect EPIRB 406 MHz distress signals
established jointly by Russia, France, Canada and the U.S.A. for the purpose of monitoring for distress signals from EPIRBs
any time a minimum of 3 satellites are operational
an orbit time of approximately 160 minutes
Do EPIRBs use MMSI numbers?
Yes
No
