Free boating theory questions and short answers
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What is the difference between Mayday and Pan-Pan?What is the difference between VHF Channel 16 and Channel 70?You have bought a handheld VHF for your boat. What does holding the SRC primarily prove?What should you do before making a routine marine VHF voice call?What does Say Again request?Which description of Channel 16 is operationally correct?Which phrase correctly introduces your own vessel identity in a routine voice call?A yacht is being driven onto rocks, cannot arrest the approach and needs immediate outside help. Which priority is appropriate?A crew member needs urgent medical advice, but the facts do not yet show grave and imminent danger. Which route fits?Which channel is used for VHF DSC digital signalling?What is an EPIRB's primary alerting function?Which statement correctly distinguishes the simulator's microphone paths?A learner has completed online revision and wants the official SRC assessment. Where is the practical assessment taken?What does PTT mean in normal VHF operation?Why should Over and Out not be combined?What is the defining operating rule for Channel 70?Why should detailed routine traffic move from an initial calling route to a suitable working channel?Which position report gives responders the most usable information when the coordinate is current and verified?Which signal introduces an authorised general navigation-safety message?What does an MMSI identify?What may safely be concluded from an AIS display with no target at the harbour entrance?What matters most when reviewing a spoken radio call?