Revision Questions MSCE

Revision Questions MSCE

1. What is a Satellite area of coverage known as?

a) Shoeprint.
b) Footprint.
c) Satellite region.
d) Orbital region.

2. What type of stations manage communications between vessels at sea and land earth stations?

a) LUT.
b) MRCC.
c) NCS.
d) SES.

3. What type of stations manage communications between mobile and land earth stations?

a) LUT
b) RCC
c) NCS
d) SES

4. What is the location of Australia’s Land Earth Station(s)?

a) Bundaberg
b) Albany
c) Perth
d) Brisbane and Hobart

5. Where are Australia's Land Earth Station(s)?

a) Hobart and Darwin
b) Albany and Sydney
c) Perth
d) Bundaberg

6. How often should the Inmarsat-C terminal, without GPS interfacing, have position information updated?

a) Every hour
b) At each change of watch
c) Every four (4) hours
d) Every six (6) hours

7. What service is provided by use of Enhanced Group Calling (EGC)?

a) Electronic mail
b) Facsimile mail
c) Maritime safety messages
d) Routine or public correspondence

8. What information is provided by Marine Safety Information (MSI)?

a) Information from ship owners to their fleet
b) News broadcasts
c) Information from the Government to all Australian registered vessels
d) Distress alerts, navigational and weather warnings/forecasts

9. What is The Inmarsat-C antenna radiation hazard range?

a) 7 meters
b) 5 meters
c) 3 meters
d) 1 meter

10. What is the result should you fail to update position information in an Inmarsat-C terminal within 12 hours?

a) Reception of Coastal Warnings via EGC only
b) An automatic message is sent to NCS
c) The system shuts down
d) Reception of EGC for the entire Ocean Region

11. What would be the result of position information not being updated within 12 hours in the Inmarsat-C system?

a) Reception of Coastal Warnings via EGC only
b) SES being unable to receive EGC
c) The operation of audible and visual alarms
d) Reception of EGC for the entire Ocean Region

12. When should an EGC message be repeated?

a) After every traffic list
b) After an announcement on the common channel
c) After a 60 minute delay
d) After a 6 minute delay and then at scheduled broadcast times

13. Which word commences an urgency message received by the Enhanced Group Calling (EGC) system?

a) Mayday
b) Pan Pan
c) Securite
d) Mayday Relay

14. What word should be used to commence shore to ship safety messages?

a) Mayday
b) Pan Pan
c) Securite
d) Mayday Relay

15. What transmission mode does the Inmarsat-C system use?

a) Real time mode communications
b) Real time and store and forward mode communications
c) Store and forward mode and data communications
d) Low quality telephony and data communications

16. What method is utilised when transmitting via the Inmarsat-C system?

a) Real time mode communications
b) Real time and store and forward mode communications
c) Store and forward mode and data communications
d) Low quality telephony and data communications

17. Which service does SafetyNET provide?

a) Ship owner’s fleet or company information
b) Crew personal communications
c) Maritime Safety Information
d) News subscription services

18. To whom would EGC broadcasts concerning a distress alert normally be addressed?

a) To vessels within a uniquely defined geographical area
b) All vessels within an ocean region
c) Vessels belonging to a particular flag or registration
d) Vessels belonging to a particular fleet

19. What is the Inmarsat two-digit code?

a) A method of requesting advice
b) A method of ensuring correct delivery of messages without the need to know full address details
c) A method used to initiate a distress alert
d) A quick way to attract the attention of a Land Earth Station

20. Which of the following services does FleetNetTM provide?

a) Search and rescue (SAR) information
b) Hydro graphic service information
c) Meteorological offices information
d) News subscription services

21. Which statement concerning a distress alert transmitted from an Inmarsat-C Ship Earth Station (SES) terminal is correct?

a) It can be sent if the SES is not logged in
b) It can only be sent when the dish antenna is stabilised and pointing towards the satellite
c) It may only be sent if the SES is logged in
d) It can only be sent if the operator knows the electronic address of the relevant Marine Rescue Coordination Centre

22. What do the Inmarsat two digit special access codes provide?

a) They are only used for medical advice
b) A method of ensuring correct delivery of messages without the need to know full address details
c) They are only used to initiate a distress alert
d) A quick way to attract the attention of a Land Earth Station

23. What method should be used to continue communications after initiating a distress alert via Inmarsat-C?

a) The radiotelephony mode
b) By radio telex, (NBDP)
c) By the keyboard, using non priority
d) By the keyboard, selecting distress priority

24. On what basis does Inmarsat-C terminal accept or reject a shore to ship distress alert?

a) Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) of the vessel
b) Choice of the shipboard operator
c) Relative position of the vessel and the closest satellite
d) Comparison of position information in the EGC’s receiver memory

25. What information is required before the EGC receiver can decide whether to accept or reject a shore to ship distress alert?

a) Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) of the vessel
b) Choice of the shipboard operator
c) Relative position of the vessel and the closest satellite
d) Comparison of position information in the EGC’s receiver memory

26. What must the shipboard operator do should he accidently transmit a distress alert?

a) Broadcast a safety message to all vessels within range
b) Nothing
c) Advise the nearest appropriate Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre immediately
d) Advise the NCS by radiotelephone

27. Which information is included in a distress alert transmitted via Inmarsat-C?

a) Vessel’s name
b) Identity, nature of distress and an indication of position validity
c) MRCC connection
d) What ocean region the distress vessel is located in.

28. What interface does Land Earth Stations provide for each ocean region?

a) Full automated communications between vessels at sea and shore based telecommunications networks
b) Full automated communications between satellite and all land/sea installations.
c) Semi automated communications between the network Co-ordination Centre and the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
d) Semi automated communications for private telephone calls.

29. By whose authority is required before transmitting a distress call and message?

a) The person on duty at the time
b) The master, skipper or person responsible for the safety of the vessel
c) The vessel’s owner
d) No specific authority is required

30. What is Enhanced Group Calling (EGC)

a) The broadcast of information to selected ship earth stations in an ocean region
b) The broadcast of information to all ship earth stations in all ocean region.
c) The broadcast of television programs to selected vessels.
d) The broadcast of news bulletins from news subscription services.

31. What is the Inmarsat-C radiation hazard distance?

a) One meter
b) Two meters
c) Five meters
d) Seven meters

32. What is the Inmarsat installation aboard a vessel known as?

a) LES
b) SES
c) RCC
d) LUT

33. Before entering port and turning off the voltage supply to the Inmarsat-C terminal what action is recommended?

a) Take a 'Transmitter Test'
b) Check message reception
c) Read the transmitter log
d) 'Log out'

34. What data service does Inmarsat-C provide?

a) High quality telex. Telephone, facsimile and data service in real time.
b) Telex and facsimile data exchange in the store and forward mode
c) Low quality telephone and data service in real time.
d) High quality, fast voice communication.

35. What service does the Inmarsat Fleet Service, Fleet 77, provide?

a) High quality telex. Telephone, facsimile and data service in real time.
b) Telex and facsimile data exchange in the store and forward mode.
c) Low quality telephone and data service in real time.
d) High quality, fast voice communication

36. What two ocean areas does the Australia LES service?

a) Atlantis and Pacific.
b) Indian and Pacific
c) Indian and Atlantic.
d) Arctic and Indian.

37. Which of the following is a designated Inmarsat coverage area?

a) The Pacific Ocean Region (POR)
b) The Atlantic Ocean North Region (AON).
c) The Indian Ocean North Region (ION).
d) The Arctic Ocean Region (AOR).

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