2-45.
What procedure should you use to dry wet
flags?
1.
Hoist the flags on signal halyards
2.
Hang the flags over the signal bridge life
rails
3.
Hang the flags from the dress ship lines
4.
Dry them in the ship’s laundry
2-46.
What type of bunting material should you use to
repair a cotton flag?
1. Wool
2. Nylon
3. Cotton
4. Acrylic
2-47.
What publication should you use to find the
correct dimensions for flags and pennants?
1.
ACP 129
2.
ATP 1, Vol. II
3.
NTP 4
4.
NTP 13
2-48.
Why has nylon line replaced cotton line for
signal halyards?
1. Nylon line costs less
2.
Stack temperature and gases cause rapid
deterioration of cotton
3.
Cotton line is hard to get
4.
Cotton line shrinks greatly when wet
2-49.
How are halyard blocks attached to yardarms?
1.
Clamped to a U-bolt
2.
Sister hooked to a U-bolt
3.
Turn buckled to a U-bolt
4.
Spliced to a U-bolt
2-50.
What is the correct procedure for reeving
halyards through a signal halyard block?
1. Aft to forward
2. Forward to aft
3. Inboard to outboard
4. Outboard to inboard
2-51.
How are rings and snaps attached to halyards?
1.
By using a square knot
2.
By using a bucket bend
3.
By using a halyard short splice
4.
By using a halyard eye splice
2-52.
How should signal halyards be secured?
1.
Eased off if the weather is fair; taut if the
weather is wet
2.
Taut if the weather is fair; eased off if the
weather is wet
3.
Eased off no matter the weather condition
4.
Taut no matter the weather condition
2-53.
When you splice double-braided line, where
should the end of the line be worked into?
1.
The center of the line
2.
Near the end of the line
3.
Near the beginning of the line
4.
It is not worked into the line
2-54.
What special tool is used for splicing if the line
circumference is larger than 3 inches?
1. Fid and pusher
2. Wire fid
3. Wooden fid
4. Marlin spike
2-55.
What percent of an average new line strength
will be retained when you splice an eye splice
into new double-braided line?
1.
60%
2.
70%
3.
80%
4.
90%
2-56.
The wire fid for splicing double-braided line is
two times as long as the tubular fid.
1. True
2. False
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