GMDSS新统考英语题库1

GMDSS通信英语模拟卷1

1. ______ will form the basis for distress alerting and safety calling.

A. GMDSS

B. EGC

C. MSI

D. DSC

2. In Area A1, the DSC frequency for distress alerting is ______.

A. 156.8MHz

B.156.3MHz

C. 156.65MHz

D. 156.525MHz

3. Ship-to-ship distress alerting should be conducted by _______

A. Inmarsat SES

B. VHF/DSC or MF/DSC

C. SART and VHF/DSC

D. satellite EPIRB and VHF/DSC

4. Maritime safety Information _______ international Safetynet service and NA VTEX service.

A. consists of

B. can be received

C. is transmitted by

D. will be made on

5. As each MSI message will have a unique identity, the printing of messages already received correctly is ____.

A. automatically suppressed

B. finished by the operator

C. manually suppressed

D. done again

6. If a ship is not fitted with and automatic position-fixing aid, such as GPS, its position should _____ in EGC receiver at

regular interval.

A. not key

B. be keyed

C. not be keyed

D. key

7. Navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and other urgent safety related messages to

shipping, including electronic chart correction data is _______.

A. Safety service

B. Urgent service

C. distress alerting

D. MSI

8. There are _____ for ships to receive Safetynet messages.

A. some charge

B. a few charges

C. more expensive

D. free charge

9. The COSPAS-SARSA T 406KHz system was adopted as an element of the GMDSS by IMO in _____.

A. 1980

B. 1982

C. 1984

D. 1988

10. Which of the following statements is not a basic flaw of the terrestrial techniques.

A. the need for specialization

B. height of antenna

C. congestion of communication

D. reception difficulties

11. Traditional and terrestrial techniques ______.

A. can overcome the basic flaws of the radio system

B. are useless today

C. now are out of date

D. are impossible to overcome the flaws in the existing radio system

12. Which Inmarsat system applies S&F messaging?

A. Inmarsat-A

B. Inmarsat-B

C. Inmarsat-C

D. Inmarsat-F

13. The Inmarsat system is open for use by ______ countries on a non-discriminatory basis.

A. some

B. lots of

C. many

D. all

14. Sea Area A2 is an area within the coverage of at least one ______.

A. VHF coast station

B. MF coast station

C. satellite

D. RCC

15. The GMDSS must combine all various subsystems. Because _______.

A. they all have different limitations with respect to coverage

B. they all have different limitations in the technology they use

C. different systems apply to different ships

D. all of above

16. when receiving a distress alert, the SAR authorities ashore and the ships in the vicinity of the ship in distress will

_______ in a coordinated search and rescue operation with the minimum delay.

A. assist

B. send a rescue vessel

C. search the distress area

D. reach the distress position at once

17. Ships equipped with Inmarsat SES send distress alerts both ______ and ______.