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STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS 20. \·Vhy should loose ends of li ne be whipped or tucked?
21. A. What is a fid?
1. What is the first requirement for those who sail in naval ships?
13. \ \'h'lt is it used for?
2. A. \Vhat is se;ullanship?
22. \·Vhat is the difterence between a knot, a bend, and a hitch?
B. \Vhich shipboard department is concerned with
seamanship as its primary duty? 23. \Vhat is the best knot for securing small stuff around a package?
3. \Vhat is meant by the statement that "one is first a seaman, 24. \·Vhat is the bight of a line?
and then a technician"? 25. \Vhat is the best kllot for bending together two lines of difterent
4. \·Vhich officer is in charge of the deck department? sizes?
5. \·Vhat mllst a seaman apprentice accomplish in order to 26. \Vhat is chafing gear?
advance to pay grade E-3' 27. \Vhat is always the rule when working with lines and wires?
6. \'Vhat are the main duties of the ship's boatswain?
7. What is marlinspike seamanship? CRIT ICAL THINKING
8. A. \Vhat is rope?
I. Demonstr'lte your knowledge of at least four of the various
B. \·Vhen does the term line come into use in the Navy? types of knots, bends, and hitches described in this chapter.
C. \Vhat materials is line made from?
9. A. \·Vhat is the strongest of the natural fibers? VOCABULARY
13. What is its principal use aboard Navy ships?
deck sealllanship splicing
10. A. \·Vhy is nylon line the most common kind of line lIsed in
boatswain's mate knots
the Navy today?
l11ilrlinspike bending aline
B. \'Vhat is a disadvantage of nylon line? rope hitches
11. \·Vhat special safety precautions should be observed when line hm\'ser
handling wire rope? wire rope small stuft·
12. A. How is the length of line measured? yarn marline
clockwise seizing stuft'
13. How is the size of line denoted?
coullterdocb\'ise bight of line
13. \'Vhat is the name given to line hll'ger than 5 inches in
halyard square knot
circum ferellce?
l11anila bowline
14. \ Vhat is line under 1 J!& inches in circumference called?
circumference chafing gear
15. \Vhat is marline, and what is it used for? faking down bitter end
16. \Vhat is seizing stum flemishing down padeye
fid standing part of a line
17. \Vhat is the bitter end of a line?
eye of a line
18. \Vhere arc most rope and lines stowed ill a ship?
19. \Vhat is the purpose of whipping a line or rope?