108+ Free Capitán Deportivo Costero (Chile) Practice Questions

Náutica y maniobra

Anchor types and holding ground, scope, detecting a dragging anchor, tripping lines and buoys, berthing and unberthing, spring lines and springing off a windward berth, propeller walk, hull osmosis, sacrificial anodes, antifouling and standing and running rigging inspection.

Navegación costera

The nautical mile and the latitude scale, the Mercator projection and the rhumb line, SHOA chart symbols and the Nivel de Reducción de Sondas, updating magnetic variation, deviation tables and total correction, converting true, magnetic and compass courses and bearings, transits, cross bearings and the cocked hat, running fixes, dead reckoning with leeway and tidal stream, geographic and nominal range of lights, the rule of twelfths and under-keel clearance, depth contours as safety lines, geodetic datum shifts, echo sounder, GPS cross-track error and radar EBL and VRM.

Reglamentación marítima

COLREGs lookout, safe speed, risk of collision and action to avoid it; narrow channels and traffic separation schemes; the head-on, crossing and overtaking rules and the responsibilities between vessels; conduct in restricted visibility; lights, shapes and sound signals; IALA Region B marks; and the Chilean sports craft regime including the 60 nautical mile limit and the art. 34 duty to report an intended movement.

Motores marinos y maquinaria auxiliar

Compression ignition and the four-stroke cycle, direct versus indirect cooling, the neoprene raw water impeller and the consequences of running dry, the water-separating fuel filter, bleeding air from the fuel system, dual battery banks and the master switch, and ventilation of battery compartments against hydrogen.

Meteorología marina

The Humboldt Current and the stable coastal marine layer, the surada driven by the South Pacific anticyclone, the virazón and terral diurnal cycle, the puelche or raco foehn wind, camanchaca advection fog and how it differs from radiation fog, barometric trend and frontal passage, standard pressure and isobar spacing, Buys Ballot's law in the Southern Hemisphere, the Beaufort and Douglas scales, squalls from cumulonimbus, dew point, and the avisos of the Servicio Meteorológico de la Armada.

Primeros auxilios

Making the scene safe before the primary survey, post-rescue collapse and the horizontal recovery of an immersion casualty, burns and scalds, recognition and management of shock after trauma, choking, and the safety consequences of an incapacitated crew member on a short-handed passage.

Comunicaciones marítimas y búsqueda y rescate

VHF Channel 16 and Channel 70 DSC, the MAYDAY, PAN-PAN and SÉCURITÉ hierarchy with their message formats, radio checks with a coast station, obtaining radio medical advice and requesting evacuation, and the Chilean SAR organisation under D.S. N° 1.190 of 1976 — MRCC Chile with its five coordinating centres and eleven subcentres, and the CHILREP ship reporting system.

Navegación con mal tiempo y emergencias en la mar

Heaving to and the slick to windward, running before a steep following sea with the risks of broaching and pitchpoling, drogues and streamed warps, towing and keeping the two vessels in step with the swell, and man overboard recovery by the Williamson and Anderson turns.

Gobierno de embarcación deportiva costera a vela y motor

Handling the craft under sail and power and operating its navigation, safety and communications equipment, assessed afloat by the Maritime Authority. This component cannot be practised through written questions; the items in this bank support the underlying knowledge only.