Bridge Equipment MCQ’s

Capt Sushil Bhan FOSMA

1. What is AIS used for? a. Navigation b. Communication between ships

c. Both a and b

Answer: c. Both a and b

2. What type of information is transmitted by AIS? a. Ship's name and

position b. Ship's speed and course c. Both a and b

Answer: c. Both a and b

3. What is the frequency range used by AIS? a. MF/HF b. VHF c. UHF

Answer: b. VHF

4. What are the two classes of AIS transponders? a. AIS Class A and B b.
AIS Class 1 and 2 c. AIS Class 3 and 4

Answer: a. AIS Class A and B

5. What is the difference between AIS Class A and Class B transponders?

a. Class A transponders are for larger ships and Class B transponders
are for smaller vessels. b. Class A transponders have more
functionality than Class B transponders. c. Class B transponders have
a lower power output than Class A transponders.

Answer: b. Class A transponders have more functionality than Class B

transponders.

6. What is the range of AIS transponder transmission? a. 5 nautical miles

b. 20 nautical miles c. 40 nautical miles

Answer: c. 40 nautical miles

7. What is the role of AIS Base Station? a. To receive and transmit AIS
data from and to ships. b. To provide AIS data to shore-based
systems. c. Both a and b

Answer: c. Both a and b

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8. What is AIS-SART? a. A Search and Rescue Transponder b. A Ship to

Shore Transponder c. An Automatic Identification System-Short
Range Transponder

Answer: a. A Search and Rescue Transponder

9. What is AIS AtoN? a. Aids to Navigation b. Automatic Tracking of

Navigation c. Automatic Technology of Navigation

Answer: a. Aids to Navigation

10. What is AIS-VTS? a. Vessel Traffic Service b. Vessel Tracking System c.

Vessel Technology Service

Answer: a. Vessel Traffic Service

11. What is the purpose of AIS-DGNSS? a. To provide precise navigation

information to ships using AIS. b. To enhance the accuracy of AIS
data. c. Both a and b

Answer: c. Both a and b

12. What is the maximum speed that AIS transponder can transmit data?
a. 4 knots b. 8 knots c. 12 knots

Answer: b. 8 knots

13. What is the message type of AIS transponder transmission? a. Fixed

message format b. Variable message format c. Both a and b

Answer: a. Fixed message format

14. What is the update rate of AIS transponder transmission? a. 2

seconds b. 10 seconds c. 30 seconds

Answer: b. 10 seconds

15. What is the coverage area of AIS system? a. Global coverage b.

Regional coverage c.
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1. What is the purpose of AIS Self-Organizing STDMA? a. To ensure fair sharing

of VHF bandwidth in AIS transmissions. b. To provide a standardized interface
for ship-to-ship communication. c. To prevent interference in AIS
transmissions.

Answer: a. To ensure fair sharing of VHF bandwidth in AIS transmissions.

2. How does AIS Self-Organizing STDMA work? a. By allocating time slots

dynamically to ships in the network. b. By assigning static time slots to ships in
the network. c. By allocating frequency bands dynamically to ships in the
network.

Answer: a. By allocating time slots dynamically to ships in the network.

3. What is the benefit of using AIS Self-Organizing STDMA? a. Improved network

efficiency and reduced communication delays. b. Improved network security
and reduced risk of interference. c. Both a and b.

Answer: c. Both a and b.