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1. What are marlinspikes and fids?
2. When overtaking a senior officer, what do you say to that officer?
3. What is the ONLY response given to acknowledge a report while you have the conn?
4. We're "passing the port." What, precisely, are we doing?
5. The conning officer orders "right standard rudder." How many degrees is "standard?"
6. The captain just ordered Ensign Jones to dock the ship "handsomely." What does "handsomely" mean in this use?
7. "Scuttle butt" is a synonym for rumors and gossip. What is the original meaning of the term?
8. Petty Officer Jones just slipped his cable. What has he done?
9. Lieutenant Jones is called a "brown shoe." What does that mean?
10. Lieutenant Commander Smith was just fleeted-up. What happened to him?
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