🔍 Key Concepts

• Basic rope construction sequence (smallest elements are twisted into intermediate forms, which are then twisted again into larger structures) • Difference between yarn, strand, line/rope, and cable-laid rope • The usual order: fibers → ? → ? → finished line

💭 Think About

• Start from the smallest unit: plant fibers. What is the next-smallest twisted unit called before it becomes a strand or a full line? • Think about which term is usually used for several strands twisted together, and which term is used for the fully finished rope. • Eliminate any answer choices that obviously refer to a larger, more finished structure than what single fibers would form directly.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which level of construction comes immediately after fibers in standard rope-making terminology. • Confirm that strands are made from smaller units, not directly from single fibers in traditional descriptions. • Remember that in many seamanship texts, cable refers to a large rope made from smaller ropes, not from individual fibers.