🔍 Key Concepts

• Serving in ropework (what it means and when it is done) • Parts of a rope or wire that are protected (e.g., eye splices, standing parts near fittings) • Difference between splicing tools (fids, marlinspikes) and serving tools

💭 Think About

• Think about what job requires you to tightly wrap small stuff or cord around a rope or wire to protect it from chafe or to keep strands from opening up. • Ask yourself: which option describes a protective covering task, rather than shaping, forcing, or closing something else? • Consider which choice most closely matches the idea of adding an external layer to a rope or wire, not changing its internal structure.

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm that serving is related to applying a covering or protective wrapping to rope or wire. • Verify that fids are normally used in splicing, not in the serving process itself. • Eliminate options that describe unrelated shipboard tasks such as hatch operations or purely splicing actions.