🔍 Key Concepts

• Radiotelephone safety signal vs. distress and urgency signals (three different priority levels) • Where SECURITE / PAN PAN / MAYDAY fit in GMDSS and VHF voice procedures • The language used for the safety signal on the radio (spoken form vs. English translation)

💭 Think About

• First recall which word is used for distress calls, which for urgency calls, and which for safety calls, then match the correct word to the question. • Think about a routine navigational warning broadcast (e.g., fog, hazards to navigation). What word is spoken three times before that type of message? • Ask yourself: if the question says radiotelephone safety signal, is it asking for the English meaning of the word or the standard spoken radio proword used internationally?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify you can clearly distinguish distress (highest priority), urgency, and safety in radio procedures. • Check which of the options are in the standard ITU/IMO radio phraseology for voice calls (not just plain English). • Confirm that the correct signal is a single specific word said three times, not a mixture of the word in English and in its international spoken form.