🔍 Key Concepts

• Sheer strake – what part of the hull this term correctly applies to • Stringer plate – where this is located on a deck and how it ties into the side shell • Gunwale – what structural intersection this word describes on a ship

💭 Think About

• First, decide whether a sheer strake is part of the side shell or part of the deck – that will immediately eliminate several options. • Next, decide whether a stringer plate is mainly considered deck plating or side plating – that will narrow the choices further. • Finally, picture the gunwale: is it where deck and side plating meet, or somewhere else? Then match the correct combination of terms to that location.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure which item is side shell plating nearest the deck – that name must be used correctly. • Be sure which item is deck plating nearest the side shell – that name must also be used correctly. • Confirm that the option you select correctly shows side plating term + deck plating term meeting together at the gunwale, not two deck plates or two side plates.