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Falls used in launching shall be turned end for end at an interval of not more than X months and to be renewed not later than every Y years, where the intervals are:

12 months / 4 years

6 months / 2 years

20 months / 3 years

30 months / 5 years

Oily rags and metal twist pose a particular fire hazard because:

They are liable to spontaneous combustion.

They are not a hazard.

They are not a hazard unless ignited.

They generate their own oxygen when ignited and are therefore difficult to extinguish.

Which class of fire is a smouldering fire of wood, textiles, paper and/or other carbonaceous materials?

Class C

Class B

Class D

Class A

After smoking, cigarettes should be disposed off as follows:

Disposed of in an ashtray, ensuring that it is extinguished

Dropped into a waste bin

Dropped over the lee side only so that it cannot blow back on board

Dropped over the side only if you are certain they are extinguished

*A fault in the fire detection and fire alarm systems will be indicated:

By fully automatic separate test boards where any faulty condition is initiated by audible and visual signals

By audible and visual signals at the control panel, distinct from the fire signal

By the general alarm

By the fire signal

Under way to discharging port temperature tests indicate fire in a hold loaded with coal. What is the first action to be taken?

Fill the hold with water

Call for assistance from other ships or rescue vessels

Close all air ventilators and other openings to the hold in question

Open the hatches and cover the top of the cargo by foam

*For how long should the self contained air support system on a totally enclosed lifeboat having its engine running be capable of providing safe and breathable air ?

5 minutes

10 minutes

20 minutes

30 minutes

What is the minimum number of fire control plans that should be permanently stored in a prominently marked weathertight enclosure outside the deckhouse for the assistance of shoreside fire fighting personnel?

At least one

At least three

At least two

Not required providing one set is available inside the accommodation

When an HF band a DSC distress alert is received, you have to listen to:

8414.5 kHz (DSC distress frequency in 8 MHz)

Don't know

the radio-telex distress frequency in the band in which the DSC distress alert was received

the radiotelephony distress fequency in the band in which the DSC distress alert was received

What is false regarding the function :” Reception of shore to ship distress alerts ”

On area A1 this function is based on the use of VHF DSC

On area A2 this function is based on the use of MF DSC

On area A3 this function is based on the use of HF DSC

On all areas this function is based on the use of SARSAT COSPAS Epirb

With an increase in temperature the volume of flammable and combustible liquids :

Remains constant

Contracts

Remains constant if pressure remains constant

Expands

You are taking fuel on your vessel in the US when you notice oil on the water around your vessel. You are to stop taking fuel and:

Leave the area

Notify the US Coast Guard

Notify the Corps of Engineers

Begin clean up operations

What rules and regulations are regulating the watch keeping routines in the engine room?

International Standard for Training and Watch keeping (STCW)

Both STCW and Class rules

SOLAS

Class Rules

What do you call the method used for bone-soft part injuries?

ICE-method.

First Aid -method.

REHAB-method.

ABC-method.

What is the best way to avoid pollution from small oil-spills aboard a ship?

Rig an oil boom around the ship

Have dispersing chemicals ready for use in case of oil-spill

Have sawdust ready for use

Contain any oil-spill onboard the ship

Your ship is going full ahead as you start to slow down. Where is the position of the "pivot point" now? No wind, current.

The "pivot point" will move to the stern

Same position as when the ship is on full ahead

It will move aft as the ship slows down

It will move to the side of the center line

Your vessel is at anchor. It is dense fog and visibility about 2 cables. On your radar screen you can see a vessel approaching the anchorage and the vessel is heading at your position. What will you do?

Wait and see how the situation is developing.

Try to get in touch by using the VHF.

Sound 5 short signals.

Sound three blasts in succession, namely one short, one prolonged and one short blast.

Are mooring boats required for vessels transitting the Suez Canal?

Yes, only mooring boats hired from shore are accepted

Ships can use their own boats if they cannot safely lift hired boats, but boat crews must be hired from shore

Mooring boats are required only for loaded tankers of more than 100.000 dwt.

Mooring boats are not required

The International Organisation which has developed GMDSS is :

INMARSAT

SARSAT-COSPAS

IMO

ITU

The International Organisation which has established the frequencies to be used in the GMDSS is:

SARSAT-COSPAS

IMO

INMARSAT

ITU

Inter-ship traffic at sea should preferably take place on:

Don't know

VHF channel 10 or 13

VHF channel 06 or 08

VHF channel 77 or 72

The transmitting receiving method, when both stations can transmit and receive at the same time is called:

duplex

Don't know

semi-duplex

simplex

The number of oscillations of a wave per seconds is called :

Period

Frequency

Wavelength

Pulse length

*On board a ship, how many lifebuoys is required to be fitted with a buoyant lifeline ?

At least one lifebouy with buoyant lifeline on each side of the ship

Half of the total number of lifebuoys provided on board

Only the two lifebuoys of the quick-release system

The total number of lifebuoys provided on board

*The container for an inflatable liferafts shall be made:

watertight, as far as possible,except for drain holes in the container bottom

non-watertight

Completely watertight

non-watertight if fitted with drain holes in the container bottom

Which item among those below is included in the normal equipment of every rescue boat ?

four rocket parachute flares

a first-aid outfit

one daylight signalling mirror with instructions

a survival manual

Which item among those below is included in the normal equipment of every lifeboat ?

sea-charts and navigating equipment

an EPIRB

four rocket parachute flares

one life-jacket for each person

*Give the meaning of the following symbol

Fasten immersion suit belt

Fasten seat belts

Secure buoy line to the ship

Secure hatches

*Give the meaning of the following symbol

Reverse engine

Start water spray

Start lowering the lifeboat to water

Start engine

When passenger ships are engaged on international voyages (except for short ones) musters of the passengers must be performed within

1week after their embarkation

24h after their embarkation

48h after their embarkation

immediately after their embarkation

*Which of following items shall be included in an abandon ship drill?

a mock search and rescue of passengers trapped in their staterooms

Checking passenger's immersion suits

Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies

Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals

The Master is responsible that all crew participate in monthly emergency drills. If 25% of the crew -or more- has not participated in such drill during the last month, what is the time limit to conduct such a drill after the vessel has left a port?

Within 12 hrs.

Within 48 hrs.

Within 30 hrs.

Within 24 hrs.

Who is responsible for maintaining the vessel's structural strenght?

The Flag State Administration

The Master

The Shipping Company and the Classification Society

The Shipyard

During a Crude Oil Washing operation, if measurement of the atmosphere within the tank indicated that the oxygen level had risen to above 8%, what action would you take?

Stop the washing operation as you have reached the required level. Pump out the remaining oil and then wash the tank with water.

Contuinue washing, but increase the delivery rate from the IG generator.

Stop the washing operation and do not resume until a level of less than 8% oxygen content by volume has again been acvhieved.

Take no action. It only becomes a critical situation if a level of greater than 11% oxygen content is measured.

"If drugs or suspected drugs are found onboard your ship, follow the five C’s. Confirm, Clear, Cordon, Control and:"

Check

Chuck

Change

Cheer

Which of the following is the definition of "Segregated Ballast Tanks", as found on oil tankers?

Cargo tanks which each have their own individual pumps, are fitted with independent piping systems and are served by unconnected ventilation arrangements

Tanks which are completely separate from cargo or fuel oil systems, being permanently allocated to the carriage of ballast and fitted with their own pumps and associated piping

Cargo tanks which may be used for ballast, where the lines are not connected to the Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment

Cargo tanks which may be used for the carriage of ballast

On a RoRo vessel, what is Safe Working Load (SWL) with regard to cargo lashings?

The maximum load that can safely be applied to lashings

The minimum load that can be applied to lashings

The ultimate stress of cargo lashings

The load beyond which lashings will fail

At the design phase of a container ship, how is the loss of strength resulting from the large deck openings, compensated?

Large deck beams longitudinally and athwartships at the sides and ends of hatches

Additional transverse bulkheads

Large doubling plates at the hatch corners

Additional longitudinal bulkheads

What action would you take if the performance of a plate type heat exchanger was falling off even though flow rates and pressures of the primary and secondary fluids were normal?

Iincrease the flow of both fluids.

Clean the heat exchanger.

Add some more plates to the exchanger.

Increase the pressure of both fluids.

The muster list shall show the duties assigned to the different members of the crew. Which of the given duties do not necessarily have to be included in the muster list?

Manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires

Clearing escape routes

Muster of passengers

Preparation and launching of survival crafts

What would a cracked cross-deck plating found during a loaded passage on a bulk carrier indicate?

That bulkhead failure is imminent

That the vessel is due for survey

That shear forces have been exceeded

That failure of the shell plating is imminent

What is the meaning of the abbreviation "SWL" as stamped on lifting gear around the ship?

Single Winch Load.

Safe Working Load.

Single Working Load.

Safe Winch Load.

What is the most likely cause of the clean oil outlet pressure being higher than normal when operating a centrifuge as a fuel oil separator?

Drive clutch slipping.

Valve in the outlet line incorrectly positioned.

Broken water seal.

High fuel oil temperature.

What should be the healthy continuity resistance of a 220V, 2.2kW heating element, when checked near to it's rated operating temperature?

0.1 Ohms

220 Ohms

22 Ohms

10 Ohms

To avoid overbunkering and oil spill, it is very important that we keep a close monitoring of the bunkering progress, and this is done by sounding and calculations, the most reliable way is:

The remote gauge system will provide us with the necessary information

Take ullage soundings in the tanks from deck

Calculate time and flow, to find out how much oil is received

A combination of ullage soundings and readings from the remote gauges

During synchronising, the incoming generator should be running slightly "fast" compared to the busbar frequency.This is to ensure that the:

Incomer picks up as a generator

Incomers reverse power trip is tested

Incomer picks up as a motor

Most rapid synchronising action is achieved

According to ISGOTT, flue gas that is produced by the burning of a fuel oil that has a high sulphur content will typically contain which of the following amounts of sulphur dioxide?

850 ppm

200 ppm

2,000 ppm

4,000 ppm

What procedures should prevent normal ship work activities conflicting with cargo operations on a General Cargo Vessel?

Stevedore and Chief Officer planning meetings

Masters standing orders

Ships Security Code

Risk assessments and permit to work systems

A conventional reefer vessel is loading cargo of palletised fruit under controlled atmosphere (CA). Which of the given options is it essential that the deck officer confirms at completion of loading and before applying CA to the cargo?

All of the cargo hatches are sealed properly.

All of the cargo hatches are closed properly.

All personnel are out of the cargo holds.

That there is a tight stow in the cargo hatches.

A ro-ro unit weighing 2mt is to be loaded in the fore and aft direction and lashed by belts of SWL 0.6mt. How many lashing belts should be used to secure the unit?

A General Cargo Vessel is loading and rain starts to fall; what action should be taken by the OOW ?

Cargo operations would only be stopped if cargo bagged grain

Rain should not affect cargo operations

In all cases of rain cargo operations should stop unless Master authorises operations to continue

Only Port Authorities can make decision to stop cargo operations

You are on a power driven vessel underway in open water. This vessel is sighted directly ahead. The distance is closing slowly. What action will you take under the International Collision Regulations and why?

This is a vessel engaged in towing and I am seeing the stern light of the tow. The tug is not however showing any lights indicating she is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre. I will however display good seamanship and keep out of her way.

I will keep out of her way. I am the overtaking vessel and am obliged to keep clear under rule 13.

I will maintain my course and speed. The other vessel is being overtaken and is therefore obliged to keep out of the way by rule 13.

The vessel is on a steady bearing and the distance is closing. I will therefore take avoiding action, altering course to starboard and sounding one short blast under rules 14 and 16.

A vessel’s forward draught reading is 8.50m with a correction factor of 0.0242m; draught marks are painted abaft the forward perpendicular. What is the corrected forward draught if the vessel is trimmed by the stern?

8.4758m

8.5242m

8.5484m

8.4516m

A general cargo vessel is loading to summer loadline marks; where should be the final level of water ?

The top of the winter mark

The mid point between the summer and the tropical mark

The bottom of the summer loadline mark

The top of the summer loadline mark

What would you do if you saw a container being damaged during loading operations?

Note the date and time of occurrence, container number and if possible take photographs

Call the duty officer

Inform the relieveing watchkeeper

Inform the master

You are to load a cargo of Cyclohexanol to tanks 2, 3 and 4 centre and 2 and 4 wing tanks. The lines to these tanks are all connected at the manifold with flexible hoses and are all capable of being isolated with the exception of 2 centre, which has therefore been designated as the last tank to load. What will you do with the other tanks as they complete loading?

Close only the tank loading valves, so that pressure remains constant around the pipeline system and flexible hoses. Continue to monitor the cargo levels in the finished tanks to ensure that the high-level alarms are not activated as the ship's trim changes.

Close only the corresponding manifold cross-over valves as the tanks finish, so that the pressure in the lines equalises with the pressures in the tanks. Re-check the ullages at the end of loading as they will have changed as the trim of the ship has changed.

Close the tank loading valves, then close the appropriate manifold cross-over valves. After a few minutes, re-open the tank loading valves and leave them like this until cargo operations are completed, to ensure they drain fully. Re-check the ullages at the end of loading and then close the tank loading valves.

Close the appropriate manifold cross-over valves and tank loading valves as each tank finishes. Continue to monitor the cargo levels in the finished tanks to ensure that the valves are not passing.

On a General Cargo Vessel, under what regulations would steel bands remaining in the cargo holds have to be discharged?

MARPOL 73/78 (Annex IV - Regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships)

MARPOL 73/78 (Annex V ? Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships)

Flag state regulations

No specific regulations apply

What would be the likely cause if the shaft of a centrifugal pump shows excessive wear in way of the stuffing box?

The discharge pressure of the pump is too high.

Wrong direction of rotation of the pump.

Over tightening of the gland packing.

Incorrect material used in construction of the shaft.

In some reefer trades cargoes of chilled horse meat carcasses are stowed hanging from deckhead rails in refrigerated locker spaces. What position should the centre of gravity be assumed to be at when carrying out the stability calculations for a vessel with such a stow?

At the mid-height of the hanging carcasses.

At the deckhead of the lockers.

At the point indicated for the lockers in the approved stability handbook.

At the point indicated for the lockers in the approved stability handbook with an arbitrary adjustment to take account of the centre of mass of the hanging carcasses.

What is the IMO recommended allowance for water absorbtion in timber deck cargoes on a General Cargo Vessel ?

5% additional weight should be used in stability calculation for the arrival condition

No additional weight allowance is normally made

15% additional weight should be used in stability calculation for the arrival condition

25% additional weight should be used in stability calculation for the arrival condition

According to MARPOL there are requirements regarding minimum amidships draught for crude oil tankers in ballast condition. What is the formula for calculating minimum draught amidships?

2.0 + 0.002L

2.0 + 0.15.l

2.0 + 0.02L

2.0 + 0.0015L

What precaution should be taken when painting on car decks during cargo operations?

There must be an established means of communication between crew members and the duty officer

Spray paint guns must not be used

Cargo hold fan inlets must be closed near the paint area

Permission must be obtained from the harbour authority

You have just completed your tank cleaning programme for a set of tanks that previously contained Toluene. What will the main hazard be when you enter the tanks for mopping and inspection?

The lower part of the tank may still be wet and slippery. You may not be able to see this from the deck.

The atmosphere inside may contain insufficient oxygen to support life, or toxic vapours, or both.

There will commonly be insufficient natural light to safely descend the access ladder.

That there may hydrocarbons present on the bulkheads.

What is the minimum number of independently driven fire pumps that must be provided on passenger ships of 4000 tons gross tonnage and upwards?

What is the correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch?

The correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch is: Cylinder relief valve

The correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch is: Cylinder air start valve

The correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch is: Fuel injector

The correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch is: Cylinder lubricator

Which of the given options is the approximate value of the flammable range for Methane measured as a percentage volume in air?

5.3 - 14.0% by volume.

2.6 - 12.4% by volume.

3.5 - 13.0% by volume

1.4 - 10.8% by volume

When a ships derrick or crane lifts a weight off the deck of a ship, from which position can the centre of gravity of the weight be considered to act?

From a position on the deck at the base of the derrick or crane

From the position on the deck from which the weight was lifted

From the head of the derrick or crane

From the centre of the weight lifted

When plotting a position, where should the Officer of the Watch select as the ships position, when three gyro compass bearings intercept as a triangle (Cocked Hat) and not as a single point?

At the centre of the triangle

At the point furthest away from any danger.

At the point nearest the course line drawn on the chart

At the point nearest to the danger, if any.

Which of the following has highest diffusion resistance?

Perlit.

Mineral wood.

Polyurethane.

Air.

What do you understand by the order: "Move the pilot ladder to the other side"?

Move the pilot ladder to the other side, means: to shift the pilot ladder to the opposite side of the ship.

Move the pilot ladder to the other side means: to change the position of the pilot ladder from the main deck to the fore deck.

Move the pilot ladder to the other side means: to rig another pilot ladder

Move the pilot ladder to the other side means: to move the pilot ladder further along nearer to the bow.

What is the punishment for a master or any other person in authority on board a ship if he or she treats a person carried on the ship in an improper manner or fails to prevent his being so treated by other persons onboard?

Shall bi liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 9 months.

Shall bi liable to fines.

Shall bi liable to fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

Shall bi liable to fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.

In the circuit diagram shown the starter connects between which terminals?

3 and 4

7 and 8

1and 2

5 and 6

During UMS rounds at night during a sea passage, and the duty engineer discovers the main engine lube oil pump starter "chattering" loudly. Should he:

Switch over to the other pump and inform the CE of the noise immediately.

Call the electrician and inform him of the noise.

Inform the duty officer on the bridge of the noise.

Switch over to the other pump and leave the starter until the next morning.

The vast majority of electrical instrumentation and testing equipment used onboard liquefied gas carriers is classes as intrinsically safe. What is the IMO Gas Codes' definition of intrinsically safe equipment?

Equipment which cannot become filled with a flammable mixture because the casing is completely gas tight.

Equipment which is filled with an inert gas which will prevent any internal ignition when in use.

Equipment which is incapable of releasing sufficient energy, during use or in specified fault condition, to cause ignition of a hazardous atmosphere.

Equipment which is designed to contain any flame which may develop due to internal ignition within the enclosure of the equipment.

Which of the options given is the most likely reason for a drop in pressure at the charge air manifold of a diesel engine?

Air filter to turbocharger fouled or obstructed.

Increased engine load.

Charge air cooler fouled on waterside

Air passageways or ports to the engine cylinders partly blocked due to fouling.

In which part of the oceans and in what season is Parametric Rolling likely to be experienced?

North Pacific winter

North Atlantic winter

Around South Africa at any time of year

North Pacific summer

What must be completed before the commencement of any transfer operation on an oil tanker?

The record of running hours of each cargo pump.

The log book entries for Immigration and Customs Clearance.

The Cargo Surveyor's time sheet.

The Safety Checklist or Declaration of Inspection.

An electric motor is to be aligned to a pump by insuring shims under the motor feet. Which of the tools given in the options would be used to check that the alignment is correct by measurement of the gap between the coupling faces?

An inside vernier calliper.

A set of feeler gauges.

An inside micrometer.

A go/no go gauge

What precaution must be taken when discharging crepe rubber?

There should not be bales outside a sling adhering to bales inside it

Derricks must not be used to discharge this cargo

Bales must not be dragged into the hatch square from the wings

Each bale must be discharged independently

How should the Bo's'un prepare for anchoring?

The Bo's'un should prepare for anchoring by hoisting the anchor ball

The Bo's'un should prepare for anchoring by walking back the anchor to five shackles in the water

The Bo's'un should prepare for anchoring by applying the windlass brake, then disengaging it

The Bo's'un should prepare for anchoring by lubricating the spurling pipe

When should a spreader be used for general cargo operations?

When the weight of a load needs to be evenly distributed by the lifting gear

When the length of a load is such that slinging it will create unacceptable bending moments

When the length of a load is such that slinging it will create sagging

When handling open-top containers

Liquefied gas is, by IMO, divided in to different groups. What is the criterion for this division?

The hydrate formation.

The boiling point, chemical bindings, toxicity and flammability.

The nitrogen and other hydrocarbon containment.

The gas pressure.

Chemical boiling out is one method that is used for cleaning the waterside of a steam boiler. Select from the given options the likely circumstances under which this procedure would be considered necessary?

Contamination of the boiler water by oil.

Excess chloride levels in the boiler water.

Excessive sludge build up in the water drum.

Oxygen pitting in the steam drum.

Which of the given options best completes the following statement? You should never attempt to light a boiler until………………….

.. the gauge glass shows the water at normal working level.

... the air register is fully open.

… the furnace purge sequence is completed.

… the feed water pump is running.

Sometimes an early warning of failure in High Voltage switchboards may be an unpleasant smell. If the switchboard uses gas circuit breakers, which of the following may indicate a potential problem?

Chlorine.

Gas oil.

Rotten fish.

Rotten eggs.

When we are measuring salinity with a salinometer, the sensing device is:

Electrodes

Inductor capsule

Capacitance probe

Strain gauge

You are mid-way through the discharge of several grades of chemicals. You hear a sudden change in tone on a cargo pump and notice hydraulic oil spraying from a broken oil supply pipe. What will you do?

Secure some heavy duty rubber packing over the hole in the pipe and place a bucket underneath to contain any continuing leakage. Throw a bag of sand around the area to make it less slippery.

Activate the hydraulic emergency stop. Notify the Duty officer. Close all manual cargo valves. Prepare for emergency spill response.

Stop the cargo pump supplied by the broken line. Continue discharge with all other pumps.

Notify the duty engineer and request a fitter evaluates the problem with the hydraulic line.

If a leak starts from a flange joint during cargo discharge, which of the following should you do?

Attempt to tighten the bolts on the flange. If the leak continues, place a container underneath the leak and ensure it is emptied into a slop tank or drum at regular intervals.

Attempt to tighten the bolts on the flange. Report the gasket as defective at the handover of the watch and leave a note in the Cargo Control Room to replace it at the end of discharge.

Report the leak to the Responsible Officer. Depending on the pipeline arrangement, stop the discharge, or isolate the section of pipeline concerned and releive the pressure inside the pipeline. Put on the appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment. Attempt to tighten the bolts on the flange. Resume discharge with caution. If the leak continues, stop the discharge and change the gasket. Clear any cargo spillage according to the applicable recovery procedure.

Attempt to tighten the bolts on the flange. Spread sawdust underneath the leak. Clear contaminated sawdust away at regular intervals and replace with fresh sawdust as necessary.

To what Proof Load is an 80T SWL derrick tested?

85T

100T

95T

90T

Who may serve as the person in charge of an oil transfer aboard a tanker in a US port?

The bosun

The pumpman

A certificated tankerman

Only licensed officers

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