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On a RoRo vessel, which of the following is not required in the pre-stowage plan?
Checking communications equipment.
The operation of gas-tight and watertight doors.
Stowage and securing of specialised cargoes.
Is it allowed to have animals on the car deck during a voyage?
Only if the weather conditions permit.
Yes, if they are safely placed in a suitable vehicle.
It is up to the captain to decide.
Which is the “Windlass”, in the figure?
The Windlass is indicated by “B”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “C”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “D”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “A”, in the figure.
On a RoRo vessel, what additional securing arrangements should be used when loading a vehicle on an incline or fixed ramp.
The vehicle should also be chocking under its wheels.
Double the normal lashings should be used.
Double the normal lashings should be used.
Water is the extinguishing agent which is the most widely employed and its action as an extinguishing agent is due to a combination of the following phenomena:
Cooling, smothering and dispersion.
Smothering and dispersion.
Cooling, inhibition and dispersion.
Smothering and inhibition.
What might safely be used to prevent a load swinging when lifted by a crane?
Short, jerky movements on the ship’s controls.
Personnel underneath the load, holding onto it and restricted its movement.
Guide or tag lines, tended from a safe location.
On a RoRo vessel, what should a duty crew member do immediately upon observing funnel soot emissions?
Inform the Chief Officer.
Inform the duty engineer.
On the figure there are four (4) possible directions shown by the arrowed lines. Which one would correctly shows the direction understood by the term “AFTER SPRING”?
After spring is defined as “A” on the figure.
After spring is defined as “B” on the figure.
After spring is defined as “C” on the figure.
After spring is defined as “D” on the figure.
What is the correct understanding of the term “gangway”?
Portable bridge arrangement between ship and shore, when alongside.
The access arrangements on an oil tanker between the bow and the after accommodation.
The ladder arrangement to allow walking access down the ship’s side into a boat alongside the vessel.
The access arrangements between the decks on the ship.
How would an enclosed space be defined?
One in which the atmosphere may have a deficiency of oxygen or may have a toxic gas.
One which has not be ventilated for some time.
During a bomb search, which of the following is an important principle to follow?
Do not touch any suspicious packages.
Throw any suspicious items overboard.
Try to reach behind bulkheads to find a bomb.
Know exactly what a bomb looks like.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Area protected by sprinkler.
When fighting fire, why shall you never pour water into hot fat?
The water will explode into steam causing hot fat to be thrown far away thus possibly causing severe burns or fire.
The fat will not be edible any more.
The water will turn into steam and cause the fat to explode.
The fat will stiffen immediately and need reheating.
How will you act if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Nothing to port”?
Let the ship turn to starboard.
Don’t let the ship turn to port.
Alter course to starboard.
On a RoRo vessel, what danger is associated with loaded container tractors passing over large fittings on the loading ramp on the vessel’s decks?
The container jumping the trailer.
Damage to the container cargo.
Damage to the trailer tyres.
Damage to the ship’s fittings.
Where and for what are rubber mats used on board a pure RoRo car carrier?
Under the loading ramp flap to prevent vehicle damage.
Under the loading ramp flap to prevent jetty damage.
Under the loading ramp flap to prevent ramp damage.
Under the loading ramp flap to prevent jetty damage.
On a RoRo vessel, to what should a heavy vehicle be secured on a car deck?
What is the normal term used for the regular training of how to launch the lifeboat?
If conditions permit, which is the best way to board a liferaft which is floating close to the ship?
Use a rope ladder close to the raft to climb down and board.
Wearing a lifejacket, jump into the water close to the raft and then swim to it.
Jump onto the raft itself.
Jump into the water close to the raft, without lifejacket, as this will make it easier to swim and board the liferaft.
What safety clothing should be worn during an anchoring operation?
All of the equipment mentioned in the alternative answers.
Boiler suit, working gloves.
Safety helmet, safety shoes.
Port State Control Officers are authorised to:
Sign oil record book entries.
Regularly inspect ships known to meet the requirement.
Detain ships that are not meeting the requirements for a minimum of 30 days.
Inspect and detain ship that are not meeting the requirements until they are able to demonstrate compliance with the regulations.
When acting as helmsman, what should be the method of responding to an order?
When receiving an order, the order should be repeated back to the person who gave it.
The order needs to be acted upon and this will indicate you understood what was said.
When acting as wheelman and given a helm order you should always say “Yes sir”.
The response to an order should be to acknowledge that order and then carry out what you were told to do.
What material should boiler suits be made of?
In order to extinguish a flammable liquid of the same kind as alcohol, we can use:
What is a deck lift vehicle?
As detailed in the instructions provided by the manufacturer or shipper.
Pass lashings over the body of the vehicles.
Pass lashings over the body of the vehicles.
Secure the front and rear bumpers.
An alarm signal consisting of seven short blast followed by one prolonged blast is sounded by the ship’s whistle and alarm bells. What are you to do?
Go to your lifeboat station.
A Report on the bridge (deck crew) or engine room (engine crew) for further orders.
Go to (or remain in) your cabin and await further orders.
On a RoRo vessel, when loading Double Stacked containers on Maffi trailers how many twist locks should have used between the 2 containers?
One at each end 2 in total.
One on every corner 4 in total.
Three in total 2 at the door end 1 at the opposite end.
What is the main responsibility of a bridge lookout at night?
Inform the bridge of any new lights when they appear over the horizon or any other items observed which may affect the ship.
A Inform bridge of changing weather patterns.
Inform bridge of any lights when they appear over the horizon.
Inform bridge of any other ships observed, which appear to be getting closer to your own ship.
A lifebuoy is constructed to withstand a drop into the water from a height of:
Which of these are indicators that an individual may be a drug smuggler?
The individual wears bulky or out of season clothing.
The individual spends his or her free time hanging out with others.
The individual makes small local purchases.
The individual is disinterested in the ship’s cargo.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “BREADTH” given. Which one is the correct one?
Breadth is defined as “A” on the figure.
Breadth is defined as “B” on the figure.
Breadth is defined as “C” on the figure.
Breadth is defined as “D” on the figure.
Which of the following are frequent causes of fires in accommodation?
Covering of electric equipment with blankets.
Overloading electric plugs.
On a RoRo vessel, what should be used to secure cars with aluminium tyre rims?
Wooden wheel chocks only.
8 mm diameter steel wire rope.
On a RoRo vessel, why is it considered good practice to have a duty crew member standing by the loading ramp?
To supervise the stevedores.
To supervise the rate of loading.
To record the nature and extent of any pre-loading damage to cargo.
To guide RoRo units onto the vessel.
For how long should a tank be ventilated when people are working inside?
Until the tank is gas free.
For as long as people are working in the tank.
For as long as it is deemed necessary by the Chief Officer.
On a RoRo vessel, which of the following is likely to tip over in heavy weather?
Cargoes with high centres of gravity.
Cargoes with low centres of gravity.
Before extinction of an electric fire we need:
To know the voltage and wear rubber gloves.
To confine the area involved in the fire.
To disconnect the power source.
To put out the fire without taking any special measures.
Mention some important thoughts for what you have to do when you recognise that fire break out onboard:
Report to bridge or duty officer, actuate the fire alarm, call the persons around the fire and join the fire squad.
Report to bridge or duty officer, actuate the fire alarm, organise and commence fighting the fire.
Go to the lifeboat start the motor then call the duty officer and commence fight the fire.
Commence fighting the fire, call the persons around the fire and join the fire squad.
What do you understand by: “Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder”?
Lower the accommodation ladder and rig the pilot ladder right next to it.
Lower the gangway and rig the pilot ladder from the gangway.
Lower the gangway and rig the pilot ladder forward of the accommodation.
An airway should be used when:
The patient is breathing on his own but is doing so with great difficulty.
The patient is not breathing or is otherwise unable to maintain a clear passage.
The patient is unconscious.
Patient has injury in the mouth.
What is the main characteristic of the weak link in a float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts?
Be of sufficient strength to permit to pull the painter from the container and the inflation of the liferaft.
Be of sufficient strength to break at a depth of at least 4 m and release the liferaft from its berth.
Be of such a strength to be cut by any person with a jack-knife.
Be of sufficient strength to keep the liferaft alongside the ship when dragged at a maximum speed of 3 knots.
What should the gangway watchman always ensure is available for visitors at the top of the gangway?
Safety and security information.
Notice board giving name of ship and company.
Notice board stating the sailing time of the ship.
The location of useful places to visit ashore.
On a RoRo vessel, which of the following is not designed to hold chain lashings?
Clover leaf lashing sockets.
Which of the following is false when a casualty is bleeding?
Cover the wound with a cloth.
Encourage patient to lie quite and re-assure.
On a RoRo vessel, what must you ensure where the cap of a sounding pipe is flush with a ro-ro deck?
Prohibit all cargo stowage around this area.
Prohibit the stowage of wheeled cargo around the area.
Prohibit the storage of general cargo around the area.
Sufficient vertical clearances between the sounding pipe cap and cargo lashings.
Which one of these ropes is very slippery, sinks in water and very stretchy when under tension?
How is a EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) activated?
Most EPIRBs are automatically activated when they enter the water.
The EPIRB is always transmitting and does not need to be activated.
Most EPIRBs must be manually switched on.
Most EPIRBs are remotely activated from the ship.
On a RoRo vessel carrying no more than 36 passengers, what is the minimum capacity of the ventilation system protecting standard cargo spaces intended for carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion.
When keeping a lookout, what would be the correct understanding of the question “What is the aspect of the other ship”?
The question is requesting some indication of what lights or part of the vessel is seen.
The question is requesting where on the horizon the other ship was sighted.
The question is requesting some idea of how far away the other ship is from your own ship.
The question wants to know what type of ship has been sighted.
For what could a ro-ro vessel be held responsible by a port authority?
Ramp damage to the jetty.
Stevedore damages to vehicles.
Visitors not wearing appropriate identification.
On a RoRo vessel, what standing instruction should be given to protect the ramps when loading RoRo units?
Units whose weights exceed the ramp load density/SWL must not be loaded.
Damaged units should be rejected for loading.
All RoRo units must be thoroughly checked for damage prior to the loading ramp.
Damaged units should be rejected for loading.
On a RoRo vessel, which of the following can cause an unplanned list at sea?
If you have to carry out hot work close to a smoke detector in the engine room, what precautions should be taken?
No special precautions except for having a watch man and a fire extinguisher available.
Disconnect the smoke detector.
Notify Master, Deck officer and Engineer in charge.The loop for this special sensor to be switched off and take normal precautions for hot work.
Notify the deck officer in charge that a fire alarm may occur.
Why are all RoRo passenger ships divided into vertical “zones”?
Vertical zones are fire zones which can be divided from each other with fire doors. In case of fire, all fire doors in front and aft of the fire will be closed to prevent spreading of smoke/fire.
Vertical zones are separated with fire doors which will be closed automatically when the fire alarm start.
All vertical zones are separated with watertight doors, which will be closed in the case of a grounding, etc.
There is one fire team in each zone.
On a RoRo vessel, why are short lashings better than long lashings for ro-ro units?
Because they’re easily tightened and tensioned.
Because it is a cargo securing manual requirement.
Because ship’s vibrations will not slacken short lashings.
What does the term “Hard a Starboard” or “Hard to Starboard” mean?
Put the wheel fully over to starboard.
The wheel is difficult to turn to starboard.
Do not allow the vessel to swing to starboard.
Start the ship swinging to starboard.
In the fire fighting of fires of a type C with dry chemical powder extinguishers, the application is performed:
In a continuous way so that the powder spray is in the same direction as the one of the flame.
As soon as possible, to any point of the fire and in intermittent manner.
The chemical powder doesn’t extinguish type C fires.
Across the flame, sweeping it.
Noise level called “the injurious area” starts at:
Prior to entering a cargo hold to check the cargo condition stowed in it, you must ensure that:
The necessary permits, based on valid atmospheric and other applicable tests, are issued and valid for entry.
Emergency equipment at the after end of the main deck is in place.
A list of the items stowed in the applicable hold, extracted from the Cargo manifest, must be available for reference during the checks.
Written instructions from the Chief Officer on what to check in the holdare signed by all persons entering the space.
On a RoRo vessel, how often should a dangerous goods stowage plan be produced?
Every time you load a dangerous cargo.
Every time you load any cargo.
You only ever produce one.
When first using cleaning agent in the machinery space, the crew should:
Confirm that it will form an emulsion.
Confirm that it won’t form an emulsion.
What is the flash point of an oil or liquefied gas?
The flash point for an oil or liquefied gas is the temperature at which it is possible to ignite the vapour above the liquid.
The flash point is the temperature needed to have a oil or liquefied gas pumpable.
The flash point is the temperature the oil or liquefied gas need for self ignition.
The flash point is the mixture of oxygen and hydro carbons needed to have an oil or liquefied gas to burn.
On a RoRo vessel, what is important with regard to a loading ramp resting on a jetty?
It must not foul the ship’s mooring ropes.
Visitors must not be allowed access to the vessel via the ramp.
The ramp’s position must be maintained.
The position of mats between the ramp flap and jetty must be maintained at all times.
What is the greatest interest of the “help” position?
It lessens the survivor’s fatigue.
It lessens the survivor’s heat escape.
It lessens the survivor’s stress.
It prevents the survivor’s blood from collecting in the lower part of his body.
What is the meaning of the abbreviation “SWL” as stamped on lifting gear around the ship?
Where can ozone depleting substances be found on board?
In compressed air systems.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “ASTERN” shown. Which one is the correct one?
Astern is defined as “D” on the figure.
Astern is defined as “C” on the figure.
Astern is defined as “B” on the figure.
Astern is defined as “A” on the figure.
Which is the “Windlass”, in the figure?
The Windlass is indicated by “B”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “C”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “D”, in the figure.
The Windlass is indicated by “A”, in the figure.
The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least:
During RoRo cargo operations, what must be monitored at all times where the ramps are concerned to prevent damage to the cargo.
The controls are left unsecured at all times.
The ramp is correctly painted.
The angle of the loading ramp is not to steep and that the ramp has not lifted of the jetty.
When patrolling the car deck during a voyage you should observe the following elements:
Any abnormalities such as leakages, fumes, smoke or fire. Check if the lashings need to be tightened on lashed cargo.
Check that fire hoses are connected to the fire hydrants.
Check if all the lights are switched off and the doors are closed.
For which of the following groups of substances or materials is the use of water as an extinguishing agent dangerous?
Sodium hydrosulphite, potassium hydroxide, magnesium.
Gas-oil, oily rags, synthetic textiles.
On a RoRo vessel, what is a low-bed RoRo unit that is towed onto a ship called?
What does the cargo capacity of a RoRo car carrier depend upon?
The size of vehicles for which it is designed.
The volume of vehicles to be loaded.
The weight of vehicles it can carry.
The number of vehicles it can carry.
On a RoRo vessel, which is the correct method of securing a lashing belt to a vehicle?
By means of a hook facing away from the deck.
By means of a hook facing the deck.
In the human body, breathing is controlled by:
The respiratory centre in the brain.
On a RoRo vessel, what should be done if the surface of the loading ramp is oily?
Immediately clean the oil-affected area(s).
Wash the oil-affected area(s) using a fire hose.
Allow cargo operations to continue in the usual manner.
On a RoRo vessel, to what should a heavy vehicle be secured on a car deck?
Car decks on board RoRo passenger ships are normally closed during sea passage. Why are passengers not allowed to be on the car-deck during sailing?
To prevent burglary and damage to cars.
If the car decks are empty, it will be easier for the crew to locate all passengers in case of an emergency.
Vehicles and other cargo can shift when the ship is rolling. Persons may be trapped between vehicles or cargo.
In case of an emergency situation it can be difficult for passengers to escape. Vehicles, lorries, trailers and other cargo are maybe lashed and it is a substantial chance for passengers to get injured. Vehicles and other cargo might also shift when the ship is rolling.
On the diagram provided, there are four (4) possible directions indicating the term “AHEAD”. Which one is the correct?
Ahead is indicated by “A”, in the figure.
Ahead is indicated by “B”, in the figure.
Ahead is indicated by “C”, in the figure.
Ahead is indicated by “D”, in the figure.