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Proteinic foams have the feature of being?
Of high expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of low expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of high expansion, made of tense-active compounds.
Of low expansion, viscous and solid, easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Fire protected lifeboats when waterborne should be capable of protecting its full complement when subjected to a continuous oil fire that envelops the boat for a period of not less than how many minutes?
Which of the following fittings shall be provided to all lifeboats?
A remotely operated steering arrangement.
An electric power starting system for the propulsion engine with one rechargeable energy source.
Permanent boarding arrangements on both sides to enable persons in the water to board the lifeboat.
A manually controlled lamp fitted on the inside.
Which part of the float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts is made to release the liferaft after being automatically inflated during the ship is sinking?
The hydrostatic release unit.
How is the painter released from the lifeboat, once the boat is waterborne and ready to leave?
Cut it with the axe provided.
The painter will automatically part by the weak link when the boat goes astern to clear the ship.
Remove the toggle which will release the painter.
Cut it with the knife contained in the equipment locker.
Which of these actions should you take it your ship is successfully boarded by armed pirates?
Assure your captors that you’re not planning an attack to overthrow them.
Keep quiet and ignore any questions you’re asked.
Scream in fear and refuse to cooperate.
One of the risks of using CO2 is the low temperatures that it reaches when it vaporises; this temperature is approximately:
Where do you find minimum drill requirements?
In manager’s instructions.
In classification society rules.
In the SOLAS convention and its annex.
When handling drugs:
Wear skin protection and a facemark.
Test out the potency of the drug.
Shut off the ventilation in the room where the drugs are being stored to ensure any vapours or fumes do not spread to other parts of the ship.
Briefly inhale powders, fumes or vapours to verify the substance is a drug.
The thermal insulation provided to the wearer of an anti-exposure suit is sufficient to ensure that the wearer’s body core temperature does not fall at a rate of more than:
1 °C per hour after the first 2 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
1,5 °C per hour after the first 0,5 h immersion in calm water at a temperature of 5 °C.
0,5 °C per hour after the first 1,5 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
1,5 °C per hour after the first 2,5 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
The rescue quoit of a liferaft is attached to a buoyant line whose length is at least:
Which part of the fresh water quantity provided for each person the liferaft is permitted to accommodate may be replaced by a de-salting apparatus?
0,5 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 1 day.
0,25 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 1 day.
0,25 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 2 day.
0,5 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 2 day.
What is the main characteristic of the weak link in a float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts?
Be of sufficient strength to break at a depth of at least 4 m and release the liferaft from its berth.
Be of sufficient strength to permit to pull the painter from the container and the inflation of the liferaft.
Be of sufficient strength to keep the liferaft alongside the ship when dragged at a maximum speed of 3 knots.
Be of such a strength to be cut by any person with a jack-knife.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
D-class fire door self closing.
A-class fire door self closing.
C-class fire door self closing.
B-class fire door self closing.
The fire control plan on board is called the safety plan and shall be posted onboard. In port, a copy of this plan shall in addition be available from somewhere else. Where must this copy be available?
Handed over to the surveyors.
In the engine control room.
Where is the International Shore Connection to be stored?
Easy accessible by the gangway.
Together with the cargohoses.
What is a contingency plan for ships?
Plan for safety preparedness.
Plan for maintenance and repair.
Loading plan for general cargo.
How is the activation of any detector or manually operated call point of fixed fire-detection and fire-alarm systems to be indicated? (SOLAS II-2/13.1.4).
By all the indication methods listed.
By alarm signals at the bridge and engine room control panels.
By visual and audible signal at the control panel and indicating units.
By sounding the ship’s fire alarm signal in crew accommodation and service spaces.
A contractor is hired to install new navigation equipment onboard your ship while it’s berthed. For a period of time he’s left unsupervised and photographs schematics of the ship that he finds rolled up and stored in the corner of a nearby office. Later, from home, he hacks into the network and prints off information about the ship’s security procedures. Which of these information security measures would have prevented his unauthorized access?
Protective markings, reference checks, and passwords.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and protective markings.
Firewall, protective markings, vetting and a secure network.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and a secure network.
Hand flares and buoyant smoke signals can continue to burn or emit smoke after having been immersed for a period of 10 s.
Right, if the immersion depth is smaller than 100 mm.
Right, if the immersion depth is more than 1 m.
At least, how often shall life boats be launched with their assigned operating crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water according to SOLAS?
When reasonable and practicable, how often shall rescue boats be launched with their assigned crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water?
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of liferafts corresponds to present SOLAS regulations?
Liferafts shall be stowed with its painter permanently attached to the ship.
Davit-launched liferafts shall be stowed on starboard side of the ship.
Liferafts shall be stowed so that they are not released automatically.
Liferafts intended for throw-overboard launching shall be stowed midships secured to means for transfer to either side.
The extinguishing agent which can be applied on any fires of class A, B or C is:
What class of fire is a smouldering fire of wood, paper and other carbonaceous materials?
In which of these circumstances can your ship request a DoS?
Your ship has added a new port to its list of ports of call.
Your ship is operating at a lower security level than the ship or port it is interfacing with.
Your ship is conducting activities with a port or ship that is not required to implement an approved security plan.
There is a heightened security risk for your ship and a port facility.
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 of fire.
The water will turn into steam and cause the fat to explode.
The fat will stiffen immediately and need reheating.
The fat will not be edible any more.
On board passenger ships an abandon ship drill must be performed:
What will you do when all the fresh water in the survival craft is finished or about to finish?
Start collecting rain water.
Drink only 1 litre of sea water per day.
Use sea water to keep your body wet.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding life-jackets corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? A life-jacket shall be so constructed that:
It gives a long term thermal protection.
It can be correctly donned within 3 minutes without assistance.
It allows the wearer to jump from height of at least 4,5 m into the water without injury and without damaging the life-jacket.
It allows the wearer to jump from any height without injury and without damaging the life-jacket.
What is the inherent danger in the use of halon to extinguish an extensive fire?
Depletion of oxygen in the air.
Development of toxic gases.
Depletion of the ozone layer.
Development of explosive gases.
Which of the following is allowed as a fire-extinguishing medium for fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems aboard ships?
All of the above gas are allowed.
What is the only reliable way of checking that the CO2 cartridge in a dry powder extinguisher is full?
Weigh the extinguisher and check that it complies with the weight marked on it.
Remove the cartridge and weigh it to check that it has the full weight stamped on it.
All of the alternatives are reliable methods.
Check if the seal on the extinguisher release handle is intact.
The pyrotechnic used to transmit visual signals to other vessels, boats or aircrafts are of the following type:
All of the below mentioned.
What percentage of the ship’s stores are required to be inspected at Security Level 3?
50-80 % of the ship’s stores are required to be inspected at Security Level 3.
100 % of the ship’s stores are required to be inspected at Security Level 3.
25-50 % of the ship’s stores are required to be inspected at Security Level 3.
5-20 % of the ship’s stores are required to be inspected at Security Level 3.
All waste receptacles shall be of non-combustible materials, built and equipped with:
No openings in sides and bottom.
A permanently attached cover.
A cover of a hinged self-closing type.
Permanent means for lashing.
To maintain a fire, three conditions need to be met: Oxygen, combustible material and sufficient temperature for combustion. What subject must be removed to extinguish the fire?
Heat, Oxygen and combustible material.
Either of the mentioned alternatives.
One of the checks during the annual Class survey of the UMS functions is focusing on cleanliness of the engine room. What is the reason for such a check?
To prevent risk of pollution.
To have the engine room looking tidy.
To avoid frequent alarms.
To reduce the general risk of fire in an unmanned engine room.
Which among the following list is required for lifeboat equipment according to present regulations?
Be made of fire retardant material.
Be secured in a manner as not to intefere with abandonment procedures.
Be made of buoyant material or stored in buoyant containers.
Be made of fire-retardant material and stored in buoyant containers.
Wearing an immersion suit when abandon ship is effective permits the person:
Not to wear warm clothing because the suit has sufficient insulation.
Not to wear a lifejacket because the suit has sufficient buoyancy.
To jump from a height of 4,5 m into the water without being injured or damaging the suit.
To climb up and down vertical ropes.
The aim of fire detection is:
All the answers are correct.
To begin applying an emergency plan.
To discover where a fire starts.
What is the minimum capacity required of the emergency fire pump?
Not less than 20 % of total capacity of main pumps, but in any case not less than 25 m3/h.
Not less than 40 % of total capacity of main pumps, but in any case not less than 250 m3/h.
Not less than 40 % of total capacity of main pumps, but in any case not less than 25 m3/h.
Not less than 20 % of total capacity of main pumps, but in any case not less than 250 m3/h.
You are the officer of the watch at the bridge of a cargo ship. In the middle of the night, an alarm sounds on the control panel of the fire detection system. It indicates that a detector is activated in the crew’s accommodation. What is the first action you would take?
Sound the fire alarm signal and send the seaman on watch down to inspect and report the situation.
Run to the scene as fast as possible and start fighting the fire by all available means.
Acquit the alarm and wait till it sounds again before taking any other action.
The emergency fire pump is in accordance with good seamanship and precautionary routines run and tested weekly. Routine checks and maintenance are normally carried out by dedicated personnel. To ensure safe and appropriate operation of the pump, would you consider it beneficial that the same dedicated personnel operate the pump in emergencies?
In case of accidents, it is important that a wide range of personnel must be permitted and trained to operate the pump.
Only senior deck officers should operate the emergency pump.
To ensure safe operation of the emergency pump, only dedicated personnel must be permitted to operate the pump.
Only senior engineers should operate the emergency pump.
On all UMS operated vessels and also on most other vessels the engine room is equipped with fire detectors. What requirements of testing and checking of the detectors are to be observed?
Check that the actual detector is giving appropriate signals to the central control unit and that all electric connections are in good order.
Check the detector with heat and/or smoke (in accordance with instructions in its manual).
All the mentioned alternatives.
When testing detectors by suitable equipment (smoke and heat) check that the sensors self controlling system, e. g. flashing control light etc. is functioning.
Generally the fixed sprinkler fire extinguishing system will be:
High pressure water system.
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?
Monoammonium phosphate used as a dry powder can be effective on which of the following type of fire?
Solid, liquid, gases and metals.
Solid, liquids, and gases.
HEL-H is the abbreviation of a heavy helicopter radius of action for rescue purposes. What do you think the radius and evacuating capacity of the helicopter is?
150 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 12 persons.
500 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 25 persons.
100 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 10 persons.
200 nm and capacity for evacuating more than 15 persons.
An immersion suit is:
Not allowing undue ingress of water after a jump from a height of not less than 18 m into the water.
Totally waterproof whatever may be the condition of immersion.
Not allowing undue ingress of water after a jump from a height of not less than 4,5 m into the water.
Not allowing undue ingress of water after a jump from a height of not less than 8,5 m into the water.
What is the priority for the ship’s management team when fire breaks out?
The ship’s management team must organise the fire teams and then the teams have to rescue missing personnel.
The ship’s management team and the crew must evacuate the ship.
The ship’s management team must call the nearest fire brigade and police station.
The ship’s management team must fight the fire and then call the fire teams.
Which one of the listed fire-extinguishing medium is to be preferred to fight a fire in an electric installation (for example the main switchboard)?
If drugs are discovered onboard your ship:
Ensure the witness to the discovery signs your incident report.
Disembark crew and passengers as quickly as possible at the next port of call so the authorities can conduct their investigation.
Notify the authorities after you arrive at the next port of call.
Write a report a few days after the event and describe everything that occurred.
How often shall each member of the crew participate in an “abandon ship”-drill?
During test and/or maintenance work of the CO2 system affecting the release system, precautions to ensure that the gas is not released into the engine room due to a mistake are to be ensured. What precautions should be taken?
Arrange a watchman in the CO2 central.
The main supply line to be blanked off prior to the work.
No special precautions necessary.
Check the main valve for a potential leakage.
Which of the following items must be included in each fire drill?
Starting a fire pump using at least two required jets of water to show that the system is in proper working order.
Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the muster list.
Checking fireman’s outfits and other personal rescue equipment.
The engine room is equipped with regular fire hoses and nozzles. What is important to observe when using water as an extinguisant in the engine room?
Water has a clear limitation in figting an oil fire.
Water may short circuit electrical installation and may be a threat to the personnel operating the firehose as well as to electrical equipment itself.
All the mentioned alternatives.
To reduce the negative effect of water in an engine room, the spraying function to be used. The spray function will also give the personnel operating the fire hose good shelter against heat.
In addition to personal equipment a complete set of fireman’s outfit also comprises a breathing apparatus and a fireproof lifeline. How many complete sets of fireman’s outfit is to be carried by all ships?
At least three sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
At least four sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
At least one set or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
Two sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
Which element must be removed to extinguish a fire?
All alternatives. It is enough that one of the mentioned elements are removed.
The necessary elements to create fire are:
Combustible, air, flames and gas.
Combustible, oxygen, heat and chain reaction.
Combustible, oxygen, flames and chain reaction.
In general, what is the best extinguishing agent to put out a class A fire?
Which of the following items must be included in each fire drill?
Checking fireman’s outfits and other personal rescue equipment.
Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the muster list.
Starting a fire pump using at least two required jets of water to show that the system is in proper working order.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Which of the following items shall be included in an “abandon ship”-drill?
Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies.
Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals.
Checking that all crew and passenger moral is high.
Checking that passengers and crew are suitably dressed and lifejackets correctly donned.
The grabline of a lifebuoy has a length of:
2 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
3 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
5 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
4 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
What is the purpose of the Ship Security Plan?
Detail the duties of shipboard personnel assigned security responsibilities.
Outline the organizational structure for the ship.
Protect your ship from risks posed by security threats or incidents.
Outline specific measures for your ship to move from security level 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3.
A person wearing a thermal protective aid shall be able:
To climb up and down a vertical ladder.
To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
To wear a lifejacket inside.
To jump into the water from a height of 4,5 m.
What are the conditions that influence the efforts for organising the fire-fighting?
Distance to the fire station and the size of the fire brigade, what is burning, possibility to get water.
Where the fire breaks out, how many fire teams are available, the strength of the fire, the ships mobility, what is burning and communication.
Where the fire breaks out, how many fire teams are available, what is burning, distance to the fire station.
Where the fire breaks out, the ships mobility, distance to the fire station and the size of the fire brigade.
Generally speaking, what is the value commonly recognised as the maximum concentration of CO allowed in the breathing air of a breathing apparatus?
How much food per person is supplied in a lifeboat?
None – only barley sugar sweets supplied.
What kind of fuel will originate a class A fire?
A solid (cardboard or wood…).
A gas, not under pressure.
A liquid (gasoline or petrol…).
What is the term used to identify the division that stops the flames until the end of the first half hour in a standard test of fire exposition, taking into account that the average temperature of the non-exposed face doesn’t rise more than 139 °C above the initial temperature, and also that the temperature at any place does not rise more than 140 °C above the initial temperature in the interval of 15 minutes?
What is the first thing you are doing when having a lifeboat drill?
When passenger ships are engaged on international voyages (except for short ones) musters of the passengers must be performed within:
1 week after their embarkation.
Immediately after their embarkation.
48 hours after their embarkation.
24 hours after their embarkation.
What is the expansion ratio of the foam produced by the fixed low-expansion foam fire-extinguishing system of an engine room?
Greater than 20 to 1 but less than 50 to 1.
Which of the listed requirements regarding service and maintenance of life-saving appliances correspond to present regulations?
At least one member of the crew shallhold a repairman certificate for life-saving equipment.
Maintenance and repair of all life-saving equipments shall be carried out by the certified ship staff only.
Maintenance and repair of all the life-saving equipments will be carried out ashore in work shop only.
Instructions for onboard maintenance of life-saving appliances in accordance with the regulations shall be provided.
What is the minimum number of portable fire extinguishers that must be carried on ships of 1 000 GRT and above?
How do the extinguishing agents act?
By cooling, smothering, combustible suppression, inhibition.
By cooling, smothering, dilution with water and/or ventilation.
What colour flare is used to signal a safe landing place for small boats?