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What colour flare is used to signal a safe landing place for small boats?
On a container vessel, the description of a consignment of dangerous goods shows P in the IMDG Dangerous Goods List Column 4. What does the letter P indicate?
The substance is a Marine Pollutant.
The substance is in powder form.
The substance is poisonous.
The consignment is in a pressurised container.
Which of the following precautions should be taken when work is to be carried out on a radar transceiver unit?
A sign needs to be attached to all the radars warning the bridge officers of repairs and the fact the radars are “Not to be Used”.
Only the electrical breaker for the associated scanner motor need to be pulled.
A “Not to be Used” sign on all radars and breakers pulled for the radar system to be worked on.
Only the electrical breakers for the radar undergoing repair needs to be removed, allowing the ship to retain a workable radar.
According to basic principles regarding fire protection the ship is to be divided in zones by structural and thermal boundaries (SOLAS II-2/2.2.1).
In main horizontal zones.
In main zones according to utilization (Accommodation, Machinery, Cargo).
Main Fire zones in accordance with the ship’s fire-fighting system.
Which of the following statements is the most accurate in relation to the safety depth contour setting on an ECDIS?
The safety depth contour has to be set at a value to reflect the vessel’s draught.
The safety depth contour value is best set at a high value.
The safety depth contour value is best set at a low value.
The safety depth contour value has no effect on ECDIS operation.
When steel reinforcing rods are loaded in open-top containers, claims against the vessel would most likely arise due to:
Cargo staining by rust, hydraulic oil or grease.
Physical damages to the cargo.
Cargo being loaded less than the full height of the container.
What is recognized as the main hazard when entering a void space?
In the diagram, the amount of water under the keel is indicated by the letter “C”. Which bridge instrument would measure this value?
The transmitting receiving method, when both stations can transmit and receive at the same time is called:
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?
What would be the correct form of response to the question: what is the visibility in your position?
Visibility in my position is two hundred meters.
Which option correctly completes the following statement? An ECDIS alert:
Should never be ignored but must be investigated.
Only need to be acknowledged.
Is the responsibility of the Master alone.
Which one of the listed items has to be included in a distress message?
Identification of the ship.
Weather in immediate vincinity.
What mode must be used on the MF/HF transmission when making a radiotelephone call?
The greatest limitation of the fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing systems is a danger of:
Stability reduction on ships with single deck.
Stability reduction on ships with several decks.
What is understood by carrier frequency?
The frequency actually used by transmitter and receiver.
The frequency of upper side band (UBS).
Frequency of the carrier wave.
Frequency of single side band.
New MARPOL regulations came into effect from July 93 stating that the previous instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content (60 litres per nautical mile) was changed to:
30 litres per nautical mile.
20 litres per nautical mile.
25 litres per nautical mile.
10 litres per nautical mile.
The purpose of the dovetail foundation on container vessel is:
Act as a sliding base for twistlocks.
To secure double stacking cones.
To secure a single stacking cone.
To lock adjacent containers together.
If your vessel is fitted with wires on self-stowing “split drum” winches, the advantage of having these split drum winches is:
All the listed alternatives.
Increased brake holding capacity due to the ability to keep the paid out wire in a single layer on the drum.
Less chance of the wire being jammed in the reel.
What name is given to the point that sketches out the turning circle of a vessel?
Hydrodynamic Pivot Point.
How can an approximate value of the initial transverse Metacentric Height (GM) be found from the Curve of Statical Stability (GZ curve)?
Drawing a tangent to the curve thought the origin and erecting a perpendicular through the angle of heel of 57,3 degrees.
Drawing a tangent from the highest point of the curve to the X axis and measuring it in metres.
The value in metres from the X of the point where the curve changes from concave to convex shape.
It is impossible to establish the GM value from the curve of righting levers (GM).
The recommended connection between antenna and VHF is:
What is the emergency frequency on MF (Medium frequency) radio?
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Survival craft portable radio.
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
The word SATCOM is spelled conform the international phonetic alphabet:
Sierra, Alfa, Tango, Charlie, Oscar, Mike.
Sierra, Anna, Tango, Cornelies, Oslo, Mike.
Sierra, Able, Tango, Cornelies, Oslo, Man.
Sierra, Able, Tripoli, Charlie, Oscar, Mike.
This device can detect a package of drugs inside a large delivery of ship’s stores. What is it?
Testing a SART is permitted:
Only at sea, outside territorial waters.
Only in a port or harbour.
At sea, outside territorial waters, and in port or harbour.
What is the normal name of the waterproof suit shown in the picture?
The main movements experienced by a container ship, which will create the largest forces exerted on the container frames and lashings, are:
Rolling, Pitching and Heaving.
Rolling, Heaving and Swaying.
Surging, Yawing and Rolling.
Rolling, Swaying and Yawing.
On a ship involved in a collision, what should happen immediately after the accident has taken place?
Crew should follow an emergency procedure.
The bridge team should devise a plan of action.
The other ship should be contacted.
The master should be called.
Containerised scrap metal fire is best extinguished by:
Allowing cargo to smoulder.
How much lifeboat capacity should be provided on a conventional cargo ship of more than 85 metres in length?
100 % of the ship’s complement on each side.
150 % of the ship’s complement on each side.
125 % of the ship’s complement on each side.
50 % of the ship’s complement on each side.
How often shall each member of the crew participate in an “abandon ship”-drill?
What would you call the wreckage of a yacht floating in the sea?
Under GMDSS rules the trading area A3 can be considered to be:
Within coverage of the INMARSAT system.
What is the main theme of modern safety practice?
Making use of Risk Assessment as a means to improving safety.
Health & Safety at Work Act.
Consult the chief officer before commencing work.
Use the same practice that has been in place for some time.
What do you understand by the term “Let Go” when applied to mooring and unmooring?
Let Go means to slacken a mooring rope.
Let Go means to cast off the mooring ropes and wires.
Let Go means to let seafarers go ashore.
Let Go means to leave the ship.
What is definition on clean ballast as per MARPOL Annex 1?
Ballast with an oil content of less than 15 ppm.
Ballast with an oil content of less than 45 ppm.
Ballast with an oil content of less than 1 %.
There isn’t any definition on clean ballast.
What material should boiler suits be made of?
Which part of the magnetic compass error changes with a change in the course steered?
All of the suggested answers.
What is the depth of an iceberg below the surface of the sea?
The draught of an iceberg varies with the type of berg and its age.
The draught of an iceberg is normally about 3/4 of its total depth.
The draught of an iceberg is about the same as the visible part of the iceberg above the water.
The depth of an iceberg below the surface is always about one sixth of its total depth.
MF radio signals propagate mainly:
Along the curvature of the earth.
Between the earth and satellites.
Through hops between ionised layers and the earth.
On a Container vessel, with regard to the IMDG Code what do Calcium Oxide (UN No. 1910), Magnetized Material (UN No. 2807), Sodium Aluminate (UN No. 2812) and Battery Powered Equipment (UN No. 3171) have in common?
They are not subject to the provisions of the IMDG Code but may be subject to provisions governing the transport of dangerous goods by other modes.
Required to be shipped in open top containers, due to their special characteristics.
Listed as Corrosive Substances – IMDG Class 8.
Not listed in the IMDG Code.
What letter is represented by this flag and what is it’s meaning when displayed by a vessel in port?
P – All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
W – All persons should report onboard as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.
S – I am operating astern propulsion.
What is one of the dangerous states a survivor may suffer from?
DSC uses for automatic identification the MMSI. The identification 002442000 is assigned to:
A coast-station or coast guard-station.
The mandatory color of a hand flare is:
The most important function of a buttress fitting on a container vessel is:
To transfer forces from the container stow to the ships structure.
To maintain a uniform level stow across the tier of container.
To avoid excess load placed on the tank top.
To ensure an even distribution of weight throughout the stack.
When manoeuvring a conventional ship, if the engine is stopped with the rudder hard over what happens to the rudder turning force?
It is reduced because of the reduced water acting on the rudder.
Anything might happen as it depends upon the type of specialised rudder fitted.
It may increase due to a better laminar flow on the rudder.
It stays the same as the rudder angle is unchanged.
Distress MF communications should normally be operated:
In J3E mode – on simplex basis.
In J3E mode – on duplex basis.
In G3E mode – on duplex basis.
In G3E mode – on simplex basis.
At the design phase of a container ship, the loss of strength resulting from the large deck openings are compensated by:
Large deck beams longitudinally and athwartships at the sides and ends of hatches.
Additional longitudinal bulkheads.
Additional transverse bulkheads.
Large doubling plates at the hatch corners.
The first tier of under-deck containers, on a non-cellular container vessel, are usually loaded:
Onto dunnage laid fore and aft over the tank top.
Onto dunnage laid athwartships over the tank top.
Directly onto the tank top.
Onto dunnage laid directly under the container’s bottom rails.
With a pilot ladder, the lowest spreader shall be the 5th step from the bottom. At what interval should there be further spreaders upwards on the ladder?
At intervals not exceeding 12 steps.
At intervals not exceeding 15 steps.
At intervals not exceeding 9 steps.
It does not matter where the spreaders are fitted.
The main movements experienced by a container ship, which will create the largest forces exerted on the container frames and lashings, are:
Rolling, Pitching and Heaving.
Rolling, Swaying and Yawing.
Surging, Yawing and Rolling.
Rolling, Heaving and Swaying.
You wish to send a DSC-message because of a m. o. b. situation and assistance by other ships is required. You have to choose the category:
Which option best describes what lies below an isolated danger symbol seen on the chart display of an ECDIS?
There is a wreck from a sunken vessel.
There could be any obstruction that infringes the safety depth settings.
There is a rock outcrop not seen by the survey team.
There is probably a man made subsea structure associated with oil or gas.
The battery of a SART:
Must be replaced before the expiry date is exceeded.
Charged condition must be checked weekly.
Must be re-charged weekly.
For how long time should a “SARSAT COSPAS” epirb be able to operate on its batteries?
The receipt of a distress alert is to be pronounced as followed:
Mayday (1x), call-sign of ship in distress (3x) / this is / own call-sign (3x) / received mayday.
Mayday (3x) / this is / own call-sign (1x) / received mayday / call-sign of ship in distress (1x).
Mayday (1x) / this is / own call-sign (3x) received mayday.
Mayday (1x) / distress alert / own ship call sign.
In the Beaufort Scale of Wind Force, what is the Beaufort number associated with the wind force known as a “Gale”? This should not be confused with a “Near Gale” or “Strong Gale”?
In which publication will you find the working frequencies of coast stations?
The ITU List of coast stations.
The ITU List of Call signs and Numerical Identities of Stations used by the maritime mobile and maritime mobile-satellite services.
The ITU List of Ship Stations.
The ITU List of Radiodetermination and Special Services.
DSC uses for automatic identification the MMSI. The identification 002442000 is assigned to:
A coast-station or coast guard-station.
Abdominal Thrust is the name on a technique which involves applying a series of thrusts to the upper abdomen in an attempt to force air out of a choking casualty’s lungs. How to perform this technique?
Stand behind the casualty. Clench your fist with the thumb inwards in the center of upper abdomen. Grasp your fist with your other hand and pull quickly inwards.
Remove the obstruction and restore normal breathing.
Lay casualty on a hard surface, e. g. deck, and press firmly and rapidly on the middle of the lower half of the breast bone.
Let the casualty grab a list and hang up right down for a period of minimum 5 minutes.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Survival craft pyrotechnic distress signals.
The emergency battery of a GMDSS portable radio:
Must be tested once a week.
Must be replaced before the expiry date is exceeded.
Must be charged after expiry date.
The ship is drifting in the open sea with a temporary engine breakdown. The ship is equipped with GPS navigation equipment. What should the bridge Officer of the Watch do in this situation?
All of the possible answers.
Display the “Not under Command” signal and switch off the normal steaming lights.
Plot the direction and rate of drift and predict the ships position for the period while the ship is “Not Under Command”.
Keep a good lookout for other ships.
Which option correctly identifies the meaning of the abbreviation ZOC, in relation to ECDIS?
The transmitting power of the VHF is adjusted by setting:
What are the tricing pendants made for?
They automatically prevent any gap between the ship side and the lifeboat at the first stage of its launching.
They prevent people from falling down if the lifeboat falls down.
They prevent the lifeboat from falling down if one or both davit breaks.
They prevent the lifeboat from falling down if the falls break.
What is a mooring line used for?
A mooring line is a small diameter line attached to a large diameter rope.
A mooring line is a line that is passed through a block ashore.
A mooring line is a line thrown ashore when a vessel ties up.
A mooring line is a thick wire or synthetic rope used to moor the ship.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
If a distress signal is received on board your ship, what should be the first action that should be taken?
Attempt to establish contact with the distressed vessel.
Contact SAR Authorities via nearest coastal Radio station.
Determine how close your vessel is to the distressed vessel.
Determine if anyone else has heard the distress signal and if your vessel is near the distress.
During carriage in containers, if cashew nut shell liquid has been noted to spill out, the ships staff should:
Avoid skin contact and inhalation of toxic fumes.
Approach the container wearing a chemical protection suit.
Cool the container with water spray from as far away as possible.
Clean up the spillage wearing rubber boots and safety gloves.
The design features of a container ship with pronounced bow flare, a wide flat transom stern and wall sided amidships section contribute to:
Large angles of heel with a large GM.
The ability to shed water very quickly off the decks.
Which action do you perform when you log in to a satellite ocean region?
You inform the NCS that the SES is available for communications.
You update the ship’s position.
You select the CES through which you wish to send a message.
Where in accommodation spaces shall smoke detectors be located? SOLAS II-2/13.2.2.
In stairways, corridors and escape routes.
In all crew and passenger cabins.
Near ventilation ducts throughout the accommodation spaces.
In messrooms, public lounged and other public rooms.
Which of the following statements is incorrect with regard to IMDG Class 2 cargoes?
These goods need to be stowed in a protected location.
These goods require protection from heat.
These goods require protection against the accumulation of dangerous vapours.
These goods require protection against moisture.
In a distress situation, how many times or for how long should the emergency alarm signal be sounded?
Until all crew members and passengers have reported to their respective muster stations.
Until the signal “risk is over” or the order “abandon ship” is given.
Which of the following items shall be included in an “abandon ship”-drill?
Checking that passenger and crew are suitably dressed and lifejackets correctly donned.
Checking that all crew and passengers moral is high.
Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals.
Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies.
What are the main advantages to the Navstar, Glonas and Galileo satellite navigation systems?
These satellite systems give world-wide coverage 24 hours a day.
They are all made specifically for ships and marine operations.
If a vessel uses any one of them, there is no need to practice other forms of navigation.
Satellite navigation systems also give information about weather and wave conditions.