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How can you minimize the squat effect?
Maintain your course and speed.
Increase speed if the ship is not already on full ahead.
Do a zig-zag manoeuvre to reduce speed.
Decrease the speed as much as practicable.
If your vessel is tending to “synchronise”, what should you do to alter this condition?
You stop your ship and wait for the synchronizing to stop.
You should try to alter the wave period by altering course and by reducing speed.
You should put your ship’s beam on to the sea and increase speed.
You should increase your speed to full, whilst maintaining the same course.
You want to turn your vessel in a narrow canal by use of two tugs with same power. The wind varies in the range moderate/strong. Where/how will the tugs be used?
Pulling, made fast in the vessel.
One tug pushing, one tug pulling.
Pushing, made fast in the vessel.
Which way does the steam pass through in the system?
From the low pressure turbine to the high pressure turbine.
From the supply valve to the high pressure turbine.
From the high pressure turbine to the low pressure turbine.
From the condenser to the low pressure turbine.
The indications of a faulty refrigeration compressor valve are:
Gradual or sudden decrease in capacity.
Low head pressure, high suction pressure.
The passage of electrical current through the body may result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. You are witness to a man getting electric current through his body and is stuck to the dangerous area. It is impossible to switch off the current by any main switch. How can you break the current safely?
Apply oil on your hands and cut the cords by the uyse of any metallic pliers.
Call the electrician immediately.
Stand on dry insulating material and pull the person away with insulating material.
Just take the casualty in your arms and pull the person away.
What is a “Rescue Sub-Centre” (RSC)?
A national search and rescue centre subordinate to an international search and rescue co-ordinating centre.
A unit subordinate to a rescue co-ordinating centre.
A centre for underwater search and rescue operation.
A centre established to assist the main national rescue centre.
What is the purpose of performing an inclining experiment or stability test?
To determine the maximum angle of heel, before a ship will capsize.
It is done to find out the GM of a vessel, place the ship’s lightweight and VCG and LCG at this lightweight.
There is no need for such an experiment, because the information it gives may be obtained in various other easy ways.
To test the safe working load of a derrick or crane.
What kind of safety protection is to be weared during a mooring operation?
Safety shoes and boiler suit.
No particular protection necessary.
Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protecting cloths.
When cross-flooding arrangements to correct unsymmetrical flooding and excessive heel angles in damaged condition are installed in passenger ship’s, what is the maximum time allowed for equalization?
What are “hydrostatic curves” used for in ship calculations?
For hydrostatic pressures on bulkheads.
Obtaining the shape of the body sections.
For pressure at various depths in oil fuel bunkers.
Mainly for trim calculations for predicting end draughts.
What kind of shaft seals are used on this high pressure turbine?
What is the main advantage of plate heat exchangers?
More efficient and take up less space.
Requires less maintenance.
What is the critical time in a dry docking operation?
After the ship has taken to the blocks, and shores are being put in place.
When they start to empty the dry dock.
Just before the ship takes the blocks at the stern.
As the ship enters the dock gates, to ensure she is not moving too fast.
Superheated steam is steam:
That is mixed with water vapour.
That can be used for heating the accommodation.
That has been heated until it is “dry”.
Why is the maximum pressure in a plate heat exchanger usually limited to about 10 bar?
All the above alternatives.
Possibility of rupturing the plates.
Difficult to seal plates above this pressure.
After obtaining permission from the duty deck officer, under what conditions would the process of soot blowing the boiler tubes be most beneficial?
When the boiler is firing on high rate.
When the boiler is standing idle.
When the boiler is firing on medium rate.
When the boiler is firing on low rate.
What kind of steam is feeding the astern turbine fitted on the same rotor as the LP turbine?
Reduced superheated steam via a pressure reducer.
Regenerated steam via resuperheater.
Steam from the main steam manifold via manoeuvring stand.
Exhaust steam from the high pressure turbine.
What is the result of a high metacentric height?
The vessel will roll violently.
The vessel will roll slowly or be unstable.
The vessel’s tween deck height is too high.
The vessel will have a great bending moment.
Which alarm and shut-down device is fitted on the thrust bearing assembly?
The axial clearance alarm.
The steam pressure reducing alarm.
The low lub oil flow alarm.
Who is the leader of the lifeboat drill (abandon ship drill)?
The first member of the crew arriving at the survival craft.
The appointed lifeboat commander.
The diagram shows loadline marks. How is the distance between S and T calculated?
One sixtieth of the summer draft.
One forty eighth of the summer draft.
What is the minimum allowable value for GZ?
If the fresh water generator is producing water with salinity of 5 ppm and is changed to produce water of 2 ppm, this is mainly achieved by:
Throttling sea water feed supply to the evaporator.
Decreasing sea water cooling to the condenser.
Slowing down production by opening the vacuum breaker valve.
Decreasing production by lowering fresh water supply from main engine.
What is the source of energy used to convert salt water into fresh water in the fresh water generator?
The vacuum and ejector pump.
The ejector pump and sea water pump combined.
The sea water pump supplying the evaporating water.
The waste heat from the main engine.
How often shall each member of the crew participate in an abandon ship drill?
Which one of the listed fire extinguishing medium is most effective against an open oil fire?
A water content greater than 2 % is detected in a lubricating oil system. What is the best action to do?
Segregate the oil in a separate tank for continuous purifying.
Boil out the water by increasing the temperature.
Continuous purifying the system with the oil pumps running.
It is no danger, until the water level reach 6-8 %.
You are berthed with a steady offshore beam wind of 30 knots. This wind suddenly increases to 60 knots. When this happens, the force driving the vessel off-berth will be:
What is the purpose of the control position on an enclosed lifeboat?
It is for sending out distress messages giving the ship’s last known position.
It’s a place reserved for injured persons.
It’s the position from which the boat is steered and the safety systems are operated.
It facilitates entering the names of all persons on-board. This is essential record keeping requirements.
What is part No. 3?
Turbine drive gear train.
Turbine electromagnetic clutch.
What are “cross curves” of stability used for onboard a ship?
Giving the capacity of various holds or tanks.
Similar to a set of Bonjean curves.
Obtaining statical stability curves at known displacements.
Showing tank calibration values.
What is the required salinity of the fresh water produced as drinking water onboard?
How is bank effect felt in a vessel?
The vessel’s stern is pushed away from the nearest bank.
The vessel’s bow is pushed away from the nearest bank.
The whole vessel is drawn in parallel to the nearest bank.
The whole vessel is pushed away parallel to the nearest bank.
What is the minimum allowable value for GM?
What is the most dangerous overtaking situation shown on the sketches?
A large vessel overtaking a small vessel with big difference in speed between the two vessels.
A small vessel overtaking a large vessel with a little difference in speed between the two vessels.
A large vessel overtaking a small vessel with a little difference in speed between the two vessels.
A small vessel overtaking a large vessel with big difference in speed between the two vessels.
What is the purpose of the sea water pump item No 13?
To drive the air ejector of the evaporator.
To supply sea water to the condenser.
To supply water to be evaporated.
What is the general emergency alarm signal to be sounded by the ship’s whistle and alarm bells in case of an emergency situation?
Seven short blasts followed by one prolonged blast.
In a two stage compressor, you will find pistons with different diameters (one is bigger than the other). Which one of the following statement is correct?
A big piston will deliver dryer air into stage one.
The biggest diameter piston is the stage two piston.
The smallest diameter piston is the stage two piston.
A big piston will give less oil content in the air.
What is the formula to calculate the volume of displacement?
L by 1/2B by draft by freeboard.
How will the ship behave if you have a black out in the situation sketched below?
The wind will not affect your ship whatsoever.
She will continue on course and the speed will slowly drop.
She will turn to starboard and the speed will slowly drop.
She will turn to port and the speed will drop gradually.
In the shown situation, the bow of your ship is pushed away from the bank. How can you handle this?
Give hard port rudder to get the ship back in the middle of the channel.
Give starboard rudder in order to balance the force of the bank effect and rudder effect.
Do nothing as the ship will handle itself.
Put your engine full astern to stop your ship.
Does liquid turbulence improve the efficiency of a plate heat exchanger?
Turbulence is not possible in a plate heat exchanger.
What is a pro-metacenter?
This expresses KM as moving away off the centreline at large angles of heel.
It is the ability of a vessel to return to an upright position.
It is the term used to indicate a vessel has a more than adequate GM.
It is just another name for metacentric height.
What formula do you use to determine the GM from an inclining experiment?
GM = KM by d by 1/2 length of plumbline divided by W by length of plumbline.
There is no formula. You simply measure the deflection of the plumbline with a tape measure.
GM = w by distance by length of plumbline divided by W by deflection of the plumbline.
GM = w by length of plumbline divided by W by deflection of the plumbline.
What is the purpose of hunting hear when referring to a hydraulic steering system?
Limits the speed of the rudder movement.
Provides feedback to the pump control.
To control hydraulic motor swash plate movement.
To transmit hydraulic pressure.
Which of the following statements regarding main boilers is NOT true?
At least two safety valves will be fitted.
The feed water need not be very pure.
The burners could be at the top firing down.
The superheated steam pressure could be as much as 60 bar.
The vessel will anchor with pilot onboard. You are the duty officer on the bridge. What is your main duty?
No duty when pilot is onboard.
Follow the master’s order.
When you join a new ship, how are you informed about safety rules, alarm instructions and your own duties in case of an emergency?
By muster lists exhibited in conspicuous places.
By oral instructions by the captain.
By folder distributed to each crew member.
By alarm instructions in all crew cabins.
What is part number 1 called?
Name the two (2) different lubrication oil circuits of a steam turbine:
The thrust bearing and shaft circuit/the front and governor circuit.
The reduction gear oil/the turbine shaft bearing oil.
The bearing and gear oil circuit/the governor oil circuit.
The front bearing circuit/the rear bearing circuit.
Your vessel is to unmoor. Two tugs will assist at the unmooring. Which position and how do you want to use the tugs?
Make the tug fast aft for pulling.
Fast FWD and AFT in centre lead to pull the vessel out from the jetty and make it in position for voyage.
Make the tug fast in centre now fairlead for pulling.
What part in this diagram is the low pressure turbine?
What is a “Rescue Unit” (RU)?
A unit ready for search and rescue operations at sea any time of the day.
A unit specializing in search and rescue operations at sea.
A unit composed of trained personnel suitability equipped for expeditious search and rescue.
A permanently manned rescue vessel.
What does permeability mean?
To make a compartment water tight.
The process of making a compartment non-porus.
The relationship between the volume of a compartment and the volume available for water if bilged.
The flooding of the engine room compartment.
How many hand flares should each lifeboat normally carry?
Which of the following is a rotary compressor?
Diesel engine charge air compressor.
Emergency air compressor.
You are underway on a power driven vessel in open water, when you see another power driven vessel approximately five miles straight ahead on an opposite course. What action do you take?
Try and call him on the VHF to decide on what action to take.
Make a bold alternation to starboard and pass on his port side.
Make a bold alteration to port and pass on his starboard side.
Stand on with caution as he will alter course.
What is the purpose of the corrugations on a plate heat exchanger?
To increase the surface area.
To increase turbulence in the liquid.
Stiffening on the thin metal sheet.
High pressure steam turbines are:
Directly coupled to the propeller shaft.
Larger than low pressure turbines.
Smaller than low pressure turbines.
What is the reason for the effect we call squat?
The bow and stern wave make the ship sink lower in the water.
Increased effect of gravity due to closeness of the sea bed.
Increased velocity and decreased water pressure around the ship’s hull.
Decreased velocity and increased water pressure around the ship’s hull.
The ship’s training manual must contain instructions and information on the life-saving appliances carried onboard. Which of these duties must be included?
Correct donning of life jackets.
Correct use of oars and sails for survival craft.
Correct donning of protective clothing.
Correct use of communication equipment.
What is the reason for too rising cooling water temperature at outlet of individual cylinders?
Compression pressure too low.
Cooling water spaces insufficiently vented.
Fuel pressure of fuel booster pump too high.
What is item No. 9 shown in the diagram, fitted between evaporator and condenser of the fresh water generator?
What is the BM for a box-shaped vessel in terms of breadth and draught?
Breadth cubed / 12 × draught.
Breadth squared / 12 × draught.
The Disc type oil separator can usually separate water from oil when processing oils between which density ranges?
Water hammer is a short lasting pressure peak traveling along the pipe. How can it be avoided in a cooling water system?
Operate valves gradually.
Start pump with closed valves.
Start the system with open valves and empty pipes.
Boiler feed water is water:
Used to cool steam back into water.
Taken from the condenser and fed back to the boiler.
Used to cool steam turbines.
Mixed with fuel oil and burnt as waste oil.
Where can you find out if you belong to the forward mooring gang or the aft mooring gang?
Posted on the notice board onboard.
Alarm instruction onboard.
Being distributed for each port.
Deck crew forward and engine crew aft.
Unconscious casualties who are brething and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the recovery position. What is the recovery position?
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each lifeboat?
In the event of a fire situation, which of the following actions is the first to be taken?
Call the officer on duty.
Try to kill the fire immediately by use of fire extinguishers or other adequate appliances.
Check all nearby compartments for survivors.
The ship’s training manual must contain instructions and information on the life saving appliances carried onboard. Which of these duties must be included?
Correct use of oars and sails for survival craft.
Correct donning of protective clothing.
Correct method of revival of casualties.
Correct launching, boarding and clearing of survival craft and rescue craft.
In a modern steam turbine steam is prevented from leaking along the shaft by:
High temperature packing.
In which way make intake of poisonous material occur?
Skin penetration and skin absorption.
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 respect muster stations.
Until the signal “risk is over” or the order abandon ship is given.
In a refrigeration system, a fluid that serves only as a heat carrier is called the:
Having a CO2 alarm during normal working hours, what immediate action should be taken?
Get out of the engine room as soon as possible.
Get into the control room.
What is initial stability?
It is the stability status of the ship, when first delivered to owners from the shipyard.
It is the vessel’s GM, after completion of loading.
It is the stability of the vessel in her initial position, and is expressed by metacentric height.
It is the vessel’s GM, before commencement of loading.
What liquid is present in the collecting point at the bottom of the evaporator?