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The “buckling” of strength members of an oil tanker results due to high:
How is loss of electric power or other fault conditions of fire-detection and fire-alarm systems to be indicated? (SOLAS II-2/13.1.2).
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.
By check systems on the control panel.
By semi-automatic test systems at the control panel.
A received DSC “distress alert” contains the following information: “UNDESIGNATED DISTRESS”. Of this distress case:
The nature of distress is unknown.
Number of person at risk is unknown.
On a traditional crude oil carrier, it is possible to arrange the valves in the bottom of a pumproom so that cargo flows from one bottom line to another. When more than one grade of cargo is carried, what is the operational safeguard requirement regarding these valves?
That there is two valve segregation.
There is no so special requirement.
That one valve segregation is maintained at all times.
That two valves must be closed on each line or a “spacer” removed to ensure no direct connection between tanks.
What could be the reason for the magnetic compass to swing through large angles when the ship is rolling in a seaway?
The heeling error magnets are upside down and/or not in the correct position.
The induced magnetism from the earth’s magnetic field is very strong in that area.
The Coefficient B determined by the Compass Corrector at the last dry-dock was not correctly calculated.
The error due to deviation is large for that ships heading.
For how long should a tank be ventilated when people are working inside?
For as long as it is deemed necessary by the chief officer.
Until the tank is gas free.
For as long as people are working in the tank.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding lifeboat equipment correspond to present regulations? The normal equipment of every lifeboat shall include:
Helicopter rescue equipment.
Sea charts and navigation equipment.
Which of the following types of fire extinguishers must be found in an engine room containing an internal combustion engine?
All of the mentioned must be provided.
A sufficient number of foam type fire extinguisher of at least 45 litre capacity (or equivalent).
At least two portable foam extinguishers (or equivalent).
At least one set of portable air-foam equipment.
Which of the connections you are shown, are the dedicated shore connection (MARPOL-connection) for discharging of sewage?
The position that is determined by built in GPS-receiver in an Inmarsat-EPIRB has an accuracy of about:
When substantial quantities of oil are sighted in water around the vessel whilst loading in port, the OOW should:
Advise the watchmen to look out for any port police craft, and inform the Master immediately.
Tell the terminal authority to cease all loading operations immediately and inform the Chief Officer.
Check the Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment Confirm that all overboard valves are shut tight, and continue with the loading.
Get the ships lifeboats ready to launch so as to collect samples of the oil and water around the vessel.
Satellites which receive the 406 MHz Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB are:
Only capable to determine the position of the EPIRB in certain circumstances.
Capable to determine the position of the EPIRB.
Not capable to determine the position of the EPIRB.
Capable to determine position only in day time.
The small amounts of cargo left in the cargo tanks after discharging are referred to as ROB, which means:
Remaining oil and ballast.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
What would the Second Officer report to the Master when entering an area where the visibility is reduced to 2 n. miles?
The Second Officer would call the Master to the bridge because he is needed there.
The Second Officer would report to the Master that he is having difficulty seeing other ships.
The Second Officer would report to the Master that the visibility is reduced to probable range of 2 n. miles and the engines are on standby.
The Second Officer would tell the Master he is calling him in compliance with the instructions in the Night Order Book.
Which is the correct term given to the company providing stores and provisions to a ship in port?
After completion of loading in a cargo tank, for ensuring that there is no further flow of oil inside the tank, the OOW must:
Periodically check the ullage to guard against any accidental leakages into the completed tank.
Shut off the hydraulic supply to the tank valves and ensure that the valves are not operable any more.
Ensure that there is a 3-valve segregation carried out so that there is no more flow of oil into the tank.
Mark off the closed tank and lock the valve externally, so as to warn the deck watch keepers against accidental loading.
A ship moving through heavy seas is affected by the water pressure at the bows causing an effect known as “Panting”. What structure in the forward region of the ship combats the effects of Panting?
Collision bulkhead and deck.
Double bottom tanks and floors.
Panting beams and stringers.
What general background colour is used on warning signs that indicate emergency or first-aid features, or indicate a safe condition?
What is a “consignee”?
Any person, organization or government that prepares a consignment for shipment.
Any person or company which seeks to transport a consignment of cargo by sea.
Any person or company responsible for the operation of a vessel which carries a consignment as freight.
Any person, organization or government entitles to take delivery of a consignment.
MARPOL – Annex IV. Your ship has in operation an approved sewage treatment plant certified by the Administration. During discharge, while vessel is awaiting pilot off Cape Henry, USA, the surrounding water is discoloured. What kind of action would be appropriate to take?
Continue discharge since Annex IV of MARPOL is internationally not yet in force.
Continue discharge since the treatment plant is of an approved type.
Reduce discharge rate in order to have less discolouration of surrounding water.
What is one of the dangerous states a survivor may suffer from?
Which of the four calculations illustrated is the correct one to determine the latitude of the observer when the sun is on the meridian?
Calculation 3 is correct.
Calculation 2 is correct.
Calculation 4 is correct.
Calculation 1 is correct.
What letter is represented by this flag and what is it’s meaning when displayed by a vessel in port?
S – I am operating astern propulsion.
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.
1 % by volume would be equivalent in parts per million (ppm) to a figure of:
Which of these procedures should crew follow when conducting a bomb search?
Search the perimeter of the space up to a height of 5 feet.
Wait in the area they’ve finished searching until they’re contacted for a status update.
Stand quietly in various spots around the space, listening for unusual sounds like the tick tock of a clock mechanism.
Conduct random or spot checks of logical threat areas.
How many maintenance methods must be provided by ships sailing in area A1 and A2:
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.
50 % 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.
The gyro compass can suffer from a compass error and may need to be allowed for, when steering a course in a dangerous navigational area. What is the probable cause of the error?
Fluctuations in the electrical supply to the compass.
An uncorrected course and speed error.
Small oil spills on deck can be kept from going overboard by doing what?
Driving wooden plugs into the vents.
Closing the lids on the vents.
Plugging the sounding pipes.
An Oil Record Book, Part 1, shall be provided to every ship of 400 tons gross tonnage and above to record machinery space operations. Out of below mentioned operations, it is compulsory to record:
Transfer of oil from settling – to daytank.
Discharge of water from Aft, Peak Tank.
Bunkering of bulk lubricating oil.
What should be done to assist a survival craft in keeping alongside own vessel?
Stretch a painter from forward to aft on the ship and allow the survival craft to hold on to it.
Keep the vessel stopped in the water.
Keep the vessel underway at slow speed.
Pass the survival craft painter up to the ship and make it fast.
In which areas is plastic material accepted for overboard disposal?
In specially designated areas (ref. MARPOL).
100 n. m. from shore line.
Not permissible anywhere.
The relay of a distress-call by an RCC for coast-station begins with:
If the radar is set onto the Relative Motion Display, what would an echo of a target with no trail indicate? Note this the trail of the echo and not a vector.
The target is on a collision course with own ship.
The target is stopped and making no way through the water.
The target is on a constant bearing and getting closer to own ship.
The target is on the same course and speed as own ship.
In case of a fire in engine rooms, cargo holds or other confined spaces, what has to be done before the central gas extinguishing system is used?
Make sure that the compartment has been evacuated.
If any, open all bottom ventilation inlets and outlets to the compartment.
Disconnect all non-emergency circuits from the main switchboard.
What should the Third Officer do, if he finds something missing from a lifeboat?
If he finds something missing from a lifeboat, the Third Officer should replace the missing item.
If he finds something missing from a lifeboat, the Third Officer should search for the missing item.
If he finds something missing from a lifeboat, the Third Officer should make a note of it in the lifeboat register.
If he finds something missing from a lifeboat, the Third Officer should notify the Chief Officer.
How can a new officer, just boarding a ship, ensure that he knows the location and operation of all navigational and safety equipment and take account of the operating limitations of such equipment?
By asking other officers and practicing with the use of the equipment.
The certificate of competency will ensure the officer has suitable competence in operating the bridge equipment.
By following the standard company Induction procedures for a bridge watchkeeping officer.
By using the equipment on regular watchkeeping duties.
You are witnessing someone about to faint. What are the symptoms?
The pulse is very fast and the person is getting cold.
The person starts to talk a lot and seems superactive.
The person may be very pale, and pulse is slow at first and weak.
On area A4 the function “Transmission of ship to shore distress alerts” is mainly based on:
The use of HF DSC and Inmarsat Epirbs.
The use of MF DSC and Inmarsat Epirbs.
The use of VHF DSC and VHF Epirbs.
The use of HF DSC and COSPAS SARSAT Epirbs.
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?
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.
Go to your lifeboat station.
The examples of Aromatic Hydrocarbons will include:
Benzene, Toluene and Xylene.
Propane, Butane and Pentane.
Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Monoxide.
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide.
What kind of warning signs should be placed on manholes into void spaces?
Breathing apparatus mandatory sign.
Danger of explosion signs.
Warning signs that indicate lack of oxygen inside.
Watch keeping engineers shall have a minimum of knowledge of the vessel’s engine room and operation of its functions prior to being accepted as Engineer on Duty, and shall acknowledge his familiarization with the equipment by signing a check list listing all units he shall be able to operate. Minimum knowledge is:
Understand the function of all main and auxiliary equipment, e. g. machinery, pumps, fuel systems, cooling systems and the interlinks between various units and the function of them.
Start, operate and stop main and auxiliary machinery units, including switching between automatic, remote and/or manual control functions, and operate the various units in various modes.
Check routines during operation and prior to switching to UMS-mode.
He shall have all the knowledge as listed in the other alternatives.
What kinds of checks must be carried out on slings, wires and other items of lifting equipment before they are used in routine operations?
They must be tested under load, to ensure they can bear the planned weight.
They must be visually inspected and ascertained, so far as is possible, as being in good working order and fit for purpose.
They must be visually inspected to ensure that the ID and SWL marks are clearly legible.
They do not need to be checked. They are checked under the vessel’s planned maintenance system every 12 months.
What type of construction material should be avoided regarding fire protection purposes? (SOLAS II-2/2.2.3).
All combustible materials.
All uncovered wooden materials.
The compass binnacle on the ship has various specific functions, which of the following answers reflect its most important functions:
All of the answers provided.
Houses the soft iron correctors.
Provides a non-magnetic housing for the compass.
Houses the corrective magnets.
When onboard channel 16 is used for a shore radio-connection, you always work:
What action should be taken by the Officer of the Watch in the event of fire being reported to the bridge during the 00.00 to 04.00 watch?
Stop engines and inform the engine room.
Send the bridge look-out down to investigate.
The button or switch “dimmer” of a mariphone serves:
To regulate the transmitting power.
The aerial system of an Inmarsat-C terminal consist of:
An omni-directional aerial.
The battery of a SART:
Must be replaced before the expiry date is exceeded.
Must be re-charged weekly.
Charged condition must be checked weekly.
In ship’s stability what is understood by the term “In stable equilibrium”?
Stable equilibrium means the buoyancy force upwards and the force of weight downwards are equal and G and B are in the same vertical line.
The term “stable equilibrium” means that the vessel complies fully with the International Loadline Rules.
The term “stable equilibrium” means when the cargo loaded in each hold is the maximum that hold can carry.
Stable equilibrium means the vessel is floating upright and has a positive GM.
You are approaching the port entrance. What do these lights mean?
Vessels may proceed – two-way traffic.
A vessel may proceed only when she has received specific orders to do so.
Vessels may proceed – one-way traffic.
A vessel may proceed only when she has received specific orders to do so, except that vessels which can safely navigate outside the main channel need not comply with this message.
What is important to check when transferring a position from the GPS output to a paper chart?
It is important to ensure that the GPS is setup on 2 dimensional and not 3 dimensional position fixes.
Ensure that the GPS is setup on the same datum as the chart.
Ensure that the chart has been corrected up to date.
Any necessary corrections are applied to convert between the GPS datum and the chart datum.
Which of these are indicators that an individual may be a drug smuggler?
The individual spends his or her free time hanging out with others.
The individual is disinterested in the ship’s cargo.
The individual makes small local purchases.
The individual wears bulky or out of season clothing.
If bad weather is anticipated during ballast voyage of a vessel fitted with segregated ballast tanks, the cargo tanks which must be crude oil washed as a priority would be:
Those nominated by the Chief Officer, forming a minimum of 30 % of the cargo capacity.
The dedicated heavy weather ballast tank(s).
All the cargo tanks that were not Crude Oil Washed in the last discharge port.
All slop tanks that were used to carry cargo in the past two voyages.
As per SOLAS the Inert Gas System of an oil tanker must deliver the inert gas with a maximum level of oxygen of:
Not more than 5 % by volume.
Between 8 % to 11 % by volume.
Not more than 8 % by volume.
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:
20 litres per nautical mile.
30 litres per nautical mile.
10 litres per nautical mile.
25 litres per nautical mile.
What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man overboard and in the water?
A sectored search pattern.
A non-volatile petroleum is defined as that which:
Has a flashpoint of 60 °C or above.
Has a flashpoint of 15,6 °C or below.
Has a flashpoint of 60 °C or below.
Has a flashpoint of 100 °C or above.
Which of the answers best summarises the information which should be provided for the bridge Officer of the Watch within an effective Voyage plan?
All of the suggested answers.
Courses to steer; distance off dangers; parallel index lines; expected currents; prevailing winds; distance between alteration points.
Expected prevailing wind and weather.
Contingency arrangements in case of problems.
What would be the correct form of response to the question: What kind of assistance do you require?
The correct form of response would be: I need help on board with a fire and the smoke is very toxic.
The correct form of response would be: I need help as soon as possible.
The correct form of response would be: There is a fire onboard my vessel.
The correct form of response would be: My vessel has a fire in the accommodation and we require fire-fighting assistance.
If Mouth-to-Mouth (M-T-M) ventilation by itself is unsuccessful and the casualty’s heart stops, or has stopped beating, you must perform External Chest Compression (ECC) in conjunction with M-T-M. What is the rythm when performing M-T-M in combination with ECC with one First Aider only?
10 compressions followed by 3 full ventilations.
15 compressions followed by 2 full ventilations.
20 compressions followed by 5 full ventilations.
5 compressions followed by 5 full ventilations.
The word SHIP is spelled conform the international phonetic alphabet:
Sugar, Hotel, Italia, Peter.
Sierra, Hotel, Item, Papa.
Sierra, Hotel, India, Papa.
Singapore, Hotel, India, Paris.
Where shall manually operated call points in fixed fire-detection and alarm systems be located in accommodation spaces? (SOLAS II-2/13.2.1).
In stairways and escape routes.
At exits and in corridors.
In all crew and passenger cabins.
In messrooms, public lounges and other public rooms.
How often must inspection of proper working of the EPIRB’s and SART’s take place on board? Once per:
A casualty suddenly loses consciousness and falls to the ground letting out a strange cry. The pasient is red-blue in the face and froth may appear around the mouth. You are witnessing a major epileptic attack. What should you do?
Give the casualty a lot to drink and keep talking to the person at all times.
Loose tight clothing, ask all unnecessary bystanders to leave and carefully place something soft under the head. If casualty is unconscious, place the person in Recovery position.
Move the casualty in a sit-up position and put something in the persons mouth to protect the tongue.
Forcibly restrain and try to wake the casualty.
When shutting down the flue gas plant, the last step that the operator shall carry out would be to:
Close the deck isolating valve.
Close the gas pressure control valve.
Open ventilation valve to atmosphere.
Shut down of inert gas blower.
The primary purpose of the water seal within an inert gas system is:
To automatically compensate for temporary fluctuations in inert gas pressure within the cargo spaces.
To prevent the passage of petroleum gases back to the machinery spaces.
To automatically adjust the inert gas flow.
To provide a second washing cycle to inert gas.
Treatment of burns and scalds depends on the severity of the injury. What is the correct thing to do for minor burns and scalds?
Break blisters, remove any loose skin or foreign objects from the injured area.
Place the injured part under slowly running cold water for at least 10 minutes, but preferably until the pain is gone. If no water is available, use any cold, harmless liquid.
Remove all sticky clothing from the casualty.
Apply lotions, ointments or fat to the injury.
You receive a distress alert on HF Radio. What should you do?
No response is necessary providing the vessel is more than 24 hours away.
Wait three minutes and if no acknowledgement is heard from a coast station you should relay the alert.
Relay the message immediately on 2 182 kHz.
SOLAS requires the tank coatings in dedicated seawater ballast tanks on oil tankers to be of:
Preferably any dark colour.
Preferably white colour only.
Preferably any light colour.
Preferably dark red colour only.
Which of the following spaces may be protected by a fixed carbon dioxide (CO2) fire-extinguishing system?
Special category spaces of passenger ships.
All the spaces mentioned.
Machinery spaces of category A.
Where can the size of the Magnetic Compass Error be found?
By taking the error from the Deviation Table on the bridge.
By reference to the last entry in the Compass Error Log Book.
On the chart in the centre of the compass rose or by reference to the Variation chart, taking into account the annual changes.
By taking a transit bearing of two fixed geographical positions and comparing it with the bearing of the same points on the chart.
Which of the following ear protection devices is most effective?
Dry cotton or cottons balls.
What methods could be introduced into a passage plan for continuous monitoring of the ships position when navigating along a coastline?
All of the suggested answers.
Conspicuous headlands and navigational marks for taking positions.
The radar ranges of the coastline at all course alteration points.
OPA-90 notification requirements:
Notify only if you mean that own vessel might be responsible.
Notify as soon as you have knowledge of a spill exceeding 10 gallons of oil.
Notify as soon as you have knowledge of any spill, or threat of a spill.
Notify only if you mean that own vessel might be tracked and charged.
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 “AIR DRAUGHT”, in the figure?
Air draught is indicated by C, in the figure.
Air draught is indicated by A, in the figure.
Air draught is indicated by D, in the figure.
Air draught is indicated by B, in the figure.