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What is the disadvantage of using chemicals on an oil-spill on the water?
The chemicals make it difficult to remove the oil from the water.
It is difficult to apply the chemicals if the oil drifts away from the ship’s side.
It is difficult to apply chemicals if there is any wind.
The water gets a white colour, which makes it easy to detect the oil-spill.
Define the acronym GMDSS:
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
General Maritime Directories for Safety and Search.
Global Mundial Direct System Safe.
General Mundial Distress and Safety System.
What immediate action should be taken if a ship unexpectedly runs aground and stops?
Inmarsat Telex Service code “31” can be used:
To ask for maritime inquiries.
To ask for medical assistance.
When technical problems are experienced with the Inmarsat terminal.
When the coast-station is disfunctional.
What do you do after receiving a VHF DSC DISTRESS call?
You set watch on VHF channel 16.
You set watch on channel 13.
You send immediatly a DSC DISTRESS RELAY call.
You send immediatly a DSC DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT call.
Where would you find out which fire sections are enclosed by “A” or “B” class divisions on a ship?
All the mentioned alternatives.
On the Ship’s fire control plans.
On the general arrangement plan.
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.
It is not possible to install double stacking cones on container ships which has:
Loaded out-of-gauge containers.
Restrictions in the cargo securing manual.
Loaded a homogenous container load.
Limitations in ship design.
The main function of twist-locks is:
To couple containers vertically.
To couple containers horizontally.
To lock containers vertically and horizontally.
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. When performing ECC, where do you place your hand on the casualty’s body?
Place the heel of one hand, two finger breadths above the bottom of breastbone. Cover the hand with the heel of the other hand.
Place the heel of your two hands onthe top of the breastbone.
The correct position of your hands are of no importance.
Place the heel of your hand on the top of the heart position. Cover the hand with the heel of the other hand.
When fully loaded, a lifeboat should have a sufficient strength to withstand a drop into the water from a height of:
Not less than 3,0 metres.
Not less than 1,5 metres.
Not less than 0,5 metres.
Not less than one third of the distance from the stowage position of the lifeboat to the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition.
What could the wheelman be asked to do, to help in the preparations to leave the berth and go to sea?
Help the after team let go the ropes.
Standby in the mess room until called to the bridge.
Test the steering by putting the wheel hard over both ways.
Help the forward team let go the ropes.
During a loaded winter passage across the North Atlantic, the master of a container vessel would be most concerned with:
The added weight of icing on container stacks, leading to loss of GM.
The presence of icebergs leading to hazard of navigation.
Temperature differential between air and seawater, leading to shell plating damage.
On a ship involved in a collision, what should happen immediately after the accident has taken place?
The master should be called.
The bridge team should devise a plan of action.
Crew should follow an emergency procedure.
The other ship should be contacted.
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.
If a twist lock is found cracked at the base, it should be:
Use only in the lowest tier on deck.
Repaired on board and put back into service.
Use only to lock under-deck container stows.
What does this signal hoist mean?
I require immediate assistance.
Do you require assistance?
I require medical assistance.
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.
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?
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.
At what minimum height above sea level a SART transponder must be mounted?
The good working of a SART transponder doesn’t depend on the height above sea level.
Of what use to the coastal navigator is a predictive vector seen on the chart display of an ECDIS?
It is used to assess the relative approach of target vessels.
To protect the vessel from grounding.
To see how the vessel can be stopped in an emergency.
It is used to assess an anti-collision manoeuvre.
What would you call the wreckage of a yacht floating in the sea?
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.
The residual stability requirements of a container ship state that:
A container ship must always comply with the stability requirements of the International Loadline Rules.
A container ship is only required to comply with the loading port requirements.
A container ship must retain a positive GM of at least 1,5 metres at all stages of the voyage.
There are no special stability requirements, provided the ship remains fully stable at all times.
If drugs are discovered onboard your ship:
Ensure the witness to the discovery signs your incident report.
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.
Which equipment will detect a signal from a SART transponder?
What is the function of double stacking cones?
To link adjacent container stacks together particulary those in line with buttresses.
To link out-of-gauge container stacks together.
To lock adjacent container stacks together.
To lock containers horizontally.
During an anchoring operation, what does the bridge team mean when they ask “How is the chain leading”?
The Master is asking the Chief Officer whether the ship needs to be moved forward and take the weight off the anchor cable.
The Master is asking the Chief Officer whether the vessel is dragging anchor.
The bridge would like to know the direction of the anchor cable from the hawse pipe.
When passage planning on ECDIS, which two functions should always be set correctly?
Safety depth contour and safety depth value.
Course and speed of the vessel on each leg.
Safety depth and UKC at a critical waypoint.
Speed of the vessel and ETA to destination.
The traffic list of a coast-station is a list of:
Call-signs of ships for which a radio-telephone call, a telegram or another call is intended.
Names of ships which, on behalf of safety at sea, are being routed by a traffic control system.
Name of ship’s scheduled for berthing.
Pertinent navigational and weather information.
The fire integrity of any bulkhead shall be maintained:
At the openings and penetrations.
Up to 5 meters above the deck level.
Up to 5 meters below the deck level.
Only at the continuous/solid part of the bulkhead.
The dangers associated with carriage of empty tank containers is that:
They may contain flammable cargo residue.
They may not be declared as being empty.
They are prone to collapse.
They could explode if their vents are closed.
What do you do after receiving a VHF DSC DISTRESS call?
You set watch on VHF channel 16.
You send immediately a DSC DISTRESS RELAY call.
You send immediately a DSC DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT call.
You set watch on channel 13.
Where do you find minimum drill requirements?
In the SOLAS convention and its annex.
In classification society rules.
In manager’s instructions.
The limitations of a Cargo Securing Manual of a container vessel may include the fact that:
They are drafted whilst the ship is still under construction and need to be checked against the ship’s “as completed” condition in order to be fully reliable.
Some Cargo Securing Manuals cover a full range of sister ships.
Cargo securing arrangements in the manuals may be unsuitable for heavy weather conditions.
They are not always approved by a classification society.
How much water per person is provided in a lifeboat not equipped with a desalting apparatus?
Who is responsible for ensuring your ship completes a security assessment?
Company Security Officer.
Flag State Administration.
Recognized Security Organization.
What are class “C” bulkheads?
Bulkheads constructed of approved non-combustible materials but do not meet any of the requirements relative to smoke and flame nor limitations relative to temperature rise.
Bulkheads constructed of approved non-combustible materials that can withstand the standard fire test for 45 minutes.
Bulkheads constructed of approved non-combustible materials that can withstand the standard fire test for 15 minutes.
Bulkheads constructed of approved non-combustible materials that can withstand the standard fire test for 30 minutes.
What is the emergency frequency on MF (Medium frequency) radio?
Once a ship (equipped with self-stowing auto-tension winches) is moored alongside a loading or discharging berth, it is recommended that:
All winches to be left with the manual brake on and out of gear.
The “spring” winches be left in the auto-tension mode and all other winches with the manual brake on.
All mooring winches be left in “auto-tension” mode.
The “breastline” and “headline” winches be left in the auto-tension mode and spring winches with manual brake on.
Which of the following is a Flammable Liquid, under the IMDG Code?
Paints, which emit flammable vapours at 60 °C closed-cup test.
Any liquid with a flashpoint above 63 °C closed-cup test.
Any liquid with a flashpoint between 60 °C and 70 °C closed-cup test.
To stop a mooring line paying out, it is possible to set the motor to “heave” as well as having the winch brake fully on. Is this a good idea or can it cause problems?
All the listed alternatives.
The increased braking power of the winch can exceed the breaking strength of the line.
Damage to the winch by distorting the shaft.
Strain on the fairleads and rollers in use in excess of their Safe Working Load.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Survival craft portable radio.
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
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 purpose of the ODME (Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment) printer?
To prove that oil has been pumped overboard according to regulations.
To prove that the ODME system has been used.
To prove fault conditions in the ODME.
Where shall shoreside fire-fighting personnel find necessary information to control a fire on board a cargo ship in an emergency situation?
In the fire control plans or booklet that must be stored in a watertight prominently marked container outside the deck house.
Through the nearest Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, who will get them from the ship’s owner.
The captain of the ship is the only person that may give such information.
In the fire control plans or booklet that must be posted in a prominently marked localisation on the navigating bridge.
Your vessel is power-driven and making way in open water. This vessel is sighted wide on the port bow. It’s bearing is opening, but its distance is closing rapidly. Which of the following is a correct assessment of the situation and the action to be taken?
Risk of collision is deemed not to exist and I will maintain my course and speed. I will continue to monitor the situation.
Risk of collision is deemed not to exist. However, to be sure of a safe passing distance, I will reduce my speed to allow the other vessel to pass ahead.
As officer on the mooring deck, when would you report to the bridge that an attending tug is “clear”?
When the towline is recovered and the tug is clear of the vessel hull.
When the tug is at least 100 metres from the vessel.
When the towline is taken off a set of mooring bits on deck.
When the towline is made fast and the tug is ready for towing.
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.
Declaring a dangerous cargo as Class 3 (Sub risk Class 6) would indicate that:
The main hazard is flammability and the secondary hazard toxicity.
The secondary hazards are flammability and toxicity.
The main hazard is toxicity and the secondary hazard flammability.
The main hazards are flammability and toxicity.
Poster or sign shall be provided on or in the vicinity of survival craft and their launching controls. Which one of the following requirements has to be included?
Give relevant instructions and warnings.
Give information on survival craft capacity.
Give an overview of location of all lifesaving appliances.
Give information on survival craft speed and seaworthiness.
If the order is given to a mooring deck to “make fast”, what would happen?
Make fast means to apply a lashing to a coiled mooring rope.
Mooring ropes are transferred from a winch drum to the bitts.
Make fast means to set very quickly.
Mooring ropes are transferred from a storage drum to a winch to start heaving.
The PTT-switch must be:
Pressed in during speaking only to work semi-duplex.
Pressed in during speaking only to work duplex.
Pressed in constantly to work simplex.
When a fire breaks out in the engine room, who is in charge of the fire-fighting operations?
The first person to arrive at the scene.
The rudder is hard over with the engine at full ahead. Will the turning effect of the rudder be changed if the engine is stopped?
Yes, the turning force will be dramatically reduced when the engine is stopped.
Yes, the turning force will be reduced about 50 % of the original force when the engine is stopped.
No, the turning force applied by the rudder will be maintained within about 90 % of the turning force when going full ahead.
No, the turning force is unaffected by the speed of the propeller.
What is “UNDER KEEL CLEARANCE”, in the figure?
Under Keel Clearance is indicated by C, in the figure.
Under Keel Clearance is indicated by A, in the figure.
Under Keel Clearance is indicated by B, in the figure.
Under Keel Clearance is indicated by D, in the figure.
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.
What is the correct procedure to extinguish a soot fire in the exhaust boiler?
Reduce speed and use soot blowers if some are fitted.
Stop the engine and let the fire burn out by itself.
Increase speed or continue full speed.
Stop the engine and use the CO2 fixed fire-extinguishing system.
What would you call the wreckage of a yacht floating in the sea?
What does this flag mean?
I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed.
My vessel is stopped and making no way through the water.
I wish to communicate with you.
How can an azimuth or bearing be indicated by signal flags?
The letter A + three numerals.
The letter N + three numerals.
The letter B + three numerals.
The letter A + three numerals + the letter R or T.
Which option correctly identifies the meaning of the abbreviation ZOC, in relation to ECDIS?
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.
What is (are) the basic component(s) of a Fire detection system?
All the alternatives mentioned.
What do you understand by “Bitter end”?
Bitter end means: the end link of an anchor cable that is secured within the chain locker.
Bitter end means: a foul taste at the end of a meal.
Bitter end means: the toggled end of a lifeboat painter.
Bitter end means: to the very last moment.
According to Rule 24 of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions and the illustrated lights, how long is the tow likely to be?
It is more than 50 metres but less than 200 metres.
It is less than 200 metres.
If vessel has been advised of the tendency of a particular cargo on a flat-rack to deform or compact during voyage, you would:
Ensure that the cargo is secured as per shipper’s instructions.
Slacken the cargo securing gear during voyage to allow for movement.
Accept the cargo as it is and clause the mate’s receipt accordingly.
Where is the “PORT QUARTER”, in the figure?
The Port quarter is D in the figure.
The Port quarter is A in the figure.
The Port quarter is B in the figure.
The Port quarter is A in the figure.
Which one of the following items has to be included in an abandon ship drill according to SOLAS regulations?
Checking that life-jackets are correctly donned.
Launching and recovery of a survival craft.
Starting and operating radio life-saving appliances.
Manoeuvring the lifeboat in the water.
The limitations of a Cargo Securing Manual of a container vessel may include the fact that:
They are drafted whilst the ship is still under construction and need to be checked against the ship’s “as completed” condition in order to be fully reliable.
Some Cargo Securing Manuals cover a full range of sister ships.
Cargo securing arrangements in the manuals may be unsuitable for heavy weather conditions.
They are not always approved by a classification society.
You are starting to get low on water in the lifeboat. What should you do?
Mix sea water with 50 % fresh water.
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.
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 where on the horizon the other ship was sighted.
The question wants to know what type of ship has been sighted.
The question is requesting some idea of how far away the other ship is from your own ship.
The question is requesting some indication of what lights or part of the vessel is seen.
A vessel has a right-handed fixed pitch propeller, what should happen to its heading, if the propeller was put full astern?
The bow should swing to starboard.
The bow will remain steady.
The bow should swing to port.
The vessel will slow down.
You are on board a ship which is not specially fitted for navigation in cold regions. At what ambient temperature should the engine of the lifeboat start within less than 2 minutes?
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.
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.
What features of the vessel hull, equipment and cargo causes error on a vessel’s standard magnetic compass?
Permanent and induced magnetism found in steel or iron on-board.
The change in the position of the magnetic pole causing annual changes in the variation.
The continual changes of courses made by the vessel.
With a relative motion radar display, what would an echo of a target with no trail indicate? Note that this is a target trail, not a vector?
The target is on the same course and speed as own ship.
The target is on a constant bearing and getting closer to own ship.
The target is on a collision course with own ship.
The target is stopped and making no way through the water.