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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.
It is considered essential that container ships should have a large ballast capacity and high powered ballast pumps, because:
These are required for trimming the ships and offsetting longitudinal bending moments.
These are required to load ballast during discharge.
These are necessary to keep the vessel upright during the loaded passage.
These are essential to retain the vessel within the International loadline requirements.
Who can contact the Designated Person with their safety concerns?
The company’s shore staff only.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of a survival craft corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? Each survival craft shall be stowed:
In a secure and sheltered position and protected from damage by fire or explosion.
In a state of readiness so that two crew-members can prepare for embarkation and launching in less than 15 minutes.
On the starboard side of the ship.
Wherever space is available.
If the speed of a vessel through the water is HALVED, how will this effect squat?
The squat effect will be reduced to approximately a quarter of its original value.
The squat effect will also be halved.
There will be very little change to the effects of squat.
What name is given to the inspection and measurements at the end of a bulk carrier’s loading operation, that determines the weight of cargo lifted based on the observed draughts, any list, hog or sag, the dock water density and the calculation of ballast and consumables on the vessel?
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.
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 visual and audible signal at the control panel and indicating units.
By alarm signals at the bridge and engine room control panels.
By sounding the ship’s fire alarm signal in crew accommodation and service spaces.
By all the indication methods listed.
What does the word “pirates” mean?
Pirates are persons who attempt to board and take over a ship at sea.
Pirates are special cargo lashings on container ships.
Pirates are official people who bord the ship while in port.
Pirates are another word for helmsmen.
This receiver of the Inmarsat-C installation, if the log-in procedure has been carried out, is turned on:
The greatest danger associated with chemicals emitting hydrogen inside a closed container, due to contact with water, is:
A reaction with the carrying receptacles.
The proper operation of an Inmarsat-C terminal can be tested by:
Sending a message to MF DSC.
Doing a “recommissioning test”.
Requesting a “self test”.
What is the anticipated rolling period of a ship with a large initial Transverse Metacentric Height (GM) and would there be any associated dangers to consider?
Short sharp period of roll associated with breaking lashings and shifting cargo.
Short period of roll, but a very stable ship and no associated dangers.
Long period of roll with free surface effects at a maximum.
Long slow roll and no particular hazards.
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.
Sodium, when carried in containers, upon coming in contact with water under normal atmospheric conditions will:
For how long time should a “SARSAT COSPAS” epirb be able to operate on its batteries?
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 understood by the term “Dew point” of the air?
The temperature at which condensation in the air forms into water droplets.
The temperature of the water vapour in a cloud.
The “Dew point” is the point at the centre of an Anticyclone.
All of the suggested answers.
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 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.
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.
Which option best completes the following statement? An operator using ECDIS will notice an out of position navigation buoy because:
The radar return and ENC buoy symbol will not coincide.
There will be a flashing alarm on ECDIS showing which one is out.
It is coloured orange on an ECDIS display.
A local port authority would send an automatic signal to ECDIS.
When a satellite receives a “distress alert” from a Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB, the relay of the “distress alert” can be delayed because the satellite cannot immediately contact a:
LUT before the satellite is actually seen by this ground station.
NCS before the satellite is actually seen by this ground station.
LES before the satellite is actually seen by this ground station.
How many Radar Transponders (SART) are required to be carried on board a ship for use in survival crafts?
One on each side of the ship.
Two on each side of the ship.
2, one of which being capable of floating free if the ship sinks.
How would you alert others on board if you saw a person falling overboard?
If I saw a person falling overboard I would run to the Bridge.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout once “Man overboard”.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout repeatedly “Man overboard”.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would inform the Bosun.
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 main hazard is toxicity and the secondary hazard flammability.
The main hazards are flammability and toxicity.
The secondary hazards are flammability and toxicity.
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.
What is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of the earth?
What radar device assists in the detection and location of a survival craft?
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.
Where is “AFT” in the figure?
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.
How often shall each member of the crew participate in an “abandon ship”-drill?
Is it safe to carry a bag of tools in your hand, up a vertical ladder? Select the best option:
No it is not – two hands should always be used to climb the ladder.
Yes it is – provided three points of contact are maintained.
Yes it is – provided the ship is not rolling too badly.
Yes it is – provided that the carrying hand is wrapped around the ladder.
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.
On the diagram, what is the area at the forward end of the vessel shown by the letter “A”? It is normally raised by one deck above the main deck.
The display of the DSC-controller on board is showing the following lines: TX call: Selectiveto: 02114200; Category: RoutineUSB: telephony; DSC TX 2 189,5 kHz save > send
Notification logging procedures (OPA-90):
Every report or message must be logged including time and date.
Only verbal reports for documentation.
Only communication with USCG.
Only initial reports to be logged.
What is one of the dangerous states a survivor may suffer from?
What sound signal can be made when nearing a bend in a river, with the view around the bend obscured by an intervening obstruction?
What does the abbreviation STCW stand for?
The International Convention on Standards of Trading, Certification and Watchkeeping of Seafarers.
The International Convention of Ship’s Trading, Chartering and Waybills.
The International Shipowners, Transport and Cargo Work Convention.
Seafarer’s Training and Competence of Watchkeepers.
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.
The portable walkie talkies required to be carried by GMDSS regulations should have which channels as a minimum?
Onboard the following message is received on the DSC controller: DOO: 245329000 CH16; S distress ack 244123000. What station sent the distress acknowledgement?
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.
“RECEIVED MAYDAY” is used in a:
Receipt of a distress alert.
When received a weather report.
Supplementary receipt on a distress alert.
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.
Cool the container with water spray from as far away as possible.
Approach the container wearing a chemical protection suit.
Clean up the spillage wearing rubber boots and safety gloves.
Which part of the magnetic compass error changes with a change in the course steered?
All of the suggested answers.
Warning signs that require a specific mandatory action e. g. wearing of a safety harness during a particular work task, must have their background colour as:
What is the name of the PORTABLE walkway or access between ship and shore?
Twist locks are preferred over cone-based lashings systems on container vessels because:
Cone-based lashing systems are more prone to failure than twistlocks.
Cargo securing manuals do not allow for cone-based lashing systems.
Cone-based lashing systems are not type-approved by classification societies.
Twistlocks provide uplift resistance as well as horizontal restraint, helping to prevent containers from falling overboard in heavy weather.
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.
What material should boiler suits be made of?
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 is understood by the term “the Lee Side”?
It is the side with the wind on it.
It is the side opposite the wind.
It is the starboard side of the vessel.
It is the port side of the vessel.
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.
Under ISM, what is a “non-conformity”?
An observed situation where objective evidence indicates the non-fulfilment of a specified requirement.
Official log book entries not being completed correctly.
The wearing of non-standard Personal protective equipment.
A safety officer not being nominated for the vessel.
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.
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.
For guidance on lashing arrangement of containers on-board the vessel, the most important document to refer is:
The Cargo Securing Manual.
The Code for the Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing.
The company’s ISM handbook.
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.
Cargo being loaded less than the full height of the container.
Physical damages to the cargo.
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.
For a ships loading computer to be safely used for loading planning and stress calculations, it must be approved by:
A Classification Society.
The Port State where vessel is currently loading.
IT Department of Ship owner.
Hull and Machinery Insurers of the vessel.
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.
Cargo being loaded less than the full height of the container.
Physical damages to the cargo.
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 correct understanding of the term “Lapse Rate” when used in Meteorology?
The change of the temperature in the atmosphere with height above sea level.
The rate of increase of the wind associated with a Tropical Revolving Storm.
The delay in temperature reduction associated with the wet bulb thermometer of a hydrometer.
The change in the temperature associated with the passing of the warm front of a frontal depression.
What device can be used by a tug to get a line aboard a disabled vessel in bad weather, when it is dangerous for the tug to get too close?
What is the daytime signal to be shown when the vessel is at anchor?
Two black balls where they can best be seen.
A black diamond forward where it can best be seen.
A black ball forward where it can best be seen.
The national flag flying from the fore most.
MARPOL – Annex V. Disposal of garbage outside “Special Areas”. After unpacking spares, you are left with a limited amount of packing materials. Is this prohibited, if not, what will be the nearest distance to land for disposal into the sea of these materials?
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.
What is the normal term used for the regular training of how to launch the lifeboat?
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.
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
One can check the functioning of the SART by:
Activating the SART and checking the effect on the radar screen.
Removing it from the holder and turning the SART upside down.
Activating it by extracting the antenna.
Lowering SART in to the sea.
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.
Which muscle is the most persevering one in the body?
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: My vessel has a fire in the accommodation and we require fire-fighting assistance.
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.
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.
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 error due to deviation is large for that ships heading.
The Coefficient B determined by the Compass Corrector at the last dry-dock was not correctly calculated.
The induced magnetism from the earth’s magnetic field is very strong in that area.
If a tank container of liquid ammonia is engulfed in fire, it is recommended:
Not to use water to cool the container.
Not to use dry chemical to extinguish the fire.