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On all UMS operated vessels and also on most other vessels the engine room is equipped with fire detectors. What requirements of testing and checking of the detectors are to be observed?
Check that the actual detector is giving appropriate signals to the central control unit and that all electric connections are in good order.
Check the detector with heat and/or smoke (in accordance with instructions in its manual).
All the mentioned alternatives.
When testing detectors by suitable equipment (smoke and heat) check that the sensors self controlling system, e. g. flashing control light etc. is functioning.
What is the maximum allowed suction head for fire pumps? (SOLAS II-2/4.3.3.2.5).
What is the inherent danger in welding/cutting in piping containing freon?
Development of nitrous gases.
Depletion of the ozone layer.
Depletion of oxygen in the air.
Development of explosive gases.
The main risk for people when using CO2 as an extinguishing agent in a closed space is:
Low temperature at the nozzle.
What is the minimum number of immersion suits that are required to be provided for each open lifeboat under SOLAS rules?
During abandon ship exercise, what life-saving equipment must be demonstrated?
How to communicate using the hand-held radios.
Wearing and fastening of lifejackets and associated equipment.
Location of immersion suits and thermal protective aids.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
In order to achieve a greater effectiveness when using a permanent system of extinction with gases (for example CO2), we must:
Activate the alarm, evacuate the area and seal the place, then activate the extinction system.
Activate the extinction system before we activate the alarm.
Check the valves, seal the area and activate the extinction system.
Only activate the alarm, then the extinction system.
The first step in completing an SSA is to:
Identify the key shipboard operations, systems, areas and personnel that are critical to protect.
Develop an onboard security survey checklist.
List the existing security measures.
Create a list of potential motives for security incidents against your ship.
Which one of the following is a limitation on the use of chemical powders?
All the below mentioned alternatives.
Some of them may give off NH3.
They may put an insulating deposit on electronic equipment.
In some cases they may cause a violent reaction on combustible metals such as sodium.
Where do you find minimum drill requirements?
In manager’s instructions.
In classification society rules.
In the SOLAS convention and its annex.
Every inflatable liferaft, inflatable lifejacket and hydrostatic release units shall be serviced:
What is the inherent danger in the use of halon to extinguish an extensive fire?
Depletion of oxygen in the air.
Development of toxic gases.
Depletion of the ozone layer.
Development of explosive gases.
Which of the following measures should rather be considered as a prevention measure than as a protection measure?
Restriction in the usage of combustible materials.
Provision of an extinguisher in a compartment.
Detection of fire in the area where it has started.
Availability of an extinction equipment.
A lifejacket must not sustain burning or continue melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of:
If drugs are discovered onboard your ship:
Ensure the witness to the discovery signs your incident report.
Disembark crew and passengers as quickly as possible at the next port of call so the authorities can conduct their investigation.
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.
You are leading a team fighting an interior fire. If you see the colour of the smoke changing from dark black to grey, what is the most probable reason for that change?
The temperature inside is increasing.
The team has started to ventilate.
The team is applying water and the temperature is decreasing.
The percentage of oxygen is getting below 15 %.
Which of the following is allowed as a fire-extinguishing medium for fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems aboard ships?
All of the above gas are allowed.
Which of the following items must be included in each fire drill?
Starting a fire pump using at least two required jets of water to show that the system is in proper working order.
Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the muster list.
Checking fireman’s outfits and other personal rescue equipment.
What will you do when all the fresh water in the survival craft is finished or about to finish?
Start collecting rain water.
Drink only 1 litre of sea water per day.
Use sea water to keep your body wet.
What is the minimum length of the buoyant lifeline that is fitted to a lifebuoy which is stowed at a distance of 10 metres above the waterline (light condition)?
What is the procedure for use of the main engine room fire extinguishing system, e. g. Halon or CO2 system?
Release the Halon/CO2 upon the order of the engineer on duty.
Search the engine room, make sure all personnel is out. Stop ventilation. Close for all air access. Upon approval of the Master, release the Halon/CO2.
Release the Halon/CO2 as soon as possible without pre warning.
Search the engine room, make sure all personnel is out. Stop ventilation. Close for all air access. Release the Halon/CO2.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Survival craft pyrotechnic distress signals.
Wearing an immersion suit when abandon ship is effective permits the person:
Not to wear warm clothing because the suit has sufficient insulation.
Not to wear a lifejacket because the suit has sufficient buoyancy.
To jump from a height of 4,5 m into the water without being injured or damaging the suit.
To climb up and down vertical ropes.
Which of following items shall be included in an abandon ship drill?
Checking passenger’s immersion suits.
Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies.
Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals.
Instruction in the use of radio life-saving appliances.
What is the absolutely main purpose with fighting a fire on board?
If a fire starts in the fuel tanks of a vessel, the fire will be:
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Combustible, oxygen, heat and chain reaction.
Combustible, oxygen, flames and chain reaction.
Combustible, air, flames and gas.
Which activity will have the greatest fire-fighting effect in case of a fire?
All fire-fighting teams are organized as soon as possible.
All possible fire-fighting equipment is brought to the scene.
Extinguishing attempt is started immediately.
Which part of the float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts is made to release the liferaft after being automatically inflated during the ship is sinking?
The hydrostatic release unit.
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?
Go to (or remain in) your cabin and await further orders.
Go to your lifeboat station.
Report on the bridge (deck crew) or engine room (engine crew) for further orders.
The grabline of a lifebuoy has a length of:
2 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
3 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
5 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
4 times the outer diameter of the lifebuoy.
The best way to identify an IED is to:
Measure the size of the object.
Recognize its components.
Which of the following measures should be applied when hot work is to be undertaken in a harbour?
To maintain a permanent fire watch of at least four persons.
To have a hot-work permit.
All the answers are good.
To use only intrinsically safe equipment in the area where hot-work is performed.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
Survival craft portable radio.
The Training Manual shall contain instructions and information on the life-saving appliances and the best method of survival. The training manual shall contain detailed explanations of crew duties in relation to emergency situations. Which of the following tasks or duties shall be included in the manual according to present regulations?
The use of navigational equipment for survival crafts.
The use of the ship’s line throwing apparatus.
The use of escape routes and other escape methods.
The use of surface to air visual signals to be used by survivors.
The most effective way to combat the threat of drug smuggling is to:
Organize crew into pairs and conduct weekly searches of the ship.
Combining routine, but irregular searches of the ship with spontaneous targeted searches.
Perform spontaneous targeted searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
Perform routine, but irregular searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
What is the greatest interest of the “help” position?
It lessens the survivor’s fatigue.
It lessens the survivor’s heat escape.
It lessens the survivor’s stress.
It prevents the survivor’s blood from collecting in the lower part of his body.
What is the factor that makes the difference between a deflagrating and a detonating explosion?
The material which is at the origin of the explosion (powder or gas).
The speed of the shock wave created by the initial combustion.
The initial pressure, temperature and moisture content.
The confinement of the place where the explosion occurs (inside or outside).
Who is responsible for ensuring that your ship’s security plan meets the requirements of the ISPS Code?
Company Security Officer.
Flag State Administration.
Recognized Security Organization.
Which of the following requirements regarding life-buoys correspond to present regulations? (SOLAS III/7.1).
At least one lifebuoy with self-activating smoke shall be placed within the vicinity of the stern.
Not less than half the total number of lifebuoys shall be provided with self-igniting lights.
All the life-buoys shall be placed in holders with quick-release arrangement.
At least four life-buoys on each side of the ship shall be fitted with buoyant lifelines.
A person wearing a thermal protective aid shall be able:
To climb up and down a vertical ladder.
To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
To wear a lifejacket inside.
To jump into the water from a height of 4,5 m.
You are starting to get low on water in the lifeboat. What should you do?
Mix sea water with 50 % fresh water.
How often are “abandon ship” drills required to be held on cargo vessels according to SOLAS?
What is the requirements to ventilation ducts of more than 2 metres in length (ships other than passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers)? SOLAS II-2/16.1.
They shall be isolated from any combustible material.
They shall have lining of non-combustible insulating material.
They must be fabricated of non-combustible material.
They must be fabricated of fire-resistant material.
The analyses of the smoke produced by a fire, may give an interpretation of that fire. Which are the factors we should take into account?
Opacity, amount and colour.
There is no possible interpretation of a fire according to the smoke.
Give the meaning of this symbol:
Lifebuoy with light and smoke.
Lifebuoy with line and smoke.
What vessels must have automatic fire detection onboard with heat/smoke detectors and audible alarm?
All ships that are covered by the IMO safety conventions.
All ships that are built after 1986.
It is the owners option to have fire detection onboard.
All ships that are built on or after 1986 in accordance with local rules and regulations.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
The Declaration of Security:
States the reporting procedures to government contact points.
Details a ship’s security measures.
Addresses the security requirements shared between ships or between a port facility and a ship.
Identifies the security responsibilities of shipboard personnel.
A safety valve is sufficient to prevent a BLEVE.
Wrong, it depends on the product.
Wrong, if the valve is wrongly set.
For a search to be effective it must be:
Inclusive of all personnel.
Conducted by personnel with limited knowledge of the ship’s layout.
Which of the listed requirements regarding service and maintenance of life-saving appliances correspond to present regulations?
At least one member of the crew shallhold a repairman certificate for life-saving equipment.
Maintenance and repair of all life-saving equipments shall be carried out by the certified ship staff only.
Maintenance and repair of all the life-saving equipments will be carried out ashore in work shop only.
Instructions for onboard maintenance of life-saving appliances in accordance with the regulations shall be provided.
If you have to carry out hot work close to a smoke detector in the engine room, what precautions should be taken?
Notify deck officer in charge that a fire alarm may occur.
Disconnect the smoke detector.
No special precautions except for having a watch man and a fire extinguisher available.
Notify Master, Deck officer and Engineer in charge. The loop for this special sensor to be switched off and take normal precautions for hot work.
How often are “abandon ship” drills required to be held on cargo vessels according to SOLAS?
The duty engineer of a UMS ship is approached by a member of the ship’s staff, seeking permission to hang wet working clothes in the engine room to dry. He should:
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail provided there is no electrical equipment directly below.
Allow the clothes to be hung over rail next to the warm FO service tanks.
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail anywhere.
Not allow the clothes to be hung anywhere in the unmanned machinery spaces.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Radio signal emitting parachute flare.
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least:
On a dark night with a clear atmosphere, the outside manually controlled lamp of a liferaft is visible at minimum at a distance of:
The training manual shall contain instructions and information in easily understood terms and illustrated wherever possible. Which of the following objects do not have to be explained in detail in the manual according to present regulations?
Donning of lifejackets and immersion suits.
Donning of fire protection clothing.
A rocket parachute flare reaches an altitude of:
The aim of fire detection is:
All the answers are correct.
To begin applying an emergency plan.
To discover where a fire starts.
Which one of the given requirements regarding manning and supervision of survival craft corresponds to the SOLAS regulation?
There shall be at least 5 trained persons on board, mustering and assisting untrained persons.
A deck officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge of each survival craft to be used.
Every motorised survival craft shall have a certificated engineer assigned.
Every lifeboat required to carry radio telegraph installation shall have a deck officer capable of operating the equipment assigned.
What is the first thing you are doing when having a lifeboat drill?
Which one of the listed requirements regarding abandon ship drills corresponds to present SOLAS regulation?
Drills shall be conducted when the ship is in a harbour.
Each lifeboat shall be launched, and manoeuvred in the water with its assigned crew at least once every 3 months during an abandon ship drill.
On ships on short international voyages, each lifeboat shall be launched and manoeuvred in the water at least every 6 months.
All lifeboats shall be lowered during drills.
How would you know how many people a lifeboat is supposed to hold?
Fill the boat up until no more space is left.
Ask one of the deck officers.
The number of persons should be clearly stated on the outside of the boats bow.
No fixed number as it depends on the people’s size.
What shall you do if you see a person falling into the sea?
Throw a lifebuoy over board and report to the bridge immediately.
How many hand held distress flares are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS B pack?
Check the items that can be a possible threat:
Piracy, Hijacking and Smuggling.
Cargo tampering and Stowaways.
Part way through a profiling interview with a supplier, the package the individual is carrying arouses your suspicion. What do you do?
Confront the individual and demand that he open the package.
Discreetly inform someone of your suspicious so he or she can get assistance.
Take the package and open it.
Call for help on the radio.
What is the chapter of the SOLAS that regulates all themes related with such matters as fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction?
To maintain a fire, three conditions need to be met: Oxygen, combustible material and sufficient temperature for combustion. What subject must be removed to extinguish the fire?
Heat, Oxygen and combustible material.
Either of the mentioned alternatives.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Who is responsible for the development of the Ship Security Plan?
The Ship Security Officer.
The Classification Society.
The Company Security Officer.
The Port Facility Security Officer.
How many Radar Transponder (SART) are required to be carried onboard a ship for use in survival crafts?
2, one of which being capable of floating free if the ship sinks.
One on each side of the ship.
Two on each side of the ship.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of rescue boats corresponds to present SOLAS regulations. Rescue boats shall be stowed:
In a state of readiness for launching in not more than 2 minutes.
So that neither the rescue boat nor its launching arrangements will interfere with any survival craft at any other launching station.
Wherever space is available.
Attached to launching appliances.
What class of fire is a smouldering fire of wood, paper and other carbonaceous materials?
When fighting fire, why shall you never pour water into hot fat?
The water will explode into steam causing hot fat to be thrown far away thus possibly causing severe burns of fire.
The water will turn into steam and cause the fat to explode.
The fat will stiffen immediately and need reheating.
The fat will not be edible any more.
The smoke detector (fire indicator) indicates a fire in a cargo hold loaded with general cargo; this is immediately followed by a heavy smell of fire. What action should be taken first?
Close the ventilation system and other openings to the hold in order to choke the fire.
Use the ship’s central gas-extinguishing system to put out the fire.
Inspect the scene before deciding the method to be used for fire-fighting.
Start the fire pumps, open the hatches and start fighting the fire with fire hoses.