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Online testing: Test Online and Answers for Marine Engineering and Navigation (CES v6.0)
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The test consists of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 135
Total questions on this topic: 135
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How often shall each member of the crew participate in an abandon ship drill?
Once every 6 months.
Once every week.
Once every month.
Once a year.
What kind of safety protection is to be weared during a mooring operation?
Safety shoes and boiler suit.
No particular protection necessary.
Gloves and helmet.
Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protecting cloths.
High pressure steam turbines are:
Directly coupled to the propeller shaft.
Powered by feed water.
Larger than low pressure turbines.
Smaller than low pressure turbines.
Your vessel is to turn in a narrow canal by use of one tug (turn to port with the bow). In which position and how would you use the tug? Vessels engine will be used as well.
Make the tug fast aft for pulling.
Make the tug fast on starboard shoulder to push.
Make the tug fast in centre now fairlead for pulling.
Make the tug fast on port shoulder to pull.
A burn may occur when electricity of high current and voltage passes through the body. Most damage occurs at the points of entry and exit of electricity. What is the treatment for electrical burns?
Apply lotion and ointment to injured area and secure with a bandage.
Remove loose skin and apply oinment. Don’t secure with bandage.
Break blisters and secure with bandages.
Place sterile dressing over the burn and secure with a bandage.
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.
The condenser in a steam plant is where:
Steam is turned back into water.
Water is turned into steam.
Electricity is supplied.
Low pressure steam is produced.
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.
Make fast on ship’s.
Which of these requirements regarding the launching and recovery arrangements for rescue boats corresponds to the SOLAS regulations?
The release mechanism shall be of an automatic type approved by the flag state administration.
Launching shall be possible with a headway speed of up to 5 knots in heavy weather.
Rapid recovery shall be possible with the boat’s full complement of persons and equipment.
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.
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.
Nine tenths of the FWA.
Four fifths of the FWA.
In a modern steam turbine steam is prevented from leaking along the shaft by:
The inlet nozzle.
A labyrinth seal.
The blading.
High temperature packing.
Which alarm and shut-down device is fitted on the thrust bearing assembly?
The cooling water alarm.
The axial clearance alarm.
The steam pressure reducing alarm.
The low lub oil flow alarm.
Regarding feed water, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Feed water in HP boilers is normally pumped with a single stage centrifugal pump.
It is fresh water.
It is turned into steam in the boiler.
Steam turns to feed water in the condenser.
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:
Quadrupled.
Quintupled.
Doubled.
Tripled.
What is part No. 3?
Turbine coupling.
Turbine bearing.
Turbine drive gear train.
Turbine electromagnetic clutch.
Your ship is operating with a right handed propeller. Before coming astern, how should you apply the rudder?
As with No. 2.
As with No. 1.
As with No. 3.
I think the speed is too slow.
How do you ensure reliable results from an inclining experiment?
No specific preparations are necessary and it can be done even in very windy conditions.
Perform test in calm conditions, with slack moorings, with minimum number of personnel and minimise free surface effects of liquids.
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.
Notify master, deck officer and engineers in charge. The loop for this special senseor to be switched off and take normal precautions for hot work.
No special precautions except for having a watchman and a fire extinguisher available.
Disconnect the smoke detector.
Which part in this diagram is the high pressure turbine?
1.
6.
4.
2.
What is prismatic co-efficient?
cm / cb.
Volume of displacement / (midship area × LBP). Also = cb / cm.
A co-efficient for a box shaped vessel only.
The same as block co-efficient.
Water hammer is a short lasting pressure peak traveling along the pipe. How can it be avoided in a cooling water system?
Operate valves quickly.
Operate valves gradually.
Start pump with closed valves.
Start the system with open valves and empty pipes.
What is the effect on draft caused by a vessel heeling or listing?
There is no change in draft regardless of the extent of the list.
The draft is reduced by the amount the high side rises above the upright position.
The draft is increased by the difference between the high side draft and the low side draft.
The draft is increased by the difference in the heeled draft measured by a straight line in tangent with the keel, and the draft before heeling.
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.
Raise fire alarm.
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.
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 effects does freeboard have on a vessel’s dynamical stability?
As freeboard increases, the range of stability also increases, and this in turn leads to a greater dynamical stability.
If freeboard is greater, then dynamical stability is correspondingly reduced.
It does not have any effect on dynamical stability.
Freeboard and dynamical stability are not related in any way.
Which one of the listed fire extinguishing medium is most effective against an open oil fire?
Powder.
Gas.
Water.
Foam.
What is the centre of pressure?
It is the point where the total thrust of pressure could be considered to act.
It is the pressure at the centre of flotation.
It is the pressure in the centre of a specific tank.
It is the part that is least likely to give way to external pressure.
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.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each lifeboat?
6.
Nil.
12.
4.
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.
Which of the following statements regarding steam turbines is NOT true?
From the HP turbine, the steam then goes to the condenser.
The HP turbine is a faster rotating machine than a diesel engine.
The HP turbine is smaller than the LP turbine.
The HP turbine receives the steam before the LP turbine.
In case of a fire inside the acetylene-line in the AC/OX gas welding equipment, what action is deemed necessary?
Close valves on acetylene bottle(s).
Close acetylene valve in the workshop.
Close the valves on both acetylene and the oxygen bottles.
Close oxygen valve.
What is the purpose of the sea water pump item No 13?
To cool the evaporator.
To drive the air ejector of the evaporator.
To supply sea water to the condenser.
To supply water to be evaporated.
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.
What is statical stability?
It is the ability of a vessel to return to her initial or upright position, after having been forcibly inclined.
It is the basic stability information a vessel is required to carry by law.
It is the relationship between the moment of a couple and the righting lever.
It is another name for metacentric height.
The two main types of refrigeration system evaporators are called?
Finned and tube.
Wet and dry.
Short and extended.
Dry and flooded.
Which of the equipment listed is not included in the fireman’s personal equipment? (SOLAS II-2/17.1.1).
Protective clothing.
Leather safety boots and gloves.
An axe.
An electric safety lamp.
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.
Series of long blasts.
Only one long blast.
Series of short blasts.
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 is hypothermia and how is it cured?
Body temperature below 23 °C/Heat the body.
Heavy coughing/medication.
Body temperature below 39 °C/Heat the body.
Body temperature below 35 °C/Heat the body.
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.
Superheated steam is steam:
That is mixed with water vapour.
That can be used for heating the accommodation.
That has been condensed.
That has been heated until it is “dry”.
What is item No. 9 shown in the diagram, fitted between evaporator and condenser of the fresh water generator?
A heating cap.
A water filter assembly.
A water deflector.
A desalinator unit.
What liquid is present in the collecting point at the bottom of the evaporator?
Brine.
Freshwater.
Ejector water.
Sea water.
In which way make intake of poisonous material occur?
By inhalation.
All mentioned.
Swallowing.
Skin penetration and skin absorption.
What activity will have the greatest fire fighting effect in case of a fire?
All fire fighting teams are organized as soon as possible.
Extinguishing attempt is started immediately.
Call the Chief Officer.
All possible fire fighting equipment is brought to the scene.
Which of the following is a rotary compressor?
Diesel engine charge air compressor.
Emergency air compressor.
Starting air compressor.
Control air compressor.
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.
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.
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 absolutely main purpose of fighting a fire onboard?
Try to put out the fire.
To put out the fire.
Rescuing of life.
To limit the fire.
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.
A receiver in a refrigeration system is used to:
Cool the hot gases.
Separate oil from the refrigerant.
Condense the refrigerant.
Store the refrigerant.
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.
On a steamship at sea, electricity is supplied by:
Gas turbines.
Diesel engines.
The main engine.
Turbo alternators.
Having a CO2 alarm during normal working hours, what immediate action should be taken?
Get out of the engine room as soon as possible.
Ignore the alarm.
Awaiting further order.
Get into the control room.
What is the main advantage of plate heat exchangers?
Cheaper to install.
Easier to clean.
More efficient and take up less space.
Requires less maintenance.
Unconscious casualties who are brething and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the recovery position. What is the recovery position?
As shown in figure 3.
As shown in figure 2.
As shown in figure 1.
As shown in figure 4.
What shall you do if you see a person falling into the sea?
Put on a lifejacket.
Launch a lifeboat.
Throw a lifebuoy overboard and report to the bridge immediately.
Run aft.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How do you consider the indicated speed for berthing?
To be sufficient.
It is up to the pilot to decide.
Too fast.
Too slow.
What do the intersecting horizontal lines signify in the diagram?
The change in the centre of floatation, after trimming.
They show the actual angle of trim.
They only serve as a base for the two vertical lines.
The change of draft after trimming.
You are to release the towing wire with forerunner. You have 3 men with you to do the work. How do you do it in a safe way?
With manpower. Two men picking up slack and one man lifts off the eye and let go simultaneously.
Use the winch. Forerunner and wire stopper to pick up the slack and stop the wire. One man operating each. Make the forerunner fast on the bit, releasing the eye of wire and the stopper, lower the wire easy by forerunner.
After heaving on the wire by a forerunner, cut the forerunner and so let the wire free.
Self-igniting lights on lifebuoys must either burn continuously or flash at a specified rate for a period of at least:
2 hours.
30 minutes.
1 hour.
90 minutes.
The Disc type oil separator can usually separate water from oil when processing oils between which density ranges?
0,87 to 0,95.
0,845 to 0,965.
0,78 to 0,98.
0,84 to 0,945.
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.
Which of the following is true when comparing plate type with shell and tube type heat exchangers?
Physically smaller for the same capacity.
All of the above.
The capacity can easily be changed.
Better sealing between liquids in shell and tube.
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.
Anyone of the crew who is assigned to watch duties in ports has a number of important tasks to carry out. Which one of the listed tasks has to be included in the watchman’s duties?
Checking the trim of the vessel.
Checking the number of persons entering/leaving the vessel.
Checking the moorings for tightness/slack.
Checking the safe and secure handling of cargo.
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.
The vessel will anchor with pilot onboard. You are the duty officer on the bridge. What is your main duty?
Check the position only.
No duty when pilot is onboard.
Follow the master’s order.
Follow pilots order.
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.
Senior engine officer.
Senior deck officer.
How is a “turning couple” formed?
A couple is formed when two unequal forces in a vertical position are acting in the same direction.
Couple is formed when two equal parallel forces in a vertical position are acting in opposite direction.
A couple is formed by joining two vertical posts together.
A couple is formed when two unequal parallel forces are acting in the same direction.
What is the reason for too rising cooling water temperature at outlet of individual cylinders?
Compression pressure too low.
Cooling water spaces insufficiently vented.
Overload of the engine.
Fuel pressure of fuel booster pump too high.
The current test includes Seagull CES questions on the topic of «Engineering and Navigation». These questions are intended to assess the competence of specialists in preventing accidents related to transport safety and can also be used for self-assessment.
- Version: 6.0.
- Test type: Detailed Test.
- Function area: Engine.
- Detailed subject: Emergency Equipment and Procedures (Engineering and Navigation), Auxillary Machinery (Engineering), Trim, Stability and Stress ( Navigation), Survival Craft, Rescue Craft (Engineering and Navigation), Main Propulsion, Turbine, Boilers (Engineering), Ship Manoeuvring, Handling (Navigation).
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