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Online testing: Test Online and Answers for Marine Engineering and Navigation (CES v6.0)
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How far from the coast is it permitted to use low-pressure evaporation to produce drinking water?
5 miles.
12 miles.
20 miles.
30 miles.
What is the purpose of performing an inclining experiment or stability test?
To determine the maximum angle of heel, before a ship will capsize.
It is done to find out the GM of a vessel, place the ship’s lightweight and VCG and LCG at this lightweight.
There is no need for such an experiment, because the information it gives may be obtained in various other easy ways.
To test the safe working load of a derrick or crane.
What measures regarding ship stability should be taken in order to make a passenger ship’s able to withstand critical damage?
Maintain sufficient intact stability.
Damaged stability to be increased by weight redistribution.
Avoid overloading the ship.
Damaged stability to be increased by use of water ballast.
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 main advantage of plate heat exchangers?
Cheaper to install.
Easier to clean.
More efficient and take up less space.
Requires less maintenance.
What is the purpose of the corrugations on a plate heat exchanger?
All of the above.
To increase the surface area.
To increase turbulence in the liquid.
Stiffening on the thin metal sheet.
Your ship is going astern right-handed propeller as sketched below. How is the ship most likely to react?
The stern will fall off to starboard.
The ship will go straight astern.
The stern will back into the wind.
The bow will go to port.
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 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.
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.
What is the minimum allowable value for GM?
0,15 m.
0,25 m.
0,45 m.
0,35 m.
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.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each lifeboat?
6.
Nil.
12.
4.
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.
When cross-flooding arrangements to correct unsymmetrical flooding and excessive heel angles in damaged condition are installed in passenger ship’s, what is the maximum time allowed for equalization?
30 minutes.
15 minutes.
20 minutes.
10 minutes.
How is temperature controlled in a steam oil heater?
Steam inlet valve throttled.
Oil flow increased.
Steam outlet valve throttled.
Steam supply pressure reduced.
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.
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.
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.
How do you consider the indicated speed for berthing?
To be sufficient.
It is up to the pilot to decide.
Too fast.
Too slow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The two main types of refrigeration system evaporators are called?
Finned and tube.
Wet and dry.
Short and extended.
Dry and flooded.
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.
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.
What is part number 1 called?
The drainage tank.
The service tank.
The setting tank.
The expansion tank.
Does liquid turbulence improve the efficiency of a plate heat exchanger?
Makes no difference.
Turbulence is not possible in a plate heat exchanger.
No.
Yes.
What is the result of a high metacentric height?
The vessel will roll violently.
The vessel will roll slowly or be unstable.
The vessel’s tween deck height is too high.
The vessel will have a great bending moment.
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.
How would you increase the KG of a ship, loaded with a timber cargo, that has become unstable?
By completely emptying all partly filled double bottom tanks.
By filling all wing ballast tanks.
By filing the small divided double bottom tanks on the lower side, while jettisoning the deck cargo from the higher side.
By jettisoning the entire deck cargo of timber.
What is part No. 3?
Turbine coupling.
Turbine bearing.
Turbine drive gear train.
Turbine electromagnetic clutch.
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 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.
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 complete rate when performing ECC?
Complete 25 compressions at the rate of 75 compressions per minute.
Complete 10 compressions at the rate of 40 compressions per minute.
Complete 15 compressions at the rate of 80 compressions per minute.
Complete 20 compressions at the rate of 60 compressions per minute.
The indications of a faulty refrigeration compressor valve are:
Continuous running.
Gradual or sudden decrease in capacity.
Low head pressure, high suction pressure.
Any of the alternatives.
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 is the required salinity of the fresh water produced as drinking water onboard?
Below 7 ppm.
Below 20 ppm.
Below 2 ppm.
Below 50 ppm.
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.
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 donning of life jackets.
Correct use of oars and sails for survival craft.
Correct donning of protective clothing.
Correct use of communication equipment.
What is the “wave period”?
It is the time in minutes between successive wave crests, passing a fixed point.
It is the time in seconds between successive wave crests or troughs, passing a fixed point.
It is the time interval between the highest waves in a sequence of waves.
It is the comparison of the height of successive waves.
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 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 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.
In a refrigeration system, a fluid that serves only as a heat carrier is called the:
Vaporizing refrigerant.
Condensing refrigerant.
Primary refrigerant.
Secondary refrigerant.
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.
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.
Which of these requirements regarding lifebuoys corresponds to the SOLAS regulations?
It must have a mass greater than 2,5 kgs.
If fitted with light or smoke signal, it must have a mass less than 4 kgs.
It must have sufficient air.
It must be constructed of inherently buoyant material.
On the air compressor crankcase, there is a small valve that let’s off pressure. What should be done if oil is present with air?
Block off the valve.
Check the clearance in the bearing.
Overhaul the compressor unit.
Lower the sump oil level.
How is shallow water effect felt in a vessel?
The vessel has a tendency to turn to port (right turning propeller).
The vessel has a tendency to turn to starboard (left turning propeller).
The vessel becomes sluggish in responding to the rudder.
The vessel responds very quickly to the rudder.
What is the minimum allowable value for GZ?
0,15 m.
0,2 m.
0,35 m.
0,42 m.
What are “cross curves” of stability used for onboard a ship?
Giving the capacity of various holds or tanks.
Similar to a set of Bonjean curves.
Obtaining statical stability curves at known displacements.
Showing tank calibration values.
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.
Modern high pressure boilers produce which of the following?
Fresh water for drinking.
Superheated steam.
Feed water.
Saturated steam.
In a two stage compressor, you will find pistons with different diameters (one is bigger than the other). Which one of the following statement is correct?
A big piston will deliver dryer air into stage one.
The biggest diameter piston is the stage two piston.
The smallest diameter piston is the stage two piston.
A big piston will give less oil content in the air.
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.
The passage of electrical current through the body may result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. You are witness to a man getting electric current through his body and is stuck to the dangerous area. It is impossible to switch off the current by any main switch. How can you break the current safely?
Apply oil on your hands and cut the cords by the uyse of any metallic pliers.
Call the electrician immediately.
Stand on dry insulating material and pull the person away with insulating material.
Just take the casualty in your arms and pull the person away.
What part in this diagram is the low pressure turbine?
2.
3.
1.
4.
Turbo alternators perform which of the following tasks?
Supplying electricity on a motorship.
Supplying electricity on steamships when the main boiler is shut down.
Supplying electricity on steamships when the main boiler is operating.
Supplying electricity from diesel engines.
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.
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.
The watertight integrity of a vessel must be intact, when:
In open waters only.
Can be relaxed in inshore waters.
Can be relaxed during spells of fine weather.
When manoeuvring.
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 is meant by “synchronism or resonance”?
This is a dangerous condition that occurs when the ship’s still water period and the apparent wave period are equal.
This is stern used to describe pitching and rolling.
This is a term used to describe violent rolling.
This is a situation used to describe gentle rolling.
To get the best possible efficiency from refrigerator evaporators, the superheat should be regulated to:
5-10 °C.
0-1 °C.
40-50 °C.
25-30 °C.
You are underway on a power driven vessel in open water, when you see another power driven vessel approximately five miles straight ahead on an opposite course. What action do you take?
Try and call him on the VHF to decide on what action to take.
Make a bold alternation to starboard and pass on his port side.
Make a bold alteration to port and pass on his starboard side.
Stand on with caution as he will alter course.
What is the purpose of hunting hear when referring to a hydraulic steering system?
Limits the speed of the rudder movement.
Provides feedback to the pump control.
To control hydraulic motor swash plate movement.
To transmit hydraulic pressure.
What is a pro-metacenter?
This expresses KM as moving away off the centreline at large angles of heel.
It is the ability of a vessel to return to an upright position.
It is the term used to indicate a vessel has a more than adequate GM.
It is just another name for metacentric height.
The muster list shall show the duties assigned to the different members of the crew. Which of the given duties do not necessarily have to be included in the muster list?
Clearing escape routes.
Preparation and launching of survival crafts.
Manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires.
Muster of passengers.
A receiver in a refrigeration system is used to:
Cool the hot gases.
Separate oil from the refrigerant.
Condense the refrigerant.
Store the refrigerant.
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.
Unconscious casualties who are breathing and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the recovery position. Why is this position so important?
The recovery position makes it easy to maintain any kind of bleeding.
The position ensures that an open airway is maintained.
Because it keeps the heart beating.
The position prevents the patient from falling asleep.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
Why is the maximum pressure in a plate heat exchanger usually limited to about 10 bar?
Pump capacity.
All the above alternatives.
Possibility of rupturing the plates.
Difficult to seal plates above this pressure.
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.
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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