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Online testing: Test Online and Answers for Marine Engineering and Navigation (CES v6.0)
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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 respect muster stations.
3 minutes.
Until the signal “risk is over” or the order abandon ship is given.
3 times.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
What part in this diagram is the low pressure turbine?
2.
3.
1.
4.
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.
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.
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.
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 can be used to reduce the effect of the state of sea-waves?
Fuel oil.
Foam.
Crude oil.
Vegetable/fish oil.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You are about to pass another ship in a close situation. What can happen in this situation?
The two ships will be pushed toward the banks.
Your ship will not be affected in this situation.
The bow of your ship will be sucked towards the stern of the other ship.
Due to suction, the two ships will be sucked together.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How is a vacuum created in the fresh water generator?
By the differential temperature of fresh and sea water.
By pumping or educting out the brine.
By the condensing effect in the condenser.
By the vapour eductor driven by the ejector pump.
How can you minimize the squat effect?
Maintain your course and speed.
Increase speed if the ship is not already on full ahead.
Do a zig-zag manoeuvre to reduce speed.
Decrease the speed as much as practicable.
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 BM for a box-shaped vessel in terms of breadth and draught?
Breadth cubed / 12 × draught.
Breadth squared / 12 × draught.
Breadth × draught / 10.
Breadth squared / 6.
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.
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.
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.
What kind of shaft seals are used on this high pressure turbine?
Counterbalancing seals.
Labyrinth seals.
Vacuum seals.
Mechanical seals.
When you join a new ship, how are you informed about safety rules, alarm instructions and your own duties in case of an emergency?
By muster lists exhibited in conspicuous places.
By oral instructions by the captain.
By folder distributed to each crew member.
By alarm instructions in all crew cabins.
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.
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.
In a refrigeration system, a fluid that serves only as a heat carrier is called the:
Vaporizing refrigerant.
Condensing refrigerant.
Primary refrigerant.
Secondary refrigerant.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 consider the indicated speed for berthing?
To be sufficient.
It is up to the pilot to decide.
Too fast.
Too slow.
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.
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.
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.
What is the minimum allowable value for GM?
0,15 m.
0,25 m.
0,45 m.
0,35 m.
What liquid is present in the collecting point at the bottom of the evaporator?
Brine.
Freshwater.
Ejector water.
Sea water.
The two main types of refrigeration system evaporators are called?
Finned and tube.
Wet and dry.
Short and extended.
Dry and flooded.
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.
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.
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.
In the shown situation, the bow of your ship is pushed away from the bank. How can you handle this?
Give hard port rudder to get the ship back in the middle of the channel.
Give starboard rudder in order to balance the force of the bank effect and rudder effect.
Do nothing as the ship will handle itself.
Put your engine full astern to stop your ship.
How is temperature controlled in a steam oil heater?
Steam inlet valve throttled.
Oil flow increased.
Steam outlet valve throttled.
Steam supply pressure reduced.
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.
Which part in this diagram is the high pressure turbine?
1.
6.
4.
2.
How many hand flares should each lifeboat normally carry?
10.
2.
6.
4.
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.
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 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.
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.
Serious tube leakage in the air ejector condenser assembly will cause:
Faulty steam pressure.
Fouled nozzles.
Clogged steam strainers.
Loss of vacuum.
What is part No. 3?
Turbine coupling.
Turbine bearing.
Turbine drive gear train.
Turbine electromagnetic clutch.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
What is the minimum allowable value for GZ?
0,15 m.
0,2 m.
0,35 m.
0,42 m.
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.
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 does permeability mean?
To make a compartment water tight.
The process of making a compartment non-porus.
The relationship between the volume of a compartment and the volume available for water if bilged.
The flooding of the engine room compartment.
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.
A receiver in a refrigeration system is used to:
Cool the hot gases.
Separate oil from the refrigerant.
Condense the refrigerant.
Store the refrigerant.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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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