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Online testing: Test Online and Answers for Marine Engineering and Navigation (CES v6.0)
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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.
What is the minimum allowable value for GZ?
0,15 m.
0,2 m.
0,35 m.
0,42 m.
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 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 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.
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.
Which one of the listed fire extinguishing medium is most effective against an open oil fire?
Powder.
Gas.
Water.
Foam.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
A water content greater than 2 % is detected in a lubricating oil system. What is the best action to do?
Segregate the oil in a separate tank for continuous purifying.
Boil out the water by increasing the temperature.
Continuous purifying the system with the oil pumps running.
It is no danger, until the water level reach 6-8 %.
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 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 can be used to reduce the effect of the state of sea-waves?
Fuel oil.
Foam.
Crude oil.
Vegetable/fish oil.
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.
How do you consider the indicated speed for berthing?
To be sufficient.
It is up to the pilot to decide.
Too fast.
Too slow.
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 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 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.
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.
Serious tube leakage in the air ejector condenser assembly will cause:
Faulty steam pressure.
Fouled nozzles.
Clogged steam strainers.
Loss of vacuum.
How is temperature controlled in a steam oil heater?
Steam inlet valve throttled.
Oil flow increased.
Steam outlet valve throttled.
Steam supply pressure reduced.
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.
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.
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.
How many hand flares should each lifeboat normally carry?
10.
2.
6.
4.
What is a “Rescue Sub-Centre” (RSC)?
A national search and rescue centre subordinate to an international search and rescue co-ordinating centre.
A unit subordinate to a rescue co-ordinating centre.
A centre for underwater search and rescue operation.
A centre established to assist the main national rescue centre.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
An alarm signal consisting of seven short blasts 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.
Report on the bridge (Deck crew) or engine room (Engine crew) for further orders.
Go to the fire station.
Go to your lifeboat station.
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.
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.
Modern high pressure boilers produce which of the following?
Fresh water for drinking.
Superheated steam.
Feed water.
Saturated steam.
Which of the following is a rotary compressor?
Diesel engine charge air compressor.
Emergency air compressor.
Starting air compressor.
Control air compressor.
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.
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 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 is the main advantage of plate heat exchangers?
Cheaper to install.
Easier to clean.
More efficient and take up less space.
Requires less maintenance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What liquid is present in the collecting point at the bottom of the evaporator?
Brine.
Freshwater.
Ejector water.
Sea water.
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 minimum allowable value for GM?
0,15 m.
0,25 m.
0,45 m.
0,35 m.
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 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.
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 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.
Which part in this diagram is the high pressure turbine?
1.
6.
4.
2.
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.
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.
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 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 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 two main types of refrigeration system evaporators are called?
Finned and tube.
Wet and dry.
Short and extended.
Dry and flooded.
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 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.
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 is the formula to calculate the volume of displacement?
L by B by d by cb.
L by Gm by KG.
B by Km by d by cb.
L by 1/2B by draft by freeboard.
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.
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.
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 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.
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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