The test consists of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 135
The condenser in a steam plant is where:
Steam is turned back into water.
Water is turned into steam.
Low pressure steam is produced.
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 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 part No. 3?
Turbine drive gear train.
Turbine electromagnetic clutch.
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.
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.
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 the minimum allowable value for GM?
What is prismatic co-efficient?
Volume of displacement / (midship area × LBP). Also = cb / cm.
A co-efficient for a box shaped vessel only.
The same as block co-efficient.
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 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.
The Disc type oil separator can usually separate water from oil when processing oils between which density ranges?
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.
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.
What is the purpose of the sea water pump item No 13?
To drive the air ejector of the evaporator.
To supply sea water to the condenser.
To supply water to be evaporated.
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.
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 your lifeboat station.
Unconscious casualties who are brething and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the recovery position. What is the recovery position?
What is the absolutely main purpose of fighting a fire onboard?
What is item No. 9 shown in the diagram, fitted between evaporator and condenser of the fresh water generator?
What is the minimum allowable value for GZ?
What is the required salinity of the fresh water produced as drinking water onboard?
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 turned into steam in the boiler.
Steam turns to feed water in the condenser.
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 two main types of refrigeration system evaporators are called?
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.
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.
Until the signal “risk is over” or the order abandon ship is given.
Superheated steam is steam:
That is mixed with water vapour.
That can be used for heating the accommodation.
That has been heated until it is “dry”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What is the BM for a box-shaped vessel in terms of breadth and draught?
Breadth cubed / 12 × draught.
Breadth squared / 12 × draught.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why is the maximum pressure in a plate heat exchanger usually limited to about 10 bar?
All the above alternatives.
Possibility of rupturing the plates.
Difficult to seal plates above this 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.
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.
In a modern steam turbine steam is prevented from leaking along the shaft by:
High temperature packing.
What is the formula to calculate the volume of displacement?
L by 1/2B by draft by freeboard.
Does liquid turbulence improve the efficiency of a plate heat exchanger?
Turbulence is not possible in a plate heat exchanger.
How many hand flares should each lifeboat normally carry?
What can be used to reduce the effect of the state of sea-waves?
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?
Preparation and launching of survival crafts.
Manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires.
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.
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.
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.
The ship’s training manual must contain instructions and information on the life-saving appliances carried onboard. Which of these duties must also be included?
Correct method of release of survival craft from launching appliances.
Correct method for use of the on-board communication system.
Correct donning of fire protective clothing.
Correct use of oars in survival craft.
What shall you do if you see a person falling into the sea?
Throw a lifebuoy overboard and report to the bridge immediately.
High pressure steam turbines are:
Directly coupled to the propeller shaft.
Larger than low pressure turbines.
Smaller than low pressure turbines.
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.
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.
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.
The indications of a faulty refrigeration compressor valve are:
Gradual or sudden decrease in capacity.
Low head pressure, high suction pressure.
How often shall each member of the crew participate in an abandon ship drill?
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.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each lifeboat?
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 part in this diagram is the low pressure turbine?
What kind of safety protection is to be weared during a mooring operation?
Safety shoes and boiler suit.
No particular protection necessary.
Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protecting cloths.
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?
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 is part number 1 called?
Having a CO2 alarm during normal working hours, what immediate action should be taken?
Get out of the engine room as soon as possible.
Get into the control room.
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.
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.
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.
In which way make intake of poisonous material occur?
Skin penetration and skin absorption.
Which one of the listed fire extinguishing medium is most effective against an open oil fire?
What kind of shaft seals are used on this high pressure turbine?
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.
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 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.
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?
Check the clearance in the bearing.
Overhaul the compressor unit.
Lower the sump oil level.
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 is temperature controlled in a steam oil heater?
Steam inlet valve throttled.
Steam outlet valve throttled.
Steam supply pressure reduced.
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 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.