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Which is the “STARBOARD QUARTER”, in the figure?
The Starboard quarter is C, in the figure.
The Starboard quarter is A, in the figure.
The Starboard quarter is B, in the figure.
The Starboard quarter is D, in the figure.
Some of the valves in a pipeline system on an oil tanker may be marked with the letters “ESD”. What do these letters stand for?
Equalising Safety Device.
Emergency Slop Diversion.
The passage of electrical current through the body may result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. You are witness to 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 to break the current safely?
Stand on dry insulating material and pull the person away with isolating material.
Call the electrician immediately.
Apply fish oil on your hands and cut the cords by the use of any metallic pliers.
What do you understand by the term “Slewing”?
Turning or rotating a crane boom.
Hoisting or lowering a load.
Raising or lowering a crane boom.
Making a (travelling) crane move along its rails.
During bunker operations, oil response equipment is to be:
Used elsewhere in the ship.
What is the objective of the merchant navy?
To safely transport goods by sea.
To provide employment for persons who wish to become seafarers.
To earn money for the shipowner.
To transport and deliver goods as quickly as possible.
Read the text in the diagram and answer the following question: When should training in personal survival techniques be given? It is recommended that every prospective seafarer should, before being employed in a sea-going ship, receive proper training in personal survival techniques. In respect of such training several recommendations are made.
During the first week on board.
“Overshoot” is an expression related to a ship’s steering ability. What is the correct understanding of this expression?
It is how many degrees a ship continues to turn after you apply counter-rudder.
It is the way a ship turns when you put the helm in a hard over position.
It is the way a ship shoots forward when you give “a kick ahead”.
It is the way a ship continues to turn when the helm is put amidship.
What kind of fixed extinguishing plant is commonly installed in an oil tanker’s pump room?
In order to extinguish a flammable liquid of the same kind as alcohol, we can use:
What is the objective of the merchant navy?
To safely transport goods by sea.
To provide employment for persons who wish to become seafarers.
To transport and deliver goods as quickly as possible.
To earn money for the shipowner.
What precautions must be taken before entering an enclosed space?
Gas readings taken, and when deemed to be all right, personnel issued with rescue harnesses.
Rescue harness in place, oxygen level measured, communications set up, crewmember in vicinity.
Space thoroughly ventilated, oxygen and gas readings taken, communication set up, permit to work completed, crewmember standing by, with rescue gear.
The diagram shows the lead of a rope during mooring operations and the possible point where it may break. Where would be considered the safest place to be standing?
Outside the coloured zone.
Between the “point of break” and the “point of restraint”.
It is impossible to stand clear of any possible danger areas surrounding wires or ropes and therefore there are not any safe areas.
Inside the coloured zone and behind the “point of restraint”.
All heat burns should be:
Treated by the doctor only.
Applied with soothing lotion as soon as possible.
Covered with Gauze or bandage immediately.
Cooled as quickly as possible with running cold water for at least 10 minutes.
Welding and burning are among the factors which give the highest risk of fire on board ships. Precaution has to be taken to avoid this risk. Which of the following safety rules may be regarded as the most important?
The welder shall have been instructed in the use of the ships welding plant.
Electric welding plants shall be controlled by a responsible engineer before use.
Only holders of welding certificates shall be allowed to carry out welding on board ships.
Only use electrodes from a well-known manufacturer.
What is the industry standard requirement for connecting a flanged cargo hose?
A bolt in every alternate hole.
Enough bolts to prevent any leakage.
4 bolts, arranged as two pairs, diagonally across.
Which of the following measures should be applied when hot work is to be undertaken in a harbour?
All the answers are good.
To maintain a permanent fire watch of at least four persons.
To use only intrinsically safe equipment in the area where hot-work is performed.
To have a hot-work permit.
Which of the following is part of the spill response equipment inventory?
When must personal protective equipment be worn?
At all times when identified as a control method with risk assessment.
When making the vessel fast.
What special safety measures are required by a seaman when working aloft on a stage?
Safety harness with a rope secured to a safe point above.
No special safety measures required.
A safety harness secure to the stage.
Helmet, safety shoes and gloves.
How many thermal protective aids are carried in each liferaft?
10 % of the number of persons the liferaft is designed to carry, or two, whichever is more.
Which of air and water is the fluid that transfers the greatest amount of heat during the same time, given that the fluid is not flowing along the immersed body?
Both are transferring quickly.
You are on an oil tanker which is loading at a Single Point Mooring and you are the Deck Rating on duty. Which of the following areas of the ship will you monitor continuously throughout your watch?
Accommodation ladder/radio station/poopdeck.
Forecastle head/manifolds/main deck.
Pump room/engine room/cargo control room.
Bridge/cargo control room/poopdeck.
You are carrying out a search in a smoke filled room, wearing a breathing apparatus. How would you conduct this search?
Carry out a right or left hand search and proceed carefully, feeling the area in front with the foot and using the back of the free hand to check the area around.
As soon as you enter carry out a right or left hand search by placing the appropriate hand onto the bulkhead and then follow the bulkhead round as quickly as possible.
Proceed to the approximate centre of the room and then carry out the search on a circular pattern.
Proceed straight ahead to the far bulkhead and then carry out a left or right hand search as appropriate.
If you detect a fire on board the ship, dependent on the situation, which of the following actions is the first to be taken?
Try to kill the fire immediately by use of fire-extinguishers or other adequate appliances.
Call the officer on duty.
How is a EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) activated?
Most EPIRBs are remotely activated from the ship.
The EPIRB is always transmitting and does not need to be activated.
Most EPIRBs are automatically activated when they enter the water.
Most EPIRBs must be manually switched on.
The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least:
Which statement about the garbage record book is true?
It is used to record all operational and accidental garbage discharges.
Each entry is to be signed by the Master.
It is required by all ships on International voyage.
Each entry is to be written in the language of the ship’s flag state.
Which of the following oil products is particularly associated with the danger of contracting leukaemia through exposure to its vapours?
When an oil tanker is fitted with two slop tanks, how are they commonly referred to?
Primary slop tank and secondary slop tank.
Slop tank (cycle A) and slop tank (cycle B).
Nominal slop tank and back-up slop tank.
Slop tank (settling) and slop tank (decanting).
In the diagram, which letter is indicating the “bits” which would probably be used by the “FORWARD SPRING” when mooring the ship?
The bits for the Forward Spring is indicated by D, in the figure.
The bits for the Forward Spring is indicated by B, in the figure.
The bits for the Forward Spring is indicated by C, in the figure.
The bits for the Forward Spring is indicated by A, in the figure.
A class D fire involves what type of material?
Wood or other carbonaceous material.
Before using a bosun’s chair you should:
Personally check it to make sure it is safe to use.
Wet the rope to tighten up the splice.
Ask the bosun to check it.
Tie it on the gantline with a bowline.
What indicates “MIDSHIP”, in the figure?
Midships is indicated by B, in the figure.
Midships is indicated by A, in the figure.
Midships is indicated by C, in the figure.
Midships is indicated by D, in the figure.
Which mooring lines are shown in this picture?
The forward back springs.
The forward breast lines.
The forward headline and breast rope.
A lifebuoy light is capable of working at minimum for a period of, and has a luminous intensity of:
2 h, 2 candelas (about 1,7 mile range at normal meteorological sight).
4 h, 1 candela (about 1,0 mile range at normal meteorological sight).
4 h, 2 candelas (about 1,7 mile range at normal meteorological sight).
4 h, 1 candela (about 1,0 mile range at normal meteorological sight).
To maintain a fire, three conditions need to be met: oxygen, combustible material and sufficient temperature for combustion. What subject must be removed to extinguish the fire?
Either of the mentioned alternatives.
Heat, oxygen and combustible material.
A lifejacket is so constructed that a person can correctly don it within a period of:
What would you do if you saw a person falling overboard?
If I saw a person falling overboard I would inform the Bosun.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would run to the Bridge.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout repeatedly, “Man overboard”.
If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout once, “Man overboard”.
The bones in the human body are connected to each other by:
Different type of joints.
Which part of the fresh water quantity provided for each person the liferaft is permitted to accommodate may be replaced by a de-salting apparatus?
0,5 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 2 days.
0,5 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 1 days.
0,25 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 1 days.
0,25 l if the de-salting apparatus is capable of producing this quantity in 2 days.
When disconnecting the cargo hose after discharging, some oil is drained into the drip- tray under the manifold which already contains a small amount of dirty water. What is the correct way to dispose of this oil?
Transfer it to the sloptank and later discharge it to a reception facility.
Drain overboard when the vessel is 50 nautical miles off the coast.
Mix in an appropriate quantity of dispersant chemicals and drain it overboard when in open water.
Drain it to a cargo tank.
How does low expansion foam act as an extinguishing agent when dealing with oil fires?
By smothering and also by providing some cooling.
When reeving a new wire onto a self-stowing winch drum you should, after looking at brake arrangement, reeve it to pay out as follows:
Either direction is acceptable.
Depends on the direction of the lay of the wire strands in the new wire.
The minimum number of lifebuoys required on a cargo ship depends on:
The number of persons on board.
The sea area in which the ship is allowed to sail.
The extinguishing agent which can be applied on any fires of class A, B or C is:
A person wearing an adult lifejacket shall be able:
To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
To jump from any height into the water without being injured or damaging the lifejacket.
To swim half a mile distance and board a survival craft.
What is the factor that makes the difference between a deflagrating and a detonating explosion?
The speed of the shock wave created by the initial combustion.
The initial pressure, temperature and moisture content.
The material which is at the origin of the explosion (powder or gas).
The confinement of the place where the explosion occurs (inside or outside).
What do you understand by the term “Let Go” when applied to mooring and unmooring?
Let Go means to cast off the mooring ropes and wires.
Let Go means to let seafarers go ashore.
Let Go means to slacken a mooring rope.
Let Go means to leave the ship.
Which of the following inert gas systems on oil tankers use gases only from the ship’s main or auxiliary boilers?
Combination – inert system.
The independent inert gas generator.
What is the ideal working temperature for physical work?
What is the name given to a devastating explosion that may occur when a rigid container containing a liquefied gas is exposed to a very high temperature?
Where on the illustration of a mooring deck is the “PANAMA LEAD”?
The Panama Lead is indicated by letter C.
The Panama Lead is indicated by letter B.
The Panama Lead is indicated by letter A.
The Panama Lead is indicated by letter D.
What kind of warning signs should be placed on manholes into void spaces?
Danger of explosion signs.
Warning signs that indicate lack of oxygen inside.
Breathing apparatus mandatory sign.
What name is given to the process of discharging water from a designated slop tank on an oil tanker while minimising the disturbance of the oil layer on top, with the objective of removing as much water as possible?
The container for an inflatable liferafts shall be made:
Watertight, as far as possible, except for drain holes in the container bottom.
Non-watertight if fitted with drain holes in the container bottom.
You must not attempt to move a casualty carelessly, if you suspect patient with:
Which of these emission control requirements is correct?
Low sulphur fuels reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds.
Installation of an exhaust gas cleaning system reduces emission of nitrogen oxide.
Equipment containing ozone-depleting substances may be dumped at sea 50 miles from land.
Incineration of PCB’s is permitted.
Which of the following are frequent causes of fires in accommodation?
Covering of electric fires with blankets.
Overloading electric plugs.
1. Smoking in bed; 2. Covering of electric fires with blankets; 3. Overloading electric plugs.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “BOLLARD” given. Which one is the correct one?
Bollard is given by C on the figure.
Bollard is given by D on the figure.
Bollard is given by B on the figure.
Bollard is given by A on the figure.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Fire main with fire valves.
Fuel lubricating oil valves.
Section valves drenching system.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
The diagram shows the lead of a rope during mooring operations, and the possible point where it may break. Where would be considered the safest place to be standing?
Where ever you feel safe.
Outside the coloured zone.
Behind the “point of restraint” but inside the zone.
An inflatable lifejacket will inflate:
Either automatically on immersion or by a single manual motion.
Automatically on immersion.
Either automatically on immersion or by a single manual motion or by mouth.
Either automatically on immersion or by mouth.
When must personal protective equipment be worn:
When making the vessel fast.
At all times when identified as a control method with risk assessment.
What are the duties of an effective bridge look out?
Keeping a constant observation around the ship.
Ensure there is always a bridge lookout on duty and only leave the lookout when given permission.
Keep a lookout for other ships; navigation lights and any other dangers which may have no lights.
All of the alternatives specified.
What is the general emergency alarm signal as specified in SOLAS?
Seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast.
Continuous ringing of the alarm bells.
One long blast followed by six short blasts.
Six or more blasts followed by one long blast.
What does the abbreviation “OBO” stand for?
The figure shows a cross section through a ship floating in water, with the hull in red and the seabed below the ship shaded. On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “FREEBOARD” given. Which one is the correct one?
Freeboard is given by B on the figure.
Freeboard is given by A on the figure.
Freeboard is given by C on the figure.
Freeboard is given by D on the figure.
With reference to the text, what is stated as a threat to lives at sea and the marine environment? Old ships are generally in a worse condition than new ships, though there are also very well maintained ships of 20 and even 30 years old. But the combination of the old, poorly maintained ships and bad management is a threat to both their crew and the environment. Therefore we must do our utmost to prevent dangerous ships from continuing in service.
All old or new ships which are badly managed ships.
All ships aged between twenty and thirty years old.
Bad management and poorly maintained older ships.
There is no immediate threat to the crew or environment.
What do you call the wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents the ladder from twisting?
The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Spreader”.
The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Long rung”.
The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Ani-twist rung”.
The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Wide step”.
What does the term “Hard a Starboard” or “Hard to Starboard” mean?
The wheel is difficult to turn to starboard.
Do not allow the vessel to swing to port.
Put the wheel fully over to starboard.
Start the ship swinging to starboard.
Why is an Inert Gas system used during a Crude Oil Washing operation?
To ensure a safe atmosphere in the cargo tank throughout the operation.
To build up internal pressure and so increase the pumping rate.
To protect the condition of the steel structure of the tank.
By introducing Inert Gas bubbles into the oil, the build up of sediment is kept at a minimum.
If cicrumstances permit, how should low expansion foam be applied to oil burning near a bulkhead of the engine room?
The foam should be aimed at the bulkhead behind the fire and allowed to spread out slowly over the fire.
The foam should be aimed at about 45 degrees upwards so that it can drop onto the fire.
The foam should be applied to the centre of the fire.
What name is given to the process on an oil tanker, when inert gas is being blown into a cargo tank, to reduce the level of oxygen it contains?
Proteinic foams have the feature of being:
Of low expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of high expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of high expansion, made of tense-active compounds.
Of low expansion, viscous and solid, easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
The figure shows the cross section of a ship floating in water with the hull coloured in red and the seabed below the vessel shaded. On this figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “UNDERKEEL CLEARANCE” given. Which one is the correct one?
Underkeel clearance is B.
Underkeel clearance is C.
Underkeel clearance is D.
Underkeel clearance is A.
When having a fire alarm during normal working hours, what immediate actions should be taken?
Act according to instruction given in the fire plan.
Start the fire pump, the sooner the better.
Everybody gather in the safety centre.
Start searching for the fire to determine if it is in the engine room.
Why could dirty and oily areas of the deck be dangerous?
They may cause people to slip over and hurt themselves.
They are areas which should be cleaned up.
They show the ship is not efficient.
They do not look good to the customers.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “BREADTH” given. Which one is the correct one?
Breadth is given by A on the figure.
Breadth is given by C on the figure.
Breadth is given by B on the figure.
Breadth is given by D on the figure.