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What is a contingency plan for ships?
Plan for safety preparedness.
Plan for maintenance and repair.
Loading plan for general cargo.
A class “D” fire involves what type of material?
Wood or other carbonaceous material.
An immersion suit which has its own buoyancy is fitted with:
A light plus a whistle plus a knife.
The emergency fire pump is in accordance with good seamanship and precautionary routines run and tested weekly. Routine checks and maintenance are normally carried out by dedicated personnel. To ensure safe and appropriate operation of the pump, would you consider it beneficial that the same dedicated personnel operate the pump in emergencies?
In case of accidents, it is important that a wide range of personnel must be permitted and trained to operate the pump.
Only senior engineers should operate the emergency pump.
Only senior deck officers should operate the emergency pump.
To ensure safe operation of the emergency pump, only dedicated personnel must be permitted to operate the pump.
Give the meaning of this symbol:
Lifebuoy with light and smoke.
Lifebuoy with light and line throwing appliance.
Lifebuoy with light and hand flare.
Lifebuoy with automatic sound signal.
Among working conditions listed below which one is required for every propulsion engine of lifeboats?
Starting achieved within 2 min of commencing the start procedure at an ambient temperature of -15 °C.
Propeller permanently driven by the engine.
For a period of at least 72 hours.
Which of following items shall be included in an abandon ship drill?
Instruction in the use of radio life-saving appliances.
Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals.
Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies.
Checking passenger’s immersion suits.
How often shall crew members participate in fire drills?
In general, what is the best extinguishing agent to put out a class A fire?
What is the purpose of the Ship Security Plan?
Protect your ship from risks posed by security threats or incidents.
Outline specific measures for your ship to move from security level 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3.
Detail the duties of shipboard personnel assigned security responsibilities.
Outline the organizational structure for the ship.
If drugs or suspected drugs are found onboard your ship, follow the five C’s: Confirm, Clear, Cordon, Control and:
What is the chapter of the SOLAS that regulates all themes related with such matters as fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction?
The method of extinction by smothering is based on this basis:
The fire extinguished by avoiding the contact between the fuel vapours and the oxygen.
The fire is extinguished by eliminating the heat so as to obtain a temperature at which the fuel doesn’t give off enough vapour.
The fire is extinguished by interrupting the chain reaction, as it stops the transmission of heat by means of the action of chemical agents.
The fire is extinguished by avoiding the contact between the fuel vapours and the hot surface.
When handling drugs:
Wear skin protection and a facemark.
Shut off the ventilation in the room where the drugs are being stored to ensure any vapours or fumes do not spread to other parts of the ship.
Test out the potency of the drug.
Briefly inhale powders, fumes or vapours to verify the substance is a drug.
What is the main characteristic of the weak link in a float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts?
Be of sufficient strength to permit to pull the painter from the container and the inflation of the liferaft.
Be of such a strength to be cut by any person with a jack-knife.
Be of sufficient strength to keep the liferaft alongside the ship when dragged at a maximum speed of 3 knots.
Be of sufficient strength to break at a depth of at least 4 m and release the liferaft from its berth.
How often are “abandon ship” drills required to be held on cargo vessels according to SOLAS?
Fire protected lifeboats when waterborne should be capable of protecting its full complement when subjected to a continuous oil fire that envelops the boat for a period of not less than how many minutes?
Under way to go discharging port temperature tests indicate fire in a hold loaded with coal. What is the first action to be taken?
Close all air ventilators and other openings to the hold in question.
Call for assistance from other ships or rescue vessels.
Open the hatches and cover the top of the cargo by foam.
Fill the hold with water.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of a survival craft corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? Each survival craft shall be stowed:
In a secure and sheltered position and protected from damage by fire or explosion.
On the starboard side of the ship.
In a state of readiness so that two crew-members can prepare for embarkation and launching in less than 15 minutes.
Wherever space is available.
Which of the following items shall be included in an “abandon ship”-drill?
Checking that passengers and crew are suitably dressed and lifejackets correctly donned.
Checking the distress signal rockets and other distress signals.
Checking that all crew and passenger moral is high.
Checking the lifeboat provisions and supplies.
When reasonable and practicable, how often shall rescue boats be launched with their assigned crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water?
Is it necessary to be certified to be a lifeboat-commander?
Yes, you must attend to a course held by certified personnel, and provide evidence of having maintained the required standards of competence every 5 years.
Yes, you must attend a one week course at a approved course center.
No, the only thing you need is one hour instruction from a deck officer.
During test and/or maintenance work of the CO2 system affecting the release system, precautions to ensure that the gas is not released into the engine room due to a mistake are to be ensured. What precautions should be taken?
The main supply line to be blanked off prior to the work.
Arrange a watchman in the CO2 central.
No special precautions necessary.
Check the main valve for a potential leakage.
May an engine room be only protected by a fixed low expansion foam fire-extinguishing system?
Yes, if the “engine room” is considered as a machinery space of category A.
It depends on the type of vessel.
Which of following are security duties?
Checking ID of visitors onboard.
Monitoring of restricted areas.
Calibration of security equipment.
Who is responsible for issuing an ISPS certificate?
What is a Continuous Synopsis Record?
A record of the vessels history.
A plan for continuous maintenance of security equipment.
A record of all security incidents.
A plan including all security measures onboard.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding life-jackets corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? A life-jacket shall be so constructed that:
It allows the wearer to jump from height of at least 4,5 m into the water without injury and without damaging the life-jacket.
It allows the wearer to jump from any height without injury and without damaging the life-jacket.
It gives a long term thermal protection.
It can be correctly donned within 3 minutes without assistance.
Which of the following is a combustion reaction?
All the answers are good.
Which of these statements about drug smuggling is true?
The risks to ships are not restricted to specific areas or trading routes.
Drugs are difficult to conceal onboard a ship.
Drug smuggling is only a problem in certain ports, so only ships sailing in those ports need to implement preventative measures.
In order to extinguish a flammable liquid of the same kind as alcohol, we can use:
The first step in completing an SSA is to:
Create a list of potential motives for security incidents against your ship.
Identify the key shipboard operations, systems, areas and personnel that are critical to protect.
Develop an onboard security survey checklist.
List the existing security measures.
On board passenger ships an abandon ship drill must be performed:
You are the officer of the watch at the bridge of a cargo ship. In the middle of the night, an alarm sounds on the control panel of the fire detection system. It indicates that a detector is activated in the crew’s accommodation. What is the first action you would take?
Sound the fire alarm signal and send the seaman on watch down to inspect and report the situation.
Acquit the alarm and wait till it sounds again before taking any other action.
Run to the scene as fast as possible and start fighting the fire by all available means.
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
Which one of the listed fire-extinguishing medium is most effective against an open oil fire?
What shall you do if you see a person falling into the sea?
Throw a lifebuoy over board and report to the bridge immediately.
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 equally.
Air if the temperature of the fluid is 10 °C; water if temperature of the fluid is < 10 °C.
The DoS addresses the responsibility for the security of the water around the ship and the verification of increased threat levels:
Who is responsible for completing the DoS on behalf of the ship?
Company Security Officer.
An immersion suit will not sustain burning or continue melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of:
How many “thermal protective aids” are required to be carried on passenger vessels with open lifeboats?
One for each person on board who is not provided with an immersion suit.
They are not required, providing the boat has a canvas canopy which can be rigged in cold weather.
Each lifeboat should carry the same number of thermal protective aids as the number of persons it is designed to carry.
In addition to personal equipment a complete set of fireman’s outfit also comprises a breathing apparatus and a fireproof lifeline. How many complete sets of fireman’s outfit is to be carried by all ships?
Two sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
At least one set or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
At least three sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
At least four sets or more depending on the type and the size of the vessel.
Generally speaking, what is the value commonly recognised as the maximum concentration of oil vapours allowed in the breathing air of a breathing apparatus?
An alarm signal consisting of seven short blast followed by one prolonged blast is sounded by the ship’s whistle and alarm bells. What are you to do?
Go to your lifeboat station.
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.
The mandatory color of a hand flare is:
A cargo hold containing such cargo as nitrates, chlorates etc. which produces oxygen under the influence of heat catches fire while the vessel at sea. How would you deal with this?
Use large quantities of water as soon as possible.
Close the hatches and use the fixed CO2 system because water cannot be used with this type of cargo.
Apply boundary cooling only.
None of the above answers are correct.
After smoking, cigarettes should be disposed off as follows:
Disposed of in an ashtray, ensuring that it is extinguished.
Dropped over the side only if you are certain they are extinguished.
Dropped over the lee side only so that it cannot blow back on board.
Dropped into a waste bin.
If conditions permit, which is the best way to board a liferaft which is floating close to the ship?
Use a rope ladder close to the raft to climb down and board.
Wearing a lifejacket, jump into the water close to the raft and then swim to it.
Jump into the water close to the raft, without a lifejacket, as this will make it easier to swim and board the liferaft.
Jump onto the raft itself.
What is the minimum capacity of the portable tank of a portable foam applicator?
May liquid fuel, lubricating oil or other flammable oils be carried in a forepeak tank?
It depends on the type of trade of the vessel.
It depends on the flash point.
A lifejacket has sufficient buoyancy and stability to lift the mouth of an unconscious person at a minimum of:
120 mm above the water (in calm water).
180 mm above the water (in calm water).
160 mm above the water (in calm water).
40 mm above the water (in calm water).
Which among the following list is required for lifeboat equipment according to present regulations?
Be secured in a manner as not to intefere with abandonment procedures.
Be made of fire retardant material.
Be made of buoyant material or stored in buoyant containers.
Be made of fire-retardant material and stored in buoyant containers.
Welding and flame cutting 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 ship’s welding plant.
Electric welding plants shall be controlled by a responsible engineer before use.
Only holder of welding certificates shall be allowed to carry out welding on board ships.
Only use electrodes from a well-known manufacturer.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of rescue boats corresponds to present SOLAS regulations. Rescue boats shall be stowed:
So that neither the rescue boat nor its launching arrangements will interfere with any survival craft at any other launching station.
Attached to launching appliances.
Wherever space is available.
In a state of readiness for launching in not more than 2 minutes.
What equipment is provided in a liferaft to help you keep warm in cold weather?
The floor of the raft has a second layer which can be inflated to help insulation, in addition to the thermal protective aids (10 % of complement, minimum 2).
At least 10 % of the rafts complement with a minimum of 2 thermal protective aids are provided.
The floor of the raft has a second layer which can be inflated to give additional insulation from the cold water.
Thermal protective aids for each person.
The Declaration of Security:
Addresses the security requirements shared between ships or between a port facility and a ship.
Details a ship’s security measures.
States the reporting procedures to government contact points.
Identifies the security responsibilities of shipboard personnel.
Which of these procedures should crew follow when conducting a bomb search?
Stand quietly in various spots around the space, listening for unusual sounds like the tick tock of a clock mechanism.
Wait in the area they’ve finished searching until they’re contacted for a status update.
Conduct random or spot checks of logical threat areas.
Search the perimeter of the space up to a height of 5 feet.
A person wearing a thermal protective aid shall be able:
To wear a lifejacket inside.
To jump into the water from a height of 4,5 m.
To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
To climb up and down a vertical ladder.
The International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre attributes the increased numbers of hijackings to:
The greater involvement in piracy of well-organized and armed crime networks.
Easy access to military weapons.
Higher crime rates around the world.
For which of the following groups of substances or materials is the use of water as an extinguishing agent dangerous?
Sodium hydrosulphite, potassium hydroxide, magnesium.
Gas-oil, oily rags, synthetic textiles.
Oily rags and metal turnings:
Are a fire hazard because they are liable to spontaneous combustion.
Are not a fire hazard at all.
Are not a fire hazard unless ignited.
Are a fire hazard because they generate their own oxygen when ignited and are therefore difficult to extinguish.
The steps of the embarkation ladder used must be spaced apart by a distance of:
Equally spaced and not less than 300 mm or more than 380 mm.
Equally spaced, not less than 200 mm or more than 280 mm.
The main risk for people when using CO2 as an extinguishing agent in a closed space is:
Low temperature at the nozzle.
How many pyrotechnic signals to be in each lifeboat?
4 Rocket parachute flares / 6 hand flares / 2 buoyant smoke signals.
6 Rocket parachute flares / 6 hand flares / 6 buoyant smoke signals.
10 Rocket parachute flares / 12 hand flares / 5 buoyant smoke signals.
8 Rocket parachute flares / 2 hand flares / 6 buoyant smoke signals.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of a survival craft corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? Each survival craft shall be stowed:
In a secure and sheltered position and protected from damage by fire or explosion.
On the starboard side of the ship.
In a state of readiness so that two crew-members can prepare for embarkation and launching in less than 15 minutes.
Wherever space is available.
Which of these precautionary measures can reduce the threat of piracy, if implemented?
Turn off all of the ship’s lights at night.
Stay at least 15 nm away from the shore.
Plan to arrive at port at night.
Which part of the float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts is made to release the liferaft after being automatically inflated during the ship is sinking?
The hydrostatic release unit.
What is the procedure for use of the main engine room fire extinguishing system, e. g. Halon or CO2 system?
Search the engine room, make sure all personnel is out. Stop ventilation. Close for all air access. Upon approval of the Master, release the Halon/CO2.
Release the Halon/CO2 upon the order of the engineer on duty.
Search the engine room, make sure all personnel is out. Stop ventilation. Close for all air access. Release the Halon/CO2.
Release the Halon/CO2 as soon as possible without pre warning.
A contractor is hired to install new navigation equipment onboard your ship while it’s berthed. For a period of time he’s left unsupervised and photographs schematics of the ship that he finds rolled up and stored in the corner of a nearby office. Later, from home, he hacks into the network and prints off information about the ship’s security procedures. Which of these information security measures would have prevented his unauthorized access?
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and a secure network.
Protective markings, reference checks, and passwords.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and protective markings.
Firewall, protective markings, vetting and a secure network.
Which Security Levels requires the highest security alert?
Water is the extinguishing agent which is the most widely employed and its action as an extinguishing agent is due to a combination of the following phenomena:
Cooling, smothering and dispersion.
Smothering and inhibition.
Smothering and dispersion.
Cooling, inhibition and dispersion.
The best way to identify an IED is to:
Recognize its components.
Measure the size of the object.
Besides certain other factors, a BOILOVER takes place:
When the container also contains water.
When the product is a combustible liquid.
If the tank has a floating roof.
When the container is nearly full.
Where shall manually operated call points in fixed fire-detection and alarm systems be located in accommodation spaces? (SOLAS II-2/13.2.1).
At exits and in corridors.
In all crew and passenger cabins.
In stairways and escape routes.
In messrooms, public lounges and other public rooms.
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.
Check all nearby compartments for survivors.
A detector that is activated by a rise of temperature is:
The correct order of actions to be taken in a fire emergency, should be:
Evaluation of the situation, rescue and life-saving, confinement of fire, extinction, then feed back on the emergency.
Evaluation of the situation, confinement of fire, rescue and life-saving, extinction.
Extinction, confinement of fire, feed back on the emergency, rescue and life-saving, then evaluation of the situation.
Extinction, evaluation of the situation, confinement of fire, rescue and life-saving.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
International shore connection.
Remote controlled fire pumps.
The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least: