On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “AFT” shown. Which one is the correct one?
Aft is defined as A on the figure.
Aft is defined as C on the figure.
Aft is defined as D on the figure.
Aft is defined as B on the figure.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “BOLLARD” given. Which one is the correct one?
Bollard is given by D on the figure.
Bollard is given by A on the figure.
Bollard is given by B on the figure.
Bollard is given by C on the figure.
In the diagram, which arrow is pointing at the position known as the “Bridge”?
The Bridge is indicated by C in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by B in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by A in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by D in the figure.
On the diagram, which letter indicates what is meant by the word “DRAUGHT” of the ship?
Draught is indicated by B, in the figure.
Draught is indicated by A, in the figure.
Draught is indicated by D, in the figure.
Draught is indicated by C, in the figure.
On the figure there are four (4) possible directions, shown by the arrowed lines, which could be the correct direction associated with the term “HEAD LINE”. Which one is the correct one?
Head line is given by A on the figure.
Head line is given by B on the figure.
Head line is given by C on the figure.
Head line is given by D on the figure.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “WINDLASS”. Which one is the correct one?
Windlass is given by A on the figure.
Windlass is given by D on the figure.
Windlass is given by B on the figure.
Windlass is given by C on the figure.
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “CENTRE LINE”. Which one is the correct one?
Centre line is given by A on the figure.
Centre line is given by B on the figure.
Centre line is given by C on the figure.
Centre line is given by D on the figure.
“Overshoot” is an expression we use when talking about a ship’s steering ability. What is the definition of this expression?
It is the way a ship continues to turn when the helm is put amidship.
It is the way a ship shoots forward when you give “a kick ahead”.
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.
Read the text in and answer the question: “What should be given to prospective seafarers”? 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.
Approved training in survival techniques.
Survival and protective clothing.
When acting as helmsman would you expect the reading of the gyro compass to be the same as the magnetic compass?
They would always be within 1 or 2 degrees of each other.
Very seldom would they be the same.
They would never be the same.
They would always be the same.
What does the term “Hard a Starboard” or “Hard to Starboard” mean?
Do not allow the vessel to swing to port.
The wheel is difficult to turn to starboard.
Put the wheel fully over to starboard.
Start the ship swinging to starboard.
Who is authorised to operate lifting equipment around the ship?
Those ship’s personnel who have been assessed as competent and are duly authorised to do so by the master as per the procedures as outlined in the ship’s SMS system.
Deck officers and ratings, engineering officers and ratings, GP crew if applicable, who are in possession of crane operation training certificates issued by the company.
All deck officers and ratings.
Stevedores, manufacturer’s maintenance engineers and senior ratings only.
When two ships are lying alongside each other in a ship to ship operation and one ship is lying at anchor, anchor watch duties must be carried out as follows:
Both ships have normal anchor watch responsibility in addition to watching ship to ship fendering, mooring etc.
Anchor watch responsibility rests with the vessel which has its anchor down and the ship to ship connections is the responsibility of the other vessel.
Anchor watches are not kept as the duty officers will be on deck conducting the cargo operations.
Breathing apparatuses is an important piece of equipment for being able to fight a fire onboard a vessel. What routine precautions to be observed with regard to use and maintenance of such equipment?
That personnel that are appointed as smoke divers, primarily are given a shore based proper basic education and training.
That the equipment always to be kept cleaned, checked and bottles are recharged immediately upon use, and frequently inspected.
All the mentioned alternatives.
That personnel having a beard are not selected as smoke divers.
What kind of extinguishing-remedy would you choose to put out an electrical fire?
Dry extinguishing remedy.
Combination of powder and water.
What kind of safety clothing should be worn during a mooring operation?
Safety shoes and boiler suit.
No particular safety clothes are required.
Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protective clothes.
What is the meaning of “Make Fast”?
Make Fast means to avoid all meals.
Make Fast means to coil a rope.
Make Fast means to secure a rope.
Make Fast means to act very quickly.
What is understood by the term “Boat Drill”?
“Boat Drill” means the practical training in the various aspects of getting all the people onboard safely off the ship, in the event of abandoning ship.
“Boat Drill” is an exercise in the practical and safe methods to secure a boat alongside the ship.
“Boat Drill” is an exercise to launch the lifeboats and move the boats clear of the ship.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Secure buoy line to the ship.
How much food per person is supplied on a liferaft?
None, only barley sugar sweets supplied.
A drip tray containing oil is on fire. The only fire-fighting equipment available is water hose with spray jet/spray nozzle. How, if at all, should you attempt to put out this fire using water?
Water should be applied to the oil in a single jet only.
Water should be applied in a jet to the back of the fire.
The water can be applied in a fine spray starting from the front in a sweeping motion.
Water should not be used on any type of oil fire.
Which of the following are frequent causes of fires in accommodation?
1. Smoking in bed. Covering of electric fires with blankets. 3. Overloading electric plugs.
Covering of electric fires with blankets.
Overloading electric plugs.
What is the main responsibility of a bridge lookout at night?
Inform bridge of any lights when they appear over the horizon.
Inform bridge of changing weather patterns.
Inform bridge of any other ships observed, which appear to be getting closer to your own ship.
Inform the bridge of any new lights when they appear over the horizon or any other items observed which may affect the ship.
During restricted visibility, you are posted as bridge lookout and you hear 1 long blast at intervals of about 2 minutes on your port bow. What will you report to the OOW (officer on watch)?
A vessel at anchor on port bow.
Power-driven vessel making no way on port bow.
Fog signals of one long blast heard on the port bow.
Power driven vessel under way and making way on the port bow.
What will you do if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Starboard ten”?
Repeat the command back and then put the wheel over sufficiently for the ship to swing at a rate of 10 degrees per minute to starboard.
Fog signal of one long blast heard on the port bow at regular intervals of about 2 minutes.
Repeat the command back and then change course 10 degrees to starboard of present course.
How will you act if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Nothing to port”?
Don’t let the ship turn to port.
Alter course to starboard.
Let the ship turn to starboard.
What is the signal actuated by a detection system?
A visual and audible alarm signal at the control panel.
An audible signal at the control panel.
A visual signal at the control panel.
An audible and visual signal consisting in 7 short signals followed by a long one.
What are the main components of the atmospherical air?
O2: 21 %; N2: 78 %; H2O: traces; CO2: traces; Rare gases: traces.
O2: 75 %; N2: 10 %; H2O: 5 %; CO2: 5 %; Rare gases: traces.
O2: 21 %; N2: 72 %; H2O: 5 %; CO2: 2 %; Rare gases: traces.
In which one of the following an oil, the flash point of which only needs to be over 43 °C, may be used?
A stevedore is working in a cargo hold of a bulk carrier while completing discharge of a concentrate cargo. You suddenly notice that he appears to be taken ill. You should:
Assume possible heart attack and give CPR.
Assume problem due to lack of oxygen and/or toxic gas and rescue with self-contained breathing apparatus.
The foreman stevedore will deal with this situation.
Immediately enter space and give first aid.
On a bulk carrier at the completion of loading and before closing hatch covers, the track ways must be:
Track ways swept and checked clear of obstructions.
When preparing the hold of a bulk carrier for cargo when that hold has previously been ballasted, which of the following must be checked?
Paint coating re-painted.
The ballast lines must be blanked off and the bilge lines opened and tested.
Previous cargo swept out.
The heating coils fitted.
What must be done after completion of ballasting operations on a bulk carrier?
All valves closed and tank ventilators to closed position.
All valves closed, tank ventilators in open position and sounding pipe caps replaced.
All valves and lines left open.
Sounding pipe caps left off.
Which of these series of sizes corresponds to the international standard for nozzles?
What alarm signal must be sounded by the alarm bells in case of fire?
The signal which is stated in the muster list.
One long blast followed by seven short blasts.
Give the meaning of this symbol:
Lifebuoy with light and smoke.
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.
The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least:
A person wearing an adult lifejacket shall be able:
To dive half a meter under the water surface.
To swim half a mile distance and board a survival craft.
To jump from any height into the water without being injured or damaging the lifejacket.
To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
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.
Which one of the following types of rope is the most dangerous to work with?
The responsibility for safety and security rests with everybody on board the vessel. General house-keeping rules should be followed. Which of the listed rules is the most important?
Keep tools within easy reach during work.
Do not carry lighters or matches when working outdoors.
Keep your working area clean and tidy.
Which Security Levels requires the highest security alert?
What do crew, visitors and contractors all have in common?
They’re all onboard the ship for the duration of its voyage.
They all have opportunity to smuggle drugs.
They’re all trained in ship emergency procedures.
They’re all employees of the ship.
What is “defrosting” associated with?
Containers carrying IMDG cargoes.
Dry cargo ventilated containers.
On a container vessel, what would you do if you saw a container being damaged during loading operations?
Note the date and time of occurrence, container number and if possible take photographs.
Inform the relieving watchkeeper.
On board a container vessel, which of the following is not likely to be displayed by the loading computer?
Stowage positions of high-cube containers.
Stack weights incorporating high-cube containers.
Stresses in the sea-going condition.
On a container vessel, what indicates the correct weight of a wrongly declared container?
The ship’s loading computer.
The tare weight stamped on the container.
Strain gauges fitted to the shore gantry cranes.
On a container vessel, with regard to fire precautions, what must be ensured prior to securing hatch pontoons?
That the cargo hold fire-fighting system has been checked.
That the duty officer’s permission has been obtained to secure the pontoons.
That under-deck cargo operations have been completed.
That all cargo clusters have been removed from the hold.
On a container vessel, what will attending surveyors inspect when containers have been lost overboard?
The vessel’s Class certificate.
The vessel’s Safety Construction certificate.
Certificates of approval related to lashing equipment used to secure those containers.
The on-board cargo lashing inventory.
On a container vessel, what should be done if a twistlock is found cracked at the base?
Use it to lock under-deck container stows.
Use it in the lowest tier on deck.
What will be the consequences of a ship’s failure to correct an unsafe stevedore working practice in the United States?
The duty officer will be arrested.
The port will lodge a protest against the ship.
The ship will be prosecuted.
The master will be arrested.
What is a “Fantainer” used for?
Carrying reefer cargoes prone to condensation.
Carrying dry cargoes prone to condensation.
Carrying dangerous goods prone to condensation.
On a container vessel, under the IMDG Code what class is assigned to a Fumigated Container?
On a container vessel, under which IMDG Class is fishmeal carried when not treated with anti-oxidants?
Class 4.2 – Flammable solid.
Class 4.1 – Flammable solid.
Class 9 – Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles.
Class 5.1 – Oxidizing substances.
Why must duty crew members supervise the lashing of containers?
Because of local port regulations.
Because stevedores often apply container lashings haphazardly or place twistlocks incorrectly.
Because it is an international requirement under the ISM Code.
Because of time containers on the vessel towards the end of cargo operations.
What determines how containers should be lashed?
The cargo security manual.
Advice from shore planners.
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Overseas Sea Hazard Association.
Occupational Safety and Health Aids.
Occupation and Safe Health Association.
Where do OSHA regulations apply?
United States of America.
What general background colour is used on warning signs which require a specific “mandatory” action, such as one which might require the wearing of goggles during particular work task?
What general background colour is used on warning signs that indicate emergency of first-aid features, or indicate a safe condition?
What is the meaning of “Make Fast”?
Make Fast means to secure a rope.
Make Fast means to act very quickly.
Make Fast means to avoid all meals.
Make Fast means to avoid all meals.
What do you understand by “Bitter end”?
The end link of an anchor cable that is secured within the chain locker.
The toggled end of a lifeboat painter.
A foul taste at the end of a meal.
Which of the following is false when a casualty is bleeding?
Cover the wound with a cloth.
Encourage patient to lie quite and re-assure.
All heat burns should be:
Applied with soothing lotion as soon as possible.
Covered with Gauze or bandage immediately.
Treated by the doctor only.
Cooled as quickly as possible with running cold water for at least 10 minutes.
Port State Control Officers are authorised to:
Inspect and detain ship that are not meeting the requirements until they are able to demonstrate compliance with the regulations.
Regularly inspect ships known to meet the requirement.
Detain ships that are not meeting the requirements for a minimum of 30 days.
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.
On a container vessel, where should containers with untreated fishmeal cargo be carried?
On deck away from sunlight.
Separated from Class 4.2 containers.
On a container vessel, what is the purpose of fixed stacking cones?
To prevent movement of 20′ and 40′ containers at deck level.
To prevent the horizontal movement of 40′ containers at tank top level.
To prevent horizontal movement of 20′ containers in 40′ cell guides.
On a container vessel, where should a mid-bay guide be positioned?
At the base of cell guides.
On the tank top at the ends of 40′ container bays.
On the tank top mid-way in 40′ guides to prevent transverse movement of 20′ containers.
When will a hatch pontoon’s side cleat need replacement?
When the cleat retainer is rusty.
When the cleat retainer is distorted.
When the cleat has sprung open at sea.
When the rubber washer is compressed and hardened.
What is the function of a lashing plate?
A means of securing buttresses under-deck.
A means of securing the hatch covers.
As tie down point for turnbuckles on deck or hatch cover.
A container vessel must alter her trim to depart even keel from the berth. Select the most appropriate means of altering trim.
By altering the cargo disposition.
By internal shift of ballast.
By discharging ballast from the deepest draught end of the vessel.
On a container vessel, where will you find the Dangerous Goods List?
In the Cargo Securing Manual.
In Part 3 of the IMDG Code Volume 2.
In Chapter 3.6 of the IMDG Code Volume 2.
On a container vessel, which of these motions is not taken into account when calculating forces on a container stow?
Why should a container with a damaged corner post not be loaded?
Because it will not fit properly into a container stack.
Because during discharge the ship could be held responsible for the damage.
Because its strength is weakened.