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Give the meaning of the following symbol
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals
Fire provokes:
Gases, flames, smoke and heat
Vapours, smoke and flames
Vapours, radiation, gases and flames
What is the general requirement for closing mechanisms for in- and outlets of all ventilation systems (ships other than passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers)? (SOLAS II-2/16.9)
To be remotely controlled from central fire control panel
Automatic closure for each section to be activated by the fire detection and alarm system
Only manually closing mechanism allowed
Closing must be possible from outside the spaces being ventilated
*In accommodation spaces, where must smoke detectors be located?
In stairways, corridors and escape routes
In messrooms, public lounges and other public rooms only
In every crew and passenger cabins only
Near ventilation ducts throughout the accommodation spaces only
*What is the minimum volume of air contained in the cylinders of a SOLAS compliant self-contained compressed-air operated breathing apparatus (SCABA)?
How often shall crew members participate in fire drills?
Instructions for "Preparation for welding or hot work in cargo tanks" is laid down by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate. Which of the following requirements regarding welding or hot work corresponds to these instructions?
An officer shall always attend the first entry after tank cleaning and gas freeing.
There shall be two stand by watchmen on the watch with walkie-talkie communication.
In case of hot work, the work party shall always consist of 3 men.
Before the tank is entered, lifeline, rescue harness and compressed air apparatus shall be ready at the relevant hatch.
Fleetnet communication via the Inmarsat-system is an EGC among other things intended for all:
vessels of a certain shipping-company
vessels in a certain geographical area
A DSC-notice should be sent on VHF-channel:
The display of the DSC-controller on board is showing the following lines: (see original) The text TX6 means:
this message was transmitted for the 6th time
this message must be transmitted 6 times
this message is the 6th message in the memory
Automatic amplifier regulation is used for the following reasons:
with varying incoming signals the variation in the out going signal is as small as possible
in absence of incoming signals the noise is reduced
with weak incoming signals distortion is reduced
Polarisation of a radio wave means:
the propagation speed of the signal
the direction of the electrical field
the beam-angle of a transmitting aerial
The position that is determined by built in GPS-receiver in an Inmarsat-EPIRB has an accuracy of about:
Which of the following frequencies is used by the NAVTEX system ?
A distress alert has accidentally been sent with the Inmarsat-C installation. One should now:
wait until an RCC reports
On board they want to establish telex-communication via the Inmarsat-set with the ship Appologracht. In the guides the following ID’s are found for the Appologracht: 244320000, 424432010, 424432020, 1300210, 36715. What ID should chosen:
On board they want to have a dial-phone call via Inmarsat with the Apollogracht. In the guides the following ID’s are found for the Apollogracht:344320000, 424432010, 424432020, 1300210, 36715. What ID should be chosen:
What does the term OIL mean, as used in the Oil Pollution Regulations?
What is the top priority if an incident occurs in US waters (OPA-90)
Any immediate action to prevent loss of time
Protection of the environment
Prevention of oil pollution
Severe pains in the chest occur when the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, become too narrow for sufficient oxygenated blood to reach the muscles of the heart. Normally these attacks only last a few minutes, and the pain stops if the casualty rests. What kind of medicine to be taken when an Angina Pectoris attack occurs?
What is correct UTC in this example? Approx. Pos: N49°51' W35°23', zone +2, Local Time 0900.
With a "good" GPS satellite position fix it is possible to achieve an accuracy of:
How do we define the location of the "pivot point"?
The point on the ship where you have maximum sideways motion in a turn
The point on the ship where the sideways motion forward is at maximum
The point on the ship where the forward motion is at maximum
The point where the sideways motion of the ship`s centreline is zero
Which type of vessel suffers from the greatest squat effects?
Vessel with a large length to beam ratio
Vessel with a high Block Coefficient
Vessel with a low Block Coefficient
Vessel with a small length to beam ratio.
The HF-band is in the frequency range:
VHF communication is usually provided by :
Which of the following services is not provided by INMARSAT B:
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
*You are on board a cargo ship. The ship is heavily listing to starboard, making impossible the launching of the survival craft stowed on this side. Lifeboats and liferafts are equally distributed on each side of the vessel. What should be the total number of persons that can be accommodated in the remaining survival craft stowed on the port side ? (*) N is the total number of persons that vessel is permitted to carry.
at least 150 % N (lifeboat capacity: 100 % N; liferaft capacity: 50 % N) (*)
at least 200 % N (lifeboat capacity: 100 % N; liferaft capacity: 100 % N) (*)
at least 100 % N (lifeboat capacity: 50 % N; liferaft capacity: 50 % N) (*)
at least 150 % N (lifeboat capacity: 50 % N; liferaft capacity: 100 % N) (*)
Which item among those below is included in the normal equipment of every lifeboat ?
one immersion suit for each person
sea-charts and navigating equipment
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of rescue boats do not correspond to present regulations? (SOLAS III/14)
Rescue boats shall be stowed attached to launching appliances
Rescue boats shall be stowed in apposition suitable for launching and recovery
Rescue boats shall be stowed in a state of continuos readiness for launching in not more than 5 minutes
Rescue boats shall be stowed so neither the rescue boat nor its launching arrangements will interfere with any survival craft at any other launching station
Having boarded the liferaft, how do you release the painter?
Cut it with the axe provided
Let go the quick release toggle
Wait for it to break as it is provided with a weak link
Cut it with the safety knife stowed on the exterior of the canopy close to the painter attachment point
Which one of the given requirements regarding survival craft muster and embarkation arrangements corresponds to the present SOLAS regulations?
Davit-launched survival craft muster and embarkation stations shall not be arranged to enable stretchers to be placed in survival craft
Muster and embarkation stations shall be readily accessible from accommodation and work areas
Searchlights to be provided at the launching station
Muster and embarkation stations are to be arranged separately to improve working conditions
An alarm signal consisting of seven short blasts followed by one long blast is sounded by the ship's whistle and the alarm bells. What are you to do?
Go to your lifeboat station (muster station).
Report on the bridge (deck crew) or engine control room (engine crew) for further orders.
Go to (or remain in) your cabin and wait for further orders.
When mustered to an abandon ship drill, what is the first thing you do when entering the muster station?
Wait for the order to put on your life jacket
On board passenger ships an abandon ship drill must be performed:
*Which one of the following items has to be included in an abandon ship drill?
Starting and operating radio life-saving appliances
Launching and recovery of a survival craft
ensuring that passengers and crew are made aware of the order to abandon ship
Manoeuvring the lifeboat in the water
What is minimum equipment needed for entering a tank or void space that is not gas free or does not contain sufficient oxygen?
Good quality face mask and a safety line.
Coverall and safety shoes.
Self contained breathing apparatus in addition to normal safety equipment.
You are close to the entrance to a port in thick fog. You hear the following signal. What does it mean?
That there is a vessel aground in the vicinity.
That there is a vessel at anchor in the vicinity. She is more than 100 metres in length.
That there is a vessel at anchor in the vicinity. She is less than 100 metres in length.
At what temperature is it recommended that frozen fish is stored?
Between 1 and 4 degrees Celsius.
Under which regulations would steel banding remaining in a cargo hold have to be discharged?
Port state regulations applicable at the port of departure
Port state regulations applicable at the port of destination
MARPOL 73/78 (Annex IV – Regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships)
MARPOL 73/78 (Annex V - Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships)
Your vessel is a tanker, discharging to a facility where the storage tanks are up on a hill behind the quay. You have a problem with your hydraulic plant and the system shuts down. What must be done with the manifold and why?
The valve must be checked as still open, so that once power is restored, discharge will resume and there will be no opressure build-up in the ship's pipelines.
The valve must be checked for free and proper operation, as it may have been damaged by a pressure shock when the system stopped.
The valve must be shut to avoid backflow due to the head of pressure from shore.
A watchman must be detailed to stand by it, to receive instructions from shore.
What type of dynamic forces may cause indent in plating on forecastle deck and main deck in way of pillars inside forecastle?
Forces created by waves on the forecastle
Pressure forces caused by green water on deck
Slamming in way of flat bottom forward of light draught
Impact pressure forces in way of abrupt or flared bow
This circuit symbol is an amplifier system and its frequency response diagram. Which control function is the system performing?
Proportional + derivate (PD)
Proportional + integral (PI)
Proportional + integral + derivate (PID)
When measuring the liquid level in the cargo tank of a liquefied gas carrier a number of different corrections may be necessary to get a true reading. Why do readings obtained from a float type ullage tape sometimes require a 'tape correction'?
The vessel may not be on an even keel when the readings are taken.
The length of tape in contact with very cold cargo vapours may contract.
The vessel may have a list when the readings are taken.
The float may become heavier and partly sink due to liquid cargo absorption.
When cross-flooding arrangements to correct unsymmetrical flooding and excessive heel angels in damaged condition are installed in passenger ships, what is the maximum angle of heel after flooding but before equalization?
What is the correct location or working station for the deck watchman during cargo operations on an oil tanker?
In the cargo control room.
Available somewhere on the weather deck only.
Standing by in the crew mess.
On the cargo tank deck at all times.
Which types of compressors are used as cargo compressors onboard gas carriers?
One, two and three stage piston compressors.
One, two and three stage screw compressors.
Oil free screw and piston compressors.
Piston, screw and centrifugal type compressors.
Which of the following is a definition of the "Proper Shipping Name", as found in the IMDG Code?
The name to be used in any documentation relating to the transportation of the dangerous substance, material or article, such as on forms, labels and placards.
The correct chemical name of a potentially hazardous material, as identified from the Chemical Cargo List.
The name under which a dangerous material, substance or article is
What is Standardized Cargo?
Break bulk cargo of standard dimension
Cargo for which the ship is provided with an approved securing system
Cargo that is shipped in standard dimensions
Why is an inertgas system required when COW is undertaken?
Improved outturn of cargo?
Less bildup of sediment in tanks?
What is the output shown on the "Rate of Turn" display fitted on the bridge?
The Rate of Turn indicator shows the rudder angle applied by the helmsman to turn the ship.
The Rate of Turn display shows the turning speed the vessel is swinging in degrees per second
The Rate of Turn indicator shows the changing angle of the vessel from the meridian
The Rate of Turn indicator displays the rate the ship is swinging in degrees per minute
When should steel cargoes be ventilated?
When ambient air temperatures are rising
When passing from a cool to a relatively warm climate
When passing from a warm climate to a warmer climate
When ambient air temperatures are falling
Which of the suggested navigational systems is a "Hyperbolic" navigational system and has hyperbolae as position lines?
All of the suggested systems
What collective culinary term is given to the internal organs of a butchered animal, such as the heart, kidneys, liver, tripe, etc?
Which vitamin is to be found only in foods from the animal kingdom?
A high pressure boiler is operating with all parameters normal except that the firing rate is high and the superheater temperature is high. Which of the options given is the likely cause of this condition?
The generating and screen tubes are fouled.
The de-superheater control is not operating correctly.
Insufficient combustion air is being supplied.
The superheater tubes are fouled.
To whom should you report when the bow port or stern ramp is closed and secured?
The bridge/ Officer on watch
What is the minimum permissible distance measured horizontally between the ship's shell plating and the outer side bulkhead of the first cargo compartment on a type II chemical tanker?
Not less than moulded breadth / 5.
Not less than moulded breadth / 15.
If inspection or repair of the boiler is due, the plant has to be shut down, and the boiler emptied for water. If time is available, which of the following procedures is correct?
The feed water regulator should be bypassed and the boiler topped up with cold feed water immediately after shut down to help cool it down before draining.
The boiler should be allowed to cool down after shut down and then the water should be drained out.
The boiler should be blown down to sea immediately after shut down.
The safety valve easing gear be operated and all the pressure released immediately after shut down and then the remaining water is drained.
The exhaust gas temperatures of all cylinders of a diesel engine are seen to be high. Select, from the options given, the most likely cause of this.
High wear rate in one of the fuel injection pumps.
One of the fuel cams is worn.
Insufficient cooling of the main bearings.
Who can carry out a Quadrennial Thorough Survey of cargo gear?
A classification society surveyor
A deck officer designated by the master
A consignment of steel drums containing IMDG Class 8 cargo are about to be loaded in the hold of a General Cargo vessel; a number of drums are leaking slightly, what action should be taken?
The cargo consignment not be loaded at present; the Chief Officer must be informed and make final decision if the cargo is to rejected
The cargo must be stowed under deck
The drums can still be loaded provided that they are only loaded on deck
The cargo cannot be rejected and must be loaded
How can the effects of ‘lateral drag’ be reduced when loading heavy machinery?
By a quick loading operation
By listing the vessel to counter the loading operation
By a controlled and very slow loading operation
Why should elevators not be used in an emergency?
Too few people can be moved in an elevator.
The elevator is reserved for people with special needs.
Power could fail and passengers could be trapped inside.
Engineering will shut down the ship's power and the elevator will be useless.
What term is applied to the running of a number of cargo pumps together to discharge a homogeneous cargo from multiple tanks simultaneously up a common discharge line?
Where shall you be able to activate the ship security alert system on board ro-ro passenger ships?
From the navigation bridge and in at least one other location
Captain's- and Chief Officer's office
Which one of the following liquefied gas cargoes is considered as presenting a toxic hazard according to the IMO Gas Codes?
Why is it so important to shut off the source of fuel before extinguishing the flames on a gas fire?
To prevent forming a potential flammable gas cloud
To minimise the use of fire-fighting media
To prevent chemical reaction with the extinguish agent
To minimise damage to property and environment
What is a proportional band
Any part of the total amplification
A positive displacement type flow meter is defective and cannot be repaired. It is to be replaced with a new instrument which uses a Venturi type sensor. Which of the pneumatic relays given in the options will be required in order for this type of instrument to function correctly?
Square root extractor relay.
A conventional reefer vessel is loading a cargo of hard frozen palletised meat with a required carriage temperature of minus 18 degree Celsius. A thermistor at the centre of the pallets indicates the temperature to be approximately minus 10 degrees Celsius during loading. What action, from the options given, should be taken under these circumstances?
Continue loading onboard and deliver air at the lowest possible temperature to cool the cargo down to the correct carriage temperature.
Continue loading onboard at minus 10 degrees Celsius and then gradually reduce the air delivery temperature to minus 18 degree Celsius.
Return the cargo ashore for pre-cooling to minus 18 degrees Celsius.
Continue loading onboard and maintain the air delivery temperature at minus 18 degrees Celsius.
What name is given to the inspection and measurements at the end of a bulk carrier's loading operation, that determines the weight of cargo lifted based on the observed draughts, any list, hog or sag, the dock water density and the calculation of ballast and consumables on the vessel?
When handling drugs…
Wear skin protection and a facemask.
"Briefly inhale powders, fumes or vapours to verify the substance is a drug."
Test out the potency of the drug.
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.
The gyro compass can suffer from a compass error and may need to be allowed for, when steering a course in a dangerous navigational area. What is the probable cause of the error?
An uncorrected course and speed error.
Fluctuations in the electrical supply to the compass.
On a Container vessel, what is the function of a twistlock?
To secure manually operated hatch covers?
To secure winches from unintentional running?
To secure/lash containers?
Which oxygen content shall we measure before entering a tank or space after venting?
The oxygen content shall be measured to 10,8% by volume
The oxygen content shall be measured to minimum 19% by volume
The oxygen content shall be measured to 21% by volume
We don’t need to measure the oxygen content
The internal e.m.f. generated in the phase windings of a lightly loaded a.c. generator is controlled by:
The prime mover speed and excitation current.
The internal volt drop and the load current.
The internal volt drop and the residual magnetism.
The prime mover and load current.
Personnel in a high voltage switchroom smell ozone. This is likely to indicate which of the following?
Vacuum circuit breaker problems
Arcing at badly connected bus bars
Air circuit breaker problems
During cargo operations, involving perishable cargoes, deck officers should be aware that the cargo is subject to the effects of the weather and ambient conditions. From the options given, select the one which is likely to cause the most rapid temperature change in a refrigerated commodity.
Whenever there is a major bleeding, the first priority should be to:
Take the pulse of the patient
A galley hot plate uses a Nichrome / Magnesium Oxide heating element and is to be tested before being put into service for the first time. An insulation resistance test yields a reading of 0.3 M Ohm. Which action should be taken?
Wash the element in a degreasing agent. Then retest and if ok put it into service.
Put the element into service.
Apply reduced voltage to the element for a few minutes. Then retest and if ok put into service.
Read the text in the diagram and answer the following question: When should training in personal survival techniques be given?
During the first week on board
One of the Main Engine cooling pumps is down for maintenance. The rest of the cooling pumps are operating near full capacity with minimum margins on the maximum temperature limit. What should be the correct action to take with regard to UMS operation?
Operate the engine room on manual mode until the maintenance is completed and the cooling pump is operational and switched to stand-by mode.
Arrange frequent checks of the condition during the night otherwise operate in normal UMS-mode
Arrange with a rating "on watch" in the engine room for the UMS period.
Hope that the alarm function and automatic temperature regulation will function correctly and switch to UMS-mode as normal
With reference to General Cargo vessels, which of the following statements is correct?
Hot rolled steel coils are always shipped in stainless steel envelopes
Hot rolled steel coils must not be loaded in a rusty condition
Hot rolled steel coils can be loaded in heavy rain
Hot rolled steel coils must not be exposed to salt water contamination
Passenger ships have a normal requirement of 1 lifejacket per person + 10% for children. In addition to this, how many lifejackets have to be stowed in conspicuous places on deck or at the muster stations?
When should bagged fishmeal not be rejected for loading?
When temperatures of the bags are around 25 degrees centigrade
When temperatures of the bags are 5 degrees above the ambient temperature
What would be the most probable cause of overheated bearings?
None of the mentioned alternatives
Lubricating oil pressure is too low.
Charge air pressure is too low.
When patrolling the car deck during a voyage you should observe the following elements:
Check that fire hoses are connected to the fire hydrants
Any abnormalities such as leakages, fumes, smoke or fire. Check if the lashings need to be tightened on lashed cargo.
heck if all the lights are switched off and the doors are closed
What would be considered to be the normal service life for rolling contact bearings fitted to a large turbocharger for a diesel engine?