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What kind of extinguishing-remedy would you choose to put out an electrical fire?
Combination of powder and water.
Dry extinguishing remedy.
While getting tools ready and preparing for overhaul work on the main engine the engine room rating notices that the electrical extension is damaged. A small section of the cables outer insulation is split although the inner insulation appears ok. What action should the rating take?
Cut off the end of the cable including the damaged section and refit the plug to the end of the remaining cable before using the extension.
Label the damaged extension as unfit for use and return it to the store for testing and get a replacement extension.
Carry on using the extension after wrapping insulation tape over the damaged section as it is only minor damage.
Just use the extension as it is since the damage is only to the outer insulation and the inner insulation appears ok.
What would be the most probable cause of the exhaust gas temperature from one cylinder of a diesel engine being lower than normal?
The opening pressure for the injection valve for the cylinder is set too high.
There is air in the fuel oil system.
The camshaft chain is too slack.
The intake filter for turbo charger is partly fouled.
An engine room rating notices that the guard on a running pump is hanging loose due to a missing bolt on the support bracket and it is catching the shaft coupling. What is the best action to take as a repair method?
Try and fit a new bolt while the pump is running to permanently fix the guard in place.
Inform the watchkeeper so that the pump can be stopped and a new bolt can be fitted to permanently fix the guard in place.
Fasten the guard back in place with a piece of rope with the pump running as a temporary repair.
Place a sheet of metal in front of the guard to deflect any parts that may fly off as a temporary repair.
What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man overboard and in the water?
A sectored search pattern.
What is the “International shore connection” used for?
To connect the ship fire main to the shore lines.
To connect the cargo hoses to the shore.
To connect the bunker hoses to the shore.
To connect the ship fresh water hoses to the shore.
As per international regulations, the minimum inert gas pressure required to be maintained in slop tanks if slops are retained on board is:
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:
Smothering and inhibition.
Cooling, smothering and dispersion.
Smothering and dispersion.
Cooling, inhibition and dispersion.
What is generally considered as the minimum safe time period before opening a crankcase door after the oil mist detector alarm has activated and the engine has been stopped?
After at least 20 minutes.
After at least 10 minutes.
After at least 5 minutes.
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.
The number of persons the liferaft is permitted to accommodate.
When cargo discharge reaches stripping levels on an oil tanker, it is necessary to reduce the inert gas pressure so as to:
Comply with the requirement of MARPOL Annex VI.
Avoid locking the cargo pump impeller.
Avoid over-capacity in the IG generator.
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?
Always use gloves when using grinding machines.
Keep tools within easy reach during work.
Keep your working area clean and tidy.
Do not carry lighters or matches when working outdoors.
What term is used to describe a fresh water cooling system which contains a seawater cooled common freshwater cooler and which meets the cooling requirements for all the engine room machinery?
A high temperature freshwater system.
A central cooling system.
A low temperature freshwater system.
What is the capacity of the required portable fluid extinguishers?
Not more than 20 litres and not less than 12 litres.
Not more than 13,5 litres and not less than 9 litres.
What method shall be used when hauling survivors out of the sea (state of survivors is critical)?
An important quantity which is useful in circuit analysis is known as conductance G (Siemens). Which of the formulas A to D expresses the conductance for this circuit?
High Voltage (HV) cables are smaller than low voltage cables for a given power rating. Why is this?
The HV cable carries a smaller current and therefore requires less copper.
The HV cable uses higher quality copper conductors and therefore requires them to be a smaller cross-sectional area.
The HV cable uses Aluminium conductors and therefore requires them to be a smaller cross-sectional area.
The HV cable has a thinner wall of special insulation material.
An electric motor is to be aligned to a pump by insuring shims under the motor feet. Which of the tools given in the options would be used to check that the alignment is correct by measurement of the gap between the coupling faces?
An inside vernier calliper.
What actions should the Officer of the Watch take when the ship’s steering gear fails?
All of the suggested answers.
Request the engine room to check the steering gear.
Call the Master and advise him of the situation.
Display the NUC signal and consider stopping the engines.
Which of the options given is the main reason for using a ring spanner to tighten the brass nuts on the cover studs of a pump casing?
It can be adjusted to the exact size of the nut.
It will allow the nuts to be tightened correctly.
The nuts can be tightened more with this type of spanner.
It will minimise the risk of slipping off the nut or damaging the nuts.
Is it necessary to cool the samples taken from a diesel engine cooling water system before carrying out tests to determine the concentration of treatment chemicals?
No, the samples should be heated to approximately 95 °C.
Yes, the samples should be cooled to approximately 25 °C.
Yes, the samples should be cooled to approximately 50 °C.
No, the test should be carried out at system temperature.
What is the main purpose for taking diesel engine crankshaft deflections?
To allow calculation of the load on each of the bearings.
To check for weardown of the bottom end bearings.
To check that the shafting is in a straight line.
To check for weardown of the main bearings.
What is the main difference between a stuffing box gland and a mechanical seal on a centrifugal pump?
If packing fails the pump can be kept running by tightening the glands, but if a mechanical seal fails it must be renewed to stop the leakage.
The sealing surface of a mechanical seal is usually parallel to the shaft, but sealing surface of a packed gland is perpendicular to the shaft.
Packed stuffing box glands are subject to wear but mechanical seals are not.
Packed stuffing box glands must be cooled by liquid, but mechanical seals do not require any cooling.
Which of these are indicators that an individual may be a drug smuggler?
The individual makes small local purchases.
The individual is disinterested in the ship’s cargo.
The individual wears bulky or out of season clothing.
The individual spends his or her free time hanging out with others.
The use of combustible material is restricted in the accommodation spaces in order to:
Reduce cost of construction.
Prevent occurrence of fire and explosion.
Contain and suppress fire and explosion in the compartment of origin.
What are the lists called that give the position and task during a lifeboat drill for all persons on board the ship?
What is the signal actuated by a fire 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 is the best way to avoid pollution from small oil-spills aboard a ship?
Contain any oil-spill onboard the ship.
Rig an oil boom around the ship.
Have sawdust ready for use.
Have dispersing chemicals ready for use in case of oil-spill.
The examples of Aromatic Hydrocarbons will include:
Benzene, Toluene and Xylene.
Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Monoxide.
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide.
Propane, Butane and Pentane.
Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task should be worn during work in the engine room. Which of the tasks given in the options requires that safety goggles should always be worn?
When you are working with power tools or chemicals.
When you are filling in the engine room log book.
When you are tidying up in the engine room workshop.
What kind of permits have to be obtained before starting hot work in tanks?
Hot work permit + Permit for entry.
What is the most likely cause of black smoke at the boiler exhaust during normal operation of a steam boiler?
Insufficient combustion air.
Fuel oil temperature too high.
The purpose of the demister unit within the Inert Gas System is:
To remove sulphur oxides.
To remove water from the IGS stream.
When shutting down the flue gas plant, the last step that the operator shall carry out would be to:
Close the deck isolating valve.
Open ventilation valve to atmosphere.
Close the gas pressure control valve.
Shut down of inert gas blower.
What do you call the method used for bone-soft part injuries?
What is the emergency frequency of MF (Medium Frequency) radio?
With reference to the efficiency of cargo pumps on oil tankers, the abbreviation NPSH stands for:
Net Pressure Suction Head.
Necessary Pumping Suction Hazard.
Nominal Pressure Suction Head.
Natural Pumping Standard Height.
In carbon dioxide fire-fighting systems for use in machinery spaces the fixed piping system shall be such that:
85 % of the gas can be discharged into the space within 2 minutes.
100 % of the gas can be discharged into the space within 2 minutes.
100 % of the gas can be discharged into the space within 3 minutes.
70 % of the gas can be discharged into the space within 1 minute.
During an oil cargo discharging operation, the IG supply to the tanks fails. As an OOW you would:
Continue discharging with the cargo pumps running at minimum speed, and inform the engine room.
Slow down and relieve the vacuum by opening the tanks lids and inform the Chief Officer.
Activate the inert fans and blow fresh air into the cargo tanks, and inform the terminal authority.
Immediately stop the discharging and inform the Chief Officer.
An airway should be used when:
The patient has stopped breathing.
The patient is unconscious.
The patient is breathing on his own but is doing so with great difficulty.
Patient has injury in the mouth.
Which of the methods given in the options should be used to test a remote reading temperature gauge for the auxiliary boiler exhaust gas?
Check the resistance change in the sensor over a known temperature range against the resistance values in the product sheet.
Fit a spare temperature gauge and see if the reading are the same.
Place the sensor in a test tank of water fitted with a heater element and thermometer and check the temperature gauge at different temperatures.
Place the sensor in a test tank of oil fitted with a heater element and thermometer and check the temperature gauge at different temperatures.
The normal carbon content of Crude Oil is in the range of:
What measures should be taken when handling mail?
Open any mail that looks suspicious.
X-ray or scan parcels before opening them.
Wear rubber gloves and protective clothing when opening suspicious looking mail.
Tear open letters with your hands.
The engine room rating has been assisting with ballast operations during a period of engine room watch duty. Ballast operations have stopped for a couple of hours while stores are being taken. What action should the rating take during this break in operations?
Just keep the pumps running and the valves for the ballast tanks open to save time when operations are restarted. The tanks will just overflow through the air vents.
Just stop the pumps and close the pump suction and discharge valves. Leave the valves for the ballast tanks open to save time later.
Shut the valves for the ballast tanks but keep the pumps running and discharging overboard to save time later.
Stop all of the ballast pumps and close all of the ballast valves as soon as operations are stopped. Ballast lines should always be closed except when they are being used.
The small amounts of cargo found in the cargo tanks before loading is referred to as OBQ, which means:
OPB (Observed Preliminary Volume).
TSV (Total Surveyed Volume).
ROB (Remaining On Board).
What could be the cause of a refrigeration compressor running continuously even though normal temperatures for the cold rooms have been reached?
Low-pressure cut-out is stuck in closed position.
The differential pressure switch for the lubricating oil pressure cut-out is stuck in the closed position.
High-pressure cut-out is stuck in open position.
Solenoid valve before the expansion valve stuck in closed position.
Which of the following disposal would be permitted?
Food waste from a vessel outside a special area and 12 miles from nearest land.
Paper products from a vessel inside a special area and 15 miles from the nearest land.
Food waste from a vessel outside a special area and 10 miles from the nearest land.
Food waste from a vessel inside a special area and 10 miles from nearest land.
A small electric motor needs to be taken to the bottom plates for fitting to a domestic water pump. It is only just too heavy to be manually carried so is to be lowered using the engine room crane. Which of the options given would be a suitable strop to use for the operation?
Any certified strop which has a safe working load greater than the weight of the motor.
A wire strop which is rated for twice the required load but is out of certification.
Any piece of rope will do as the motor is only just too heavy to carry.
Any strop which looks big enough to carry the load.
What would be the effects of a ship passing into shallow waters?
The vessel has a tendency to swing to port with a single fixed-pitch right-hand turning propeller.
The speed is not affected, but more rudder is required to steer the ship.
There is no noticeable difference in performance of the ship.
The ship is less responsive to both rudder and propeller.
The ship is involved in a collision, what is the immediate action by the Officer of the Watch after the incident has taken place?
Sound the General Alarm and stop engines.
Contact the other ship and send the bridge lookout down to start taking soundings.
Call the Master and check the position for any immediate dangers.
Stop engines and check over the side for any signs of pollution.
What kind of measure is the division of the vessel in upright areas by using thermic and structural separations?
It is both a prevention and protection measure.
It is a protection measure.
It is a prevention measure.
It is neither a prevention nor a protection measure.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS B pack?
If the flow of gas to shore reaches the maximum declared capacity whilst using the Vapour Emission Control System (VECS), the OOW should:
Say nothing and hope notices, so that loading is completed as soon as possible.
Reset the lifting pressure level on the Pressure/Vacuum valves to allow them to release more vapour to atmosphere.
Open the mast riser vents to relieve the excess pressure and bring the flow within the declared range.
Request the terminal to reduce the loading rate until the flow of gas to shore is controlled.
What types of fire extinguishers shall be used in the engine room?
Fire extinguishers of the handy-size types only.
Fire extinguishers filled with fresh water only.
Fire extinguishers equipped for powder or CO2 only.
Any fire extinguisher with a weight of less than 100 lbs.
What are the lists called that give the position and task during a lifeboat drill for all persons on board the ship?
After checked for open airway, given the first two inflations and checked the pulse to make sure that the heart is beating, what is the rate of inflations given until natural breathing is restored?
Doesn’t matter how many times.
What would be the most probable cause of high temperature readings for the bearings in a diesel engine?
Lubricating oil pressure too low.
Charge air pressure too low.
Jacket cooling water temperature too high.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Muster station for unaccompanied minors (UM).
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.
Shipboard Emergency Drills must be carried out at least (OPA-90):
An engine room rating is assisting in the maintenance of some of the valves on the low pressure steam range. Which packing material, from the options given, would be the best choice for repacking the gland of a low pressure steam valve?
Lead covered cotton packing.
What is the correct name of the equipment shown in the sketch?
Which of the following answers would most appropriately describe shell plating damage to the vessel?
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating below the waterline.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating below the waterline in way of No. 3 cargo hold, starboard side.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating in way of No. 3 cargo hold.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating above the waterline.
Why is it important that the combustion chamber of a boiler is properly ventilated prior to ignition?
To avoid an explosion in case any oil vapours are present from oil leakage into the furnace.
To ensure that there is sufficient air for proper combustion.
To remove any deposits from the furnace wall.
To cool the surfaces of the boiler furnace in case they give premature ignition of the burner.
Where would you find out which fire sections are enclosed by “A” or “B” class divisions on a ship?
On the ship’s fire control plans.
On the general arrangement plan.
All the mentioned alternatives.
Welding and burning are two operations which give the highest risk of a fire on board ship. Which of the following safety precautions may be regarded as the most important in order to minimise this particular risk?
The area where the welding is to take place and adjacent spaces to be cleaned and all unnecessary materials and objects to be removed.
Only holders of a welding certificate should be allowed to carry out welding or burning on board ships.
Only use electrodes from a well known manufacturer.
Electric welding plants should be controlled by a responsible engineer before use.
What does the word “pyrotechnics” mean?
Pyrotechnics are the items which are capable of self-contained chemical reactions for the production heat, light, smoke and/or sound.
Pyrotechnics are items that are used to produce technical solutions to the complex problems.
Pyrotechnics are used to ensure that the correct technical proportions are used to start the system functioning.
Pyrotechnics is a group word to cover all the required activities in the event of a man overboard.
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
During inspection of a high pressure fuel pump for a medium speed diesel engine it is observed that the upper leading edge and the lower helical edge of the pump plunger have suffered from erosion damage. Select the correct action to take to remedy this from the options given.
Renew only the plunger if the barrel appears undamaged.
Renew the plunger and barrel insert as a pair.
Smooth away the damaged area with a grinder and polishing stone and refit it.
Replace the complete pump with a new or reconditioned spare.
Which cleaning agents are suitable for use in machinery space when considering the effect on the function of the oily water separator?
Only non-emulsifying cleaning agents with self-splitting emulsifiers are suitable.
None should be used as all cleaning agents affect the function of an OWS.
Any kind of cleaning agent is suitable.
An emulsification type cleaning agent is suitable.
The purpose of having corrugations in the bulkheads of cargo tanks of an oil tanker is to:
Provide strength, but with clean and clear surfaces within the tank.
To assist in the drainage of the oil by funneling the oil to the suction well.
Reduce the effects of Free Surface within the vessel.
Provide additional resistance to shear forces and bending moments.
For how long should the self contained air support system on a totally enclosed lifeboat having its engine running be capable of providing safe and breathable air?
During cargo or bunker operations, oil response equipment is to be:
Used elsewhere in the ship.
A seawater pipe is holed due to corrosion causing frequent bilge alarms. Which of the given temporary repair methods would be the preferred option to remedy the problem until the pipe can be replaced?
Cover the hole with rubber insertion held in place with a jubilee clip.
Cover all of the affected area with fibre glass tape and resin/fibre.
Wrap duct tape around the pipe in way of the hole.
Drive a steel taper pin into the hole to seal it.
What will a cadet find in the maintenance manual?
A cadet will find a lubricating chart in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find grease in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find machinery spare parts in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find grease nipples in the maintenance manual.
What is the most suitable type of packing for a shaft gland of a pump used for seawater duties?
Lead covered hemp packing.
Mica impregnated cotton packing.
An engine room rating is given the task of retightening the flanges of a pipe that has been replaced in the engine room. Which of the following tightening procedures should be followed?
Gradually tighten all of the bolts working diagonally across and around the flange.
Start with the top bolt and fully tighten each in turn moving clockwise around the flange.
Start with the bottom bolt and partially tighten each bolt in turn working counter clockwise around the flange. Repeat to fully tighten.
Fully tighten each bolt in turn and work diagonally across and around the flanges.
What is the emergency channel on VHF?
When shutting down the flue gas plant, the last step that the operator shall carry out would be to:
Shut down of inert gas blower.
Close the gas pressure control valve.
Close the deck isolating valve.
Open ventilation valve to atmosphere.
The threads on the drain plug for the bronze end cover of a sea water cooled heat exchanger have been badly damaged during maintenance. There is no spare brass plug available. What is the best solution for repairing the heat exchanger?
Make a new brass plug on the lathe to fit the drain hole.
Use a steel plug with the same thread as the original to replace it.
Wrap the threats in thread tape and coat it with jointing compound before refitting it.
Hammer in a wooden tapered plug as a temporary repair.