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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.
In a refrigeration system what is the most likely cause of the compressor suction pressure being too law and causing the compressor to short cycle?
System overcharged with refrigerant.
Insufficient cooling water flow through the condenser.
Expansion valve stuck open.
System undercharged with refrigerant.
What is meant by the term “segregation”?
The process of electronically transferring the data on cargoes loaded on a vessel between the load port and the discharge port, such that import documentation is prepared in advance of the vessel’s arrival.
The stowage of cargoes when calculated by a computerized load program.
The planned, separated stowage of cargoes that may react dangerously with each other in the event of leakage or other damage.
The planned adjacent stowage of packaged goods, thereby confining a listed hazard within the same area of the ship.
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.
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.
Wherever space is available.
In a state of readiness so that two crew-members can prepare for embarkation and launching in less than 15 minutes.
On the starboard side of the ship.
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.
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.
During maintenance of a pneumatically operated, diaphragm actuated control valve the diaphragm is found to be split. Select, from the options given, a suitable material to use to make a temporary replacement if there is no spare diaphragm available.
Natural rubber sheet of approximately the same thickness and elasticity as the original diaphragm material.
Cotton reinforced rubber insertion sheet of smaller thickness but similar strength as the original diaphragm material.
Natural rubber sheet of greater thickness and lower elasticity as the original diaphragm material.
Cotton reinforced rubber insertion sheet of approximately the same thickness but less elasticity than the original diaphragm material.
What type of fire integrity must be provided for an engine control room?
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.
What should be the first action to be taken in the event of the water level disappearing out of the boiler water level gauge glass?
Close the main steam stop valve.
Secure all of the burners.
Close the feed water stop valve.
When operating a propulsion installation consisting of medium speed diesel engines driving a controllable pitch propeller it is possible to operate the combination of engine speed and propeller pitch in a number of different ways. What would be the main reason for operating with constant speed and variable pitch?
To allow the engine to be operated with a load sensing governor instead of a speed sensing governor.
To allow rapid load change and thrust reversal when manoeuvring.
To obtain maximum propeller efficiency over the load range of the engine.
To allow constant speed operation of a shaft generator while the engine load changes with pitch variation.
An engine room rating is assisting the duty engineer during a period of UMS operation. After completing the tasks they have been busy with the engineer and rating leave the engine room which is returned to UMS mode. The rating realises that an oil tank filling valve has been left open. What action should be taken?
Inform the duty engineer immediately so that the engine room can be re-entered and the valve can be shut.
Inform another crewmember that he is going back into the engine room to close the valve.
Just leave the valve open as it is unsafe to enter the engine room alone. The high alarm will sound to notify the engineer when the tank is full.
Re-enter the engine room straight away and shut the valve.
On a fire patrol at night you see smoke coming from a closed cabin door. What action should you take first?
Activate the nearest fire alarm button and advise bridge of the location of the fire.
Get the nearest fire extinguisher and then open the door to see what the situation is.
Take a look inside the cabin to see what the situation is.
As most people are sleeping, call a friend and ask him to assist in putting out the fire.
What are the lists called that give the position and task during a lifeboat drill for all persons on board the ship?
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.
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?
How much liferaft capacity should be provided on a conventional cargo ship of more than 85 meters in length?
100 % of the complement if it can be readily launched on either side of the ship. If it cannot be readily launched on either side, 100 % must be provided on each side.
50 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
75 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
25 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
The normal carbon content of Crude Oil is in the range of:
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.
What is the disadvantage of using chemicals on an oil-spill on the water?
The water gets a white colour, which makes it easy to detect the oil-spill.
It is difficult to apply chemicals if there is any wind.
The chemicals make it difficult to remove the oil from the water.
It is difficult to apply the chemicals if the oil drifts away from the ship’s side.
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 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 examples of Aromatic Hydrocarbons will include:
Benzene, Toluene and Xylene.
Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Monoxide.
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide.
Propane, Butane and Pentane.
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.
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.
Unfortunately an insect has become lodged in the ear. How to remove the insect?
By using rubber vacuum pump and suck the foreign body out.
Hold one hand across your nose and blow hard. Since the nose-channel is closed, the air will escape through the ears instead. And so will the foreign body.
Gently flood the casualty’s ear with terpid water so that the insect will float out.
By using a Q-tip and carefully try to get the insect out.
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.
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 low temperature freshwater system.
A central cooling system.
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 insulation resistance (IR) to earth of a new galley hot-plate is measured to be 30 Mohm. When three identical hot-plates on the same supply are tested together their combined IR will be:
What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man overboard and in the water?
A sectored search pattern.
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.
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?
What do you call the method used for bone-soft part injuries?
What kind of extinguishing-remedy would you choose to put out an electrical fire?
Combination of powder and water.
Dry extinguishing remedy.
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.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Muster station for unaccompanied minors (UM).
The purpose of the demister unit within the Inert Gas System is:
To remove sulphur oxides.
To remove water from the IGS stream.
What method shall be used when hauling survivors out of the sea (state of survivors is critical)?
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.
While assisting the watchkeeper with routine cleaning of the fuel oil separator the watch rating is requested to clean the plate stack. Which of the options given is the preferred method for such a task?
Soak the dirty plates in a solvent for an hour and then stand them on the engine room deck to drain off.
Scrape the plates as clean as possible with a packing knife and then wash them with a high pressure water hose.
With the plate stack in position fill the purifier bowl with clean diesel oil and quickly switch it on and off to wash the plates.
Soak the plates in a suitable solvent until all of the dirt has loosened off and wipe clean with rags.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The following information must be given on the SART:
The date of replacement of the hydrostatic release unit.
The name of the operator.
Date of replacement of the batteries.
What is the first thing that should be checked when taking over a boiler watch?
The boiler room bilge level.
The oil pressure to the burner.
The boiler exhaust gas colour.
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.
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.
During maintenance work in the engine room or on deck it is often necessary to work aloft (work at a height above the plates or the deck). When working aloft onboard the ship what is the most important safety precaution that should be taken?
Wear a safety harness securely attached to ship’s structure.
Wear a safety helmet and goggles.
Lash the bottom of the ladder to a fixed point.
Keep all the tools required for the work in a bucket.
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.
What is the emergency frequency of MF (Medium Frequency) radio?
The bones in the human body are connected to each other by:
Different type of joints.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hot work is to be carried out close to a smoke detector in the engine room. What precautions should be taken?
Notify Deck Officer and Engineer Officer in charge. The loop for the smoke detector should be isolated while work is done and normal precautions for hot work taken including permit to work.
Disconnect or cover up the smoke detector.
No special precautions except for having a watch man and a fire extinguisher available.
Notify Deck Officer in charge that a fire alarm may occur.
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.
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 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.
What is flashpoint of an oil or liquefied gas?
The flashpoint is the mixture of oxygen and hydro carbons needed to have an oil or liquefied gas to burn.
The flashpoint for an oil or liquefied gas is the temperature at which it is possible to ignite the vapour above the liquid.
The flashpoint is the temperature the oil or liquefied gas need for self ignition.
The flashpoint is the temperature needed to have a oil or liquefied gas pumpable.
What is the correct name of the equipment shown in the sketch?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Why should boiler sootblowers normally only be operated in the correct sequence?
To ensure soot is cleared progressively from the bottom tubes to the top and toward the boiler uptakes.
To minimise loss of steam pressure.
So that the operator does not forget which sootblowers have been used.
To avoid excess stress in the boiler.
What action should be taken if it is noticed that there is a quantity of oil on the engine room tank top?
Start the fire pump and wash the oil into the bilges.
Open the overboard valve and start the bilge pump.
Apply foam to the tank top to minimise any risk of fire.
Notify the duty engineer and try and find the cause of the leakage so that it can be stopped and the oil cleaned up.
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
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.