Test for seamans about Deck department, Management level, Chemical Tanker (CES v6.0)

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1

Which Convention first placed on the shipowner an obligation to exercise due diligence to make a ship seaworthy, requiring him “before and at the beginning of a voyage … to … make the ship seaworthy … and … make the holds…and all other parts of the vessel in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their reception, carriage and preservation”?

Your answer is correct:

The Hague-Visby Rules.
2

Notification logging procedures (OPA-90).

Your answer is correct:

Every report or message must be logged including time and date.
3

If your chemical tanker is equipped with high velocity venting valves, at what minimum height above the weather deck or catwalk should they be installed?

Correct answer:

6 metres.

Your Answer:

3 metres.
4

The compensation payment by the charterer that is due when a vessel is unable to load / discharge her cargo within the allowed and contracted time is referred to as:

Your answer is correct:

Demurrage.
5

How often must inspection of proper working of the EPIRB’s and SART’s take place on board? Once per:

Your answer is correct:

Month.
6

Your vessel is involved in a collision with another vessel. What should you as Master tell the Master on the other vessel?

Your answer is correct:

Name; Port of registry; Port of destination of your vessel.
7

On all UMS operated vessels and also on most other vessels the engine room is equipped with fire detectors. What requirements of testing and checking of the detectors are to be observed?

Your answer is correct:

All the mentioned alternatives.
8

What is a Declaration of Security?

Your answer is correct:

A checklist jointly completed by the ship and shore security representatives.
9

The “dew point” of a liquid chemical can be defined as:

Correct answer:

The temperature at which a gas is saturated with respect to a condensable component, as in operational terms is seen at the point when air is saturated with moisture.

Your Answer:

The temperature at which a condensable component is saturated with respect to a gas, as in operational terms is seen at the point when moisture no longer detectable in air.
10

Which personnel must undergo familiarization training on board?

Your answer is correct:

Everyone.
11

What is the correct setting of the “Anti Sea Clutter” control on the radar?

Your answer is correct:

A few sea returns remaining on the screen.
12

Where would you find the document relating to the “Condition of Freeboard Assignment” onboard?

Your answer is correct:

With the Loadline Certificate.
13

On area A3 the function “Transmission and reception of on scene communications” is mainly based on:

Your answer is correct:

The use of MF and/or VHF R/T.
14

How often shall crew members participate in fire drills?

Your answer is correct:

Once every month.
15

You are close to the entrance to a port in thick fog. You hear the following signal. What does it mean?

Your answer is correct:

That there is a vessel at anchor in the vicinity. She is less than 100 metres in length.
16

Ballast introduced into a cargo tank on a chemical tanker which has been washed to such an extent that the ballast contains less than 1 ppm of the substance previously carried may be discharged into the sea without regard to the discharge rate, ship’s speed and discharge outlet location, but under certain conditions, which require:

Your answer is correct:

That the vessel is not less than 12 miles from the nearest land and is in water that is not less than 25 metres deep.
17

What action should be taken by the Officer of the Watch if someone reports a fire to them?

Your answer is correct:

Sound the Fire Alarm.
18

The authority to order the use of distress signal or distress alerts is:

Your answer is correct:

Only with the master.
19

When handing over the con of a vessel to a pilot, should the Master insist in discussing the passage plan with the pilot while he is there to use his local knowledge and advice on the navigation of the ship?

Your answer is correct:

A passage plan should be discussed between the Master and pilot, when under pilotage in the same way as discussed with the bridge team when deep sea.
20

Which of the following groups of chemical cargoes is particularly susceptible to polymerisation, especially through exposure to heat?

Your answer is correct:

Monomers.
21

The IBC Code prescribes certain design conditions for a cargo heating or cooling system fitted to a chemical tanker. What does it require in respect of pressure within such a system, for any condition other than when it is empty?

Your answer is correct:

That a higher pressure can be maintained within the system than the maximum pressure head that could be exerted by the contents of the cargo tank on that system.
22

When a character in the NAVTEX message sent is not received in the proper way:

Your answer is correct:

Nothing or a special character will be printed.
23

Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Rocket parachute flares.
24

Your chemical tanker is fitted with sumbersible deepwell cargo pumps. When stripping a tank, if excessive air is allowed to be drawn into the suction line, which of the following may occur?

Your answer is correct:

The pump will “race” and there will be a loss of suction.
25

On area A4 the function “Transmission and reception of on scene communications” is mainly based on:

Your answer is correct:

The use of MF and/or VHF R/T.
26

Hand flares and buoyant smoke signals can continue to burn or emit smoke after having been immersed for a period of 10 s:

Your answer is correct:

Right if the immersion depth is smaller than 100 mm.
27

To inform ship of coast-stations messages, coast stations give a fixed times:

Your answer is correct:

A traffic list with the call-sign of the ships involved in alphabetical numerical sequence.
28

Ballast introduced into a cargo tank on a chemical tanker which has been washed to such an extent that the ballast contains less than 1 ppm of the substance previously carried may be discharged into the sea without regard to the discharge rate, ship’s speed and discharge outlet location, but under certain conditions. What are those conditions?

Your answer is correct:

That the vessel is not less than 12 miles from the nearest land and is in water that is not less than 25 metres deep.
29

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?

Your answer is correct:

Not less than 760 mm.
30

During helicopter evacuation of an injured man, what course should the ship steer?

Your answer is correct:

As instructed by the helicopter pilot.
31

How is a Safety Management Certificate obtained?

Your answer is correct:

Ship owners has Document of Compliance issued, and vessel is assessed and holds all statutory certificates.
32

Not counting actual capacity or structural and cargo specific limitations, the IBC Code states that for a single tank on a type 3 chemical tanker:

Your answer is correct:

There is no filling restriction for a type 3 chemical tanker.
33

When a vessel violates the oil pollution laws, who may be held responsible?

Your answer is correct:

Any one involved in the operation.
34

What are the three volumes of the IAMSAR Manual?

Your answer is correct:

I – Organization and Management II – Mission Co-ordination III – Mobile Facilities.
35

Which of the following requirements regarding on board stability data corresponds to present regulations? (NSCL 4/12.1).

Your answer is correct:

A calculation example showing the use of “KG” limitation curves.
36

The time indication 121310z means in maritime radio communication:

Your answer is correct:

12th day, 13:10 hours UTC.
37

A conventional tanker has most of its tanks slack during the discharging of oil cargo, it is not of any great consequence; however, if an OBO has most of its holds slack during discharging (or loading) of oil cargo this will:

Your answer is correct:

Likely cause a sudden or violent list due to the very large free surface in the broad beamed holds?
38

How would you determine whether a particular cargo transfer hose was compatible with the chemical product to be transferred?

Your answer is correct:

Refer to the product entry in the hose manufacturer’s chemical resistance chart.
39

To what pressure will a new length of cargo hose be tested by a manufacturer prior to its supply to a vessel for service onboard a chemical tanker?

Correct answer:

Not less than one and a half times its nominal bursting pressure, but not more than four-fifths of its specified maximum working pressure.

Your Answer:

Not less than one and a half times its specified maximum working pressure, but not more than two-fifths of its bursting pressure.
40

A MMSI number consist of:

Your answer is correct:

9 digits.
41

The mandatory color of a hand flare is:

Your answer is correct:

Red.
42

Who is responsible for maintaining the vessel’s structural strength?

Your answer is correct:

The Master.
43

Which word will precede a routine message?

Your answer is correct:

No specific word will precede a routine message.
44

Under what convention is the master to ensure that a ship is seaworthy and in a fit state to safely carry a shipper’s cargo?

Your answer is correct:

The Hague-Visby Rules.
45

Which of the following is a definition of the “Proper Shipping Name”, as found in the IMDG Code?

Your answer is correct:

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.
46

Chemical tankers of 20 000 tonnes DWT or above, with a keel laid on or after 1st July 1986, when carrying flammable products with a flashpoint not exceeding 60 °C, such as those listed in chapters 17 and 18 of the International Bulk Chemical Code, are exempt from the requirement to be fitted with and use an inert gas plant provided certain conditions are met. Which of the following is a summary of those conditions?

Your answer is correct:

The cargo tank does not exceed 3 000 cubic metres capacity/each tank washing machine nozzle does not exceed 17,5 cubic metres per hour delivery rate/the total wash water input to the tank from all tank washing machines does not exceed 110 cubic metres per hour.
47

A cofferdam, a pumproom or an empty tank, located between cargo tanks containing cargoes or cargo residues which might react with each other in a hazardous manner, are all acceptable methods of segregation in chemical tanker stowage according to the IBC Code. For this purpose, it may also be acceptable to have:

Your answer is correct:

An intervening cargo tank containing a mutually compatible cargo or cargo residues.
48

If all indications are that a cargo has been received without damages, irregularities or short shipment and the phrase “apparent good order and condition” is entered on the Bill of Lading, then this Bill is this said to be:

Your answer is correct:

A clean Bill of Lading.
49

A DSC distress alert is received. The message states that communication by radiotelex is preferred. One preferably uses:

Your answer is correct:

FEC mode.
50

What is the maximum quantity of cargo permitted to be carried in a single tank on a type I chemical tanker?

Your answer is correct:

1 250 m3.
51

What rules and regulations are regulating the watch keeping routines in the engine room?

Your answer is correct:

Both STCW and Class rules.
52

You are to carry a cargo of Phenol across the North Atlantic in winter time. What precaution will you take with the double bottom tank located under the cargo tank containing the Phenol?

Your answer is correct:

It should be empty, to avoid cold water contacted the structure around the product because Phenol has a relatively high melting point.
53

Wire antenna of 12 metres long is probably:

Your answer is correct:

A MF/HF-antenna.
54

During the survey of Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) equipment, which document must be available to the surveyor to demonstrate compliance with SOLAS?

Your answer is correct:

A report giving the result of the Conformance Test issued by an Application Service Provider on behalf of an Administration.
55

As a result of being in collision with your vessel, the other vessel is involved is on fire. What are your responsibilities?

Your answer is correct:

The other vessel is in distress and if possible I will render assistance.
56

DG placards shall be located on a freight container:

Your answer is correct:

One on each end and one on each side.
57

A small vessel with a right handed propeller and no thruster is approaching a berth with an onshore wind. What is the best way to have a controlled berthing?

Your answer is correct:

Dredge a forward anchor, working the engine and rudder against it to keep the stern up.
58

Your vessel is involved in a collision with another vessel. What should you as Master tell the Master on the other vessel?

Your answer is correct:

Name of vessel; IMO number; Port of registry; Port of destination of your vessel.
59

How often shall each member of the crew participate in an “abandon ship”-drill?

Your answer is correct:

Once every month.
60

Chemical tankers are built with either “gravity” or “pressure” type cargo tanks. A “gravity” tank is one having a design pressure at the top of the tank of:

Your answer is correct:

0,7 bar.
61

When a Master takes the leadership in approaching a problem, must hist first action be a decision that will directly solve the problem?

Your answer is correct:

Not necessary, he shall use all available resourses. He should resist the temptation to step in and do it all by himself.
62

In respect of a chemical tanker, carrying category “X”, “Y” & “Z” Noxious Liquid Substances, the term “Clean Ballast” as defined in the IBC Code means:

Your answer is correct:

Ballast water carried in a tank which, since it was last used to carry a cargo containing a substance in category “X”, “Y” or “Z”, has been thoroughly cleaned and the residues resulting there from have been discharged and the tank emptied in accordance with the appropriate requirements of Annex II
63

The steps of the embarkation ladder used must be spaced apart by a distance of:

Your answer is correct:

Equally spaced, not less than 300 mm or more than 380 mm.
64

What type of Bill of Lading covers “door to door” shipment?

Your answer is correct:

A Through Bill of Lading.
65

Onboard training should be organised in such a way that:

Your answer is correct:

It is an integral part of the overall training plan.
66

The portable walkie talkies required to be carried by GMDSS regulations should have which channels as a minimum?

Your answer is correct:

Channels 6, 13 & 16.
67

Under most circumstances, how will communication be carried out between a ship and a SAR helicopter?

Your answer is correct:

On VHF Ch. 16.
68

One of the sailors needs urgent medical assistance. The VHF-call starts with:

Your answer is correct:

PAN PAN (3x).
69

You are on a vessel 10 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria, West Africa. Are you allowed to dump empty glass bottles overboard?

Your answer is correct:

No, glass bottles can not be dumped overboard.
70

Which of the following is a definition of “dew point”?

Correct answer:

The temperature at which a gas is saturated with respect to a condensable component, as in operational terms is seen at the point when air is saturated with moisture.

Your Answer:

The temperature at which a saturated gas exhibits condensation.
71

You are in an area of restricted visibility. You hear this sound signal. What does it mean?

Your answer is correct:

That there is a vessel in distress nearby.
72

Via Inmarsat-C a message is sent to an Inmarsat-C mailbox with a positive delivery notification (PDN). The ground station will:

Your answer is correct:

Send a PDN, if the message has arrived in the mailbox.
73

When loading oil in oil tankers, why are you only allowed to load maximum 98 % of the tank capacity?

Your answer is correct:

Due to temperature expansion.
74

You are to load a number of chemical cargoes in Rotterdam in December, for eventual discharge in Australia, after the ship has called at Singapore and Malaysia. None of the cargoes on board at any stage of the voyage require heating. None of the tanks to be discharged in Singapore and Malysia will require hot washing after discharge. What will need to be considered when determining the filling limits of the tanks containing the Australian cargoes?

Your answer is correct:

The maximum anticipated temperature that the cargoes will reach bearing in mind ambient air and sea temperatures to be encountered on passage, so that any expansion does not result in overflow.
75

You are on a 10 000 ton chemical tanker that in addition to fixed foam monitors, is equipped with portable foam applicators. One of the applicators is lost. When ordering a new one you would order one with:

Your answer is correct:

A throughput of at least 400 litres a minute and a “throw” of 15 metres?
76

Under what convention is the master to ensure that a ship is seaworthy and in a fit state to safely carry a shipper’s cargo?

Your answer is correct:

The Hague-Visby Rules.
77

What type of vessel would show the illustrated lights?

Correct answer:

A sailing vessel less than 20 metres in length, displaying the optional combined lantern in lieu of standard sailing lights, seen head-on.

Your Answer:

A sailing vessel of less than 10 metres in length, displaying the mandatory combined lantern inlieu of sailing lights, seen head-on.
78

Which one of the listed requirements regarding service and maintenance of life-saving appliances correspond to present regulations?

Your answer is correct:

Instructions for onboard maintenance of life-saving appliances in accordance with the regulations shall be provided.
79

Noxious Liquid Substances which, if discharged into the sea from tank cleaning or deballasting operations, are deemed to present a hazard to either marine resources or human health or cause harm to amenities or other legitimate uses of the sea and therefore justify a limitation on the quality and quantity of the discharge into the marine environment. Such substances are:

Your answer is correct:

A category “Y” substance as identified in the revised MARPOL Annex II.
80

A DSC distress alert single frequency call attempt is awaiting acknowledgement:

Your answer is correct:

Automatically repeated after 3 and a half to 4 and a half minutes.
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