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1

When discussing their chemistry of petroleum cargoes, if “Alkanes” are saturated hydrocarbons, what are unsaturated hydrocarbons?

Your answer is correct:

Alkenes.
2

One particular group of hazardous goods is highlighted by the IMDG Code as potentially being the most dangerous for carriage. Which of the following is it?

Your answer is correct:

Organic peroxides.
3

An Oil tanker experiences large bending moments and therefore the deck scantlings must be maintained within “x” length amidships, where “x” is:

Correct answer:

0,4 Length.

Your Answer:

Half Length.
4

On a ship involved in a collision, what should happen immediately after the accident has taken place?

Your answer is correct:

Crew should follow an emergency procedure.
5

Which VHF channel should be used for intership navigation safety communications?

Your answer is correct:

Ch. 13.
6

Which of the following is most commonly used by the oil industry to assess the volatility of crude oil?

Your answer is correct:

Reid vapour Pressure (RVP).
7

On board passenger ships an abandon ship drill must be performed:

Your answer is correct:

Every week.
8

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.
9

The process of settling of slops on an oil tanker is:

Your answer is correct:

Allowing the oil and water to separate out.
10

Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Secondary means of escape.
11

By what formula is the displacement calculated? W = Displacement; L = length; B = Breadth; D = depth of vessel; Cb = Block Coefficient; Cw = Coefficient of waterplane; RD = relative density.

Your answer is correct:

W = L · B · d · RD.
12

This device can detect a package of drugs inside a large delivery of ship’s stores. What is it?

Your answer is correct:

Pallet scanner.
13

What type of search pattern is recommended in the IAMSAR Manual as most effective when the location of the search object is known within relatively close limits?

Your answer is correct:

Expanding Square Search.
14

A vessel berths at two different jetties under the influence of a 1 knot beam current. At the first jetty the ship has an underkeel clearance of 5 times the draught and at the second the underkeel clearance is only 0,5 times the draught. If the current exerted a force of 50 tonnes on the ship at the first jetty, what would be the approximate force exerted at the second if the draught is the same?

Your answer is correct:

150 tonnes.
15

By the term “Stand by” the operator of a coast-station means that one should:

Your answer is correct:

Wait until the coast-station calls again.
16

What action should be taken by the Officer of the Watch in the event of fire being reported to the bridge during the 00:00 to 04:00 watch?

Your answer is correct:

Sound the Fire Alarm.
17

Which personnel must undergo familiarization training on board?

Your answer is correct:

Everyone.
18

When a message is sent by the Inmarsat-C installation to an Internet e-mail address, the land charge is:

Your answer is correct:

Independent of the destination.
19

Prior to discharging cargo from an oil tanker, “line displacement” is usually conducted to:

Your answer is correct:

Verify the pipeline contents with previous grade have been replaced.
20

A vessel has been in involved in a collision. Which procedure should happen immediately?

Your answer is correct:

There is assessment of the damage stability.
21

Why is it important to have good relationship on-board a vessel?

Your answer is correct:

It leads to better work performance and positive atmosphere among the crew.
22

What can be used to reduce the effect of the state of sea-waves?

Your answer is correct:

Vegetable/Fish Oil.
23

The system, which uses gases from an oil tankers main or auxiliary boilers?

Correct answer:

The flue gas plant.

Your Answer:

Combination – inert systems.
24

With reference to oil tanker operations, the terms UFL & LFL stand for:

Your answer is correct:

Upper Flammable Limit and Lower Flammable Limit.
25

A rocket parachute flare reaches an altitude of:

Your answer is correct:

Not less than 300 m.
26

The purpose of expansion couplings to be fitted on the longitudinal pipelines of oil tankers is:

Your answer is correct:

To allow the pipelines to follow the ships flexing movement when pitching.
27

Is it always possible to use the word “ship” instead of the word “boat”?

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Normally a small vessel is called a “boat” rather than a “ship”, otherwise it is not important.
28

The correct functioning of a DSC-modem can be checked by means of:

Your answer is correct:

The build-in test facilities in the modem.
29

Your vessel is 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.
30

Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Rocket parachute flares.
31

Which VHF channel should be used for intership navigation safety communications?

Your answer is correct:

Ch. 13.
32

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.
33

Which of the following is the correct minimum carriage requirement for a ship of more than 300 gross tons and operating in area A1:

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1 VHF RT + DSC + DSC watch receiver – 1 or 2 SART – 1 NAVTEX or 1 EGC receiver – 2 or 3 VHF portable – 1 EPIRB.
34

How would you alert others onboard if you saw a person falling overboard?

Your answer is correct:

If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout repeatedly, “Man overboard”.
35

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

Your answer is correct:

Equally spaced and not less than 300 mm or more than 380 mm.
36

When in-service testing a hose used for cargo transfer on an oil tanker (and for which the elongation of the hose assembly when new was greater than 2,5 %), the maximum permitted elongation before the hose must be withdrawn from service should be:

Your answer is correct:

Not more than 1,5 times the temporary elongation measured when the hose assembly was new, as documented in the manufacturer’s certificate.
37

The scantling draft of an oil tanker fitted with segregated ballast tanks is:

Your answer is correct:

The draught for which the structural strength of the ship has been designed.
38

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.
39

On a conventional rudder, how much lift force remains if the rudder-angle is decreased to 20 degrees, from an initial 35 degrees?

Your answer is correct:

About 80 %.
40

The display of the DSC-controller on board is showing the following lines: TX call: Selectiveto: 02114200; Category: RoutineUSB:telephony; DSC Tx 2 189,5 kHz save>send

Correct answer:

F1B.

Your Answer:

J3E.
41

The ID of an Inmarsat-M station on board starts with:

Your answer is correct:

6.
42

What is the disadvantage of using chemicals on an oil-spill on the water?

Your answer is correct:

The chemicals make it difficult to remove the oil from the water.
43

Most minor oilspills are caused by:

Your answer is correct:

Human error.
44

What are the duties of an effective bridge look out?

Your answer is correct:

Keeping a constant observation around the ship.
45

The prescribed periodic tests of the radio set must be entered in:

Your answer is correct:

Radio Log.
46

How many thermal protective aids are carried in each liferaft?

Your answer is correct:

10 % of the number of persons the liferaft is designed to carry, or two, whichever is more.
47

The reporting of incidents involving harmful substances and/or marine pollutants is regulated under:

Your answer is correct:

Protocol I of MARPOL.
48

An inert gas system is used during a Crude Oil Washing operation:

Your answer is correct:

To ensure a safe atmosphere in the cargo tank throughout the operation.
49

Substances, materials and articles shall be stowed as indicated in the Dangerous Goods List of the IMDG Code, in accordance with a series of stowage categories. How are those categories designated?

Your answer is correct:

5 categories, labelled A-E.
50

What is the correct understanding of the term “Bottlescrew”?

Your answer is correct:

A bottlescrew is a metal threaded sleeve which adjusts the length and tension on rigging or stays.
51

For the same vessel and the same rudder angle, is the diameter of the turning circle completed at full ahead smaller than one completed at half ahead?

Your answer is correct:

No, the diameter of the turning circle would be almost the same.
52

According to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions and the illustrated lights, what type of vessel is this and from what direction is it viewed?

Your answer is correct:

This is a vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling, making way through the water, with outlying gear extending more than 150 m in the direction of the all-round white light. Looking at its port side.
53

Onboard training should be organised in such a way that:

Your answer is correct:

It is an integral part of the overall training plan.
54

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.
55

Which of these statements about drug smuggling is true?

Your answer is correct:

The risks to ships are not restricted to specific areas or trading routes.
56

A vessel has been in involved in a collision. Which procedure should happen immediately?

Your answer is correct:

There is assessment of the damage stability.
57

What is most important for crew members when preparing for emergencies?

Your answer is correct:

That people are well trained.
58

MARPOL – Annex IV. Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from ships. What do you understand by the word “Sewage”?

Your answer is correct:

Drainage/waste from toilets/urinals.
59

How often should the lifeboat wire falls be turned and renewed?

Your answer is correct:

Turned at intervals of not more than 30 months and renewed every 5 years.
60

Your vessel is acting as the on scene commander during a distress rescue. Various vessels are interfering the distress traffic on the VHF. What message would you use to stop them interfering with this traffic?

Your answer is correct:

Seelonce Mayday.
61

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

Your answer is correct:

The master.
62

What kind of warning signs should be placed on manholes into void spaces?

Your answer is correct:

Warning signs that indicate lack of oxygen inside.
63

The recommended distance between parallel tracks (track spacing) in a search for a casualty by a surface vessel varies (amongst other factors) according to visibility and the nature of the target in the IAMSAR Manual. These distances are then normally adjusted for prevailing weather conditions. If visibility was 5 nautical miles and you were looking for a six-person liferaft, what would the recommended uncorrected track spacing be?

Your answer is correct:

3,6 nautical miles.
64

When describing the characteristics of oil cargoes or oil/water slops, a “mercaptan” is:

Your answer is correct:

A colourless, odorous gas, with a smell similar to rotting cabbage and which is generated naturally by the degredation of natural organisms, as may be found where water has remained under oil for a long time.
65

Referring to the SOLAS convention, how often should a crew member on a cargo ship participate in one abandon ship drill and one fire drill?

Your answer is correct:

Monthly.
66

The prescribed test of EPIRB, SART and portable VHF radio set must be entered in:

Your answer is correct:

Ship’s radio log.
67

The rotating jet water outlets on tank cleaning machines used on board oil tankers is called:

Your answer is correct:

Nozzles.
68

Depending on the API, an error measurement of 0,1 degree Fahrenheit in a tank containing 300 000 barrels of oil will result in which of the following volumes?

Your answer is correct:

300 barrels.
69

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.
70

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?
71

What is the inherent danger in welding/cutting in piping containing freon?

Your answer is correct:

Development of nitrous gases.
72

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

Correct answer:

FEC mode.

Your Answer:

ARQ mode.
73

What is the result of an “unusually large metacentric height”?

Your answer is correct:

The vessel will roll violentrly.
74

A “Pellistor” is:

Your answer is correct:

It is a sensor that can be used in a combustible gas indicators to detect and measure flammable gas concentration as a percentage of its lower flammable limit.
75

An oil tanker with a defective Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment may be allowed by a Port State Authority to trade for:

Your answer is correct:

One ballast voyage before proceeding to a repair port.
76

What is the “Scantling Draught” of an Oil Tanker with segregated ballast tanks?

Your answer is correct:

The draught for which the structural strength of the ship has been designed.
77

Oil tankers of 70 000 tons and above, delivered after 31 December 1979 shall be:

Your answer is correct:

Provided with at least 2 slop tanks.
78

Regular “updating” of a ships position in an Inmarsat-C installation is necessary:

Your answer is correct:

To have the correct position in case of accidents.
79

… a ship … intended to transport products with appreciably severe environmental and safety hazards which require significant preventative measures to preclude escape of such cargo. Usually the ship is of double-hull construction, with a variety of tank sizes/capacities. What is this the definition of?

Your answer is correct:

A type II chemical tanker, as per the IBC Code.
80

When an inhibitor is added to an oil cargo, the items mentioned on the accompanying certificate include:

Your answer is correct:

Inhibitor name; amount added; date added; period of efficiency; precautions if voyage length exceeds that period; eventual temperature limitation.
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