Test for seamans about Deck department, Operational level, Oil Tanker (CES v6.0)

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The test consisted of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 689
Your result: 85%
Right answers:
1

A wire aerial for an MF/HF-transmitter must be suspended between isolators:

Your answer is correct:

To prevent contact with earth.
2

You are to supervise a hot work repair in a cargo tank on an oil tanker. You have measured the atmosphere inside the compartment as 21 % oxygen content by volume and less than 1 % LFL hydrocarbon vapour concentration. Does this mean the work can commence? Select the most correct option.

Your answer is correct:

No. Further precautions need to be taken. The area around the work site needs to be cleaned and checks need to be made on adjacent spaces. Additional precautionary measures may need to be put in place.
3

A Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB can be used in:

Your answer is correct:

All sea-areas (A1 to A4).
4

Which of the following statements applies to fire doors in main vertical zone bulkheads and stairway enclosures in passenger ships?

Your answer is correct:

All the alternatives are correct.
5

You are starting to get low on water in the lifeboat. What should you do?

Your answer is correct:

Collect rain water.
6

When commencing the cargo transfer at the terminal, the decision to commence the transfer is made by:

Your answer is correct:

The mutual agreement of those in charge of cargo operation, both on board and ashore.
7

Which type of call will be sent by a ship in danger of capsizing and needing assistance from all vessels in her vicinity?

Your answer is correct:

Distress call.
8

What is the weather associated with being in the centre of an Anticyclone (a region of High Pressure)?

Your answer is correct:

Light winds and fair weather, sometimes fog.
9

The ship is navigating in dense fog where the visibility is less than one mile. The Arpa radar is set on a range 12 miles on a course of 314° and own ship has a vector as shown. What is the vector mode selected on the Arpa?

Your answer is correct:

True vectors.
10

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

Your answer is correct:

A traffic list with the call-sign of the ships involved in alphabetical numerical sequence.
11

What is the two letter signal, to be used by flags, radiotelephony or radiotelegraphy, meaning “Calling All Ships”?

Your answer is correct:

CQ.
12

Visual signals are used by aircraft in search and rescue operations to direct ships towards a casualty. The signals shown here are part of a sequence. What does it indicate?

Your answer is correct:

The assistance of your vessel is no longer required.
13

1 % by volume would be equivalent in parts per million (ppm) to a figure of:

Your answer is correct:

10 000 ppm.
14

Is it safe to carry a bag of tools in your hand, up a vertical ladder? Select the best option:

Your answer is correct:

No it is not – two hands should always be used to climb the ladder.
15

The capacity of a battery is expressed in:

Your answer is correct:

Ampere × hours.
16

The relay of a distress-call by an RCC for coast-station begins with:

Correct answer:

MAYDAY (3x).

Your Answer:

MAYDAY RELAY (3x).
17

What do you understand by the initials EPIRB?

Your answer is correct:

This means: Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon.
18

What is understood by the term “Dew point” of the air?

Your answer is correct:

The temperature at which condensation in the air forms into water droplets.
19

Non distress calls on 2 182 kHz and VHF channel 16 should not exceed:

Your answer is correct:

1 minute.
20

What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man overboard and in the water?

Your answer is correct:

A SART.
21

What is SITREP an abbreviation for:

Your answer is correct:

Situation Report.
22

On what wave band does the search and rescue radar transponder operate?

Your answer is correct:

9 GHz.
23

The factor delivered from the historical comparison of discrepancy between ship and shore figures is referred to as:

Your answer is correct:

Vessel Experience Factor.
24

For how long time must the printout from the Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment (ODME) be retained onboard?

Your answer is correct:

3 years.
25

A tug is moving towards the bow of the ship to make fast and is in the vicinity of the ship’s shoulder, as illustrated. What specific danger should be considered when making this approach to the bow?

Correct answer:

The tug may be turned across the bow of the ship and also suffer a lose of stability with a danger of being turned over if touched by the ship.

Your Answer:

All of the alternative answers.
26

One can check the functioning of the SART by:

Your answer is correct:

Activating the SART and checking the effect on the radar screen.
27

What is the minimum number of “international shore connections” that should be provided on vessels of 500 gross tonnage and upwards?

Your answer is correct:

1.
28

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

Your answer is correct:

1 VHF RT + DSC + DSC watch receiver – 1 or 2 SART – 1 NAVTEX or 1 EGC receiver – 2 or 3 VHF portable – 1 EPIRB.
29

What would be considered the most favourable heading of a ship when launching a lifeboat?

Your answer is correct:

The ship should steer about 30° off the prevailing weather and sea with the boat to be launch on the leeside.
30

What is the correct understanding of the term “Lapse Rate” when used in Meteorology?

Your answer is correct:

The change of the temperature in the atmosphere with height above sea level.
31

With maintenance of batteries it is of primary importance that:

Your answer is correct:

The space where the batteries are stored is properly ventilated.
32

DSC-test transmissions may:

Your answer is correct:

Be sent by an MF-installation on the DSC-distress frequency.
33

You receive via the 8 MHz a DSC distress alert. The received DSC message is however distorted. The MMSI as well as the position are illegible. After listening at the 8 MHz telephone distress frequency, nothing is heard. This is because:

Your answer is correct:

Telephone signals in the same frequency band are generally weaker than DSC signals.
34

Which spaces, in regard to fire protection, shall be separated from the rest of the ship by thermal and structural boundaries? (SOLAS II-2/2.2.2).

Your answer is correct:

Accommodation.
35

If Mouth-to-Mouth (M-T-M) ventilation by itself is unsuccessful and the casualty’s heart stops, or has stopped beating, you must perform External Chest Compression (ECC) in conjunction with M-T-M. What is the rythm when performing M-T-M in combination with ECC with one First Aider only?

Your answer is correct:

15 compressions followed by 2 full ventilations.
36

If the ship’s Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment is inoperational, the items to record in the Oil Record Book include:

Your answer is correct:

The time/reason of the failure, and the time at which it is made operational again.
37

If a distress signal is received on board your ship, what should be the first action that should be taken?

Correct answer:

Attempt to establish contact with the distressed vessel.

Your Answer:

Determine how close your vessel is to the distressed vessel.
38

What is the meaning of the abbreviation “RQ” at the end of a DSC sequence?

Your answer is correct:

Acknowledgement request.
39

The primary purpose of the water seal within an inert gas system is:

Your answer is correct:

To prevent the passage of petroleum gases back to the machinery spaces.
40

The battery of an EPIRB should be changed:

Correct answer:

Every 4 years.

Your Answer:

Every 2 years.
41

A Class divisions in ships are constructed so that they are capable of preventing the passage of smoke and flame to the end of a standard fire test held for how many minutes?

Your answer is correct:

60 minutes.
42

Which of the following requirements applies to a fixed fire detection system?

Your answer is correct:

All the answers are correct.
43

What fixed fire fighting medium do we normally use in the engine room, pump room and other spaces?

Your answer is correct:

The fixed fire fighting medium in engine room, pump room etc. is Carbon Dioxide CO2, Halon or foam.
44

What is the correct understanding of the term “Bending moments” when applied to ships?

Correct answer:

The longitudinal Bending Moment at any section within the ship is the total moments tending to alter the longitudinal shape of the ship.

Your Answer:

The longitudinal Bending Moments are the forces between empty and full compartments causing the ship to bend and change shape.
45

The receipt of a distress alert is to be pronounced as followed:

Your answer is correct:

Mayday (1x), call-sign of ship in distress (3x) / this is / own call-sign (3x) / received mayday.
46

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

Correct answer:

Only with the master.

Your Answer:

The person designated to maintain communication during distress situations.
47

When a satellite receives a “distress alert” from a Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB, the relay of the “distress alert” can be delayed because the satellite cannot immediately contact a:

Your answer is correct:

LUT before the satellite is actually seen by this ground station.
48

What is the ideal working temperature for physical work?

Your answer is correct:

17-20 °C.
49

What do you call the method used for bone-soft part injuries?

Correct answer:

ICE-method.

Your Answer:

ABC-method.
50

MARPOL – Annex IV. Your ship has in operation an approved sewage treatment plant certified by the Administration. During discharge, while vessel is awaiting pilot off Cape Henry, USA, the surrounding water is discoloured. What kind of action would be appropriate to take?

Your answer is correct:

Stop discharge.
51

Which of these weapons are widely available and commonly used by criminals and terrorists to further their aims?

Your answer is correct:

Gun.
52

All waste receptacles shall be of non-combustible materials, built and equipped with:

Your answer is correct:

No openings in sides and bottom.
53

The passage of electrical current through the body may result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. You are witness to man getting electric current through his body and is stuck to the dangerous area. It is impossible to switch off the current by any main switch. How to break the current safely?

Your answer is correct:

Stand on dry insulating material and pull the person away with isolating material.
54

The engines are going astern and the ship is making sternway of about 1,5 knots with the rudder hard to starboard. What effect will this have on the ship’s progress?

Correct answer:

This will give the stern a lift force to starboard.

Your Answer:

The rudder will have no effect when the ship is making sternway, it should be in the amidships position when going astern.
55

What new stability problems would be caused by having deep double bottom tanks on double hull oil tankers?

Your answer is correct:

The Metacentric Height (GM) would have to be considered.
56

Two ships are meeting in a restricted channel as illustrated. Which of the following actions would be the most suitable to take on both vessels as they approach and pass each other?

Correct answer:

Slow down if possible without losing steerage and be prepared for prompt application of rudder to counteract any swing as they approach and pass each other.

Your Answer:

Increase speed slightly to pass each other as quickly as possible and thereby reduce the effects of “ship to ship” interaction.
57

The chemical characteristics of effluent water from an inert gas scrubber and the condensate which collects in the deck mains would be:

Your answer is correct:

Acidic in nature.
58

Unconscious casualties who are breathing and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the Recovery Position. Why is this position so important?

Your answer is correct:

The position ensures that an open airway is maintained.
59

What is the maximum length of a fire zone on any deck?

Your answer is correct:

40 metres.
60

In context of cargo oil depth and ullage measurements, the abbreviation UTI stands for:

Your answer is correct:

Ullage Temperature Interface.
61

What is one of the dangerous states a survivor may suffer from?

Your answer is correct:

Hypothermia.
62

What are the tricing pendants made for?

Your answer is correct:

They automatically prevent any gap between the ship side and the lifeboat at the first stage of its launching.
63

Maximum shearing forces are likely to occur on an oil tanker:

Correct answer:

At the bulkhead between empty and full tanks.

Your Answer:

At the mid-length of the ship.
64

Special Areas as per MARPOL are:

Your answer is correct:

Specific geographical sea areas in which special mandatory measures for the prevention of sea pollution by oil are required.
65

When decanting water overboard from the slop tank, it is recommended:

Correct answer:

From berth to berth.

Your Answer:

From Full Away On Passage (FAOP) to End Of Passage.
66

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.
67

A ship is navigating in the Caribbean in August when it receives the warning of a Hurricane. To determine the centre of the storm the Master uses “Buys Ballot’s Law” and faces the wind. On what side of the Master would the low pressure area be located?

Your answer is correct:

On the right side.
68

Which of the following ear protection devices is most effective?

Your answer is correct:

Ear muffs.
69

In the Inmarsat Maritime Communications Handbook one can find information about:

Your answer is correct:

2 digit code telex services.
70

Which of the following two digits codes is used to obtain medical advice?

Your answer is correct:

32.
71

Treatment of burns and scalds depends on the severity of the injury. What is the correct thing to do for minor burns and scalds?

Your answer is correct:

Place the injured part under slowly running cold water for at least 10 minutes, but preferably until the pain is gone. If no water is available, use any cold, harmless liquid.
72

If Mouth-to-Mouth (M-T-M) ventilation by itself is unsuccessful and the casualty’s heart stops, or has stopped beating, you must perform External Chest Compression (ECC) in conjunction with M-T-M. what is the complete rate when performing ECC?

Your answer is correct:

Complete 15 compressions at the rate of 80 compressions per minute.
73

When steering by autopilot, how often should manual steering be checked?

Your answer is correct:

At least once a watch.
74

A non-volatile petroleum is defined as that which:

Your answer is correct:

Has a flashpoint of 60 °C or above.
75

The position that is determined by built in GPS-receiver in an Inmarsat-EPIRB has an accuracy of about:

Your answer is correct:

200 meters.
76

The “pour point” of an oil cargo is:

Your answer is correct:

The lowest temperature at which it will remain fluid.
77

When a ship is lying at anchor in a tidal area using both forward anchors, to what particular aspect should the officer of the watch be paying special attention?

Your answer is correct:

When the ship swings to the tide the direction of swing should be controlled to avoid the anchor cables becoming wrapped round each other.
78

You are on a power-driven vessel underway in open water. You observe this vessel, directly ahead, on a steady bearing, with the distance closing steadily. What can you tell about this vessel from the lights it is displaying?

Correct answer:

This vessel is not under command and is not making way through the water. I cannot tell its aspect.

Your Answer:

This vessel is restricted in its ability to manoeuvre and is stopped in the water. I am seeing it from astern.
79

If a person is in a state of shock, what of the following is the correct thing of you to do?

Your answer is correct:

Treat and reassure the casualty and stay with the person at all times.
80

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?

Your answer is correct:

Go to your lifeboat station.
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