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

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What type of dynamic forces may cause indent in plating on forecastle deck and main deck in way of pillars inside forecastle?:

Your answer is correct: Pressure forces caused by green water on deck.

Which of the following channels and modes should be used when initiating a distress alert transmission?:

Your answer is correct: Channel 70 DSC.

A tug is connected to the bow of a vessel. Will the force exerted by it be the same at any ahead speed?:

Your answer is correct: No, on the bow the tug uses power to run with the vessel, which reduces the available power on the towline.

Which of the following requirements regarding life-buoys correspond to present regulations? (SOLAS III/7.1).:

Your answer is correct: All life-buoys shall be placed in holders with quick-release arrangement.

Inmarsat Telex Service code “33” can be used:

Your answer is correct: When technical problems are experienced with the Inmarsat-terminal.

Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct: Rocket parachute flares.

What is a Declaration of Security?:

Your answer is correct: A checklist jointly completed by the ship and shore security representatives.

MARPOL 73/78 defines a “high viscosity substance” as:

Your answer is correct: A noxious liquid substance in category “X” or “Y” with a viscosity equal to or greater than 50 mPa·s at the unloading temperature.

It is the Master’s responsibility to ensure that:

Your answer is correct: Concerned personnel carry out the onboard training programme effectively.

To maintain good relationship among the crew on board a vessel, one must be:

Your answer is correct: Understanding, Co-operative, and have respect from both sides.

Which personnel must undergo familiarization training on board?:

Your answer is correct: Everyone.

A chemical tanker may be granted, by the Government of the receiving Party, an exemption from carrying out a mandatory prewash provided that the:

Correct answer: Unloaded tank is to be reloaded with the same substance or another substance compatible with the previous one and that the tank will not be washed or ballasted prior to loading.

Your reply: That the unloaded tank will be washed outside a special area.

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.

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.

The Training Manual shall contain instructions and information on the life-saving appliances and the best method of survival. The training manual shall contain detailed explanations of crew duties in relation to emergency situations. Which of the following tasks or duties shall be included in the manual according to present regulations?:

Your answer is correct: The use of the ship’s line throwing apparatus.

How can an ARPA best assist the bridge team to steer a suitable course to make good the entrance to a channel?:

Your answer is correct: Alter course so that own-ships ground stabilised true vector passes through the entrance to the channel.

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.

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

Your answer is correct: Both STCW and Class rules.

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

Your answer is correct: 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.

What are the three volumes of the IAMSAR Manual?:

Your answer is correct: I – Organization and Management II – Mission Co-ordination III – Mobile Facilities.

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.

DG placards shall be located on a freight container:

Your answer is correct: One on each end and one on each side.

Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of lifeboats and life-rafts corresponds to present SOLAS regulations?:

Your answer is correct: Lifeboats shall be stowed attached to launching appliances.

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.

As per SOLAS regulations, the general emergency alarm system must be tested:

Your answer is correct: Every week.

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.

You can reduce the need for security guards in certain areas by installing:

Your answer is correct: Anti-intruder devices.

What is the probable cause of an error in the position shown on a GPS receiver set into “2D” fixing?:

Your answer is correct: Incorrect height of the antenna set into the receiver.

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.

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.

“Passivation” is a restorative process periodically applied to stainless steel tanks on a chemical tanker. What effect does this process have on the steel surface?:

Correct answer: It restores and reforms the passive Chromium Hydroxide surface layer.

Your reply: It restricts active corrosion on the surface steel.

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.

The transmitting power of the VHF is adjusted by setting:

Your answer is correct: High/low power.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As per IMDG Code, the term “separated from” can be defined as:

Your answer is correct: In different compartments or holds when stowed “under deck”. Provided an intervening deck is resistant to fire and liquid, a vertical separation may be accepted as equivalent. For “on deck” stowage, this segregation means a distance of at least 6 metres.

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

Your answer is correct: MAYDAY RELAY (3x).

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.

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

Your answer is correct: On VHF Ch. 16.

The mode J2B is used:

Your answer is correct: For radiotelex-traffic in the MF/HF band between the ship and shore stations.

A “Standard Format for Search and Rescue Situation Reports” (SITREPs) should be used by vessels in distress. The SITREP can be compiled as a short form (urgent essential details). Which of the following information shall be included when using the “short form”?:

Your answer is correct: Weather on-scene.

What signal may be given by sound and by light to indicate that a vessel fails to understand the intentions or actions of another vessel, or is in doubt that sufficient action is being taken by the other to avoid collision?:

Your answer is correct: Five short and rapid blasts (flashes).

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 is:

Your answer is correct: Not less than 760 mm.

The mandatory color of a hand flare is:

Your answer is correct: Red.

The mode J2B is used:

Your answer is correct: For radiotelex-traffic in the MF/HF band between the ship and shore stations.

With what system is a NAVTEX-message transmitted?:

Your answer is correct: FEC.

With respect to the ISM, what training in addition to lifeboat and fire drills must be carried out?:

Your answer is correct: Familiarization, and other drills identified as necessary by the ship.

A MF/HF-DSC multi-frequency call attempt may:

Your answer is correct: Be repeated after 3 and a half to 4 and a half minutes.

A cargo pumproom or other enclosed space which contains cargo handling equipment on a chemical tanker shall be fitted with a mechanical ventilation system, capable of being controlled from outside the space. What is the minimum number of atmosphere changes per hour, based on the total volume of the space, that such a system must deliver?:

Your answer is correct: Not less than 30 charges per hour.

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

Which of the following is a coast station MMSI?:

Correct answer: 2275300.

Your reply: 227530000.

What is the purpose of the “SQUELCH” on a VHF transmitter/receiver?:

Your answer is correct: Reduce the “noise” in the background.

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.

For security purposes, the IMDG Code should be read in conjunction with the:

Your answer is correct: Chapter XI-2 of SOLAS and Part A of the ISPS Code.

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.

With what system is a NAVTEX-message transmitted?:

Your answer is correct: FEC.

Which option best completes the following statement? The version of the IHO presentation library on the ECDIS is important because:

Your answer is correct: If it is not the latest version, the ECDIS will not be compliant.

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

Your answer is correct: Once every month.

As per MARPOL 73/78, coal slurry, clay slurry, dextrose solution and molasses are classified as:

Your answer is correct: OS (Other substances).

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:

Correct answer: An intervening cargo tank containing a mutually compatible cargo or cargo residues.

Your reply: A common bulkhead, provided it is at least 10 mm thick.

As per the IMDG Code, “Marine Pollutant” is defined as:

Your answer is correct: A substance which is subject to the provisions of Annex III of MARPOL.

What immediate action should be taken if a ship unexpectedly runs aground and stops?:

Your answer is correct: Stop engine(s).

Onboard training should be organised in such a way that:

Your answer is correct: It is an integral part of the overall training plan.

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.

The carriage of a new Noxious Liquid Substance not yet listed in the IBC Code may be considered possible, provided it is achieved through a “tri-partite” agreement between:

Your answer is correct: The Port State of the Shipper/the Flag State of the Carrier/the Port State of the Receiver.

During an audit, adherence to the company cargo handling procedures can best be demonstrated:

Your answer is correct: By being able to provide comprehensive and verifiable documentary records of cargo operations.

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

Your answer is correct: Not less than one and a half times its specified maximum working pressure, but not more than two-fifths of its bursting pressure.

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.

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?:

Your answer is correct: 6 metres.

When should a crew member joining a ship for the first time be given some training and instructions in the use of the ship’s fire-fighting appliances?:

Your answer is correct: As soon as possible but not later than 2 weeks after he joins the ship.

In a typical shipboard de-humidifier plant as may be found on a modern chemical tanker, operating on a “rotating bed” principle, what names are given to the two parts of the rotating bed?:

Your answer is correct: The “process sector” and the “reactivation sector”.

Testing a SART is permitted:

Correct answer: At sea, outside territorial waters, and in a port or harbour.

Your reply: Only at sea, outside territorial waters.

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.

You are carrying a bulk cargo of Phosphoric Acid. Which components of the cargo pumps may be damaged as a result of discharging this particular cargo and why?:

Your answer is correct: The cargo seals may be damaged from the abbrasive effect of any sediment.

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

Your answer is correct: 3 years.

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.

How often shall crew members participate in fire drills?:

Your answer is correct: Once every month.

Which one of the given requirements regarding survival craft muster and embarkation arrangements corresponds to the present SOLAS regulations?:

Your answer is correct: Muster and embarkation stations shall be readily accessible from accommodation and work areas.

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