Test results: Test for Seamans, Assessing Professional English Language (CES v6.0)

1

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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2

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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3

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Not yet, the AB is arranging it now.

Your Answer:

It’s only Thursday, it’ll take another week.

4

Understand where the risk of an eye injury exists and ____ suitable protection to prevent such injury.

Your answer is correct:

Identify.

5

Pilots provide a vital service to seafarers by assisting with the safe navigation of vessels at the ____ stages of the voyage.

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Most critical.

Your Answer:

Most criticised.

6

Ratings forming part of a navigational watch are ____ able to comply with helm orders issued in English.

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Required to be.

Your Answer:

Refused to be.

7

The ____ hit hard just as we arrived in port, it was a blizzard.

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Snow.

Your Answer:

Sunshine.

8

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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9

We lost total power when the ____ occured.

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Blackout.

Your Answer:

Blanked.

10

The vessel is owned by a Greek company but flagged in ____.

Your answer is correct:

Panama.

11

MARPOL: The International Convention for the ____ of Pollution from Ships.

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Prevention.

Your Answer:

Protection.

12

Masters and crew must have a zero ____ of unplanned entry into enclosed spaces.

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Tolerance.

Your Answer:

Aptitude.

13

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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14

We painted the ship’s main deck early in the ____ before the sun got too hot.

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Morning.

Your Answer:

Home leave.

15

The person assigned to keep ____ should not attend to any other duties during the period of hot work.

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Fire watch.

Your Answer:

Drinking.

16

Marine engineers are ____ the operation and maintenance of the vessel’s engines, as well as the electrical and electronic equipment.

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Responsible for.

Your Answer:

To be responsive.

17

Crew members assigned to the engine room must be alert and prepared for risks ____ hot spots.

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Associated with.

Your Answer:

Assessment.

18

Basic safety familiarisation will enable you to take immediate action upon ____ an accident or other medical emergency.

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Encountering.

Your Answer:

Reacting.

19

Under the STCW Convention, all seafarers ____ minimum standards of competence, age, medical fitness, and approved sea-going service.

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Need to meet.

Your Answer:

Have meeting.

20

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Yes of course, it’s really a two man job.

Your Answer:

I’m sorry, you can’t smoke here.

21

Vessel personnel must react immediately to any suspected ____ of security.

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Breaches.

Your Answer:

Brackets.

22

It looked like a ____ from this distance, at least there seemed to be pipework on deck.

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Tanker.

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Fishing vessel.

23

Any training that is carried out onboard, as part of an approved training programme, must be ____ in a training record book.

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Recorded.

Your Answer:

Rounded.

24

The training course lasts 3 days, from Tuesday to ____.

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Thursday.

Your Answer:

Saturday.

25

Under the STCW Convention, all officers in charge of a watch must have a good ____ of spoken and written English.

Your answer is correct:

Compound.

26

Excessive amounts of grease do not ensure that wire ropes are ____ corrosion and may in fact hide corrosion deficiencies.

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Protected from.

Your Answer:

Protect by.

27

Sometimes we had a barbecue on the ____.

Your answer is correct:

Poop deck.

28

The rigging of pilot ladders should be ____ under the supervision of a responsible officer.

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Performed.

Your Answer:

Proofed.

29

It is essential to avoid dehydration: ____.

Your answer is correct:

Drink water.

30

Crew members, of all ranks, should feel empowered ____ inappropriate decisions.

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To challenge.

Your Answer:

And corrective.

31

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Yes, we’re getting into some fog now.

Your Answer:

I don’t mind if you use the mobile phone.

32

The bosun, who was in charge of the operation, ____ the cargo net to the launch.

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Lowered.

Your Answer:

Towered.

33

It looked like a ____ from this distance, at least there seemed to be pipework on deck.

Your answer is correct:

Tanker.

34

____ of alcohol or illegal drugs can severely impair any seafarer’s fitness for duty.

Your answer is correct:

Consumption.

35

The problem of piracy is ____ differently by companies depending on the type of ship and its trading routes.

Your answer is correct:

Being dealt with.

36

Vessel personnel must react immediately to any suspected ____ of security.

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Breaches.

Your Answer:

Personnel.

37

The ____ was getting worse, a cyclone was forming.

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Weather.

Your Answer:

Cooking.

38

Hot work must be planned and supervised and crew should be fully aware of the ____ system.

Your answer is correct:

Permit to work.

39

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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40

Once a fire has been contained, smoke boundaries ____ to identify the furthest the team can progress towards a fire in fresh air.

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Are established.

Your Answer:

Are estimable.

41

Ballast is intended to provide ____.

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Are established.

Your Answer:

Establishing.

42

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Nearly, it’ll be done shortly.

43

STCW requires all seafarers to receive familiarisation and basic safety training or instruction ____ section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code.

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In accordance with.

Your Answer:

Interaction with.

44

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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45

Three crew members ____ the rescue boat.

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Boarded.

Your Answer:

Has boarded.

46

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

Your answer is correct:

Yes, I will, some deck areas need another coat.

47

The ship’s engineers decided to carry out a ____ to locate any leaks.

Correct answer:

Pressure test.

Your Answer:

Injured crewmember.

48

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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The Chief Engineer has gone back to the control room.

Your Answer:

I know, the game starts at 8.

49

No sudden or unusual ship movements ____ at the time of the accident.

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Were reported.

Your Answer:

Are report.

50

Pilots provide a vital service to seafarers by assisting with the safe navigation of vessels at the ____ stages of the voyage.

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Most critical.

Your Answer:

Most criticised.

51

After the rescue boat was loaded it was ____ to the water by lifting the brake.

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Lowered.

Your Answer:

Powdered.

52

All joining crew need to complete a period of ship-specific and security familiarisation training before ____ any shipboard functions.

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Being assigned.

Your Answer:

Boarding.

53

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Stop cargo operations.

Your Answer:

Is the radar operational?

54

Do not be afraid to ask questions2 if you have ____ about your duties, safe working practices or emergency procedures.

Your answer is correct:

Any doubts.

55

Crew members, of all ranks, should feel empowered ____ inappropriate decisions.

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To challenge.

Your Answer:

Strictly.

56

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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57

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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I see that, I’ll use both hands on the railings.

Your Answer:

Thanks, I can get my medical at the next port.

58

Enclosed space openings ____ rigorously controlled.

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Need to be.

Your Answer:

Had needing be.

59

The master ____ evacuate the engine room, shut down ventilation and operate the fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system.

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Decided to.

Your Answer:

Handle the.

60

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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61

We painted the ship’s main deck early in the ____ before the sun got too hot.

Your answer is correct:

Morning.

62

Do not mix bunkers from two ____ suppliers in the same tanks.

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Different.

Your Answer:

Strange.

63

The Bosun ____ the access hatch of the tank to start ventilating it with air.

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Opened.

Your Answer:

Closed.

64

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Yes, all the lights were working properly.

Your Answer:

Yes, we had all available hands deployed.

65

All team members must maintain a high level of ____ at all times.

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Situational awareness.

Your Answer:

Working aloft.

66

The bosun, who was in charge of the operation, ____ the cargo net the launch.

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Lowered.

Your Answer:

Towered.

67

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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69

Please view the image, listen to each audio clip and then select the correct answer.

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70

Three crew members ____ the rescue boat.

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Boarded.

Your Answer:

Has board.

71

Later in the day the weather ____ bad again.

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Turned.

Your Answer:

Gained.

72

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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We should stop and finish the job later.

Your Answer:

The VHF transmitter is working now.

73

The chief engineer ____ to the master that there was a fire and a large volume of smoke in the engine room.

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Investigated and reported.

Your Answer:

And the oiler.

74

Please listen to the audio clip and select the correct answer.

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Just one more checklist then we’re done.

Your Answer:

Make sure you stay clear of the snap back zone.

75

Ballast is intended to provide ____.

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Stability.

Your Answer:

Suitability.

76

Crewmembers must be ____ for hazardous conditions and be prepared to report them.

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Alert.

Your Answer:

Always.

77

The bunker barge is expected at noon, we’ll need to be ready beforehead at ____.

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11:30.

Your Answer:

12:30.

78

Drills and contingency plans are needed to better prepare crews to ____ propulsion failures.

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Deal with.

Your Answer:

Evacuate.

79

STCW: The International Convention on ____ of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping.

Correct answer:

Standards.

Your Answer:

Section.

80

The socket and adaptor ____ and led to a fire.

Correct answer:

Overheated.

Your Answer:

Offered.