Test for Deck department on Oil Tanker (CES v6.0)
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The test consisted of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 470
Total questions on this topic: 470
Your result: 79%
Right answers:
1
During bunker operations, oil response equipment is to be:
Your answer is correct:
Ready for immediate use.2
What do you understand by the term “Let go the tug”?
Your answer is correct:
To cast off the lines that secure the tug to the ship.3
When a fire breaks out in the accommodation, cargo holds or on deck, who is in charge of the fire fighting operations?
Your answer is correct:
The person who is designated in the muster list.4
What is a “Bollard”?
Your answer is correct:
A Bollard is a thick steel post to which mooring lines are secured.5
In the diagram, the depth of water under the keel is indicated by the letter “C”. Which bridge instrument would indicate this depth?
Your answer is correct:
Echo Sounder.6
What do you understand by “Secure the tug”?
Your answer is correct:
Secure the tug means: to make fast the tug.7
You are leading a team fighting an interior fire. If you see the colour of the smoke changing from dark black to grey, what is the most probable reason for that change?
Correct answer:
The team is applying water and the temperature is decreasing.Your Answer:
The percentage of oxygen is getting below 15 %.8
What is the daytime signal to be shown when the vessel is at anchor?
Your answer is correct:
A black ball forward where it can best be seen.9
The minimum number of lifebuoys required on a cargo ship depends on:
Your answer is correct:
The length of the ship.10
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 (muster station).11
Where on the illustration of a mooring deck is the “PANAMA LEAD”?
Your answer is correct:
The Panama Lead is indicated by letter C.12
On the figure 4 possible definitions of the term “QUAY” are given. Which one is the correct one?
Your answer is correct:
Quay is given by A on the figure.13
Which of the following is part of the spill response equipment inventory?
Your answer is correct:
Sorbents.14
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.15
What do you understand by “Secure the tug”?
Your answer is correct:
To make fast the tug.16
What does the abbreviation “OBO” stand for?
Your answer is correct:
Ore Bulk Oil.17
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of liferafts corresponds to present SOLAS regulations?
Your answer is correct:
Liferafts shall be stowed with its painter permanently attached to the ship.18
What do you understand by: “Let go the port anchor”?
Correct answer:
Open the port windlass brake.Your Answer:
Put the port windlass brake in gear and lower the anchor.19
What is flashpoint of an oil or liquefied gas?
Your answer is correct:
The flash point for an oil or liquefied gas is the temperature at which it is possible to ignite the vapour above the liquid.20
In order to extinguish a flammable liquid of the same kind as alcohol, we can use:
Correct answer:
Anti-alcohol foam.Your Answer:
Water and foam.21
What do you understand by “Bitter end”?
Your answer is correct:
The end link of an anchor cable that is secured within the chain locker.22
Which one of the listed fire-extinguishing medium is to be preferred to fight a fire in an electric installation (for example the main switchboard)?
Your answer is correct:
Powder.23
What should be carried out before entering the pump room?
Your answer is correct:
Notify the Chief Officer or officer on duty and run the ventillation for at least 15 minutes.24
The figure shows the cross section of a ship floating in water with the hull coloured in red and the seabed below the vessel shaded. On this figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “UNDERKEEL CLEARANCE” given. Which one is the correct one?
Your answer is correct:
Underkeel clearance is given by A.25
We must clean the spots of oil on hot surfaces because:
Your answer is correct:
All the answers are correct.26
Which of the following best describes the atmosphere in the space above an oil cargo in a tank that has been filled with Inert Gas?
Your answer is correct:
The atmosphere within the tank contains insufficient oxygen to support the combustion of hydrocarbons.27
The breaking strength of the painter in a liferaft permitted to accommodate 15 persons is at least:
Your answer is correct:
10 kN.28
You are on an oil tanker which is loading at a Single Point Mooring and you are the Deck Rating on duty. Which of the following areas of the ship will you monitor continuously throughout your watch?
Your answer is correct:
Forecastle head/manifolds/main deck.29
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Correct answer:
Remote controlled fire pumps.Your Answer:
Foam release station.30
What kind of safety equipment must be worn during mooring operations?
Your answer is correct:
All of the mentioned equipment.31
You must not attempt to move a casualty carelessly, if you suspect patient with:
Your answer is correct:
Fractured spine.32
When you are taking an “ullage” on a cargo tank on an oil tanker, what are you actually doing?
Your answer is correct:
Measuring the distance from the surface of the cargo to the ullage reference point.33
How much can the concentration of oxygen in the air decrese before it is dangerous to stay in the atmosphere without breathing apparatus?
Correct answer:
2-3 %.Your Answer:
10-15 %.34
Wearing an immersion suit when abandon ship is effective permits the person:
Your answer is correct:
To jump from a height of 4,5 m into the water without being injured or damaging the suit.35
The diagram shows the direction that a rope runs during a mooring operation and a possible place where it may break. Where would be considered the safest position to stand?
Your answer is correct:
Outside the blue coloured zone.36
When a vessel arrives at a port to pick up a pilot and enter harbour, there should be someone required to stand by the anchor forward. How should the anchor be prepared and ready?
Your answer is correct:
The brake securely applied, all cement/covering into the chain locker and securing arrangements from windlass removed. The guillotine can remain for removal when ready.37
On the figure 4 possible definitions of the term “BREADTH” are given. Which one is the correct one?
Your answer is correct:
Breadth is defined as B on the figure.38
In terms of cargo operation on an oil tanker, what is “topping off”?
Correct answer:
Completing the loading of a tank to the required ullage.Your Answer:
Filling a cargo tank to its maximum level without causing an overflow.39
Which of the following actions will most effectively prevent fire in a cabin?
Your answer is correct:
Ensuring that all persons avoid smoking in bed.40
“Overshoot” is an expression related to a ship’s steering ability. What is the correct understanding of this expression?
Correct answer:
It is how many degrees a ship continues to turn after you apply counter-rudder.Your Answer:
It is the way a ship continues to turn when the helm is put amidship.41
What is the correct location or working station for the deck watchman during cargo operations on an oil tanker?
Correct answer:
On the cargo tank deck at all times.Your Answer:
Available somewhere on the weather deck only.42
During bunker transfer operations, deck scuppers should be:
Your answer is correct:
Plugged to prevent spilled oil flowing overboard.43
If conditions permit, which is the best way to board a liferaft that is floating close to the ship?
Correct answer:
Use a rope ladder close to the raft to climb down and board.Your Answer:
Wearing a lifejacket, jump into the water close to the raft and then swim to it.44
The diagram shows the direction that a rope runs during a mooring operation and a possible place where it may break. Where would be considered the safest position to stand?
Your answer is correct:
Outside the blue coloured zone.45
Why could dirty and oily areas of the deck be dangerous?
Your answer is correct:
They may cause people to slip over and hurt themselves.46
The container for an inflatable liferafts shall be made:
Correct answer:
Watertight, as far as possible, except for drain holes in the container bottom.Your Answer:
Completely watertight.47
What is the minimum distance between the helmet and the head of the wearer supposed to be?
Your answer is correct:
3 cm.48
When could there be a demonstration of how to start a lifeboat engine?
Correct answer:
A demonstration could be arranged during a lifeboat drill.Your Answer:
There is an instruction card inside the lifeboat showing how to start the engine.49
Is it always possible to use the word “ship” instead of the word “boat”?
Your answer is correct:
Normally a small vessel is called a “boat” rather than a “ship”, otherwise it is not important.50
When an oil tanker is fitted with two slop tanks, how are they commonly referred to?
Your answer is correct:
Primary slop tank and secondary slop tank.51
Which part of the float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts is made to provide a connection between the ship and the liferaft?
Your answer is correct:
The painter.52
Which is the “STARBOARD BOW”, in the figure?
Your answer is correct:
Starboard bow is given by A.53
What letter indicates the direction “AHEAD”, in the figure?
Your answer is correct:
Ahead is indicated by A, in the figure.54
What is the first think you are doing when having a lifeboat drill?
Your answer is correct:
Put on the life jacket.55
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Correct answer:
Gas detector.Your Answer:
CO2 portable fire extinguisher.56
If a patient is bleeding from nose:
Your answer is correct:
Pinch soft part of the nose for 10 minutes while keeping the head forward over a basin.57
Which activity will have the greatest fire-fighting effect in case of a fire?
Your answer is correct:
Extinguishing attempt is started immediately.58
How should you, as helmsman, give feedback to the OOW (officer on watch) that his orders are understood?
Your answer is correct:
By repeating the order.59
When loading a static accumulator oil, to minimise the risk of explosion through electrostatic charge in a tank it must be ensured that:
Your answer is correct:
No metallic devices such as those used for gauging and sampling, should be introduced into the tank during loading and for 30 minutes after completion of loading.60
What is shown in the picture, a crane or a derrick using what loading gear?
Your answer is correct:
A deck crane using grabs.61
You have discovered a small leak of oil at the manifold during the discharge of an oil cargo. What is the first thing you should do?
Your answer is correct:
Notify the Officer charge of the operation.62
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Your answer is correct:
Sprinkler horn.63
What will you do when all the fresh water in the survival craft is finished or about to finish?
Your answer is correct:
Start collecting rain water.64
When loading a static accumulator oil, which of the following is a standard precaution applied to eliminate the risk of explosion through electrostatic charge in the tank?
Your answer is correct:
No metallic devices, such as those used for gauging and sampling, should be introduced into the tank during loading and for 30 minutes after completion of loading.65
What is understood by the term “Take the helm”?
Your answer is correct:
Take over the steering of the ship.66
How is a EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) activated?
Your answer is correct:
Most EPIRBs are automatically activated when they enter the water.67
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Your answer is correct:
Heat detector.68
On oil tankers, what is generally used to control the safety of the atmosphere in the cargo tanks?
Your answer is correct:
Inert Gas.69
When keeping a lookout, what would be the correct understanding of the question “What is the aspect of the other ship”?
Your answer is correct:
The question is requesting some indication of the direction the other ship is heading.70
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Correct answer:
A class fire door self closing.Your Answer:
Foam valve.71
Which one of the following types of rope is the most dangerous to work with?
Correct answer:
Nylon.Your Answer:
Steel wire.72
Read the text in the diagram and answer the following question: When should training in personal survival techniques be given? It is recommended that every prospective seafarer should, before being employed in a sea-going ship, receive proper training in personal survival techniques. In respect of such training several recommendations are made.
Your answer is correct:
Before being employed.73
What is the objective of the merchant navy?
Your answer is correct:
To safely transport goods by sea.74
When having a fire alarm during normal working hours, what immediate actions should be taken?
Your answer is correct:
Act according to instruction given in the fire plan.75
During cargo or bunker operations, oil response equipment is to be:
Your answer is correct:
Ready for immediate use.76
What do you understand by: “Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder”?
Your answer is correct:
Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder means: lower the accommodation ladder and rig the pilot ladder right next to it.77
Who is authorised to operate lifting equipment around the ship?
Your answer is correct:
Those ship’s personnel who have been assessed as competent and are duly authorised to do so by the master as per the procedures as outlined in the ship’s SMS system.78
What is the name given to a devastating explosion that may occur when a rigid container containing a liquefied gas is exposed to a very high temperature?
Correct answer:
BLEVE.Your Answer:
FLASH-OVER.79
Hydrocarbon gas encountered in oil tankers cannot burn in an atmosphere containing less than approximately what percentage of oxygen (by volume)?
Correct answer:
11 %.Your Answer:
15 %.80