Test for Deck department on Oil Tanker (CES v6.0)

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1

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.
2

Anyone of the crew who is assigned to watch duties in port has a number of important tasks to carry out. Which one of the listed tasks should be included in the watchman’s duties?

Your answer is correct:

Check the moorings for correct tightness and ensure the gangway remains safe and secure.
3
What is shown in the picture, a crane or a derrick using what loading gear?

Your answer is correct:

A deck crane using grabs.
4

When keeping a lookout, what would be the correct understanding of the question “What is the aspect of the other ship”?

Correct answer:

The question is requesting some indication of the direction the other ship is heading.

Your Answer:

The question wants to know what type of ship has been sighted.
5

In which direction would the “FORWARD HEAD LINE” normally run?

Your answer is correct:

The forward head line would normally lead forward from the bow.
6

A person wearing an adult lifejacket shall be able:

Your answer is correct:

To swim a short distance through the water and board a survival craft.
7

To control bleeding, a tourniquet should be applied:

Correct answer:

Only when all other means have failed.

Your Answer:

Whenever it is possible to stop bleeding.
8

Why is an Inert Gas system used during a Crude Oil Washing operation?

Your answer is correct:

To ensure a safe atmosphere in the cargo tank throughout the operation.
9

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)?

Correct answer:

Powder.

Your Answer:

Foam.
10

Which of the following is part of the spill response equipment inventory?

Your answer is correct:

Sorbents.
11

What do you understand by the term “Let Go” when applied to mooring and unmooring?

Your answer is correct:

Let Go means to cast off the mooring ropes and wires.
12

If you are the helmsman on duty, what would be the correct action if the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order to: “Change over from Automatic pilot to Hand steering”.

Your answer is correct:

Apply the controls to disconnect the Automatic pilot and engage hand steering. Start steering the vessel using the wheel and confirm with the OOW the change-over is complete and the course you are to steer.
13

Who is the responsible person for the safety of the ship and all those onboard?

Your answer is correct:

The Master.
14
Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Correct answer:

Fire main with fire valves.

Your Answer:

Section valves drenching system.
15

After having discovered a small leak of oil at the ships manifold during discharge, you would:

Your answer is correct:

Notify the Officer in charge of the operation.
16

When first using cleaning agent in the machinery space, the crew should:

Your answer is correct:

Confirm that it won’t form an emulsion.
17

What do you understand by the term “Slewing”?

Correct answer:

Turning or rotating a crane boom.

Your Answer:

Hoisting or lowering a load.
18

What is the meaning of “SWL”?

Correct answer:

Safe working load.

Your Answer:

Single working load.
19

When must personal protective equipment be worn:

Your answer is correct:

At all times when identified as a control method with risk assessment.
20

If you have to carry out hot work close to a smoke detector in the engine room, what precautions should be taken?

Your answer is correct:

Notify Master, Deck officer and Engineer in charge.The loop for this special sensor to be switched off and take normal precautions for hot work.
21

What are the duties of an effective bridge lookout?

Your answer is correct:

Keeping a constant observation around the ship.
22

Which of the following may cause a fire in the accommodation spaces?

Your answer is correct:

All the mentioned alternatives.
23

In safety terms, what is an “interlock”?

Your answer is correct:

A device which prevents an operation of equipment to take place, to allow access or maintenance to be carried out.
24

What is the general emergency alarm signal as specified in SOLAS?

Correct answer:

Seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast.

Your Answer:

Six or more blasts followed by one long blast.
25

What are three diameters of fire hoses most commonly found on ships?

Correct answer:

25, 45 or 70 mm.

Your Answer:

17, 43 or 74 mm.
26
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.
27

What is the meaning of the term “Steady as she goes” when acting as helmsman?

Your answer is correct:

While altering the ships head, the instruction “steady as she goes” means reduce the ships swing as rapidly as possible and steady on present course.
28

When handling slops on an oil tanker, what is meant by “settling”?

Correct answer:

Allowing the oil and water to separate out.

Your Answer:

Allowing the mixture to rest once it has been pumped into the slop tank, so that any static charge disperses.
29

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.
30

As a general rule, what is the minimum flash point of an oil used as a liquid fuel on board?

Correct answer:

60 °C.

Your Answer:

30 °C.
31
The diagram shows the lead of a rope during mooring operations and the possible point where it may break. Where would be considered the safest place to be standing?

Your answer is correct:

Outside the coloured zone.
32
Which is the “STERN LINE” in the figure?

Your answer is correct:

The Stern Line is defined as A on the figure.
33

A lifejacket has sufficient buoyancy and stability to lift the mouth of an unconscious person at a minimum of:

Your answer is correct:

120 mm above the water (in calm water).
34

In which ways is heat transmitted?

Correct answer:

Conduction, convection and radiation.

Your Answer:

Gasification, conduction and convection.
35

What are the duties of the bridge lookout during the night, when the vessel is in the middle of the ocean?

Your answer is correct:

The lookout must keep a lookout all-round the ship and report anything sighted, or heard, to the Officer of the Watch.
36

You have been assigned to enter a hold and check the general cargo stowed in it, as part of an on-passage monitoring procedure. What must be in place before you can do that?

Your answer is correct:

The necessary permits, based on valid atmospheric and other applicable tests.
37

What is understood by the term “Boat Drill”?

Your answer is correct:

“Boat Drill” means the practical training in the various aspects of getting all the people onboard safely off the ship, in the event of abandoning ship.
38

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

Your answer is correct:

A bottlescrew is a metal threaded sleeve which adjust the length and tension on rigging or stays.
39

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.
40

What is the correct understanding of the term “LEE SIDE”?

Your answer is correct:

The lee side is the side of the ship which is facing away from the wind.
41

What name is given to the part of the discharging operation on an oil tanker when the last remaining contents of a tank or line are being pumped out?

Your answer is correct:

Stripping.
42

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.
43

Which of the following inert gas systems on oil tankers use gases only from the ship’s main or auxiliary boilers?

Correct answer:

The flue gas plant.

Your Answer:

Nitrogen generator.
44

Which of the following is a combustion reaction?

Correct answer:

All the answers are good.

Your Answer:

Smouldering fire.
45

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.
46
In the diagram, which arrow is pointing at the position known as the “Bridge”?

Your answer is correct:

The Bridge is indicated by A, in the figure.
47
Which is the “CAPSTAN”, in the figure?

Your answer is correct:

The Capstan is indicated by A in the figure.
48

The presence of smoke represents one of the greatest dangers in the fire-fighting. Why?

Your answer is correct:

It reduces the visibility, provokes panic, is irritating and may be toxic.
49

What is the normal name given to the fuel oil used for the ship’s main engines?

Your answer is correct:

Bunkers.
50

The container for an inflatable liferafts shall be made:

Your answer is correct:

Watertight, as far as possible, except for drain holes in the container bottom.
51

The stability and strength of a liferaft when loaded with its full complement of persons and equipment is such that it can be towed in calm water at speeds of up to:

Your answer is correct:

5 knots.
52

What special safety measures are required by a seaman when working aloft on a stage?

Your answer is correct:

Safety harness with a rope secured to a safe point above.
53

Which of the following are frequent causes of fires in accommodation?

Your answer is correct:

1. Smoking in bed; 2. Covering of electric fires with blankets; 3. Overloading electric plugs.
54

One of the checks during the annual Class survey of the UMS functions is focusing on cleanliness of the engine room. What is the reason for such a check?

Correct answer:

To reduce the general risk of fire in an unmanned engine room.

Your Answer:

To prevent risk of pollution.
55
What are the people probably doing in the picture?

Your answer is correct:

The people are hosing down the cargo hold to clean it.
56

How will you act if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Nothing to port”?

Your answer is correct:

Don’t let the ship turn to port.
57

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 the greatest.
58
On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “ASTERN” shown. Which one is the correct one?

Your answer is correct:

Astern is defined as D on the figure.
59
Identify this symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Emergency generator.
60

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.
61

What is the first think you are doing when having a lifeboat drill?

Your answer is correct:

Put on the life jacket.
62

What is the most important treatment concerning a foreign body in the eye?

Your answer is correct:

Rinsing of the eye with water
63

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:

A demonstration is not necessary, because there are a limited number of persons who given the responsibility for starting the lifeboat engine.
64

How might a leak from a cargo tank on an oil tanker be readily detected during the voyage?

Correct answer:

By regularly monitoring void and ballast spaces, such as by testing them for hydrocarbon content and sounding them.

Your Answer:

By regularly monitoring the vessel’s trim on the cargo computer – any cargo that leaks will run to the end of a compartment, resulting in an increase in trim.
65

What method shall be used when hauling survivors out of the sea (state of survivors is critical)?

Your answer is correct:

Using nets.
66

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.
67

What class of fire involves gas?

Your answer is correct:

Class C fire.
68

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.
69

What is the necessary protection when you are rust chipping with air tools?

Your answer is correct:

Protective clothing, safety shoes, gloves, goggles, earmuffs.
70

How much liferaft capacity should be provided on a conventional cargo ship of more than 85 meters in length?

Your answer is correct:

100 % of the complement if it can be readily launched on either side of the ship. If it cannot be readily launched on either side, 100 % must be provided on each side.
71

In the human body, breathing is controlled by:

Your answer is correct:

The respiratory centre in the brain.
72

What is the purpose of the Ship Security Plan?

Correct answer:

Protect your ship from risks posed by security threats or incidents.

Your Answer:

Outline specific measures for your ship to move from security level 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3.
73

You have abandoned ship in a liferaft. In most cases, which of the following actions should you generally take?

Your answer is correct:

Organise a lookout system. Join up with other survival craft if possible. Stream the sea anchor.
74
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.
75

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

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

Yes it is – provided the ship is not rolling too badly.
76

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.
77

When going aloft in a bosun’s chair what kind of shackle should be used to attach the chair to the mast stay and how should it be used?

Correct answer:

An approved shackle attached with bow of shackle running on the stay.

Your Answer:

An approved shackle with the pin of the shackle against the stay.
78

When is it good practice to check the pressure-vacuum valves?

Your answer is correct:

Prior to cargo transfer.
79

What might safely be used to prevent a load swinging when lifted by a crane?

Correct answer:

Guide or tag lines, tended from a safe location.

Your Answer:

Personnel underneath the load, holding onto it and restricted its movement.
80

In a liquid fire the surface of which is about 100 m?

Correct answer:

Flames are usually higher than the diameter of the fire.

Your Answer:

The radiated heat can spread to exposures placed 100 m away.
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