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

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1

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.
2

What is a mooring line used for?

Correct answer:

A mooring line is a thick wire or synthetic rope used to moor the ship.

Your Answer:

A mooring line is a line thrown ashore when a vessel ties up.
3

An evacuation-slide must be capable:

Your answer is correct:

Of being deployed by one person.
4

How should you, as helmsman, give feedback to the OOW (officer on watch) that his orders are understood?

Correct answer:

By repeating the order.

Your Answer:

By saying “Yes Sir”.
5

Mention some important thoughts for what you have to do when you recognise that fire break out onboard.

Correct answer:

Report to bridge or duty officer, actuate the fire alarm, call the persons around the fire and join the fire squad.

Your Answer:

Report to bridge or duty officer, actuate the fire alarm, organise and commence fighting the fire.
6

Which of air and water is the fluid that transfers the greatest amount of heat during the same time, given that the fluid is not flowing along the immersed body?

Correct answer:

Water.

Your Answer:

Both are transferring quickly.
7

What should be done by the helmsman, if the OOW (officer on watch) gives them the order: “Starboard ten”?

Correct answer:

Repeat the command back and then using manual control set the rudder to 10 degrees to starboard.

Your Answer:

Repeat the command back and then put the control over sufficiently for the ship to swing at a rate of 10 degrees per minute to starboard.
8

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.
9

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

Correct answer:

Bunkers.

Your Answer:

Fuel oil.
10

We must clean the spots of oil on hot surfaces because:

Your answer is correct:

All the answers are correct.
11

Commonly used on an oil tanker, what does an “Explosimeter” measure?

Correct answer:

The composition of hydrocarbon gas/air mixtures in a tank atmosphere.

Your Answer:

The relative amounts of nitrogen and combustible gases within a tank.
12

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

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

Organise a lookout system.
13

A floating liferaft is capable of withstanding repeated jumps on to it from a height of at least:

Correct answer:

4,5 m.

Your Answer:

3,5 m.
14

What do you call the wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents the ladder from twisting?

Correct answer:

The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Spreader”.

Your Answer:

The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Ani-twist rung”.
15
On the figure 4 possible definitions of the term “QUAY” are given. Which one is the correct one?

Correct answer:

Quay is given by A on the figure.

Your Answer:

Quay is given by B on the figure.
16

What do you call the wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents the ladder from twisting?

Your answer is correct:

The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Spreader”.
17

The responsibility for safety and security rests with everybody on board the vessel. General house-keeping rules should be followed. Which of the listed rules is the most important?

Correct answer:

Do not use loose garments, belts, ties or scarfs near winches and moving machinery.

Your Answer:

Always use gloves when using grinding machines.
18

Would there ever be the need for two lookouts on the Bridge watch?

Correct answer:

Yes, possibly when there is dense fog and heavy traffic.

Your Answer:

Never necesssary.
19

What are the components of the personal equipment of the fireman’s outfit?

Correct answer:

All the items mentioned.

Your Answer:

A rigid helmet, an electric safety lamp and an axe.
20

What makes an effective look-out in a high risk piracy area?

Correct answer:

Keeping a constant observation all around the vessel.

Your Answer:

Having the lookout armed and dressed in protective clothing.
21

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

Correct answer:

Confirm that it won’t form an emulsion.

Your Answer:

Use it liberally.
22

What is the ideal humidity in a working environment?

Correct answer:

40-60 %.

Your Answer:

103-119 %.
23

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

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

The lookout must keep a lookout ahead of the vessel and report anything sighted to the Officer of the Watch.
24

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.
25

As a fire fighter, what should you always consider when fighting a fire in a confined space?

Correct answer:

The confined space always has six sides.

Your Answer:

The confined space has only five sides.
26
Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Correct answer:

A class fire door self closing.

Your Answer:

B class fire door self closing.
27

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.
28

What is the objective of the merchant navy?

Correct answer:

To safely transport goods by sea.

Your Answer:

To provide employment for persons who wish to become seafarers.
29

Which of these emission control requirements is correct?

Your answer is correct:

Low sulphur fuels reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds.
30
What is the meaning of this symbol?

Your answer is correct:

Lifebuoy with light and smoke.
31

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

Correct answer:

Put on the life jacket.

Your Answer:

Swing out the davit.
32

Which of the following ear protection devices is most effective?

Correct answer:

Ear muffs.

Your Answer:

Ear plugs.
33

What class of fire involves gas?

Your answer is correct:

Class C fire.
34

When you join a new ship, how are you informed about safety rules, alarm instructions and your own duties in case of an emergency?

Correct answer:

By muster lists exhibited in conspicuous places.

Your Answer:

By oral instructions by the Captain.
35

In safety terms, what is an “interlock”?

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

A device for string containers on deck.
36

What is the absolutely main purpose with fighting a fire on board?

Your answer is correct:

Rescuing of life.
37

The rescue quoit of a liferaft is attached to a buoyant line whose length is at least:

Correct answer:

30 m.

Your Answer:

10 m.
38

The cargo manifold working platform surface should be made of:

Correct answer:

Open mesh grating.

Your Answer:

Wooden laminate.
39

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:

Slow pumping a cargo tank at the commencement of discharge, to achieve a safe ullage, before starting discharge from other tanks.
40

What will you bring in a lifeboat if the ship is abandoned?

Your answer is correct:

Warm clothes, blankets and lifevests.
41

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

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

The forward head line would normally lead straight across to the jetty and be as short as possible.
42

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:

The independent inert gas generator.
43

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.
44

“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.
45

If the order is given to a mooring deck to “make fast”, what would happen?

Your answer is correct:

Mooring ropes are transferred from a winch drum to the bitts.
46

During bunker transfer operations, deck scuppers should be:

Correct answer:

Plugged to prevent spilled oil flowing overboard.

Your Answer:

Only fitted to the side of the vessel that bunkers are being loaded.
47

In the human body, breathing is controlled by:

Correct answer:

The respiratory centre in the brain.

Your Answer:

Movement of heart.
48

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 insulating material.
49

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

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

Protective clothing, safety shoes, earmuffs.
50
In the figure, which letter indicates the “BREADTH” of the vessel?

Correct answer:

Breadth is indicated by B, in the figure.

Your Answer:

Breadth is indicated by D, in the figure.
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:

Correct answer:

5 knots.

Your Answer:

1 knot.
52

What is meant by the term “keeping a proper lookout” as applied to the bridge lookout?

Correct answer:

Keeping a visual lookout all round the ship and also actively listening out for audio signals.

Your Answer:

Continually visually scanning the horizon all round the ship.
53

In which way shall a survivor be hauled out of the sea?

Correct answer:

Horizontal.

Your Answer:

In 45 degree angle.
54

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).
55

When you are taking an “ullage” at a cargo tank on an oil tanker, what are you actually doing?

Correct answer:

Measuring the distance from the surface of the cargo to the ullage reference point.

Your Answer:

Measuring the distance from the bottom of the tank to the ullage reference point.
56

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

Correct answer:

Gun.

Your Answer:

Incendiary device.
57

Under what circumstances should gangway nets be rigged under the gangway?

Correct answer:

Whenever the gangway is rigged between ship and shore.

Your Answer:

Whenever the ship is moving slightly back and forth along the quay due to wind and current.
58

The extinguishing agent which can be applied on any fires of class A, B or C is:

Your answer is correct:

Multipurpose powder.
59
On the figure 4 possible definitions of the term “AFT SPRING” are shown. Which one is the correct one?

Correct answer:

Aft spring is defined as A on the figure.

Your Answer:

Aft spring is defined as B on the figure.
60

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.
61

When you are taking an “ullage” on a cargo tank on an oil tanker, what are you actually doing?

Correct answer:

Measuring the distance from the surface of the cargo to the ullage reference point.

Your Answer:

Measuring the distance from the bottom of the tank to the surface of cargo.
62

What would you do if you saw a person falling overboard?

Correct answer:

If I saw a person falling overboard I would shout repeatedly, “Man overboard”.

Your Answer:

If I saw a person falling overboard I would run to the Bridge.
63

“UFL” and “LFL” are commonly used abbreviations associated with cargo and cleaning operations on an oil tanker. What do the letters stand for?

Correct answer:

Upper Flammability Limit and Lower Flammability Limit.

Your Answer:

Upper Filling Level and Lower Filling Level.
64

How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS B pack?

Correct answer:

2.

Your Answer:

12.
65

How is a EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) activated?

Correct answer:

Most EPIRBs are automatically activated when they enter the water.

Your Answer:

Most EPIRBs are remotely activated from the ship.
66

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

Correct answer:

The Master.

Your Answer:

The company.
67

What do you understand by: “Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder”?

Correct answer:

Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder means: lower the accommodation ladder and rig the pilot ladder right next to it.

Your Answer:

Rig the accommodation ladder in combination with the pilot ladder means: lower the gangway and rig the pilot ladder from the gangway.
68

You must not attempt to move a casualty carelessly, if you suspect patient with:

Correct answer:

Fractured spine.

Your Answer:

Unconscious.
69
On the diagram, which arrowed line is indicating the “Breadth” of the vessel?

Your answer is correct:

The breadth is indicated by letter B, in the figure.
70

What is understood by the term “Boat Drill”?

Correct answer:

“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.

Your Answer:

“Boat Drill” is an exercise to launch the lifeboats and move the boats clear of the ship.
71
Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Area protected by sprinkler.
72

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.
73

The abbreviation “COW” applies to a phase of oil tanker operations. What does it stand for?

Correct answer:

Crude Oil Washing.

Your Answer:

Computer Operated Washing.
74

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?

Correct answer:

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

Your Answer:

A list of the items stowed in the applicable hold, extracted from the Cargo Manifest, must be available for reference during the check.
75

What do you call the wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents the ladder from twisting?

Correct answer:

The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Spreader”.

Your Answer:

The wide rung on a pilot ladder that prevents it from twisting is called a “Long rung”.
76

Commonly used on an oil tanker, what does an “Explosimeter” measure?

Your answer is correct:

The composition of hydrocarbon gas/air mixtures in a tank atmosphere.
77

What is the factor that makes the difference between a deflagrating and a detonating explosion?

Correct answer:

The speed of the shock wave created by the initial combustion.

Your Answer:

The confinement of the place where the explosion occurs (inside or outside).
78

A person wearing an anti-exposure suit shall be able to:

Your answer is correct:

Perform all duties associated with abandonment, assist others and operate a rescue boat.
79

Having boarded the liferaft, how do you release the painter?

Correct answer:

Cut it with the safety knife stowed on the exterior of the canopy close to the painter attachment point.

Your Answer:

Let go the quick release toggle.
80

Some oil cargoes contain high levels of a chemical called Hydrogen Sulphide, or H2S. The atmosphere on deck may be monitored if you are loading such a cargo and an alarm may sound if the level of H2S vapour around the deck becomes unsafe. Each company and terminal will have procedures, but, in general, which of the following describes the procedure that you, as a deck watchman, should follow if this happens?

Correct answer:

Put on any Emergency Escape Breathing Device with which you have been issued, leave the area immediately, moving in an upwind direction, report the situation to the Cargo Control Room.

Your Answer:

Remain exactly where you are but report the alarm to the Duty officer immediately.
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