Test for specialists working on container vessel (CES v6.0)

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1

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

Your answer is correct:

Aft is defined as A on the figure.
2

On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “BOLLARD” given. Which one is the correct one?

Your answer is correct:

Bollard is given by D on the figure.
3

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.
4

On the diagram, which letter indicates what is meant by the word “DRAUGHT” of the ship?

Your answer is correct:

Draught is indicated by D, in the figure.
5

On the figure there are four (4) possible directions, shown by the arrowed lines, which could be the correct direction associated with the term “HEAD LINE”. Which one is the correct one?

Your answer is correct:

Head line is given by B on the figure.
6

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

Your answer is correct:

Windlass is given by B on the figure.
7

On the figure there are four (4) possible definitions of the term “CENTRE LINE”. Which one is the correct one?

Your answer is correct:

Centre line is given by B on the figure.
8

“Overshoot” is an expression we use when talking about a ship’s steering ability. What is the definition 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.
9

Read the text in and answer the question: “What should be given to prospective seafarers”? 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:

Approved training in survival techniques.
10

When acting as helmsman would you expect the reading of the gyro compass to be the same as the magnetic compass?

Your answer is correct:

Very seldom would they be the same.
11

What does the term “Hard a Starboard” or “Hard to Starboard” mean?

Your answer is correct:

Put the wheel fully over to starboard.
12

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.
13

When two ships are lying alongside each other in a ship to ship operation and one ship is lying at anchor, anchor watch duties must be carried out as follows:

Your answer is correct:

Both ships have normal anchor watch responsibility in addition to watching ship to ship fendering, mooring etc.
14

Breathing apparatuses is an important piece of equipment for being able to fight a fire onboard a vessel. What routine precautions to be observed with regard to use and maintenance of such equipment?

Correct answer:

All the mentioned alternatives.

Your Answer:

That personnel that are appointed as smoke divers, primarily are given a shore based proper basic education and training.
15

What kind of extinguishing-remedy would you choose to put out an electrical fire?

Your answer is correct:

Dry extinguishing remedy.
16

What kind of safety clothing should be worn during a mooring operation?

Your answer is correct:

Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protective clothes.
17

What is the meaning of “Make Fast”?

Your answer is correct:

Make Fast means to secure a rope.
18

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 in the practical and safe methods to secure a boat alongside the ship.
19

Give the meaning of the following symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Fasten seat belts.
20

How much food per person is supplied on a liferaft?

Your answer is correct:

Not less than 10 000 kJ.
21

A drip tray containing oil is on fire. The only fire-fighting equipment available is water hose with spray jet/spray nozzle. How, if at all, should you attempt to put out this fire using water?

Your answer is correct:

The water can be applied in a fine spray starting from the front in a sweeping motion.
22

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

Your answer is correct:

1. Smoking in bed. Covering of electric fires with blankets. 3. Overloading electric plugs.
23

What is the main responsibility of a bridge lookout at night?

Your answer is correct:

Inform the bridge of any new lights when they appear over the horizon or any other items observed which may affect the ship.
24

During restricted visibility, you are posted as bridge lookout and you hear 1 long blast at intervals of about 2 minutes on your port bow. What will you report to the OOW (officer on watch)?

Correct answer:

Fog signals of one long blast heard on the port bow.

Your Answer:

Power-driven vessel making no way on port bow.
25

What will you do if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Starboard ten”?

Correct answer:

Fog signal of one long blast heard on the port bow at regular intervals of about 2 minutes.

Your Answer:

Repeat the command back and then change course 10 degrees to starboard of present course.
26

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

Correct answer:

Don’t let the ship turn to port.

Your Answer:

Let the ship turn to starboard.
27

What is the signal actuated by a detection system?

Your answer is correct:

A visual and audible alarm signal at the control panel.
28

What are the main components of the atmospherical air?

Your answer is correct:

O2: 21 %; N2: 78 %; H2O: traces; CO2: traces; Rare gases: traces.
29

In which one of the following an oil, the flash point of which only needs to be over 43 °C, may be used?

Your answer is correct:

In emergency generators.
30

A stevedore is working in a cargo hold of a bulk carrier while completing discharge of a concentrate cargo. You suddenly notice that he appears to be taken ill. You should:

Your answer is correct:

Assume problem due to lack of oxygen and/or toxic gas and rescue with self-contained breathing apparatus.
31

On a bulk carrier at the completion of loading and before closing hatch covers, the track ways must be:

Your answer is correct:

Track ways swept and checked clear of obstructions.
32

When preparing the hold of a bulk carrier for cargo when that hold has previously been ballasted, which of the following must be checked?

Your answer is correct:

The ballast lines must be blanked off and the bilge lines opened and tested.
33

What must be done after completion of ballasting operations on a bulk carrier?

Your answer is correct:

All valves closed, tank ventilators in open position and sounding pipe caps replaced.
34

Which of these series of sizes corresponds to the international standard for nozzles?

Your answer is correct:

12 mm, 16 mm and 19 mm.
35

What alarm signal must be sounded by the alarm bells in case of fire?

Your answer is correct:

The signal which is stated in the muster list.
36

Give the meaning of this symbol:

Your answer is correct:

Lifebuoy.
37

Which part of the float-free arrangement for inflatable liferafts is made to release the liferaft after being automatically inflated during the ship is sinking?

Your answer is correct:

The weak link.
38

The wearer of a lifejacket can jump into the water without injury and without damaging the jacket from a height of at least:

Your answer is correct:

4,5 m.
39

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.
40

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?

Your answer is correct:

Water.
41

Which one of the following types of rope is the most dangerous to work with?

Correct answer:

Nylon.

Your Answer:

Still wire.
42

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?

Your answer is correct:

Keep your working area clean and tidy.
43

Which Security Levels requires the highest security alert?

Your answer is correct:

Security Level 3.
44

What do crew, visitors and contractors all have in common?

Your answer is correct:

They all have opportunity to smuggle drugs.
45

What is “defrosting” associated with?

Your answer is correct:

Reefer containers.
46

On a container vessel, what would you do if you saw a container being damaged during loading operations?

Your answer is correct:

Note the date and time of occurrence, container number and if possible take photographs.
47

On board a container vessel, which of the following is not likely to be displayed by the loading computer?

Correct answer:

Stowage positions of high-cube containers.

Your Answer:

Stack weights incorporating high-cube containers.
48

On a container vessel, what indicates the correct weight of a wrongly declared container?

Your answer is correct:

Strain gauges fitted to the shore gantry cranes.
49

On a container vessel, with regard to fire precautions, what must be ensured prior to securing hatch pontoons?

Correct answer:

That all cargo clusters have been removed from the hold.

Your Answer:

That the duty officer’s permission has been obtained to secure the pontoons.
50

On a container vessel, what will attending surveyors inspect when containers have been lost overboard?

Your answer is correct:

Certificates of approval related to lashing equipment used to secure those containers.
51

On a container vessel, what should be done if a twistlock is found cracked at the base?

Your answer is correct:

Remove it from service.
52

What will be the consequences of a ship’s failure to correct an unsafe stevedore working practice in the United States?

Correct answer:

The ship will be prosecuted.

Your Answer:

The port will lodge a protest against the ship.
53

What is a “Fantainer” used for?

Your answer is correct:

Carrying dry cargoes prone to condensation.
54

On a container vessel, under the IMDG Code what class is assigned to a Fumigated Container?

Your answer is correct:

Class 9.
55

On a container vessel, under which IMDG Class is fishmeal carried when not treated with anti-oxidants?

Your answer is correct:

Class 4.2 – Flammable solid.
56

Why must duty crew members supervise the lashing of containers?

Your answer is correct:

Because stevedores often apply container lashings haphazardly or place twistlocks incorrectly.
57

What determines how containers should be lashed?

Your answer is correct:

The cargo security manual.
58

What does OSHA stand for?

Your answer is correct:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
59

Where do OSHA regulations apply?

Your answer is correct:

United States of America.
60

What general background colour is used on warning signs which require a specific “mandatory” action, such as one which might require the wearing of goggles during particular work task?

Your answer is correct:

Blue.
61

What general background colour is used on warning signs that indicate emergency of first-aid features, or indicate a safe condition?

Your answer is correct:

Green.
62

What is the meaning of “Make Fast”?

Your answer is correct:

Make Fast means to secure a rope.
63

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.
64

Which of the following is false when a casualty is bleeding?

Correct answer:

Cover the wound with a cloth.

Your Answer:

Encourage patient to lie quite and re-assure.
65

All heat burns should be:

Your answer is correct:

Cooled as quickly as possible with running cold water for at least 10 minutes.
66

Port State Control Officers are authorised to:

Your answer is correct:

Inspect and detain ship that are not meeting the requirements until they are able to demonstrate compliance with the regulations.
67

Which of these emission control requirements is correct?

Your answer is correct:

Low sulphur fuels reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds.
68

On a container vessel, where should containers with untreated fishmeal cargo be carried?

Correct answer:

On deck.

Your Answer:

Separated from Class 4.2 containers.
69

On a container vessel, what is the purpose of fixed stacking cones?

Your answer is correct:

To prevent horizontal movement of 20′ containers in 40′ cell guides.
70

On a container vessel, where should a mid-bay guide be positioned?

Correct answer:

On the tank top mid-way in 40′ guides to prevent transverse movement of 20′ containers.

Your Answer:

At the base of cell guides.
71

When will a hatch pontoon’s side cleat need replacement?

Your answer is correct:

When the rubber washer is compressed and hardened.
72

What is the function of a lashing plate?

Your answer is correct:

As tie down point for turnbuckles on deck or hatch cover.
73

A container vessel must alter her trim to depart even keel from the berth. Select the most appropriate means of altering trim.

Correct answer:

By internal shift of ballast.

Your Answer:

By discharging ballast from the deepest draught end of the vessel.
74

On a container vessel, where will you find the Dangerous Goods List?

Your answer is correct:

In Part 3 of the IMDG Code Volume 2.
75

On a container vessel, which of these motions is not taken into account when calculating forces on a container stow?

Your answer is correct:

Surging.
76

Why should a container with a damaged corner post not be loaded?

Your answer is correct:

Because its strength is weakened.