Test online for seamans about Deck department, Operational level, Bulk Carrier (CES v6.0)
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The test consisted of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 95
Total questions on this topic: 95
Your result: 69%
Right answers:
1
What is an IED?
Your answer is correct:
A homemade bomb.2
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.3
What is the correct understanding of the term “Block Coefficient” as applied to a ship?
Your answer is correct:
The comparison of the underwater shape of the ship, to a rectangular block of the same extreme dimensions.4
If circumstances permit, how should low expansion foam be applied to oil burning near a bulkhead of the engine room?
Your answer is correct:
The foam should be aimed at the bulkhead behind the fire and allowed to spread out slowly over the fire.5
Which of these are indicators that an individual may be a drug smuggler?
Your answer is correct:
The individual wears bulky or out of season clothing.6
In general what is the proportion of concentrate to water to produce foam?
Correct answer:
Between 3 % and 6 %.Your Answer:
Between 50 % and 100 %.7
What is the absolutely main purpose with fighting a fire on board?
Your answer is correct:
Rescuing of life.8
Who is authorised to operate lifting equipment around the ship?
Correct answer:
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.Your Answer:
Deck officers and ratings, engineering officers and ratings, GP crew if applicable, who are in possession of crane operation training certificates issued by the company.9
What is the correct understanding of the term “boat deck”?
Your answer is correct:
The deck where the lifeboats davits are positioned.10
What percentage of the baggage is required to be checked at Security Level 1?
Your answer is correct:
The percentage is not specified.11
Searches are often triggered by:
Your answer is correct:
An increase in security level by the Flag State.12
What is the correct understanding of the term “gangway”?
Your answer is correct:
Portable bridge arrangement between ship and shore, when alongside.13
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.14
To guarantee optimal reception of VHF-DSC calls, every:
Correct answer:
DSC-symbol is sent twice and checked extra by Error Check Character.Your Answer:
DSC-calls are repeated until received.15
In a smoke filled alleyway where will the cleanest air be found, and how should you proceed out?
Your answer is correct:
Near to the deck, crawl out keeping your face as near to the deck as possible.16
Which of these weapons are widely available and commonly used by criminals and terrorists to further their aims?
Your answer is correct:
Gun.17
When acting as helmsman would you expect the reading of the gyro compass to be the same as the magnetic compass?
Correct answer:
Very seldom would they be the same.Your Answer:
They would always be within 1 or 2° of each other.18
If the radar is set onto the Relative Motion Display, what would an echo of a target with no trail indicate? Note this the trail of the echo and not a vector.
Correct answer:
The target is on the same course and speed as own ship.Your Answer:
The target is stopped and making no way through the water.19
Which type of equipment can be used to detect explosives?
Correct answer:
Particulate detector.Your Answer:
Metal detector.20
What kind of safety clothing should be worn during a mooring operation?
Your answer is correct:
Helmet, safety shoes, gloves and protective clothes.21
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.22
When can a partly loaded bulk cargo space be entered when the vessel is at sea?
Your answer is correct:
In no circumstances except possibly in an emergency.23
With an Inmarsat-C installation there is the addressing-option “special”. Via this option:
Your answer is correct:
Give one of Inmarsat’s “special access codes”.24
What is the main advantage of a positive pressure breathing apparatus?
Your answer is correct:
If the face mask has a leak toxic fumes/smoke would still not enter the mask.25
What is the minimum capacity of the portable tank of a portable foam applicator?
Correct answer:
1 litre.Your Answer:
20 litres.26
Could a lift be considered as an escape route from the engine room?
Your answer is correct:
No.27
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.28
If a fire starts in the fuel tanks of a vessel, the fire will be:
Your answer is correct:
A class B fire.29
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
Correct answer:
All alternatives.Your Answer:
The Engine control room.30
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.31
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.32
Which of these procedures should crew follow when conducting a bomb search?
Your answer is correct:
Stand quietly in various spots around the space, listening for unusual sounds like the tick tock of a clock mechanism.33
The Declaration of Security:
Your answer is correct:
Addresses the security requirements shared between ships or between a port facility and a ship.34
Which is the “CAPSTAN”, in the figure?
Your answer is correct:
The Capstan is indicated by A.35
When a ship is steaming along a course line, what is the importance of determining the set and rate of drift due to wind and current?
Correct answer:
All of the suggested answers.Your Answer:
To determine the correction required to the course steered to maintain the planned passage.36
The extinguishing agent which can be applied on any fires of class A, B or C is:
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Multipurpose powder.Your Answer:
CO2.37
Among the additives used to improve the effectiveness of water in the fight against fire there are the moisturing ones. What is the task they perform?
Correct answer:
They reduce the surface tension of water.Your Answer:
They increase the viscosity of water.38
“Overshoot” is an expression we use when talking about a ship’s steering ability. What is the definition of this expression?
Your answer is correct:
It is how many degrees a ship continues to turn after you apply counter rudder.39
What is the inherent danger in welding/cutting in piping containing freon?
Correct answer:
Development of nitrous gases.Your Answer:
Development of explosive gases.40
The best way to identify an IED is to:
Your answer is correct:
Recognize its components.41
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.42
Who is responsible for ensuring your ship completes a security assessment?
Correct answer:
Company Security Officer.Your Answer:
Ship Security Officer.43
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?
Your answer is correct:
To reduce the general risk of fire in an unmanned engine room.44
According to their physical state, extinguishing agents may be classified in to:
Your answer is correct:
Solid, liquid and gases.45
How can the effects of “Squat” be minimized, when a ship is proceeding in shallow water?
Correct answer:
Maintain a slow speed just sufficient to maintain steerage.Your Answer:
Decrease the speed and keep the ship to the centre of the channel where the water is probably deepest.46
In order to extinguish a flammable liquid of the same kind as alcohol, we can use:
Your answer is correct:
Anti-alcohol foam.47
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.48
Which statement about the use of profiling onboard a ship is true?
Your answer is correct:
A random selection process must be established.49
Which statement about IED’s is true?
Your answer is correct:
All IED’s have four common components.50
What do crew, visitors and contractors all have in common?
Your answer is correct:
They all have opportunity to smuggle drugs.51
Which of these are indications that a parcel is suspicious?
Your answer is correct:
The parcel is addressed to no one in particular, arrives unexpectedly and seems heavy for its size.52
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.53
Which Security Levels requires the highest security alert?
Your answer is correct:
Security Level 3.54
What paint coating should be used in a cargo hold of a bulk carrier, when the hold may be used for the carriage of grains?
Correct answer:
Approved for use in cargo spaces that may carry edible cargoes.Your Answer:
Paint must be epoxy based.55
In the figure, which arrow indicates the direction “ASTERN”?
Your answer is correct:
Astern is indicated by D.56
Monoammonium phosphate used as a dry powder can be effective on which of the following type of fire?
Your answer is correct:
Solid, liquids, and gases.57
When handling drugs:
Correct answer:
Wear skin protection and a facemark.Your Answer:
Shut off the ventilation in the room where the drugs are being stored to ensure any vapours or fumes do not spread to other parts of the ship.58
If circumstances permit, how should low expansion foam be applied to oil burning near a bulkhead of the engine room?
Your answer is correct:
The foam should be aimed at the bulkhead behind the fire and allowed to spread out slowly over the fire.59
On the figure there are four (4) possible directions shown by the arrowed lines. Which one would correctly shows the direction understood by the term “AFTER SPRING”?
Your answer is correct:
After spring is defined as A.60
Where may as a general rule pressure containers for gas fire-extinguishing medium be kept? SOLAS II-2/5.1.10.
Correct answer:
Outside the space which is to be protected.Your Answer:
In the space which is to be protected.61
One of the categories of information that must be included in your SSP is:
Your answer is correct:
Security arrangements.62
How does low expansion foam act as an extinguishing agent when dealing with oil fires?
Correct answer:
By smothering and also by providing some cooling.Your Answer:
By smothering only.63
What is the correct understanding of the term “FAIRLEAD”?
Your answer is correct:
The access point where mooring lines are lead when making fast to the shore.64
During a bomb search, which of the following is an important principle to follow?
Your answer is correct:
Do not touch any suspicious packages.65
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 the organizational structure for the ship.66
If drugs are discovered onboard your ship:
Correct answer:
Ensure the witness to the discovery signs your incident report.Your Answer:
Notify the authorities after you arrive at the next port of call.67
Which of these actions should crew take if a suspicious object that may be a bomb is located during a search?
Your answer is correct:
Confirm with their search partner that the object found is suspicious.68
Watch keeping engineers shall have a minimum knowledge of the vessel’s engine room and operation of its functions prior to being accepted as Engineer on Duty, and shall acknowledge his familiarization with the equipment by signing a check list listing all units he shall be able to operate. Minimum knowledge is:
Correct answer:
He shall have all the knowledge as listed in the other alternatives.Your Answer:
Understand the function of all main and auxiliary equipment, e. g. machinery, pumps, fuel systems, cooling systems and the interlinks between various units and the function of them.69
The aim of fire detection is:
Your answer is correct:
All the answers are correct.70
Which of these conventions is The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code a part of?
Correct answer:
SOLAS.Your Answer:
STCW-95.71
Why should Ground Stabilised True Motion display mode be avoided when using the ARPA for anti-collision purposes?
Correct answer:
The collision regulations are based on ship courses through the water.Your Answer:
True motion does not provide the collision risk of other ships.72
Who is responsible for completing the DoS on behalf of the ship?
Your answer is correct:
Ship Security Officer.73
A very dusty cargo is to be loaded on a bulk carrier; what precautions on deck should be included?
Your answer is correct:
All cranes, deck houses and storerooms fully closed down to prevent entry of dust.74
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.75
On a fire patrol at night you see smoke coming from a closed cabin door. What action should you take first?
Your answer is correct:
Activate the nearest fire alarm button and advise bridge of the location of the fire.76
In the diagram, which arrow is pointing at the position known as the “Bridge”?
Your answer is correct:
The Bridge is indicated by A.77
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.78
What is flashpoint of an oil or liquefied gas?
Correct answer:
The flashpoint for an oil or liquefied gas is the temperature at which it is possible to ignite the vapour above the liquid.Your Answer:
The flashpoint is the temperature the oil or liquefied gas need for self ignition.79
The method of extinction by smothering is based on this basis:
Your answer is correct:
The fire extinguished by avoiding the contact between the fuel vapours and the oxygen.80
This device can detect a package of drugs inside a large delivery of ship’s stores. What is it?
