Test for seamans about Deck department, Operational level, Oil Tanker (CES v6.0)
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The test consisted of 80 random questions.
Total questions on this topic: 689
Total questions on this topic: 689
Your result: 94%
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A faint is a brief loss of consciousness of no more than momentary duration caused by a temporary reduction in the flow of blood to the brain. How to prevent anyone from fainting?
Your answer is correct:
Tell the person to sit down and lean forward with the head between the knees taking deep breaths.2
MARPOL – Annex IV. Your ship has in operation an approved sewage treatment plant certified by the Administration. During discharge, while vessel is awaiting pilot off Cape Henry, USA, the surrounding water is discoloured. What kind of action would be appropriate to take?
Your answer is correct:
Stop discharge.3
What is the depth of an iceberg below the surface of the sea?
Your answer is correct:
The draught of an iceberg varies with the type of berg and its age.4
What are the main components causing the magnetic compass to require a regular evaluation and compass correction?
Your answer is correct:
Permanent and induced magnetism in the ships structure.5
How is a Safety Management Certificate obtained?
Your answer is correct:
Ship owner has Document of Compliance issued, and vessel is assessed and holds all statutory certificates.6
To receive distress alerting and MSI via an Inmarsat-C set vessels must have:
Your answer is correct:
SES or an EGC receiver.7
The transmitting receiving method, when both stations can transmit and receive at the same time is called:
Your answer is correct:
Duplex.8
Which part of the magnetic compass error changes with a change in the course steered?
Your answer is correct:
Deviation.9
The “clarifier” has only effect during:
Your answer is correct:
Receiving in mode J3E.10
What shall you do if you see a person falling into the sea?
Your answer is correct:
Throw a lifebuoy over board and report to the bridge immediately.11
The following vessels are all required to make the same sound signal when in or near an area of restricted visibility: a vessel not under command; a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre; a vessel constrained by her draught/a sailing vessel; a vessel engaged in fishing; a vessel engaged in towing or pushing another vessel. What is that signal?
Your answer is correct:
One prolonged blast, followed by two short blasts, at intervals of not more than 2 minutes.12
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Your answer is correct:
Lifejacket.13
A distress alert has accidentally been sent with the Inmarsat-C installation. One should now:
Your answer is correct:
Make contact with an RCC.14
With maintenance of batteries it is of primary importance that:
Your answer is correct:
The space where the batteries are stored is properly ventilated.15
If a ship in the MF-band wants to have a DSC-connection with a coast-station (no “distress alert” or a test alert) the following frequencies are chosen:
Correct answer:
TX: 2 189,5 kHz RX: 2 177,0 kHz.Your Answer:
TX: 2 187,5 kHz RX: 2 182 kHz.16
A ship in distress should transmit the appropriate alarm signal followed by the distress call and message on one or all of the international distress frequencies. Which of frequencies is in accordance with the present recommendations?
Your answer is correct:
500 kHz, 2 182 kHz and 156,8 MHz.17
A man is reported to have fallen overboard and the Officer of the Watch releases the lifebuoy and starts a man overboard manoeuvre, who are the first persons onboard he should inform?
Your answer is correct:
Master and Engine Room.18
How many buoyant smoke signals are carried in each lifeboat?
Your answer is correct:
2.19
On an oil tanker fitted with an Inert Gas System, prior to commencement of tank washing, the oxygen content within the cargo tanks shall be:
Your answer is correct:
Not greater than 8 % oxygen content by volume.20
As per international regulations, the minimum inert gas pressure required to be maintained in slop tanks if slops are retained on board is:
Your answer is correct:
100 mm/water gauge.21
You are sailing in shallow water with a 15 % Under Keel Clearance. Turning the ship around, what space do you need compared to deep water?
Your answer is correct:
Need more space than normal.22
If you detect a fire on board the ship, dependent on the situation, which of the following actions is the first to be taken?
Your answer is correct:
Raise the fire alarm.23
What is the emergency channel on VHF?
Your answer is correct:
Channel 16.24
During a telex-connection with a subscriber it is:
Your answer is correct:
Recommended at the beginning and at the end of the message-transport to exchanges “answer back’s”.25
A vessel is equipped for all sea areas. In the middle of the Indian Ocean the EGC-receiver appears out of order. Is it still possible to receive MSI-messages?
Your answer is correct:
Yes, with the MF/HF-radio telex.26
What does the abbreviation ABC mean in first aid?
Your answer is correct:
Air, Breathing, Circulation.27
The small amount of cargo found in the cargo tanks before loading is referred to as OBQ, which means:
Your answer is correct:
ROB (Remaining On Board).28
A “Standard Format for Search and Rescue Situation Reports” (SITREPs) should be used by vessels in distress. The SITREP can be compiled as a short form (urgent essential details). Which of the following information shall be included when using the “short form”?
Your answer is correct:
Weather on-scene.29
How can a new officer, just boarding a ship, ensure that he knows the location and operation of all navigational and safety equipment and take account of the operating limitations of such equipment?
Your answer is correct:
By asking other officers and practicing with the use of the equipment.30
Can the OOW be the sole lookout?
Your answer is correct:
During daylight when visibility and traffic allows.31
What is the general emergency alarm signal as specified in SOLAS?
Your answer is correct:
Seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast.32
What new stability problems would be caused by having deep double bottom tanks on double hull oil tankers?
Your answer is correct:
The Metacentric Height (GM) would have to be considered.33
In oil cargo calculations, ASTM table 53A/B is used for:
Your answer is correct:
Finding the density of oil at 15 °C from the given density at observed temperature.34
The position of the ship is found by taking a series of bearings using a magnetic compass. How should an error of 5° WEST be applied to the compass bearings?
Your answer is correct:
Subtract 5° to the bearings.35
An optical fire detector head is activated by:
Your answer is correct:
The visible smoke that is a result of combustion.36
Which of the four calculations illustrated is the correct one to determine the latitude of the observer when the sun is on the meridian?
Your answer is correct:
Calculation 3 is correct.37
What is the minimum number of channels required for the portable two-way VHF’s for survival craft?
Your answer is correct:
Channels 6, 13 & 16.38
What is the name given to the special list of cargo loaded on board a ship that needs to be prepared for reporting and other administrative purposes?
Your answer is correct:
Manifest.39
Where shall shoreside fire-fighting personnel find necessary information to control a fire on board a cargo ship in an emergency situation?
Your answer is correct:
In the fire control plans or booklet that must be stored in a watertight prominently marked container outside the deck house.40
What would you call the wreckage of a yacht floating in the sea?
Your answer is correct:
Flotsam.41
How is loss of electric power or other fault conditions of fire-detection and fire-alarm systems to be indicated? (SOLAS II-2/13.1.2).
Your answer is correct:
By audible and visual signals at the control panel.42
How much lifeboat capacity should be provided on a conventional cargo ship of more than 85 metres in length?
Correct answer:
100 % of the ship’s complement on each side.Your Answer:
150 % of the ship’s complement on each side.43
Is there any special area where it is forbidden to pump out any sludge or oil residues?
Your answer is correct:
There are 4 special area the Baltic, Mediterranean, Red sea and Black sea where it is forbidden to pump out any sludge or oil residues.44
The whip-antenna of the MF transceiver was lost in bad weather. The MF transceiver can be used again:
Your answer is correct:
If the whip-antenna is replaced by an antenna of about the same length as the original one.45
The purpose of the demister unit within the Inert Gas System is:
Your answer is correct:
To remove water from the IGS stream.46
In context of cargo oil depth and ullage measurements, the abbreviation UTI stands for:
Your answer is correct:
Ullage Temperature Interface.47
What is the correct understanding of the term “Isobar”?
Your answer is correct:
An “Isobar” is a line joining places of equal pressure.48
The mandatory color of a hand flare is:
Your answer is correct:
Red.49
When a message is sent by the Inmarsat-C installation to an Internet e-mail address, the land charge is:
Correct answer:
Independent of the destination.Your Answer:
Dependent on the destination.50
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”.51
The word CHANNEL is spelled conform the international phonetic alphabet:
Your answer is correct:
Charlie, Hotel, Alfa, November, November, Echo, Lima.52
The good operation in any location, whether the NAVTEX is working properly or not, can be checked using:
Your answer is correct:
A testing program built in for this purpose.53
Satellites which receive the 406 MHz Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB are:
Your answer is correct:
Capable to determine the position of the EPIRB.54
What is the minimum number of immersion suits that are required to be provided for each open lifeboat under SOLAS rules?
Your answer is correct:
3.55
If a person is in a state of shock, what of the following is the correct thing of you to do?
Your answer is correct:
Treat and reassure the casualty and stay with the person at all times.56
A ship is navigating in the Caribbean in August when it receives the warning of a Hurricane. To determine the centre of the storm the Master uses “Buys Ballot’s Law” and faces the wind. On what side of the Master would the low pressure area be located?
Your answer is correct:
On the right side.57
When decanting water overboard from the slop tank, it is recommended:
Your answer is correct:
From berth to berth.58
If a distress signal is received on board your ship, what should be the first action that should be taken?
Your answer is correct:
Attempt to establish contact with the distressed vessel.59
The one particular hazard to be taken care against, when using portable steam driven blowers for ventilating oil cargo tanks is:
Correct answer:
That the exhaust does not vent into the cargo tank, in order to prevent possible build-up of static electricity.Your Answer:
That prolonged use may cause the core material of the fan to heat up to a point where it may become a source of ignition.60
What are the limits of a passage or voyage plan?
Your answer is correct:
From berth to berth.61
With reference to oil tanker equipment, the abbreviation VECS stands for:
Your answer is correct:
Vapour Emission Control System.62
What does this signal hoist mean?
Your answer is correct:
I require immediate assistance.63
On board an accident happened. Urgent radio-medical advice is needed. We choose the category:
Correct answer:
Urgency.Your Answer:
Distress.64
The proper operation of an Inmarsat-C terminal can be tested by:
Your answer is correct:
Doing a “link test”.65
Onboard the following message is received on the DSC controller: DOO: 245329000 CH16; S distress ack 244123000. What station sent the distress acknowledgement?
Your answer is correct:
245329000.66
With respect to the ISM, what training in additional to lifeboat and fire drills must be carried out?
Your answer is correct:
Familiarization, and other drills identified as necessary by the ship.67
Rule 12 of the International Collision Regulations prescribes the action to be taken by a sailing vessel when meeting another sailing vessel. This depends on the direction of the wind relative to each vessel. In the situation shown here, which sailing vessel (A or B) must keep out of the way of the other?
Your answer is correct:
Sailing vessel A must keep out of the way of sailing vessel B.68
When a pollution incident occurs there is a plan for actions to be undertaken. State which of following priority sequences to be considered:
Your answer is correct:
Stop pumps – report – clean up.69
When navigating along a coastline what should be considered the most accurate method of navigating?
Your answer is correct:
Use of Differential GPS.70
At the and of a radio telex-connection, when a “store and forward” – message has been transmitted, the coast-station at least gives a:
Your answer is correct:
Time (in UTC) where upon the telex for the subscriber is delivered.71
What is the minimum capacity required of the emergency fire pump?
Your answer is correct:
Not less than 40 % of total capacity of main pumps, but in any case not less than 25 m3/h.72
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:
Do not use loose garments, belts, ties or scarfs near winches and moving machinery.73
The vessel is steaming off the coast when the engine room informs the bridge it must stop engines immediately. Shortly afterwards they informed the bridge they would need a least three hours to fix it. Which of the following actions would be the most suitable taken by the bridge?
Your answer is correct:
Display the NUC signal, maintain the watch and determine how the ship is drifting and the probable position after 3 hours.74
What should you do with the ashes from your vessels incinerator which had burned garbage containing plastics?
Your answer is correct:
Discharge to a shore facility only.75
What is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of the earth?
Your answer is correct:
Great Circle.76
Abdominal Thrust is the name on a technique which involves applying a series of thrusts to the upper abdomen in an attempt to force air out of a choking casualty’s lungs. How to perform this technique?
Your answer is correct:
Stand behind the casualty. Clench your fist with the thumb inwards in the center of upper abdomen. Grasp your fist with your other hand and pull quickly inwards.77
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Your answer is correct:
Muster station.78
Crude Oil Washing of a cargo tank using oil containing substantial amount of water could result in:
Your answer is correct:
Generation of an electrically charged mist inside the tank.79
What does this flag mean?
Your answer is correct:
I have a diver down; keep well clear at slow speed.80