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: 69%
Right answers:
1
The temperature control system of the main engine crankshaft bearings indicates high temperature. What would be the correct way to open and check the crankcase?
Correct answer:
Stop the engine immediately and keep the lube oil pump running for at least 20 minutes before opening the crankcase.Your Answer:
Reduce the RPM to a minimum and open the crankcase doors carefully.2
As regards the launching and recovery arrangements for rescue boats which is required among the following:
Correct answer:
Means shall be available to prevent any discharge of water on to survival craft during abandonment.Your Answer:
Different type of launching and recovery arrangements shall be used for similar survival craft on board the ship.3
What is the approximate content of oxygen in air?
Your answer is correct:
21 %.4
What does this signal hoist mean?
Your answer is correct:
I require immediate assistance.5
A burn may occur when electricity of high current and voltage passes through the body. Most damage occurs at the points of entry and exit of electricity. What is the treatment of electrical burns?
Correct answer:
Place sterile dressing over the burn and secure with a bandage.Your Answer:
Apply lotions and ointment to injured area and secure with a bandage.6
What is the name given to the risk assessment programme developed by OCIMF, under which tankers are inspected and the results made available to potential charterers through a database of records?
Your answer is correct:
The Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE).7
Wire antenna of 12 metres long is probably:
Your answer is correct:
A MF/HF-antenna.8
What is the purpose of explosimeters?
Your answer is correct:
Measure the amount of explosive gases in % of LEL.9
The operating mode of a pyrotechnic signal depends essentially on:
Your answer is correct:
Instructions or diagrams printed on its casing by the manufacturer.10
During tank washing, besides maintaining the tank oxygen content below 8 % by volume, it should also be ensured:
Correct answer:
That a positive pressure is maintained in the tank.Your Answer:
That a minimum of 2,4 bar inert gas inlet pressure is maintained in the tank.11
What is the correct understanding of the term “Block Coefficient” as applied to a ship?
Your answer is correct:
The comparisons of the underwater shape of the ship, to a rectangular block of the same extreme dimensions.12
The discharge arrangements for halogenated hydrocarbon total flooding systems shall be so designed that the minimum quantity of medium can be discharged in (based on the discharge of the liquid phase):
Correct answer:
20 seconds or less.Your Answer:
45 seconds or less.13
Non distress calls on 2 182 kHz and VHF channel 16 should not exceed:
Your answer is correct:
1 minute.14
What does the term DISCHARGE mean, as used in the Oil Pollution Regulations?
Correct answer:
All the other alternatives.Your Answer:
Dumping.15
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.16
What is the approximate pressure of the CO2 stored in a cylinder at an ambient temperature of +20 °C?
Your answer is correct:
60 bar.17
Are there any restriction on entry into cargo holds at sea?
Your answer is correct:
Permission must be obtained from Chief Officer.18
The use of combustible material is restricted in the accommodation spaces in order to:
Correct answer:
Contain and suppress fire and explosion in the compartment of origin.Your Answer:
Prevent occurrence of fire and explosion.19
With reference to the efficiency of cargo pumps on oil tankers, the abbreviation NPSH stands for:
Your answer is correct:
Net Pressure Suction Head.20
Which of the following statements applies to fire doors in main vertical zone bulkheads and stairway enclosures in passenger ships?
Your answer is correct:
All the alternatives are correct.21
In any US port according to the Code of Federal Regulations, the person responsible for preparing and completing the “Declaration of Inspection” prior to the transfer of an oil cargo can take place, is:
Your answer is correct:
The ship’s officer in charge of the oil transfer operation.22
Which action do you perform when you log in to a satellite ocean region?
Your answer is correct:
You inform the NCS that the SES is available for communications.23
The word SHIP is spelled conform the international phonetic alphabet:
Your answer is correct:
Sierra, Hotel, India, Papa.24
On board they want to have a dial-phone call via Inmarsat with the Apollogracht. In the guides the following ID’s are found for the Apollogracht: 344320000, 424432010, 424432020, 1300210, 36715. What ID should be chosen?
Correct answer:
1300210.Your Answer:
344320000.25
In the Beaufort Scale of Wind Force, what is the Beaufort number associated with the wind force known as a “Gale”? This should not be confused with a “Near Gale” or “Strong Gale”?
Correct answer:
Eight (8).Your Answer:
Ten (10).26
How would you report containers with dangerous goods lost overboard?
Your answer is correct:
My vessel has lost containers with dangerous goods of IMDG Class… in position…27
You wish to carry out a test transmission on your radio equipment. What precautions should be taken if any?
Your answer is correct:
All of the items in the other alternatives should be done.28
In ship’s stability what is understood by the term “In stable equilibrium”?
Your answer is correct:
Stable equilibrium means the buoyancy force upwards and the force of weight downwards are equal and G and B are in the same vertical line.29
The ship is involved in a collision, what is the immediate action by the Officer of the Watch after the incident has taken place?
Correct answer:
Sound the General Alarm and stop engines.Your Answer:
Call the Master and check the position for any immediate dangers.30
If you are called upon to reeve a new wire onto a self-stowing winch drum you would, after looking at brake arrangement, reeve it to pay out as follows:
Correct answer:
Direction B.Your Answer:
Direction A.31
To receive distress alerting and MSI via an Inmarsat-C set vessels must have:
Correct answer:
SES or an EGC receiver.Your Answer:
MF/HF radio telex scanner with printer.32
Once a ship (equipped with self-stowing auto-tension winches) is moored alongside a loading or discharging berth, it is recommended that:
Correct answer:
All winches to be left with the manual brake on and out of gear.Your Answer:
The “spring” winches be left in the auto-tension mode and all other winches with the manual brake on.33
The ship is required to be stopped in the water as quickly as possible, but without major changes to the ship’s heading. What is the most effective method to achieve this?
Your answer is correct:
The use of the rudder hard over both sides combined with reducing engine power, a method known as “high frequency rudder cycling”.34
What action should the Officer of the Watch (OOW) take if he is forced to make a major deviation from the voyage plan?
Your answer is correct:
Inform the Master.35
What is an oxygen analyzer used for?
Your answer is correct:
Measure oxygen contents in the atmosphere.36
A Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB can be used in:
Your answer is correct:
All sea-areas (A1 to A4).37
Which method is used to make a physical connection between a rescue vessel and a wreck?
Your answer is correct:
Rocket line.38
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?
Correct answer:
One prolonged blast, followed by two short blasts, at intervals of not more than 2 minutes.Your Answer:
One prolonged blast, followed by two short blasts, at intervals of not more than 1 minute.39
A Class divisions in ships are constructed so that they are capable of preventing the passage of smoke and flame to the end of a standard fire test held for how many minutes?
Your answer is correct:
60 minutes.40
A ship is being overtaken by another ship while proceeding along a river. What should be the required procedure?
Correct answer:
The overtaking vessel should request permission from the other ship by sounding two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts on the whistle or by direct VHF contact.Your Answer:
The overtaking vessel should request permission to overtake from the Port Control VTS.41
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.42
What kind of measure is the division of the vessel in upright areas by using thermic and structural separations?
Your answer is correct:
It is both a prevention and protection measure.43
A ship is passing through a narrow channel and keeping to the starboard side of the fairway, as illustrated. What could be expected in this situation?
Correct answer:
The ship will suffer bank rejection and the bow will be pushed away from the bank.Your Answer:
The ship’s rudder will suffer a lack of effectiveness due to the shallow water, but should not be affected by the bank being close to the bow.44
The freeboard of a lifeboat, measured from the waterline to the lowest opening through which the lifeboat may become flooded:
Correct answer:
Should exceed 1,5 % of the lifeboat length when loaded with 50 % of the number of persons the lifeboat is permitted to accommodate, these persons being seated to one side of the centreline.Your Answer:
Should exceed 0,5 metres when loaded with 50 % of the number of persons the lifeboat is permitted to accommodate, these persons being seatd to one side of the centreline.45
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”.46
At the end of a radio telex-connection, when a “store and forward” message has been transmitted, the coast-station at least gives a:
Correct answer:
Time (in UTC) whereupon the telex for the subscriber is delivered.Your Answer:
Code in letters which will be repeated when the telex has been delivered to the subscriber.47
How much water would you allow per person as officer in charge of the lifeboat, following an abandon ship operation?
Your answer is correct:
Nothing for the first 24 hours, then 1/2 litre per day (more in the tropics).48
What is meant by the term “segregation”?
Your answer is correct:
The planned, separated stowage of cargoes that may react dangerously with each other in the event of leakage or other damage.49
What is the main theme of modern safety practice?
Your answer is correct:
Making use of Risk Assessment as a means to improving safety.50
What general background colour is used on warning signs that indicate emergency or first-aid features, or indicate a safe condition?
Your answer is correct:
Green.51
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.52
It is important that a compress is done correctly. One of the alternative signs, after completed compress bandage, shows that the bandage may be to tight. Which one?
Your answer is correct:
Swelling below the bandage and heavy pain.53
On area A3 the function “Transmission and reception of signals for locating” is mainly based on:
Correct answer:
The use of SART transponders.Your Answer:
The use of HF DSC.54
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 isolating material.55
When shutting down the flue gas plant, the last step that the operator shall carry out would be to:
Your answer is correct:
Shut down of inert gas blower.56
How will you start a cancelling message after you send by mistake a distress call on your VHF DSC equipment?
Your answer is correct:
All Stations – This is “SAINT-ROMAIN”.57
Which of the following is a ship MMSI?
Your answer is correct:
227530000.58
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.59
The mode J2B is used:
Correct answer:
For radiotelex-traffic in the MF/HF band between the ship and shore stations.Your Answer:
For telephone traffic in the MF/HF bands between ship and shore stations.60
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.61
What vessels must have automatic fire detection onboard with heat/smoke detectors and audible alarm?
Your answer is correct:
All ships that are covered by the IMO safety conventions.62
What is the minimum number of “international shore connections” that should be provided on vessels of 500 gross tonnage and upwards?
Correct answer:
1.Your Answer:
3.63
What would be understood by the message “A yacht has capsized in heavy seas”?
Your answer is correct:
The message means the yacht has been overturned in heavy seas.64
The “pour point” of an oil cargo is:
Correct answer:
The lowest temperature at which it will remain fluid.Your Answer:
The lowest temperature at which a gas converts back to liquid.65
Crude oils may be considered to consist:
Correct answer:
A natural mixture of simple and complex hydrocarbon compounds.Your Answer:
A refined blend of hydrocarbon compounds and sulphur extracts.66
What is the period of validity of the Safety Management Certificate?
Your answer is correct:
5 years.67
Which of the following answers correctly specify the following most common rudders? a) UNBALANCED, b) BALANCED, c) SEMI-BALANCED and d) UNDERHUNG BALANCED. i. e. The number in the picture is related to the letter adjacent to the name of the rudder.
Your answer is correct:
1 = a, 2 = b, 3 = c and 4 = d.68
The longitudinal bending moments caused by cargo distribution on an oil tanker need to be taken into consideration:
Your answer is correct:
During loading, discharging and on loaded passage.69
What is the direction of wind associated with an anticyclone (area of high pressure) in the Northern Hemisphere?
Your answer is correct:
Clockwise around the high pressure.70
What is the action that a GMDSS Radio Operator should take when a DSC distress alert is received?
Your answer is correct:
The Operator should immediately set continuous watch on the radiotelephone frequency that is associated with frequency band on which the distress alert was received.71
Which personnel must undergo familiarization training on board?
Your answer is correct:
Everyone.72
What is the purpose of the ODME (Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment) printer?
Your answer is correct:
To prove that oil has been pumped overboard according to regulations.73
What is SITREP an abbreviation for:
Correct answer:
Situation Report.Your Answer:
Ship Transmit Emergency Radio.74
What does the word “pyrotechnics” mean?
Your answer is correct:
Pyrotechnics are the items which are capable of self-contained chemical reactions for the production heat, light, smoke and/or sound.75
You are part of a team of two First Aiders in a resuscitation situation. What is the rythm of resuscitation with two First Aiders?
Correct answer:
5 compressions after every 1 inflation.Your Answer:
10 compressions within every 3 inflations.76
The mandatory color of a hand flare is:
Your answer is correct:
Red.77
Which of the following spaces may be protected by a fixed carbon dioxide (CO2) fire-extinguishing system?
Your answer is correct:
Machinery spaces of category A.78
During an oil cargo discharging operation, the IG supply to the tanks fails. As an OOW you would:
Your answer is correct:
Immediately stop the discharging and inform the Chief Officer.79
You are on a power-driven vessel underway in open water. This vessel is sighted directly ahead. The distance is closing slowly. What action will you take under the International Collision Regulations and why?
Your answer is correct:
I will keep out of her way. I am the overtaking vessel and am obliged to keep clear under rule 13.80