Test about SOPEP/SMPEP v5.0

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For which one of the following would your SOPEP require a pollution to be made?:

Your answer is correct: The oily water separator overboard discharge contained oil above 15 ppm.

Which of the following are good ways of preventing operational oil spills from polluting the water around a ship? Select all that apply:

Your answer is correct: Plugging deck scuppers.

Which of the following best describes the general scope of a SOPEP?:

Your answer is correct: It must cover the response to any polluting oil discharge: from a small spill to all the oil on the ship.

Which of the following best describes the main aim of the OPRC Convention?:

Your answer is correct: To improve cooperation between governments when oil pollution needs to be cleaned up.

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the a SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: To ensure that chemical pollution is reported to the relevant authorities quickly and effectively.

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of a SOPEP?:

Your answer is correct: To ensure that oil pollution is reported to the relevant authorities quickly and effectively.

Which of the following best describes the meaning of “mitigating activities” that will be covered by your SOPEP/SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Activities that prevent or reduce the amount of pollution.

Which of the following best describes what you would expect to be covered in Preamble to a SOPEP or SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: It is a general overview of the plan and introduces the basic concept of the plan.

Which of the following best describes when a SOPEP pollution report must be made, despite the fact that no oil has entered the water?:

Your answer is correct: When something happens on the ship that makes it probable that oil may enter the water soon after.

Which of the following best describes when instructions in a SOPEP or SMPEP can be ignored?:

Your answer is correct: When there is another pollution response plan which takes priority.

Which of the following best describes when your SOPEP should NOT be used during an oil pollution emergency?:

Your answer is correct: When local laws require a different response procedure.

Which of the following best describes where the master can get up to date information on the contents of a bunker tank that has been found to be leaking throught the hull?:

Your answer is correct: The location of the information will normally be identified in the non mandatory part of the SOPEP/SMPEP.

Which of the following best describes where you should send pollution reports if you are at sea?:

Your answer is correct: To the nearest coastal State at the contact point given in the IMO list attached to your SOPEP/SMPEP.

Which of the following best describes where you should send pollution reports if you are inside a harbor?:

Your answer is correct: To the contact point listed in your SOPEP/SMPEP or obtained when arriving at the port.

Which of the following best describes who decides what has to be covered in a SOPEP or SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: The IMO content guidelines should be followed.

Which of the following best describes who else you should send pollution reports to, after the local authorities have been informed?:

Your answer is correct: To the ship interest contacts listed in your SOPEP/SMPEP.

Which of the following best describes why SOPEP/SMPEPs often have a section on “public affairs” in them?:

Your answer is correct: To set out company policy on talking to the media during an emergency.

Which of the following best describes why SOPEP/SMPEPs often have instructions on the taking of oil samples in them?:

Your answer is correct: To set out company policy on taking samples during a pollution emergency, in case of court proceedings.

Which of the following best describes why a scenario involving “loss of tank environmental control” is required to be covered by a SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: The cargo may reach a critical condition, leading to serious damage to the ship and a major leak.

Which of the following best describes why a special form is included in your SOPEP or SMPEP for use in making pollution reports?:

Your answer is correct: It ensures that all relevant details are reported and can be understood by persons who do not speak English as their first language.

Which of the following best describes why cargo contamination is required to be covered by a SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Cargo contamination could lead to a hazardous condition.

Which of the following best describes why it is necessary to carry out regular “SOPEP drills”?:

Your answer is correct: The plan is of little value if not familiar to the crew.

Which of the following best describes why the SOPEP/SMPEP is required to cover containment system failure and hull failure separately?:

Your answer is correct: Oil leaks from hull failure will go straight into the water but failed containment systems may allow water pollution to be avoided.

Which of the following best describes why the “Intervention Convention” may be mentioned in a SOPEP or SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: It allows coastal States to dictate actions during a marine pollution incident.

Which of the following best describes why your SOPEP/SMPEP contains a section on national and local coordination?:

Your answer is correct: Coordination is necessary to keep the effects of a pollution incident small.

Which of the following best describes why your SOPEP/SMPEP may contain a section on salvage?:

Your answer is correct: To provide guidance to master on when salvage assistance should be sought for their ship.

Which of the following is the best reason why casualties causing “hazardous vapor release” are required to be covered by your SOPEP/SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Vapor release may lead to a fire and explosion followed by major oil pollution.

Which one of the following best describes which ships need a carry a SOPEP onboard?:

Your answer is correct: Oil tankers over 150 GT and all other ships over 400 GT.

Which one of the following best describes which ships need a carry a SMPEP onboard?:

Your answer is correct: Ships that carry noxious liquid cargoes that are over 150 GT.

Which one of the following describes a “mitigating activity” that may be found in a SOPEP/SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Ships that carry noxious liquid cargoes that are over 150 GT.

Which one of the following is a safety precaution that might be required by your ship’s SMPEP after a small spillage of noxious liquid onto deck?:

Your answer is correct: Protective clothing is to be worn during spill clean-up.

Which one of the following is a way that you can minimize pollution after a bunker tank has overflowed?:

Your answer is correct: Transfer some oil from the over full tank to an empty one.

Which one of the following is an important consideration, after your ship has run aground, that should be covered by your SOPEP/SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Transfer of oil from a leaking tank may cause the ship to break up.

Which one of the following is an operational spill that may be covered by your SOPEP/SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Steady loss of oil from the stern tube header tank.

Which one of the following is the correct full name for a SMPEP?:

Your answer is correct: Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan.

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