What will a cadet find in the maintenance manual?
A cadet will find a lubricating chart in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find grease in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find machinery spare parts in the maintenance manual.
A cadet will find grease nipples in the maintenance manual.
What do you call the method used for bone-soft part injuries?
What measures should be taken when handling mail?
Open any mail that looks suspicious.
X-ray or scan parcels before opening them.
Wear rubber gloves and protective clothing when opening suspicious looking mail.
Tear open letters with your hands.
An electric motor is to be aligned to a pump by insuring shims under the motor feet. Which of the tools given in the options would be used to check that the alignment is correct by measurement of the gap between the coupling faces?
An inside vernier calliper.
What kind of measure is the division of the vessel in upright areas by using thermic and structural separations?
It is both a prevention and protection measure.
It is a protection measure.
It is a prevention measure.
It is neither a prevention nor a protection measure.
The normal carbon content of Crude Oil is in the range of:
What is the correct name of the part highlighted in the sketch?
Cylinder air start valve.
What term is used to describe a fresh water cooling system which contains a seawater cooled common freshwater cooler and which meets the cooling requirements for all the engine room machinery?
A high temperature freshwater system.
A low temperature freshwater system.
A central cooling system.
For how long should the self contained air support system on a totally enclosed lifeboat having its engine running be capable of providing safe and breathable air?
Hot work is to be carried out close to a smoke detector in the engine room. What precautions should be taken?
Notify Deck Officer and Engineer Officer in charge. The loop for the smoke detector should be isolated while work is done and normal precautions for hot work taken including permit to work.
Disconnect or cover up the smoke detector.
No special precautions except for having a watch man and a fire extinguisher available.
Notify Deck Officer in charge that a fire alarm may occur.
An airway should be used when:
The patient has stopped breathing.
The patient is unconscious.
The patient is breathing on his own but is doing so with great difficulty.
Patient has injury in the mouth.
What is the correct understanding of the term “Lapse Rate” when used in Meteorology?
The rate of increase of the wind associated with a Tropical Revolving Storm.
The delay in temperature reduction associated with the wet bulb thermometer of a hygrometer.
The change in the temperature associated with the passing of the warm front of a frontal depression.
The change of the temperature in the atmosphere with height above sea level.
What is the “International shore connection” used for?
To connect the ship fire main to the shore lines.
To connect the cargo hoses to the shore.
To connect the bunker hoses to the shore.
To connect the ship fresh water hoses to the shore.
While getting tools ready and preparing for overhaul work on the main engine the engine room rating notices that the electrical extension is damaged. A small section of the cables outer insulation is split although the inner insulation appears ok. What action should the rating take?
Cut off the end of the cable including the damaged section and refit the plug to the end of the remaining cable before using the extension.
Label the damaged extension as unfit for use and return it to the store for testing and get a replacement extension.
Carry on using the extension after wrapping insulation tape over the damaged section as it is only minor damage.
Just use the extension as it is since the damage is only to the outer insulation and the inner insulation appears ok.
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?
Always use gloves when using grinding machines.
Keep tools within easy reach during work.
Keep your working area clean and tidy.
Do not carry lighters or matches when working outdoors.
The threads on the drain plug for the bronze end cover of a sea water cooled heat exchanger have been badly damaged during maintenance. There is no spare brass plug available. What is the best solution for repairing the heat exchanger?
Make a new brass plug on the lathe to fit the drain hole.
Use a steel plug with the same thread as the original to replace it.
Wrap the threats in thread tape and coat it with jointing compound before refitting it.
Hammer in a wooden tapered plug as a temporary repair.
Welding and burning are two operations which give the highest risk of a fire on board ship. Which of the following safety precautions may be regarded as the most important in order to minimise this particular risk?
The area where the welding is to take place and adjacent spaces to be cleaned and all unnecessary materials and objects to be removed.
Only holders of a welding certificate should be allowed to carry out welding or burning on board ships.
Only use electrodes from a well known manufacturer.
Electric welding plants should be controlled by a responsible engineer before use.
What is the main purpose for taking diesel engine crankshaft deflections?
To allow calculation of the load on each of the bearings.
To check for weardown of the bottom end bearings.
To check that the shafting is in a straight line.
To check for weardown of the main bearings.
What is the minimum number of channels required for the portable two-way VHF’s for survival craft?
What would be the most probable cause of high temperature readings for the bearings in a diesel engine?
Lubricating oil pressure too low.
Charge air pressure too low.
Jacket cooling water temperature too high.
What action should be taken if it is noticed that there is a quantity of oil on the engine room tank top?
Start the fire pump and wash the oil into the bilges.
Open the overboard valve and start the bilge pump.
Apply foam to the tank top to minimise any risk of fire.
Notify the duty engineer and try and find the cause of the leakage so that it can be stopped and the oil cleaned up.
What does the word “pyrotechnics” mean?
Pyrotechnics are the items which are capable of self-contained chemical reactions for the production heat, light, smoke and/or sound.
Pyrotechnics are items that are used to produce technical solutions to the complex problems.
Pyrotechnics are used to ensure that the correct technical proportions are used to start the system functioning.
Pyrotechnics is a group word to cover all the required activities in the event of a man overboard.
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
What are the lists called that give the position and task during a lifeboat drill for all persons on board the ship?
When shutting down the flue gas plant, the last step that the operator shall carry out would be to:
Close the deck isolating valve.
Open ventilation valve to atmosphere.
Close the gas pressure control valve.
Shut down of inert gas blower.
The use of combustible material is restricted in the accommodation spaces in order to:
Reduce cost of construction.
Prevent occurrence of fire and explosion.
Contain and suppress fire and explosion in the compartment of origin.
After checked for open airway, given the first two inflations and checked the pulse to make sure that the heart is beating, what is the rate of inflations given until natural breathing is restored?
Doesn’t matter how many times.
What are the lists called that give the position and task during a lifeboat drill for all persons on board the ship?
What is the first action that should be taken by the rating on boiler watch in the event of a flame failure on the boiler?
Call the engineer on watch.
Stop the feed water pump.
What is the disadvantage of using chemicals on an oil-spill on the water?
The water gets a white colour, which makes it easy to detect the oil-spill.
It is difficult to apply chemicals if there is any wind.
The chemicals make it difficult to remove the oil from the water.
It is difficult to apply the chemicals if the oil drifts away from the ship’s side.
When operating a propulsion installation consisting of medium speed diesel engines driving a controllable pitch propeller it is possible to operate the combination of engine speed and propeller pitch in a number of different ways. What would be the main reason for operating with constant speed and variable pitch?
To allow the engine to be operated with a load sensing governor instead of a speed sensing governor.
To allow rapid load change and thrust reversal when manoeuvring.
To obtain maximum propeller efficiency over the load range of the engine.
To allow constant speed operation of a shaft generator while the engine load changes with pitch variation.
What term is used to describe a fresh water cooling system which contains a seawater cooled common freshwater cooler and which meets the cooling requirements for all the engine room machinery?
A high temperature freshwater system.
A central cooling system.
A low temperature freshwater system.
An engine room rating is assisting in the maintenance of some of the valves on the low pressure steam range. Which packing material, from the options given, would be the best choice for repacking the gland of a low pressure steam valve?
Lead covered cotton packing.
You are carrying out a search in a smoke filled compartment wearing a breathing apparatus. At what stage should you start to make your way out of the compartment?
Wait until the breathing apparatus warning whistle sounds.
15 minutes after starting to use the set as this leaves you with 5 minutes air left.
Wait for the appropriate signal on your safety line as the personnel outside will be keeping a track of the time you have spent inside.
Regularly check your pressure gauge and note how much air you used to reach your work area. Start to return when you have this amount left plus a reasonable reserve.
What is meant by the term “segregation”?
The process of electronically transferring the data on cargoes loaded on a vessel between the load port and the discharge port, such that import documentation is prepared in advance of the vessel’s arrival.
The stowage of cargoes when calculated by a computerized load program.
The planned, separated stowage of cargoes that may react dangerously with each other in the event of leakage or other damage.
The planned adjacent stowage of packaged goods, thereby confining a listed hazard within the same area of the ship.
Which cleaning agents are suitable for use in machinery space when considering the effect on the function of the oily water separator?
Only non-emulsifying cleaning agents with self-splitting emulsifiers are suitable.
None should be used as all cleaning agents affect the function of an OWS.
Any kind of cleaning agent is suitable.
An emulsification type cleaning agent is suitable.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Muster station for unaccompanied minors (UM).
Why should boiler sootblowers normally only be operated in the correct sequence?
To ensure soot is cleared progressively from the bottom tubes to the top and toward the boiler uptakes.
To minimise loss of steam pressure.
So that the operator does not forget which sootblowers have been used.
To avoid excess stress in the boiler.
While assisting the watchkeeper with routine cleaning of the fuel oil separator the watch rating is requested to clean the plate stack. Which of the options given is the preferred method for such a task?
Soak the dirty plates in a solvent for an hour and then stand them on the engine room deck to drain off.
Scrape the plates as clean as possible with a packing knife and then wash them with a high pressure water hose.
With the plate stack in position fill the purifier bowl with clean diesel oil and quickly switch it on and off to wash the plates.
Soak the plates in a suitable solvent until all of the dirt has loosened off and wipe clean with rags.
What could be the cause of a refrigeration compressor running continuously even though normal temperatures for the cold rooms have been reached?
Low-pressure cut-out is stuck in closed position.
The differential pressure switch for the lubricating oil pressure cut-out is stuck in the closed position.
High-pressure cut-out is stuck in open position.
Solenoid valve before the expansion valve stuck in closed position.
You have abandoned ship in a liferaft. In most cases, which of the following actions should you generally take?
Organise a lookout system. Join up with other survival craft if possible. Stream the sea anchor.
Organise a lookout system.
Join up with any other survival craft and stream the sea anchor.
Start paddling in the direction of the nearest land.
During inspection of a high pressure fuel pump for a medium speed diesel engine it is observed that the upper leading edge and the lower helical edge of the pump plunger have suffered from erosion damage. Select the correct action to take to remedy this from the options given.
Renew only the plunger if the barrel appears undamaged.
Renew the plunger and barrel insert as a pair.
Smooth away the damaged area with a grinder and polishing stone and refit it.
Replace the complete pump with a new or reconditioned spare.
Water is the extinguishing agent which is the most widely employed and its action as an extinguishing agent is due to a combination of the following phenomena:
Smothering and inhibition.
Cooling, smothering and dispersion.
Smothering and dispersion.
Cooling, inhibition and dispersion.
With reference to the efficiency of cargo pumps on oil tankers, the abbreviation NPSH stands for:
Net Pressure Suction Head.
Necessary Pumping Suction Hazard.
Nominal Pressure Suction Head.
Natural Pumping Standard Height.
What is the best way to avoid pollution from small oil-spills aboard a ship?
Contain any oil-spill onboard the ship.
Rig an oil boom around the ship.
Have sawdust ready for use.
Have dispersing chemicals ready for use in case of oil-spill.
Where would you find out which fire sections are enclosed by “A” or “B” class divisions on a ship?
On the ship’s fire control plans.
On the general arrangement plan.
All the mentioned alternatives.
An engine room rating is assisting the duty engineer during a period of UMS operation. After completing the tasks they have been busy with the engineer and rating leave the engine room which is returned to UMS mode. The rating realises that an oil tank filling valve has been left open. What action should be taken?
Inform the duty engineer immediately so that the engine room can be re-entered and the valve can be shut.
Inform another crewmember that he is going back into the engine room to close the valve.
Just leave the valve open as it is unsafe to enter the engine room alone. The high alarm will sound to notify the engineer when the tank is full.
Re-enter the engine room straight away and shut the valve.
The small amounts of cargo found in the cargo tanks before loading is referred to as OBQ, which means:
OPB (Observed Preliminary Volume).
TSV (Total Surveyed Volume).
ROB (Remaining On Board).
A small electric motor needs to be taken to the bottom plates for fitting to a domestic water pump. It is only just too heavy to be manually carried so is to be lowered using the engine room crane. Which of the options given would be a suitable strop to use for the operation?
Any certified strop which has a safe working load greater than the weight of the motor.
A wire strop which is rated for twice the required load but is out of certification.
Any piece of rope will do as the motor is only just too heavy to carry.
Any strop which looks big enough to carry the load.
Shipboard Emergency Drills must be carried out at least (OPA-90):
An electric motor is to be aligned to a pump by insuring shims under the motor feet. Which of the tools given in the options would be used to check that the alignment is correct by measurement of the gap between the coupling faces?
An inside vernier calliper.
What is the capacity of the required portable fluid extinguishers?
Not more than 20 litres and not less than 12 litres.
Not more than 13,5 litres and not less than 9 litres.
A seawater pipe is holed due to corrosion causing frequent bilge alarms. Which of the given temporary repair methods would be the preferred option to remedy the problem until the pipe can be replaced?
Cover the hole with rubber insertion held in place with a jubilee clip.
Cover all of the affected area with fibre glass tape and resin/fibre.
Wrap duct tape around the pipe in way of the hole.
Drive a steel taper pin into the hole to seal it.
Unfortunately an insect has become lodged in the ear. How to remove the insect?
By using rubber vacuum pump and suck the foreign body out.
Hold one hand across your nose and blow hard. Since the nose-channel is closed, the air will escape through the ears instead. And so will the foreign body.
Gently flood the casualty’s ear with terpid water so that the insect will float out.
By using a Q-tip and carefully try to get the insect out.
The engine room rating has been assisting with ballast operations during a period of engine room watch duty. Ballast operations have stopped for a couple of hours while stores are being taken. What action should the rating take during this break in operations?
Just keep the pumps running and the valves for the ballast tanks open to save time when operations are restarted. The tanks will just overflow through the air vents.
Just stop the pumps and close the pump suction and discharge valves. Leave the valves for the ballast tanks open to save time later.
Shut the valves for the ballast tanks but keep the pumps running and discharging overboard to save time later.
Stop all of the ballast pumps and close all of the ballast valves as soon as operations are stopped. Ballast lines should always be closed except when they are being used.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS B pack?
Which of the methods given in the options should be used to test a remote reading temperature gauge for the auxiliary boiler exhaust gas?
Check the resistance change in the sensor over a known temperature range against the resistance values in the product sheet.
Fit a spare temperature gauge and see if the reading are the same.
Place the sensor in a test tank of water fitted with a heater element and thermometer and check the temperature gauge at different temperatures.
Place the sensor in a test tank of oil fitted with a heater element and thermometer and check the temperature gauge at different temperatures.
How much liferaft capacity should be provided on a conventional cargo ship of more than 85 meters in length?
100 % of the complement if it can be readily launched on either side of the ship. If it cannot be readily launched on either side, 100 % must be provided on each side.
50 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
75 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
25 % of the complement on each side of the ship.
During maintenance of a pneumatically operated, diaphragm actuated control valve the diaphragm is found to be split. Select, from the options given, a suitable material to use to make a temporary replacement if there is no spare diaphragm available.
Natural rubber sheet of approximately the same thickness and elasticity as the original diaphragm material.
Cotton reinforced rubber insertion sheet of smaller thickness but similar strength as the original diaphragm material.
Natural rubber sheet of greater thickness and lower elasticity as the original diaphragm material.
Cotton reinforced rubber insertion sheet of approximately the same thickness but less elasticity than the original diaphragm material.
The insulation resistance (IR) to earth of a new galley hot-plate is measured to be 30 Mohm. When three identical hot-plates on the same supply are tested together their combined IR will be:
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Remote controlled fire pumps.
International shore connection.
What would be the effects of a ship passing into shallow waters?
The vessel has a tendency to swing to port with a single fixed-pitch right-hand turning propeller.
The speed is not affected, but more rudder is required to steer the ship.
There is no noticeable difference in performance of the ship.
The ship is less responsive to both rudder and propeller.
An engine room rating is assisting in the maintenance of some of the valves on the low pressure steam range. Which packing material, from the options given, would be the best choice for repacking the gland of a low pressure steam valve?
Lead covered cotton packing.
What kind of extinguishing-remedy would you choose to put out an electrical fire?
Combination of powder and water.
Dry extinguishing remedy.
What method shall be used when hauling survivors out of the sea (state of survivors is critical)?
Where does the excess steam discharge to when the boiler safety valves operate due to the boiler pressure being too high?
The atmosphere via the atmospheric line.
Which of the following answers would most appropriately describe shell plating damage to the vessel?
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating below the waterline.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating below the waterline in way of No. 3 cargo hold, starboard side.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating in way of No. 3 cargo hold.
My vessel has sustained damage to shell plating above the waterline.
What is the most suitable type of packing for a shaft gland of a pump used for seawater duties?
Lead covered hemp packing.
Mica impregnated cotton packing.
What types of fire extinguishers shall be used in the engine room?
Fire extinguishers of the handy-size types only.
Fire extinguishers filled with fresh water only.
Fire extinguishers equipped for powder or CO2 only.
Any fire extinguisher with a weight of less than 100 lbs.
An important quantity which is useful in circuit analysis is known as conductance G (Siemens). Which of the formulas A to D expresses the conductance for this circuit?
During maintenance work in the engine room or on deck it is often necessary to work aloft (work at a height above the plates or the deck). When working aloft onboard the ship what is the most important safety precaution that should be taken?
Wear a safety harness securely attached to ship’s structure.
Wear a safety helmet and goggles.
Lash the bottom of the ladder to a fixed point.
Keep all the tools required for the work in a bucket.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding the stowage of a survival craft corresponds to present SOLAS regulations? Each survival craft shall be stowed:
In a secure and sheltered position and protected from damage by fire or explosion.
Wherever space is available.
In a state of readiness so that two crew-members can prepare for embarkation and launching in less than 15 minutes.
On the starboard side of the ship.
What special equipment can often provide assistance in locating a survival craft or man overboard and in the water?
A sectored search pattern.
The examples of Aromatic Hydrocarbons will include:
Benzene, Toluene and Xylene.
Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Monoxide.
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide.
Propane, Butane and Pentane.
What would be the most probable cause of the exhaust gas temperature from one cylinder of a diesel engine being lower than normal?
The opening pressure for the injection valve for the cylinder is set too high.
There is air in the fuel oil system.
The camshaft chain is too slack.
The intake filter for turbo charger is partly fouled.
What signal, if any, is specified in SOLAS as the “Abandon ship” signal?
Six short blasts followed by one long blast.
The “Abandon ship” signal is not specified, only the general emergency alarm signal is stated.
Seven short blasts followed by one long blast.
What is the most likely cause of black smoke at the boiler exhaust during normal operation of a steam boiler?
Insufficient combustion air.
Fuel oil temperature too high.
What is the correct name of the equipment shown in the sketch?
Why is it important that the combustion chamber of a boiler is properly ventilated prior to ignition?
To avoid an explosion in case any oil vapours are present from oil leakage into the furnace.
To ensure that there is sufficient air for proper combustion.
To remove any deposits from the furnace wall.
To cool the surfaces of the boiler furnace in case they give premature ignition of the burner.
On a fire patrol at night you see smoke coming from a closed cabin door. What action should you take first?
Activate the nearest fire alarm button and advise bridge of the location of the fire.
Get the nearest fire extinguisher and then open the door to see what the situation is.
Take a look inside the cabin to see what the situation is.
As most people are sleeping, call a friend and ask him to assist in putting out the fire.