During helicopter evacuation of an injured man, what course should the ship steer?
With the wind fine on the bow opposite to the helicopter operating area.
As instructed by the helicopter pilot.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
On board an oil tanker, slop tanks may be used for the carriage of oil:
When not being used for the carriage of slops and are included in the total cargo capacity of the vessel.
Slop tanks may only be used for the carriage of oil on clean ballast tankers and are only included in the total cargo capacity of this type of vessel.
Slop tanks may only be used for the carriage of oil cargo by agreement between the shipper, receiver and charterer. They are not normally included in the total cargo capacity of the vessel.
Slop tanks may not be used for the carriage of oil cargo under any circumstances and are not included in the total cargo capacity of the vessel.
Master of every ship must provide:
The training during crews working hours only.
Proper rest to the crew after each training programme.
Facilities to conduct training whenever required by the training officer.
A link between the shipboard training officer and the company training officer ashore.
The purpose of expansion couplings to be fitted on the longitudinal pipelines of oil tankers is:
To allow the pipeline to contract when the cargo passing through it is cold.
To allow the pipeline to expand when loading a hot cargo through the pipeline.
To allow the pipelines to follow the ships flexing movement when pitching.
To prevent the pipeline from cracking when the ship suffers from Racking stresses.
For a ship operating or calling in US waters, COTP can request (OPA-90):
Participation in all announced drills.
Maximum two drills a year.
Unannounced drills at any time.
Maximum one drill a year.
Inmarsat Telex Service code “31” can be used:
To ask for maritime inquiries.
When the coast-station is disfunctional.
When technical problems are experienced with the Inmarsat terminal.
The word SATCOM is spelled conform the international phonetic alphabet:
Sierra, Alfa, Tango, Charlie, Oscar, Mike.
Sierra, Able, Tango, Cornelies, Oslo, Man.
Sierra, Anna, Tango, Cornelies, Oslo, Mike.
Sierra, Able, Tripoli, Charlie, Oscar, Mike.
Which of the following is a definition of the “Proper Shipping Name”, as found in the IMDG Code?
The correct chemical name of a potentially hazardous material, as identified from the Chemical Cargo List.
The name under which a dangerous material, substance or article is described for export purposes in the country of loading.
The name to be used in any documentation relating to the transportation of the dangerous substance, material or article, such as on forms, labels and placards.
A distress-call received via RCC should:
In areas in which one or more coast-stations are active … receipt, so that the coast-stations can first give receipt.
Only be given receipt, if the master has confirmed that assistance indeed can be given.
What will you do if you are helmsman and the OOW (officer on watch) gives you the order: “Port 20” and after a while the order: “Ease to 10”?
Apply the wheel to alter the course 20 degrees to port and then after the second command change the heading a further 10 degrees.
Change the compass course to a new heading which is 20 degrees to port of original heading and then after the second command reduce it to only 10 degrees to port of original heading.
Apply 20 degrees of rudder towards port and then after the second command reduce the wheel to 10 degrees of helm.
At what calendar interval must lifting appliances on board a vessel be suitably tested by a competent person?
Oil tankers of 70 000 tons and above, delivered after 31 December 1979 shall be:
Provided with at least 2 slop tanks.
Provided with sufficient number of slop tanks.
No requirement regarding number of slop tanks.
With reference to oil tanker operations, the terms UFL & LFL stand for:
Upper Flammable Limit and Lower Flammable Limit.
Upper Filling Level and Lower Filling Level.
Upper Flash Point Level and Lower Flash Point Level.
Unidentified Fire Liability and Located Fire Liability.
During cargo or bunker operations, oil response equipment is to be:
Used elsewhere in the ship.
What is the purpose of girders in the tank?
They support the stiffeners and also take up some of the sea forces.
They transfer all the cargo forces acting on the plating.
They transfer all sea forces acting on the plating.
They support the stiffeners.
By a “geographical area call” in the DSC-system is meant:
A DSC-message for all vessels within a certain area marked by a reference position, given in the DSC-message and the degrees are given in southerly and easterly direction.
A DSC-message for all ships heading towards a certain geographical area.
A DSC-message for all vessels within a certain area from a position in the DSC-message, and the degrees are given in northerly and westerly direction.
If for some reason a vessel does not comply with a Classification Society’s requirements, what can a surveyor issue to the vessel enabling it to sail to the next port or for a period of time?
A Notification of Deficiency.
A revised Class Notation.
A notification of Detention.
The rotating jet water outlets on tank cleaning machines used on board oil tankers is called:
In open water, you see a collision between two other ships. What immediate action should you take?
Slow down and standby to see if any assistance is required.
Nothing, proceed on passage unless they are in distress.
Which of the following is the correct minimum carriage requirement for a ship of more than 300 gross tons and operating in area A1:
1 VHF RT + DSC + DSC watch receiver – 1 or 2 SART – 1 NAVTEX or 1 EGC receiver – 2 or 3 VHF portable – 1 EPIRB.
1 VHF RT + DSC + DSC watch receiver – 1 or 2 SART – 1 NAVTEX or 1 EGC receiver – 2 or 3 VHF portable.
Under most circumstances, how will communication be carried out between a ship and a SAR helicopter?
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signal.
When planning to cross an ocean, is it always best to use great circle sailing?
No – because there could be environmental or regulatory restrictions.
No – because a Mercator course is more efficient, less distance and easier to follow.
Yes – because it is the easiest sailing to compute and then follow.
Yes – because an ECDIS in track control will do the computation and steer the route.
Which word will precede a routine message?
No specific word will precede a routine message.
While navigating using a paper chart marked WGS84 the OOW plots the ships position by four different methods and they all give slightly different positions. Which of the following would be considered the most accurate.
Bearing and distance from a navigation buoy close to the vessel.
Radar ranges from two radar destinctive headlands.
Gyro compass bearings from two lighthouses.
When an inhibitor is added to an oil cargo, the items mentioned on the accompanying certificate include:
Inhibitor name; amount added; date added; period of efficiency; precautions if voyage length exceeds that period; eventual temperature limitation.
Inhibitor class; percentage blended; date added; maximum period of efficiency and applicable temperature limits; maximum storage period on board; contact number of manufacturer.
On area A4 the function “Transmission and reception of on scene communications” is mainly based on:
The use of HF DSC and/or Inmarsat-C.
The use of MF and/or VHF R/T.
Buoyant smoke signals shall be so designed as to burn or emit smoke:
Continuously after having been immersed for a period of 10 seconds under 100 mm of water when underwater.
Continuously after having been immersed for a period of 1 minute under 1 m of water.
Only when not in the water.
Chemical tankers of 20 000 tonnes DWT or above, with a keel laid on or after 1st July 1986, when carrying flammable products with a flashpoint not exceeding 60 °C, such as those listed in chapters 17 and 18 of the International Bulk Chemical Code, are exempt from the requirement to be fitted with and use an inert gas plant provided certain conditions are met. Which of the following is a summary of those conditions?
The cargo tank does not exceed 1 250 cubic metres capacity/each tank washing machine nozzle does not exceed 12,5 cubic metres per hour delivery rate/the total wash water input to the tank from all tank washing machines does not exceed 90 cubic metres per hour.
The cargo tank is greater than 3 000 cubic metres capacity/each tank washing machine nozzle is capable of delivering a minimum of 17,5 cubic metres per hour/the total wash water input to the tank from all tank washing machines must be at least 110 cubic metres per hour.
The cargo tank does not exceed 3 000 cubic metres capacity/each tank washing machine nozzle does not exceed 17,5 cubic metres per hour delivery rate/the total wash water input to the tank from all tank washing machines does not exceed 110 cubic metres per hour.
A “Pellistor” is:
It is a sensor that can be used in a combustible gas indicators to detect and measure flammable gas concentration as a percentage of its lower flammable limit.
It is a sensor used in a hydrocarbon measuring instrument that undergoes a chemical change in the presence of a hydrocarbon and air mixture.
Which of the following two digits codes is used to obtain maritime assistance?
Whenever there is a major bleeding, the first priority should be to:
Take the pulse of the patient.
Depending on the API, an error measurement of 0,1 degree Fahrenheit in a tank containing 300 000 barrels of oil will result in which of the following volumes?
Cargo residues of certain chemical substances are permitted to be removed by ventilation. What criteria is applied in determining if a cargo can be cleaned in this way? (Always accepting that local port authorities may have over-riding regulations on ventilation).
That the cargo discharged has a vapour expansion coefficient of at least 1,025.
That the vessel’s ventilation system is capable of delivering a minimum of 20 changes of atmosphere per hour within the compartment.
That the cargo discharged has a vapour pressure greater than 5 KPa at 20 °C.
The main fire-fighting medium to be used on the cargo area of an oil tanker is:
What are the three diameters of fire hoses most commonly found on ships?
In the diagram, which arrow is pointing at the position known as the “Bridge”?
The Bridge is indicated by B, in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by C, in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by A, in the figure.
The Bridge is indicated by D, in the figure.
The correct method to dispose of any oily/water mixture in the manifold drip-tray is to:
Transfer it to the sloptank and later discharge it to a reception facility.
Drain it overboard when the vessel is 50 nautical miles off the coast.
Mix in an appropriate quantity of dispersant chemicals and drain it overboard when in open water.
Drain it to a cargo tank.
A vessel has been in involved in a collision. Which procedure should happen immediately?
There is assessment of the damage stability.
Determine is there is any evidence of pollution.
Communicate with the other ship.
Determine any injuries of persons on board.
What immediate action should be taken if a ship unexpectedly runs aground and stops?
Who is responsible for maintaining the vessel’s structural strength?
The Flag State Administration.
The Shipping Company and Classification Society.
A large tanker is proceeding slowly up a narrow channel, using its own engines and assisted by the use of one tug. Where should the tug be connected to assist the ship in maintaining its course in the centre of the channel?
Made fast on a line through the centre lead astern.
Standing-by – Ready for use anywhere, as required.
Made fast on a line through the centre lead ahead.
Is it always possible to use the word “ship” instead of the word “boat”?
A boat can only be used for vessels under 50 metres in length.
Normally a small vessel is called a “boat” rather than a “ship”, otherwise it is not important.
Either can be used anytime.
A large vessel is always called a “ship” and never a “boat”.
On a conventional rudder, how much lift force remains if the rudder-angle is decreased to 20 degrees, from an initial 35 degrees?
With a davit launched lifeboat, what weight is required by SOLAS regulations to be used for the 5 yearly test of the davit and brake system?
1,1 times the total weight of the lifeboat when loaded with its full complement of persons and equipment.
1,25 times the total weight of the lifeboat when loaded with its full complement of persons and equipment.
0,8 times the total weight of the lifeboat when loaded with its full complement of persons, equipment and stores.
The equivalent to the total weight of the lifeboat when loaded with its full complement of persons and equipment.
During the survey of Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) equipment, which document must be available to the surveyor to demonstrate compliance with SOLAS?
A Statement of Installation and Testing by the Approved Service Provider in compliance with SOLAS V/26-4.
A report giving the result of the Performance Test, issued by the manufacturer in compliance with the Flag State Authority requirements.
A report giving the result of the Conformance Test, issued by the Classification Society on behalf of the Flag State Authority.
During the survey of Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) equipment, which document must be available to the surveyor to demonstrate compliance with SOLAS?
A report giving the result of the Conformance Test issued by an Application Service Provider on behalf of an Administration.
A report giving the result of the Performance Test, issued by the manufacturer in compliance with the Flag State Authority requirements.
A Statement of Installation and Testing by the Application Service Provider in compliance with SOLAS V/26-4.
What is understood by the term “take the helm”?
Take over the steering of the ship.
Change the place where the lookout is standing.
Take over heaving of a rope.
Take a message to another officer.
What type of bomb search should you conduct to avoid panic when the credibility of the threat is in doubt and you don’t want to disrupt ship business?
Nominated officers search.
Known hiding spot search.
How many rocket parachute flares are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS B pack?
The operating mode of a pyrotechnic signal depends essentially on:
Instructions or diagrams printed on its casing by the manufacturer.
The fact that the user is on board a liferaft, a lifeboat or ship.
The weather conditions of the moment.
A definite standard process.
Which of the following requirements to ships stability for normal operation corresponds to present regulations? (NSCL 4/12.2).
The ship is loaded in such a manner that adequate stability is achieved in all loading condition.
Unless otherwise stated in the approved stability calculation, the total weight of the deck cargo shall not exceed 50 metric tons.
In waters with the danger of icing, loading of deck cargo must be approved by competent authority.
Centre of gravity shall be calculated with an accuracy better than 5 %.
What statutory certificate is carried onboard to indicate that a tanker is in compliance with Annex 1 of the MARPOL convention?
The International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) Certificate.
Safe Manning Certificate.
The IBC Code prescribes certain design conditions for a cargo heating or cooling system fitted to a chemical tanker. What does it require in respect of pressure within such a system, for any condition other than when it is empty?
That an automatic alarm is fitted to alert the operator when the pressure within the system drops to within 0,2 bar of the pressure measured at the lowest located cargo pressure sensor within the tank.
That the system must be fitted with automatic control valves that will maintain the inlet pressure at not less than 0,2 bar above the return pressure.
That a higher pressure can be maintained within the system than the maximum pressure head that could be exerted by the contents of the cargo tank on that system.
On an oil tanker, are there any restrictions as to the maximum amount of treated water that originates from cargo spaces that has passed through a bilge water separator that can be discharged?
Maximum is 30 litre pr nautical mile and total is 1/30 000 part of full cargo on the ballast voyage.
Maximum is 30 litre pr nautical mile and total is 1/10 000 part of full cargo on the ballast voyage.
Maximum is 60 litre pr nautical mile and total is 1/30 000 part of full cargo on the ballast voyage.
There isn’t any restrictions of pumping sludge from ships outside special areas.
When must personal protective equipment be worn?
At all times when identified as a control method with risk assessment.
When making the vessel fast.
If the relief for the bridge lookout does not appear at the end of the watch, when required, what should be the actions of the existing lookout?
The lookout should go down the accommodation to see where the relief is and make him/her go to the lookout position.
Inform the Officer of the Watch that you are going to call your relief.
He should inform the Officer of the Watch and wait for instructions.
Stay on lookout until the relief eventually arrives.
Who is responsible for maintaining the vessel’s structural strength?
The Flag State Administration.
The Shipping Company and the Classification Society.
The reporting of incidents involving harmful substances and/or marine pollutants is regulated under:
The UN Convention on the Reporting of Accidents and Incidents which Present a Hazard to the Marine Environment 2004.
Appendix B of the Supplement to the IMDG Code.
To maintain good relationship among the crew on board a vessel, one must be:
Understanding, Co-operative, and have respect from both sides.
Give authority to others.
Polite and diplomatic while talking to crew members.
Strict and authoritative while giving orders.
As per the IMDG Code, an “article” is referred to as:
A device that contains a dangerous substance or mixture of substances.
Something that is packed within a freight container.
A device that is responsible for initiating a dangerous reaction.
A form that contains important information about a hazardous substance.
At present the MF/HF transmitter often has an automatic aerial turning unit. Should this fail:
It’s always possible to put the turning unit in a fixed position, so the MF distress frequencies can still be used.
No distress frequencies can be used at all.
The transmitter will automatically keep operating on the MF and HF frequencies.
The Muster List shall show the duties assigned to members of the crew. Which of the following duties shall be included according to present regulations?
Manning of fire parties assigned to deal with fires.
Operation of the vessel’s propulsion system.
Preparation of immersion suits for passengers.
Special duties assigned with respect to the use of pyrotechnics.
You have been assigned to enter a hold and check the general cargo stowed in it, as part of an on-passage monitoring procedure. What must be in place before you can do that?
The necessary permits, based on valid atmospheric and other applicable tests.
Written instructions from the Chief Officer on what to check in the hold.
A list of the items stowed in the applicable hold, extracted from the Cargo Manifest, must be available for reference during the check.
Emergency equipment at the after end of the maindeck.
If all indications are that a cargo has been received without damages, irregularities or short shipment and the phrase “apparent good order and condition” is entered on the Bill of Lading, then this Bill is this said to be:
A Bill of Lading completed for shipment.
An endorsed Bill of Lading.
A Due Title Bill of Lading.
The battery of a SART:
Must be replaced before the expiry date is exceeded.
No – because a Mercator course is more efficient, less distance and easier to follow.
Yes – because it is the easiest sailing to compute and then follow.
Yes – because an ECDIS in track control will do the computation and steer the route.
During test and/or maintenance work of the CO2 system affecting the release system, precautions to ensure that the gas is not released into the engine room due to a mistake are to be ensured. What precautions should be taken?
The main supply line to be blanked off prior to the work.
Arrange a watchman in the CO2 central.
No special precautions necessary.
Check the main valve for a potential leakage.
During the anchoring procedure, what would the 2nd Officer understand by the following request from the bridge, “How is the chain”?
The bridge would like to know the direction of the anchor cable from the hawse pipe.
The Master is requesting the Chief Officer to inform the bridge of whether he can determine which way the ship is moving in the water.
The Master is asking the Chief Officer whether the ship needs to be moved forward and take the weight off the anchor cable.
The Master is asking the Chief Officer whether the vessel is dragging anchor.
What is to be considered when deciding the position of the accommodation on an oil tanker?
A single failure of deck or bulkhead shall not allow fumes into the accommodation spaces.
There must only be one accommodation block.
They must be at the after end of the vessel.
There are no restrictions to the position of the accommodation.
As a result of being in collision with your vessel, the other vessel involved is on fire. What are your responsibilities?
The other vessel is in distress and if possible I will render assistance.
Depends on in which seawaters we are.
When a message is sent by the Inmarsat-C installation to an Internet e-mail address, the land charge is:
Independent of the destination.
Dependent on the destination.
Dependent on the “chargeband”.
Which Convention first placed on the shipowner an obligation to exercise due diligence to make a ship seaworthy, requiring him “before and at the beginning of a voyage… to….make the ship seaworthy … and … make the holds … and all other parts of the vessel in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their reception, carriage and preservation”?
In area A1 the function “Transmission of ship to shore distress alerts” is mainly based on:
The use of SART transponder.
With reference to oil cargo characteristics, “cloud point” is:
The temperature at which a liquid hydrocarbon begins to congeal and take on a cloudy appearance, due to the bonding of constituent paraffin compounds.
The temperature at which an oil product begins to emit vapours which can be observed in a spectroscope due to the volume of solid particles extracted during evaporation.
The surface pressure at which vapours from an oil cargo overcome gravity and friction and are expelled from the containing compartment.
What are the three volumes of the IAMSAR Manual?
I – Organization and Management; II – Mission Co-ordination; III – Mobile Facilities.
I – Planning and Preparation; II – Rescue Control; III – Reference.
A – Command and Control; B – Communications; C – Rescue Procedures.
I – Organization; II – Communications; III – Rescue Procedures.
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?
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.
Wait until the breathing apparatus warning whistle sounds.
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.
15 minutes after starting to use the set as this leaves you with 5 minutes air left.
What allowances should be applied to an echo sounder reading, to compare the depth of water with the depth shown on a chart?
Position of trasducer below the water surface and the height of tide.
Shallow water effects causing ground interaction.
A correction that should be applied to the charted depth value shown on the chart.
The distance between the pulse Transmitter and Receiver, if different.
When tank cleaning hoses are tested for electrical continuity, they must display a reading of:
Not greater than 6 ohms per metre length.
It depends on the manufacturer’s recommendations.
At least 8 ohms per metre length.
Not more than 10 ohms per metre length.
Which VHF channel should be used for intership navigation safety communications?