Poster or signs shall be provided on or in the vicinity of survival craft and their launching controls. Which one of the following requirements has to be included?
Give relevant instructions and warnings.
Give information on survival craft speed and seaworthiness.
Give information on survival craft capacity.
Give an overview of location of all lifesaving appliances.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Radio signal emitting parachute flare.
Survival craft distress pyrotechnic signals.
What is the inherent danger in welding/cutting in piping containing freon?
Development of nitrous gases.
Depletion of the ozone layer.
Depletion of oxygen in the air.
Development of explosive gases.
The fire point is:
The minimum temperature at which a combustible gives off vapours that may burn in contact with oxygen in air, and at which combustion persists once the source of ignition has been removed.
The minimum temperature at which a combustible gives off vapours that may burn when they are in contact with oxygen in air, when there is a presence of activation energy; but with no capacity of maintaining combustion.
The maximum pressure that will be reached when a given combustible burns into an enclosed space.
A process of chemical decomposition by oxidation-reduction at unusually high temperature, in areas with slight ventilation.
On-board training in the use of davit-launched liferafts (including inflation and lowering whenever practicable) must take place:
The main risk for people when using CO2 as an extinguishing agent in a closed space is:
Low temperature at the nozzle.
Which of these procedures should crew follow when conducting a bomb search?
Wait in the area they’ve finished searching until they’re contacted for a status update.
Search the perimeter of the space up to a height of 5 feet.
Stand quietly in various spots around the space, listening for unusual sounds like the tick tock of a clock mechanism.
Conduct random or spot checks of logical threat areas.
What is the meaning of this symbol?
How is the activation of any detector or manually operated call point of fixed fire-detection and fire-alarm systems to be indicated? (SOLAS II-2/13.1.4).
By all the indication methods listed.
By alarm signals at the bridge and engine room control panels.
By visual and audible signal at the control panel and indicating units.
By sounding the ship’s fire alarm signal in crew accommodation and service spaces.
Fire protected lifeboats when waterborne should be capable of protecting its full complement when subjected to a continuous oil fire that envelops the boat for a period of not less than how many minutes?
What are the tricing pendants made for?
They automatically prevent any gap between the ship side and the lifeboat at the first stage of its launching.
They prevent people from falling down if the lifeboat falls down.
They prevent the lifeboat from falling down if one or both davit breaks.
They prevent the lifeboat from falling down if the falls break.
When having a fire alarm during normal working hours, what immediate actions should be taken?
Start the fire pump, the sooner the better.
Act according to instruction given in the fire plan.
Start searching for the fire to determine if it is in the engine room.
Everybody gather in the safety centre.
Oily rags and metal turnings:
Are not a fire hazard unless ignited.
Are a fire hazard because they generate their own oxygen when ignited and are therefore difficult to extinguish.
Are not a fire hazard at all.
Are a fire hazard because they are liable to spontaneous combustion.
What is the first thing you are doing when having a lifeboat drill?
We must clean the spots of oil on hot surfaces because:
All the answers are correct.
A lifejacket must not sustain burning or continue melting after being totally enveloped in a fire for a period of:
How often must the Emergency Steering Gear be tested, and how is this information recorded in the OLB?
Monthly with signature of person carrying out test.
Monthly, with signature of Chief Engineer and witness.
Every 3 months. Details of test with signatures of Master and witness.
Fortnightly, with signature of Chief Engineer and witness.
Which of these statements about drug smuggling is true?
Drug smuggling is only a problem in certain ports, so only ships sailing in those ports need to implement preventative measures.
Drugs are difficult to conceal onboard a ship.
The risks to ships are not restricted to specific areas or trading routes.
Is it compulsory for a cargo ship to be divided into main vertical zones?
It depends on the gross tonnage of the vessel.
Yes, it is, but they need not be bounded by class “A-60” bulkheads.
When reasonable and practicable, how often shall rescue boats be launched with their assigned crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water?
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Lifebuoy with hand flare.
Lifebuoy with light and smoke.
Which of these conventions is The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code a part of?
The Anti Terrorist International Agreement.
When the fire alarm signal is sounded every member of the ship’s crew shall immediately proceed to their assigned fire station. Which one of the following signals is used as fire alarm signal on board cargo ships?
Intermittent signals on the ship’s alarm bells.
Seven short blasts followed by one long blast on the ship’s whistle and alarm bells.
Three short blasts followed by three long blasts, then followed by three short blasts on the ship’s whistle and alarm bells.
One long blast on the ship’s whistle and alarm bells followed by seven short blasts.
Proteinic foams have the feature of being?
Of high expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of low expansion, not easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Of high expansion, made of tense-active compounds.
Of low expansion, viscous and solid, easily contaminated by hydrocarbons.
Which one of the given requirements regarding manning and supervision of survival craft corresponds to the SOLAS regulation?
There shall be at least 5 trained persons on board, mustering and assisting untrained persons.
A deck officer or certificated person shall be placed in charge of each survival craft to be used.
Every motorised survival craft shall have a certificated engineer assigned.
Every lifeboat required to carry radio telegraph installation shall have a deck officer capable of operating the equipment assigned.
Check the items that can be a possible threat:
Piracy, Hijacking and Smuggling.
Cargo tampering and Stowaways.
How would you know how many people a lifeboat is supposed to hold?
Fill the boat up until no more space is left.
Ask one of the deck officers.
The number of persons should be clearly stated on the outside of the boats bow.
No fixed number as it depends on the people’s size.
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, inhibition and dispersion.
Cooling, smothering and dispersion.
Smothering and dispersion.
Among the additives used to improve the effectiveness of water in the fight against fire there are the moisturing ones. What is the task they perform?
They reduce the surface tension of water.
They protect the fuel with a thin covering that holds up the ignition and they increase the viscosity of water.
They protect the fuel with a thin covering that holds up the ignition.
They increase the viscosity of water.
The emergency fire pump is in accordance with good seamanship and precautionary routines run and tested weekly. Routine checks and maintenance are normally carried out by dedicated personnel. To ensure safe and appropriate operation of the pump, would you consider it beneficial that the same dedicated personnel operate the pump in emergencies?
In case of accidents, it is important that a wide range of personnel must be permitted and trained to operate the pump.
Only senior deck officers should operate the emergency pump.
To ensure safe operation of the emergency pump, only dedicated personnel must be permitted to operate the pump.
Only senior engineers should operate the emergency pump.
Which of the following items must be included in each fire drill?
Checking fireman’s outfits and other personal rescue equipment.
Reporting to stations and preparing for the duties described in the muster list.
Starting a fire pump using at least two required jets of water to show that the system is in proper working order.
An optical fire detector head is activated by:
The visible smoke that is a result of combustion.
The flames that are a result of combustion.
The radiation of the heat given off by flames.
What is the minimum length of the buoyant lifeline that is fitted to a lifebuoy which is stowed at a distance of 10 metres above the waterline (light condition)?
What is the minimum number of “international shore connections” that should be provided on vessels of 500 gross tonnage and upwards?
0. Such connections only have to be provided on vessels over 1 000 gross tonnage.
A contractor is hired to install new navigation equipment onboard your ship while it’s berthed. For a period of time he’s left unsupervised and photographs schematics of the ship that he finds rolled up and stored in the corner of a nearby office. Later, from home, he hacks into the network and prints off information about the ship’s security procedures. Which of these information security measures would have prevented his unauthorized access?
Protective markings, reference checks, and passwords.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and protective markings.
Firewall, protective markings, vetting and a secure network.
Secure area, passwords, a firewall and a secure network.
What is the minimum number of immersion suits that are required to be provided for each open lifeboat under SOLAS rules?
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Survival craft pyrotechnic distress signals.
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?
The most effective way to combat the threat of drug smuggling is to:
Organize crew into pairs and conduct weekly searches of the ship.
Combining routine, but irregular searches of the ship with spontaneous targeted searches.
Perform spontaneous targeted searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
Perform routine, but irregular searches using teams of two or more personnel from the same department.
The duty engineer of a UMS ship is approached by a member of the ship’s staff, seeking permission to hang wet working clothes in the engine room to dry. He should:
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail provided there is no electrical equipment directly below.
Allow the clothes to be hung over rail next to the warm FO service tanks.
Allow the clothes to be hung over a rail anywhere.
Not allow the clothes to be hung anywhere in the unmanned machinery spaces.
What are the three diameters of fire hoses most commonly found on ships?
Which of the following may cause a fire in the accommodation spaces?
All the mentioned alternatives.
Covering electric heaters with blankets.
Overloading electric plugs.
Sanitary-, ballast-, bilge- or general service pumps may be accepted as fire pumps provided:
They are fitted with automatic start connected to the fire alarm.
None of these pumps may be accepted as fire pump.
They have a capacity of at least 20 m3/h.
They are not normally used for pumping oil.
If drugs or suspected drugs are found onboard your ship, follow the five C’s: Confirm, Clear, Cordon, Control and:
Which of these weapons are widely available and commonly used by criminals and terrorists to further their aims?
Where can you find what your duties are during a lifeboat drill?
Stated at the embarkation station.
What is the minimum number of fire control plans that should be permanently stored in a prominently marked weathertight enclosure outside the deckhouse for the assistance of shore side fire-fighting personnel?
Not required providing one set is available inside the accommodation spaces.
Which of the following detailed explanations should be mentioned in the Training Manual?
How to use navigational equipment for survival crafts.
How to use escape routes and other escape methods.
How to recover survival craft and rescue boats including stowage and securing.
How to use surface to air visual signals to be used by survivors.
The rescue quoit of a liferaft is attached to a buoyant line whose length is at least:
Which of the following areas may be possible restricted areas? Review all answers.
Which one of the listed requirements regarding lifeboat equipment correspond to present regulations? The normal equipment of every lifeboat shall include:
Helicopter rescue equipment.
Sea charts and navigation equipment.
How many buoyant smoke signals are carried in each liferaft with SOLAS A pack?
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Closing appliance for exterior door.
B-class fire door self closing.
A class fire door self closing.
The method of extinction by smothering is based on this basis:
The fire is extinguished by eliminating the heat so as to obtain a temperature at which the fuel doesn’t give off enough vapour.
The fire is extinguished by avoiding the contact between the fuel vapours and the hot surface.
The fire is extinguished by interrupting the chain reaction, as it stops the transmission of heat by means of the action of chemical agents.
The fire extinguished by avoiding the contact between the fuel vapours and the oxygen.
Which one of the following is a limitation on the use of chemical powders?
All the below mentioned alternatives.
Some of them may give off NH3.
They may put an insulating deposit on electronic equipment.
In some cases they may cause a violent reaction on combustible metals such as sodium.
Which of these tasks are performed as part of the SSA?
Implement measures to address weaknesses in ship security.
Train shipboard personnel in their security duties.
Assess the likelihood and potential consequences of security incidents.
Assign security duties to ship personnel.
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?
Arrange a watchman in the CO2 central.
The main supply line to be blanked off prior to the work.
No special precautions necessary.
Check the main valve for a potential leakage.
Where shall manually operated call points in fixed fire-detection and alarm systems be located in accommodation spaces? (SOLAS II-2/13.2.1).
At exits and in corridors.
In stairways and escape routes.
In all crew and passenger cabins.
In messrooms, public lounges and other public rooms.
Which one of the following items has to be included in an abandon ship drill according to SOLAS regulations?
Checking that life-jackets are correctly donned.
Launching and recovery of a survival craft.
Manoeuvring the lifeboat in the water.
Starting and operating radio life-saving appliances.
Which one of the given requirements regarding survival craft muster and embarkation arrangements corresponds to the present SOLAS regulations?
Davit-launched survival craft muster and embarkation stations shall be arranged to enable stretchers to be placed in survival craft.
Searchlights to be provided at the launching station.
Muster and embarkation stations shall be readily accessible from accommodation and work areas.
Muster and embarkation stations are to be arranged separately to improve working conditions.
In which way shall a survivor be hauled out of the sea?
The thermal insulation provided to the wearer of an anti-exposure suit is sufficient to ensure that the wearer’s body core temperature does not fall at a rate of more than:
1 °C per hour after the first 2 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
1,5 °C per hour after the first 0,5 h immersion in calm water at a temperature of 5 °C.
0,5 °C per hour after the first 1,5 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
1,5 °C per hour after the first 2,5 h immersion in calm water at temperature of 5 °C.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
If you have to carry out hot work close to a smoke detector in the engine room, what precautions should be taken?
Notify deck officer in charge that a fire alarm may occur.
Disconnect the smoke detector.
No special precautions except for having a watch man and a fire extinguisher available.
Notify Master, Deck officer and Engineer in charge. The loop for this special sensor to be switched off and take normal precautions for hot work.
A lifejacket has sufficient buoyancy and stability to lift the mouth of an unconscious person at a minimum of:
120 mm above the water (in calm water).
180 mm above the water (in calm water).
160 mm above the water (in calm water).
40 mm above the water (in calm water).
You are leading a team fighting an interior fire. If you see the colour of the smoke changing from dark black to grey, what is the most probable reason for that change?
The temperature inside is increasing.
The team has started to ventilate.
The team is applying water and the temperature is decreasing.
The percentage of oxygen is getting below 15 %.
When a fire breaks out in the engine room, who is in charge of the fire-fighting operations?
The first person to arrive at the scene.
What is the minimum number of lifebuoys carried by a cargo vessel of more than 200 metres in length?
What is the meaning of this symbol?
Which of these statements about drug smugglers modes of operating is true?
An organized conspiracy usually smuggles a small amount of drugs.
Individual enterpreneurs usually smuggle large quantities of drugs.
Drugs smuggled by an organized conspiracy are usually concealed in a primary ship system such as the engine room or in a tank, void or compartment.
Drugs hidden by individual enterpreneurs are usually difficult to detect.
Give the meaning of the following symbol:
Locker with protective clothing.
A detector that is activated by a rise of temperature is:
An inflatable liferaft accommodation 6 persons is fitted with:
1 entrance fitted with a boarding ladder.
1 entrance fitted with semi-rigid boarding ramp.
2 entrances each being fitted with a boarding ladder.
2 entrances among which one is fitted with a semi-rigid boarding ramp.
Which of these measures would you implement to prevent drugs from being smuggled onboard your ship while it’s berthed?
Search some of the packages, spares and stores received.
Maintain restricted areas.
Check a portion of the bags and packages brought onboard.
Eliminate fore and aft deck watch at night.
What manoeuvre should be carried out in case of a fire onboard a ship?
Continue on course and speed.
Reduce speed and, if possible, keep the fire zone to the leeward of the ship.
Let the ship follow the wind in order to reduce the oxygen supply.
Keep the stem up against the wind if possible.
As per SOLAS regulations, the general emergency alarm system must be tested:
When is a visitor onboard required to present an ID?
Only on SECURITY Level 3.
On SECURITY Level 1, 2 & 3.
After smoking, cigarettes should be disposed off as follows:
Dropped over the lee side only so that it cannot blow back on board.
Dropped over the side only if you are certain they are extinguished.
Disposed of in an ashtray, ensuring that it is extinguished.
Dropped into a waste bin.
What is the term used to identify the division that stops the flames until the end of the first half hour in a standard test of fire exposition, taking into account that the average temperature of the non-exposed face doesn’t rise more than 139 °C above the initial temperature, and also that the temperature at any place does not rise more than 140 °C above the initial temperature in the interval of 15 minutes?