Meo Class IV Orals Ques Bank Mumbai MMD PDF

MEO CLASS IV ORAL QUESTIONS - MMD MUMBAI Compiled by: WASIM HUSSAIN N
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FN-3 COSCOPOOL - FPFF/FFA

F1 Foam fire fighting system(quantity,ration,line,requirements) Barik
F2 What will you do if all the foam is used in one go ? (what for next time ? How you will Barik
prepare onboard?)
F3 Different fire fighting mediums Barik
F4 What is the procedure followed to enter CO2 room? (Lots of cross questions on this) Barik
F5 Draw deck seal on your ship and also draw if any alarms or trips on it. Barik
F6 CO2 system explain with diagram? Why isolating valve provided in the manifold? What all Barik/Dastur
are the safeties?
F7 Types of detectors on board Bhalla -Shirish
F8 Is there a safety valve on fire main? Bhalla -Shirish
F9 Isolation valves on fire main; it's use if fire on main deck n E/R? Bhalla -Shirish
F10 What basic check do you think you should do while entering CO2 room? Bhalla -Shirish
F11 On an oil tanker fixed fire fighting system on-board. Kamath
F12 On deck what type of system you use? Why only low expansion foam? Why not high Kamath
expansion foam? And where high expansion foam is used?
F13 Hyper mist system. Kamath
F14 From where do you maintain water supply to Hypermist system? Kamath
F15 Fire detectors, fire extinguisher/fixed types. Draw the hyper mist system Kamath
F16 What are fire fighting system for boiler? What is size of foam extinguisher? Majumdar/Singh
F17 CO2 system weekly checks Mishra

F18 Draw CO2 portable extinguisher. Its safeties? How it works? Mishra
F19 Draw mechanical foam system & explain with all its content Mishra
F20 Ship coming out of dry dock after major changes in fire system. You join the ship and how Narain
will you come to know?
F21 How will you calculate no. of CO2 bottles for engine room? Narain/Saini
F22 Safeties in Fixed CO2 system and in CO2 room. Draw CO2 cabinet alarm ckt diagram. Piplani
F23 Fixed fire fighting in deck and E/R? Piplani

F24 Deck fire fighting arrangement on LPG. Sharma
F25 Halon system and some other details. When it is going to be eliminated? Principle Sharma
involved - how exactly it extinguishes fire (breaking chain reaction)
F26 If fire in engine room and decided to release CO2, what action will you take before Singh
release?
F27 CO2 flooding system: safeties prior to entry of CO2 room (ventilation should be on, room temp to be maintained below 55 deg C) Singh
F28 Fixed CO2 System Subramanian
F29 Which extinguishing medium for deck? Draw foam system entire line for deck and ER. Subramanian
Foam expansion ratios?
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F30 What will happen if fire main deck line is cracked and u want water in fire hydrants on Cracked fire main lines is major non-conformity, psc detention. Repair, renew the pipeline as Trassi
deck.? soon as possible. Notify flag state, company, supdt. That such non-conformity was found
during inspections. Class is to be informed about it. If temporary measures are taken, a
condition of class is issued for 3 months to 5 years depending upon whether the work can be
carried out during operation of ship or emcy dry dock or in drydock. When permanent repairs
are carried out, class again to be informed, class surveyor will inspect the repairs, testing to be
done , satisfactory completion, coc will be removed. Temporary repairs can be done for fire
fighting purpose but notify all parties the intention of it.
F31 How will you ascertain 85% CO2 has been discharged within 2 minutes? Trassi
F32 Hazards on tanker? Trassi
F33 FFS for deck on your ship and lot of cross questions on that Trassi
F34 DRAW FIRE LINE OF YOUR SHIP (WITH ALL ACCESSORIES) TRASSI's Fav
F35 Explain fixed foam system Vinod
F36 What is the pressure setting of relief valve in CO2 fixed fire extinguishing system? What xyz
safety are provided in case if CO2 room itself is under fire?
F37 After CO2 release from where will you enter in the engine room ? How many entrances xyz
are there in the engine room ?
F38 Fire on ME cylinder head - How to estinguish and type of extinguisher? xyz
F39 Fire fighting in paint locker? xyz
F40 At what interval portable fire extinguisher is refilled and pr. Tested.
F41 Why CO2 stored at 53 bar?
F42 On what principle does DCP extingushes fire?
F43 Sketch and explain DCP, portable extinguisher.
F44 Standard FireTest? Standard fire test means a test in which specimens are exposed in a test furnace to
temperatures corresponding approximately to the standard time-temperature curve.
F45 Sustained Flaming? Sustained flaming means a presence of flames on or over any part of a specimen
lasting 5 s or longer.
F46 NON-COMBUSTIBILITY TEST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF NON-COMBUSTIBILITY

Materials to be classified as non-combustible shall satisfy the following criteria:
.1 the average furnace thermocouple temperature rise as calculated in paragraphs 8.4 and 8.5
of the appendix does not exceed 30°C;
.2 the average specimen surface thermocouple temperature rise as calculated in paragraphs
8.4 and 8.5 of the appendix does not exceed 30°C;
.3 the average duration of sustained flaming as calculated in paragraph 8.3 of the appendix
does not exceed 10 s; and
.4 the average mass loss as calculated in paragraph 8.2 of the appendix does not exceed 50%.
F47 In hyper mist system how 11 bar(Pres of pump is confirmed) pump generates a fine mist? Wasim Hussain N Diffuser action at nozzle, drop in the pressure at nozzle throat and thus
Surveyor asked the speciality of nozzle? breaking of the liquid particles

FN 3 COSCOPOOL - LSA
L1 What is EPIRB?how does it activate? HRU?how does it operate? (it activates automatically when it floats in water & water comes in contact wid sea switch) Iqbal
L2 SART? Location? Any indications where SART is kept? Functioning? IQBAL - JHA
L3 EPIRB IQBAL - JHA
L4 HRU? function? Working principle? Where we use HRU? IQBAL - JHA
L5 How will you lower the life boat? Which all checks will you carry out before you lower the life Kamath
boat?
L6 MOB? Details Kamath
L7 What is survival craft? Kapoor
L8 Definition as per SOLAS chapter 3. Kapoor
L9 Type of survival craft. Kapoor
L10 Type of life boat Kapoor
L11 Lowering of enclosed lifeboat. Kapoor
L12 What if free-fall lock doesn’t operate? Kapoor
L13 Regulations of lifeboat Kapoor
L14 Speciality of Tanker Lifeboats Sprinkler System, Air Support system Majumdar/Narain
L15 Where does Air support system take air from? What if the Air from cylinders gets fully Majumdar/Narain
discharged?
L16 Lifeboat - What all we carry in lifeboat? Mishra
L17 Regulation for the lifeboat engine Mishra
L18 Weight of the life boat Mishra
L19 If the life boat engine is not starting what to check? Mishra
L20 Lifeboat lowering procedure and brief explanation about onload and offload release Mishra
mechanism.
L21 What is MOB marker? How much it weighs? How it differs from other lifebuoys? Narain/Saini
L22 Immersion suit? How many on board? Narain/Saini
L23 Automatic life raft launching Narain/Saini
L24 Lifeboat Lowering- use of main and centrifugal brakes. Subramanian
L25 Explain auto life raft inflate arrangement. How does HRU works? Which bottles we use to Subramanian
inflate life raft, how?
L26 Life boat DAVIT safeties Subramanian
L27 How many life rafts on your ship, their location , and capacity of one in fwd? Trassi

L28 Launching of liferaft Vinod
L29 Locations of the EEBD Vinod
L30 EEBD Vinod Kumar
L31 LSA on ship Vinod Kumar
L32 Procedure for lowering of a Life boat 1. Minimum of 5 persons are required to lower the L/B.
2.One person goes inside the L/B and passes the end of toggle painter and plugs the
drain.
3. Check all lifeline and falls are clear of L/B.
4. Make fast the other end of toggle painter on a strong point forward of the ship.
5.Remove forward and aft gripes and both person stand by for passing bowing tackle and
tricing pendant.
6.Remove harbour safety pin.
7.Make sure the ship’s side is free of everything, no water or garbage is there.
8. Now, one person lift’s the dead mans handle slowly which releases the brake.
9.The boat along with cradle sides downward till it comes to the embarkation deck.
10.By pulling tricing pendant , bring it alongside the embarkation deck.
11.Persons embark inside the boat.
12.Now, tricing pendant is removed and the whole load comes on falls.
13.Now, boat is further lowered with deadman’s handle.
14.As soon as the boat comes around 1meter above the sea-water, it can be released.
L33 Difference between launcing of life raft on side and that of forward life raft?
L34 Lifeboat engine regulation, what if engine is not starting in cold countries?
L35 What is dead man's handle ? What are it functions ? Its called dead mans handle because: though during drills bosun lifts up and life boat gets
lowered , that is not the only way u can lower lifeboat. There is a wire rope extend thru
pulleys and levers in the lifeboat for the same purpose.
So considering this, even one person is sufficient to lower this life boat from lifeboat and
escape when all other people are dead. Since there is no person lifting the brake handle
physically or loaclly but remotely in the lifeboat, it is called dead mans handle.
L36 Lifeboat maintenance
L37 How many brakes are there on a life boat winch?
L38 Regulation regarding the stowage position of life raft ?

FN 3 COSCOPOOL - ENVIRONMENT
E1 Regulations for pumping out bilges and cargo residues Barik
E2 Discharge criteria of Annex 1? Barik
E3 What is Annex 2? Categories Barik
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E4 What is the constructional requirement for carrying category X cargo? Barik
E5 What are the requirements to pump out bilges in special area? Barik
E6 For which all ships MARPOL Annex 4 applies? Barik
E7 How will you transfer bilges - step by step procedure? What all records you record in Oil record book? From where Barik
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you will get the positions? Why positions are required? How will you come to know that you are not in special area?
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E8 What do you know about SOx limitations? If you have fuel of only 3.5% sulphur content, is it possible for you to Barik
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enter SECA area? I told him, exhaust gas cleaning system - he wanted the chemical reaction also.
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E9 Sewage discharge regulation through holding tank, if no approved treatment plant. Barik
E10 What is Type1,2,3 tanker? Barik
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E11 How many annexes are there in MARPOL and explain annex 4 Barik/Dastoor
E12 Requirements for incinerator and temperature for different chambers Barik/Neti
E13
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What all you can burn in incinerator? Barik/Neti
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E14 Difference in discharge criteria of Annex I - between Special Area and Outside Special Area Barik/Subramanian
E77 MARPOL annexes and which on your ship was following? Bhalla/Shirish
E78 Regulation regarding bilge discharge Bhalla/Shirish
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E15 Entries to be made in Oil record book? Iqbal
E16 Which annex of MARPOL deals with garbage? Tell the requirements Iqbal
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E17 Contents of bunker delivery note. Iqbal
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E18 What is Annex 6? IQBAL - JHA
E19 New regulations for SOx emmision IQBAL - JHA
E20 Greenhouse gases and functions of each IQBAL - JHA
E21 MARPOL Annexes 1-6 (as in he wanted the tag line as per marpol) Kamath
E22 Sewage and garbage discharge regulations Kamath
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E23 Sewage Treatment Plant certificate. Kamath
E24 MARPOL annexes and accordingly certificates issued. Kamath
E25 MARPOL equipments. Kamath
E26 Annex 6 amendment - ECA areas and SOx criteria Kamath
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E27 Requirements of MARPOL Kamath

E28 BOD, echoliform count calculation & sample test procedure Majumdar
E29 What is the alternative sampling point other dan the bunker manifold drip sampling point in a bunker line? Narain
E30 How will you reduce Nox? Paul

E31 MARPOL new regulations Paul
E32 What is EEDI? Why was it not earlier for what is it for? Paul
E33 SOx NOx what is presently in use and values Paul
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E34 MARPOL Annex VI. EEDI n SEEMP. Details. What steps to achieve SEEMP and how to reduce CO2 emission? Sharma
E35 SOx and NOx regulation, tiers. Reduction methods Sharma

E36 MARPOL Annex V new amendments Sharma
E37 MARPOL Annex IV, when in force, discharge criteria Sharma
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E38 Difference b/w 15 ppm critiera of general cargo and tanker Sharma
E39 Incinerator alarms. Sharma
E40 New regulations in garbage and Annex VI - wants to know about EEDI Sharma
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E68 What does en route signify Shireesh
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E41 Garbage Record book (in depth) Shirish Kumar
E42 Annex 1 discharge Criteria Subramanian
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E43 Annex 6 complete Subramanian
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E44 EIAPP certificate Subramanian
E45 Subramanian
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EEDI & SEEMP
E46 Sewage treatment plant, BOD, Subramanian
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E47 Garbage New regulations Subramanian
E48 Annex 6 pollutants? Subramanian
E49 Subramanian
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What is BDN and what does it contains? Retention period onboard? It comes under which annex?
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E50 What is MARPOL sample? Retention period? Subramanian
E51 ER bilge pumping regulation? Subramanian
E52 Annex 6 new amendments. Subramanian
ce / AS
E53 NOx limits. Tier 1, 2, 3, what does it signify. Subramanian
E54 Bunker sample. How to take? How long on-board? Subramanian
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E55 Where is sulphur content of bunker recorded? ORB/Log Book? Subramanian
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E56 If I am PSC can I come and take your ship bunker sample? If no, what is the rule? If yes then where will you log Subramanian
this down that PSC has taken the sample?
E57 How to control NOx? What proof it’s under control? If old ships cant comply what they have to do? Subramanian
E58 Annex VI - besides SOx, NOx, particulate matter and air pollution, what is it about? Subramanian
E59 Remove gas from refer/AC? How to do? How does the recovery system comply with Annex VI? Subramanian
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E60 BWM Convention - Details Trassi
E61 AFS Convention - Details Trassi
E62 Why is emergency steering used? Trassi
E63 Annex V when it came into force and discharge criteria. Trassi
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E64 Discharge criteria of MARPOL Annex IV. Trassi / Majumdar

E65 ORB Part I entries. Vinod Kumar
E66 How MARPOL Annex VI complied on ship? Vinod Kumar
E67 Describe Annex IV briefly? Who approves sewage treatment plant, how this regulations are made, what tests are xyz
made? What will decide the rate of flow in discharging the sewage OBD?
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E69 What are the contents of SOPEP locker and its position? Contents of SOPEP
SOPEP contains the following things:
1 The action plan contains duty of each crew member at the time
of spill, including emergency muster and actions.
2 SOPEP contains the general information about the ship and the
owner of the ship etc.
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3 Steps and procedure to contain the discharge of oil into the sea
using SOPEP equipments.
4 On board Reporting procedure and requirement in case of oil
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spill is described.
5 Authorities to contact and reporting requirements in case of oil
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spill are listed in SOPEP. Authorities like port state control, oil
clean up team etc are to be notified.
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6 SOPEP includes drawing of various fuel lines, along with other
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oil lines on board vessel with positioning of vents, save all trays
etc.
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7 General arrangement of ship is also listed in SOPEP, which
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includes location of all the oil tanks with capacity, content etc.
8 The location of the SOPEP locker and contents of the locker
with a list of inventory.
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E70 How many bunker samples taken during bunkering?
E71 Why bilge lines are flushed before dry dock entry?
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E72 Why incinerator exhaust not used as inert gas ?
E73 What is the difference between MARPOL Annex I regulations inside and outside special areas?
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E74 Wht is sweet crude and sour crude ? Wasim Hussain N it is H2S Related , a very frequent term in
Petroleum industry, H2S less than 25ppm is Sweet and anything
more than that is sour , the significance in petroleum industry is
with the material properties required in handling and transport
equipment for the crude. A pipeline designed for sweet lean gas
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cannot be used to transport sour gas (or crude for instance)
E75 Why MARPOL Annex II is called Regulation for the control of pollution by noxious liquid substances in Bulk. While it is because in this annex, we intentionally discharge the residue
others Annex are for prevention ? of x y & z catagories but only after diluting it to a prescribed value
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and thus we don't prevent but control the pollution unlike other
annexes..
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E76 What is MARPOL LINE? marpol lines r smmal dia lines which r fitted to the cargo line nd
connected to strippin pumps for efficient stripping.... thus the
cargo residue onboard can b reduced by discharged to port .wen
cargo residue is less onboarrd cow washing can b efficiently
done which in turn reduces the pollution caused by cargo
residues hence it is cald marpol lines
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E79 ODMC working, purpose, regulation
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FN 3 - COSCOPOOL - SHIP CONSTRUCTION & NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

SC1 Different types of keel (function of bilge keel) Barik
SC2 How is bilge keel attached to hull Barik
SC3 Why dry dock required Barik
SC4 Collision bulkhead Barik
SC5 Why tankers have less freeboard? Barik
SC6 Electrical safeties in steering gear sys? Barik
SC7 What do you check in keyless propeller when it is removed in dry dock just after inspection? How Barik
will you make sure that it is fitted properly?
SC8 Which is continuous tank top or bulkhead?? Barik
SC9 What is special about collision bulkhead and where it is placed? Barik
SC10 What do you check in keyless propeller when it is removed in dry dock just after inspection? How Barik
will you make sure that it is fitted properly?
SC11 Do you know what is reverse transom stern. Draw its structure. Barik/Dastoor
SC12 GRT, GT, Deadwt, Tonnage, NT, Lightwt, Displacement, TEU Barik/Narain/Saini
SC13 Draw cross section of bulk carrier and explain Bhalla
SC14 Load line draw n explain. Bhalla
SC15 Duct keel define and give measurements of it. Where it opens up and what is the use of it? Bhalla/Shirish
SC16 Camber, sheer Bhalla/Shirish
SC17 Bilge keel; draw how it is attached to the ship. Bhalla/Shirish
SC18 Are stiffeners used for collision bulkhead? What is the spacing b’n stiffeners? Iqbal
SC19 What is apparent slip? Iqbal
SC21 Importance of freeboard, and some cross question. Iqbal
SC22 Function of floors. Iqbal
SC23 What is fresh water allowance, and some cross question. Iqbal
SC24 Midship Section of Bulk carrier IQBAL - JHA
SC25 Angle of Lol and what is GM , at angle of Lol. IQBAL - JHA
SC26 Plimsoll marking IQBAL - JHA
SC27 What is Garboard strake, sheer strake, bilge strake? Kamath
SC28 What is buttock line in ship? Kamath
SC29 What are the diagrams on your ship posted in alleyways regarding ships structure and exact Kamath
SC30 Reserve buoyancy Kamath
SC31 Lightweight, Deadweight (cross questions). Kamath

SC32 Angle of Loll. What happens when ship rolls now? Kamath
SC33 Watertight Bulkheads its uses, from where to where it extends? Kamath
SC34 What is TEU & FEU? Kapoor
SC35 How container is loaded in hold and on top of container. Kapoor
SC36 How is locking of container is done. Name of that device. Kapoor
SC37 Safeties of deck crane and what all safeties are provided in operator's cabin? Kapoor
SC38 What is hose test for cargo hold and how it is done and on which all parts of cargo hold/hatch cover Kapoor

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SC39 Torsion box. Diagram and purpose. What is torsion box? All the details with diagram and cross Kapoor / Mishra
questions
SC40 What is Metacentric Height? What is the effect of large / small Metacentric Height? Majumdar
SC41 How where to calculate rudder drop using trammel guage and propeller drop using poker guage? Rudder drop: trammel gauge. Its an L shaped or sometimes C shaped or Majumdar
SC42 GRT, NRT, DWT, LWT & Calculation Majumdar/Barik
SC43 What is function of Bilge Keel? What is length and width of Bilge Keel on your ship? Majumdar/Narain
SC44 What are other means of damping the rolling of ship? Majumdar/Narain
SC45 Rudder Construction Mishra
SC46 GZ and GM curves, explain stability in it, at what angle will vessel lose its stability? Mishra
SC47 Draw cargo hold & show all components & attachments Mishra
SC48 Garboard strake, freeing port? Narain/Saini
SC49 Safeties provided on sounding pipe Narain/Tambvekar
SC50 Draw and explain construction of double bottom tank. Show all frames used Piplani
SC51 Corrugated bulkheads and what advantages over normal bulkheads? Piplani
SC52 Forces acting on fwd part of ship in heavy weather? What is bulbous bow? Whether it is solid or Piplani
SC53 Types of stabilizers Piplani/Kamat
SC54 Definition - hawse pipe, spurling pipe, sole piece Piplani/Kamat

SC55 What type of crane on deck ? S Narain
SC56 Various types of keel? Explain duct keel in detail? Saini
SC57 Define deadweight Sharma
SC58 Free surface effect. How to reduce in tankers and in bulk carriers? What are the processes? Terms Sharma
SC59 Difference b/w cargo and passenger ship Sharma
SC60 What is floors? Where are they located? There types? Sharma
SC61 Pounding and Panting? Discuss in details. Explain the arrangement in fwd part of ship’s structure to Sharma/Mishra
counteract the same.
SC20 Inclining experiment? What is inclining angle? (Cross questions) Shirish / Iqbal
SC62 How do calculate freeboard? http://www.marinewiki.org/index.php?title=Freeboard_calculation Shirish Kumar

SC63 What is free surface effect and in which ship? xQs Shirish Kumar
SC64 Where is bulbow bow and what's that for ? Have to explain no drawing? Shirish Kumar
SC65 Collision Bulkhead: location and function Singh
SC66 Stable and Unstable Ship with diagram Singh
SC67 How keyless propellers doesn’t slip, what principle? Subramanian
SC68 Draw the mid-section of bulk carrier. Lots of cross question regarding framing, floors, use of hopper Subramanian
tanks?
SC69 Strengthening of rudder. Where is load taken? Subramanian
SC70 Draw load lines. Significance. Subramanian
SC71 Aft end arrangement drawing with provision to show strengthening for taking the rudder weight. Subramanian
SC72 How is propeller fitting done? Procedure? How is it secured? The nut name? Subramanian
SC73 Draw shafting and propeller diagram Subramanian
SC74 Panting? Draw panting region. All the stiffeners names. Subramanian
SC75 Drawing of shell plating in NA – What is that drawing called? Subramanian
SC76 Draw quick closing valve and explain the mechanism Tambvekar
SC77 What is Aframax, Panamax, Suezmax, Kamsarmax? What is being done to Panama Canal Trassi
presently?
SC78 Free surface effect Trassi
SC79 If the hatch cover is closed, how will you know hatch cover is not leaking? Hose test. Condition of hatch cover seals. Inspection of all coamings and receses TRASSI
where seals fit tightly.
SC80 At what pressure bulk carrier cargo hold is tested for its integrity.? TRASSI
SC81 Which type of windlass onboard? TRASSI
SC82 Which type of windlass pump and what is the motor rating? Type of starter? TRASSI
SC83 Load line curve TRASSI
SC84 What is gunwale? TRASSI
SC85 What is Camber? TRASSI
SC86 What are the types of floors? TRASSI
SC87 In double bottoms what arrangement is provided to subdivide the tanks e. g. (db tk1, db tk2, db tk3 TRASSI
etc.)?
SC88 Transverse bulkhead diagram Trassi
SC89 Transverse bulkhead oil tanker draw it Trassi
SC90 Draw fwd and aft part of ship Trassi
SC91 Type of keels and draw bilge keel. Types of keel? Cross section of bilge keel. What are the Trassi
dimensions of bilge (plate/keel)?
SC92 What difference between product tanker and crude carrier? Trassi
SC93 Deck crane - if it rotates 360 degrees then how the flexible hydraulic hose does not gets entangled? hydraulic unit with power pack and motor all located in upper slewing post Trassi / Barik
SC94 How will you make sure if hatch covers are seal tight? Which test? Explain fire hose test? Trassi/Vinod
SC95 If GZ is more, what does it indicate? It’s a stiff ship or tender ship? Vinod
SC96 Stability of a ship, Vinod
SC97 Free surface effect, how can you reduce free surface effect? Vinod
SC98 When a surveyor comes for loadline markings, what he checks with respect to engine room XYZ
equipments for load line?
SC99 How is watertightness of a Bulk Head tested? http://www.ukpandi.com/fileadmin/uploads/uk‐
pi/LP%20Documents/Carefully_to_Carry/Testing%20hatchcovers.pdf
SC100 GZ curve and cross curves of stability
SC101 Why minimum bunker is maintained before entering into drydock? (NEEDS REVIEW) its the GM of the ship, which get affected while docking.... Wth
more bunkers, ur c.g. Will drop down....and at the time of crtical docking point, the
gm value is drastically changed.....so...the more difference between g and m of
gm.....the less stable she becomes while docking it frm aft, at the first instant
itself....
SC102 Inspection of sea chest in drydock Wasim Hussain N 1. Condition of Paint / Coating 2. Condition of Grating /
Wastage, if any 3. DPT / UT for surface inspections in areas where there is
change of shape i.e corners, edges, bends 4. Condition of Sea Chest Sacrificial
Anodes & Electrical Continuity of the same 5. Steam blow or air blow line to be
checked clear.

SC103 How will you find out if rudder is cracked in dry dock? How will you fix the crack?
SC104 What is rudder balancing? http://www.marinewiki.org/index.php?title=Rudder_-_Swing_test
SC105 What happens to GM of ship, when ship moves from water to dock?
SC106 What is loadicator?
SC107 In the threaded portion of the propellershaft which diameter is bigger : fwd or aft?
SC108 What is singing of propeller? Some propellers in service produce a high-pitched noise, often referred to as
Singing. This sound typically is a clear harmonic tone much like a humming or
ringing wine glass.
More of an annoyance than anything harmful, the causes of singing are not
completely understood. Many theories have been put forward to account for the
phenomenon of Singing, but it appears to be affected by critical factors for which
the theories make no allowance. For instance, in some cases when a twin-screw
vessel has one propeller that sings, the noise is eliminated just by switching
position of propellers. Or had been replaced by an identical spare Propellers
which were found silent. Also the less number of blades the less cases of
"singing".
Mitigation of Singing: Antisinging Edge

The singing is in function of propeller diameter and Rpm's, Boat speed and
Trailing-edge size (thickness) and roundness. In most of the cases not much can
be done on Diameter, Rpm's or speed, but we can modify the Edge Geometry.
This has been the Strategy for all efforts to eliminate singing
Most Propeller professionals (and others) are familiar with the Antisinging Edge –
a Chamfering of the Trailing edge, typically on the Suction side. The intent of this
shape is to avoid the creation of curving flow eddies by cleanly separating the
flow off of the blade.
The following graphic shows the Chamfering that goes from a 0.5 or 0.4 Radius to
the tip of Suction Side.
However the adoption of unduly thin edges can result in erosion or fracture of the
blade near the edges, it is advised that Antising Edge may be considered as a
last resort to minimize the Singing of an existing Propeller.
SC109 How to know ship sagged or hogged?

SC110 Why tanker having less freeboard
SC111 During fooding of ER, the aft end sinks first, still the emergency bilge suction valve and the
emergency bilge pump are situated to forwd end of the engine. Why?
SC112 Differentiate between crane and derrick
SC113 What is the difference between watertight door and weathertight door?

SC115 Safety Features of Engine Room Crane: 1) The most important safety feature of the crane is the electromagnetic fail safe
brakes which do not allow the crane to fall with the load even when there is failure
of power. For this:Normally centrifugal brakes are used which are fitted inside the
rotating drum.The brake pads are always in applied state and pushed by
magnetic springs when not in operation or when there is a power failure.As the
crane is operated or the power is supplied, the spring gets pulled inward or
compressed due to the electromagnetic effect of the current. This allows the
crane to be operated normally.
2)Emergency stop is provided in the remote so that the operator can stop the
crane at any time.
3)The motor is fitted with distance limit switch in both transverse and longitudinal
direction so that the travel of the trolley and hence crane should not overshoot the
rack’s end.
4)Mechanical stoppers are provided for both directions in case the electrical
distance limit trips fail.
5)The up and down travel of the hook is also attaches with automatic stopper to
avoid overloading of the motor.
6)The motor is fitted with thermal protection trip. When the motor windings get
overheated, trip will activate saving the motor winding from burning.
7) Load limit switch is also fitted which will trip the motor if the load to be lifted is
above the crane capacity.

FN 3 COSCOPOOL - SHIP SPECIFIC / CARGO SYSTEMS

SS1 How will you confirm that pump room ventilation 20 air changes are taking place? Barik
SS2 Draw deck seal on your ship and also draw if any alarms or trips on it. Barik/Mishra
SS3 Pump room blower capacity and regulations? Kapoor
SS4 GAS CARRIER: Draw and explain fixed DCP fire fighting system on deck & cargo space Piplani
SS5 GAS CARRIER: LPG cargo containment system? Piplani
SS6 GAS CARRIER: MARVS setting on cargo tanks.. Piplani
SS7 GAS CARRIER: Material of tank insulation - what is there in the space between primary barrier & secondary barrier of Piplani
cargo tank?
SS8 GAS CARRIER: When you carry propane in cargo tanks, what arrangement is provided for expansion of tanK? Piplani
SS9 GAS CARRIER: : Draw cross section of cargo tank? Material of chokes on which tank is supported. Cargo Boil off rate Piplani/Majumdar
for your ship?
SS10 GAS CARRIER: Loading and discharging operation. What safeties provided and all alarms and trips. Details. Sharma
SS11 Gas Carrier: Why do we have booster pumps and heat exchanger in cargo line? Trassi
SS12 GAS CARRIER: Air lock arrangement explain with diagram and regulations regarding the same. Trassi
SS13 GAS CARRIER: Types of gas carrier. Trassi
SS14 Gas Carrier: Types of cargo pumps you had on-board. Trassi
SS15 COPT Trips Trassi
SS16 OIL TKR: Hazards on crude oil tanker Trassi
SS17 What do u mean by Aframax tankers? Trassi
SS18 What pressure and vacuum values are there for PV valve and PV breaker? Trassi
SS19 CHEM TKR: Difference between BCH & IBC code? BCH applicable to ships made before 1st July 1986 & IBC Trassi/Barik
after 1st July 86.
SS20 CHEM TKR: Draw cross section of type 2 tanker along with constructional details. Trassi/Barik
SS21 CHEM TKR: How many cargo tanks? Trassi/Barik
SS22 CHEM TKR: How many manifolds? Trassi/Barik
SS23 CHEM TKR: Which cargo needs water padding? Phosphorus - Red or Yellow? (confirm) Trassi/Barik
SS24 CHEM TKR: Which category does vegetable oil falls in? It falls in chapter 17 of IBC code since it is chemical. Trassi/Barik
SS25 CHEM TKR: Major hazard on chemical tanker fire, spillage ,health,static charge,and reactivity of cargo with Trassi/Narain
tank coating
SS26 CHEM TKR: Type 1 chemical tanker draw how tank is arranged? Trassi/Narain
SS27 What checks you make on p/v breaker? Vaad
SS28 What is the function of mast riser? Vaad
SS29 Pump room ventilation, blower interlocks Vinod
SS30 Why oil does not come out of PV valve or vents though tank pressure is more than the atmospheric pressure? Pv valve has a setting for over pressurization and vacuum.
Before that setting is achieved nothing will come out. Plus
2% volumetric space is provided for expansion and
contraction purpose which is more than sufficient to stabilise
the pressure. However if that setting is achieved then oil will
come out of it.

FN 3 - COSCOPOOL - IG SYSTEMS
IG1 What is the Difference between the IGG and IGGS? Kapoor
IG2 (Safety)Regulations for IG? Kapoor
IG3 Why IG not required below 20000 DWT? Kapoor
IG4 Why IG not in bunker tanks? Kapoor
IG5 Scrubber tower with diagram Mishra
IG6 What is safety on IG line? Narain/Saini
IG7 What is used to prevent the back flow from cargo tanks? Narain/Saini
IG8 Where you have read about the regulation of IG? Narain/Saini
IG9 Above what flash point IG is used? Why not for F/O? Is there any fuel less than 60 deg. What? And how much is the Paul
flash point? Used in what?
IG10 Why IG used for COW? (static electricity) Paul
IG11 Inert gas purpose, what was system on your ship? Piplani
IG12 Draw IG system and many cross questions in it - like type of water filled in deck seal (SW or FW)? Function of vent v/v Saini
on the line? Difference in pv valve and pv breaker? Reasons for high oxygen % in inert gas?
IG13 IG below 20000DWT. What to do if IG is not there? How to carry cargo(on less than 2000DWT)? Arrangements and Sharma
their details
IG14 Visual inspection of IG furnace and Demister Sharma
IG15 Deck seal as on your ship - draw it Trassi
IG16 IG Alarms & Trips Trassi
IG17 What are the pressure limits for p-v valve and p-v breaker on IG system? Trassi
IG19 Draw Mast Riser. How is Mast Riser connected to all tanks? How is the Vapour Emitted from Mast Riser? How is the Trassi
Pressure given to the vapours?
IG20 Safeties devices in IG system, trips Vinod
IG21 What is the purpose for mast riser ? Does mastriser function same as High Velocity Vent Valve (HVVV) ? XYZ
IG22 What is the difference between PV breaker and PV valve ? XYZ
IG23 Why do we inert the tanks in oil tanker? XYZ
IG24 Inert gas plant XYZ

FN 3 COSCOPOOL - EVERYTHING ELSE

F3-1 Which person on ship is not a passenger (Crew and child below 1 year)
F3-2 What does PSC inspector checks on ship? Barik
F3-3 What is risk analysis? If you have to do hot work on bottom platform then how will u do risk analysis? IQBAL - JHA
F3-4 What is STCW? 1995 ammendments? 2010 ammendments? Why 2010 ammendments? Piplani/Shirish
F3-5 Full form of function 3? Name all the subject which function 3 covers? Sharma/Barik
F3-6 Difference b/w Flag state and PSC Sharma/Saini/Na
rain
F3-7 What is PSC and its functions? Subramanian
F3-8 Name a few conventions? What are conventions? Vinod
F3-9 What is classification society and its function? How Lloyd’s Register started? Vinod
F3-10 What is the speciality of SCBA compressor ?
F3-11 What is meant by White list?
F3-12 What is there to check cargo density if cargo pump is tripping on overload?
F3-13 Saturday routines ? please enlist
F3-14 What is LANE METER? A method of measuring the space capacity of ro-ro ships
whereby each unit of space (linear meter) is represented by
an area of deck 1.0 meter in length x 2.5 meters in width.
F3-15 Bunkering safeties

F3-16 Actions after getting OMD alarm? Barik
F3-17 E/R flooding – Actions? While answering he asked All Requirements of Bilge Injection Valve Piplani
F3-18 Bad weather precautions and actions Singh
F3-19 Actions taken when there is an oil spill Vinod
F3-20 Bunker hose bursts while bunkering; actions to be taken.

FN 3 COSCOPOOL - SOLAS & RELATED CODES

Column1 Column2 Column3 Column4
SO1 What is major non conformity ? Barik
SO2 What is the non conformity and who all can find these? auditor, - internal or external (flag, class) Barik
SO3 Regulations for Emergency generator? Barik
SO4 What are the documents issued under ISM code (lots of cross questions on this) Barik
SO5 ISM certificates and when they shall be revoked prior to 5 years Barik
SO6 What is the difference between cargo and passenger ship? Barik
SO7 Where do you find your duties on board? Barik
SO8 What all is there in SMS manual? Barik
SO9 Who issues DOC and SMC and validity and to whom it is issued. Barik
SO10 What are the differences in life boat and rescue boat? Barik
SO11 What is Chapter 9 of SOLAS? Barik/Dastoor
SO12 What are SOLAS Chapter 5 new amendments?? Barik/Dastoor
SO13 How will you know that the copy of DOC on-board is concerned to that vessel only? Barik/Mishra
SO14 What is the non-conformity and who all can find these? Barik/Mishra
SO15 ISPS Barik/Vaad/Mishra
SO16 Name SOLAS Chapters & Explain Ch 12. How you will detect fire in cargo hold? Bhalla/Shirish
SO17 Certificates carried on board Bhalla/Shirish
SO18 What is ISM code and why it came into action? Tell me at least three main objectives of ISM? If two Kamath
hrs notice is given what will be your first action?
SO19 ISPS - how the system works, depth Kamath
SO20 AIS Details? How it works? What identifications you are getting? Use of AIS? Kamath/Trassi
SO21 Security levels.....with cross que Kamath
SO22 What all certificates should be carried by ship? Kamath/Barik
SO23 What is the difference between the CODE and the Convention? Kapoor
SO24 Name 6 codes and 6 conventions? Kapoor
SO25 What is SOLAS Ch IX? Tell me about that Mishra
SO26 SOLAS chapter 11. Explain everything whatever it deals with. Both parts. Mishra
SO27 What is chapter 9? How many regulations of ISM? Mishra
SO28 Emergency fire pump regulation Mishra/Trassi
SO29 Explain ISPS and lot of cross questions? Narain/Saini
SO30 Have you ever followed ISM code on-board? Narain/Saini
SO31 Under which SOLAS chapter ISM Code included? Narain/Saini
SO32 Latest amendment in SOLAS regarding Lifeboat New
SO33 Duty of DPA? What is non-conformity? Saini
SO34 Emergency generator and emergency fire pump regulations? Saini
SO35 Bulk carrier transverse stability Chapter in SOLAS Sharma
SO36 ISM code new amendment (energy efficiency) Sharma
SO37 ISPS - Basic/General Sharma
SO38 What are the emergency fire pump regulations and working? (means of starting and at what Singh
distance how much pressure this is what he wanted)
SO39 New Amendments in SOLAS Singh
SO40 SOLAS Ch 11 - B, some certificate, who assigns it, validity. Subramanian
SO41 ISM objectives? How will you make sure that it’s being followed? Subramanian
SO42 ISM Details : What is ISM? History of ISM. Which SOLAS Chapter? What certificates / verifications/ Trassi / Barik /
validity/ issuing authority? Difference between SMC & DOC? Similar items in SMC & DOC? How do Majumdar
you know ISM is implemented on a ship when you join?
SO43 Functional requirement of ISM? (one sentence answer). How ISM maintained and monitored Trassi / Kapoor
onboard? Certificates Issued and other things like audits, management review etc.
SO44 What is IMDG and IBC code? What certificates are issued under these codes? xyz
SO45 In which chapters of SOLAS and Annexures of MARPOL do IBC and IMDG code related? xyz
SO46 What is ISPS code (full form) when it came into force, what certificates? Who were your DPA, CSO, xyz
and SSO? What are their responsibilities (each of them) where is their name posted?
SO47 What are security levels, how these were maintained on-board? Your responsibilities? xyz
SO48 What is VRP? (Vessel Response Plan?)

FN 4B - MEOL - MAIN ENGINE, ME SHAFTING AND RELATED SYSTEMS

4ME1 During manoeuvring, how will you know leakage in Air starting valve? AK Sharma
4ME2 T/C surging. Procedure to follow during departure of main engine? AK Sharma
4ME3 Purpose of negative cam in distributor? AK Sharma
4ME4 Fuel injector leaking? What it indicates? Exhaust temperature will be high or low. AK Sharma
4ME5 What all will check when you take round of main engine only? AK Sharma
4ME6 Why turbocharger? Barik
4ME7 Surging and reasons for it Barik
4ME8 How main engine reversing takes place? Barik/Dastoor
4ME9 There is alarm of OMD. What actions will you take? Barik/Dastoor
4ME10 How main engine reversing takes place? Barik/Dastoor
4ME11 Main difference between LO oil used in crankcase for 2S & 4S Barik/Dastur
4ME12 When you are taking indicator card and engine tripped on some mechanical trip what will be Barik/Mishra
maximum pressure?
4ME13 Stresses acting on 4stroke conrod. Are they any different than 2s conrod stresses? Barik/Mishra
4ME14 Different means of reversing . How reversing took place in ur ship? Barik/Neti
4ME15 Draw indicator diagram for leaking fuel injector. Iqbal
4ME16 How is firing order for Main engine decided? Why 1-7-2-4-6-3-5 and not 1-2-3-4-5-6-7? Iqbal
4ME17 Importance of flywheel. Narain/Iqbal
4ME18 Stern tube lubrication and some cross question. Iqbal
4ME19 Piston rings, Determine Condition of piston ring w/o removing piston out. IQBAL - JHA
4ME20 Coolers on ME / AE IQBAL - JHA
4ME21 Critical Speed IQBAL - JHA
4ME22 Why chokes are used in engine, types of chokes? IQBAL - JHA
4ME23 Starting Air Line Safeties IQBAL - JHA
4ME24 Advance technlogy in Engines? IQBAL - JHA
4ME25 Types of crank shaft. Welded crank shaft is welded where? AE has which crank shaft? Jha
4ME26 How do you measure ovality of big end? Why do u measure at those point only? Jha
4ME27 Why bottom end serrated? Jha
4ME28 BSFOC calculation (from qty of FO in liters ) Kamat/Piplani
4ME29 Exhaust manifold- How pulse of exhaust gets converted into constant pressure? Kamat/Piplani
4ME30 Hydraulic exhaust valve and spring loaded old type valves - what are advantages? Kamat/Piplani
4ME31 Air cooler maintenance Kamat/Piplani
4ME32 Starting air line safeties (Fn 3) Kamat/Piplani
4ME33 M/E fuel injector diagram operation. Kamath
4ME34 M/E interlocks. Kamath
4ME35 M/E Manoeuvring Kamath
4ME36 M/E - What S denotes in SMC Kamath
4ME37 What if stroke to bore ratio less. Kamath
4ME38 Advantages of super long stroke. Kamath
4ME39 M/E valve timing diagram. Kamath
4ME40 M/E exhaust v/v how it operates. Function of sealing air. What if sealing air not present. Kamath

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4ME41 Why exhaust valve don’t fall in liner when spring air not present. Kamath
4ME42 M/E bottom end bearing clearance procedure. Kamath
4ME43 Cross head-why is it there in 2-s and what does it do primarily. Kamath
4ME44 2-s /4-s difference and difference between there lubrication system Kamath
4ME45 Difference between c-case oil and cylinder oil, oil used for camshaft lub. , cold corrosion. Kamath
4ME46 Piston cooling in 2/s & 4/s, and parameters. Kamath
4ME47 Jacket cooling Parameters. Kamath
4ME48 Cylinder Lubrication in 2/s & 4/s. some cross questions. Kamath
4ME49 Scavenge fire. Kamath
4ME50 Crank case explosion. Kamath
4ME51 Piston oil cooling line in both aux and main. Kamath
4ME52 Safety valve on ME. Kamath
4ME53 Prepare main engine .but while explaining put lots of cross questions - like what if leak in JCW Kamath
line etc.
4ME54 Cylinder line lubrication oil properties? Kapoor
4ME55 Full shaft arrangement of M/E, how is it connected to propeller, shafts rest on which thing after the Kapoor
engine room?
4ME56 What is stern tube? where it is? What is the purpose of it? Kapoor
4ME57 Valve timing diagram of the loop scvanging and uni flow scvanging? Kapoor
4ME58 What is SFOC? How it is calculated? Kapoor
4ME59 Liner calibration which tool? Kapoor
4ME60 What is the least count and the zero error with reference to micro meter? Kapoor
4ME61 Fuel Pump - Jerk type and Bosch type Kapoor
4ME62 MEP - How to calculate? Why to calculate? Majumdar
4ME63 Tie bolt function and diagram Mishra
4ME64 Types of turbocharger Mishra
4ME65 Main engine is turning on air but not coming on fuel – reasons? Mishra
4ME66 Types of ME bedplate. Mishra
4ME67 4 stroke engine for propulsion. Show entire arrangement. Piplani
4ME68 Cylinder oil properties for 2 stroke and 4 stroke. TBN value Piplani
4ME69 Crankshaft deflection - How taken? How to draw the graph of Angle vs Deflection? How will you Piplani
check misalignment is due?
4ME70 Safeties for crankcase. Function of breather pipe,. Flash point of Lube oil Piplani
4ME71 OMD alarm. What % OMD alarm will get activated? Piplani
4ME72 Reversing of main engine. Lost motion principle Piplani
4ME73 4 stroke engine for propulsion. Show entire arrangement. Piplani
4ME74 Cylinder oil properties for 2 stroke and 4 stroke. TBN value Piplani
4ME75 How is camshaft & crankshaft connected in M/E? Lubrication arrangement for them Piplani
4ME76 Safeties for crankcase. Function of breather pipe,. Flash point of Lube oil Piplani
4ME77 OMD alarm. What % OMD alarm will get activated? Piplani
4ME78 Reversing of main engine. Lost motion principle Piplani

4ME79 Crankshaft deflection - How taken? How to draw the graph of Angle vs Deflection? How will you Piplani
check misalignment is due?
4ME80 Difference between turbochargers of 2 stroke and 4 stroke Piplani
4ME81 ME Safeties Piplani
4ME82 ME LO line diagram including cross head lubrication and piston return lines Piplani
4ME83 How to calculate power? How it’s done on ship? How to calculate power if there’s no cylmate, no planimeter is not provided when the engine doesn't have a separate cam for taking Saini
digital indicator and no old school stylus! power cards. instead sometimes electronic engine performance monitors are
provided. but sometimes they are not..so then we find out power developed by
using turbocharger rpm and then correlating it various graphs of other paramneters
like scavenge temp and all.
4ME84 RT-Flex distributor reversing, how is it done, construction diagram Sharma
4ME85 Draw card & indicator card difference. Then explain Draw Card Sharma
4ME86 What is puncture valve? Sharma
4ME87 Difference between ME & MC engines Sharma
4ME88 Type of fuel pump in your ship and explain? Shirish Kumar
4ME89 Why FQS lever is provided ? FQS- lever in SULZER engines. FQS is provided to adjust the ignition delay due to Shirish Kumar
bad quality of fuel in 2S engine
4ME90 ME cooling water test, values and action Singh
4ME91 Manoeuvring diag. (Asked for block diagram and safeties/ interlocks) Singh
4ME92 Starting Air Line Explosion - a) What is it? b) Causes c) During manoeuvring starting air v/v Singh
leaking how will you identify which one & what will be your action?
4ME93 Tie Rods: Functions and Pre-Tensioning Method Singh
4ME94 Fuel V/v Diagram and working Singh
4ME95 Turbocharger Surging: explain what is it Singh
4ME96 Main Engine Reversing- lots of cross questions Subramanian
4ME97 How propeller torque is achieved? Subramanian
4ME98 ME lub oil line diagram, showing all components in line? Subramanian
4ME99 Hydrostatic Hydrodynamic Lubrication Subramanian
4ME100 Working of VIT? some cross questions Subramanian
4ME101 Working of fuel pump? Subramanian
4ME102 Reversing of main engine? Lots of cross question? Exhaust v/v cam need not be set to new Subramanian
position? Why?
4ME103 Draw power card, compression card, Difference between peak pr, compression pr, mean effective Tambvekar
pr,

4ME104 Difference between RTA engine and MAN MC engine There are still some differences in the lubrication arrangements. In MAN B&W, Trassi
luboil is conveyed by means of telescopic pipes common for piston cooling and
bearing lubrication, while in Sulzer, it is conveyed through an arrangement of hollow
pins and articulated pipes, separate for each function.
Another difference in lub oil system is MAN B&W has a common pump and
pressure line for both main bearing and crosshead bearing lubrication. The luboil is
admitted to the upper half of the crosshead bearings from where oil grooves lead
the oil to the lower loaded half. Sulzer has some kind of pressure boosting
arrangement using a second set of pumps to supply oil direct to the crosshead
bearing loaded lower half. inorder to reduce bending moment of tie rods in rta jack
bolts r used ...tie rods of mc engine do not tube and they do not go upto the
bedplate.... cylinder lubrication of rta is accumulator pressure type
4ME105 Safety of T/G and how will u check for over speed trip Trassi
4ME106 How lubrication takes place in LMC engine? Crosshead lubrication. How so small pressure is Trassi
maintaining the oil film?
4ME107 Stroke to bore ratio of your engine, Trassi
4ME108 How much was SFOC of your ship. Trassi
4ME109 What type of lubricator in Sulzer RT FLEX? Trassi
4ME110 Longitudinal cross-section of bellow of exhaust valve? Trassi
4ME111 Piston clearances. Vaad
4ME112 How reversing of main engine takes place? Draw how air distributor cam rotates in forward and Vaad
reverse direction? (basically the operating mechanism).
4ME113 Scavenge Space inspection. Vaad
4ME114 RT Flex lubrication system Vaad
4ME115 Stuffing box. Vaad
4ME116 How reversing is achieved? Vinod
4ME117 Why turbocharger? Can we run main engines without them? How? Vinod
4ME118 All the clearances and why are they given? Vinod
4ME119 Reversing in MC engines Vinod
4ME120 OMD and its principle xyz
4ME121 Checks to be made while crank case inspection xyz
4ME122 Crank case explosion xyz
4ME123 How to take all ME bearing clearance and what are the normal values of clearances? xyz
4ME124 Piston crown checks xyz
4ME125 Piston ring clearances xyz
4ME126 Piston checks xyz
4ME127 Cylinder head overhaul xyz
4ME128 Tappet clearance xyz
4ME129 Rocker arm maintenance xyz
4ME130 Fuel pp onboard, type, parts,construction xyz
4ME131 Main engine interlocks, xyz
4ME132 Turning gear interlock, how it works? xyz
4ME133 Power imbalance and catalytic fines xyz
4ME134 Draw manoeuvring diagram, tell the position of fuel cam while stopping and few more question on xyz
it.
4ME135 Draw lube oil circuit of your main engine and what are the alarms and trips provided for lube oil xyz
only for main engine?
4ME136 V/v timing diagram of 2-stroke, p-v diagram of same and draw card for 2-stroke and then the xyz
postion of TDC on draw card?
4ME137 How is chain case lubricated? xyz
4ME138 How can the chain be tightened if it has become loose? xyz
4ME139 What is the sac volume in a fuel injector? xyz
4ME140 What is the pressure of lube oil at ME main bearings? Wasim Hussain N GUYS, YOU ARE CONFUSING LUB OIL LINE PRESSURE xyz
WITH OIL PRESSURE AT BEARING! WHAT SURVEYOR WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN LINE PRESSURE OF OIL? THE PRESSURE THAT WE SEE ON
GAUGE IS ACTUALLY THE PRESSURE THAT IS MAINTAINED TO SUPPLY
ENOUGH OIL TO EACH BEARING! ACTUAL OIL PRESSURE AT THE BEARINGS
IS FOUND USING THE FORMULA: Brg Load = (mu) sq(N -rps) R L / C, Brg Pr =
Load/Area
4ME141 The line from the expansion tank enter to the suction side or discharge side of the JCW pump and xyz
explain the reason for that
4ME142 Draw main engine lube oil line xyz
4ME143 What is the purpose of having back flush filter in LO line? xyz
4ME144 What is the pressure of lube oil at ME main bearings? xyz
4ME145 What is VIT and cross questions? xyz
4ME146 How reversing takes place? xyz
4ME147 What type of lubrication used for thrust bearing? Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic lub? As thrust collar rotates it draws oil with it creating pressure and because of the
shape at the back of thrust pad it tilts pivoting on its inner edge.As a result oil wedge
is formed for lubrication.Therefore hydrodynamic lubrication occurs
4ME148 LO test report from shore- what all are the contaminants? If iron n copper present in LO test report
wat will you check in engine(which part)? If sodium is present what is the cause?
4ME149 Procedure for taking indicator card

4ME150 How peak pressure measured in generator? Can we use same instrument for ME?
4ME151 What is the material of crosshead bearing, telescopic pipe, articulated pipe?

4ME152 What is piston slap? Piston slap is nothing new to piston driven internal combustion engines and
compressors. It is the secondary (sideways or perpendicular) movement of a piston
against the side of a cylinder bore where the primary movement of a piston is
intended to be parallel (up and down) to the cylinder bore. All piston driven internal
combustion engines and compressors have a certain amount of piston slap.
Excessive piston slap occurs when the clearance between the piston and the
cylinder bore is too great. The piston to cylinder bore clearance becomes too great
either through wear, mismatched pistons and cylinder bores at manufacturing or, a
combination of both. The audible noise associated with excessive piston slap is due
to the perpendicular impact of the piston against the wall of the cylinder bore.
Audible piston slap is typically loudest when the engine is first started up. The
pistons then expand with heat reducing the piston to cylinder bore clearance thus,
reducing the perpendicular impact of the piston against the cylinder wall and its
resulting noise.
4ME153 Not all ships are provided with planimeter. How to calculate power in that case? Also the
procedure to find SFOC?
4ME154 MCR, NCR - Definitions? Your ship MCR. NCR?
4ME155 Stresses in A/E and M/E starting frm piston to propeller?
4ME156 The line from the expansion tank enter to the suction side or discharge side of the JCW pump and
explain the reason for that
4ME157 How to check the integrity of piston rod gland without opening it?
4ME158 Why 1.4mm lift is given for injectors? Why not more or less? this lift is needle lifts up in the injector during injection. if this is the lift which u are
talking about, then higher lift will impinge needle on its seat an damage takes place
drastically. lower lift will reduce amount of flow of oil required.
4ME159 How is the Tie rod attached to the Bedplate?

4ME160 What UEC stands for ? Wasim Hussain N U-Uniflow scavenging E-Exhaust gas turbocharging
C-Cross head type engine
4ME161 How to find the elongation of chain in chain case? How to measure percentage elongation?
4ME162 What is Mark-1,2,3,4& 5 engine?

4ME163 What is MC,ME,MCC,MCE?
4ME164 What is oil analysis? How it can be used for engine condition monitoring?
4ME165 How will you know without opening anything that it is two stroke or 4 stroke Engine?
4ME166 What is priming of fuel injector?
4ME167 Difference between lubrication of X-HD in sulzer RTA n B&W MC engines. Construction and
operational differences?
4ME168 How to confirm exhaust valve rotation? In man bw , there is spring loaded rod or plunger which when removed from its
stowed position, stands upright on the damping piston which looks like inverted
saucepan.
This piston has a tapered crease. When the plunger is in contact with this, when the
valve rotates the plunger goes up and down.
That shows exh valve moving up and down and rotating.
4ME169 Why Pulse type T/C used in AE and Constant Pressure T/C in ME?
4ME170 How to adjust timing of cam shaft relative to crank shaft?
4ME171 Difference between super VIT and VIT?
4ME172 Difference between specific fuel consumption and total fuel consumption?
4ME173 Excessive honing of liner will lead to? Wasim Hussain N failure of lub oil retentivity on liner which leads to damage of
piston rings nd liner due to lack of lubrication. excessive clearance b/w liner nd rings
,in severe cases blow past can take place
4ME174 What is supercharging? Construction of turbochager, function of each parts,
4ME175 JCW Expansion tank- why it is provided? Suppose oil is there from where it can come?
4ME176 Difference between RTA engine and MAN MC engine There are still some differences in the lubrication arrangements. In MAN B&W,
luboil is conveyed by means of telescopic pipes common for piston cooling and
bearing lubrication, while in Sulzer, it is conveyed through an arrangement of hollow
pins and articulated pipes, separate for each function.
Another difference in lub oil system is MAN B&W has a common pump and
pressure line for both main bearing and crosshead bearing lubrication. The luboil is
admitted to the upper half of the crosshead bearings from where oil grooves lead
the oil to the lower loaded half. Sulzer has some kind of pressure boosting
arrangement using a second set of pumps to supply oil direct to the crosshead
bearing loaded lower half. inorder to reduce bending moment of tie rods in rta jack
bolts r used ...tie rods of mc engine do not tube and they do not go upto the
bedplate.... cylinder lubrication of rta is accumulator pressure type
4ME177 6S60MC-C8 wat does C8 stand foR?

4ME178 In man B&W L-MC engine I saw that the fuel recirculation was through the fuel injector when the there's a separate connection from fuel supply line (8 to 9 bars) to individual units
engine is stopped . Although on Sulzer RTA i was told that the recirculation takes place by fuel injectors.
keeping the suction valve open hence shorting the fuel through the pump itslef and no fuel goes Per unit we have two copper line which is tapped and valves provided (one inlet and
one outlet)
thru the injectors. Any comments on the same?
So fuel from 9 bar line is taken and main line and given to fuel injector 1 then outlet
is conected to fuel injector 2 then outlet of 2 is connected to inlet of 3 and outlet of 3
connected to main fuel oil return line .
This was there as per my latest ship . Connections differ as per licensee.
4ME179 What is detuner? Detuner reduces the critical rpm.
If critical rpm is near or above 75% mcr then it would be near operating point of the
engine.
So installation of de-tuner will shift the critical rpm in manoeuvring range of the
engine like between half ahead and full ahead or between full ahead and 40 % mcr
speed. Inside crankcase, in chaincase there are extra wheels which rotate in
opposite direction and twice the speed , powered by chain in manbw

4ME180 Can any one explain the Main engine air fuel interlock, more specifically how does the air get cut When start signal is given...electrical signal opens the start solenoid admitting the
off and fuel injected during starting of the main engine. any diagrams would be helpful starting air to turn d engine. It cutsoff whn a predefined rpm reaches. Now, in case
of Sulzer engines, air along with very small amt of fuel is used during starting.
Whereas in MAN BW only air is used, and once tht rpm is reached, there is an
overlap period of start n run signal as both the uswitches "start n run" r pressed
together for 1sec to 1.5sec ensuring air n fuel admitted together for a positive start.
ABOVE CONTENT IS AS EXPLAINED BY SAMANTH SIR. But if still it needs ne
correction or if im wrong plz do correct me.
4ME181 MAN B&W 7K80MCC-MK6 ENGINE - MK6 IS THE MARK NUMBER. BUT WHAT IT INDICATES http://www.mandieselturbo.com/files/news/filesof6534/Press_Release_0022.pdf
AND WHAT CHANGES ARE MADE IN ENGINE COMPARE TO SAME SERIES PREVIOUS
ENGINE?

FN 4B - AUX ENGINE & RELATED SYSTEMS

4AE1 What to do if cam of fuel pump of one of d unit of Aux. engine is corroded? AK Sharma
4AE2 Tappet clearance? How will you ensure that the v/v seats are closed (to take tappet)? Checking the push rods are loose is one method but the appropriate method is to Iqbal
see that push rod roller is on base circle of the cam
4AE3 Tappet Adjustment. How is it done? Where all it can be checked? What happens if wrongly Kamath
adjusted? If no indication on flywheel, how will you do?
4AE4 How to adjust compression pressure when generator is running? Narain
4AE5 How is camshaft & crankshaft connected in A/E? Lubrication arrangement for them Piplani
4AE6 How starting air is supplied to aux engine? Draw & explain. Function of air distributor. Piplani
4AE7 Tappet clearance. Everything in depth (start to end) Sharma
4AE8 4-stroke bottom end bearing clearance. How to take and position of piston? Sharma
4AE9 Draw timing and PV diagram along with piston movements of 4 stroke engine? Dual, Diesel & Otto Subramanian
cycles
4AE10 Draw/explain LO circuit for AE. How does liner get lubricated? (fav question) oil through gudgeon pin and splash Subramanian
4AE11 AE - how fuel goes inside? Diagram? Injector overhaul? Trassi
4AE12 Additives of A/E L.O.TBN of AE oil ? Trassi
4AE13 Aux engine liner lubrication Vinod
4AE14 Crankcase inspection in auxiliary engine, Vinod
4AE15 How lubrication of liner is done in aux engine? Vinod
4AE16 How to test lub oil trip and over speed trip in aux engine? Vinod
4AE17 What impurities can be found in the LO of a generator xyz
4AE18 How does A/E LO get dirty? xyz
4AE19 How does piston gets lubricated in 2s & 4s? With figure xyz
4AE20 Lube oil consumption increases of generator after 1000 hrs of decarb ? What all possible reason ?
4AE21 Overspeed Trip Testing for AE 1. SIMULATION: reduce the governor overspeed spetting to slightly above normal
operating speed (eg: 750 rpm for 720 rpm rated engine). Then increase the fuel to
the engine by either pushing the fuel racks or by governor knob or from the main
switchboard. Remember overspeed is actually done on engines at no load. Refer
manual for safety instructions as most of the manudfacturers specify to check con.
rod bottom end bolt tightness after an overspeed trip. 2. ACTUAL: Just keep on
increasing the fuel to the engine till the engine trips on overspeed (be cautious
about rpm). To be little bit more elaborate: every engine has 2 overspeed trip
settings. one is electrical and other is mechanical. Both are for the engine side and
not for alternator. Electrical setting or trip will activate first and then if electrical fails
then mechanical.
4AE22 Why 2 springs for 4S valve arrangement? Wasim Hussain N IT ALTERS THE NATURAL FREQUENCY, THEREBY MOVING
AWAY THE CRITICAL / RESONANT FREQUENCY OUT OF NORMAL
OPERATING RANGE, ALSO, IT EXERTS BALANCED FORCE ON VALVE
AGAINST VALVE SEAT
4AE23 How to identify a unit at TDC without refering to flywheel marking?
4AE24 Why gudgeon pin in compressor is fixed and free floating in AE?

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4AE25 Difference between auxiliary engine governor and main engine governor.
4AE26 Why we cant reverse 4 stroke engine directly? main reason is v/v timing diagram. Engine can be reversed easily if v/v timing is
symmetric across bdc n tdc...
For eg: 2 stroke engine with loop n cross flow scavenging can be easily reverse b
coz ports timing is symmentric... But in case of 4 stroke engine valve timing is
different wrt bdc n tdc. So reversing becomes complicated.
4AE27 Engine is running but not taking load. What may be the reason? Generator ? Load limit switch on governor has been set to zero. Set it at 10 for
max load limit. In ME, VIT linkage disengaged due to fretting governor actuator
erratic

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FN 4B MEOL - BOILERS
4BL1 What is steam trap? Where is it located? Its function? Is there a strainer before it? AK Sharma
4BL2 Position of steam trap in bunker heating steam line? AK Sharma
4BL3 Feed water line diagram? How will u know oil on feed water line? AK Sharma
4BL4 What is priming of boiler? AK Sharma
4BL5 How may safety valves are there on Auxiliary Boiler and how does it works with diagram. Barik/Dastoor
4BL6 What are all the safety checks u will carry out before starting a boiler? Barik/Mishra
4BL7 Why vent provided on boiler? Barik/Mishra
4BL8 Boiler mountings? Barik/Neti
4BL9 Why easing gears? Barik/Neti
4BL10 Purpose of expansion tank. How to know the tank is empty or full, if you are not able to see the level in Dastoor
gauge glass.
4BL11 Purpose of boiler register draw n show Dastoor
4BL12 Why 2 Boiler gauge glasses? How to find if both functioning correctly? IQBAL - JHA
4BL13 About safety valve. Gagging of valve and its purpose. Kamat
4BL14 If oil goes into the boiler how will u come to know? Already INSIDE the boiler Kamat
4BL15 Boiler water treatment: how salt formation takes place though FWG water has salt content 2ppm? Kamat/Piplani
4BL16 Boiler water level is going down – reasons? (I said tube leak then he asked how to confirm) Kamat/Piplani
4BL17 Boiler gauge glass blow down. Kamath
4BL18 Boiler accumulation of pressure. Test of accumulation of pressure. What is importance of Boiler low Kamath
water level trip and alarm. How to try out /test?
4BL19 Types of boiler burner? Explain any 1? Mishra
4BL20 Boiler furnace inspection, how will you prepare for that? Mishra
4BL21 Draw Boiler feed water line. In which line is the feed water regulator? Is it in the main line or auxiliary Mishra
line?
4BL22 If one gauge glass show half level and other showing fluctuation what does it mean? Mishra
4BL23 How to know if oil is there in boiler water? What are boiler water treatments? Piplani
4BL24 pH of boiler water? Why alkaline? What acidity hazards? Scaling hazards? Piplani
4BL25 What if Chloride contents increases? Piplani
4BL26 Hydraulic pressure testing of boiler. Why & How? Piplani
4BL27 What is soot? Why soot blow? Draw arrangement of soot blowers on your ship. Piplani
4BL28 Draw cross section of boiler and all the feed water and steam outlet connection and where fitted Piplani / Vaad
location-wise. Or Sketch boiler of your ship with all details
4BL29 Safeties on Boiler? Singh
4BL30 Boiler CW Test, Values & Action Singh
4BL31 Boiler Water Treatment, what if chloride content increases, blowdown procedure, what if Chlorine Subramanian
content continue to increase even after blowdown?
4BL32 What is boiler steam temp? I said 100deg saturated steam? Then he asked- How does 100deg steam Subramanian
heat fuel oil up to 140deg?
4BL33 Boiler feed water line diagram Trassi / Barik
4BL34 What type of steam trap on deck cargo steam line? Trassi / Barik
4BL35 Hot well overflowing reasons Trassi / Barik

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4BL36 Boiler water tests? Values? What to do when value rises? How is phosphate test done and why is Vaad
phosphate test done?
4BL37 What information is provided on safety valve? Vinod
4BL38 Boiler safeties Vinod
4BL39 There is no water in the boiler - What action will you take? Vinod
4BL40 Boiler gauge glass, boiler leak off alarm why? Vinod
4BL41 Why do you blow down boiler and how? Vinod
4BL42 What do u mean by boiler panting?
4BL43 What do u mean by boiler running in?
4BL44 Purpose of ignition transformer?
4BL45 Effects of water getting carried over boiler
4BL46 Boiler double banking
4BL47 How much was the pre and post purge time. Can u change that and how to find the min amount of
purge time(if there is no manual)?
4BL48 What is boiling point of a liquid ?
4BL49 nitrate in jacket water should be around 1400 ....what will happen if nitrate comes below this level. what
may be the reason of falling nitrate
4BL50 Floating of boiler safety valve is done during drydock survey
4BL51 How is boiler feed water control connected to boiler combustion control.
4BL52 Manual firing of boiler
4BL53 Why feed water p/p lose suction if feed water temperature is too high?
4BL54 How to adjust air fuel ratio in a boiler?
4BL55 How to fire the boiler manually?
4BL56 Methods for detection and taking out oil from hotwell?
4BL57 What is Primary and Secondary Air Combustion in Boiler?
4BL58 Why multistage pump for blr feed water?
4BL59 What actions to be taken for the following-for boilers Low ph : add chemicals and increase alkalinity.
1.low ph or acidic condition High alkalinity: blowdown and take fresh water which will dilute and reduce
2.high alkanility alkalinity
Tss: to reduce scum and bottom blowdown
3high tss
Hydrazine : this is oxygen scavenger and addition of hydrazine will reduce
4.hydrazine. oxygen from boiler water.
4BL60 What will happen if steam traps are not used in steam system? nothing happens if you dont use steam traps. u will increase losses as first
latent heat of steam to water is not used . second since steam will return to your
hotwell instead of hot water, that would seriously steam the hotwell. as the dump
condensor is not designed to condense that amount of steam, hot well will be
very hot and boiling.
4BL61 What is the voltage supplied to pilot burner in boiler and how ? pilot igniter voltage is in the order of 11,100 volts exactly. Don say 11000 volts.
From 440V, a step up transformer is used and thus such high voltages are
achieved at the electrode terminals to create a spark.

4BL62 Why rotary cup burner is preferred in boiler? The use depends on turndown ratio.
Higher the load fluctuations higher is the need of turndown ratio.
Rotary cup don't have high turndown ratio. They are used for almost same loads
or very little load fluctuations.
Means only for purpose of heating.
When turbines r used such as copt or propulsion, high pressure and high load
fluctuations are encountered so rotary cup burners are not used , instead
pressure jet, y-jet. Etc are used.
4BL63 How would you find out if oil has entered inside the boiler steam drum? Oil in steam drum means that your hot well and cascade tank is also full of oil.
This is a definite disaster. Hope you all must have seen that the boiler feed
pump takes suction from bottom of cascade tank. If oil has managed to find its
way into steam drum, then it is not traces, it is a major contamination and thus
steam pressure would have dropped well before such happening. Boiler fuel
consumption increases and steam pressure becomes erratic. In such situation,
tubes will start to over heat and melting may start as temperature increases.
Steam pressure may still be less. Oil detection probe/alarm installed in
condensate observation tank . Sight glass at obs tank.
Plus water doesn't overflow from top most level from observation tank to hotwell
but at slightly lower level to compensate for some oil (if any) will remain in
observation tank and not flow into hotwell. P alkalinity wil increase
4BL64 Prepurging & postpurging time for boiler? 2 min.... for purging which accomodates 4 times of complete furnace air
change......
4BL65 Chloride content of boiler water: normal range? According to drew chemical sheet which I have used, it says low pressure
boilers upto 7 to 8 bars, chloride can be upto 300 ppm. Of course lesser the
better.
However as pressures go high the acceptable limit comes down.
High pressure boilers it goes down 50ppm. for 16 bar = 150 ppm...for 30 bar =
less than 50 ppm
4BL66 What is the purpose of a gland steam? As steam performs work on the system giving out enthalpy and driving the
turbine, the pressure of the steam or enthalpy decreases, temperature falls etc.
In order to obtain same work done per unit area, as pressure drops thru the
stages of turbine the area of turbine blades has to increase, hence lp is bigger
than hp. When pressure falls to such a level that air ingress starts at the end of
turbine , we give 0.2 bar steam for not allowing air to go out nor steam to come
out from the turbine into engine room.

4BL67 Hide-out It can be seen in high pressure boilers that as the steaming rate increases the
levels of certain salts, particularly phosphate salts, does not raise in line with
others. When the load is reduced the concentrations return to normal.
This is termed hide-out and is due to the reduced solubility of sodium phsophate
at temperatures above 250'C
When phosphate hide-out occurs there is a risk of permenant scal deposition
and/or evolution of free caustic which in turn could lead to severe corrosion due
to caustic attack
Treatment using volatile solids free chemicals such as hydrazine, Eliminox and
neutralising amines should be considered. This is termed All Volatile Treatment
(AVT)
4BL68 Why are the two safety valves in a boiler set at different pressures ? practically it is not possible to set at same exact pressures. We tried to. But
there was some error..That is why class gives an allowance of 3% between the
safety valves. If you can set well and good. If not this 3% is for human error
allowance. Not only in marine industry - we follow DOT and Boiler Norms which
used ashore. Also remember if you set at same pressure, then you would waste
too much water.
4BL69 Types of steam trap . Working . Purpose and location steam traps allows latent heat of steam also to be extracted from return steam.
as steam trap doesnt allow steam to pass through, the steam condenses into
water in the pipeline itself, the condensed water is able to lift the valve in steam
trap. secondly the hotwell will not steam up as return will be hot water rather
than steam
4BL70 REASON FOR BOILER FEED WATER CASCADE TANK OVERFLOW WHILE MANOEUVRING? Swapneil Tamhankar : Mismatch between steam generation amd steam
requirement. In order to maintain or prolong boiler pressure without the need to
fire it, when boiler pressure rises too much, we open more steam to bunker
tanks, these bunker tanks situated in fwd , midship area will have condensate in
their return line as well as in steam inlet line, this water comes back to cascade
tank and overflows the cascade tank. TO AVOID THIS: Do not open too much
any steam to a tank which has very long steam line and return line. If we open a
lill bit, then steam will make the water before steam trap into steam first, so your
inlet is completely filled with steam so half the work is over.
Do not open more than one tank at a time, ensure system is stable first, then
crack open second tank steam inlet . And so on and so forth
4BL71 Why a high lift safety valve is called high lift safety valve? The ordinary safty vlv usd to lift d/36. Latr high lift vlv came it had waste piston
arrangement it liftd d/24. Nd now we hv improvd high lift it lifts d/12 with floating
ring and waste steam piston. Hence v use 2 so that atleast v get a total lift of d/6 .
4BL72 Why at start the air damper after pre purge cycle not closed fully? U need air for fuel to burn.
But u don't want to extinguish the flame when it ignites.
So we keep supplying air at minimum rate.
Plus if u close it fully while fd fan is running, it would overload the fan to an
extent.
4BL73 What is wing clearance in boiler safety valve? wing clearance = lip clearance
4BL74 Boiler precautions to be taken before starting.

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FUNCTION 6: MREL - BOILERS

6BL1 Why you open vent of boiler during cold starting Sharma
6BL2 Boiler gauge glass blow through procedure Singh
6BL3 What will you do if one of the boiler gauge glass is showing very low water level and PID controller how Mishra-Barik
it works?
6BL4 On-board your ship boiler automation failed, safety valve not lifted. What will be your immediate action? Piplani
How will you continue boiler at low firing rate - If your boiler fuel oil pressure control valve is not
working?

FUNCTION 4B : MEOL - MARINE REF & AC

4RF1 How will you detect moisture in ref system? What will u do to remove it? AKSharma
4RF2 What is condenser and evaporator pressure? AKSharma
4RF3 State of refrigerant before and after TEV? AKSharma
4RF4 What is short cycling and reasons? AKSharma
4RF5 Explain TEV? AKSharma
4RF6 In refer plant if there is oil in the evaporator, how will you clean it? Barik/Dastoor
4RF7 Detailed drawing of refrigeration system Kamat/Piplani
4RF8 Reasons for domestic refrigeration not undergoing HP trip. Kamath
4RF9 Refrigerant used in air conditioning system? Kamath
4RF10 Reefer plant. Why back pressure v/v? What is the function of solenoid? Kamath
4RF11 Cut in cut out -cross questions Kapoor
4RF12 Low refrigerant - How will you get to know? Kapoor
4RF13 Leakage detection. You carried out leak test rectified and still refrigerant is leaking. Why and from Kapoor/Mishra
where?
4RF14 Capacity of recovery bottle? Refrigeration recovery units contain a vacuum pump, which can work to very Mishra
low vacuums (less than 1 torr), and a condensing unit, which allows the gas
to be removed, condensed to a liquid and stored. The unit has either its own
(internal) recovery refrigerant container (usually 13 kg) or is connected to an
external cylinder (13, 26 or 55 kg). These cylinders are supplied in various
colours, the colour may indicate which refrigerant it contains, but it should, in
every case, have a yellow band or section around the cylinder neck to
indicate that it contains recovered refrigerant.
4RF15 Reefer short cycle Mishra

4RF16 A/C not providing cooling. Reasons? Mishra
4RF17 Ref charging methods? Where is the point for charging? Where else you can have the point to charge Mishra
the refrigerant? Explain method of charging
4RF18 Loading & unloading of AC compressor - Explain Mishra
4RF19 Difference between AC compressor & Air compressor unloader Mishra
4RF20 Why in Refrigeration system there is Equalising line? What about which is not having Equalising line- Mishra
How superheat is created in it ?
4RF21 Difference between AC compressor and air compressor crankcase design and its venting arrangement Mishra
?
4RF22 Reefer compressor unloading with diagram Mishra/Trassi
4RF23 Draw refrigeration cycle and principle of refrigeration? Narain
4RF24 Refrigeration lines- Overcharging, short cycling, what if moisture is present? Where heat is added and Piplani
where heat is removed in refrigeration system?
4RF25 Procedure of refrigerant charging (gas) in ac plant, and what precautions are taken for personal safety? Piplani/Singh
(he wanted to listen hand gloves of leather nd never use rubber hand gloves)
4RF26 Working of TEV? Sharma
4RF27 Location of drier in domestic reefer Sharma
4RF28 Domestic Refrigerator Compressor type Singh

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4RF29 Draw refrigeration cycle? Lots of cross question on this. What is latent heat etc? Everything he wanted Subramanian
to know is how?
4RF30 Safeties on reefer. Why belt driven? Trassi
4RF31 Difference between cut out and trips in reference to refrigeration plant ? Cut out is regular operational feature. It needs to manual reset. It resets Trassi
automatically. Like LP CutOut / Cut in. But Trips are fault isolation feature...
they need to be manually reset after identifying cause.. Like HP Cut Out or LO
Low Pr cut out
4RF32 How A.C system capacity control takes place? Vaad
4RF33 How to fill Lub oil in a refrigeration compressor?
4RF34 How is the load decided on AC compressor and how does it work?
4RF35 How is the cold room temperature maintained?
4RF36 Whats the difference between air compressor lube oil and refer lube oil properties?
4RF37 Air vent of refrigeration & air compressor difference?
4RF38 Difference between LP cutout and LP controller?
4RF39 what is cascade refrigeration system. tell me construction, how temp is maintained to -165 degree.
4RF40 Lube oil charging in ref compressor durin running, Construction of charging v/v
4RF41 What all parameters to be checked in a refrigeration compressor?
4RF42 What are the reasons for suction line getting hot/ cold?
4RF43 Frosting in the suction line... Causes?
4RF44 What is a back pressure valve? And where it is used?
FUNCTION 6: MROL - MARINE REF & AC

6RF1 AC compressor short cycling reason Mishra
6RF2 Ref compressor- air is present- What will happen? Bhalla/Shirish
6RF3 How to charge refrigerant in the system? Mishra/Nair
6RF4 Type of compressor for AC on your ship? Was vent provided in crank case on it? Kamath

FN 4B MEOL - PURIFIERS
4PF1 Purifier overflowing reasons Barik/Neti/Mishra
4PF2 Boiler blowdown procedure? ( we don’t want the v/v & v/v seats of ovbd & boilerside v/v to get corroded, hence Iqbal
we first open ovbd v/v then boiler side v/v, then we open the v/v in between these
two v/vs & control blowdown by this v/v)
4PF3 What is main function of gravity disc? What shape? What passes through, what effect of its sizes, Kamath/Piplani
how it exactly controls oil water interface? What will happen with wrong selection? How to select
exact size?
4PF4 Principle of purifier, draw diagram, why it is necessary to heat the oil, temperature you maintained Kapoor
on your ship for FO and LO? And why that much temp only?
4PF5 How to start purifier? Mishra
4PF6 Approach towards rectifying a fault in the purifier and what if oil is leaking? Saini
4PF7 How to select gravity disc? Sharma
4PF8 Why we stop purifier with the help of hand brake everytime? To quickly pass critical rpm. No separate arrangement to avoid it Trassi
4PF9 e line in purifier Trassi
4PF10 Why brake on purifier? Trassi
4PF11 Why purifier brakes are applied during stopping. Is there any arrangement that the critical speed is Trassi
bypassed very fast for purifier. Ans is no.
4PF12 Why do we apply break to purifier at the time of stopping? And what is the arrangement to Trassi
overshoot the critical rpm at time of starting?
4PF13 Why brake is given to purifier? Trassi / Barik
4PF14 How is the vertical shaft and horizontal shaft of purifier alligned?
4PF15 What is the function of the friction clutch mechanism used in purifiers?
4PF16 Safeties on Purifier
4PF17 Purifier working principle
4PF18 Manual desludging of Pfx?
4PF19 Safety in purifier ? Light phase HT alarm
Overflow alarm/trip
Motor overload/current
Back pressure drop shutdown
Excess vibration shutdown
Low sealing / control water trip"
Fuel feed low temp, high temp, low/high pressure alarm
Oil in water alarm
Bowl speed low/high.
Feed flow low
Vibration sensor
Water pressure high (closing water and outlet)

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FUNCTION 6: MROL - PURIFIERS

6PF1 Purifier overflow, Bhalla/Shirish
6PF2 Purifier speed not building after start. Bhalla/Shirish
6PF3 Purifier - how the shaft is connected to the motor? what are the arrangements for that? Kapoor
6PF4 What are friction pads? How are they placed and arranged? Kapoor
6PF5 In the running purifier how will u come to know that the friction pad is wear down? Kapoor
6PF6 What are imp parameters in purifier? Explain its effects. Mish/Nair
6PF7 Purifier not desludging – reasons & actions Mishra
6PF8 Why a Purifier vibrate? What is there to control it? Mishra
6PF9 Purifier overflowing reasons? Differences in conventional Alfa Laval and ALCAP purifier? Saini
6PF10 Purifier leaking; reasons Shirish
6PF11 Oil from water side of purifier Shirish
6PF12 Gravity disk selection Shirish
6PF13 Purifier Overflowing, what all things will you check? Probable causes of overflowing Subramanian
6PF14 Purifier Dissembly Subramanian
6PF15 What exactly is the paring disc? Is it centripetal pump or water paring device? Given differently in Wasim Hussain N "PARING" in English means 'spreading or distributing evenly
Alfa Laval & McGeorge (equally) or making all even (equal)'. I guess, I don't have to explain water paring
disc now? ;) In alfa laval, oil is also being collected evenly by another 'paring
disc'. In Selfjector, that's called centripetal pump. In the newest Alfa Laval
purifiers we have instead, oil paring tube which is spring loaded against inlet pipe
and positions itself as per oil water interface and picks up oil.

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FN 4B MEOL - COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS

4CA1 Why compressors are there in more than one stage? (Lots of cross questions on this) Barik
4CA2 Why we use intercooler & after cooler? Iqbal
4CA3 Bumping clearance and cross question. Kamath
4CA4 What all factors effect vol. efficiency? Kamath
4CA5 Air compressor overhaul and valve overhaul. How to test its properly overhauled? Kapoor
4CA6 Bumping clearance. What will happen if it is more and if it is less? How is it? Majum/Narain
4CA7 PV diagram for Air compressor - Difference between Isothermal/Adiabatic Compression Majum/Narain
4CA8 Multistage compression, why, operation, principle, what type of compressor Majumdar
4CA9 Compressor unloader working, if 1st stage suction and discharge v/v leaking what will be the Mishra
effect, how lubrication is done, profile for lubrication in comp crankshaft, exact profile.
4CA10 WHAT ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPRESSOR VALVE?AND PLS DONT TELL HP AND LP Mishra
AND IF VALVE SEAT GOES HOW TO REPAIR ? CAN WE LAP VALVE SEAT?
4CA11 Compressor 2 stage PV diagram Sharma
4CA12 Compressor specifications and inspection inside crankcase Singh
4CA13 Where safety valve is fitten? Which side and why? Singh
4CA14 Compressor safeties Singh/Kamath/Vaad
4CA15 Multistage Compression, PV Diagram, Safeties. Subramanian

4CA16 Starting air bottle safeties Vaad
4CA17 What happens when the fusible plug melts? Vaad
4CA18 What all you will check in air compressor crankcase?
4CA19 Why is an air compressor started unloaded?
4CA20 How does the air compressor start and stop automatically?
4CA21 What will happen if the suction and discharge valve of air compressor got interchanged after no air would enter the compressor bcoz in normal case, suction valve is in the
overhaul? position of air to open from the top, if its interchanged wit the discharge valve
which is designed to open while air acts from the bottom, it would not open and
compressor would not produce any pressurised air!!!
4CA22 Will the reciprocating compressor work, if direction of motor changes? Explain? Theoretically It will run, but the LO & CW P/p will not run leading to LO & CW
no flow trip ...
4CA23 In a two stage tandem air compressor adjusting the first stage bump clearance will effect the no 1st stage bump clearance adjustment do not effect the 2nd stage clearance
bump clearance in the second stage,so how does it work out? coz u add a gasket or shim in first stage at the cylinder head cover bottom...but
if u adjust the 2nd stage clearance den it'll definately affect the 1st stage coz u
have 2 add shims at d foot of connecting rod..
4CA24 Can we use shims to adjust bumping clearance in air compressors?

4CA25 How does the air compressor start and stop automatically?

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FN 6 MROL - COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEMS

6CA1 Compressor Valve Inspection. IQBAL-JHA
6CA2 If vlvs of air comp are leaky what will happen? Indication of 1st stage discharge vv leaking? Kamath
6CA3 MAC capacity reduced & longer time to fill up the bottle. Reasons? Kamath
6CA4 How to start air compressor in manual Mishra
6CA5 Compressor taking time to fill the bottle, reason? Mishra-Barik
6CA6 Compressor intercooler use? Draw 2 stage on graph? What is that graph called? Paul
6CA7 Starting Air Compressor Safeties Singh
6CA8 How will u come to know that your main air compressor is working efficiently, if your 2/E tell you to Subramanian
check the efficiency, what all things u will check?

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FN 4B MEOL - PUMPS AND PUMPING SYSTEMS

4PP1 Multi stage pump and its diagram, Barik
4PP2 NPSH of pump Barik
4PP3 Class survey of ballast pump what are your preperations Barik
4PP4 While you stop purifier it starts vibrating - What could be the reason other than critical speed? Barik/DastUr
4PP5 Casing ring & wear ring location its function Barik/Dastur
4PP6 How multistage centrifugal pumps connected in parallel &series? It’s application Barik/Dastur
4PP7 OWS 3 way valve testing Barik/Dastur
4PP8 Different types of pumps used in engine room Barik/Neti
4PP9 Rudder drop. Why rudder drop happens? Jumping Clearance Barik/Neti
4PP10 Where you will use centrifugal pump and where you will use reciprocating pump? Barik/Neti
4PP11 What is NPSH? Factors affecting NPSH? Iqbal
4PP12 Draw diagram of gear pump. Iqbal
4PP13 Why Pump Vibrates? IQBAL - JHA
4PP14 OWS - how it works? What principle? Why do you fill it with sea water? Mishra
4PP15 If you start main sea water pump and it trips wht are the reasons? Narain
4PP16 Centrifugal p/p - clearance between wear ring & casing Piplani
4PP17 Cargo pump type and their bearing lubrication, details Sharma
4PP18 If there are two different types of cargoes in two adjacent tanks- one greater than another. Pump is tripping Sharma
on overload which discharging higher SG cargo. So how will you discharge cargo of that tank? (Something
else, other than heating and cooling)
4PP19 Where emegency bilge suction is fitted ? Which pump and why? How will you test? Who will test? Procedure Singh
4PP20 Mechanical seal diagram and function. Function of lantern ring in centrifugal pumps. Subramanian
4PP21 Bilge line not taking suction? Trassi
4PP22 Centrifugal pump - part names Trassi
4PP23 If you start main sea water pump and it trips. What are the reasons? Trassi
4PP24 How to start sea water pump? Check load, electrical part, freeness of motor, coupling etc Trassi
4PP25 Centrifugal p/p cross-section, working and for some reason diag of rotation. Wear ring. Gland. Vaad
4PP26 Difference between mech seal and oil seal? XYZ
4PP27 Bunker line pressure test bunker line pressure test with air - 6 monthly done by ship staff.
hydrostatic pressure test done by shore staff with certificate
provided, uscg requirement only, need not be done if ship doesn't
call US ports. that is done by water and then air pressure. it is not
done on entire bunker line but only the part which cannot be seen
between weather deck and the part where it emerges into the
engine room. certification is necessary part for this testing.
4PP28 Why gear pump not used for emgcy fire pump as it develops high pressure?
4PP29 Difference between centrifugal and gear pump
4PP30 How to check the correct working of 15 ppm alarm?

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FN 6 -PUMPS AND PUMPING SYSTEMS

6PP1 Bilge pump suddenly lost suction. What will u check first and after that? Barik/Neti
6PP2 Clearances in Gear Pump to be checked? Majumdar
6PP3 Wear Ring replacement procedure? Majumdar
6PP4 Wear ring use? Clearance? (0.3 mm) Paul
6PP5 Draw mechanical seal? Uses? Paul
6PP6 Centrifugal pump O/H checks? Paul/Sharma
6PP7 Replacement procedure for Mechanical seal Sharma
6PP8 All S.W. pumps are shut also valves are shut. Start sequence by sequence dont forget to say will check for the freeness of the motor and Trassi's fav
pump coupling
6PP9 What is the purpose of spring in mechanical seal?
6PP10 How to select gland packing?
6PP11 Sea water on ME lube oil pump – what is your action?

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FUNCTION 4B : MEOL - STEERING GEAR & OTHER HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS

HY1 What is Safematic system? Barik/Mishra
HY3 Hunting gear, oil flow and safety in steering gear. Kamat
HY4 Steerig gear test before departure Mishra
HY5 Hydraulic system of windlass. What is the hydraulic symbol of pump and motor? Trassi
HY6 How winches operated on your ship? Trassi
HY7 What are the primary purpose of hydraulic fluid on board? Trassi
HY8 Difference between steering gear motor and other motors onboard steering gear motor does not have a overload trip whereas other motors
have. it will not trip on single earth fault...n take 200% overload. steering
gear motor is connected to INS (insulated neutral system)...unlike other
motors which are connected to ENS (earthed neutral system). purpose is
same as told by nishant sharma...i.e. it will not trip on single earth fault. i.e.
minimum two earth fault will be required for trip to happen.
HY9 Why the high pressure line (eg: Steering gear system) has Square type flanges and not round ??
Mishra
HY10 Draw the 4 ram steering gear and explain how it works? How are the pumps controlled? Mishra
HY11 What is 100% redundancy? Mishra
HY12 What are the follow up,non follow up,and automatic systems of control systems in steering gear?
Mishra
FUNCTION 4B : MEOL - FWG & FW SYSTEM

4FW1 Vacuum loss occurred in fresh water generator. How will you come to know without pressure gauge?
Barik/Dastur
4FW2 Fresh water generator principle? The saturation temperature of water is directly proportional to the vapor
pressure of the liquid, as the pressure decreases, the saturation temperature
of water decreases, thereby if we reduce the pressure well below vapor Kamath/Shirish
pressure of the liquid at certain temperature, evaporation takes place.
Pressure & Temperature are related by Gay-Lussac's Law : p1/t1 = p2/t2
4FW3 Start the fresh water generator, principle of fresh water generation, working of ejector? Kapoor
4FW4 How will you start FWG? Mishra
4FW5 Fresh water generator.working. Eductor pump working.Salinometer working.. Mishra
4FW6 FWG not producing vacuum - Reasons Shirish
4FW7 Fresh water generator working and problems Singh
4FW8 Principle of FWG? Reverse osmosis and vacuum FWG? Subramanian
FUNCTION 4B : MEOL - EVERYTHING ELSE
4EE1 What is plasticity & elasticity? Barik
4EE2 2E asks you to cut threads using lathe. How will u carry out the job? Speed of lathe machine? Tools
Piplani
used?
4EE3 Steering gear failure. It is not responding from bridge – Causes? Piplani/Nair
4EE4 What is the maximum angle did your hose lifting crane moved? Trassi
4EE5 Difference b/w cut-out & trip? Trassi
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4EE6 Why air vents are provided in tanks? Vinod
4EE7 What is jumping clearance? http://www.marinewiki.org/index.php?title=Rudder_-_Swing_test xyz
4EE8 What are the types of welding? xyz
4EE9 How many seachest on board, why high sea chest in port?
4EE10 Difference between relief valve and safety valve?
4EE11 In bunker analysis report what all items are given? (he need details of impurities)

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FN 6 - MROL - MAIN/AUX ENGINES AND RELATED SYSTEMS

6MAE1 How to take butt clearance? Barik
6MAE2 Gen exh temp onboard Barik
6MAE3 Cooling water temp, pr onboard Barik
6MAE4 Lub oil temp and pr onboard Barik
6MAE5 How to measure ovality of conrod? Barik/Dastur
6MAE6 How piston crown distortion measured? Barik/Dastur
6MAE7 Function and checking of rotocap during overhaul Barik/Neti
6MAE8 Liner calibration Barik/Neti
6MAE9 How will you take butt clearance? Barik/Neti/Sharma
6MAE10 What all checks you will make on piston when removed during decarb? Barik/Neti/Sharma/Su
bramanian
6MAE11 Checks in Crankcase inspection? (Lots of cross questions on this) Barik/Subramanian
6MAE12 Piston checks and clearances Bhalla/Shirish

6MAE13 Air cooler dirty - How will you come to know? Air Cooler cleaning Bhalla/Shirish
6MAE14 How do you conclude your liner has got crack? Iqbal
6MAE15 How frequently you clean scavenge valves? Iqbal
6MAE16 Draw valve timing diagram of your ship n explain. Iqbal
6MAE17 Engine Holding down bolt torque IQBAL-JHA
6MAE18 Crankcase Inspection. IQBAL-JHA
6MAE19 Why Secondary Explosion in Engine? IQBAL-JHA
6MAE20 Cylinder head overhaul of AE Kamath
6MAE21 Overhauling of fuel valve of both aux and main engine. Kamath
6MAE22 Tappet clearance.in detail. Kamath
6MAE23 How is piston calibration done in A/E (start from when you stop the engine as in he wanted to hear all the safety precautions) Kamath
6MAE24 How butt clearance is taken Kamath

6MAE25 Reasons for excessive LO consumption (he wanted answer regarding oil scraper ring worn out) Kamath
6MAE26 What type of edge does the oil scrapper ring has? Kamath
6MAE27 What is surging? Then went deeper into surging topic came to surging graph about Kamath
surge line & on graph what is plotted against what?
6MAE28 If exhaust gas of M/E for a particular unit has gone up what are the reasons? Kamath
6MAE29 How to adjust the tappet clearance? Kamath
6MAE30 Have you taken crankshaft deflection in aux. engines? Where do you fit dial gauge Kamath/Piplani
and how it stays there? What locations to take deflections?
6MAE31 How the inlet and exaust valve lapping in done? Kapoor
6MAE32 Liner calibration - how is done? Kapoor
6MAE33 Crank case inspection of main engine? Kapoor
6MAE34 Full generator decarb? Butt clearance/ tappet clearance. Kapoor/Kamath
6MAE35 Liner gauging Mishra
6MAE36 Cyl head decarb - What are the things you will check? How will you clean all Mishra
passages?
6MAE37 Scavenge temperature of 1 unit increasing – reasons & actions Mishra/Nair
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6MAE38 Generator not starting on air , reason? Mishra-Barik
6MAE39 How will you take crank shaft deflection. Why we take two readings in BDC not Mishra-Barik
exactly on BDC reason,
6MAE40 Tappet clearance procedure? Can you take tappet clearance of no. 1 unit inlet valve NARAIN
on different angles of flywheel other than normal tappet angle on flywheel?
6MAE41 Tappet checking? If fitter does that, how will u verify that he is doing it properly? Paul
6MAE42 How to take compression pressure on running generator? What do u know by taking Paul
it? How will you take it?
6MAE43 How reversing takes place? Piplani
6MAE44 How to take Bottom end bearing clearance in aux. engine? What position is correct? Piplani/Kamath
6MAE45 ME main bearing bottom half end removal procedure? Saini

6MAE46 Crank web deflection taking procedure? How to take bottom readings? (Wanted to Saini
listen about the use of mirror)
6MAE47 LO testing Sharma
6MAE48 Stuffing box if butt clearance decrease and no spares Sharma
6MAE49 Working of stuffing box? For what used? Sharma
6MAE50 Crank case explosion Sharma
6MAE51 Scavenge temperature of 1 unit increasing – reasons & actions Shirish
6MAE52 Crankcase inspection Shirish
6MAE53 Bottom end bearing checks after taking out con rod. Shirish
6MAE54 How is con rod bolt fitted in bottom end bearing and checks made on it? Shirish
6MAE55 Piston ring; what all clearances are taken and their significance? Shirish
6MAE56 Scavenge piston space inspection and conclusions Singh
6MAE57 Tie rod tension - how u will check? Procedure? Singh
6MAE58 M/E Decarb: Piston and Liner (only checks to be made on piston and liner calibration Singh
and ovality)
6MAE59 How to check tappet clearance? At what degree of crankshaft? How u will know Subramanian
without flywheel marking, without fuel pump inspection window, that your correct
position is reached??
6MAE60 What all clearances to check in piston rings, how to take, where to take? Subramanian
6MAE61 How will you come to know that piston rings blow past, when engine is running? & Trassi
after opening crankcase?
6MAE62 Checks made on a new liner before replacing xyz
6MAE63 How to put a new liner in a unit? xyz
6MAE64 How to take out the old liner? (whole procedure from removing exhaust valve) xyz
6MAE65 Indication of scavenge fire xyz
6MAE66 How to measure Compression pressure of AE?
6MAE67 Hw to check main brg clearance of Aux. engine of underslung crankshaft?
6MAE68 How will you check main bearing clearance for aux engine? What particular angle
you prefer and why that angle is important?
6MAE69 One unit exhaust temperature high during your watch, course of action?

6MAE70 Methods for measuring TAPPET CLEARENCE in AE Dial Gauge Method: -
In this method the fuel injector is taken out and from the opening a dial gauge is put inside.
Then the turning gear is engaged and the engine turned over. The pointer of the dial gauge will
move in one direction and then stop and start in opposite direction. The moment the pointer of
the dial gauge stops and changes its direction of movement is the TDC of the unit. This method
is not normally used in day-to-day practice, but may be used in the calibration of the flywheel if
it is not calibrated, or after some repairs
Camshaft Method: -
The camshaft window of the engine can be opened up and the camshaft inspected. The cam of
the engine has a base circle, and acceleration and dwell periods. If the roller of the follower is
at the base circle, then the particular valve is closed by spring action. When both the exhaust
valve and the inlet valve follower are on the base circle, then the unit is also at TDC. It must be
remembered that as a four-stroke engine has two rotations of the crankshaft there is one
injection TDC where the injection and the combustion take place. The second time the piston is
at TDC is when the exhausting of the flue gases takes place. It is very important to identify the
combustion TDC, as tappets have to be adjusted at that point.
Crankcase Method: -
In this method the crankcase doors are opened up and the piston is visually checked whether
is going up or down. This is the surest method, but a bit cumbersome. It should be used when
you have a strong doubt about the other methods.
Valve Spring Method: -

This is not an independent method but is used in conjunction with the flywheel method. In this
method if the flywheel is indicating two units, you can check the springs of both the units. The
unit in which the springs are loose is the one at TDC. The caution is that this method is useful
for an engine in use. If you have removed the rocker arms during the overhaul and thereafter
you want to use this method then it can cause
Push rod method:-
in this method the push rod will rotates or free to move at the time of compression or power
stokes,u will get this from flywheel marking,
Fuel pump timing method:-
in this method open the window of inspection door fitted in pumps,when the punching mark is
coincide with the mark of pump,ie injection timing,the valves r closed in this time, during this
time we will check the tappet clearance
6MAE71 Routine maintenance of auxiliary engines

6MAE72 AE clearances ... bottom to top .. and how to take the gudgeon pin clearances.
6MAE73 How to detect crankshaft bending? (He wanted to hear crankshaft deflection)
6MAE74 What is wedge formation in liner at what position?
6MAE75 How to know that there is instrumental error from crank web deflection and readings?

How your engine measures NOx(engine parameter)? Swapneil Tamhankar 3 methods
1) Engine parameter check method
- need to have technical file which states components responsible for nox.
- record book of engine parameters
-Eiapp certificate
2) Simplified measurement method

- onboard verification tests are done during periodical and intermediate surveys,
Deviations are to be with 10% of applicable nox limits listed in nox technical file.
3) Direct measurement and monitoring method
-sensors installed and records parameters,

-last 30 days dats have to be stored.
Procedure for direct measurement is In MEPC.103(49)
Ship owners are free to use any method of their choice.
On my 9 ships in career I have seen only the first method , engine parameter check method as
the method used.

All certified engines are delivered with an individual Technical File that contains the engine’s
specifications for compliance with the NOx regulation, and the applicable onboard verification
procedure. The certification process includes an emission test for compliance with the NOx
requirements on the manufacturer’s test bed
There are three on board verification procedures which can be used The method used is
initially decided by the engine manufacturer, and is usually a specific chapter in the engine’s
Technical File.
Engine parameter check method
Simplified measurement method
Direct measurement and monitoring method
The engine parameter check ensures that the present state of the engine corresponds to the
specified components, calibration or parameter adjustment state at the time of initial
certification. The engine’s Technical File identifies the components, settings and operating
values that influences the exhaust emissions and these must be checked to ensure compliance
during surveys and inspections. The components and settings will be those which affect the
NOx produced by the engine, such as:
Injection timing
Injection system components (nozzle, injector, fuel pump)
Injection pressure
Camshaft components (fuel cam, inlet- and exhaust cam)
Valve timing
Combustion chamber (piston, cylinder head, cylinder liner)
Compression ratio (connecting rod, piston rod, shim, gaskets)
Turbocharger type and build (internal components)
Charge air cooler/charge air pre-heater
Auxiliary blower
NOx reducing equipment
The Simplified measurement method is where the NOx content of the exhaust gas is measured
during a 20 minute full load run of the engine. Due to the possible deviations when applying the
simplified measurement method, an allowance of 10% of the applicable limit value is accepted
for confirmation tests and during periodical and intermediate surveys.
For the direct measurement and monitoring method, the engine will be fitted with a direct
measurement system which monitors the NOx emissions, either as spot checks logged
regularly or continuous monitoring. Records must be kept for at least 3 months and must have
been taken in the past 30 days.

FN 6 - MROL - EVERYTHING ELSE

MEP1 Engine room temp Barik
MEP2 How to convert Celcius to Fahrenheit Barik
MEP3 My body temp Barik
MEP4 Steam line leaking in bilges - how will you rectify ? Barik
MEP33 Why is the service tank temperature maintained @ 98 deg and just before fuel Wasim Hussain N Major reason - Can lead to thermal cracking of fuel Bhalla
pump/fuel injector it is brought to 145-148 deg? Why not maintain service tank @
145-148 deg?
MEP5 Overhaul the sea water suction strainer and add lots of problems in it. Kamath
MEP6 The oil filter in emergency gen is jammed by which tool you will remove it without Kamath
MEP7 What is SDNR? How will u lap the valve seat and valve lid? What are the Kapoor
MEP8 LO Cooler leak - How to find? Mish/Nair
MEP28 Reamer, dye, hack saw, function, type , profile, how will you order? Mishra
MEP9 During sailing bridge reported that steering gear is not responding in both auto Piplani
pilot and manual steering. What will you check if your steering gear is of latest
MEP10 Hydraulic jack working with simple diagram. Piplani
MEP11 Welding of two metal pieces of diff thickness. What will you do for the surface Wasim Hussain N In short, I would say, If the difference between thickness is more than 3mm (or 4mm) Piplani/Nair
preparation of those two metal pieces? or 25% of thickness of thinner plate, a taper is made on thicker plate of length of taper = 4 times(diff in
thickness). Theres more to it. Google that question and go for a link from VERISTAR. It mentions relevant
regulations from Bureau Veritas.
MEP12 Hot oil filter cleaning procedure that lies in main engine fuel line system? Saini
MEP13 Your duty as a 4th engineer on ship? Saini
MEP14 Bunkering sample analysis report; what all is there? Shirish
MEP15 Difference between safety and relief valve Shirish
MEP16 What are catfines and their relevance? Shirish
MEP17 Draw SDR vv. How the spindle is attached with vv? Trassi's fav
MEP18 Overhauling of procedure of SDNR valve . How to open if bonnet is stuck? Trassi's fav
MEP19 Overhauling of SDRV. Valve not coming out with valve stem. Tapping and jacking Trassi's fav
MEP20 Least count of a 0-1inch outside micrometer xyz
MEP21 Plate type HX overhaul xyz
MEP22 Bearing nomenclature
MEP23 Different methods of fixing a leaking pipe - atleast 3
MEP24 How to calculate least count on micrometer?
MEP25 How will you order a high pressure pipe? Material and property? Construction?
MEP26 How will you replace joint in SW line without removing pipeline? Swapneil Tamhankar Tool called as flange separator, it works similar to wedge. Then you have chemical
called as joint remover( ask in store) , it actually burns the joint. This procedure is for without removing
pipeline and making a gap between the flanges.
MEP27 If u have 200 MT in tank and another bunker came of 500 MT and your tank
capacity is only 400 – what will you do?
MEP29 Sea water pipe , leakage at pipe flange edge and not possible to isolate, how to
MEP30 What is pin gauge?
MEP31 What is the composition of brass ,bronze and gunmetal?
MEP32 What is the type of lubrication in Gears?
MEP34 Why the cap of sounding pipe is spring loaded??

FN 5 - EECEOL
EL1 What is the function of commutator in DC motor? Barik
EL2 What is Fleming’s law? Barik
EL3 What are the emergency generator requirements as per SOLAS? How will you confirm that the Barik
emergency generator has come on load within 45 seconds?
EL4 How to carry out insulation resistance test? Barik
EL5 MSB safeties? (Lots of cross questions on this) Barik
EL6 AVR with diagram Barik
EL7 Brushless gen with diagram Barik
EL8 Reverse power trip with diagram Barik
EL9 Limiting value of IR at which motor will keep on running with insulation leaking Barik
EL10 Megger testing, how to connect probes Barik
EL11 How current moves in a conductor. Barik
EL12 What is the difference between AC & DC? Barik
EL13 Compare AC & DC with stresses. Barik
EL14 What will you do if there is low insulation when you start a motor. How will you correct it Barik/Dastoor
EL15 Overhaul of motor Barik/Dastoor
EL16 Alarm or trips on steering gear motor. Barik/Dastoor
EL17 Maintenance on Alternator Barik/Dastr/Mish
EL18 Safeties on MSB Barik/Dastr/Pipla
EL19 Reverse power trip & testing Barik/Dastur
EL20 Power factor definition. How will u calculate it? Barik/Dastur
EL21 Wheat stone bridge principle. How it’s balanced? Relation between R1 R2 R3 R4 Barik/Dastur
EL22 Megger why used? How to test its working? Types of megger? How does it measure insulation when you Barik/Mishra
are setting a voltage range on it? How will the dynamo work on non-battery type?
EL23 Type of transformer in welding machine? Barik/Mishra

EL24 What is function of fuses? Barik/Neti
EL25 Different kind of fuses Barik/Neti
EL26 Motor protection Barik/Neti
EL27 Open circuit fault Barik/Neti
EL28 Earth circuit fault Barik/Neti
EL29 Reverse power trip Barik/Neti
EL30 Generator safeties Barik/Neti
EL31 Protection in motors for short circuit Barik/Neti
EL32 Safeties on MSB? IQBAL-JHA
EL33 Earth fault indication alarms activated. What step you will take? IQBAL-JHA
EL34 Black out occurs on your ship. What will be your action? IQBAL-JHA
EL35 Paralleling of Alternator: Conditions and Manual procedure Iqbal-W'kde
EL36 What is single phasing? Iqbal-W'kde
EL37 Paralleling of generators? (mention all the 4 conditions) Iqbal-W'kde
EL38 Preferential trip Iqbal-W'kde

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EL39 Power factor Iqbal-W'kde
EL40 Trickle charge Iqbal-W'kde
EL41 Actual electrical parameters on-board your ship and cross ques Iqbal-W'kde
EL42 What is IP number? What the two digits of it indicate? What was the IP number for motor in the engine Kamath
room, and for MSB?
EL43 What is Insulation resistance? What is the temperature value for class F insulation? Kamath
EL44 What is earth fault? Why it occurs? Is there any system to monitor in continuously? What is the minimum Kamath
value of it is allowed?
EL45 What all ratings of motor are given on its nameplate? Kamath
EL46 What is IP for MSB? Kamath
EL47 IP and significance for motor, what was IP of E/R motors in your ship? Kamath
EL48 Induction motor principle. Kamath
EL49 Starters, why it is required? Kamath
EL50 Star delta starter diagram and explanation. Kamath
EL51 AVR diagram and working. Why it is used? Kamath
EL52 Reverse power trip Kamath
EL53 Preferential trip, what are essential and non-essential loads? Kamath
EL54 Zener diodes. Kamath
EL55 Intrinsic circuit. Where it is used? Kamath
EL56 Explosion proof motor and where it is used. Kamath
EL57 Safeties on overhead crane. Kamath
EL58 Electrical hazards. Kamath
EL59 Fire class motors . Kamath
EL60 Overhead crane limit switch value. Kamath
EL61 Star circuit. Power calculation. Power factor. What is phase angle? Kamath
EL62 Safety of ESB. Same as MSB + 1.it shud b in the vicinity of the emergency gen. 2. Kamath
Above upper continuous deck, aft of the collision bulkhead, and
shud hv easy access from open deck. 3. Dont forget to tell it shud
b dead front type.
EL63 Emergency generator Safety. Kamath
EL64 Types of batteries? Sp Gr? Voltage? Reaction? How will you know battery fully charged? What battery Majumdar
on board? It's rating? What is voltage for charging? (26V) Battery maintenance? Hydrometer? Principle
of Hydrometer?
EL65 What all types of power supply on board? Why 440V in ER and 220/110V in accommodation? Why not Majumdar
opposite?
EL66 Types of motor on board? Principle? Synchronous vs induction motor? Where synchronous motor used? Majumdar
EL67 How to parallel generator? How do you know incoming generator in phase? Synchroscope diagram? Majumdar
Fleming left and right hand rule? Lenz’s law?
EL68 Under voltage trip diagram Mishra
EL69 If two generators are sharing equal load but amps are different Mishra
EL70 How is electricity produced? From where it is tapped? Mishra
EL71 General electrical safeties? Mishra

EL72 What general safeties you will find in a starter box or near the starter box? Told him abt fuses and then said there is a rubber mat on the floor Mishra
near the starter box and indications So he said rubber mat is the
requirement now ……..
EL73 Esb safeties 440v earth fault alarm Mishra
EL74 220v earth fault alarm Mishra
EL75 Battery charging failure alarm Mishra
EL76 IR alarm Mishra
EL77 How is earthing given to the ship? What is NER? What purpose? If not given what would happen? Mishra
EL78 How is earthing given on the shore? Mishra

EL79 Starter maintenance? Mishra
EL80 How to test insulation resistance? On the whole what should be the value for entire ship how much it Mishra
should be? How will you check it for the motor ?
EL81 ESB 440v supplied to ? Mishra
EL82 Emergency generator : means of starting Mishra
EL83 Paralleling, Mishra
EL84 Synchroscope diagram Mishra
EL85 Transformer principle Mishra
EL86 MSB block diagram Mishra
EL87 MSB safeties: Physical and Electrical Piplani
EL88 Emergency generator starting requirements, procedure Piplani
EL89 Power management system block diagram and working Piplani
EL90 Induction motor working diagram and principle Piplani
EL91 Battery maintenance Piplani
EL92 Battery Room Safeties Piplani
EL93 Draw explosimeter Piplani/Kamath
EL94 What are safeties in E/R overhead crane? What is fail set mechanism? Piplani/Kamath
EL95 If electrical cargo p/p is der on your ship and you are discharging cargo of Sp.Gr.1. Motor current is 400 Piplani/Kamath
A, you change over cargo tank and new tank is of cargo whose sp.gr is 1.8. What will happen? (I tried
answering - the pump power consumption will be more so more current will be drawn by motor, if more
than over current trip will occur so reduce the discharge rate ) he said he don’t want to reduce the
discharge speed then? He gave me another clue that if 2nd cargo pumping draws 600 A current and trip
is set at 550A then what will u do? Kamat Sir asked me to use basic engineering knowledge
EL96 What is intrinsically safe equipment? Piplani/Kamath

EL97 How do you measure SG of battery acid? Then what is Hygrometer? What is working principle of Hydrometer for SG, Hygrometer for humidity In air Narain / Majumdar
Hydrometer & Hygrometer?
EL98 E/R crane safeties Sharma
EL99 E/R crane motor safeties. Fail-safe of brake & Brake Diagram. Sharma
EL100 Alternator routines Sharma
EL101 If your generator working ok but alternator not producing proper voltage? (avr) Sharma

EL102 Motor maintenance (Megger IR check etc) Sharma
EL103 Motor safeties Sharma
EL104 Motor speed control Sharma
EL105 Difference between synchronous motor and induction motor Sharma
EL106 Synchronous motor where used in ER Sharma
EL107 Synchronising how done dark lamp etc circuit diagram Sharma
EL108 MSB safeties Sharma
EL109 What happen if generator overload? Sharma
EL110 Preferential trip in detail Sharma
EL111 Emergency supply goes to where Sharma
EL112 Power factor in detail Sharma
EL113 How to calculate on-board power factor? Sharma
EL114 When we get power factor=1? Sharma
EL115 Ships Power Supply system (No diagram but verbally explain it is combination of S/bs, Transformers, Singh
fuses, contacts, CBs, diff voltages etc.)
EL116 Why Starters fitted- function of DOL Starter? Remember he wants to hear that starter not only for reducing Subramanian
starting current but it is one of the safety-because DOL doesn’t
reduces starting current).
EL117 What is Isolation Transformer? Subramanian
EL118 Principle of Transformers- what happens to current and voltage during transformation? Subramanian
EL119 Draw and explain Brushless Generator. Residual Magnetism etc Subramanian
EL120 Navigation Light Panel. Subramanian
EL121 Motor Safeties. Subramanian
EL122 Single Phasing, How will you come to know which phase has gone, how will you test? Subramanian
EL123 Megger working. How to test IR resistance. Why you can’t use multimeter for the same?? Subramanian
EL124 How to use megger, multimeter and tong meter? Tambvekar
EL125 Safeties of MSB, why 0.6 m gap is given behind Tambvekar

EL126 Battery checks Tambvekar
EL127 Procedure for entering battery room Tambvekar
EL128 Insulation resistance, minimum acceptable value Tambvekar
EL129 Open circuit fault Tambvekar
EL130 What are the ESB safeties as per SOLAS Trassi
EL131 What is MCB and what all trips are provided on MCB Trassi
EL132 What type of fuses is used in ER? If HRC fuse is blown off what test will u carry out? Trassi
EL133 What is reverse power trip and how will u carry out the test to check the trip is working? Trassi
EL134 How to check reverse power trip? Prime mover will be running or not? Then take the gene again on load. Trassi
EL135 Types of fuses? Explain semi enclosed? Is semi enclosed present in ship? Trassi
EL136 Power factor. Lot of cross questions Trassi
EL137 Types of fuses in engine room, how to test a ceramic fuse, what position will you keep the knob of Trassi
multimeter when testing the fuse? ans is on continuity or resistance,
EL138 What type of crane on deck? Trassi
EL139 MCB trips, Trassi
EL140 How to check that a 3 phase motor is star or delta connected just by looking at the terminals. Draw the Trassi
arrangement.
EL141 Types of motor use in engine room INDUCTION MOSTLY, VERY FEW APPLICATIONS OF DC xyz
MOTOR (GOVERNOR) AND SYNCHRONOUS
EL142 Types of induction motors xyz
EL143 Lead acid batteries its safety battery room ventilation xyz
EL144 Welding circuit xyz
EL145 Single earth fault, short circuit fault xyz
EL146 Short circuit fault safeties xyz
EL147 Navigation lights – AC / DC? xyz
EL148 DC motor on board? xyz
EL149 Difference b\w AC and DC motor? xyz
EL150 Rectifier? How it works? Example?? xyz

EL151 Transformer? Working? xyz
EL152 Megger testing xyz
EL153 How to detect earth fault? xyz
EL154 Generator trips xyz
EL155 Alternator trips xyz
EL156 Describe preferential trip xyz
EL157 Electric principle of welding xyz
EL158 How emergency generator does comes on load when main power fails xyz
EL159 Synchroscope function xyz
EL160 Power distribution system with diagram xyz
EL161 Why is a Megger used for insulation test and not a multi meter? With a megger,a voltage of not less than 500 volts DC is used for
testing the insulation resistance of windings. With a multi-meter,
the voltage used is not more than 3-volts DC. Megger uses high
impedance testing and is therefore more accurate than a multi-
meter
EL162 How do you test reverse power trip? When two generators are running in parallel and one generator
can carry the load, reverse power trip can be tested by load
shifting using governor control. When the load has shifted
sufficiently and the off loaded generator is carrying a small
percentage of load, its breaker trips and fuel supply to its prime
mover cuts off. This means reverse power relay has operated. The
relay can be tested by simulation (using the test push button on the
relay) to see if it initiates a trip signal. Simulation and actual both
can be used to test.
In actual change controls to manual. Reduce load one one gen
and increase on other.
Reverse power will trip at - 10% of rated power .
EL163 Why do we close the switch at 11 o'clock and not at 12 o' clock? When the synchroscope is approaching 12 o'clock the "slip"
(differential) between the sine waves is approaching minimum (slip
is zero when the synch'scope is at 12 o'clock) and the voltage
differential between the phases is minimal (it's zero when the
synch'scope is at 12 o'clock). Due to time taken to close the
synchronoscope switch, it is generally done at 11 o’clock. Due to
the small delay to close, by doing at 11 o’clock, we are achieving
closing close to 12 o’clock.
EL164 Where and why is it used? Used for power factor correction as a synchronous capacitor.

EL165 How is the speed of a DC motor varied? To vary the speed of a DC motor we need a constant voltage
power supply with a series POT resistor of higher watt rating. A
Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) can be used.
EL166 What does three-phase current mean? Three current sinusoidal waveforms equal in magnitude but with a
phase shift of 120 degrees.
EL167 After a black out the emergency generator comes on; On restoring the main supply we are closing the There is a power link connection breaker between the main
circuit breaker of the main generator without bothering about synchronizing. How is this possible? generator and the emergency generator. During black out, this
breaker trips. The emergency generator starts and its breaker
closes and feeds only the emergency loads. During restoration, the
main generator is started again and its breaker is closed. As the
link breaker is still open, there is no paralleling between main and
emergency generator. Ask E/O for more details.
EL168 How is the speed of a 3-phase induction motor varied? The speed of a normal 3-phase induction motor is a function of the
frequency of the supply voltage. Changing the speed of such a
motor hence requires building a 3-phase power frequency
convertor. This can be realised by using power MOSFETs (or
IGBTs) capable of handling high voltages and fast switching
speeds.
EL169 What safety precautions need to be taken during maintenance on batteries? The room needs to be ventilated to prevent explosions due to
gases generate by the battery. Protective clothing, gloves and eye
protection should be used to prevent acid splash over. No flames
or ignition sources should be brought near batteries. Never short
both positive and negative terminals as this will cause short circuit
and high energy flashover. When disconnecting batteries, always
disconnect negative terminals first and vice versa when
reconnecting.
EL170 Explain the condition for Paralleling of Alternators? The following conditions must be fulfilled for proper synchronizing
of alternators.
The terminal voltage of the incoming machine must be
approximately equal to bus-bar voltage.
The frequency of the incoming machine must be equal to that of
the bus-bar.
In the case of 3-phase alternators an additional requirement is that
phase sequence of the incoming machine voltages must be the
same as that of the bus-bars.
EL171 If you get an earth fault alarm what will you do? The fault can be investigated by first identifying areas of ship that
have a high chance of earth fault (example deck lighting or pantry
equipment) and then switching off their supplies one at a time to
see if the alarm is gone. When a particular load clears the alarm,
we know that that circuit is having earth fault and we can go and
repair it.

EL172 How does current flow during welding? The current flows through the electrode and to the clamp. That's
how it flows in MIG, stick, flux cored. On Tig, the electricity flows
through the electrode also except that now that's the only function
of it, the rod is held in your hand and electrode in the other.
EL173 What is an AVO meter? The Avometer was a British brand of multimeter, latterly owned by
Megger. It is often called simply an AVO and derives its name from
the first letter of the words amperes, volts, ohms
EL174 What limits the electrical load? The available power is fixed and the voltage is fixed, so the setting
of the breaker or fuse is the normal current of the load. If the load
exceeds the rated current, then the breaker or fuse will operate
and limit the load.
EL175 What is the meaning of saying I and V are in phase? The angle between the I and V waveforms is zero which means the
load is purely resistive.
EL176 Where is it used? Synchronous motors find applications in all industrial applications
where constant speed is necessary. Improving the power factor as
Synchronous condensers. Electrical power plants almost always
use synchronous generators because it is important to keep the
frequency constant at which the generator is connected. Low
power applications include positioning machines, where high
precision is required, and robot actuators.
EL177 What are the differences between synchronous and induction motor?* Synchronous motor : Constant speed on all loads, can be operated
on a wide range of power factors, not self starting, requires dc
excitation.
Induction Motor : Speed varies with load, operates on lagging
power factor, self starting, no dc excitation required.
EL178 What are the safety precautions when working on electrical equipments? Switch off power, wear proper protective clothing, safety shoes,
Notice board : Do not switch on – Men at work, stand on rubber
mat, remove metal rings, watch bracelets, use proper insulated
tools, check power supply with voltmeter and double check the
voltmeter with known power supply, keep one person stand-by with
proper safety gears, inform authority and get proper work permit. In
case of electrical shock, give proper first aid, check heart beat and
pulse.
EL179 Why is special lighting used in battery rooms? Spark proof lighting is used as explosive gases may be generated
during battery charging and so there should be no sparks in the
room. Ask E/O for more details.

EL180 Where is a slip ring used and where is a commutator used? Slip rings are commonly found in slip ring motors, electrical
generators for alternating current systems and alternators. They
can be used on any rotating object to transfer power.
A commutator is a common feature of direct current rotating
machines. By reversing the current direction in the moving coil of a
motor's armature, a steady rotating force (torque) is produced.
EL181 When does Reverse power flow? Situation of a generator is feeding a system through switchgear
having several generators connected in parallel with this generator.
The flow of current, when the system is running normally, is from
the generators to the switchgear. If one generator experiences
problems and its terminal voltage falls below the system voltage,
the generator will act as a motor, just as a motor can act as a
generator, and current will flow from the switchgear to the
generator. This is reverse power. The effects can range from minor
to extreme in the event of a complete mechanical failure of the
generator which fails.
EL182 What protection is provided against this? Single phasing can be identified by special protective relays which
can identify and isolate the connected loads. Smaller motors rely
on overcurrent and negative phase sequence relays. Motor
protection relays for larger motors come readily fitted with
protection against single phasing.
EL183 What is special about Steering gear Overload safety? Short Circuit protection and were appropriate-single phase
protection is fitted. In addition instead of over current protection an
Overload alarm is fitted set to operate at not less than twice normal
running current. ALSO ASK YOUR SHIP E/O FOR INFORMATION.
EL184 What is rms value? Root mean square value is the peak value divided by square root
of 2
EL185 How is the protection against reverse power given? Reverse power protection is used for anti-motoring. This function is
used for protection of prime mover not generator. It can cut-off the
fuel supply and stop the prime mover.
EL186 Where does reactive power go? Reactive power is not 'lost'. It is delivered to the motor where it
sustains the electric field that enables the motor to convert the real
power (electrical) into mechanical torque.
EL187 What is the meaning of preferential trip? Why is it provided? Preferential trip is a kind of electrical arrangement on ship which is
designed to disconnect the non-essential circuit i.e. non-essential
load from the main bus bar in case of partial failure or overload of
the main supply. It lets the critical loads run (like steering gear) and
trips the non essential loads (like AC and galley) and is a safety
feature

EL188 What is the meaning of power factor? Power factor is the cosine of the angle between voltage and
current waveform.
EL189 How can it be improved? Power factor improvement capacitor banks are used if the loads
are mainly resistive.
EL190 What is the benefit of improving power factor? Power factor close to 1 means for the same real power in kW, the
load current is less and hence the I2R losses are less. The system
efficiency is higher as the losses are lower. Improved voltage
regulation is achieved.
EL191 For a given line voltage, four heating coils will produce maximum heat when connected in- Parallel
EL192 If a motor is wound star and you want to change to delta what should you do? Open the terminal connection box. Remove the shorting link
connecting the common connection (star) point of A2, B2 and C2.
With the 3 phase windings marked A1A2, B1B2, C1C2, connect A2
to B1, B2 to C1 and C2 to A1.
EL193 What is the voltage used for ignition in boilers/incinerators etc.? Normally 10,000V (10kV) - incinerator and around 19k in boilers
EL194 What can be possible reasons for a motor failing to start? No power , Fuse blown , Overload trip, contactor coil burnt ,
Contactors contacts bad, control circuit relay faulty, stop switch
open circuit and start switch does not operate, hold on contact
does not make and motor burnt.
EL195 Explain what happens if a DC motor is fed with AC supply? Motor will run at low speed, sparking at brushes, heat due to eddy
current will finally burn the motor.
EL196 Why is 440 V used for motors and 110/220 V used for lighting? Motor load currents are large. Motors are 3-phase loads. A higher
440V voltage means lesser current for the same power and hence
losses and size of cable wires is lower. Lighting is single phase
loads and its load currents are small, hence lower voltage means
less insulation in the cable wires. Ask E/O for more information
EL197 How to test emergency generator widout switching off main supply Many methods
1. Simulation switch
2. Tie breaker on esb to be switched off
3. Tie breaker on msb switched off.
Any one can be used
EL198 Is the alternator connected star or delta Look up in Dennis T Hall. Also in your ship ask E/O. Normally star.
EL199 Compare between lead acid and nickel-cadmium batteries? Lead acid : Dilute H2SO4, spongy and PbSO2, low efficiency, 2
volt per cell, less strong, requires more maintenance, less efficient
wrt temperature, discharges fast, low cost, problem of sulfation.
NiCd : KOH, Ni & Cd, high efficiency, 1.2V per cell, robust, less
maintenance, more efficient wrt temp difference, retains charge for
longer periods, expensive, no sulfation.
EL200 Why are motor ratings given in KW and that of alternator and transformer given in KVA? kW is the output mechanical power of a motor and is expressed in
kW.
kVA is the net (apparent) power input to the transformer. This input
power is the output + losses.
kW = kVA x system power factor

EL201 What is a self-monitoring alarm circuit? It self monitors the health of the alarm circuit. That is, it senses
whether the power supply to the alarm circuit is healthy and all the
relays and contacts are functioning normally. Check with E/O for
more details.
EL202 What is Under-voltage protection? It prevents closure of the breaker by mistake, or the generator that
is coming on load during parallel operation. It also provides
protection against loss of voltage while machinery is connected to
the switchboard.
EL203 Why is it different from that for welding? It is higher as the ignition requires break down of air gap for park to
occur. The air breaks down at this high voltage of 10kV. Therefore,
it is higher than normal welding voltage.
EL204 How does the emergency generator start automatically? It is activated by a under voltage relay. When there is blackout, the
under voltage relay senses loss of voltage and starts up the
emergency generator. Similarly when the power is restored, the
relay stops the emergency generator. Ask E/) for more details.
EL205 What is the purpose of the earth fault indication on the switch board? It detects and indicates phase to earth fault on a circuit.
EL206 There is something done to bearing pedestal of an alternator, what is it? Insulation pads made from nylon are fitted under each pedestal
bearing and the bearing holding down bolts are similarly insulated.
MAGNETIC INTERPOLES producing opposite ampere turns fitted
which minimizes effect of stray magnetic fields causing reduced
emf in the shaft.
EL207 What is a diode? In electronics, a diode is a two-terminal electronic component with
asymmetric transfer characteristic, with low (ideally zero)
resistance to current flow in one direction, and high (ideally infinite)
resistance in the other. A semiconductor diode, the most common
type today, is a crystalline piece of semiconductor material with a p-
n junction connected to two electrical terminals
EL208 Sometimes, when you change the running direction of a E/R blower (from supply to exhaust) it trips. If the flaps of the blower are not set or opened properly or the
Why? filters are clogged, the air supply is affected and the blower may be
overloaded causing it to trip. Ask E/O for more information.
EL209 If all your air bottles are at low pressure and there is a blackout how do you start the generators? If main air bottles are empty, the emergency air bottle can be used
to start the main generator. If even the emergency air bottle is
empty, then it can be filled by running emergency air compressor
(powered by emergency generator). Once the emergency air bottle
is filled, this air can be used to start the main generator.
EL210 What is the function of a fuse? Fuse places a limit on the amount of current that can be drawn by
an electric circuit by opening (blowing or melting) when the current
exceeds a preset limit. This protects the circuit and the
surroundings from fire or damage in the case of an overload or
short circuit.

EL211 What is the regular maintenance done on batteries? Every week the cell voltage is checked. The specific gravity is
monitored using the battery hydrometer. The terminals are
lubricated to prevent corrosion. Sometimes load tests are done on
the batteries. Ask E/O also for more information.
EL212 Purpose of AVR During KVAr loading, voltages of alternators falls which can be
gained by AVR, which increases the excitation until voltage is back
to normal . (NEEDS FURTHER INPUTS & REVIEW)
EL213 How does this cause a rotation to change? Due to the change in phase sequence, the rotating magnetic field
changes direction and the rotor rotates in the opposite direction.
EL214 How is protection provided for OL and SC? Damage from short circuits and overloads can be reduced or
prevented by employing fuses, circuit breakers, or other overload
protection, which disconnect the power in reaction to excessive
current. The tripping time is much less (in milli seconds) for short
circuit due to very high currents but can higher (a few seconds)
due to currents say 1.1 to 1.5 times the normal current.
EL215 What is a current transformer and voltage transformer?* Current transformers used for sensing load currents and as inputs
to indicating instruments. Voltage transformers used for step-up /
step-down voltages.
EL216 What is a relay? How is it different from a magnetic contactor? Contactor is a heavy duty switch whereas the relay is light duty
switch. Relays can be as simple as 12 V DC solenoids with 12 V,
0.5 A rated contacts. They are used to detect faults on the power
system and signal a local or remote switching device (breaker) to
trip the circuit.
EL217 What is colour code of resistors , Please explain ? Colours to denote value. In four band colour coding, the first band
indicates the first digit, the second band : the second digit and the
third band : the number of zeroes.
The values are as given below:
Black : 0, Brown : 1, Red : 2, Orange : 3, Yellow : 4, Blue : 5,
Green : 6, Violet : 7, Grey : 8, White : 9.
EL218 What are the safeties on MSB? Circuit breakers, fuses and over current relays are used. The
panels are dead front panel, that is, we cannot open the panel for
maintenance until we switch off the power to the panel by circuit
breaker.
EL219 What is capacitance? Capacitance is the ability of a body to store an electrical charge.
Any body or structure that is capable of being charged, either with
static electricity or by an electric current exhibits capacitance. C =
Q/V where Q is the charge and V is the voltage
EL220 Even though the main engine runs at varying speeds, how does the alternator maintain constant By use of thyristor controlled frequency (rpm) converters.
frequency?
EL221 How is this voltage achieved? By connecting 12 cells in series. 12 x 2 V = 24 V is total battery
bank voltage.

EL222 How is the direction of rotation varied? By changing the phase sequence (from say R-Y-B to R-B-Y)
EL223 What is the harm if reverse power flows? Assume that the generator normally produces an amount of power
equal to P, and that when operating as a motor, it will absorb a
similar amount, P. Therefore, the net effect on the grid will be the
same as if it experienced a step increase in load equal to 2P.
Depending on the size of the grid and the strength of the remaining
generation, a step increase of 2P could result in a significant
frequency change on the grid.
There could be prime mover damage in some instances (especially
steam turbines).
EL224 If you press the ACB Close button on an idle generator what will happen? Ask E/O. Normally, the breaker won’t close until you synchronise,
so even if you press the breaker close, it will not close. The
breaker has under-voltage protection which will not let you close it.
EL225 Apart from renewing bearings is there any reason for opening up motors for maintenance? Ask E/O. Insulation checks and renewal (example using insulation
spray on stator winding insulation)
EL226 What is the meaning of overload? An overload is a current over and above the normal load current
(over the load).
In other words greater than the original design current. This can be
a momentary overload such as the starting current for a motor
which is usually ignored or it can be a sustained overload such as
plugging in too many appliances at once or a motor that has faulty
bearings or gets jammed
EL227 What is an induction motor? An induction motor is an alternating current motor in which the
primary winding on one member (usually the stator) is connected
to the power source and a secondary winding or a squirrel-cage
secondary winding on the other member (usually the rotor) carries
the induced current.
EL228 What is the meaning of excitation in an alternator? An electric generator or electric motor consists of a rotor rotating in
a magnetic field. The magnetic field may be produced by
permanent magnets or by field coils. In the case of a machine with
field coils, a current must flow in the coils to generate the field,
otherwise no power is transferred to or from the rotor. The process
of generating a magnetic field by means of an electric current is
called excitation.
EL229 Permanent magnets are generally made of- Alnico alloys
EL230 What is the full form of ACB? Air circuit breaker. It is normally used at 400V and higher current
applications (generator breakers).
EL231 What is the meaning of ACB, MCCB, NFB? Air circuit breaker for 400V higher current ratings.
Moulded case circuit breaker for 400V medium current ratings.
No Fuse Breaker – 75 A capacity

EL232 What is a synchronous condenser? A synchronous condenser is a device identical to a synchronous
motor, whose shaft is not connected to anything but spins freely.
Its purpose is not to convert electric power to mechanical power or
vice versa, but to adjust conditions on the electric power
transmission grid. Its field is controlled by a voltage regulator to
either generate or absorb reactive power as needed to adjust the
grid's voltage, or to improve power factor.
EL233 What is meaning of short circuit? A short circuit occurs when conductors are connected (shorted)
together by a fault. This is normally phase to phase fault due to
failure of insulation by something cutting the wires, fires, etc.
EL234 How is the direction varied? A general purpose DC motor can be reversed by changing the
polarity of either the armature or the field but not both.
EL235 What is a magnetic contactor? Where is it used? A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a
power circuit, similar to a relay except with higher current ratings.
Contactors are used to control electric motors, lighting, heating,
capacitor banks, and other electrical loads.
EL236 What does different position of the synchroscope needle mean; what is the difference between 6 o clock 6 o’clock means that out of synchronisation. We cannot parallel the
and 12 clock? incoming generator. 12 o’clock means the perfect synchronised
condition (voltage, frequency and phase sequence match).
EL237 What is the voltage used in a meggar? 500V DC.
EL238 What is the full battery voltage ? 24 V DC.
EL239 What is the voltage available from each cell in a lead acid battery? 2 V DC.
EL240 What is the specific gravity of electrolyte used in lead acid battery? 1280 at full charge and 1180 at discharge.
EL241 What is the best value possible? 1 is the best value possible. That is possible with a purely resistive
load.
EL242 Out at sea, if there is a black out during your watch, what action will you take? <Refer company manual for detailed procedure>
EL243 Why generally we use induction motor on board, not synchronus motor? Easy to make. Serves our purpose on board. Easy to operate.
Singly excited ac supply is more than sufficient to start and rotate
the motor. Induction motors are Used where speed control is not a
priority at all but continous running, easy start motors are needed.
(ref Theraja for details)
EL244 What is the usual value you see onboard? 0.8
EL245 Can reverse power trip occur with one generator running? If yes, how? If no, why?
EL246 Short circuit and Earth fault: Define

EL247 Star-Delta starter: No diagram jus explain why used on-board
EL248 What is KVA?
EL249 What is meant by phase in AC?
EL250 Why is DC not much in use now?
EL251 Where are you likely to see DC used?
EL252 What is a semi conductor?
EL253 What is doping?
EL254 What happens to insulation when temperature rises?
EL255 What are Superconductors?
EL256 What happens to resistance of conductors when temperature rises?
EL257 What is "slip"?
EL258 What is a synchronous motor?
EL259 How do you use a multimeter?
EL260 How do you check continuity?
EL261 What do we use for welding on ships? AC or DC?
EL262 What is the voltage?
EL263 Does current flow through hull during welding?
EL264 If so why don't you get a shock?
EL265 What is safe voltage to prevent shock?
EL266 What is the meaning of earthing in a ship?
EL267 What is the meaning of Star winding/ Delta winding?
EL268 Is the ship's alternator Star wound or Delta wound?
EL269 Can you draw a DOL starter circuit?
EL270 What is the normal setting of overload relays?
EL271 How does a thermal overload relay work?

EL272 What is single phasing?
EL273 How can it happen?
EL274 What is the harm caused by this?
EL275 Why is it necessary that incoming alternator frequency is more than bus bar?
EL276 What is dark lamp and bright lamp method for synchronizing? How is the connection made?
EL277 Why is this reverse power used instead of reverse current in alternators? CURRENT IS REVERSING DIRECTION EVERY HALF CYCLE IN
AC
EL278 Is the field current in an alternator AC or DC ?
EL279 Is the field rotating or stationary?
EL280 How is it supplied?
EL281 What is a brush less alternator?
EL282 How is the excitation achieved in this?
EL283 What is the meaning of residual magnetism?
EL284 What is a zener diode?
EL285 What is a thyristor? What is an SCR?
EL286 How does an inverter work?
EL287 How does a tube light work?
EL288 What is the function of the choke?
EL289 What is the difference between neutral and earth?
EL290 If the AVR, is defective, when additional loads come on will the generator be able to take it?
EL291 How do you test reverse power trip, high current trip, preferential trip?
EL292 Why is a capacitor used in single phase motors, fluorescent tube lights and electronic circuits.*
EL293 while welding onboard a ship the current passes through hull, then why people dont get electric shock? METAL HULL HAS RESISTANCE THAN BODY
EL294 types of fuses used in ER ,how to test cartridge type fuse (ceramic )
EL295 how to select a fuse ? BASED ON MAX FAULT CURRENT
EL296 Sketch the types of motor starters. Why timer required in auto transformer and start delta types?

EL297 How do you trace earth faults?
EL298 Trips on an alternator. Motor protection aids?
EL299 There is no neutral on board then how do we get 220V supply?
EL300 Safeties in Alternator


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MEO CLASS IV ORAL QUESTIONS - MMD MUMBAI Compiled by: WASIM HUSSAIN N

FN-3 COSCOPOOL - FPFF/FFA

F17 CO2 system weekly checks Mishra

F23 Fixed fire fighting in deck and E/R? Piplani

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F46 NON-COMBUSTIBILITY TEST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF NON-COMBUSTIBILITY

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L11 Lowering of enclosed lifeboat. Kapoor

L12 What if free-fall lock doesn’t operate? Kapoor

L13 Regulations of lifeboat Kapoor

L17 Regulation for the lifeboat engine Mishra

L18 Weight of the life boat Mishra

L22 Immersion suit? How many on board? Narain/Saini

L23 Automatic life raft launching Narain/Saini

L24 Lifeboat Lowering- use of main and centrifugal brakes. Subramanian

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L29 Locations of the EEBD Vinod

L30 EEBD Vinod Kumar

L31 LSA on ship Vinod Kumar

L36 Lifeboat maintenance

L37 How many brakes are there on a life boat winch?

L38 Regulation regarding the stowage position of life raft ?

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E27 Requirements of MARPOL Kamath

E30 How will you reduce Nox? Paul

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E35 SOx and NOx regulation, tiers. Reduction methods Sharma

E64 Discharge criteria of MARPOL Annex IV. Trassi / Majumdar

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Compiled by: WASIM HUSSAIN N

FN 3 - COSCOPOOL - SHIP CONSTRUCTION & NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

SC31 Lightweight, Deadweight (cross questions). Kamath

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SC54 Definition - hawse pipe, spurling pipe, sole piece Piplani/Kamat

SC62 How do calculate freeboard? http://www.marinewiki.org/index.php?title=Freeboard_calculation Shirish Kumar

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SC104 What is rudder balancing? http://www.marinewiki.org/index.php?title=Rudder_-_Swing_test

SC106 What is loadicator?

Mitigation of Singing: Antisinging Edge

SC109 How to know ship sagged or hogged?

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FN 3 COSCOPOOL - SHIP SPECIFIC / CARGO SYSTEMS

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FN 3 COSCOPOOL - EVERYTHING ELSE

F3-15 Bunkering safeties

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FN 3 COSCOPOOL - SOLAS & RELATED CODES

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FN 4B - MEOL - MAIN ENGINE, ME SHAFTING AND RELATED SYSTEMS

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4ME149 Procedure for taking indicator card

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4ME159 How is the Tie rod attached to the Bedplate?

4ME162 What is Mark-1,2,3,4& 5 engine?

4ME177 6S60MC-C8 wat does C8 stand foR?

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FN 4B - AUX ENGINE & RELATED SYSTEMS