BANARJEE

FN-3
1- What are measure to prevent and maintenance done on primary and
secondary barrier in regard to bulk carrier.
2- Damage stability criteria write to oil tanker, gas carrier and bulk carrier.
3- Write to self discharging in bulk carriers as recently introduced by IMO,
briefly describe what is it and what all safety measures you will take.
4- Intact stability curve and everything about it.
5- EPIRB and SART function, construction, use and operation of working.
6- What is advantages of flouro protein foam.
7- What is characterstics of aqueous film forming foam.
8- What is difference between freefall launch and floating launching
question.
9- As 2nd engineer what is your action during emergency and so many cross
question.
10-Marpol amendment and bulk carrier additional safety.
11-Name any 4 team of onboard to tackle various emergency? their duties.
Who all in command team.
12-Who all sign ORB.
13-Most important thing to consider in liquid fire.
14-floodable length.
15-Cargo vapour leaking precautions you will take as 2nd engineer.
16-Admiratly coefficient. Explain different parameters involved in it
significance.
17-Explain propulsive efficiency.
18-Different types of foam. Explain each of the characterstic.
19-Flare, from where it originates.
20-Centre of floatation. Give a 5 word line answer.
 21-Generator bottom end bolt thread damaged don’t have spares on board
you are at sea how will you run the generator.
22-Vertical welding precautions other than safety gear fire extinguisher.
23-Life boat rudder stuck at one place what are the reason. Common reason.
24-Water ballast for disinfection what is the active substance used.
25-Instataneous discharge rate as per MARPOL definition.
26-Any emergency situation as second engineer what are the 3 actions you will
take.
27-Instrumentation tools what all checks you will do said calibration.
28-Definition of Margine line.
29-Significance of permeability. Why permeability? Significance of
permeability?
30-Flooding of bilges, action as 2nd engineer? Action in case pof sea water leak
and action in case of fresh water leak? During flooding, how will you identify
the source of leak?
31-Types of ship, as I said log carrier he asked effects of carrying longs on the
stability of ship.
32-Types of detector on the basis of the working principle. He asked the
principle of infrared type working in two words [latter he himself told the
answer- flicker frequency].
33-Types of training manual on board and their content .
34-Various information from Statical stability curve.
35-Something related to liquid fire. I didn’t understand the ques only.
36-Rise of floor? Exact naval arch term.
37-Sopep manual items. [ he asked four things are there name then].
38-As 2nd engineer how will you familiarise engine room staff regarding life
boat. [ he didn’t want to hear abandon ship alarm and starting procedure
muster station etc.].
39-Standard discharge connection regarding marpol annex I.
40-Slop tank, purpose.
41-Whar is porthole, what is deadlight, requirements of deadlight, where
fitted.
42-Pounding, what are the two important movements in it.
43-Centre of rotation. What is the name of that point, pivot point
44-balanced and unbalanced rudder, which one using and why so
45-Regulatios of superstructure and where it’s written.
46-What are hydrostatic curves
47-Name any 5 items in SOPEP which are not related to oil containment
48-In safety equipment survey how do you test ventilation system and
dampers as a 2nd engineer
49-Entries of ORB with codes and who all sing on it
50-Which company do you sail? What types of ship have you sailed on. What is
the problem with bulk carrier grain cargo. [ I answered grain will shift and
won’t return back]. There will be list cross questions what is the problem
having list. [ I answered if it is more than the limit vessel will capsize]. It also
creates problem in pump suction.
51-What are additional measures with reference to MARPOL annex 1 in bulk
carrier.
52-What is instantaneous rate of discharge. [ I told him about OWS regulation
he was not satisfied]
53-What is alcohol resistant foam
54-Tell me about abandon ship alarm. [I answered verbal order from master,
general emergency alarm 7 shots blast followed by long blast banarjee]. Tell
me alarm [I answered audio and visual alarm].
55-PNP and NPN transistor and their uses, what is the basic difference
between them as per application
56-What is pressure transmitter basic principle [basic one line answer]
57-What is electrolyte in lead acid battery and why water is added to that?
58-EXD equipment? Name of joint which prevents explosion.
59-Shipbord health and safety programme
60-Organisation culture
61-MSC
62-

FN-4
1- Alpha lubrication advantages, how it is reducing cyl oil consumption.
2- What is the mean of word single failure of steering gear?
3- Main engine air valve overlapped? Reason
4- Advantage of axial flow pump over gear pump.
5- Compression ratio [wants to hear thermodynamics].
6- Most damaging bending stress in me crankshaft. [told bending, wanted
to hear something else].
7- Cr% in steel and what all properties it gives to steel.
8- Ae lo pr not developing, what will you check first as a second engineer,
filter and all. Told backlash of gear pp, asked how will you check backlash
in enclosed gear p/p?
9- Why alpha lubricator comes into action. How feed rate made low.
10-Crankshaft stresses.
11-What is compression ratio. Why we need compression ratio for engines?
Significance of compression ratio? Effect of compression ratio on 2s and 4s.
12-Bedplate construction of 2s? materials used in bedplate construction
with alloys used? Significance of varying % carbon? Why cast iron is avoided in
bed plate construction.
13-Fresh water generator distillate pump performance deteriorated. What
will be the effect of fresh water generator?
14-What is risk, in engineering terms. How you deicide risk is less or more,
explain with reasons for both. What role probability has in risk. How you
carryout risk assessment for a job.
15-Effect of high seawater temp on efficiency of a refer system. How its
causing reduction in refer plant efficiency. Compressor is designed with a fixed
compression ratio then how discharge pressure varys at various load.
 16-What is methane slip. What is it’s significance in greenhouse effect.
What are the benefits of using methane as fuel. How its reducing CO2
emmission. How Marpol annex 6 defines greenhouse gases. What is difference
between tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 emmision norms. Is it only about CO2 emmision or
does it deal with all greenhouse gases.
17-How ISM related to maintenance program on ship. What difference does
it make as maintenance program is followed since time immemorial. What is
so different now?
18-What is the material of stern tube. Why stern it is used, give reasons.
Why stern tube need to be rigid. How it is taking load of stern tube. What
failure can take place in stern tube. What repair can be done in case of cracks.
19-Advantages of alpha lubrication, how it reduce sloc and cyl wear rate.
20-Compressor 1st discharge valve leaking effect.
21-Bedplate 3 main function.
22- Steering Gear single failure concept.
23-Purpose of adding chromium in steel, advantage.
24-How to test a material for fatigue failure?
25-Dryness fraction in AC.
26-Dductility and malleability. How to test the material for Ductility and
malleability. What components of ship are tested for then.
27-How to increase the life of piston rings and don’t tell cylinder lubrication
and fuel injection.
28-Resource management of engine room and lot of cross questioning.
29-Risk analysis and 2 mathematical factors on which it depends [ told him
likelihood probability and severity he disagreed]. 4 points for risk assessment
of tappet clearance of generator.
30-Type of M/E
31-Function of entablature, what it does, why given
32-What is light spring diagram, what information it gives, what is light spring,
why light spring is used in this
33-Material of steering gear ram cylinders
34-Screw P/P advantages, gear P/P and screw P/P which one you will choose
why, why you rejected gear P/P.
35-Rudder turning angle, specified time your ship is in dry dock rudder taking
more time. Specific reason
36-2nd stage suction valve of 3 stage compressor its leaking.
37-Advantage of crosshead engines.
38-Significance of mean piston speed.
39-What is knock, causes of knock. How to prevent knock.
40-Repeatd fire in scavenge space [ stressed on the word repeated].
41-Significance of TDS. How to test TDS value.
42-Significance of carbon in iron. How to increase tensile strength.
43-Heat treatment methods difference between annealing and normalising.
44-Significance of air vessel in reciprocating pump.

FN-5
1- What type of generator in your ship and its rating, rating of alternator
give in the name plate in KVA or KW and why, difference between then.
Other rating of generator.
2- Power factor and its importance effect of low P.F, P.F improvement, and
x questions.
3- Importance of off set in control system, other names for set and
measured: desired value.
4- About emergency and its generator locations.
5- He showed few symbols of directions control valve and told me to
explain.
6- Advantage of alkaline batteries and its type.
7- P, I, and D controller everything separately. Expressions for all, what is
aim in all 3 separately, voltage stabilisation something. Advantages and
disadvantages of D.
 8- How many cables are coming out of alternator to MSB, what is
equalising line in alternator. Alternator maintenance, what is size of
alternator air fitter in microns.
9- Types of excitations system explain all. Methods of protection of short
circuit and open circuit fault in diodes, what will happen in both case,
use of resistance in circuit of AVR and some more.
10-Write ICCP, what are reference and functional electrodes, where and
how are they fitted. Specific values of current and voltage. How will you make
sure proper functioning of ICCP, alternative if you don’t have ICCP onboard.
11-Pcb faulty how to find function and construction of Pcb. How to change
Pcb, what all checks made. How to order new Pcb, specification of Pcb.
12-How to start induction motor
13-Dc advantage over Ac
14-Peumatic controller maintenance.
15-Two generator running parallel in what condition.
16-What are the various shutdown on your ship with respect to electrical/
engineering.
17- What are the properties of electrical equipment that are used on board.
18-EXE and circuit.
19-Location of emergency generator [but not satisfied with the answer. He
wants more].
20-A person got electrical shock and not breathing. [ I told CPR he said fast,
than I said oxygen resuciator then he said that is very far and then I said mouth
then he said what is that process called].
21-What is Exn? Circuit/
22-Pb acid battery chemical reaction.
23-3 phase motor reversing. Full procedure.
24-Minimum shock human body can bear with?
25-Earth fault? Earth leakage?
26-AVR
27-Opertional arrangements to avoid single phasing before starting motor not
inbuilt protection.
28-What will happen if acb is closed without synchronising.
29-Why dc is coming back again to industry.
30-Precaution before starting motor regarding single phasing.
31-Fuse blown. As 2nd engineer how will you know which machinery is faulty. [
he wanted to hear something other than IR testing].
32-Some figures he shown of pneumatic valves and told to identify each part.
33-Open circuit loss? In battery.
34-Cascade control.
35-trickle charging. How battery discharge charge. What exactly happens
36-Nickle cadmium battery plates material, how it looks like electrolyte, full
charge voltage, specific gravity, how to check, how hydrometer works.
37-Motor safeties, overcurrent protection, why thermistor. How it works,
breakdown voltage, why it is called breakdown.
38-Why fuse not used instead of thermistor in motor protection. How fuse
works, material.
39-Hydraulic actuator working.
40-Hydraulic block valve diagram, explain it, how it operates, which type of
valve is this. What is A,B,P,T. A and B is utilisation port, P is pressure line, T is
return line.
41-Can shore supply be parallel with ships gen? What is problem?
42-Cage rotor induction motor speed control method? How pole changing take
place.
43-If all your gen are kapoot , then how many min gen req to be working
before sailing out of port. What should be their capacity? What is solas
requirement for this?
44-Received new lead acid battery but not to be used for 3 months, procedure
for storing battery.
45-Cable insulation, material, sheathing and material, armouring.
46-Current transfer and potential transfer.
47-Under voltage protection why need? When will be activated and more cross
question
48-Alkaline battery advantage.
49-Location of fire station onboard and what requirements for the location.
50-All ship alarms what is the common features
 FN-6
1- A frame entrabulatur, bed plate diagram and show, bed plate 3 main
function.
2- Vertical welding precaution.
3- Advantages of brazing, where your using brazing two dissimilar metals in
engine room. Give example.
4- Dye penetrant test in which item.
5- What is term “risk” in engineering term.
6- Refer compressor LP cut out happened you charge refrigerant after 2
days and LP cut out happening as 2nd engineer. What I will do.
7- Gear pump material, advantages.
8- After joining ship by looking which certificate you will know the
classification society.
9- What parameter of cop tells you the load on cop.
10-Gate valve spindle threads corroded. What action.
11-Refrigerant condenser leaking. Your action as 2nd engineer.
12-Gate valve overhaul and all areas of defect can occur. Technical term
for tapered seat.
13-What is metal spraying. On what type of defect it is applicable and
when.
14-induction motor overhaul.
15-Air compressor seize how to know it and at which it seized and which all
part can be seized.
16-E/R flooding action.
17-A/E bottom and bring clearance how to check.
18-How will you decide butt weld two vee or single vee weld. Most
important difference between butt and lap weld?
19-Mpt in me crankshaft practically how will you do.
 20-Fwg chemical cleaning write to engineering terms and definitions.
21-His favourite chutiyaapa of all time, risk in his own definition, as a 2nd
engineer only, answer.
22-What is unit of risk?
23-T/C surging, action taken as 2nd engineer.
24-Domestic fridge condensor leaking. What will happen.
25-What is jig.
26-Centrifugal pump graph.
27-Checks after drydock.
28-What will make you come back again to the docks, if you miss to check
that. Location of rudder plug [ used for pressure testing}.
29-Non destructive tests, carried out of material, that are used on ships?
Justify the tests, why used on that particular material? What is the value of
high tensile strength of any material that you remember?
30-Whaat is weldability of a material? C/E asked to check the weld
penetration, how will you check.
31-How to gas cut a 6mm MS sheet. How to start oxyacetylene torch. What
to increase acetylene and oxygen. How to increase first acetylene and oxygen
in the flame in detail procedure of establishing flame. What type of flame to be
established. What temperature MS sheet to be heated. What precautions to
be taken. When to give air blast for cutting. What should be it’s speed. How to
hold the torch while cutting. What should be the speed of travel. How to
ensure metal doesn’t bend or deform while gas cutting. How to stop the
cutting process. How to square up. What checks to be made after gas cutting.
How to smoothen the edges of cutted sheet.
32-What checks to be made on a ballast pump shaft after overhauling. What
all areas to be checked and why failure occurs in those areas. How to check
shaft trueness. How to use 4 jaw chuck. How to centre the shaft on lathe.
Where to do NDT. Magnetic particle testing which one will give better result.
How to do DPT explain detail procedure. When to apply cleaner. Dye and
developer. Explain working of each in detail. How cleaner is cleaning, how dye
is going into cavity, how developer is bringing dye out of cavity. How it’s all
happening without any chemical reaction? Is that so if not when what’s the
real cause. Which areas erosion takes place and why. Which areas corrosion
takes place and why? Why pitting occurs on shaft. What happens if glands
were too tight on shaft.
33-What checks to be done on M/E conrod bottom end bolts after
withdrawal. How to check their elongation. What is the procedure if you don’t
have new bolt for doing comparison. How to shank dia reduction what tool to
use. How you calculate zero error and least count of Vernier or micrometer.
How to know zero error is to be added or subtracted from final reading. What
is the limit of elongation in length and reduction in dia. What to check on
serrations. How to check it DPT. What checks to be done on collars. Which area
is maximum susceptible to crack and why?
34-Where to take lube oil sample for analysis and why? How to take it. Why
to do draining before taking sample. What to do with oil drained where to put
it, do we need to make an entry for the same in ORB. How to make an entry in
ORB, under what heading it is made.
36-What is mean by Risk assessment.
37-Pump shaft bend. How you will find.
38-Non distructive tests.
39-Boiler for 3 months preservation.
40-Bottom end brg has scoring marks no spare onboard action as second
Engineer.
41-Main brg clearance ME.
42-Vertical welding precautions how to select current lots of cross.
43-Acceptable wear rate of cyl. Liner.
44-Mintenance of machinery under ism which clause state, engine room
maintenance, what that clause state.
45-Plan maintenance advantage and its salient features.
46-Vertical welding precautions.
47-As a 2nd engineer your approach in cleaning E/R bilges.
 48-Gen bottom bearing stud running hrs exceeded. On what basis you will
decide it to use for emergency.
49-E/R crane maintenance.
50-Name of tensile testing machine and procedure and precautions.
51-Scoring marks on generator bottom and bearing. Your action said we will
use oil stone or very high grit emery paper to smoothen out the marks.
52-Bilges rapidly rising your action.
53-Relationship between maintenance and ISM code.
54-How to check mouth ring clearance of a centrifugal pump.
55-How to measure trueness of shaft, answered lathe so asked precations
you will take for this.
56-Overhead welding precautions.
57-Motor driven ref compressor belt jumping causes and remedies
58-Npsh of diagram he shown
59-Axial flow pump application is based on what principle.
60-Oil in evaporator, how to remove it.
61-Compressor foundation bolt, sheared off, how to remove.
62-Crankpin ovality, crankpin bearing score marks, how to repair
63-Compressor interstage cooler tube leaking how you will find out.
64-Foaming why? Name ani foaming agent.
65-What type of turbine?
66-Velocity compounded diagram press and velocity?
67-Why condenser is used? How it improves plant efficiency?
68-Adv of water tub boiler.
69-Adv of roof firing