Review for Midterm Examination MARLAW (All Sections)

Topic: 1) Code of Safe Working Practices

2) Regulations of MLC 2006
3) Annexes of International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, as amended
4) Articles of the International Convention on Load Lines 1996
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1. Your employer must supply you with Personal Protective Equipment:
a. If you pay for it
b. If it is in the contract
c. If you need to be protected
d. Twice a year

2. If you drop your safety helmet from height on to a hard surface, you should:
a. Repair any cracks then carry on wearing it
b. Stop work and get a new safety helmet
c. Work without a safety helmet until you can get a new one
d. Make sure there are no cracks then carry on wearing it

3. You need to wear a full-body harness. You have never used one before. What should you do?
a. Read the instruction book
b. Ask for expert advice and training
c. Ask someone already wearing a harness to show you what to do
d. Try to work it out for yourself

4. Look at these statements about Personal Protective Equipment. Which one is not true?
a. You must store it correctly when you are not using it
b. You must pay for any damage or loss
c. You must use it as instructed
d. You must report any damage or loss to your supervisor

5. You have been given a dust mask to protect against hazardous fumes. What should you do?
a. Do the job but work quickly
b. Start work but take a break now and again
c. Wear a second dust mask on top of the first one
d. Do not start work until you have the correct Respiratory Protective Equipment

6. You are starting a job. How will you know if you need any extra Personal Protective Equipment?
a. A letter will be sent to your home
b. By looking at your employer's health and safety policy
c. From the risk assessment or method statement
d. You will just be expected to know

7. If there is a risk of materials flying into your eyes, you should wear:
a. Chemical-resistant goggles
b. Tinted welding goggles
c. Laser safety glasses
d. Impact-resistant goggles

8. Who should provide you with any Personal Protective Equipment you need?
a. Your employer
b. You must buy your own
c. Anyone on site with a budget
d. No one has a duty to provide it

9. You have to work outdoors in bad weather. Your employer should supply you with waterproof clothing because:
a. It will have the company name and logo on it
b. You are less likely to catch Weil's disease if you are warm and dry
c. You are less likely to get muscle strains if you are warm and dry
d. Your supervisor will be able to see you more clearly in the rain
10. Which of the following hearing protection should be fitted by a engine crew?
a. Single use earplugs
b. Molded earplugs
c. Earmuffs
d. None of the above

11. Who is responsible for maintaining PPE?

a. Your employer
b. Yourself
c. Your co-worker
d. a and b

12. Which of the following classes of hard hats DO NOT provide any protection against electric hazards?
a. Class A
b. Class B
c. Class C
d. Class D

13. Personal Protective Equipment is required when -

a. Employers suffer an injury
b. The employees suffer an injury
c. An employee asks for it
d. Engineering, work practice, and administrative controls do not provide sufficient protection against hazards

14. An escape respirator is _______________.

a. Only used in an emergency
b. Used to protect only against particles
c. Used to clean chemical gases

15. Which of these types of safety gloves can protect against sulfuric acid exposure?
a. Butyl rubber gloves
b. Natural rubber gloves
c. Neoprene gloves
d. Nitrile gloves

16. When should safety footwear be inspected?

a. Every week
b. Every 15 days
c. Every month
d. Prior to each use

17. Companies are required to:

a. Provide certain types of PPE at no cost to the employee.
b. Train employees on the use of PPE.
c. Monitor and enforce the use of required PPE.
d. All of the above

18. Eye protection should be:

a. Durable
b. Not interfere with vision
c. Kept in good repair
d. All of the above

19. Bump caps:

a. Have a ratchet suspension system.
b. Are designed to protect employees from falling objects.
c. Are rated at 20,000 volts.
d. None of the above.
20. What is the purpose of handover procedures?
a. To clarify who is in charge of issuing the permit once it’s been prepared
b. To clarify what steps personnel will take to hand over work shifts to other people
c. To explain that the work has been completed or cancelled
d. To explain what personnel will do following their training

21. A permit to work is particularly important for any work that will:
a. Require more than 6 hours of continuous work
b. Remove or reduce the effectiveness of existing safety procedures
c. Require a risk assessment
d. Involve more than 5 people

22. What is an example of work that will likely require a permit to work?
a. Crew care work
b. Confined or enclosed spaces work
c. Working with display screen equipment
d. Cleaning chamber and galleys

23. Who must sign a permit to work before work can commence?
a. The permit authorizer only
b. All crew members only
c. Every crew involved in its creation and use
d. Only the workers who are considered vulnerable

24. Who should issue permits to a work site?

a. Permit authorizes the Chief officer
b. The Designated Person Ashore
c. Superintendent
d. Anyone involved in the work

25. Why use the work permit system?

a. To control the work in restricted area
b. To perform work safely to prevent unwanted incidents
c. To implement the control measures effectively
d. All of the above

26. Who is the standby person?

a. Person who can be used as alternate of issuer
b. Person having special skill
c. Person can be used as alternate of receiver
d. None of the above

27. Under what condition can the permit issuer decide that a permit is not required for specific work?
a. When it is low risk work
b. When work is short term
c. When work low cost
d. None of the above

28. Who performs the joint site inspection before issuing the work permit?
a. Workers and permit receiver
b. Workers and permit issuer
c. Permit issuer and receiver
d. Area manager along with workers and receiver

29. Which one below is high risk work where permit must be required?
a. Hot work in restricted area
b. Work on live electric machines
c. Confined space work
d. All of the above
30. Why must the receiver accompany the joint site visit with the issuer?
a. To discuss the hazards, risk and deciding the control measures
b. To check the compliance of statutory requirement
c. For gas testing and purging operation
d. To check the competency of fire watch
31. What should be discussed during the joint site visit by the issuer and the receiver?
a. OSHA requirement for specified work
b. Verification of certificates of lifting and other machines/ equipment
c. Scope of work, equipment to be used and any special condition which may affect the safety
d. Competency of fire watch, standby person and workers

32. Under what condition, the work permit can be cancelled?

a. If observed noncompliance to agreed permit condition
b. During emergency
c. In bad weather
d. All of the above

33. What is the main objective of the work permit system?

a. To comply the company policy
b. To maintain the documents and record for Audit
c. To prevent the incidents
d. To generate data for accident investigation

34. What should the issuer check before issuing the confined space work permit?
a. Authorized signature of receiver and gas test result
b. Implementation of control measures specified in the permit
c. Availability of competent Standby person with rescue plan
d. All of the above

35. Who can decide restricted area other than defined in the work permit procedure?
a. Supervisor of that area
b. Permit issuer
c. Permit receiver
d. Area manager who is heading the department

36. Where the approved work permit can be posted?

a. At issuers and department manager office
b. At receivers and administrative office
c. At work area and common permit board
d. At work area

37. Which may be the low risk work for what permit may not require?
a. Radiography
b. Hot work
c. Cleaning and sweeping work
d. Hydrotesting of pipeline

38. What is the system below under the work permit system for work on live equipment?
a. Positive isolation of piping
b. Lockout and tagout
c. Blanketing system
d. Walkie Talkie system

Regulations of MLC 2006

39. Under article 5 ILO Convention No. 180. The maximum hours of work in any 24 hrs. period shall not exceed:
a. 08 hours b. 12 hours c. 14 hours d. 16 hours

40. Under article 5 ILO Convention No. 180. The minimum hours of work in any 24 hrs. period shall not exceed:
a. 08 hours b. 10 hours c. 12 hours d. 14 hours
41. What is the minimum age for the admission of children to employment at sea as initially fixed by the Minimum Age (Sea) Convention
as adopted in 1920?
a. 14 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18

42. ILO Convention No. 185 was adopted in June 2003 to replace ILO Convention No.:
a. No. 180 b. No. 108 c. No. 105 d. No. 125

43. What ILO Convention refers to the development of guidelines and standard format of working arrangements and hours of works and rest
of seafarers?
a. No. 118 b. No. 108 c. No. 181 d. No. 180

44. What are the duties of the Master regarding a sick or injured seafarer?
a. He shall arrange for proper care including medical care
b. He shall notify the seafarer’s next of kin and await further orders
c. He shall immediately notify the manning agent and request guarantee for payment in case of hospitalization
d. He shall arrange for sufficient care within what he may find to be reasonable expenses

45. Who is the responsible for keeping ships in proper sanitary and hygiene conditions as stipulated in the Health Protection and Medical Care
(Seafarers) Convention?
a. Master b. Ship owners c. Ship managers d. Manning agencies

46. A portion of a seafarer’s wage made payable to a relative or other designated person or to a bank for his account:
a. allotment b. cash advance c. welfare fund d. financial support

Annexes of International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, as amended

Articles of the International Convention on Load Lines 1996
47. Davao Gulf is in what loading zone?
a. Winter b. Summer c. Tropical d. Seasonal Tropical

48. In what loading zone is Davao Gulf?

a. Winter b. Summer c. Tropical d. None of these

49. Periodic surveys to renew the load line assignment must be made at intervals NOT exceeding:
a. two years b. five years c. three years d. 18 months

50. At what year the IMO “International Convention on Load lines” enacted?
a. 1960 b. 1966 c. 1969 d. 1978

51. Under the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, the term “existing ship” means:
a. a ship which is a new ship b. a ship which is not a new ship
c. a ship the keel of which is laid in 1975 d. a ship the keel of which is laid in 1973

52. A Tonnage Certificate is issued to a vessel when it means serving requirements, one of which the vessel must be:
a. 59 feet or more in length b. 69 feet or more in length
c. 79 feet or more in length d. 89 feet or more in length

53. For which ships is the load line convention applicable?

a. For all vessel b. For deep draft vessels
c. For vessel in foreign trade d. For vessel in ballast condition

54. What document is issued to the owner when her ship has been surveyed and duly marked, application and payment of fees have been
done?
a. Class Certificate b. Loadline Certificate c. Exemption Certificate d. Construction Certificate

55. The International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (1969) applies to:
a. new ships b. war ships
c. ships of less than 24 meters in length c. ships engage in near coastal voyage

56. The zone for North Pacific Winter Seasonal Zone is applied for the period:
a. April 16 and October 15 b. October 16 and April 15
 c. November 1 and March 31 d. December 15 and February 15

57. Load Line Rules apply to all ships except:

a. naval ship, crew boats and yachts b. naval ships, dredgers and survey vessels
c. naval ships, trawlers and survey vessel d. naval ships, fishing vessels and pleasure yachts

58. Mandatory load lines were first introduced during nineteenth century to prevent ships becoming unseaworthy and liable to sink
due to:
a. stress b. overloading c. structural defect d. seawater seepage

59. International Convention on Tonnage Measurement shall not apply to:

a. ships of war and ship less than 24 meters b. ships of war and ship less than 50 meters
c. ship of war, trawlers and fishing vessels d. ships of war, dredger, and other specialized vessels

60. What is the purpose of the periodical inspection in connection with the Loadline Certificate?
a. To ensure compliance with SOLAS 74
b. To ensure that the vessel is not overloading
c. To ensure compliance with STCW 78 as amended
d. To ensure that the vessel still complies with the conditions of assignment

61. Your employer must supply you with Personal Protective Equipment:
a. If you pay for it
b. If it is in the contract
c. If you need to be protected
d. Twice a year

62. If you drop your safety helmet from height on to a hard surface, you should:
a. Repair any cracks then carry on wearing it
b. Stop work and get a new safety helmet
c. Work without a safety helmet until you can get a new one
d. Make sure there are no cracks then carry on wearing it

63. You need to wear a full-body harness. You have never used one before. What should you do?
a. Read the instruction book
b. Ask for expert advice and training
c. Ask someone already wearing a harness to show you what to do
d. Try to work it out for yourself

64. You have been given a dust mask to protect against hazardous fumes. What should you do?
a. Do the job but work quickly
b. Start work but take a break now and again
c. Wear a second dust mask on top of the first one
d. Do not start work until you have the correct Respiratory Protective Equipment

65. You are starting a job. How will you know if you need any extra Personal Protective Equipment?
a. A letter will be sent to your home
b. By looking at your employer's health and safety policy
c. From the risk assessment or method statement
d. You will just be expected to know

66. If there is a risk of materials flying into your eyes, you should wear:
a. Chemical-resistant goggles
b. Tinted welding goggles
c. Laser safety glasses
d. Impact-resistant goggles

67. Who should provide you with any Personal Protective Equipment you need?
a. Your employer
b. You must buy your own
c. Anyone on site with a budget
d. No one has a duty to provide it
68. The amendment to the MLC have been adopted by the ILO in 2014 for the abandonment of seaferer’s and financial security and
compensation to you and your family in the unfortunate case of your death or long term disability. The amendments came into force in
a. January 2017 b. February 2017 c. March 2017 d. April 2017

69. In load line, 1966 as amended Annex 1 is divided into how many CHAPTERS.
a. 3 chapters b. 4 chapters c. 5 chapters d. 6 Chapters

70. How many Articles on load lines convention, 1966 as amended

a. 31 b. 32 c. 33 d. 34

71. In load line , 1966 Articles 32 it pertains.

a. Territories b. Suspension c. denunciation d. Amendments

72. What is the purpose of the periodical inspection in connection with the Loadline Certificate?
a. To ensure compliance with SOLAS 74
b. To ensure that the vessel is not overloading
c. To ensure compliance with STCW 78 as amended
d. To ensure that the vessel still complies with the conditions of assignment