Name Rank Assigned Vessel

CDC Date

Pre-Joining Orientation Questions Set-A

1) What is a mooring line used for?

2) What do you understand by the term “let go “when applied to mooring and unmooring.

3) What is the objective of Merchant navy?

4) What is meant by the term “single up” when a vessel is preparing to leave the jetty?

5) How do you understand by the term “take the helm”?

6) What is a ship’s gangway?

7) What is the day time signal to be shown when the vessel is at anchor?

8) Which bridge instrument would measure the under-keel clearance?

9) When acting as helmsman, what should be the method of responding to an order?

10) How much can the concentration of Oxygen in air decrease before it is dangerous to stay
in atmosphere without BA?

11) A floating life raft is capable of withstanding repeated jumps on to it from a height of at
least () meter?

12) The basic components of the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) are......

13) What is the meaning of the term “SWL” as stamped on lifting gear and appliances refer
to......
14) How many hands held distress flares are carried in each life raft with SOLAS-B pack?

15) The cargo manifold working platform surface should be made of:

16) How long should bunker fuel samples be kept on board and available for inspection?

17) What method shall be used when hauling survivors out of the sea? (State of survivor is
critical)

18) How much food per person is supplied on a life raft marked SOLAS B pack?

19) A lifejacket is so constructed that a person can correctly don it within a period of without
external help or assistance......

20) An immersion suit is so constructed that a person can correctly don it within a period of
without external help or assistance......

Htet Lynn (BSc Hons Nautical Science/ MMU 4th Batch)

Fuyo Training Officer