Question bank for “Sail your Vessel “event

ROUND 1

1) Under normal conditions, while your vessel is about to leave

a port, the sea water suction is from ______.
(a)Low Sea Chest
(b)High Sea Chest
(c)Aft peak tank
(d)Fore peak tank
Ans:High sea chest

2) Immediately after completion of overhaul of main engine, the

first thing that should be done is,
(a)turned using turning gear with lube oil ON
(b)turned with starting air
(c)preheated using jacket water
(d)blown through
Ans:preheated using jacket water

3) You have received a new bunker oil,and you need to fill up

your service tank using this bunker oil.The bunker oil
received has less density than previous bunker.What be
your next response with respect to purifying this oil?
(a)gravity disc of larger inner diameter to be used
(b)gravity disc of larger outer diameter to be used
(c)gravity disc of smaller inner diameter to be used
(d)gravity disc of smaller outer diameter to be used
Ans: gravity disc of larger inner diameter to be used
Inner diameter is changed, reamin same
4) What should be the status of auxiliary blower ,when the main
engine is kept ‘On-Standby’
(a)Manual, ON
(b)Manual, OFF
(c)Auto
(d)None of the above
Ans: Auto

5) The air bottle has recently filled up main air compressor.

What would be your first step inorder to ensure a safe
starting operation of the main engine?
(a)Give a long air kick
(b)blow through the engine for a long time
(c)open the drain cock of air bottle to remove moisture/oil
(d)engine should be turned using turning gear
Ans: (c)open the drain cock of air bottle to remove
moisture/oil

6) What should be the most efficient method to remove the

water in order to ensure that there is no water present in the
fuel oil line to the engine.
(a)maintain the fuel oil service tank tank at a higher temp
(b)drain the fuel oil service tank at regular intervals
(c)test the fuel oil for its water content at regular intervals
(d)purifier should be operated with proper settings
Ans: (d)purifier should be operated with proper settings

7) What is the purpose of blowing through of engine

(a) To decrease the risk of corrosion by removing moisture
from combustion chamber
 (b) To identify for any water ingress/collection in the
combustion chamber
(c) To pre-heat the engine before circulating jacket water
(d) To remove carbon deposits from the piston crown
Ans: (b) To identify for any water ingress/collection in the
combustion chamber

8) What care should be taken in order to operate FWG when

the vessel is near to land? (ans.no care required, just avoid
operating the same)
(a) salinometer should be adjusted to a lower value
(b) salinometer should be adjusted to a higher value
(c) vacuum inside the pressure FWG should be increased
(d) The water generated, should be only used for boiler
operation.
Ans: (d) The water generated, should be only used for boiler
operation.

9) When paralleling an AC generator with a live busbar ,Which

of the following is applicable?
(a)The frequency of incoming generator should be equal to
the bus bar frequency
(b)The frequency of incoming generator should be slightly
higher than busbar frequency
(c)The frequency of incoming generator should be slightly
lower than the bus bar frequency
(d)None of the above
Ans: The frequency of incoming generator should be slightly
higher than busbar frequency
10) Lube oil level in the main engine lube oil drain sump
has increased. What can be concluded?
(a) oil is contaminated with fuel oil
(b) oil is contaminated with water
(c) oil is contaminated with cylinder lube oil
(d) oil has expanded due to temperature rise
Ans: (b) oil is contaminated with water

11) As per regulations, within how many hours before

departure,satisfactory working of the steering gear must be
checked?
(a)6
(b)12
(c)18
(d)24
Ans: 12

12) Which standards govern the specifications for supply of

residual marine fuels and distillate marine fuels onboard
merchant ships?
(a)ISO 3012
(b)ISO 3648
(c)ISO 8216
(d)ISO 8217
Ans: (d) ISO 8217
 ROUND 2

13) What are the interlocks to be checked before starting

the main engine?
ANS:-
a) Telegraph interlock
b) Turning gear interlock
c) Auxiliary blower interlock
d) Pressure, temperature interlock

14) While the main engine is OFF and the jacket water inlet
temperature is continuously falling.It was found that the
jacket water heater developed some fault and soon you may
get a notice to prepare the engine,what would be your next
operation?
ANS:-
Jacket water from the auxiliary engine or generator to be
used to warm up the main engine

15) What should be done if the boiler is not started after 2

consecutive fires?
ANS:- The boiler should restart immediately. It should be
inspected for the faults.
- Reasons for not firing the auxiliary boiler and then the fault
must be rectified.
- Then the unburnt fuel must be removed from the
 combustion chamber and the boiler must be vented.
- Then firing sequence can be started again.

16) What will be the actions you will take if the turbocharger
surging happens on your watch?
ANS:-
- Reduce the rpm of the engine with consent from the bridge
- Reduce the load on engine (if possible)
- Check whether scavenge fire has taken place or not
- If scavenge fire has happened take the appropriate actions
to deal with the same

17) During your watch,you noted that the scavenge air

temperature for a unit has been raised to an alarming level
with an increase in cooling water temperature at ,but the
engine did not slow down. What may be the problem and
what actions will you take provided the ship is passing
through a usy sea route?
ANS:-
It may be scavenge fire
- confirm it is scavenge fire
- Inform the bridge
- Reduce the speed of engine
- Increase lube oil feed rate of affected cylinder
- maintain the cooling water and oil flow
- cut off the fuel to affected cylinder
- drains and relief valve to be shut
- prepare fire fighting equipment to tackle the fire,if fire
propagates
18) While performing enclosed space entry in Fuel oil
tank/peak tank ,your mate went inside an enclosed space.
Suddenly a sound of something falling comes from inside,
followed by loss of contact. What actions will you take?
ANS:-
1) Inform all by engaging general alarm.
2) Rescue team must be called along with the backup team.
3) One/two person(s) with proper protective equipment, life
lines, respirators, SCBA and communication should enter
the space to rescue the person
4) Personnel should be allocated to relieve or backup the
rescue team.
5) After finishing the work and when the person is out of the
enclosed space, the after-work checklist has to be filled.

19) Mention the safety devices ,alarms and trips of main air
compressor & air bottle onboard ships
Ans:-
Safety Devices
- Relief Valve
- Bursting disc
- Fusible plug
Alarms and trips
- Low lube pressure alarm and trip
- High cooling water alarm
- Cooling water no-flow trip
- Motor overload trip
- Low pressure alarm
20) While on watch,you noticed that Fuel oil purifier is
overflowing i.e. fuel oil is coming out of the water outlet pipe.
What may be the causes?
Ans:-
- Wrong gravity disk
- FO inlet temp is low
- Sealing water is not available

21) While the ship was underway in open waters under

normal conditions,suddenly the Main engine got tripped.
Enlist the actions to be taken immediately after the event.
Ans:-
- Communicate with the bridge and take back the
controls back to the engine room remote control.
- Locate the cause of trip, rectify the fault
- If the engine fails to start with the engine room remote
control, change over to local controls.
- Try to start the main engine from local control station