MARITIME ENGLISH SEMINAR

Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 4

1. With approaching heavy weather, what precautions must be taken with

lifeboats?
• Place onboard additional provisions and rig the painters.
• Check and tighten all lashings.
• Remove all covers and secure the plug.
• Lower boats to embarkation deck level and secure.

2. In preparing for a long passage, what must be done with all the mooring ropes?
• Move to the accommodation and secure in the central stores.
• Store on open deck in sheltered place.
• Remove from working areas, store and secure in lockers.
• Secure in place on bow and poop deck.

3. Where is the best place onboard to rig a pilot ladder?

• On deck and as close to midships as possible.
• From the boat deck.
• Near the bow.
• Near the stern.

4. Dangerously protruding objects should be highlighted by which of the following

colour combinations?
• Red and white.
• Yellow and black.
• Orange and white.
• Blue and green.
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5. What is the primary function of the ship's windlass?

• Securing the ship to a tug using the chain.
• Heaving the anchor cable.
• As an additional winch when required.
• Mooring the ship.

6. How do you secure a fibre rope to bitts?

• By a combination of round turns and figure of eights.
• By a bowline knot.
• By round turns.
• By a figure eight.

7. Yellow and black stripes are the colours for _____

• hatches.
• deck machinery starting levers.
• dangerously protruding objects.
• lifting blocks.

8. Access doors on deck cranes have to be _____

• fitted with special security locks.
• made of a special light alloy.
• fitted with a quick opening mechanism.
• weathertight.

9. What should you use to tighten a bottlescrew?

• A pair of large pliers.
• A Phillips screwdriver.
• A marlin spike.
• A shifting spanner.

10. What are flexible steel wires ropes used for?

• Cargo runners.
• Bulwark fencing.
• Shrouds.
• Stays.
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 5

1. In addition to bow and stern lines, what other lines are used when mooring?
• Midship lines.
• Towing springs.
• Gantlines.
• Back springs.

2. Which of the following is NOT true of watertight doors?

• The oil in the system may have to be topped up from time to time.
• The bottom of the doors should be kept clear of obstruction.
• Any leaks in the hydraulic system should be repaired promptly.
• Doors should be tested for operation every day.

3. In securing nylon or polyproplene ropes, what must you do?

• Secure in the same manner as fibre ropes.
• Make two round turns on the nearest bitt before making figure of eights.
• Leave the stoppers secured to the mooring ropes.
• Lash the top turns after securing.

4. In relation to weather and sea state, what must a vessel provide when embarking
a pilot?
• That the pilot ladder is rigged on the weather side.
• That the vessel is head on to sea.
• That the anchor is ready to let go.
• That the pilot ladder is rigged on the leeside.

5. What is a short splice used for?

• For passing through a sheave.
• To prevent the end of a rope passing through a sheave.
• To make a fixed loop in a rope.
• To make a continuous rope from two ropes.
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6. Once the ship is tied up, what must be put on all mooring lines?
• Warning notices.
• Extra lashings.
• Self tension winches.
• Rat guards.

7. What are non-flexible steel wire ropes used for?

• Crane hoist wires.
• Lifeboat falls.
• Stays and shrouds.
• Winch runners.

8. When preparing an anchor, what will the bosun do before the vessel arrives at
an anchorage?
• Put power to the windlass and walk the anchor back to just above the water.
• Hoist the anchoring ball.
• Take the windlass out of gear and hold the anchor on the brake.
• Remove the wire lashings and the cement covers to the chain lockers.

9. How many shackles of cable is indicated here?

• 4 shackles.
• 1 shackle.
• 3 shackles.
• 2 shackles.

10. When boarding a pilot at night, what else must the vessel provide ?
• A searchlight or cluster light rigged in such a manner to clearly illuminate the ship
side and pilot ladder.
• A flare or intermittent flashing light.
• A strong flashlight with beam directed on the pilot ladder.
• All of the other options
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 6

1. When making a towing spring what must you ensure?

• That both wire and rope each have thimbles.
• That neither the wire or rope have thimbles.
• That the eye splice in the synthetic rope has a thimble.
• That the eye splice in the wire has a thimble.

2. You are at stations forward for weighing anchor. How can you tell when the
anchor is aweigh?
• When the anchor is clear of the water.
• When the cable is leading under the bow.
• When the cable is leading ahead.
• When the cable is up and down.

(HINT: Ship anchor heaving up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBqF7cv7ik )

3. How should a pilot ladder 'hang' on the ship's side?

• Flat against ship's side and down just below the waterline.
• Flat against ship's side and down to the water's edge.
• At an angle of about 45 degrees towards the stern.
• Flat against ship's side with lower end of sufficient height above water to
allow easy access.

4. What are 'man ropes' used for?

• As a handle on a gangway or accommodation ladder.
• For hauling things aloft.
• As grablines on a lifeboat.
• As guy wires.

5. What causes static electricity?

• Electricity that comes from a battery.
• Electricity that is caused by friction.
• Electricity that is connected to a power supply.
• Electricity that comes from lightning.
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6. Why is it necessary to whip strand ends of spliced ropes?

• For neatness.
• For convenience.
• To prevent the strands from unraveling.
• To increase the safe working load of the rope.

7. What is the minimum rest period needed to maintain health and avoid fatigue?
• Not less than six hours in any 24 hour period.
• Not less than twelve (12) hours a day.
• Not less than ten hours in any 24 hour period.
• Not less than 4 hours a day but not every day of the week.

8. What is the draft aft?

• 8.4m
• 7.4m
• 7.5m
• 8.5m
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9. Having just anchored, the vessel is now brought up. How should you secure the
anchor?
• With the brake on the winch.
• With the brake on the winch and put the motor in gear.
• With the use of securing wires and the brake.
• With the cable stopper backed up by the brake.

10. What is the forward draft?

• 7 metres 50 centimetres.
• 7 metres 85 centimetres.
• 7 metres 90 centimetres.
• 8 metres 50 centimetres.
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 7

1. When should the atmosphere of an enclosed space be tested?
• Whenever someone feels dizzy.
• Before and during entry.
• Every hour.
• Before ventilation.

2. What is a stay used for?

• For securing canvas awnings.
• To attach to a mooring rope for throwing ashore.
• As a preventer.
• To support a mast or samson post.

3. When storing ropes for a sea passage, what must you ensure?
• All of these.
• That the storage space is dry and well ventilated.
• That they are stored away from hot pipes.
• That they are coiled clockwise on duckboards.

4. What is a back splice used for?

• For joining wire and fibre ropes.
• To interlace two ropes.
• To form a loop in the end of a rope.
• To prevent end strands from un-laying.

5. The Safe Working Load should be marked on which of the following?

• Lifting gear.
• Lifeboat davits.
• Deck machinery.
• Windlasses.

6. What is special about a snatch block?

• It is lightweight and can easily be rigged aloft.
• It has a hinged cheek to allow placing a fall or runner without reeving.
• It is used with fibre or synthetic ropes only.
• It is used only with lifeboats.
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7. What is the forward draft?

• 8 metres 4 centimetres.
• 7 metres 40 centimetres.
• 7 metres 4 centimetres.
• 4 metres.

8. How can a ship dispose of plastic at sea?

• Anywhere outside the 3 mile limit.
• Outside 25 miles offshore.
• Outside special areas.
• Disposal of plastic is not allowed anywhere at sea.

9. How would you send tools down a hold or tank?

• Throw down one-by-one.
• Put them in your pockets.
• Lowered in a bag or bucket.
• Hand-carried.

10. What is 'toxicity'?

• The amount of poisonous substances in a material.
• The amount of acid in a material.
• The amount of cancer causing substances in a material.
• The amount of radioactive substances in a material.
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 8

1. What is 'flashpoint'?
• The lowest temperature required to form a flammable mixture.
• The highest temperature required to form a flammable mixture.
• The temperature a flammable mixture will ignite on its own.
• The temperature a liquid will start giving off vapour.

2. How is a draught of 7.5 meters read from a draft mark?

• Midway between 7.4 and 7.6.
• At the bottom of 7.4.
• At the top of 7.4.
• At the bottom of 7.6.

3. When the inboard end of a gangway is resting on the bulwark, what else must
be provided?
• Stanchions.
• A bulwark ladder properly secured and fenced.
• A life buoy with self igniting light.
• A large wooden crate pushed against the bulwark.

4. What are derricks mainly used for?

• Lowering the lifeboats.
• Loading and unloading cargo.
• Mooring, anchoring and berthing.
• Opening and closing hatches.

5. When tightening a nut, what tool is it best to use?

• A stilson or pipe grip.
• The correct size ring spanner.
• An adjustable wrench.
• The correct size open spanner.
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6. How do you open a coil of rope?

• By taking the middle of the rope and flaking it out along the maindeck.
• By taking rope from inside the coil and recoiling it anti-clockwise.
• By taking rope from outside of the coil and recoiling it clockwise.
• By leaving it as it is until ready for use

7. What spaces on board a tanker must be declared safe before entry?

• Engine room.
• Pump rooms.
• Cargo control rooms.
• Steering gear flat.

8. What is the advantage of a chain block?

• It can be rigged practically anywhere.
• It can only turn in one direction.
• It is more powerful than a regular purchase.
• Its low gearing can easily lift a heavy weight.

9. What is a 'flammable mixture'?

• A mixture of vapour and oil in an inerted tank.
• A mixture that has large amounts of vapour but not enough oxygen molecules.
• Any mixture that can ignite on its own.
• A mixture that has vapour and oxygen from the air in sufficient quantities to
ignite.

10. When would you use a fid?

• When splicing a mooring line
• When securing hatch covers
• When chipping paint on deck
• When mixing paint
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 9

1. How are double bottom ballast tanks filled?
• They are gravitated in, then topped up with the ballast pump.
• They are gravitated in.
• They are pumped in.
• They are filled by a shore line

2. What is a jumbo derrick used for?

• For lifting cargo quickly.
• For lifting extra heavy weights.
• As an extra cargo derrick.
• For lifting the anchor in an emergency.

3. What is a runner used for?

• For hoisting or lowering cargo on a derrick.
• For moving the boom higher or lower.
• For carrying flag or signal halyards.
• To stop a derrick from slewing.

4. Which of these types of rope can be expected to be strongest?

• Nylon.
• Coir.
• Polythene.
• Manila.

5. Which of these is a natural fibre suitable for making ropes?

• Polypropylene
• Steel
• Nylon
• Sisal

6. When would you need to keep a particularly close watch on the gangway
and moorings?
• When there are no discharging operations with large tidal range.
• When there is no cargo work and small tidal range.
• When there are no loading operations with small tidal range.
• When there is no cargo work and the vessel is locked in.
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7. What is a 'rope stopper' used for?

• Securing the back spring.
• Taking the strain of a mooring while moving rope to the bitts.
• Securing a mooring line to bitts.
• Securing the anchor cable.

(HINT: How to use single rope stopper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkk_e-PrLnY)

8. Where is disposal of wooden dunnage allowed?

• Outside 12 miles offshore.
• Only outside special areas.
• It is never allowed.
• Outside 25 miles offshore.
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9. What knot is used to secure a boatswain's chair to a gantline?

• Double sheet bend.
• Reef knot.
• Bowline.
• Clove hitch.
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(HINT: How To Tie The Reef Knot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNwp_Pi33s)

10. What is a wooden fid used for?

• For binding the strands of a rope prior to splicing.
• To open a rope to allow tucking.
• Cutting strand ends.
• Hammering rope to make it more pliable.
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Anchoring, Mooring, Berthing. Test 10

1. What type of stopper should be used to hold a polypropylene mooring

rope?
• Terylene.
• Nylon.
• Polypropylene.
• Manila.

2. What are blocks?

• Equipment used to secure the anchor cable.
• Pieces of wood of varying size.
• A pulley wheel or wheels in a wooden or metal frame.
• Heavy pieces of metal used as weights.

3. In relation to the quayside, where should the outboard end of the gangway
rest?
• In front of the ship's after back spring.
• Right on the edge.
• Clear of cargo working areas and clear of all suspended loads.
• Straight out from the ship's side across crane tracks.

4. A mooring rope breaks close to the eye-splice during cargo operations at

night. What action would you take?
• Inform the stevedores.
• Inform the captain.
• Replace it at once.
• Repair it in the morning.

5. How many strands can a flexible steel wire have?

• 18
• 6
• 12
• 6 or 12 or 18
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6. What action would you take if a defect developed while using any lifting
gear?
• Proceed very carefully.
• Return the equipment and use a replacement.
• Stop and report the defect.
• Report the defect at the end of the working day.

7. What is a sheepshank knot best used for?

• Joining two ropes of equal size _____
• Slinging a barrel or crate.
• Making a loop in the end of a rope.
• Shortening a rope without cutting.

8. What sort of flashlights (or torches) can be used on a tanker?

• Regular tightly sealed flashlights.
• Intrinsically safe flashlights.
• Waterproof flashlights.
• Water-cooled flashlights.

9. What is a reef knot best used for?

• Joining ropes of equal texture and size.
• Making a loop on the end of a rope.
• Shortening a rope without cutting.
• Attaching a bosun's chair to a rope.

10. What is a gantline?

• A rope for mooring a lifeboat.
• A rope attached to a bosun's chair or stage.
• A rope for making a pilot ladder.
• A rope to throw ashore as messenger for a mooring line.