COMPUTERS

196. Your vessel has shown a significant increase of fuel oil, which had been,
recently dry docked. Frame a report in the format of an email addressing
Engineer Superintendent with the related inspections made, findings
established and suggestions for repair if any.

197. Aft structure of a vessel is experiencing certain vibration. From the available
shipboard application programme and analyzing through spectrum analysis
forward your findings in a report from to shore office for ascertaining
immediate action.

198. You are to present the Voyage Performance Report in a high level meeting at
companies headquarter. Suggest the various tools in PowerPoint you will
employ, type of format for presenting text and diagrams you will prefer and
how best you can assimilate a presentation, which will convoy the messages
and inferences with best result within a fixed time of tight schedule.

199. On a ship where are employed as Chief Engineer, the vessel has UMS system
for controlling engine room and a central scanning and data logging system
for monitoring. Explain the special attention you will pay to the specific data
and formulate a chart for condition monitoring. Highlights the tools in
computer application you will use for making graphical representation,
salient points and trend analysis.

200. You are required to send a Voyage abstract to the heat office containing all
salient data as per regulatory feature. For making the spreadsheet, underline
the specific computer application tools you will use and formulate a format
for the abstract, which will show the salient data within available format of
software to the best advantage. Use realistic data.

201. What are the .component parts of a data logger of the type found in the
engine room of motor ships? What are their purposes? Enlist and explain the
different activities / purposes where computers are used in conjunction with
diesel machinery on ships.

202. "Document File" is a vital tool required during survey. Briefly explain its
purpose, containment and support documentation. What is the process of
identifying a survey in the "Document File".

MANAGEMENT

203. What planning means for a Chief Engineer being the technical head board
 ships and how he can determine in advance of a personnel programme that
will contribute to goals established for the vessel?

204. State definition of organizing and its key components. As a Chief Engineer
on board perceive how this issue can be best addressed for effective crew
and engine room management?

205. Establish relationship between power and control. Underline the various
potential barriers that must be overcome for successful implementation of
crew management on board ships?

206. As a team leader and resource manager identify the issues that could be
addressed for maximum utilization of potential of technical personnel on
board ships. Examine the development in compensation and benefit practices
and trends followed thereof?

207. Discuss the effects of legislation, professional standards and union

environment on day to day operation of human resource function on board
ships during a voyage and how they can be best countered under the
situation?

208. As a Chief Engineer how do you perceive an error committed by an engine

room staff? While classifying an error common onboard ships state a
modality to prevent such occurrence?

209. Classify the common type of technical and humane crisis situation prevalent
on board ships? In each case as a Chief Engineer how do you propose to
plan, manage and handle such situations arising on board?

210. What Is perception and perceived behavior? As a Chief Engineer on board

how do you foresee such issues can be critical area in man management?

211. Socio - Cultural differences have been an accepted fact in major merchant
ship vessels around the globe. Explain how such differences generate inter
personal conflict and affect management. How they can be resolved on
board?

212. Perceived threat is a critical issue in al Management. Underline how this

issue can affect the day to day functioning of Engine Room ship and also
instability arising out of it. How the situation may be countered?

213. As Chief Engineer on board stress the issue you will address for lack of
motivation, differences in attitude and to increase sense of competitiveness
 for better management and effective control? Also formulate a flow chart for
a work programme to be availed within a target date from a group of Engine
Room Personnel of above mentioned mixed thought processes.

214. Continued physical and psychological stress is a common phenomenon on

board ships. State the salient indicative changes in crew behavior criteria's to
identify such problems and formulate a strategy to best encounter such a
situation at sea.

215. Explore the methods by which the behaviour of members of Engine Room
are constrained and influenced? How such problems can be best addressed
on board ships?

216. What are the primary strategies for coping with stress affected personnel?
How these elements can be best implemented in ships personnel motivating
them for better team work?

217. State the elements of strategies needed for improving performance from a
team of Engine Room Personnel looked upon as an ? Underline the steps
taken to reduce mutual conflict and clarify their role/ responsibility?

218. Define communication and its importance? How it can be the root of all
personnel problems arising onboard ships?

219. State the types of communication envisaged on board? How it can be the
root of all personnel problems arising onboard ships?

220. With the advent of information technology there had been a revolution in
communication between ship to shore personnel. Discuss its types, barriers,
problems arising thereof and ways of improving such issues?

221. Underline the general procedures followed for flow of information among
ships personnel. Considering you being the Chief Engineer on a ship having
multinational crew how the process of effective information to the team can
be approached by you and also how a certain instruction received by you
from shore office for engine management can be best utilized?

Why is feedback so important to communication? Considering a common

example of an incident onboard ships list some guidelines for the effective
use of feedback?

222. Briefly summarize the four self’s in the Johari Window. What Implications
does each have for interpersonal conflict onboard?
223. What are the various kinds of conflict? Explain any one of them experienced
onboard ships and means to prevent the same?

224. Describe the elements in management to counter sources of conflicts in an ?

Considering such conflict has arisen on a ship due to cultural and social
diversity.

225. Considering Engine Room operation as a vital system onboard, discuss the
influence of human factor in the same? What will be the common
characteristics of such a system. Explain with example prevalent on board?

226. What is understood by an open and a closed system? For effective

maintenance of ships machineries and fruitful teamwork which system you
will prefer and why?

227. "Mechanistic approach to personnel as opposed to Scientific Movement is an

evolution from industrial revaluation", which is true for the systems existing
onboard ships. Establish with example.

228. A successful voyage for a Chief Engineer is a combination of trouble free run
of machineries optimum use of fuel, minimum interpersonal conflicts and
less intervention from shore authorities. Considering the ship as on how this
can be best achieved?

Part A: RECORD MAKING

229. Describe the objective for maintaining records onboard. What are its
categories? Enlist the record keeping items under each categories
substantiating with reasons. Give an example by which the records generated
by the shipboard maintenance activities may also be seen as a database from
which valuable management information can be retrieved.

230. With reference of record keeping onboard, discuss (i) the necessity of proper
filing (ii) efficient control of follow up and verification activities (iii)
accident investigation.

231. How do distinguish between necessary and unnecessary records on ship?

How the control of record keeping maintained onboard? How the old and
unnecessary records are identified and dealt with?

232. State the importance of maintaining Log Book records during a watch and
vessel's stay in port. Elucidate the procedures involved relating entries made
for the data's during watching-keeping. Which data records concerned with
 main engine you find most important and why?

233. An accident with a ship relates with a grounding while approaching a port.
On an inspection made by a team of surveyors, you are to submit the relevant
Log book records for formulating an opinion regarding cause of grounding.
Taking figures from real life situations present a case study to underline that
machineries were functioning satisfactory.

PART B: SHIPS RECORDS

234. Name various statutory certificates and documents to be carried on board by

all ships giving a reference to the conventions. Apart from these what extra
number of statutory certificates are carried in vessel carrying:

a) Dangerous goods b) Chemical Tankers c) Gas Tankers

state them with their related conventions are justify for their requirement.

235. Differentiate between official log book, supplementary official logs and deck
and engine room logs. Highlight their salient-features and differences. Also
enlist the number of documents which is handed over by chief Engineer
during signing off a vessel.

PART A: CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

236. Highlight the role of classification societies in providing set of standards for
sound merchant ship construction. Also state the importance of International
Association of Classification Societies and how they contribute in improving
standards of hull and machineries.

237. Certain area of inspection of ships is the responsibility of the Government of

the country. State and justify the concerned fields. In recent years
Classification Societies have been entrusted with some of the statutory
surveys as well. Name and explain with reasons.

238. What are the Date of Expiry of the various statutory Certificates carried on
board on all ships. List them giving their reference of Conventions. If a
period of a statutory certificate has just expired of your joining a vessel in a
port having inadequate survey facility, state the actions you will take to
revalidate.

239. A vessel having continued and repeated crosshead bearing population engine
was allowed to reach the one leg of its voyage with the condition of class. As
 a Chief Engineer describe the action you will initiate for successful return leg
journey.

240. Briefly explain on the statutory service undertaken by a classification body

on behalf of Administration together with its responsibilities and its
obligations in the area of client confidentiality. Illustrate with a case study.

241. Underline the validity of the following statement:

i. Classification body as survey societies

ii. Classification society as neutral third party

iii. Classification society as "Recognized "

iv. Classification society and duty of confidentiality.

242. Emphasis the validity of the statement that "Classification societies are
Recognized Institutions (RO). In your view if the statement carries some
limitation highlight them with reasons. List the statutory service undertaken
by a classification body on behalf of Administration.

243. As a Chief Engineer on a fully loaded ship you are stranded in an island near
UK coast having no survey facility where the forepeak of the vessel is
severely damaged. Explain your reciprocator actions with reasons and the
procedures to be adopted for making a safe return voyage to India.

244. What is meant by FSQC? How this is maintained by classification bodies?

Explain the area of related services as offered by classification bodies in case
of (i) Towing voyage inspection (ii) Equipment approval

245. What are the principal functions conducted by a classification body towards
survey / management of high speed crafts? In which way these surveys differ
from conventional ship surveys?

246. Apart from statutory surveys, what all other surveys can be undertaken by a
classification body for a ship? What are the limitations for the society in
these cases? Enlist them and emphasis how these cases are taken care of.

247. Differentiate between statutory classification and regulatory service. List

under these categories the surveys which are to be conducted (i) every six
months (ii) every year (iii) every thirty months (iv) every four years & (v)
every five years.