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1. If a compartment is capable of preventing the passage of water in any direction under the head of water during intact
or damaged condition, the compartment is said to be what?
•Weathertight
•With hull integrity
•Watertight
•Seawater sealed

2. Where are panting stringers fitted?

•Around anchor chain lockers
•Forward of the collision bulkhead
•Aft of the collision bulkhead
•Forward tank top

3. Which of the following best describe a spade type rudder?

•A rudder where the centerline of stock and centerline of pintles are not in the same line
•A rudder where the whole area of the blade is aft of the stock
•A rudder where between 20% and 40% of its area is forward of the stock
•A rudder which is unsupported at the bottom but supported by a gudgeon on a large rudder horn and by the lower
end of the stock.

4. Transverse watertight bulkheads serve to separate different types of cargo and to divide tanks and machinery from
cargo spaces. What is another important function of watertight bulkhead?
•Increases the stability of the vessel
•Limits the hogging and sagging condition of the vessel
•Restricts the volume of water which may enter the vessel if the shell plating is damaged
•Reduces the pitching motion of the vessel

5. Which of the following requirements to ships stability for normal operation corresponds to present regulations? (NSCL
4/12.2)
•The ship is loaded in such a manner that adequate stability is achieved in all loading, condition.
• Centre of gravity shall be calculated with an accurancy better than 5 percent.
•Unless othereays stated in the approved stability calculation, the total weight of the deck cargo shall not exeed 50
metric tons
• I waters with the danger of icing, loading of deck cargo must be approved by competent authority.

6. What do you call the weights of the hull, machinery, spare parts and boiler water of a vessel measured in the floating
dock after its construction ?
•Gross tonnage
•Dead weight
•Light displacement
•Net tonnage

7. What structure is consructed in deep tanks for oil fuel or oil cargo in order to avoid damage whenever they have a
free surface?
•Lightening holes
•Heeling tanks
•Anti-sloshing bulkheads
• Transverse plates
8. If a fire breaks out in the cargo hold upper 'tween decks of a ship, what dangerous condition may occur in putting out
the fire using water which has accumulated?
•All cargo in that hold would get damaged.
•The stability of the ship will be reduced due to added mass of water and by free surface effect.
•The water will immediately accumulate at the hold tank top and damage the lower cargo.
•The accumulated water will be difficult to remove.

9. Undercut, slag inclusion, brittle fracture, and porosity are common faults in welded joints. What is the meaning of
'undercut'?
•There is a gap on the finished welding joint.
•Bubbles of air are trapped in the weld.
•It is the incomplete penetration of welding of joint.
•The edge of the plate in way of the weld side is burned away.

10. The shearing stress on a ship's structure are usually greatest at

•the stern
•the ship's quarter-length points
•the bow
•midships

11. What is the shipboard term for the mass required to increase the mean draught of a ship by 1 cm?"
•Tonne per Centimeter immersion
•Kg Per Cu.mtrs immersion
•Cu.mtrs Per Centimeter immersion
•Volume Per Centimeter immersion

12. If the pump capacity exceeds the flooding rate, what must be done first?
•The compartment must be isolated by closing all watertight access including valves in the piping system.
•The pumping shall be continued, and the pump shall be kept in a permanent stand-by mode and ready for use, at
any time.
•Stop the pumping and let the compartment reach partial flooding.
•Keep one watertight access open so that water can either run into or out of the flooded compartment.

13. What is considered as one of the basic objectives of damage control in which an action is undertaken to accomplish
emergency repair as quickly as possible or to rectify after occurence of damage so as to regain a safe margin of stability
and buoyancy?
•Consideration
•Prevention
•Restoration
•Reduction

14. What equipment is needed to hold down steel hatch covers fitted with packing, either manually or hydraulically
operated, to ensure watertightness of the cover?
•Wedges
•Coaming
•Saddles
•Cleats
15. Collision bulkhead is a heavyduty watertight bulkhead in the forepart of the vessel to withstand damage after impact
from collision. From which part to which part of the vessel does this extends?
•From the tank top continuous up to the first stringer
•From the ship's bottom up to the fully loaded forward draught level
•From the ship's bottom to the main deck or upper deck
•From the ship's bottom up to the ballast condition waterline level

16. If the cause of severe list is off-center ballast, counter flooding into empty tanks will
• increase list
• decrease list
• increase the righting moment
• increase the righting arm

17. Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12 deg to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has
a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take first?
•Jettison the anchors and anchor cables
•Pump out water from the forepeak tank
•Press up an and after, slack, centerline double bottom tank
•J

18. If the amount of water ingress or flooding rate exceeds the available pump capacity, what must be done first?
•Stop the pumping out and let the compartment reach solid flooding.
•The compartment must be isolated by closing all watertight access including valves in the piping system.
•Keep one or two watertight access open so that water can either run into or out of the flooded compartment.
•The pumping out shall be continued and nothing else.

19. What is considered as one of the basic objectives of damage control in which an action is undertaken to reduce to
the lowest level and localize the damage by taking measures to control flooding and preserve stability and buoyancy?
•Isolation
•Prevention
•Minimization
•Reduction

20. SOLAS-approved Type C watertight door is to be kept closed all the time. However, it may be opened during which
condition?
•Can be opened only during an emergency
•Can be kept open while personnel are working in the adjacent compartment
•May be left open and to be closed only during emergency
•When personnel are only passing through the door of the compartment

21. Which of the following is not included in the water tight doors to be met during construction as provided in the
"International Load Line Convention"?
•be watertight both sides
•Be constructed in watertight plastic material
•Be constructed in steel
•Gasket be installed at door frames

22. What compartment condition exist when the deck on which the water rest and the bulkheads that surrounds it
remain watertight so that water will neither run into nor out of the flooded compartment as the ship rolls?
•Segregated compartment
•Intact compartment
•Damaged compartment
•Rigid compartment
23. In still water bending, if the weight amidships exceeds the buoyancy, it is equivalent to a beam supported at its end
and loaded at the center. What happens to the ship at this condition?
•The ship will hog.
•The bottom shell plating will be in compression.
•The deck plating will be in tension.
•The ship will sag.

24. What is the real danger of progressive flooding due to ruptured seawater line in an enclosed compartment?
•Ship staff will not be able to access the compartment unless the leakage is isolated.
•In time, the pressure within the compartment will gradually get high and cause previously undamaged bulkheads to
collapse.
•The ship will be in sagging condition and eventually break.
• This condition will cause an immediate sinking of the vessel.

25. As per SOLAS Chapter 11-1, what is the regulation with regards to power-operated watertight doors?
•All the power-operated watertight doors must be capable of closing simultaneously from bridge in not more than 25
seconds when the ship is in upright condition.
•Local control opening and closing can also be done using permanently installed chain gears.
•Power-operated sliding doors should be provided with a local audible alarm similar to a ship's general alarm.
•Watertight doors can be operated either locally or remotely from the bridge.

26. What is considered as one of the basic objectives of damage control in which all practical preliminary measures are
taken, such as, maintaining watertight integrity, providing reserve buoyancy and stability before damage occurs?
•Preservation
•Minimization
•Restoration
•Prevention

27. What is the term for 'the mass of the ship which is equal to the mass of the volume of water displaced by the ship
when it is floating freely at rest'?
•Deadweight of the ship
•Weight of cargo of the ship
•Buoyancy of the ship
•Displacement of the ship

28. How is the watertight integrity of a bulkhead maintained when an electric cable pipe passes through
it?
•By ensuring a properly welded cable pipe on both sides of the bulkhead plate
•By fitting a watertight cable gland with neoprene packing
•By fitting rubber sheet between the cable pipe and bulkhead hole to absorb vibrations
•By cementing the gap between the pipe and the bulkhead plate

29. What result can be calculated by periodical checking of the soundings of the damaged, compartments and
comparing it with draft readings?
•Water ingress and flooding rate
•Sagging rate of the vessel
•Hogging rate of the vessel
• Trim of the vessel
30. In still water bending, if the ship's buoyancy amidships exceeds the weight, this may be likened to a beam supported
at the center and loaded at the ends. What happens to the ship at this condition?
•The ship will hog.
•The ship will sag.
•The deck plating will be in compression.
•The bottom shell plating will be in tension.

31. What happens when an unisolated saltwater line leading through a secured compartment has been ruptured and
has caused the space to become completely flooded without direct access to the sea?
•Instant flooding
•Controlled flooding
•Progressive flooding
•Unknown flooding

32. What type of watertight door moves in a horizontal or vertical motion parallel to the plane of the door?
•Sliding type
•Type A
•Hinge type
•Dog lever closing type

33. When a vessel has a positive stability, the distance between the line of force through B and the line of force through
G is called the
•righting arm
•metacentric radius
•righting moment
•metacentric height

34. The local stress that is cause by the head resistance due to the work of the bow Din and outo in a seaway is called
•Panting
•Deck cargoes
• Engine propulsion
•Pounding

35. transversestability calculationsrequires the use of

•hog or sag calculations or tables
•hydrostatic curves
•cross sectional views of the vessel
•general arrangement plans

36. Visual inspection, dye penetrant test, ultrasonic testing and magnetic particle testing are what type of checks on
welds and metal components?
• Tensile test
•Non-destructive test
•Destructive test
•Impact test

37. What is the ship structure that provides a form of protection in the event of damage to the bottom shell, not
intended for cargo, but may be used for the carriage of oil, fuel, fresh water, and water ballast?
•Tank top
•Watertight compartment
•Top side tank
•Double bottom
38. If a ship displaces 12,240 cu.mtrs of sea water at a particular draught, what is the corresponding displacement value
of the ship?
•13,000 MT
•10,546 MT
•12,546 MT
•12,240 MT

39. When is a rudder said to be unbalanced?

•When the centerline of stock and centerline of pintles are not in the same line
•When between 20% and 40% of the rudder blade area is forward of the stock
•When the rudder is unsupported at the bottom but supported by a gudgeon on a large rudder horn
•When the whole of the rudder blade area is aft of the stock

40. What is the ship structure installed around the main engine lube oil sump tank, separating it with other double
bottom tanks, mainly for access for engineers in doing inspection of holding down bolts and chalks of main engine?
•Drain tank
• Tank side bracket
•Cofferdam
•Side frames

41. Bilge keels reduce a ship's tendency to roll. Where are bilge keels fitted?
•Above the line of the bottom shell protruding the breadth of the ship
•Just before the vertical bottom of the ship's hull
•Just after the transition radius of the bottom shell of the ship's hull
•Above the line of the bottom shell and within the breadth of the ship

42. Buoyancy is a measure of the ship's

•ability to float
•deadweight
•freeboard
•midship strength

43. In order toimprove stability, which of the following should be done?

•Load cargo on deck
•Consume fuel from a full tank
•Close the watertight doors
•Fill in ballast

44. Your vessel has run aground and is touching bottom for the first one - quarter of its length.What is the least desirable
method from the standpoint of stability to decrease the bottom pressure?
•Discharge forward deck cargo
•Shift deck cargo aft
•Flood an after double bottom tank
•Pump out water from the fore peak tank

45. What is the maritime term for the size and strength of structural elements, the dimensions of the ship frames,
girders, stiffeners and plates?
•Tonnage rules
•Scantlings
•Ship strength
•Shipbuilding structural design
46. What is the term for 'the upthrust exerted by the water on the ship'?
•Buoyancy.
•Displacement
• Ton per centimeter immersion
•Deadweight

47. For what purpose are anchor cable stoppers?

• To adjust the anchor chain link position to the compression bar if there is clearance between them
•To stop the anchor chain while in the process of lowering or heaving the anchor
•To be used as an emergency stopping device if the windlass brake fails
•To lock and secure the anchor chain in any position to relieve the load from the windlass

48. Intact buoyancy is a term used to described

•an intact space below the surface of a flooded area
•the space at which all the vertical upward forces of buoyancy are considered to be concentrated
•an intact space which can be flooded without causing a ship tosink
•the volume of all intact spaces above the water line

49. Which would not provide extra buoyancy for a vessel with no sheer?
•lighter draft
•Raise poop
•Higher bullwark
•Raise forecastle

50. When a mass of cargo is added, removed, or moved longitudinally, the ship's trim changes. At what point on the
waterplane or axis about which the trim changes?
•Center of gravity
•Center of displacement
•Center of floatation
•Amidships
51. What term indicates a curvature of the decks in a longitudinaldirection?.
•Flare
•Deadrise
•Camber
•Sheer

52. What should be observed concerning a ship's watertight integrity?

• The aft door locked
•All emergency exit doors locked and secured
•That all vessel's watertight ramps and doors are locked and secured at sea
•The ramp in stowed position

53. Hatch corners should either be radiused or elliptical. Why is this so?
• To ensure bulk cargo are well protected
• To avoid section discontinuity
• To avoid torsion of hatch coamings
• To reduce material stresses

54. The principal action in changing from transit to survival draft in the event of heavy weather threatens is
•disconnecting
•ballasting
•deballasting
•hanging
55. Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads in a vessel of less than 100 gross tons must
•Be provided with no-packed slip joints for expansion to permit passage of piping of electric cable
•Incorporate approved sluice valves
•Only be placed in transverse watertight bulk heads that extend to the bulkwarkdeck,
•Be kept as high and as far inboard as practicable

56. Your vessel is damaged with no list,but down by the stern. There is progressive flooding and trim by the stern is
increasing. What is the effect on transverse stability after the deck edge at the stern is submerged?
•KG increase due toto the weight of the added water on deck
•KB increases, increasing BM and therfore GM
• There is no effect on transverse stability
•BM decreases from loss of water plane and greater volume

57. What is the ship structure that extends from the engine room to the forward hold which allows pipings to be
installed beneath the hold for them to be inspected and repaired at anytime?
•Duct keel
•Tank top
•Longitudinal girders
•Double bottom

58. Which ship has the greatest free surface effect such that the storage of cargo has to be accurately planned?
•Ro-ro/passenger vessel
•Oil tanker
•Capesize bulk carrier
•LNG carrier

59. When a ship meets heavy weather and commences heaving and pitching, what is known as the tremendous
slamming effect when the fore end re-enters the water?
•Pounding
•Panting
•Wave bending
•Racking

60. In ship construction, which strength members act to support the decks ?
•Girders
•Longitudinal
•Bulkhead
•Pillars

61. Why is a bulbous bow fitted at the forward of a ship?

•It reduces the rolling motion of the ship.
•It increases the hull wave-making resistance of a ship.
•It reduces drag and thus increases the ship's speed.
•It increases the ship's efficiency at lower speed range,

62. When is a rudder said to be balanced?

•When between 20% and 40% of rudder blade area is forward of the stock
•When the rudder is unsupported at the bottom but supported by a gudgeon on a large rudder horn
•When the centerline of stock and centerline of pintles are not in the same line
•When the whole of the rudder blade area is aft of the stock
63. What is the important purpose of solid plates known as bulwarks?
•Prevent personnel from falling or being washed overboard
•Provide added transverse strength to the web frames
•Prevent waves from direct deck exposure and splashing
•Provide added longitudinal strength to the shell plating,

64. If a ship will be ballasted to float at draughts of 6.0 M forward and 5.5 M aft, what would be the resulting condition
of the ship?
•Trim by the stern or aft condition
•Hogging trim condition
•Sagging trim condition
•Trim by the head or bow condition

65. The center of volume of the immersed portion of the hull is called the
•tipping center
•center of gravity
•center of buoyancy.
•center of flotation

66. The water in which a vessel float provides vertical upward support. The point through which this support is assumed
to act is known as the center of
•gravity
•buoyancy.
•floatation
•effort

67. What is termed as the total weight of the ship's hull, machineries, spare parts, boiler water, fresh and ballast
including the full weight that can be loaded ?
•Loaded displacement
•Dead weight ton
•Fresh water allowance
•Net tonnage

68. What major type of flooding in a compartment that is completely filled from deck to overhead which have taken
place due to venting through an air escape, an open scuttle, or a ventilation fitting, and has no other effect than to add
weight at the center of gravity of the ship?
•Solid flooding
•Partial flooding
•Uncontrolled flooding
•Progressive flooding

69. What major type of flooding in which an intact compartment is not completely flooded and that the deck on which
the water rest and bulkheads that surrounds it remain watertight?
•Seawater level flooding
•Partial flooding
•Solid flooding
•Restricted flooding
70. Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a
long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take first?
•Pump out the fore peak tank,
•Jettison deck cargo from the port side
•Press up and after, slack center line double bottom tank,
•Jettison the anchors and anchor cables

72. When opening a watertight door to check a compartment suspected of flooding, which of the dogs should you back-
off first?
•4
•1
•2
•3

73. The water in which a vessel floats provides vertical upward support. The point through which this support is assumed
to act is known as the center of
•effort
•gravity
•flotation
•buoyancy.

74. For any given ship's displacement, the volume of water displaced must depend upon the density of water. If a ship
moves from sea water into river water without change in displacement, what is the effect on the draught?
•No change in draught
•Slight increase in draught
•Large increase in draught
•Slight decrease in draught

75. The kind of local stress that is due to the hammering effect of the fore end of the ship head on to the sea in light
condition is the
•Swaying
•Pounding
•Engine vibration
•panting