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ORAL QUESTION BANK FOR CLASS IV EXAMINATIONS

FUNCTION 1: Marine Engineering

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2. What is the allowed chloride content?

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3. Why is the boiler water circulating pump required for EGB?

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4. How does a bourbon pressure gauge work?

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5. How do you blow through a boiler gauge glass?

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6. Why is a ball given in the gauge glass?

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7. How do you tighten a gauge glass after assembly?

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8. What is the setting of a boiler safety valve?

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9. What is the normally allowed chloride content in a water tube boiler?

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10. How do you blow down a boiler and inspect it?

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11. Why is pre purging necessary before firing boilers?

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12. How does flame failure alarm come?

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13. Type of boiler burner on last ship

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14. What is the voltage used for the ignitor?

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15. How will you know EGB is leaking?

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16. How will you stop the leak?

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17. What is the purpose of soot blowing?

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18. When do you start the circulating pump?

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19. What is the temperature of steam in the boiler?

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20. What is meant by superheated steam?

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21. How is a boiler safety valve set?

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22. What is the setting?

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23. What is the meaning of accumulation of pressure test?

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24. How do you blow down a boiler and inspect?

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25. How do you repair leaks?

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26. How do you blow through gauge glasses?

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27. What is the safety mechanism in case the glass breaks?

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28. Which part of a ship's boiler has a higher safety valve setting? EGB or auxiliary?

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29. When is the pressure testing of boilers done? How is it done?

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30. Why is Fridge compressor belt driven?

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31. What is meant by 1 ton of refrigeration?

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32. Is there any difference in lub oil pressure readings of fridge compressors when
compared to air compressors?

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33. How do you read the lub oil pressure of fridge compressors?

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34. Some times the pressure gauges used in fridge systems also have temperature
readings. What is the use of this?

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35. How is the temperature of cold room maintained ?

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36. What is the role of the TEV?

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37. What is mean effective pressure of diesel engine?

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38. What is the cooling water treatment

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39. What tests are done on L.O.?

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40. What is the correct procedure for L.O. sample collection?

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41. Exhaust temp of one unit is high; what could be the reason?

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42. How is LO for X head lubrication delivered in (B&W/ SULZER Engines)

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43. Why is a bursting disc provided in air compressors?

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44. Where is it provided?

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45. If a bursting disk ruptures, what will be your action?

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46. What are the safeties fitted on air compressors?

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47. If the interstage relief valve is lifting, what could be the reason?

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48. Why is multistage compression used?

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49. How will you test the working of a compressor safety valve?

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50. How does the Oil mist detector work?

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51. How will you test the opening pressure of a crank case relief door?

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52. How many tie rods will be there? Function of tie rods?

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53. What is a lantern ring?

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54. What is the role of the Thrust block ?

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55. Where is the thrust bearing in MC series or RTA engines?

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56. Why is the thrust bearing at the aft end of the engine and not at the forward
end?

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57. Why is the thrust bearing close to the engine and not close to the stern tube?

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58. What is the allowed O2 content in IG? How is it controlled?

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59. M/E stuffing box components?

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60. What is the role of the stuffing box?

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61. What is the difference between stuffing box drain oil and scavenge space drain
oil?

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62. Why are piston rings changed?

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63. What is the difference between a PV breaker and PV valve? What are the
settings?

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64. Why is deck seal used in IG systems?

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65. What are the COPT trips?

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66. What is the starting procedure for COPT?

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67. 4 stroke Valve timing diagram

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68. What are the strokes in 2 stroke and four stroke engines

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69. Difference between purifier and clarifier

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70. What is the separation principle used in purifiers?

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71. What is the relation between oil density and gravity disc diameter?

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72. Why are telescopic pipes used for oil lubrication?

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73. Why is Fuel timing important?

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74. How is checked and adjusted? (engine type based on candidate's experience)
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75. What is the principle of a diesel engine?

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76. Why are 2 springs sometimes used in inlet and exhaust valves?

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77. What will you check in springs during o'haul?

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78. How does a roto cap work?

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79. How is BHP calculation using indicator diagram done?

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80. What is MEP and MIP?

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80. What is MEP and MIP?

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81. What is the difference between the two?

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82. Why is cylinder head fitted in engines

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83. Are there engines w/o cylhead?

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84. Draw 2s timing diagram

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85. Why is an expansion tk provided in jcw system?

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86. Why do we Blow through' Engines?

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87. How is T/C RPM measured?

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88. Is there any difference between A/E and M/E Governors

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89. Indicator cards why and how are they taken?

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90. What is Hydrodynamic lubrication?

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91. What is a rolling contact bearing?

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92. What is MCR and CSR?

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93. What is PS? What is its relation to kW?

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94. What was the specific fuel consumption in your last ship?

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95. What was the specific Cyl oil consumption?

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96. What is the relation between power and rpm of a main diesel engine?

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97. What will be the power developed by a main engine if it runs in DD?

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98. What is the relation between the ship's speed and engine power?
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99. Will the engine develop any power, if it is run when a ship is aground?

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100. What is a CPP? How does it function?

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101. What is the difference between fuel valve opening pressure and fuel injection
pressure?

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102. What is an under slung crankshaft?

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103. How many crankshafts are there in Vee type engines?

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104. How are connecting rods fitted?

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105. Do two stroke engines need tappet clearance adjustment?

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106. How will you know, without opening anything, that an engine is 2S or 4S?

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107. What are the two strokes in 2S engines called?

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108. Why does Sulzer use hydraulic jack bolts for main bearings?

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109. What is the meaning of TBN in lub oils?

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110. Why is LO of different TBN used for M/E cyl oil and Crankcase oil?

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111. What are the values of TBN for A/E crankcase oil?

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112. What is the difference between "heat" and "temperature" ?

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113. If water is found in crank case lo, what could be the cause?

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FUNCTION 3: Marine engineering practice

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2. Explain how you will change gland packing of a pump.

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3. What is a SDNR valve?

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4. How do you o'haul a globe valve?

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5. How does a gate valve work?

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6. If a gate valve is stuck, what could be the reason?

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7. How is a job centered on a chuck in a lathe

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8. What safety precautions will you take if working on a lathe?

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9. What is a reamer? Where is it used?

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10. How does a Quick closing valve work?

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11. How do you reset a QC valve after operation?

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12. Is there any difference between relief valve and safety valve?

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13. Explain how will you prepare for Bunkering?

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14. How do you set tappet clearance?

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15. What are the steps to take after a blackout at sea?

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16. How do you pressure test a fuel vale?

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17. How will you replace an exhaust valve seat?

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18. How do you install a bearing on a shaft?

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19. How do you specify pipe size?

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20. What do the numbers on bearings mean?

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21. What is the common size between different schedules of a pipe?

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22. If an A/E does not start what will be your action?

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23. Your action if T/C is surging?

24. Why is a Steam trap used in condensate return lines?

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25. How is gas cutting done?

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26. How many valves are there on a gas-cutting torch?

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27. How do you light a gas-cutting torch and adjust the flame?

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28. How do you set up a new pipe for welding?

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29. What is GPR/GPO/LH electrodes?

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30. How do you select the correct current setting for welding?

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31. Crank pin brg clearance

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32. Telescopic feeler gauge

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33. Piston removal procedure

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34. Welding defects?

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35. Bridge gauge main brg clearance

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36. How does a Stud extractor work?

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37. How does a chain block work?

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38. What are the safeties on cargo cranes ?

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39. What are the safeties on ER crane?

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40. How is the load controlled during lowering?

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41. How is the E/R crane load tested?

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42. Fuel valve not coming out?

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43. Setting exhaust valve timing

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44. Pumps o'haul?

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45. Type of drill bits?

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46. Types of threads?

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47. Pipe schedule?

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48. Important dimensions of flanges? Types of flanges?

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49. Indications of scavenge fire? What action will you take?

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50. Where are wear rings used? What is their purpose?

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51. Boiler gauge glass? Reflex type? Blow through procedure?

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52. .ISSA code book?

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53. SG hunting gear?

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54. Axe blade? How fitted?

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55. Load test?

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56. SCBA pressure testing

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57. Welding surface preparation

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58. No water in GG ? What action

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59. Flaring tool

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60. What is an ermato joint?

61. Why is a copper gasket annealed ?

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62. How will you supervise a lub oil Filter cleaning?

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63. What precautions have to be taken during cleaning of SW line filters?

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64. What is a Dead mans alarm

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65. What will be your action if your Reliever appears drunk

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66. Your oiler appears drunk. What is your action?

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67. Compound gauge?

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68. Method of blowing through gauge glass

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69. Pump shaft broken? Suggest epairs?

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70. What is Gear Back lash?

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71. What are different types of gears seen in ship?

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72. What is hunting tooth

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73. Why is gear oil different others?

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74. What are the different types of Taps and Dies?

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75. Why do you take Ullages? How do you calculate liquid quantity?

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76. What is VRF?

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77. What do you check up while opening piston?

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78. Q closing valve operation? Why do you shut the valve again before opening?

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79. Start airline getting hot - what action?

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80. Draw a LS of ball bearing fitted on a shaft.

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81. What is a lip seal? Sketch

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82. Sketch a mechanical seal.

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83. Exhaust bellow sketch?

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84. What is a dresser coupling

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85. What is Bumping Clearance? How do you measure it?

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86. Why is a centrifugal pump started with its discharge valve shut?

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87. How will you align a pump to its motor?

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88. What checks will you make on a bottom end bearing bolt?

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89. How do you measure ovality of a crank pin?

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90. How does hydraulic tightening work?

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91. Why is the jack turned back a little while slackening?

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92. What will you check in UP space inspection?

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93. How will you do crankcase inspection?

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94. Shipside valve is leaking into E/R. What will you do?
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FUNCTION-4 : Electro technology and control engineering

1. What is KVA?

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2. What is special about Steering gear Overload safety?

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3. Explain the condition for Paralleling of Alternators?

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4. What does different position of the synchroscope needle mean; what is the
difference between 6 o clock and 12 clock?

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5. Why do we close the switch at 11 o'clock and not at 12 o' clock?

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6. Why is a Megger used for insulation test and not a multi meter?

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7. What are the safeties on MSB?

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8. When does Reverse power flow?

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9. What is the harm if reverse power flows?

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10. How is the protection against reverse power given?

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11. How do you test reverse power trip?

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12. What is the full form of ACB?

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13. If you press the ACB Close button on an idle generator what will happen?

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14. What is Under-voltage protection?

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15. What is the meaning of preferential trip? Why is it provided?

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16. What is the purpose of the earth fault indication on the switch board?

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17. If you get an earth fault alarm what will you do?

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18. What is Direct Current?

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19. What is alternating current?

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20. What is meant by phase in AC?

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21. Is there phase in DC?

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22. Why is DC not much in use now?

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23. Where are you likely to see it used?

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24. What does three-phase current mean?

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25. What is rms value?

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26. What is the meaning of power factor?

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27. What is the usual value you see onboard?

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28. What is the best value possible?

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29. What is the benefit of improving power factor?

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30. How can it be improved?

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31. What is the meaning of saying I and V are in phase?

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32. What is the difference between KW, KVA and KVAR?

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33. Why are motor ratings given in KW and that of alternator and transformer given
in KVA?

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34. Where does reactive power go?

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35. What is a semi conductor?

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36. What is doping?

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37. What happens to insulation when temperature rises?

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38. What happens to resistance of conductors when temperature rises

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39. What is an induction motor?

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40. What is "slip"?

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41. What is a synchronous motor?

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42. Where is it used?

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43. How do you use a multimeter?

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44. What is an AVO meter?

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45. How do you check continuity?

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46. What limits the electrical load?

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47. What is the voltage used in a meggar?

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48. How does current flow during welding?

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49. What do we use for welding on ships? AC or DC?

50. What is the voltage?

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51. What is the voltage used for ignition in boilers/incinerators etc.?

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52. Why is it different from that for welding?

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53. Does current flow through hull during welding?

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54. If so why don't you get a shock?

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55. What is safe voltage to prevent shock?

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56. What is the meaning of earthing in a ship?

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57. What is the meaning of Star winding/ Delta winding?

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58. Is the ship's alternator Star wound or Delta wound?

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59. What is the meaning of ACB, MCCB, NFB?

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60. What is a magnetic contactor? Where is it used?

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61. What is a relay? How is it different from a magnetic contactor?

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62. Can you draw a DOL starter circuit?

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63. What is the meaning of overload?

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64. What is meaning of short circuit?

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65. How is protection provided for OL and SC?

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66. What is the function of a fuse?

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67. What is the normal setting of overload relays?

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68. How does a thermal overload relay work?

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69. What is single phasing?

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70. How can it happen?

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71. What is the harm caused by this?

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72. What protection is provided against this?

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73. Why is it necessary that incoming alternator frequency is more than bus bar?

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74. What is dark lamp and bright lamp method for synchronizing? How is the
connection made?

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75. Apart from renewing bearings is there any reason for opening up motors for
maintenance?

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76. Why is reverse power protection required?

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77. Why is this reverse power used instead of reverse current in alternators?

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78. What is the meaning of excitation in an alternator?

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79. Is the field current in an alternator AC or DC ?

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80. Is the field rotating or stationary?

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81. How is it supplied?

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82. What is a brush less alternator?

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83. How is the excitation achieved in this?

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84. What is the meaning of residual magnetism?

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85. Why is an air compressor started unloaded?

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86. How is the speed of a 3-phase induction motor varied?

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87. How is the direction of rotation varied?

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88. How does this cause a rotation to change?

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89. How is the speed of a DC motor varied?

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90. How is the direction varied?

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91. What is a diode?

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92. What is a zener diode?

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93. What is a thyristor? What is an SCR?

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94. How does an inverter work?

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95. How does a tube light work?

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96. What is the function of the starter in a tube light?

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97. What is the function of the choke?

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98. Where is a slip ring used and where is a commutator used?

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99. What is capacitance?

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100. Does current flow though a capacitor?

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101. What is the unit for capacitance ?

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102. What is a neutral?

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103. What is the difference between neutral and earth?

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104. What is a synchronous condenser?

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105. Where and why is it used?

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106. If a motor is wound star and you want to change to delta what should
you do?

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107. If the AVR, is defective, when additional loads come on will the generator be
able to take it?

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108.How do you test, reverse power trip, high current trip, preferential trip?

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109. What is residual magnetism? Where is it important?

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110. Sometimes, when you change the running direction of a E/R blower (from
supply to exhaust) it trips. Why?

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111. What is the function of the friction clutch mechanism used in purifiers?

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112. What is the regular maintenance done on batteries?

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113. What safety precautions need to be taken during maintenance on batteries?

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114. Why is special lighting used in battery rooms?

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115. What is the voltage available from each cell in a lead acid battery?

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116. What is the full battery voltage ?

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117. How is this voltage achieved?

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118. What is the meaning of a normally open contact?

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119. How does a Salinometer function?

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120. How does the air compressor start and stop automatically?
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121. How is the cold room temperature maintained?

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122. What is a self-monitoring alarm circuit?

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123. Out at sea, if there is a black out during your watch, what action will you take?

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124. After a black out the emergency generator comes on; On restoring the main
supply we are closing the circuit breaker of the main generator with out bothering
about synchronizing. How is this possible?

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125. How does the emergency generator start automatically?

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126. If all your air bottles are at low pressure and there is a blackout how do you
start the generators?

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127. What is a shaft generator?

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128. Even though the main engine runs at varying speeds, how does the alternator
maintain constant frequency?

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129. Is the alternator connected star or delta

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130. Why is 440 V used for motors and 110/220 V used for lighting?

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FUNCTION5: OPERATION OF THE VESSEL AND SAFETY OF

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2. Purifier room fire

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3. Paint locker fire

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4. CO2 flooding procedure

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5. Uptake fires

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6. O2 and C2H2 storage and operation safety

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7. EPIRB and SART

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8. SOPEP

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9. LB brake/ lowering procedure

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10. 103.Deck foam system?

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11. 104.Where isolation valves given in fire main?

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12. What is hydrogen fire?

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13. What are the indications of EGB fire?

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14. 2.DCP fire extinguisher?

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15. Routine checks on FFA

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16. Flammability diagram

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17. In your kitchen what fuel is used

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18. Why is the flame not traveling to the cylinder

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19. LEL, UEL

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20. Flammability range?

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21. Between a log and a small stick which burns faster

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22. When you blow on a matchstick the fire goes out. In a stove/or a black smith's
hearth blowing air increases the fire.Why?

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23. Why is a Relief Valve fitted on fire main?

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24. International shore connection; Size? Where fitted? Which part is standard?

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25. Enclosed entry procedure

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26. ELSA, EEBD

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27. 33 Fire main line isolating valves

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28. How does a flame screen work? What is the difference between a flame screen
and a flame arrestor?

29. What is a flashback arrestor?

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30. Why should Acetylene bottles be used in the upright position?

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31. What is the correct position for using a portable foam extinguisher?

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32. Why is a sand box provided on the boiler flat?

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33. What are gas-free conditions for man entry?

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34. Should the ventilation blower be running in supply mode or exhaust mode, when
the Oxygen check is made?

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35. In a tanker, why are bonding straps used on cargo pipelines?

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36. What is the rating of the electrical hand glove?

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37. What is the important first aid for an electrical shock victim?

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38. Is there any protection for a CO2 cylinder in case of a fire in the CO2 room itself?

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39. Is the CO2 in the bottle in liquid condition or gas?

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40. How does the CO2 alarm ring when the panel door is opened?

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41. Can engine room bilges be pumped out in special areas?

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42. What will be your action when you discover smoke coming out of

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43. During your watch, if you get a under piston temperature high alarm, what will
you do?

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44. During your night duty on a UMS vessel, there is a fire alarm from E/R. What will
be your action in case of

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a. Purifier room fire

b. Running generator exh manifold on fire

c. Boiler front on fire

d. Bilges on fire

45. 102.CO2 and DCP difference?

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46. Man overboard drill

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47. Oil spill drill

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48. Life raft floatation

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49. Ship's Whistle? How does it work? Where is it fitted?

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50. L boat tricing pendant / Bowsing in tackles; Purpose.

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51. What is HRU? How does it work? Where is if fitted?

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52. What is a Life buoy? Where is it fitted?

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53. What is flash point, firepoint and auto ignition temp.

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54. What are the tests done before enclosed space entry?

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55. What spaces are defined as such?

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56. What is the acceptable HC level for man entry?

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57. What is TLV? How many types are there?

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FUNCTION-6: SHIP CONSTRUCTION AND STABILITY

1. Deep tank construction

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2. Garboard strake, sheer strake

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3. Stability and buoyancy

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4. Collision bulkhead

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5. Camber, margin plate, intercoastal?

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6. Free surface effect?

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7. Static and dynamic stability?

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8. LOLL, GZ,righting lever

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9. Pounding effect on rudder

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10. What are Skates?

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11. Types of floor

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12. How ship turns? Rudder function?

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13. Why is rudder angle not more than 36 deg?

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14. How does the ship move? Propeller function?

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15. Why is the thrust bearing fitted aft?

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16. What action will you take if there is a thrust bearing high tr alarm?

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17. What is a "Torsion Box" in a container ship?

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18. Protection/safeties on a generator

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19. What is metacentric height? What is its importance?

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20. What is dynamic stability? What is its importance?

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21. What is a chain stopper?

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22. What is a dead man brake?

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23. How many brakes are there on a life boat winch?

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