| 1 | What is amplitude? |
| 2 | What is Isogonic chart? |
| 3 | What is BNWAS, ECDIS requirements & performance standards? |
| 4 | What are the maintenance of Magnetic compass? |
| 5 | What are Neap tides? |
| 6 | What are Spring tides? |
| 7 | Why are we required to know about them during our passage planning? |
| 8 | What is INSPIRE ( Indian Ship Position & Information Reporting System) & where is It’s headquarter? |
| 9 | What are the Meteorological equipments on bridge? |
| 10 | What are the Meteorological equipments on bridge? |
| 11 | What is Passage Planning? |
| 12 | Sailing in navarea 3 to 4 suddenly voyage order changes to NAV Area 5. |
| 13 | What action will you take after sending false alert on HF? |
| 14 | What is the procedure to log Distress alert? |
| 15 | What are the corrections of chart catalogue & how to do it & which section of NTM will u find it? |
| 16 | Define Tactical diameter & transfer? |
| 17 | How many navareas? How will you select stations on navtex? How will you get navigational warnings outside navareas when you have lost all satellite antennas? |
| 18 | Which ALRS volume contains the details of racons? |
| 19 | How to correct ASD in detail? |
| 20 | What are the precautions while using GPS Fix at sea not in coastal waters? |
| 21 | How will you check RADAR performance? |
| 22 | What is the proper meaning of Word Impede? |
| 23 | What is annex 4 distress signal in detail? |
| 24 | What is your action on hearing Fog signal? |
| 25 | Action in case of Gyro fails? |
| 26 | What is range of NUC light? |
| 27 | Action in MOB on port side ? |
| 28 | Describe all the 4 annexes. |
| 29 | What is the Diameter of ball? |
| 30 | What are the Safe water marks, Lateral marks & Isolated danger marks? |
| 31 | What is the significance of each type of buoy? |
| 32 | What is Barometric Tendency & its significance? |
| 33 | How we will know ASD is upto date or not? |
| 34 | What is the purpose of INTERCO? |
| 35 | What is Answering Pennant? |
| 36 | Make a wind rose diagram. |
| 37 | How will you determine iceberg in your locality during day & night? |
| 38 | What are Routing Chart details? |
| 39 | What changes you will make in Navtex? |
| 40 | What precaution regarding UKC to be kept in mind while planning passage ? |
| 41 | What is Static and Dynamic Draft? |
| 42 | What was your company's UKC policy? |
| 43 | What is Steering tests prior departure? |
| 44 | What do you mean by gyro error LOW or HIGH ? |
| 45 | One simple numerical about deviation,variation and compass error |
| 46 | Definition of crossing situations? |
| 47 | What is Occulting, flashing and Isophase Light? What is very quick? |
| 48 | What all publications do you carry on board and in how many years new edition for each is printed? |
| 49 | What is SafetyNET ? |
| 50 | PDV ( POWER DRIVEN VESSEL) underway lights |
| 51 | How will you determine if risk of collision exits, without using radar |
| 52 | What is minimum CPA required to avoid close quater situation ? |
| 53 | Circumstances for calling master ? |
| 54 | O/T situation, give way Vessel not taking action ? |
| 55 | CBD light and shapes underway, RAM definitions, Brief TSS . |
| 56 | What is lateral marks, Isolated danger marks? |
| 57 | What is Bridge control tests prior departure? |
| 58 | How to do steering tests? |
| 59 | How to find compass,gyro errors ? |
| 60 | When approching pilot station within ITZ ? |
| 61 | Trawler, fishing vessel, Pilot vessel lights and shapes |
| 62 | What is Radio Medical Advise and message to prepare? |
| 63 | From where we get the list of medicine required to carry onboard? |
| 64 | Fire in galley you are incharge, What will be your actions? |
| 65 | What is Relative bearing? |
| 66 | Define a vessel NUC, RAM, CBD & their lights. |
| 67 | Define Safe speed? |
| 68 | Quote rule 5,6,19 & situations on the same rules |
| 69 | What is Region A & B as per IALA buoyage? |
| 70 | What is cardinal marks, isolated danger marks, fairway buoy? |
| 71 | Where to keep red buoy when sailing out from bombay ? |
| 72 | How to correct charts which is not corrected for last 3 years ? |
| 73 | What are errors of magnetic compass ? |
| 74 | What do you understand by gyro error 1 degree high ? |
| 75 | What is Squat and its effect on ships ? |
| 76 | What is Notices to mariners and ALRS ? |
| 77 | Prepare muster list for abandon ship (to assign duties). |
| 78 | When to call master ? |
| 79 | When Radar not working, how to keep a proper lookout ? |
| 80 | Emergency - engine breakdown , what is your actions ? |
| 81 | What are factors affecting UKC ? |
| 82 | What is CPA & Is 0.2 nm a safe CPA ? |
| 83 | Own vessel CBD, narrow channel, NUC vessel is right ahead, what is your action ? |
| 84 | What is responsibility of CBD as per rule 18 ? |
| 85 | when you lowering boat with three person and you are incharge? |
| 86 | Action when engine failure while navigation 25 nm away from land. |
| 87 | Muster list contents , draw roughy and show . |
| 88 | Define celestrial sphere, amplitude, azimuth , sextant error. |
| 89 | Light show by NUC vessel while underway,making way and at anchor. |
| 90 | What is medical reporting produre and where station is located? |
| 91 | Compass error calculate when gyro course 143 deg, compass course 148deg, gyro error 2 deg high. |
| 92 | Variation 2 deg west ( annually 2 min increasing to west from 1982) gyro bearing 123, find deviation ,stb compass bearing. |
| 93 | IN ROR only situation overtaking. R.v overtaking. |
| 94 | You are taking delivery of new ship how will you implement garbage management plan on board . |
| 95 | As a 2nd officer what will you take over in medicine part . |
| 96 | Vessel towing 3 vessels along side what lights it will show. |
| 97 | What do you mean by ordinary practice of seamen in rule no. 2 ? |
| 98 | You r taking delivery of new ship how will you implement garbage management plan on board ? |
| 99 | As a 2nd officer wat will u take over in medicine part . |
| 100 | Vessel towing 3 vessels along side wat lights it will show. |
| 101 | What do you mean by ordinary practice of seamen in rule no. 2 ? |
| 102 | Action in RV one vessel fwd of beam port side and another is taking over stbd side action ? |
| 103 | Quote rule no.5, and meaning of all available mean & chart symbol for works different types of work ? |
| 104 | Headon sitiation action ,radar plotting,all cardinal marks n falshing duration.you are overtaking in TSS suddenly that vessel altered co towards you action |
| 105 | Action in RV one vessel fwd of beam port side and another is taking over stbd side action. |
| 106 | Code rule no.5,meaning of all avai means chart simble for wks diff types of wk. |
| 107 | New danger mark,special mark,isolated danger.preffered channel buoys of region a and b 9. |
| 108 | IAMSAR manuals and purpose of vol3 and whart are raster and vector charts |
| 109 | What is data available in dynamic data of AIS? |
| 110 | When to call master and what actions to be taken if its RV ? |
| 111 | How to determine visibility is detoriating in night. |
| 112 | Action to be taken if person falls overboard. |
| 113 | What is advance,tactical dia and tranfer what are the imo requirements for that? |
| 114 | What is 'c' correction in sights and how will you take a sight ? |
| 115 | Action to be taken whn you see a white light. |
| 116 | What will you do when you find the diffrence between your actual position by your GPS and sight has an error of 50Nm ? |
| 117 | How will you determine the waypoints and wheelover points while altering course on a chart. |
| 118 | What is prefered channel to STBD (draw) in region A and where will you place the bouy ? |
| 119 | Contents of roeuting guide mand ocean passages of the world . |
| 120 | Few cards also and regrding NUC and vessel AGROUND . |
| 121 | How to file T and P ? |
| 122 | You have a chart corrected till 2010 jan, procedure to check if its corrected up to date, if not , how will you correct. Reason for your answer. |
| 123 | Course 180 sighted south cardinal bouy right ahead,action. Light of south cardinal buoy . |
| 124 | How often is the survey of medical chest on board carried out? |
| 125 | How many GPS you had on board? |
| 126 | Difference between GPS and DGPS and Errors of GPS. |
| 127 | When do you do stearing gear test. What all is checked. Required capability of stearing gear |
| 128 | what is iamsar manuals and purpose of vol3 ? |
| 129 | What are raster and vector charts. Ecs and ecdis difference ? |
| 130 | How many sight you can take in the morning, |
| 131 | Whats the limit for ex- meridian sight ? |
| 132 | When is difficult to take merpass. Sights and auto pilot testing interval ? |
| 133 | Quote Rule 9, 13, 15. |
| 134 | What is Gyro error and how will you take in normal forecast & overcast. |
| 135 | What is muster list preparation. |
| 136 | How to approach TRS ? |
| 137 | What is Navtex settings ? |
| 138 | What is EGC messages ? |
| 139 | Difference between clearing mark & clearing bearing. |
| 140 | What is great circle sailing ? |
| 141 | Quote Rule 9, 13, 15. |
| 142 | what is gyro error and how will you take in normal forecast & overcast ? |
| 143 | How muster list preparation ? |
| 144 | How to approach TRS ? |
| 145 | What is Navtex settings ? |
| 146 | What is EGC messages ? |
| 147 | Difference between clearing mark & clearing bearing. |
| 148 | What is great circle sailing? |
| 149 | What is cardinal marks and preferred channel buoys ? |
| 150 | What information you get from ARPA ? |
| 151 | On a paper showed various targets with their relative vector on ppi identify situationas. |
| 152 | On a paper showed various targets with their relative vector on ppi identify situationas? |
| 153 | Draw pilot boarding station. |
| 154 | What is P.I. ? explain how to use it correctly? |
| 155 | How many sight you can take in the morning? |
| 156 | Whats the limit for ex- meridian sight ? |
| 157 | Ship is Stopped initailly, Now rudder 10 degrees to port, engines dead slow ahead, where stern and bow will swing? |
| 158 | ROR cards n situation.restricted visibility, both cases RADAR operational n inoperational you are duty officer u heard 1 prolonged blast on port bow. Action?(rule 19d 1 n 2) |
| 159 | How to obtain noon position by sun full plotting only floating(lond by chron and merpass), why pl is N-S in morning n E-W at MERPASS |
| 160 | What is eco sounder and RADAR principle , working, limitations ? |
| 161 | Why gyro compass fails at higher latitude? |
| 162 | What is MERSAS and IAMSAR ? |
| 163 | Ship draft 17 mtrs , you are approaching 20 mtrs depth,,,what effects ship will experience? |
| 164 | Methods of obtaining compass error and explaination on transit bearings |
| 165 | What is Fog signals ? |
| 166 | what do you mean by routine charts and pilot chart ? how many volumes? |
| 167 | What is ON the arc and OFF the arc in sextant means? |
| 168 | What is sextant altitute of polaris? |
| 169 | What is procedure of chart correction? |
| 170 | What is fairway buoy? And its use? Which side you willl keep this? |
| 171 | What is isolated danger mark ? |
| 172 | What is AMVER and its use? |
| 173 | What is inspires and its limit? |
| 174 | To avoid a chocked hat ,what should be angle b/w lighthouses? |
| 175 | Preacautions in narrow channel? |
| 176 | What is phasing and ranging in echo sounder |
| 177 | What do you mean by deviation card and how will you prepare it ? |
| 178 | Difference between barograph and barometer? |
| 179 | Which method should prefer for sight calculation at morning? And why? |
| 180 | What do you get after taking sight? And your next plan? |
| 181 | How will you transfer your position from one chart to another chart? |
| 182 | What is safe water mark,region A, B buoys?Its use ,shape,light,and colour? |
| 183 | Wreck not danger for navigation ,how much distance u will keep from this? |
| 184 | How do you do a sight calcualtion? |
| 185 | How do you know sun at the meridian? |
| 186 | How do you know sun at the meridian? |
| 187 | How many volumes in ALRS,how they are name? For a particular area how will u find out a selective volume? |
| 188 | What information u will get from chart cataloge? |
| 189 | Define safe "speed"? |
| 190 | What is meridian passage? |
| 191 | What is answering pandent? And its use? |
| 192 | What do you mean by moon SD , augmentation,? |
| 193 | What do you mean by moon SD , augmentation,? |
| 194 | Difference between racon,& becon? |
| 195 | Difference between racon,& becon? |
| 196 | Why we need a magnetic deviation card? |
| 197 | Principle of echo sounder,doppler log and auto pilot? |
| 198 | What is distress signal by flag?? |
| 199 | Contents of notice to mariner,cumulative notice and annual notice to mariner? |
| 200 | What informatin information from chart catalogue? |
| 201 | What is pilots/sailing directions? |
| 202 | If you are in mediterrean sea, Which SD u will refer and how will you come to know? |
| 203 | How will you correct aneroid barometer ?who will correct this? |
| 204 | What is another name of routiene chart? |
| 205 | What do you mean by SART and EPIRB? |
| 206 | Difference between azimuth and bearing? |
| 207 | What do you mean by wind rose? |
| 208 | Sound signal of dredger,aground vessel,anchored vessel. |
| 209 | In poor visibilty when you are going to encounter in open sea ,no target can u reduce speed? |
| 210 | How will you fix your vessels postion if gps fails? |
| 211 | How will you identify lighthouse? |
| 212 | What is flashing, occulting, isophase? |
| 213 | How will you apply rule 5,6,7,8 & 18 onboard? |
| 214 | ROR cards for vsl towing more than 50 mtrs in length in RAM condt. and length of tow exceeds 200 mtrs and its day signal and fog signal. |
| 215 | Card for vessel aground day signal and fog signal and action to be taken if vessel is right ahead. |
| 216 | ROR card for PDV more than 50 mtrs in length with port side seen. Action as OOW. |
| 217 | Chart symbols for- wreck at which mast only is visible, reporting point, 20 mtrs countour line. |
| 218 | Contents of mariners handbook. |
| 219 | What is a navigable semicircle in a TRS? |
| 220 | How will you take meridian sight? |
| 221 | What are the errors in gyro? |
| 222 | What do you mean by latitude error? |
| 223 | What do you mean by compasses compared? |
| 224 | Great circle sailing from mallaca strait to south Africa |
| 225 | Composite circle sailing and why you do composite circle sailing |
| 226 | What is routine chart and what information you get from it ? |
| 227 | What is Blind sector in Radar? |
| 228 | What is sextant error, and how u will come to know that ur index error is correct |
| 229 | If echosounder show two marking one above and one below which one iscorrect . |
| 230 | Vessel anchor dragging action . |
| 231 | MOB in TSS, What is your Action ? |
| 232 | Which turn you will prefer in baltic williomson single turn or sharnov (failing question)asked nearly 15 situation ( all correct) ? |
| 233 | Quote rule 5 and its detail explanations . |
| 234 | What is Gnomic chart ? |
| 235 | What is ship routeing and what information we get from it ? |
| 236 | Quote rule 9, 13, 15. |
| 237 | What is Gyro error and how will you take in normal forecast & overcast ? |
| 238 | What does muster list preparation mean ? |
| 239 | How to approach TRS ? |
| 240 | Navtex settings ,EGC messages. |
| 241 | Difference between clearing mark & clearing bearing. |
| 242 | What is great circle sailing ? |
| 243 | Lights and of NUC, RAM, Pilot, SV, FV . |
| 244 | How do you know about Steering failure? |
| 245 | Difference between Long by Chron and merpass? |
| 246 | Towing vessel on port bow . |
| 247 | Qoute Rule 18 and 19 with detail explanation of each paragraph. |
| 248 | What is Leading lights? |
| 249 | What is IAMSAR and MERSAR ? |
| 250 | List of Publications on bridge ? |
| 251 | Narrow channel Rule? |
| 252 | IALA Bouyage system |
| 253 | What is meaning of Boxing of compass. |
| 254 | Explain about intercept method and mer pass and show diagramatically n write the formula |
| 255 | How will you calculate height of tide at secondary port ?write all the steps |
| 256 | What is raising of light n how to calculate the raising distance? |
| 257 | Situation you are CBD and NUC crosing from port side state action? Positiong of lights of nuc (annex 1) ? |
| 258 | You are PD vessel open sea ,no traffic you see a trawler right ahead your action? How will you determine she is at anchor n positioning of her lights? |
| 259 | You heard 4 short blast what does it mean? |
| 260 | What is landing signal ? |
| 261 | You are approaching a port and your vessel agrounds state your action ? |
| 262 | What is C correction ? |
| 263 | Characteristics, limitations and efficiency of a radar ? |
| 264 | What is north up, co. Up, head up mode of radar ? |
| 265 | Aspect and its importance in collision avoidance . |
| 266 | Speed over ground & speed through water difference,which is to be used for |
| 267 | Collision avoidance and why? |
| 268 | Difference between ECDIS and ENC . |
| 269 | Wreck with visible mast, wreck dangerous to surface navigation & wreck not dangerous to surface navigation symbols on raster charts . |
| 270 | How does a wreck marking bUoy look like? |
| 271 | Corresponding symbols on an ECDIS of the ones asked above. |
| 272 | Explain how is speed adjusted in different cond |
| 273 | Explain limitation of radar? |
| 274 | Explain why range and bearing discrimination occur |
| 275 | Explain what are constraints imposed on radar range ? |
| 276 | Explain what are the effects of wx on radar ? |
| 277 | What is sea clutter and rain clutter ? |
| 278 | You see two red light identify and take action |
| 279 | Towing alongside lights and then action |
| 280 | Pilot vessel light |
| 281 | pilot vessel light if length more than 50m |
| 282 | Placement of fwd mast light |
| 283 | Main mast light. |
| 284 | What is horrizontal spacing of lights ? |
| 285 | Full annex 1 of ROR ? |
| 286 | How a navtex msg comes ? |
| 287 | How does the msg goes from epirb ? |
| 288 | What is LRIT ? |
| 289 | What is SSAS ? |
| 290 | GMDSS equipments in area 3 . |
| 291 | What is polar navigation ? |
| 292 | How will you find direction if magnetic and gyro compass are unreliable ? |
| 293 | What is T and P correction and how do you correct it |
| 294 | What is T and P correction and how do you correct it ? |
| 295 | How to get radio medical help ? |
| 296 | What is content of ALRS volume ? |
| 297 | What is content of BPG ? |
| 298 | What is leading lights ? |
| 299 | What are methods of finding of gyro error ? |
| 300 | What is south cardinal mark ? |
| 301 | Passage planning from mumbai to Southampton . |
| 302 | What are navtex frequencies and what does ZCZC mean? |
| 303 | What is long by chron and lat by mer.alt ? |
| 304 | Own vessel NUC in TSS and CBD crossing 4nm from port side not taking any action ? What is your anchor |
| 305 | Action,shallow patch on stbd action ? |
| 306 | Own vessel PD another PD vessel crossing from stbd in tss ? What is your action |
| 307 | What is anchorage area in malacca strait and action? |
| 308 | In RV situation , heard 4 short blasts action . |
| 309 | What is difference between noon sight and noon position ? |
| 310 | What is spring and neap tides? |
| 311 | In ROR card ,stbd lateral mark IALA b ( draw) . |
| 312 | What is search patterns and their pros N cons ? |
| 313 | What is responsibilities of an overtaking vessel ? |
| 314 | Fog signals for anchor and ground vessel. |
| 315 | What is limitations of ECDIS ? |
| 316 | You heard a fog signal fwd of beam and what is your action? |
| 317 | Sextant uses ,about sextant angles. |
| 318 | Formula for vertical sextant angle. |
| 319 | What are errors of sextant and how to correct them ? |
| 320 | When rudder is stuck to 5 degree to stbd and what is your action? |
| 321 | Steering failure, What is your action? |
| 322 | Vessel collided and what is your action ? |
| 323 | What is manouvring characteristics of vessel ? |
| 324 | What is south west monsoon ? |
| 325 | Formation of clouds . |
| 326 | How to correct charts and explain in detail ? |
| 327 | Contents of annual summary of notices and cumulative notices . |
| 328 | What is transverse thrust ? |
| 329 | What is Sextant, principal, errors ? |
| 330 | Principle of AIS . |
| 331 | You saw west cardinal mark right ahead and what is action. |
| 332 | Radar characteristic and deficiencies. |
| 333 | How do you set up navtex? |
| 334 | Chart symbol. Wreck dangerous to navigation, rock, shallow patch shown on chart . |
| 335 | Arrival port chart for Singapore from chart catalogue. |
| 336 | Annual notices to mariner content. |
| 337 | Isolated danger mark bouy specification. |
| 338 | Define ISO phase, flashing and occulting. |
| 339 | Main engine failure , Your action as duty officer. |
| 340 | ECDIS and ECS difference |
| 341 | Controls of autopilot. |
| 342 | What do understand by yawing control ? |
| 343 | Normal visibility crosing situation / |
| 344 | Qoute rule 15 and 8(F). |
| 345 | What is new danger mark,special mark,isolated danger and preffered channel buoys of region A and B ? |
| 346 | What are raster and vector charts? |
| 347 | When to call master and what actions to be taken if its RV ? |
| 348 | How to determine visibility is detoriating in night ? |
| 349 | Action to be taken if person falls overboard. |
| 350 | Turning circle diagram- What is advance,tactical dia and tranfer what are the imo requirements for that? |
| 351 | The range and visiblity of masthead lights. |
| 352 | What information does you get IAMSAR ? |
| 353 | What do you mean by compatibility and segregation in IMDG ? |
| 354 | Under what situation can you use an inshore traffic zone ? |
| 355 | Explain the regulation concerning the risk of collission. |
| 356 | C.B.D. vessel at anchor, what signals will she show. |
| 357 | C.B.D. vessel in fog drops anchor, what will be her fog signal |
| 358 | Charts that have not been corrected for the past two years, how will you go about correcting them ? |
| 359 | Where will you find the latest edition of charts and how is the information presented ? |
| 360 | Make a passage plan from Mumbai to Suez ? |
| 361 | What information will you receive from your seniors, and how will it help u in making plan? |
| 362 | From where will you get information about traffic density in any area? |
| 363 | Explain routine chart? |
| 364 | How will you determine position plotting interval ? |
| 365 | Vessel on port BOW and its action ? |
| 366 | Vessel on stbd quartor , what is action ? |
| 367 | Correct a chart which has not been corrected for long time. |
| 368 | What is IAMSAR and its details ? |
| 369 | MOB on stbd side , what is your action ? |
| 370 | How radar plotting is done and gave for a overtaking vessel ? |
| 371 | Quote rule 2 , 8 , 10 |
| 372 | Buoyage & cards (day + night ). |
| 373 | What was your duties as a cadet ? |
| 374 | How does bearing error occur in a radar? |
| 375 | Errors of the echo sounder with explanation? |
| 376 | What is SHA,GHA,LHA etc ? |
| 377 | Why SHA of stars given in almanac and GHA of planets and in case of stars for 3 years ? |
| 378 | Sextant errors and how will you take a sight ? |
| 379 | Can you use the 2010 almanac in 2011 and how? |
| 380 | Explanation of the corrections applied to the sights? |
| 381 | Some situations in ROR mainly crossing and overtaking (also in restricted visibility)? |
| 382 | Quote rule 19 and rule 6? |
| 383 | What is Transverse thrust ? |
| 384 | Handing/taking over watch at sea and also in port? |
| 385 | Action when entering area of RV ,seeing a vessel aground? |
| 386 | What is horizontal and vertical sectors of navigation lights? |
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Very much helpful..thqq to entire team
what are the advantges of mercator chart?