Safety – MEO CLASS 4 WRITTEN PAPER

81. Where would you look to find out what your duties are during a fire?
    1. Ship’s articles
    2. Station bill
    3. Certificate of Inspection
    4. S. Coast Guard Regulations

ANS.: B

82. Ship Security Alert System is a requirement under __________________
    1. Part B of ISPS Code
    2. SOLAS Chapter XI-2
    3. SUA convention, 1988
    4. None of the above

ANS.: B

83. When administering only mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you should continue the victim’s ventilation rate at how many inflations per minute?
    1. 4
    2. 8
    3. 12
    4. 20

ANS.: C

84. Freight paid by charterers on a quantity of cargo short-shipped, i.e. quantity agreed upon but not loaded by the charterer, is called:
    1. Pro-rata freight
    2. Back Freight
    3. Dead freight
    4. None of the above

ANS.: C

85. Which of the following extinguishing medium should never be used when fighting fire involving magnesium?
    1. Halon
    2. Dry Chemical powder
    3. Water
    4. CO2

ANS.: C

86. Under which Convention is Oil Pollution Insurance Certificate (OPIC) a statutory oil pollution insurance cover requirement?
    1. CLC
    2. LLMC
    3. Fund convention
    4. Athens Convention

ANS.: A

87. In refrigeration system vegetable room and meat rooms are maintained at different temperature
    1. By different expansion valves
    2. By putting solenoid valves
    3. By boiling the refrigerant at different pressures
    4. By using smaller evaporator

ANS.: C

88. The working duration of a 1200 litres SCBA bottle, after allowing for a reserve of 10 mins is_____ (if 1800litres =40mins)

1. 30 mins
2. 40 mins
3. 20 mins
4. 50 mins

ANS.: C

89. Principle of fire fighting onboard is
    1. watering of fire
    2. starving of fire
    3. cooling
    4. smothering of fire

ANS.:B,C,D

90. The number within bracket of a resolution, say A.526 (13) refers to ____.
    1. The serial No. of the resolution.
    2. The session No. in which the resolution was adopted.
    3. The sub paragraph of the resolution.
    4. The No. of clauses in the resolution

ANS.: B

91. Certificate of insurance or other financial security in respect of civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage is issued under what?
    1. CLC 1969.
    2. MARPOL convention.
    3. Bunker convention 2001.
    4. CLC 1992.

ANS.: C

92. Cyclic up & down movement of vessel along the VERTICAL AXIS?
    1. Heaving
    2. Yawing
    3. Swaying
    4. Pitching

ANS.: A

93. The stretcher normally used for rescue of casualties from engine room spaces, holds, pump-rooms etc., is known as __________
    1. Williamson stretcher
    2. Neil Hobson stretcher
    3. Neil Robertson stretcher
    4. Stokes stretcher

ANS.: C

94. Rolling is the angular motion of the vessel about what axis?
    1. Longitudinal
    2. Transverse
    3. Vertical
    4. Centerline

ANS.: A

95. When entering a compartment which is on fire,
    1. you must wear rubber gloves
    2. the flames should be beaten back from the door with water fog
    3. a straight stream of water should be used to cool the door
    4. a straight stream of water should be used to cool the fire fighters

ANS.: B

96. When the height of the metacentre has the same value as the height of the center of gravity, the metacentric height is equal to
    1. height of the metacentre
    2. height of the center of gravity
    3. same as half the height of the metacentre
    4. zero

ANS.: D

97. The emergency generator should be capable of being started and be able to supply required load within a maximum of ______
    1. 30 seconds
    2. 1 min
    3. 45 seconds
    4. 2 mins

ANS.: C

98. Which of the following kinds of total flooding system is most suited for very large spaces like car carrier car decks?
    1. High pressure multi cylinder type CO2 installation
    2. Low pressure bulk storage tank type CO2 installation
    3. Low expansion foam systems
    4. Fixed pressure water spraying systems

ANS.: B

99. You are the 4th engineer of a ship. Your 3rd engineer hands over the watch to you and informs you that the OWS is running with the ppm showing as zero. After taking over the watch and during your rounds you find out that the rinsing fresh water to 15 ppm device was crack open. After closing the same you find that the ppm rose to 15 and the OWS stopped after giving alarm. What should you do?
    1. Nothing, as Marpol regulations are satisfied till the oily water is being pumped through OWS and oil content is below 15 ppm
    2. Should suspend the operation immediately, inform the Chief engineer about the same and take appropriate action to restore correct OWS operation
    3. Should never touch OWS and any stoppages to be informed either to Chief Engineer or 2nd engineer
    4. If no visible traces of oil are seen on the sea surface and oily water mixture is being pumped through an OWS, then there is no harm in pumping out with fresh water crack open, to keep the OWS running as it may give false alarm without Fresh water. This is a practical approach to run OWS without any trouble without violating Marpol regulations

ANS.: B

100. All entries in the Oil record Book part-I are to be:
     1. At least in English, Spanish or national language
     2. At least in English, Spanish or French
     3. At least in English or Spanish
     4. At least in English or national language

ANS.: B