ORAL VIVA QUESTIONS FOR PREPARATION
1. Inherent problems of inert gas.
2. What are the provisions provided on a tanker to fight a fire on deck?
3. How will you assess that your Main Engine is performing good. (Slow speed and medium speed).
4. How will you make sure that your Main Engine is not overloaded.
5. As a Chief Engineer how are you going to order your bunkers.
6. What is the information available on the Bunker Receipt.
7. As Chief Engineer what are your responsibilities regarding lifting gears. How do you make sure that correct lifting gears are used? How will you make sure that you are using good lifting gears.
8. What are the conventions that you are aware of? What do you know about SOLAS. What do you know about MARPOL. What do you know about STCW 95. What do you know about ISM.
9. What are the required statutory certificates carried on board. What is load line survey?
10. Describe Aux. boiler survey.
11. Describe Air bottle and air line survey.
12. Requirements to be met before putting Engine Room UMS.
13. What is Port State Control.
14. Regulation regarding pumping out Engine Room bilges.
15. Requirements for UMS.
16. How you maintain lifting gears. How you test small shackles, eyebolts?
17. How to you carry out PMS. What about windlass condition, monitoring.
18. How you train a junior engineer. What work will you give a j/e during night?
19. How you make sure crew is following safety procedures in engine-room.
20. Difference between tanker and other ship as far as fire equipment are concerned.
21. How IGS can be dangerous? IG alarms and trips.
22. How do you identify Electrical equipment fitted on tanker deck? What are the requirements for these equipments?
23. What are the structural differences between tanker and other ships?
24. If somebody has made changes in Oily Water Separator pipeline, what will you do?
25. How you confirm other engineers are carrying out their work properly/safely.
26. Why are Port state control required when Capt. & C/E are qualified and are doing their duties?
27. How are Classification societies connected to IMO?
28. What are the requirements for UMS operation?
29. Who looks after fire fighting in dry dock? What about safety of workers and ship staff? What means are provided to escape up to jetty?
30. What you will check during Steam plant survey onboard? After survey is finished what you will do/check?
31. What you will write in standing orders as C/E?
32. What you will tell a new cadet joining ship?
33. What documents are to be checked for a New oiler / wiper joining?
34. How will you ensure that M/E is performing well?
35. How will you tell a bulkhead fire type?
36. How will you ensure the boiler is performing correctly?
37. How will you ensure the fire protection system is working satisfactorily?
38. How will you check fuel injection timing?
39. List all M/C safeties.
40. Explain U M S checklist.
41. State Boiler survey procedure and what you will check after a tube repairs?
42. List all certificates carried on board.
43. List Accommodation safeties of passenger ship. How will passengers escape from accommodation?
44. As a Chief Engineer how would you ascertain the performance of a slow speed engine?
45. As a Chief Engineer detail the inspection prior to UMS operation.
46. Bunker calculation, ordering and receiving. How will you know the safe maximum pressure for your bunker system? What are the tests you will do before receiving the bunker?
47. What you will do prior to and during dry-docking. What should you do to prevent fire when in dry-dock. What should you do to ensure that the dockyard workers are working safely and correctly? How many way outs should be arranged from ship to shore when in dry-dock?
48. What prevents fire spreading from one compartment to another? What is a fire bulkhead?
49. How you identify a fire ?
50. As a Chief Engineer how will you plan your maintenance?
51. What is port state control? What they will check? For which items is the C/E responsible in safety equipment certificate? What checks would you do to maintain them?
52. As a Chief Engineer what should you do prior to discharge CO2 in E/R.?
53. Explain CO2 room inspection.
54. In a main engine, how do you know whether engine is performing well? What do you check and do with power and draw cards. If only one unit is out of balance, what are you going to do about it? In a medium speed main engine, how do you know whether the engine is performing well?
55. Can an engine get over-loaded and how can it happen? How will hull fouling overload the engine? As a Chief Engineer how are you going to find out that the hull if getting fouled?
56. In a Boiler Survey, what do you survey? After a big repair in a boiler, such as welding etc. what do you do before firing? After a surveyor's inspection, as a Chief Engineer how are you going to fire the boiler?
57. As a Chief Engineer, how do you know whether engine room machinery is running in order?
58. From where does Planned Maintenance System come and how do you prepare one? If one of the deck machinery is not in the PM system, how do you know as Chief Engineer that it is running in good order?
59. What are the differences between a UMS and a manned ship? If you are new to the ship, are you going to run the ship on UMS?
60. How will you order bunkers, store it and use it?
61. What is the purpose of having divisions on board a ship? How do you identify them? Where do you get divisions in a passenger ship?
62. What are the International Organisations that are relevant to Merchant Shipping? What is in the STCW 95 Convention?
63. What are the fire fighting appliances found on board?
64. What are the life saving appliances found on board?
65. What is water tight integrity of a ship? Under what certificates does it fall? What is the duration of survey?
66. What is a fire bulkhead? Can a passage be made through it?
67. How do turbine shafts and cables pass from E/R to pump room?
68. How would you, as a Chief Engineer, order, prepare, receive and store F.O. bunker. What if the supplier says that the bunker is not of same specification was what was ordered.
69. What are the checks carried out in the lifting gear. You find a shackle lying around in the workshop. Will you use it?
70. What information you receive from bunker delivery note. What are the kinds of oil pollution equipment you will use for bunker? During bunker you have an oil spill, as C/E what guidance do you have for oil spill?
71. As CEO how are you going to ensure all machinery maintenance and jobs are correctly undertaken after a new takeover.
72. Suppose you open a pump as per PMS and find in good condition during several PMS inspections. Will you change the time between overhauls or will you not do anything about it and keep inspecting at same intervals.
73. As CEO what is your responsibility regarding lifting gears. Suppose many eyebolt, shackles, wire ropes lying in engine room, how will you know which one is good?
74. Describe testing OWS for IOPP Certificate.
75. Grounding - content of damage stability plan
76. Steering gear - types familiar with. What if rudder struck, say, dock wall whilst being put hard over.How does hunting gear work?
77. Gas turbines - discuss - maintenance routines, fuel control systems - performance assessment.
78. Emergency duties on board vessel - roles of officers. Fire team duties - training and emergency drills. Muster stations.
79. What lifeboat and launch arrangements on board your vessel - what do you know about free-fall lifeboats.
80. What fire detection systems on board your vessel describe operation - any problems? Maintenance routines. What happens if gas is detected?
81. Power outages - how to identify root cause or trip. Restoring power after trip.
82. Risk Assessment (M.E. Main bearing o’haul)
a. filling of the form
b. evaluation of the hazards listed and countermeasures taken.
83. Enclosed space entry procedures –
a. Tackling a victim in enclosed space/first-aid measures,
b. Lighting to be used in enclosed space,
c. Lifting gear – testing, checks & surveys,
d. Main bearing overhaul procedure checks on the brg/materials/defects. Photographs shown – deciding whether the brg can be used/discarded/identification of faults,
e. Journal effects – rectification,
f. Explaining I.G. system
a. scrubber checks/materials used/testing of alarms
b. O2 analyser/calibration/fault reading
c. I.G. blowers – defects/maintenance, vibration/monitor/alarm
d. Deck seal – checks/alarm/principle of operation,
g. Temp measuring probes/principle of operation,
h. Explosimeter – explain/tests/calibration.
84. Induction Motor – Problems like – not starting, various faults, single phasing, testing for faults, differential trip.
85. Action in the event of scavenge fire.
86. Experiences of major breakdowns encountered on board.
87. Checks in battery room – why isit ventilated.Difference between Lead acid and alkaline batteries/tests on them, chemicals used in them.
88. Safeties in battery room. Light fittings in battery room/cargo pump room.
89. How do you release CO2 for a car carrier hold? How do you enter after CO2 release?
90. How to calculate fuel consumption if the vessel is to be run at a different speed compared to previous voyage.
91. What is PMS and how does it help.
92. How do you know what jobs have been carried out on main SW pump?
93. What do you do prior to major O/H of slow speed or medium speed engine?
94. Sketch a composite boiler and show gas path.
95. How do you know Exh Gas Boiler working efficiently and how are tubes cleaned?
96. Why you calculate water requirement for a voyage?
97. Vessel has sailed, black smoke reported from funnel, what are you going to do?
98. How does a viscotherm work?
99. What problems are associated with L.P. fuel lines?
100. What is CCAI, how is it calculated?
101. What will affect the aspiration of the engine?
102. How do you maintain turborcharger performance?
103. How does load up program work? How does it monitor engine speed? What happens if speed pick up fails?
104. How does shaft generator work?
105. What is a thyristor, how does it work. How are KVARs accounted for? What would happen if a single thyristor failed?
106. Is your ship computer operated? Is there redundancy. What are fibre optics, why are they better than normal cables.
107. How do you, as chief engineer, know your duties, where can you find out?
108. How do you know that your ratings and officers are qualified?
109. How can you maintain a good working environment?
110. In dry-dock, explain how the propeller is removed. What can be done if the propeller won’t come off? What hazards are present? What would you enter on a Risk Assessment form? What damage may be present? Why would deformation of threads be a problem? What would you do about fretting on the tailshaft? How is the propeller fitted, what is push up and where do you measure from. Is temperature a problem?
111. What would you be looking for in a gearbox? What is case hardening, how is it done. Why would it fail?
112. Why are helical gears better – how is adjustment of backlash done? Why would there be scarring on the teeth?
113. Rudder
a. How to test for water leaks
b. Describe pressure test (wanted monometer rather than regulator and pressure gauge)
114. Orders to ER staff during dry docking .
115. Economiser Fires – Causes, Methods of cleaning, Complications with water disposal
116. Effects of advancing and retarding fuel injection. Timing of fuel pump – describing the type
117. Would you be happy to sail as Chief Engineer?
118. You have joined a vessel having no records whatsoever. How will you go about setting up a system of PMS and complying with ISM?
119. Why have ISM?State incident from your person experience that could have been avoided had ISM been implemented?
120. What is safe manning?
121. Under which Certificate is Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM) covered?
122. Under which Convention is ISM covered?
123. What is PMS? How ill you monitor your machinery? What will you check on an electric motor under Continuous Monitoring system?
124. What items will you include in your Standing Orders in Dry dock?
125. You want to do some welding at forcastle store by ship staff, when you are in dry-dock. How will you deal with this? Who will issue a gas-free certificate in this case?
126. How will you take out a key-less propeller from tail shaft? What checks will you carry out on both the tail shaft and propeller? How you will identify cavitation on propeller? How will you detect cracks in tail shaft? What is Magnetic particle test?
127. What will you check on rudder?
128. What maintenance, inspection tests will you carry out in your main bus-bar, while in repair berth?
129. After completion of dry-docking, how will you monitor the performance of main engine with a clean hull during sailing?
130. Can you draw a load diagram and explain where you will be before dry-dock and where after dry- docking? How will you analyse the hull condition using a load diagram?
131. What were the fixed fire fighting installations on board our ship? What checks will you carry out on a bottled CO2 system? How will you check the bottle content? How will you test your CO2 alarm?
132. What checks will you carry out on the fixed foam installation for deck? Why you will send the foam compound for analysis? How often it should be done?
133. What is harmonised surveying?
134. What are SOLAS requirements for HP fuel lines? What is surface temperature limit for areas in way of fuel pipes? How would you carry out an examination to find out if you are complying with these rules? What precautions for oil pipes which are not double skinned?
135. How would you test a life boat davit? How would you know the load? How would you find a shore tester to do the work? Advantages of using a load cell or weight test with water bags. Survey requirements of lifeboats and the time certificates last.
136. How would you calculate how much fuel for a long sea passage? You have no log books or information onboard other than ships manuals, how do you calculate fuel and power to maintain a service speed for the passage? How do you calculate the power and speed needed for the passage? What reserve would you carry? The charterer refuses to agree for a fuel reserve, what would you do?
137. Enclosed space entry procedures – Tackling a victim in enclosed space/first-aid measures; Lighting to be used in enclosed space;Lifting gear *testing
*checks
* surveys.
138. Main bearing overhaul procedure checks on the brg/materials/defects. How to decide whether the brg can be used/discarded/identification of faults?
139. Explaining I.G. system
a. scrubber checks/materials used/testing of alarms
b. O2 analyser/calibration/fault reading
c. I.G. blowers – defects/maintenance, vibration/monitor/alarm
d. Deck seal – checks/alarm/principle of operation.
140. Temp measuring probes/principle of operation -
Explosimeter – explain/tests/calibration
141. Induction Motor - Problems – not starting, various faults, single phasing, testing for faults, differential trip.
142. Action in the event of scavenge fire.
143. Precautions to be taken while adjusting fuel racks and fuel timing adjustments.
144. Experiences of major breakdowns encountered on board.
145. CO2 room checks/ temps and press of bulk CO2. How is temperature maintained? How do you release CO2 for a car carrier hold? How do you enter after CO2 release?
146. Sketch a composite boiler and show gas path.
147. How do you know Exh Gas Boiler is working efficiently? How are tubes cleaned?
148. Vessel has sailed, black smoke reported from funnel, what are you going to do?
149. How does a viscotherm work?
150. How do you maintain turborcharger performance?
151. How does your load up program work? How does it monitor engine speed? What happens if speed pick up fails?
152. Rudder - How to test for water leaks? Describe pressure test.
153.Economiser Fires – Causes; Methods of cleaning and Complications with water disposal.
154. Effects of advancing and retarding fuel injection.
155. During docking, how will you take Shore power? The requirement of your ship is 440V, 60 Hz. But the dock can supply only 380 V, 50Hz. What will you do? What are the problems associated with this?
156. What arrangements will you make to take care of motors overheating?
157. Sources of chloride contamination in auxiliary boilers.
158.Indicator cards - determine power calculations and engine balancing. Discuss both 2/S and 4/S. peak pressure and other information required. Would high peak on any one cylinder indicate high power? Discuss timing on both 2/stroke and 4/stroke engines.
159. What to check on ER cranes, gantry cranes, survey periods?
160. Reversing of engines, how is camshaft position changed? Why it sometimes doesn’t work?
161. Start air reservoirs, what to check during inspection? What is the acceptable limit for pitting etc.? Hoop stress etc. Drain valves, regular operation, failure of auto drain traps.
162. Draw an air start system and explain its operation. What interlocks are fitted. What safety devices are fitted? Why is a bursting disc preferable to a relief V/V. Explain how an engine reverses. Explain 'lost motion'.
163. Draw a hydraulic governor capable of isochronous operation. What is compensation and how is it adjusted. What happens inside the governor when the bridge move from half to full ahead. What protects the engine. Should the governor drive shear. Why is droop necessary for load sharing of alternators.
164. What checks would you do on an alternator to ensure it is operational following a fire in the engine room?
162. Lifeboats, in particular lifeboat brakes; what has the C/E got to do with brakes; describe what you see on opening up a brake and why you are looking at it.
163. What are the differences in oil used in 2/s & 4/s engines.
164. Causes of Crankcase explosions.
165. While walking around the engine, what do you look at?
166. If 3/E parrallels, 2 d/gens. but then can't get one of the d/gens. off the board - what to do?
167. Explain rotary vane SG. How do you isolate one vane if vane seal is leaking past? What would you do if you lost full charge of oil due to leak?
168. Switchboard fires - explain preventive action to be taken.
169. Generator CB protection. Generator, what type on last ship. Explain how AVR works - brushless, explain bridge rectifier (why not ½ wave). After DD generator will not excite, explain action. How do you protect the AVR when re-exciting alternator? Do you do it with generator running? Why?
170. Difference between Halon and CO2
171.During crankcase inspection 2/E has found white metal. What is your action? White metal from c/pin bearing - what causes it. What you will do if no spare on board. How to cut off unit. What changes will happen.
172. What is semi-built crankshaft. How it is made / where it is used.
173. What is hydraulic knock / how it is known (piston- cyl). Why it is caused./how it is identified.What are its affects/what you will do. Where do you find cracks in c/s. What will you do?
174. Explain bed plate construction. Where do you find cracks in bed plate/how it is caused. What will you do. If crack is found in fully casted bed plate, what action will you take.
175. How do you clean contact breakers/ckt breakers. Explain vacuum contact breakers. How chutes work (with regard to contact ckt breakers). W.R.T. main switchboard. How to you carry out maintenance work on main switchboard. What is intrinsically safe device.
176. How is safety of welding m/c accomplished.
177. Enclosed space entry. Work permits. Pump room inspection.
178. Type of engines on last ship - How to assess the performance of your engines. How would you know if you have burnt exhaust v/v. Draw out of phase card. Show early injection, late injection and normal ops. What effect of early injection (more concerned about bearings).
179. How would you assess that the bearing is in good condition. Worn bearing (bad scars), your action - new bearings. No spare bearings on board - hang the piston. How to remove two stroke main bearings for inspection.
180. What type of starter on board. Draw D.O.L., explain ops. Where will you connect auto starts for D.O.L. Where do you use your type of starter.
Draw auto transformer starter and explain ops.
181. What type of battery on board - lead, acid. Why personnel working on battery need to wear protective clothing. What other safety on battery room. What is the difference between lead, acid and alkali in terms of construction. What type of lighting in battery room - safety. What type of gas might be present in battery room.
182. Difference between tanker and other ship as far as fire equipment are concerned.
183. How IGS can be dangerous. IG alarms and trips.
184. Electrical equipment fitted on tanker deck how you identify them. What is the requirement.
185. Structural difference between tanker and other ships.
186. What are shipping governing bodies. IMO, MEPC, MSC.
187. E/R - oily water seperator. Why special. What type of filters used. If somebody has done changes in pipeline, what will you do.
188. How you confirm other engineers are carrying out their work properly/safely.
189. UMS operation, what is requirement.
190. What prevents fire to spread from one compartment to another? What is a fire bulkhead? How do you identify a fire bulkhead?
191. As a C/E how will you plan your maintenance.
192. Air bottle and air line survey.
193. What are the checks done during boiler survey? On survey, one tube cracked, same is renewed - What checks are to be carried out after repair work? Under what certification does boiler survey fall? What is the validity of the certificate?
194. What is the difference between an UMS ship and a manned ship? You join an UMS as C/E. How will you know whether the ship is in a condition for UMS operation? Will you allow unmanned operation from your first day on board?
195. What do you know about ISM? As CEO how do you know ISM is being complied with on board?
196.From where does Planned Maintenance System come? How do you prepare one? If one of the deck machinery is not in the PM system, how do you know as Chief Engineer that it is running in good order?
197. What trips are fitted on a generator breaker?What are they for?
198. If 2 generators in parallel with volts and kW equal but amps unequal what is wrong?
199. What actually happens when the speed regulator on the S/B is altered to adjust load? What is meant by the term Power Factor? Active Power? Reactive Power? What will happen to a motor running with a very low Power Factor.(runs hot)
200. Internal pipes for CPP ‑ Muff coupling, Why use 2 pumps ‑ draw a sketch. How would you test a CPP from remote? How do you know what pitch is on?
How does pitch indicator work? How often do you test?
201. What checks do you do on WT doors? How many places can they be closed from? If they are operated from various upper decks is this manually or by electric pumps? If power fails how many times will door open/close using local control (not hand pump)
How does it do this?
202. What do you check when inspecting CO2 flooding? How often do you inspect? How would you know if a bottle had discharged itself? What stops the CO2 from discharging into the ER?
203. What is high temperature and low temperature corrosion and where does it occur in cylinder liners? Discuss the problems of NOx and SOx.
204. Discuss forces acting on and design of 4S and 2S bottom end bolts.
205. State the combustion phases once fuel has been injected. Discuss the principle of operation of a Bosch type fuel pump.
206. Describe the air flow through the Sulzer scavenge system. How does 30bar starting air pressure overcome 60bar compression pressure?
207. How can a LP exh gas T/C drive a comp. discharging air at higher pressure?
208. Survey of a squirrel cage motor, security of windings, air gap, typical winding resistance.
209. Types of fire detector heads and how tested?
210. List the contaminants in fuel oil. How dealt with, effects minimised, which order for separator /clarifier.
211. Problems with afterburning and diesel knock, how to deal with, what parts affected.
212. How to deal with burnt crown with no spare.
213. Crack in crankshaft what to do?
214. What are the phases of combustion? Which stages are controlled? How are they controlled?
215. What do you know about Detergents? Which type of OW separator is best for handling slow break and quick break detergents and why. (quick break‑coalescing, slow break‑coagulating)
216. Which areas on tankers are designated safe areas?
What types of electrical supply would you get on deck? What do you understand by the term intrinsic safety? How is intrinsic safety accomplished? What are zener barriers?
217. How to remove a seized piston in the liner?
218. How are 3 phase transformers connected? If one phase is lost can it still be used? What is the main danger of transformer oil?
219. Why are HV systems becoming popular?
220. What are the advantages of an ionisation type detector over a smoke detector?
221. What is the difference between Pind and Pbrake?
222. Discuss temperature measurement of bearings and exhaust gas.
223. With regard to thermocouples explain hot and cold junctions.
224. Explain the occurrence of a crankcase explosion.
Action to take as C/E. What action if no cause found?
225. How are repairs to bilge keel carried out? What method used for attaching bilge keels.
226. Enclosed space entry on gas tankers with respect to LPG leakage into void space. Pumps and pumping systems for LPG carriers.Purpose of centreline bulkhead, effect on free surface effect.
227. Secondary barrier insulation.
228. How is Main engine bottom end bearing failure influenced by the different forces? Action if bearing beyond further use and no spare available. Procedure and problems associated with starting/operating engine with one unit hung up.
229. What type of operational problems have you seen at your present rank?
230. As C/E what type of spares would you consider appropriate? If the company does not issue you with the spares what would you do? (Examiner - Inform MSA, Class and do not sail)( NB LR do not dictate the level of spares, only recommend)
231. What causes exhaust gas boiler fouling, what are the indications and effects. At what engine speed would you clean the boiler and why? Where would you dump the washing water, and how would you prevent this water causing damage to the engine and ship?
232. Draw a Bosch and Sulzer type fuel pump. How does VIT work on the Sulzer pump? How would you adjust the non-VIT type pump for different level of fuel input?
233. Describe the jacket water tests.
234. Describe the fuel combustion process
235. How does VIT work on a Bosch type fuel pump?
236. What is the expected wear down of a stern tube?
237. Detail a seabox inspection
238. Discuss how propellers are mounted onto a taper
239. Give the SFC figures from your last engine
240. Detail fuel properties and their effects
241. Discuss how to obtain the power calculations, and why are these needed for the SFC figure? What would be the max density and viscosity you would accept?
242. What are the different properties of 2 and 4 stroke lube oils? Describe oxidation of lube oil. Could a 4-stroke oil be used in a 2-stroke engine?
243. Detail an air reservoir inspection. What would you do if corrosion was found? How do you set the safety valves?
244. What is the boiler test pressure after repairs have been completed? Can you operate the boiler at the maximum test pressure?
245. What is the difference between closed and open loop
Draw a closed loop system
246. Describe the maintenance on an AC system. Describe how you would disinfect the system and at what interval?
247. Draw a passenger ship sprinkler system. Draw a section valve. Describe how you would test the system and what alarms are fitted?
248. Discuss the load tests and certification for lifting gear.
249. What are the likely causes of corrosion on cyl. liners near scavenge ports? How will you prevent/reduce cold corrosion?
250. You are awakened from a deep sleep in middle of the night with the fire alarm ringing. You discover a severe fire due to a ruptured fuel pipe. Explain your actions from there until Full Away.
251. Once the ER is vented and re‑entry is possible explain y our instructions to personnel on where to check and why. (In bilge’s for gas pockets.)After the fire the E/A cables look black and sooty, what action to take?
252. List of items to be checked for loadline certificate.
253. Emergency fire pump is holed, no spare, what action to take?
254. 4th engineer calls you early morning to sat there is heavy leakage from SW suction line, what action?
255. How will you maintain an emergency escape, what to avoid?
256. Preparations for starting airline survey and what will you do to avoid LO carry over into the system?
257. Cold room and refrigeration machinery checks.
258. How do cooling water additives protect the system and what additives are used?
259. With respect to oil pollution what do you do about leaking stern tube?
260. Discuss entry into enclosed spaces.
261. How would you inspect a ballast tank?
262. Does propeller polishing improve fuel consumption?
263. The 3rd engineer calls you down to the ER because he can not lower the bilge’s with the normal bilge pump, what would you do?
264. How would you test to see of a diode is functioning correctly?
265. What would you do if the generator starts but there is no frequency or voltage on the output?
266. What would the Port Authorities be interested in when boarding the vessel?
267. You are on a twin propeller vessel, and when entering port one engine goes into overload. The pitch and revs seem Ok, what is the problem?
268. List the checks carried out on the inert gas plant, including the list of alarms and trips.
269. How would you survey a cofferdam?
270. List all the items you would check during a switchboard survey?
271. How is expansion allowed for on a boiler, and how it is maintained?
272. Who does what and why, in a fire and boat drill?
273. How would you change the fuel cam on the main engine?
274. The ship is in a narrow passage and #3 unit has an oil mist alarm, what would you do? You reach the port and ship is alongside, but now #2 and #4 are showing oil mist, now what would you do?
275. You have some cracks in the hopper tanks and wish to rectify them, how would you enter it? Shore welders have repaired the above fault, and after the work is over you spot two pipes going inside the tank, what would you do?
276. All instruments on the generator engine are damaged, and you need to run this engine, what instructions would you give to your engineers?
277. What checks would you carry out on the chain drive of the main engine? When would you change the chains?
278. What checks would you carry out on the forecastle of a container vessel?
279. Your liferaft has just been returned from ashore, what should you check? Someone has painted the lifeboat hooks, what should you do?
280. The 3/E calls you at 0300 informing the ER is flooding, what should you tell him to do? How would you fit a cement box, how can you make it fast curing?
281. Detail your precautions before entering the cargo pump room.
282. A container is loaded with strange marking on it, what should you do?
283. 60 litres of lube oil is spilt in the engine room, how should the clean up operation be carried ?
284. What would you check on the fuel line from the tank to the engine?
285. How does the main engine chain elongate?
286. When you have excess vanadium and sodium in the fuel, what would happen?
287. What are the design differences between a slow and medium speed engine? What are the operational differences between them?
288. How is the signal from the bridge transmitted to the steering gear? What is the procedure when the telemotor system fails? What safeties are fitted tot he steering gear system?
289. If you get two earth faults, how do you detect it?
If there is only one earth fault how do you find it?
290. What is a Condition of Assignment? What is relevant on the freeboard?
291. What are firebulkheads, and where would you find them
Without using a fire plan how would you identify one?
What is a Class A bulkhead, and where would you find one on a passenger ship?
292. How is the International Load Line Assessed?
293. There is no oil mist detector fitted to your engines, how would the explosion risk be minimised?
294. How would you check an overload relay?
295. What procedure would you adopt for ME exhaust manifold inspection?
296. What instructions would you give to a 4/E for proper operation and maintenance of FO/LO purifiers? Should the LO purifier be cleaned after every stoppage i.e. before restarting?
297. As a C/E, how will you ensure that the TME / J/E complies with the requirements of an ON BOARD Training Manual?
298. What instructions should be given to a 2/E for the correct implementation of PMS in ER?
299. What instructions would you give to ER staff w.r.t. maintaining a happy ship?
300. As a C/E, what should be your daily routine to ensure safety of your vessel and proper ER operations?
2. What are the provisions provided on a tanker to fight a fire on deck?
3. How will you assess that your Main Engine is performing good. (Slow speed and medium speed).
4. How will you make sure that your Main Engine is not overloaded.
5. As a Chief Engineer how are you going to order your bunkers.
6. What is the information available on the Bunker Receipt.
7. As Chief Engineer what are your responsibilities regarding lifting gears. How do you make sure that correct lifting gears are used? How will you make sure that you are using good lifting gears.
8. What are the conventions that you are aware of? What do you know about SOLAS. What do you know about MARPOL. What do you know about STCW 95. What do you know about ISM.
9. What are the required statutory certificates carried on board. What is load line survey?
10. Describe Aux. boiler survey.
11. Describe Air bottle and air line survey.
12. Requirements to be met before putting Engine Room UMS.
13. What is Port State Control.
14. Regulation regarding pumping out Engine Room bilges.
15. Requirements for UMS.
16. How you maintain lifting gears. How you test small shackles, eyebolts?
17. How to you carry out PMS. What about windlass condition, monitoring.
18. How you train a junior engineer. What work will you give a j/e during night?
19. How you make sure crew is following safety procedures in engine-room.
20. Difference between tanker and other ship as far as fire equipment are concerned.
21. How IGS can be dangerous? IG alarms and trips.
22. How do you identify Electrical equipment fitted on tanker deck? What are the requirements for these equipments?
23. What are the structural differences between tanker and other ships?
24. If somebody has made changes in Oily Water Separator pipeline, what will you do?
25. How you confirm other engineers are carrying out their work properly/safely.
26. Why are Port state control required when Capt. & C/E are qualified and are doing their duties?
27. How are Classification societies connected to IMO?
28. What are the requirements for UMS operation?
29. Who looks after fire fighting in dry dock? What about safety of workers and ship staff? What means are provided to escape up to jetty?
30. What you will check during Steam plant survey onboard? After survey is finished what you will do/check?
31. What you will write in standing orders as C/E?
32. What you will tell a new cadet joining ship?
33. What documents are to be checked for a New oiler / wiper joining?
34. How will you ensure that M/E is performing well?
35. How will you tell a bulkhead fire type?
36. How will you ensure the boiler is performing correctly?
37. How will you ensure the fire protection system is working satisfactorily?
38. How will you check fuel injection timing?
39. List all M/C safeties.
40. Explain U M S checklist.
41. State Boiler survey procedure and what you will check after a tube repairs?
42. List all certificates carried on board.
43. List Accommodation safeties of passenger ship. How will passengers escape from accommodation?
44. As a Chief Engineer how would you ascertain the performance of a slow speed engine?
45. As a Chief Engineer detail the inspection prior to UMS operation.
46. Bunker calculation, ordering and receiving. How will you know the safe maximum pressure for your bunker system? What are the tests you will do before receiving the bunker?
47. What you will do prior to and during dry-docking. What should you do to prevent fire when in dry-dock. What should you do to ensure that the dockyard workers are working safely and correctly? How many way outs should be arranged from ship to shore when in dry-dock?
48. What prevents fire spreading from one compartment to another? What is a fire bulkhead?
49. How you identify a fire ?
50. As a Chief Engineer how will you plan your maintenance?
51. What is port state control? What they will check? For which items is the C/E responsible in safety equipment certificate? What checks would you do to maintain them?
52. As a Chief Engineer what should you do prior to discharge CO2 in E/R.?
53. Explain CO2 room inspection.
54. In a main engine, how do you know whether engine is performing well? What do you check and do with power and draw cards. If only one unit is out of balance, what are you going to do about it? In a medium speed main engine, how do you know whether the engine is performing well?
55. Can an engine get over-loaded and how can it happen? How will hull fouling overload the engine? As a Chief Engineer how are you going to find out that the hull if getting fouled?
56. In a Boiler Survey, what do you survey? After a big repair in a boiler, such as welding etc. what do you do before firing? After a surveyor's inspection, as a Chief Engineer how are you going to fire the boiler?
57. As a Chief Engineer, how do you know whether engine room machinery is running in order?
58. From where does Planned Maintenance System come and how do you prepare one? If one of the deck machinery is not in the PM system, how do you know as Chief Engineer that it is running in good order?
59. What are the differences between a UMS and a manned ship? If you are new to the ship, are you going to run the ship on UMS?
60. How will you order bunkers, store it and use it?
61. What is the purpose of having divisions on board a ship? How do you identify them? Where do you get divisions in a passenger ship?
62. What are the International Organisations that are relevant to Merchant Shipping? What is in the STCW 95 Convention?
63. What are the fire fighting appliances found on board?
64. What are the life saving appliances found on board?
65. What is water tight integrity of a ship? Under what certificates does it fall? What is the duration of survey?
66. What is a fire bulkhead? Can a passage be made through it?
67. How do turbine shafts and cables pass from E/R to pump room?
68. How would you, as a Chief Engineer, order, prepare, receive and store F.O. bunker. What if the supplier says that the bunker is not of same specification was what was ordered.
69. What are the checks carried out in the lifting gear. You find a shackle lying around in the workshop. Will you use it?
70. What information you receive from bunker delivery note. What are the kinds of oil pollution equipment you will use for bunker? During bunker you have an oil spill, as C/E what guidance do you have for oil spill?
71. As CEO how are you going to ensure all machinery maintenance and jobs are correctly undertaken after a new takeover.
72. Suppose you open a pump as per PMS and find in good condition during several PMS inspections. Will you change the time between overhauls or will you not do anything about it and keep inspecting at same intervals.
73. As CEO what is your responsibility regarding lifting gears. Suppose many eyebolt, shackles, wire ropes lying in engine room, how will you know which one is good?
74. Describe testing OWS for IOPP Certificate.
75. Grounding - content of damage stability plan
76. Steering gear - types familiar with. What if rudder struck, say, dock wall whilst being put hard over.How does hunting gear work?
77. Gas turbines - discuss - maintenance routines, fuel control systems - performance assessment.
78. Emergency duties on board vessel - roles of officers. Fire team duties - training and emergency drills. Muster stations.
79. What lifeboat and launch arrangements on board your vessel - what do you know about free-fall lifeboats.
80. What fire detection systems on board your vessel describe operation - any problems? Maintenance routines. What happens if gas is detected?
81. Power outages - how to identify root cause or trip. Restoring power after trip.
82. Risk Assessment (M.E. Main bearing o’haul)
a. filling of the form
b. evaluation of the hazards listed and countermeasures taken.
83. Enclosed space entry procedures –
a. Tackling a victim in enclosed space/first-aid measures,
b. Lighting to be used in enclosed space,
c. Lifting gear – testing, checks & surveys,
d. Main bearing overhaul procedure checks on the brg/materials/defects. Photographs shown – deciding whether the brg can be used/discarded/identification of faults,
e. Journal effects – rectification,
f. Explaining I.G. system
a. scrubber checks/materials used/testing of alarms
b. O2 analyser/calibration/fault reading
c. I.G. blowers – defects/maintenance, vibration/monitor/alarm
d. Deck seal – checks/alarm/principle of operation,
g. Temp measuring probes/principle of operation,
h. Explosimeter – explain/tests/calibration.
84. Induction Motor – Problems like – not starting, various faults, single phasing, testing for faults, differential trip.
85. Action in the event of scavenge fire.
86. Experiences of major breakdowns encountered on board.
87. Checks in battery room – why isit ventilated.Difference between Lead acid and alkaline batteries/tests on them, chemicals used in them.
88. Safeties in battery room. Light fittings in battery room/cargo pump room.
89. How do you release CO2 for a car carrier hold? How do you enter after CO2 release?
90. How to calculate fuel consumption if the vessel is to be run at a different speed compared to previous voyage.
91. What is PMS and how does it help.
92. How do you know what jobs have been carried out on main SW pump?
93. What do you do prior to major O/H of slow speed or medium speed engine?
94. Sketch a composite boiler and show gas path.
95. How do you know Exh Gas Boiler working efficiently and how are tubes cleaned?
96. Why you calculate water requirement for a voyage?
97. Vessel has sailed, black smoke reported from funnel, what are you going to do?
98. How does a viscotherm work?
99. What problems are associated with L.P. fuel lines?
100. What is CCAI, how is it calculated?
101. What will affect the aspiration of the engine?
102. How do you maintain turborcharger performance?
103. How does load up program work? How does it monitor engine speed? What happens if speed pick up fails?
104. How does shaft generator work?
105. What is a thyristor, how does it work. How are KVARs accounted for? What would happen if a single thyristor failed?
106. Is your ship computer operated? Is there redundancy. What are fibre optics, why are they better than normal cables.
107. How do you, as chief engineer, know your duties, where can you find out?
108. How do you know that your ratings and officers are qualified?
109. How can you maintain a good working environment?
110. In dry-dock, explain how the propeller is removed. What can be done if the propeller won’t come off? What hazards are present? What would you enter on a Risk Assessment form? What damage may be present? Why would deformation of threads be a problem? What would you do about fretting on the tailshaft? How is the propeller fitted, what is push up and where do you measure from. Is temperature a problem?
111. What would you be looking for in a gearbox? What is case hardening, how is it done. Why would it fail?
112. Why are helical gears better – how is adjustment of backlash done? Why would there be scarring on the teeth?
113. Rudder
a. How to test for water leaks
b. Describe pressure test (wanted monometer rather than regulator and pressure gauge)
114. Orders to ER staff during dry docking .
115. Economiser Fires – Causes, Methods of cleaning, Complications with water disposal
116. Effects of advancing and retarding fuel injection. Timing of fuel pump – describing the type
117. Would you be happy to sail as Chief Engineer?
118. You have joined a vessel having no records whatsoever. How will you go about setting up a system of PMS and complying with ISM?
119. Why have ISM?State incident from your person experience that could have been avoided had ISM been implemented?
120. What is safe manning?
121. Under which Certificate is Continuous Survey of Machinery (CSM) covered?
122. Under which Convention is ISM covered?
123. What is PMS? How ill you monitor your machinery? What will you check on an electric motor under Continuous Monitoring system?
124. What items will you include in your Standing Orders in Dry dock?
125. You want to do some welding at forcastle store by ship staff, when you are in dry-dock. How will you deal with this? Who will issue a gas-free certificate in this case?
126. How will you take out a key-less propeller from tail shaft? What checks will you carry out on both the tail shaft and propeller? How you will identify cavitation on propeller? How will you detect cracks in tail shaft? What is Magnetic particle test?
127. What will you check on rudder?
128. What maintenance, inspection tests will you carry out in your main bus-bar, while in repair berth?
129. After completion of dry-docking, how will you monitor the performance of main engine with a clean hull during sailing?
130. Can you draw a load diagram and explain where you will be before dry-dock and where after dry- docking? How will you analyse the hull condition using a load diagram?
131. What were the fixed fire fighting installations on board our ship? What checks will you carry out on a bottled CO2 system? How will you check the bottle content? How will you test your CO2 alarm?
132. What checks will you carry out on the fixed foam installation for deck? Why you will send the foam compound for analysis? How often it should be done?
133. What is harmonised surveying?
134. What are SOLAS requirements for HP fuel lines? What is surface temperature limit for areas in way of fuel pipes? How would you carry out an examination to find out if you are complying with these rules? What precautions for oil pipes which are not double skinned?
135. How would you test a life boat davit? How would you know the load? How would you find a shore tester to do the work? Advantages of using a load cell or weight test with water bags. Survey requirements of lifeboats and the time certificates last.
136. How would you calculate how much fuel for a long sea passage? You have no log books or information onboard other than ships manuals, how do you calculate fuel and power to maintain a service speed for the passage? How do you calculate the power and speed needed for the passage? What reserve would you carry? The charterer refuses to agree for a fuel reserve, what would you do?
137. Enclosed space entry procedures – Tackling a victim in enclosed space/first-aid measures; Lighting to be used in enclosed space;Lifting gear *testing
*checks
* surveys.
138. Main bearing overhaul procedure checks on the brg/materials/defects. How to decide whether the brg can be used/discarded/identification of faults?
139. Explaining I.G. system
a. scrubber checks/materials used/testing of alarms
b. O2 analyser/calibration/fault reading
c. I.G. blowers – defects/maintenance, vibration/monitor/alarm
d. Deck seal – checks/alarm/principle of operation.
140. Temp measuring probes/principle of operation -
Explosimeter – explain/tests/calibration
141. Induction Motor - Problems – not starting, various faults, single phasing, testing for faults, differential trip.
142. Action in the event of scavenge fire.
143. Precautions to be taken while adjusting fuel racks and fuel timing adjustments.
144. Experiences of major breakdowns encountered on board.
145. CO2 room checks/ temps and press of bulk CO2. How is temperature maintained? How do you release CO2 for a car carrier hold? How do you enter after CO2 release?
146. Sketch a composite boiler and show gas path.
147. How do you know Exh Gas Boiler is working efficiently? How are tubes cleaned?
148. Vessel has sailed, black smoke reported from funnel, what are you going to do?
149. How does a viscotherm work?
150. How do you maintain turborcharger performance?
151. How does your load up program work? How does it monitor engine speed? What happens if speed pick up fails?
152. Rudder - How to test for water leaks? Describe pressure test.
153.Economiser Fires – Causes; Methods of cleaning and Complications with water disposal.
154. Effects of advancing and retarding fuel injection.
155. During docking, how will you take Shore power? The requirement of your ship is 440V, 60 Hz. But the dock can supply only 380 V, 50Hz. What will you do? What are the problems associated with this?
156. What arrangements will you make to take care of motors overheating?
157. Sources of chloride contamination in auxiliary boilers.
158.Indicator cards - determine power calculations and engine balancing. Discuss both 2/S and 4/S. peak pressure and other information required. Would high peak on any one cylinder indicate high power? Discuss timing on both 2/stroke and 4/stroke engines.
159. What to check on ER cranes, gantry cranes, survey periods?
160. Reversing of engines, how is camshaft position changed? Why it sometimes doesn’t work?
161. Start air reservoirs, what to check during inspection? What is the acceptable limit for pitting etc.? Hoop stress etc. Drain valves, regular operation, failure of auto drain traps.
162. Draw an air start system and explain its operation. What interlocks are fitted. What safety devices are fitted? Why is a bursting disc preferable to a relief V/V. Explain how an engine reverses. Explain 'lost motion'.
163. Draw a hydraulic governor capable of isochronous operation. What is compensation and how is it adjusted. What happens inside the governor when the bridge move from half to full ahead. What protects the engine. Should the governor drive shear. Why is droop necessary for load sharing of alternators.
164. What checks would you do on an alternator to ensure it is operational following a fire in the engine room?
162. Lifeboats, in particular lifeboat brakes; what has the C/E got to do with brakes; describe what you see on opening up a brake and why you are looking at it.
163. What are the differences in oil used in 2/s & 4/s engines.
164. Causes of Crankcase explosions.
165. While walking around the engine, what do you look at?
166. If 3/E parrallels, 2 d/gens. but then can't get one of the d/gens. off the board - what to do?
167. Explain rotary vane SG. How do you isolate one vane if vane seal is leaking past? What would you do if you lost full charge of oil due to leak?
168. Switchboard fires - explain preventive action to be taken.
169. Generator CB protection. Generator, what type on last ship. Explain how AVR works - brushless, explain bridge rectifier (why not ½ wave). After DD generator will not excite, explain action. How do you protect the AVR when re-exciting alternator? Do you do it with generator running? Why?
170. Difference between Halon and CO2
171.During crankcase inspection 2/E has found white metal. What is your action? White metal from c/pin bearing - what causes it. What you will do if no spare on board. How to cut off unit. What changes will happen.
172. What is semi-built crankshaft. How it is made / where it is used.
173. What is hydraulic knock / how it is known (piston- cyl). Why it is caused./how it is identified.What are its affects/what you will do. Where do you find cracks in c/s. What will you do?
174. Explain bed plate construction. Where do you find cracks in bed plate/how it is caused. What will you do. If crack is found in fully casted bed plate, what action will you take.
175. How do you clean contact breakers/ckt breakers. Explain vacuum contact breakers. How chutes work (with regard to contact ckt breakers). W.R.T. main switchboard. How to you carry out maintenance work on main switchboard. What is intrinsically safe device.
176. How is safety of welding m/c accomplished.
177. Enclosed space entry. Work permits. Pump room inspection.
178. Type of engines on last ship - How to assess the performance of your engines. How would you know if you have burnt exhaust v/v. Draw out of phase card. Show early injection, late injection and normal ops. What effect of early injection (more concerned about bearings).
179. How would you assess that the bearing is in good condition. Worn bearing (bad scars), your action - new bearings. No spare bearings on board - hang the piston. How to remove two stroke main bearings for inspection.
180. What type of starter on board. Draw D.O.L., explain ops. Where will you connect auto starts for D.O.L. Where do you use your type of starter.
Draw auto transformer starter and explain ops.
181. What type of battery on board - lead, acid. Why personnel working on battery need to wear protective clothing. What other safety on battery room. What is the difference between lead, acid and alkali in terms of construction. What type of lighting in battery room - safety. What type of gas might be present in battery room.
182. Difference between tanker and other ship as far as fire equipment are concerned.
183. How IGS can be dangerous. IG alarms and trips.
184. Electrical equipment fitted on tanker deck how you identify them. What is the requirement.
185. Structural difference between tanker and other ships.
186. What are shipping governing bodies. IMO, MEPC, MSC.
187. E/R - oily water seperator. Why special. What type of filters used. If somebody has done changes in pipeline, what will you do.
188. How you confirm other engineers are carrying out their work properly/safely.
189. UMS operation, what is requirement.
190. What prevents fire to spread from one compartment to another? What is a fire bulkhead? How do you identify a fire bulkhead?
191. As a C/E how will you plan your maintenance.
192. Air bottle and air line survey.
193. What are the checks done during boiler survey? On survey, one tube cracked, same is renewed - What checks are to be carried out after repair work? Under what certification does boiler survey fall? What is the validity of the certificate?
194. What is the difference between an UMS ship and a manned ship? You join an UMS as C/E. How will you know whether the ship is in a condition for UMS operation? Will you allow unmanned operation from your first day on board?
195. What do you know about ISM? As CEO how do you know ISM is being complied with on board?
196.From where does Planned Maintenance System come? How do you prepare one? If one of the deck machinery is not in the PM system, how do you know as Chief Engineer that it is running in good order?
197. What trips are fitted on a generator breaker?What are they for?
198. If 2 generators in parallel with volts and kW equal but amps unequal what is wrong?
199. What actually happens when the speed regulator on the S/B is altered to adjust load? What is meant by the term Power Factor? Active Power? Reactive Power? What will happen to a motor running with a very low Power Factor.(runs hot)
200. Internal pipes for CPP ‑ Muff coupling, Why use 2 pumps ‑ draw a sketch. How would you test a CPP from remote? How do you know what pitch is on?
How does pitch indicator work? How often do you test?
201. What checks do you do on WT doors? How many places can they be closed from? If they are operated from various upper decks is this manually or by electric pumps? If power fails how many times will door open/close using local control (not hand pump)
How does it do this?
202. What do you check when inspecting CO2 flooding? How often do you inspect? How would you know if a bottle had discharged itself? What stops the CO2 from discharging into the ER?
203. What is high temperature and low temperature corrosion and where does it occur in cylinder liners? Discuss the problems of NOx and SOx.
204. Discuss forces acting on and design of 4S and 2S bottom end bolts.
205. State the combustion phases once fuel has been injected. Discuss the principle of operation of a Bosch type fuel pump.
206. Describe the air flow through the Sulzer scavenge system. How does 30bar starting air pressure overcome 60bar compression pressure?
207. How can a LP exh gas T/C drive a comp. discharging air at higher pressure?
208. Survey of a squirrel cage motor, security of windings, air gap, typical winding resistance.
209. Types of fire detector heads and how tested?
210. List the contaminants in fuel oil. How dealt with, effects minimised, which order for separator /clarifier.
211. Problems with afterburning and diesel knock, how to deal with, what parts affected.
212. How to deal with burnt crown with no spare.
213. Crack in crankshaft what to do?
214. What are the phases of combustion? Which stages are controlled? How are they controlled?
215. What do you know about Detergents? Which type of OW separator is best for handling slow break and quick break detergents and why. (quick break‑coalescing, slow break‑coagulating)
216. Which areas on tankers are designated safe areas?
What types of electrical supply would you get on deck? What do you understand by the term intrinsic safety? How is intrinsic safety accomplished? What are zener barriers?
217. How to remove a seized piston in the liner?
218. How are 3 phase transformers connected? If one phase is lost can it still be used? What is the main danger of transformer oil?
219. Why are HV systems becoming popular?
220. What are the advantages of an ionisation type detector over a smoke detector?
221. What is the difference between Pind and Pbrake?
222. Discuss temperature measurement of bearings and exhaust gas.
223. With regard to thermocouples explain hot and cold junctions.
224. Explain the occurrence of a crankcase explosion.
Action to take as C/E. What action if no cause found?
225. How are repairs to bilge keel carried out? What method used for attaching bilge keels.
226. Enclosed space entry on gas tankers with respect to LPG leakage into void space. Pumps and pumping systems for LPG carriers.Purpose of centreline bulkhead, effect on free surface effect.
227. Secondary barrier insulation.
228. How is Main engine bottom end bearing failure influenced by the different forces? Action if bearing beyond further use and no spare available. Procedure and problems associated with starting/operating engine with one unit hung up.
229. What type of operational problems have you seen at your present rank?
230. As C/E what type of spares would you consider appropriate? If the company does not issue you with the spares what would you do? (Examiner - Inform MSA, Class and do not sail)( NB LR do not dictate the level of spares, only recommend)
231. What causes exhaust gas boiler fouling, what are the indications and effects. At what engine speed would you clean the boiler and why? Where would you dump the washing water, and how would you prevent this water causing damage to the engine and ship?
232. Draw a Bosch and Sulzer type fuel pump. How does VIT work on the Sulzer pump? How would you adjust the non-VIT type pump for different level of fuel input?
233. Describe the jacket water tests.
234. Describe the fuel combustion process
235. How does VIT work on a Bosch type fuel pump?
236. What is the expected wear down of a stern tube?
237. Detail a seabox inspection
238. Discuss how propellers are mounted onto a taper
239. Give the SFC figures from your last engine
240. Detail fuel properties and their effects
241. Discuss how to obtain the power calculations, and why are these needed for the SFC figure? What would be the max density and viscosity you would accept?
242. What are the different properties of 2 and 4 stroke lube oils? Describe oxidation of lube oil. Could a 4-stroke oil be used in a 2-stroke engine?
243. Detail an air reservoir inspection. What would you do if corrosion was found? How do you set the safety valves?
244. What is the boiler test pressure after repairs have been completed? Can you operate the boiler at the maximum test pressure?
245. What is the difference between closed and open loop
Draw a closed loop system
246. Describe the maintenance on an AC system. Describe how you would disinfect the system and at what interval?
247. Draw a passenger ship sprinkler system. Draw a section valve. Describe how you would test the system and what alarms are fitted?
248. Discuss the load tests and certification for lifting gear.
249. What are the likely causes of corrosion on cyl. liners near scavenge ports? How will you prevent/reduce cold corrosion?
250. You are awakened from a deep sleep in middle of the night with the fire alarm ringing. You discover a severe fire due to a ruptured fuel pipe. Explain your actions from there until Full Away.
251. Once the ER is vented and re‑entry is possible explain y our instructions to personnel on where to check and why. (In bilge’s for gas pockets.)After the fire the E/A cables look black and sooty, what action to take?
252. List of items to be checked for loadline certificate.
253. Emergency fire pump is holed, no spare, what action to take?
254. 4th engineer calls you early morning to sat there is heavy leakage from SW suction line, what action?
255. How will you maintain an emergency escape, what to avoid?
256. Preparations for starting airline survey and what will you do to avoid LO carry over into the system?
257. Cold room and refrigeration machinery checks.
258. How do cooling water additives protect the system and what additives are used?
259. With respect to oil pollution what do you do about leaking stern tube?
260. Discuss entry into enclosed spaces.
261. How would you inspect a ballast tank?
262. Does propeller polishing improve fuel consumption?
263. The 3rd engineer calls you down to the ER because he can not lower the bilge’s with the normal bilge pump, what would you do?
264. How would you test to see of a diode is functioning correctly?
265. What would you do if the generator starts but there is no frequency or voltage on the output?
266. What would the Port Authorities be interested in when boarding the vessel?
267. You are on a twin propeller vessel, and when entering port one engine goes into overload. The pitch and revs seem Ok, what is the problem?
268. List the checks carried out on the inert gas plant, including the list of alarms and trips.
269. How would you survey a cofferdam?
270. List all the items you would check during a switchboard survey?
271. How is expansion allowed for on a boiler, and how it is maintained?
272. Who does what and why, in a fire and boat drill?
273. How would you change the fuel cam on the main engine?
274. The ship is in a narrow passage and #3 unit has an oil mist alarm, what would you do? You reach the port and ship is alongside, but now #2 and #4 are showing oil mist, now what would you do?
275. You have some cracks in the hopper tanks and wish to rectify them, how would you enter it? Shore welders have repaired the above fault, and after the work is over you spot two pipes going inside the tank, what would you do?
276. All instruments on the generator engine are damaged, and you need to run this engine, what instructions would you give to your engineers?
277. What checks would you carry out on the chain drive of the main engine? When would you change the chains?
278. What checks would you carry out on the forecastle of a container vessel?
279. Your liferaft has just been returned from ashore, what should you check? Someone has painted the lifeboat hooks, what should you do?
280. The 3/E calls you at 0300 informing the ER is flooding, what should you tell him to do? How would you fit a cement box, how can you make it fast curing?
281. Detail your precautions before entering the cargo pump room.
282. A container is loaded with strange marking on it, what should you do?
283. 60 litres of lube oil is spilt in the engine room, how should the clean up operation be carried ?
284. What would you check on the fuel line from the tank to the engine?
285. How does the main engine chain elongate?
286. When you have excess vanadium and sodium in the fuel, what would happen?
287. What are the design differences between a slow and medium speed engine? What are the operational differences between them?
288. How is the signal from the bridge transmitted to the steering gear? What is the procedure when the telemotor system fails? What safeties are fitted tot he steering gear system?
289. If you get two earth faults, how do you detect it?
If there is only one earth fault how do you find it?
290. What is a Condition of Assignment? What is relevant on the freeboard?
291. What are firebulkheads, and where would you find them
Without using a fire plan how would you identify one?
What is a Class A bulkhead, and where would you find one on a passenger ship?
292. How is the International Load Line Assessed?
293. There is no oil mist detector fitted to your engines, how would the explosion risk be minimised?
294. How would you check an overload relay?
295. What procedure would you adopt for ME exhaust manifold inspection?
296. What instructions would you give to a 4/E for proper operation and maintenance of FO/LO purifiers? Should the LO purifier be cleaned after every stoppage i.e. before restarting?
297. As a C/E, how will you ensure that the TME / J/E complies with the requirements of an ON BOARD Training Manual?
298. What instructions should be given to a 2/E for the correct implementation of PMS in ER?
299. What instructions would you give to ER staff w.r.t. maintaining a happy ship?
300. As a C/E, what should be your daily routine to ensure safety of your vessel and proper ER operations?