1. Why is boiler safety valve spring of square cross section and why do we use conical spring in governor?
2. What is the principle behind squatting effect.
3. In a pulse type type of TURBOCHARGER system like 9K90GF engine, tell the procedure in brief of blanking 1 TURBOCHARGER?
4. How to measure main bearing clearance in YANMAR aux engine?
5. What action will you take as a Second Engineer if you find that the viscosity of lube oil is less, water present, and TBN value dropped?
6. What will be your action if the bursting disc of compressor bursts during maneuvering?
7. What will happen if the NPSH(available) is lower than the NPSH(req), what action will you take?
8. What is MAN as in MAN B&W.?
9. What are the safeties in MSB and circuit breaker?
10. How will you prepare for MSB survey?
11. What is constructional diff between crude oil tanker, chemical carrier and product tanker?
12. What are the constructional details/features of timber carrier?
13. How are transformers connected in ship?
14. How will you test proper working of voltmeter on MSB?
15. How is reversing done in Sulzer RT FLEX engines?
16. Bilge pUMp is not taking suction - fault being a hole in the pipeline - how to find out and rectify the fault?
17. Why is it necessary to maintain the shell temp of a FWG?
18. Functions of each valve part in a reed valve ?
19. What are the ways in which you can lose vacuum?
20. After blowing down the gauge glass when you are about to open the steam cock, there is no steam coming out - what could be wrong?
21. What is the arrangement provided for hoisting the lifeboat with the dead man’s handle in the closed position?
22. High expansion foam system – equipments on board for engine room fire?
23. Which certificate is carried on chemical tankers but not on bulk carriers?
24. Latest amendment to IMO convention?
25. Cold ironing?
26. Advantage of 11 KV alternator?
27. CROSS-head bearing survey?
28. RND timing and initial preparation?
29. Trimetal bearing – explain?
30. Exhaust bellow design?
31. Did you have any problems on ship, describe.
32. Lifeboat hoisting winch motor voltage, lifeboat winch limit switch function?
33. How to isolate 1 switchboard from another switchboard?
34. Difference between MEB and MEC series engines?
35. Reversing in MEC?
36. Latest amendments in SOLAS?
37. Fully loaded bulk carrier carrying grain experiences water ingress in no.1 cargo hold and is full upto water line, what options do you have to reduce the effects of FSE (free surface effect)?
38. Latest IMO convention?
39. What checks you will carry out on lifeboat at routine intervals? What maintenance is carried out on lifeboat ashore? How often life boat should be lowered?
40. What is the capacity of liferaft placed at forward of ship?
41. How many lifebuoys are there on ship and how is the number of lifebuoys decided?
2. What is the principle behind squatting effect.
3. In a pulse type type of TURBOCHARGER system like 9K90GF engine, tell the procedure in brief of blanking 1 TURBOCHARGER?
4. How to measure main bearing clearance in YANMAR aux engine?
5. What action will you take as a Second Engineer if you find that the viscosity of lube oil is less, water present, and TBN value dropped?
6. What will be your action if the bursting disc of compressor bursts during maneuvering?
7. What will happen if the NPSH(available) is lower than the NPSH(req), what action will you take?
8. What is MAN as in MAN B&W.?
9. What are the safeties in MSB and circuit breaker?
10. How will you prepare for MSB survey?
11. What is constructional diff between crude oil tanker, chemical carrier and product tanker?
12. What are the constructional details/features of timber carrier?
13. How are transformers connected in ship?
14. How will you test proper working of voltmeter on MSB?
15. How is reversing done in Sulzer RT FLEX engines?
16. Bilge pUMp is not taking suction - fault being a hole in the pipeline - how to find out and rectify the fault?
17. Why is it necessary to maintain the shell temp of a FWG?
18. Functions of each valve part in a reed valve ?
19. What are the ways in which you can lose vacuum?
20. After blowing down the gauge glass when you are about to open the steam cock, there is no steam coming out - what could be wrong?
21. What is the arrangement provided for hoisting the lifeboat with the dead man’s handle in the closed position?
22. High expansion foam system – equipments on board for engine room fire?
23. Which certificate is carried on chemical tankers but not on bulk carriers?
24. Latest amendment to IMO convention?
25. Cold ironing?
26. Advantage of 11 KV alternator?
27. CROSS-head bearing survey?
28. RND timing and initial preparation?
29. Trimetal bearing – explain?
30. Exhaust bellow design?
31. Did you have any problems on ship, describe.
32. Lifeboat hoisting winch motor voltage, lifeboat winch limit switch function?
33. How to isolate 1 switchboard from another switchboard?
34. Difference between MEB and MEC series engines?
35. Reversing in MEC?
36. Latest amendments in SOLAS?
37. Fully loaded bulk carrier carrying grain experiences water ingress in no.1 cargo hold and is full upto water line, what options do you have to reduce the effects of FSE (free surface effect)?
38. Latest IMO convention?
39. What checks you will carry out on lifeboat at routine intervals? What maintenance is carried out on lifeboat ashore? How often life boat should be lowered?
40. What is the capacity of liferaft placed at forward of ship?
41. How many lifebuoys are there on ship and how is the number of lifebuoys decided?