Manage Fuel, Lubricationand Ballast Operations
Manage Fuel, Lubricationand Ballast Operations
Manage Fuel, Lubricationand Ballast Operations
2. Telephones are being used to communicate between personnel onboard and ashore
during a bunkering operation. What instruction would you give to ship personnel
regarding action to take in the event of failure of the telephone communication
during the operation?
A. Stop the bunkering until alternative reliable
communications are established
B. Call the electrician, and get him to repair the telephone
while the bunkering operation continues.
C. Slow down the bunkering rate until alternative reliable
communications are established.
D. Use a crewmember as a messenger between personnel involved in the
operation.
3. To avoid overbunkering and oil spill, it is very important that we closely monitor
the progress of the bunkering operation. What is the safest method to use to
minimise the risk of overflow and spillage?
A. Continuously monitor remote guage readings and confirm
with regular sounding of the fuel tanks.
B. The remote gauge system will provide us with the
necessary information
C. Open all the bunker tank lids to manually watch them
filling.
D. Use the predicted loading rate to calculate how much oil is being received.
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4. When bunkering through the port side of the bunker manifold what action should
be taken with the valves on the starboard side of the manifold prior to bunkering
operations commencing?
A. Blank flanges should be fitted to the closed
starboard side manifold valves.
B. The blank flanges should be removed from the
starboard side manifold valves to check for any
leakage past the closed valves.
C. Just fit the blank flanges then it doesn’t matter if the
valves are closed or not.
D. Just check that the valves are closed.
5. When planning bunkering operations it is preferable to arrange for the new fuel to
be bunkered into empty or nearly empty tanks whenever possible. What is the main
reason for this?
A. To minimise the risk of incompatibility between
different fuels.
B. To make it easier to calculate the quantity of
fueltaken onboard.
C. To minimise the risk of microbial contamination of
the fuel.
D. So that the sulphur content of each fuel is known.
7. You are in charge of a night bunkering operation. The delivery rate from the
supplier is high and you are filling six tanks simultaneously. You lose track of the
progress of the operation and feel that you are losing control of the situation. What
action should you take?
A. Stop bunkering, and establish facts, before bunkering
is resumed
B. Prepare yourself and the crew for an overflow.
C. Request a reduction in the delivery rate to try and
gain some time.
D. Open more tanks to slow down the filling rate of
individual tanks.
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9. Why are conventional strainers not fitted in the cargo hold bilge wells ?
A. Because the cargo holds are cleaner than the engine room
B. Because they are inaccessible when cargo is loaded
C. Because they might be damaged during loading and discharging
D. Because the engineers are in charge of pumping the bilges
10. How are bilge wells 'W' covered to stop solids entering during cargo carriage or
cargo operations ?
A. There is no covering
B. By perforated plating
C. By sack cloth
D. By steel plates bolted on
11. What type of valves are fitted to cargo bilge lines in front of the Engine Room
bulkhead ?
A. Auto-closing valves
B. Bilge gate valves
C. Non-return screw down valves
D. Manifold valves
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12. Here are some capacities of sea water pumps. Which pump is the Fire and Ballast
Pump ?
13. Here are some capacities of sea water pumps. Which one is the Fresh Water
Hydrophore Pump ?
A. 5 m3/hour x 25 metres
B. 40 m3/hour x 55 metres
C. 5 m3/hour x 50 metres
D. 0.5 m3/hour x 40 metres
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14. What type of pump do you think is used for the purpose shown here ?
A. A vane pump
B. A piston pump
C. A gear pump
D. A worm wheel pump
15. Air leakage into the packing gland of a condensate pump is prevented by
…………….
17. Which way does the fluid pass through the valve ?
A. Neither direction
B. From 13 to A
C. From A to B
D. Either direction
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20. What type of filters are fitted to the high and low sea chest suction lines ?
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23. If you find it difficult to obtain suction whilst pumping bilge well "A" which of the
following actions would you take ?
A. All of these.
B. Prime the pump with sea water
C. Check that bilge well values "B","C" and '9" are properly closed
D. Check that strainer cover of
24. What does the 'instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content "mean according to
Marpol ?
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27. Which description given below is nearest to the description of clean ballast as
defined by Marpol ?
A. Its oil content is no more than 100 ppm and it will not produce visible traces
on the shore lines.
B. Its oil content is NIL and consequently would not leave any traces upon the
surface of the water or emulsion beneath the water surface.
C. Its oil content is no more than 50 ppm and will not produce visible traces on
adjoining shorelines, nor emulsion in the sea.
D. If discharged from a ship stationary in clean calm water on a clear day will
not produce visible traces of oil on the water surface nor emulsion below
A. The clean ballast water which can only be pumped via segregated lines by
the clean ballast pump
B. Ballast water that cannot be pumped through cargo oil piping and for which
cargo pumps cannot be used
C. The ballast carried in the clean ballast tank via the segregated ballast pump
D. The ballast water introduced in a tank which is completely separated from
cargo or fuel oil system and permanently allocated to ballast
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29. According to Marpol, what is the meaning of the term "oil fuel" ?
A. Petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge oil, oil refuse and
refined products
B. Any grade of crude oil or fuel oil
C. Any grade of crude oil, fuel oil or refined products
D. Any grade of crude oil
31. For the purpose of determining the capacity of the clean ballast tanks in tankers,
which tanks may be Included ?
32. Under which conditions are Fore Peak tanks, After Peak tanks and cofferdams
allowed to be included in the total capacity determination of Cars for tankers ?
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33. If a tanker with separate independent piping and pumps for CBT and operating with
COW is to change its designation to product carrier and vice versa, which
provisions will apply ?
A. Two IOPP certificates are issued, only one valid at the time. No survey is
required prior switching trades. Manual for both procedures required.
B. The tanker needs to be surveyed each time its switches trade
C. Crude oil is not allowed to be carried in tanks designated CBT in the crude
oil tra
D. The COW system needs to be blanked
34. If an oil tanker is used for the storage of oil and its machinery modified to
immobilise the ship, what are the requirements for SOT, COT, PL and COW ?
35. Hi an oil tanker is used to receive dirty ballast from oil tankers, what are the
requirements for SBT, CBT, PL and COW ?
36. One of the requirements for an oil tanker operating with Dedicated Clean Ballast
shall be that it is e quipped with…….
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37. The regulations for existing tankers for SBT, CBT and COW shall not apply if the
tanker is engaged in specific trades provided reception facilities are existing in
ports. What document is to be endorsed ?
38. Annex IV of Marpol, deals with Sewage. How does it affect shipboard operations
concerning processing and treatment of sewage ?
A. Only a collecting tank is required for all countries for the time being
B. It is required by the United States only and an approved sewage plant must
be installed on board
C. Discharge is for the time being allowed anywhere as long a sewage plant is
on board
D. The regulations are not yet universally in force, but a number of countries
have adapted them and have stingent regulations
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