VIVA Questions 01
VIVA Questions 01
VIVA Questions 01
Auxiliary Machinery
1. What are the safeties in air compressor?
2. What is back pressure valve in refrigeration plant?
3. What is the telemeter in a steering system?
4. What are the various types of pumps used on board ship? Give examples.
5. Working principle of a fresh water generator; function of air/brine ejector.
6. Working principle of purifier.
7. Application of thermodynamics in your home.
8. What is a thermostat?
9. Oily water separator working principle (with detailed working – coalesce etc.)
10. Explain the refrigeration cycle with the help of a simple diagram.
11. What is high temperature corrosion?
12. Domestic fridge – frosting causes and remedy.
13. What is the function of gravity disc?
14. What is the function of the thrust block? Where is it located?
15. Name the parts of a purifier.
16. What is a paring disc?
17. What is the RPM of purifier motor and bowl?
18. Parts of centrifugal pump
19. What is provided in the discharge line of reciprocating pump for damping?
20. Why multi stage compressors are used – how does it affect performance?
21. What will happen if gear pump is reversed?
22. What is gland packing?
23. Misalignment between pump and motor?
24. Purifier – oil water interface
25. What is stern tube? Location? Purpose?
26. What is vapour pressure?
27. Quick Closing Valve
28. How to start a centrifugal pump? Checks before starting a centrifugal pump.
29. Compressor unloaded working
30. What is coalescence?
31. Working principle of FWG and OWS
32.
Control
1. What is the full form of SCADA and PLC?
2. What is a PID controller?
3. Level measurement and flow measurement
4. Principle of flow through a reducer.
5. What is the theory of the venturimeter? Which scientist developed the theory behind this?
6. How does O2 analyzer work?
7. Explain with diagram the working principle of flapper nozzle mechanism
8. What does PID stand for? How does proportionality affect control system?
9. What is viscosity? How does a viscotherm work?
Electrical
1. Emergency generator.
2. Preferential trip.
3. Reverse power trip.
4. Why do we check insulation resistance? How?
5. What is live and neutral wire in single phase electrical circuit?
6. What is AVR in alternator?
7. What are the safeties in Main Switch Board?
8. What are the safeties on the electric motor starter panel?
9. What conditions are to be met before taking alternator on load?
10. How do we come to know of an earth fault on board?
11. What is a megger test?
12. Types of motor starters?
13. What is a current transformer and potential transformer?
14. What are the electrical safeties on a steering gear?
15. What is the relation between KVA, KW and KVAR?
16. What is short circuit?
17. If Over current trip and fuse are of same rating, which will go off first?
18. Conversion – AC to DC, DC to AC
19. What do you mean by power factor?
20. Real power vs apparent power
21. What is single phasing?
22. What is earth fault?
23. How does an AC fan work?
24. What is a transistor?
25. What is a diode and where is it used? What is biasing of a diode?
26. What is a Zener diode?
27. Parallel operation of generators – sync checks.
28. Star Delta starter
29. What is residual magnetism?
30. What is a brushless generator?
31. Insulated neutral vs Earthed neutral
32. Precautions against electrical shock
33. Protections provided for electric motor
HR Questions
1. Why do you want to join Merchant Navy? Main 2 things driving you.
2. Why do you want to join this company?
3. When you are joining ship, whom to report to?
4. If C/E asks you to do something wrong, what will you do?
5. What if you are put to cleaning jobs?
6. How long do you plan to stay in this company?
7. How long will it take to become C/E?
8. How will you contact the company if Master/C.E. are wrong?
9. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
10. If you have some problem with other crew member, what will be your first step?
11. What is your favourite food? How will you survive if you don’t get it?
12. Have you ever interacted with foreigners?
13. Do you have any food restrictions?
14. Why should we select you?
Essays
1. Non Destructive Testing
2. FWG
3. Purifier
4. MARPOL Annexes