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USCG Engine General (Supplementary) (Set 28)
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Before training is to be planned for, it is necessary to conduct a training needs analysis. What would be the best source of information to analyze before providing general safety training?
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30 MCQs #1 Before training is to be planned for, it is necessary to conduct a training needs analysis. What would be the best source of information to analyze before providing general safety training? #2 You are conducting a training session on how to parallel alternators manually. What delivery technique would be most effective to ensure transfer of learning with the desired outcome that the officers under training actually be able to successfully parallel manually in the future? #3 You are in the planning stages of providing apparently needed general safety training. Besides a careful review of accident and incident investigations, what other strategy would provide an excellent resource for training ideas? #4 In consultation with the other ship's management level officers, you are planning a required fire emergency drill. In addition to selecting a scenario as functionally realistic as possible (such as a high fire risk area) what follow-up activity would best maximize the training effectiveness for future applicability to an actual fire emergency? #5 When conducting a training session, what technique is particularly effective in engaging the participants, keeping them alert, and to obtain feedback? #6 Decisions must be made based upon the appropriate response to a given situation. Which of the following situations requiring a decision require a different response each time and are considered unprogrammed decisions? #7 Decisions must be made based upon the appropriate response to a given situation, generally a problem of some sort. Before effective decision-making can take place, what must first be done? #8 Once a problem has been defined and the root cause (or causes) identified, what is the next step in the decision-making process? #9 What is the critical first step that must be carried out before executing a plan? #10 For planning purposes graphical charts can be a useful tool. What type of chart is good for showing the dependency of one activity upon another and shows the relationship among a network of activities? #11 As a first assistant or chief engineer, what is the source of your authority? #12 What is meant by the term empowering employees? #13 In order to set up a managerial control system, the first step is to establish performance standards. What example of a performance standard is most difficult to measure and the biggest challenge to the manager? #14 What type of managerial control system features strategic control points which measure performance while the activity is taking place? #15 To maximize the profitability of a shipping company, in goal-setting ships are often asked to increase productivity. Which of the following scenarios represents an actual decrease in productivity? #16 As an engineering department manager, promoting safety is a fundamental consideration. In terms of the causes of accidents, which cause is responsible for most work-related accidents? #17 As an engineering department manager, what should you do if an accident occurs, injuring one of your employees? #18 Progressive discipline is discipline that uses a graduated scale of penalties which become progressively more severe each time a particular violation is repeated. What disciplinary action is generally associated with a first offense? #19 In order for discipline to be administered fairly, discipline must carry a clear advance warning, be immediate, be consistent, and be impersonally administered. What is meant by consistency? #20 The "hot-stove" rule is sometimes used to illustrate the principles of fair, effective discipline. Which of the following principles illustrates the principle of discipline carrying a clear warning? #21 As an engineering department manager in dealing with a grievance presented by a unlicensed engine department crew and union member, what documentation spells out the grievance procedure? #22 What is usually the first step in trying to resolve a beef or a dispute brought up by a crew member? #23 One of the means of alternative dispute resolution regarding a collective bargaining agreement dispute is arbitration. What is meant by arbitration? #24 Suppose as an engineering department manager a grievance concerning the interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement (the contract) is resolved by the arbitration process. If you disagree with the decision rendered by the arbitrator, what should be your response? #25 Which of the following third parties utilized in alternative dispute resolution proceedings has the authority to make a binding decision? #26 As a chief engineer you are reviewing the engine room log book. You must insure that all entries are made properly. What should be your criteria for how a watch officer makes a correction to an incorrect log entry? #27 You are the Chief Engineer onboard a general cargo vessel in excess of 1600 gross tons. To remain in compliance with the 33 CFR Oil Record Book requirements for non-tank vessel machinery space operations, which of the following operations requires an entry to be made in the Oil Record Book? #28 According to the 33 CFR regulations pertaining to the Oil Record Book, what person or entity has ownership of the Oil Record Book? #29 According to 33CFR, regulations pertaining to entries made in the Oil Record Book, how often must the Oil Record Book be updated with entries? #30 You are installing a new refrigeration system aboard your vessel. The system comes with a 240 psi rupture disk, a safety valve set at 240 psi and a pressure gauge connection and gauge. According to the federal code of regulations, what is the preferred setup for installing the equipment on the condenser?
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