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USCG Engineering Safety & Environmental Protection (Set 11)

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Many uninspected motor vessels require load lines. For the purpose of the Load Line Regulations, the term 'surveyor' means __________.

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#1 Many uninspected motor vessels require load lines. For the purpose of the Load Line Regulations, the term 'surveyor' means __________. #2 With no environmental forces acting on the vessel, the center of gravity of an inclined vessel is vertically aligned with the __________. #3 A vessel's center of gravity is lowered when the __________. #4 The important stability parameter 'KG' is defined as the __________. #5 When a vessel is inclined, the tendency for it to return to its original position is caused by the __________. #6 The center of volume of the immersed portion of the vessel is the __________. #7 The water in which a vessel floats provides vertical upward support. The point through which this support is assumed to act is known as the center of __________. #8 Which abbreviation represents the height of the center of buoyancy? #9 A vessel trimmed down by the bow has __________. #10 The tendency of a ship to resist a change in trim is __________. #11 In the absence of external forces, adding weight to one side of a floating vessel, will cause the vessel to __________. #12 If a vessel rolls to the starboard side, and there are no movable or moving weights onboard, the center of gravity will __________. #13 You may improve a vessel's stability by __________. #14 Increasing the free surface of a confined liquid has the effect of raising the __________. #15 Excessive free surface occurring in tanks carrying liquid cargo should be avoided in order to __________. #16 Adverse effects due to free surface will result when __________. #17 A vessel which is subjected to 'hogging' __________. #18 A vessel having a concentration of weight toward the top of the vessel is said to be __________. #19 What is the usual effect of moving weight from low in the vessel to above the main deck? #20 The horizontal fore and aft movement of a vessel is called __________. #21 The vertical motion of a floating vessel is known as __________. #22 The angular movement of a vessel about a horizontal line drawn from its bow to its stern is __________. #23 Pitching is the rising and falling motion of the bow of a ship oscillating about which axis? #24 In a compartment that has been completely flooded, the greatest pressure will be exerted __________. #25 A flat block placed under the end of a shore for the purpose of distributing pressure is referred to as a __________. #26 After measuring the length to which a section of shoring should be cut, you should cut the shoring __________. #27 Wooden shoring is used in shipboard damage control to __________. #28 After an emergency shoring installation has been completed, the __________. #29 An acceptable method of temporarily sealing a crack formed in the hull of a vessel is to __________. #30 It is generally not advisable to drive a wedge into a crack occurring in the hull because wedges __________.

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