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USCG Engineering Safety & Environmental Protection (Set 28)
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You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a life raft. How much water per day should you permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours?
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30 MCQs #1 You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a life raft. How much water per day should you permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours? #2 Immediately after abandoning a vessel, lookouts should be posted aboard life rafts to look for __________. #3 Why is an upper limit switch used when raising the lifeboat? #4 When abandoning ship, after launching the motor lifeboat you should __________. #5 Which of the following machinery space operations is required to be logged in the Oil Record Book? #6 Which of the petroleum products listed has a flash point below 150°F? #7 To avoid excessive pressures in the fuel oil filling system during bunkering, you should __________. #8 After fuel tanks have been filled and bunkers completed, which of the listed procedures should be followed next? #9 When a fuel oil tank is being topped off during bunkering operations, the tank valve should be closed __________. #10 During topping off of bunker tanks, the loading rate must be personally supervised by the __________. #11 You are the chief engineer of a vessel of more than 1600 gross tons on an international voyage. While bunkering lube oil in port, the hose fails and oil is spilled into the harbor. After securing the transfer, how would you proceed? #12 During onboard training with your engineers you review the various firefighting agents available for use onboard a ship. Which of the following statements describes carbon dioxide as an extinguishing agent? #13 During vessel familiarization, you find the vessel you are newly assigned to as chief engineer has a high-pressure CO2 system for the engine room. In what way are the high-pressure CO2 bottles released in the event of an engine room fire? #14 Life jackets should be stowed in __________. #15 You are on a vessel with a 30' mean draft. While maneuvering away from the dock at slow-speed the vessel grounds near the bow area on hard sand. In order to achieve an additional three foot of trim by the stern, you need to shift ballast from the forepeak, which is full, to the after peak, which is empty. Your ballast pump for this operation has a capacity of 85 tons per hour. How much tonnage needs to be shifted and how long should it take? #16 If a fire ignites in the engine room as a result of a high pressure fuel oil leak, you should FIRST __________. #17 According to Coast Guard regulations (33 CFR), which of the following describes items pertinent to waste management plans? #18 When off loading garbage to another ship, your records must identify that ship by name and __________. #19 A vessel sailing through the specific special areas may discharge or dispose of _________. #20 Yawing is the angular motion of the vessel about what axis? #21 The motion of a vessel impacts its stability. Which of these motions shown in the illustration affects the governing "positional motion" stability? Illustration SF-0048 #22 The motion of a vessel impacts its stability. Which of these motions shown in the illustration affects the governing "directional" stability? Illustration SF-0048 #23 The motion of a vessel impacts its stability. Which of these motions shown in the illustration affects the governing "transverse" stability? Illustration SF-0048 #24 Your vessel is loading cargo and you are monitoring the stability and trim. Currently, the Longitudinal Center of Buoyancy (LCB) is vertically aligned and below the Longitudinal Center of Gravity (LCG). The Longitudinal Center of Flotation (LCF) is aft of both of these. How is the vessel trimming? #25 As first engineer, you are standing by the #3 deep fuel oil storage tank as a crew member is working inside the tank. Before entering the tank, the atmosphere was checked and determined safe for men to work. While standing by you notice that the crew member is not moving. After attempts to communicate with the downed mariner receives no response, what action would you take? #26 The airborne concentrations of substances (such as hydrogen sulfide) under which nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effects are called __________. #27 If flammable vapors have penetrated a gas free space, which of the following actions would be the most hazardous to perform? #28 Your vessel, of more than 1000 gross tons on an international voyage is crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The second engineer injures his hand while working on a pump. The injury requires more than basic first aid. As the senior officer onboard how would you proceed? #29 If your vessel is to carry ten portable foam fire extinguishers, you must maintain a supply of at least __________. #30 The relief valve on a fire pump is set at 25 psi above the pressure necessary to maintain the required fire hose streams, or __________.
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