Maritime Language
Bosun – in charge of general maintenance and deck repairs.
Donkeyman – in charge of engine room department ratings.
Purser –
Chief officer - supervises loading, stowage and discharge of cargo.
Chief engineer – responsible for efficient operation of main engines and all machinery
on board.
Second officer – navigating officer.
Third officer – keep 8 to 12 watches.
Carpenter –
MARPOL
1. A new and important feature of the 1973 Convention was the concept of
__________ which are so vulnerable to pollution by oil that oil discharges within
them have been completely prohibited, with minor and well defined exceptions.
a. Restricted Areas
b. Special Areas
c. None of the above
d. No-go-areas
2. A ship with an approved S.C.D.S. can discharge a sewage which is not
comminuted or disinfected from a nearest land at a distance of more than
__________.
a. 12 nautical miles
b. 6 nautical miles
c. 10 nautical miles
d. 3 nautical miles
3. A ship with an approved S.C.D.S. can discharge sewage from a nearest land
on a distance of more than __________.
a. 5 nautical miles
b. 2 nautical miles
c. 6 nautical miles
d. 3 nautical miles
4. An I.S.P.P. Certificate shall be issued for a period specified by the
Administration which shall not exceed to __________.
a. ten years
b. three years
c. six years
d. five years
5. For Annex II, Associated piping means the __________ from the suction point in a
cargo tank to the shore connection used for the unloading the cargo and includes all
ship’s piping, pumps and filters which are open connection with the cargo unloading
line.
a. pipeline
b. ballast line
c. none of the above
d. international shore connection
6. How is the Master or operator of a vessel required to keep the crew informed of the
regulations concerning the discharging of garbage overboard?
a. Call an all hands meeting before sailing.
b. Give each crew member a copy of ANNEX V of MARPOL.
c. Keep the placards prominently posted
d. Have each person read and sign a copy of the regulations
7. It established “prohibited zones” extending at least 50 miles from the nearest land
in which the discharge of oil or of mixture containing more than 100ppm or more was
forbidden.
a. IMO Convention
b. OILPOL Convention
c. STCW Convention
d. SOLAS Convention
8. It means an event involving the actual or probable discharge into the sea of harmful
substance, or effluents containing of such a substance.
a. Safety meetings
b. Incident
c. Accident
d. Drills
9. The lowest temperature at which a liquid will give off sufficient vapors to form a
flammable mixture with air is known as __________?
a. Fire point
b. Threshold limit value
c. Flash point
d. Lower explosive limit
10. The method of marking the correct technical name and of affixing labels on
packages containing a harmful substance shall be such that this information will still
be identifiable on packages surviving at least __________ immersion in the sea. In
considering suitable marking and labelling, account shall be taken of the durability of
the materials used and of the surface of the package.
a. one months’
b. two months’
c. three months’
d. four months’
11. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA 90) is applicable for the following types of vessels:
a. All types of vessel
b. All vessels carrying more than 10,000 gallons of oil irrespective whether as
cargo or bunker.
c. Bulk carrier
d. Tanker vessels carrying oil or other dangerous cargo
12. This system must therefore collect and store sewage produced while the ship is in
a _________.
a. controlled area
b. special area
c. coastal area
d. sea area
13. Under the Pollution Regulations, garbage disposal records must be kept__________.
a. until the next vessel’s inspection by the administration
b. two years
c. one year
d. until the end of the voyage
14. What does I.S.P.P. stands for?
a. Internal Solution for Pollution Prevention
b. International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate
c. International Ship Pollution Prevention Certificate
15. What does S.C.D.S. mean?
a. Sewage Collecting and Disinfecting System
b. Sewage Comminuting and Decomposing System
c. Sewage Comminuting and Disinfecting System
d. Sewage Condensing and Disinfecting System
16. What is a VRP?
a. Vessel Recommendatory Plan
b. Vessel Response Procurement
c. Vessel Report Plan
d. Vessel Response Plan
17. Which statement is TRUE?
a. You need not keep a record of dumping ground garbage into the sea more than 25
miles offshore.
b. You must keep a record of the approximate weight of the garbage dumped.
c. You must keep a record of garbage discharged in port to a shore reception facility.
d. You need not keep a record of garbage incinerated on the ship.
18. You are keeping the required garbage disposal records. The amount of garbage
disposed must be stated in __________.
a. barrels of 55gallon capacity
b. both kilos and pounds
c. both cubic meters and cubic feet
d. cubic meters
19. You discharge garbage overboard at sea. When recording your vessel’s position as
required, you must include__________.
a. latitude, longitude and approximate depth of water
b. latitude and longitude only
c. latitude, longitude and estimated distance from shore
d. latitude, longitude, course, speed and a copy of that day’s noon position report.
20. Your tanker vessel is loading a hazardous cargo. The allowance for expansion is
based on ambient temperatures of what maximum range?
a. 0oC to 100oC
b. -40oC to 50oC
c. -18oC to 46oC
d. -10oC to 90oC
