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What is the difference between Inspection, Audit and Survey?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a difference between a Code and Convention?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is permissible load density and point load density. Where will you obtain these two?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the difference between Beaching, Grounding and Stranding?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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Why Ethyl Alcohol is used in Magnetic Compass and why is the ratio 2:1?
updated 9 months ago by Rajat
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Why sea stabilization mode is used on radar for collision avoidance?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the requirements of Emergency Generator as per SOLAS?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What should be the Maximum values of SF and BM?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What is the Accumulation pressure test of Boiler?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a Stealer Plate ?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between Collision and Allison?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the requirements of Emergency Fire Pump as per SOLAS?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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When will you condemn a wire rope?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between Code and Convention?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the safety features of Boiler gauge glass?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a Stowaway Focal Point?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is true trim and apparent trim?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is intercept terminal point?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Abort Point and how is it different from point of No return?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What are the content of Grain stability booklet?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are Standardized and Non-Standardized Cargoes?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the use of dipper in life boat?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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For a power driven vessel of 110 metres in length and 20metres beam, what is the maximum height above the hull that the forward masthead light can be carried?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What precautions will you take while working aloft?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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IMO requirements for turning circle and stopping distances
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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Why the bunker tanks are not fitted with Inert Gas System?
updated 9 months ago by Rajat
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What is a Gob rope? Why it is used for?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What is turbocharger aspect ratio?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the contents of COW (Crude Oil Washing) Manual?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Torsion Box on a Container Ship?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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How to execute a Short Round Turn?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the name of the Chemical used in Galley fire extinguisher?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the use of pressure relief valve and stabilizing pocket in life raft?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is GDOP & HDOP?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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One Radar failure in Restricted Visibility? Action as a Master?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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Who issues the Medical Chest Certificate?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What are functional requirements of Safety Management System (SMS) in ISM Code?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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For a power driven vessel less than 30 metres in length and 5 metres beam, at what height above the hull should the mastlight be carried?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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How to carry out Main air compressor lube oil low pressure alarm test?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What are concentrates? What are the hazards of concentrates?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the discharge requirements of Cargo Hold bilge water?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why we subtract 1 degree in Polaris Calculation?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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How will you carry out maintenance of Rotary cup burner?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a prognosis chart?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the Ex Meridian method of obtaining sight?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What is a composite group flashing light?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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According to GMDSS, MOB is Distress, but in all Emergency procedures it is given as Urgency. Why?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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How to perform passivation and cleaning of stainless steel tanks?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Spring tide, Neap tide, Flood tide and Ebb tide?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What is Schedule A in NP133 C?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the difference between the manager level and operational level on a ship?
updated 11 months ago by seawizard
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How will you carry out Crankcase inspection of air compressor?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is INSPIRES?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What corrections are made to the echo sounder readings when comparing it with chart soundings?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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What all mandatory markings are required on the ship's hull?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is the requirement of Alternate Hold Loading in Bulk Carriers?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the procedure for Draft survey in brief?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What all things shall be included in Muster List?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is meant by the term "Drying Height"?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Smelling the ground?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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NUC overtaking your vessel from Starboard Side. ROC exists. Action?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the errors of echo sounder?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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How does a pressure gauge ( discharge & suction ) behave in a crude oil tanker? how to make best use of it in order to decide correct use of centrifugal pump from bulk discharge to stripping level?
updated 9 months ago by Rajat
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What are the types of dunnage used on ships?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Document of Authorization (DOA) in grain carriers?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the procedure to cancel a false distress alert?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a Wheel over point?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What is the procedure for carrying out the Boiler Safety valve adjustment and overhauling?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What are the benefits of Shore based weather routing service?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Stopping Distance and how many types of Stopping Distances are there?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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A fishing vessel is showing a basket and a single cone apex upwards? In which direction do the nets lie?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What is Creeping Line Search?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What do OA, WA and OW represent in OAW triangle used in Radar plotting?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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Vessel draft 18m in TSS, depth is 90m, will the vessel exhibit CBD light?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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At sea during the day, you see a vessel displaying two black cones with their points together. What does this indicate?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What fire protection arrangements are provided in pump room of an oil tanker?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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What is the purpose of magnetic correctors in Magnetic Compass?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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In case of MOB, which turn would you prefer?
updated 9 months ago by Rajat
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Why the Whirling Psychrometer is rotated in order to get readings?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the relationship between TML and Flow Moisture Point ?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the contents of SOPEP (Shipboard Oil pollution emergency plan)?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What is a Tankscope? How does it work?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a rotary cup burner? What are its advantages?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What action will you take if you sight an isolated danger mark right ahead at night?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What all correctors installed in magnetic compass?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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How to load cargo not listed in IMSBC code?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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Who prepares the SEEMP (Shipboard Energy Efficiency Management Plan) and who approves it?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What are some common problems with framo pump system?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between the DR (Dead Reckoning), EP (Estimated position) and OP (Observed Position)?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What are the precautions while handling a heavy lift?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is considered ‘Good Holding Ground’ and 'Bad Holding Ground' for the anchor?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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When proceeding in a narrow channel, you hear a vessel astern sound two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts. What does this signal indicate?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What is a Cross flooding arrangement?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What are the parts of a ‘stockless anchor’?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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What is a Boiler Uptake Fire?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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What all tests and checks will you carry out in SCBA?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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What are the factors which affect the stability of the ship?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are Temporary and Preliminary notices or T&P notices?
updated 9 months ago by marinetales
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What is a stevedore damage report?
updated 10 months ago by marinetales
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What is the meaning of Overriding operational condition?
updated 11 months ago by marinetales
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