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What is the difference between Inspection, Audit and Survey?
updated 2 years 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 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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Why Ethyl Alcohol is used in Magnetic Compass and why is the ratio 2:1?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What should be the Maximum values of SF and BM?
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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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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When will you condemn a wire rope?
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 precautions will you take while working aloft?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is the difference between Collision and Allison?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What are Standardized and Non-Standardized Cargoes?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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Why the bunker tanks are not fitted with Inert Gas System?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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IMO requirements for turning circle and stopping distances
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a Gob rope? Why it is used for?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the content of Grain stability booklet?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a Stowaway Focal Point?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is the difference between Code and Convention?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What is intercept terminal point?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What is the use of dipper in life boat?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What is true trim and apparent trim?
updated 2 years ago by Rajat
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What is turbocharger aspect ratio?
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 2 years 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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How to execute a Short Round Turn?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is a Tankscope? How does it work?
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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What is a Wheel over point?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Slip?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is the length of the painter fitted to a manually launched, inflatable liferaft?
updated 1 year 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 are the discharge requirements of Cargo Hold bilge water?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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According to GMDSS, MOB is Distress, but in all Emergency procedures it is given as Urgency. Why?
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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Who issues the Medical Chest Certificate?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What fire protection arrangements are provided in pump room of an oil tanker?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the Ex Meridian method of obtaining sight?
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 1 year 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 GDOP & HDOP?
updated 1 year 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 do OA, WA and OW represent in OAW triangle used in Radar plotting?
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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List the types of Ship Surveys
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Smelling the ground?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What is the purpose of compressed breathing air bottle in totally enclosed lifeboats?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are concentrates? What are the hazards of concentrates?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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How would you remove an air bubble from the liquid magnetic compass?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is INSPIRES?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What are the requirements of Lifeboats of gas tankers, oil and chemical tankers?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a prognosis chart?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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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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Why we subtract 1 degree in Polaris Calculation?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is meant by the term "Drying Height"?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What are Type B ships as per the Load Line Convention?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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How will you carry out maintenance of Rotary cup burner?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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Why long by chron method is preferred over Intercept method for morning sight?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is INDSAR?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What is a green passport?
updated 2 years ago by marinetales
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What are the equipment in SMPEP Kit?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why TRS recurves?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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One Radar failure in Restricted Visibility? Action as a Master?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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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 the purpose of magnetic correctors in Magnetic Compass?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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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 manager level and operational level on a ship?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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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 1 year ago by Rajat
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What is a Cross flooding arrangement?
updated 1 year ago by seawizard
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What are the Pressure relief settings for PV Valve and PV Breaker?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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What all tests and checks will you carry out in SCBA?
updated 1 year 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 requirement of Alternate Hold Loading in Bulk Carriers?
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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At sea during the day, you see a vessel displaying two black cones with their points together. What does this indicate?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What precautions and safety actions shall be taken during and before bunkering?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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. What is the purpose of ‘tricing pendants’ fitted to lifeboats?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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You sight a vessel aground, on a bearing of approximately one (1) point off the port bow. Your action as OOW?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a composite group flashing light?
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 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the types of dunnage used on ships?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What preparations shall you carry out prior entering HRA?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What safety precautions are taken while making fast the tug?
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 action will you take if you sight an isolated danger mark right ahead at night?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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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 ‘squat’ and how to reduce it?
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 are the advantages of Crude Oil Washing?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Spring tide, Neap tide, Flood tide and Ebb tide?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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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 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why amplitude of moon cannot be taken?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Creeping Line Search?
updated 1 year ago by Rajat
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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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What is the meaning of Overriding operational condition?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a "ganger length" in anchor?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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