MPA Oral Questions for Class 1 & 2

ORAL QUESTIONS
1. Damage
1. Action following a collision or sustaining damage of any kind

2. Actions on grounding, methods of refloating, surveys subsequent re-

floating.

Questions:
1. 1. Vessel aground. What will be your actions? View ans

1. 2. You have a hole in FO tank. What would you do? View ans

1. 3. What parties to be informed in case of aground? View ans

1. 4. At 0200 Hrs, your OOW informed that v/l is aground. What are your
immediate and follow-up actions? View ans

1. 5. What actions you will take to refloat the ship? View ans

1. 6. All your measures to refloat the vessel is failed. What will you do?

1. 7. You are able to refloat the vessel. But your rudder/ propeller is
damaged. What will you do?

1. 8. While aground, you are approached by two tugs, one LOF and other
towage contract. Which one you will choose? Why?

1. 9. Both offering LOF. Which one will you choose? Will you choose
both?

1. 10. Rudder/ propeller is lost. What is your action?

1. 11. Collisions with another vessel: action. View ans

1. 12. Hull damage: action, damage control plan.

1. 13. No damage: action.

1. 14. As a result of collision, you have a hole under the water line of No-1
cargo hold. How would you repair it?

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2. Vessel in Distress
1. Steps to be taken when disabled and in distress.

2. Preservation of passengers and crews in the event of wreck.

3. Abandoning ship: survival procedures.

4. Communication with the shore.

Questions:
2. 1. Sequence for sending distress alert. Which one last? Why?

2. 2. Wind force 6/7. Every one inside the lifeboat except winchman. How
would you take him?

2. 3. How would you launch/ recover lifeboat in 6/7 wind force?

2. 4. How will you lower lifeboat in heavy weather condition? View ans

2. 5. What are the Master’s obligation in meeting distress situation?

3. Assistance in distress
1. Assisting a ship or aircraft in distress

2. Rescuing passengers and crews of a disabled ship or ditched

aircraft. View ans

3. Launching of rescue boat.

4. Circular-9 of 2002. View ans

Questions:
3. 1. What actions will you take after received a distress message? view
ans

3. 2. How to proceed to rescue? view ans

3. 3. At sea you receive a distress signal 30 miles off. What is your

action? View ans

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3. 4. Distress alert 850miles away: will you proceed? Why?

3. 5. No survivor after going for rescue: actions. View ans

3. 6. 25 survivors floating on a survival craft: how will you rescue them?

How it an be expedited? View ans

3. 7. Distress relay on various frequencies, action.

3. 8. A ship in distress requested you to tow her. Are you obliged?

3. 9. If you are not obliged, why is it necessary to enter in log book?

3.10. What are the distress frequencies? View Ans

3.11. Can you relay a distress message? View ans

3.12. How will you rescue a ship in heavy weather?

3.13. How will you rescue survivors scattered in the water? View ans

4. Bad weather
1. Bad weather maneuvers View ans

2. Precautions at anchor and at sea View ans

3. Use of oil View ans

4. MSC-707

5. TRS

a. Actions in TRS. View ans

b. Master’s obligations in TRS. View ans

Questions:
4.1. What is synchronized rolling? What to do when you experience this?
View ans

4.2. How would you determine that the ship experiencing synchronized
rolling? View ans

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4.3. What are the following seas and quartering seas? What you would do
if you encounter them? View ans

4.4. What is synchronized pitching? How would you determine? What

actions will you take? View ans

4.5. Heavy weather to be encountered. What actions will you take? View
ans

4.6. Your ETA delayed by 10h, what actions will you take? Under which
rule?

4.7. You have received a TRS forecast. What are your actions? View
ans

4.8. How will you get position of TRS if your weather fax machine breaks
down? View ans

4.9. Despite the evasive actions, ship entered TRS. What is your
actions? View ans

4.10. What is surf riding? View ans

4.11. What is broaching to? View ans

4.12. Suddenly wind force 10 or above: actions. View ans

4.13. What is parametric rolling? View ans

4.14. Buys ballot's law: what is it? Describe. View ans

4.15. What do you know about gale warning signals? View ans

4.16. What is backing? View ans

4.17. What is veering? View ans

5. Ship handling
1. Anchoring and working anchors and cables in all circumstances.
View ans

2. Approaching rivers and harbors and maneuvering therein.

3. Approaching off-shore loading points under open sea conditions.

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Questions:
5.1. You are Chief mate. On arrival the port authority informed you that
your berthing is delayed. Master drunk. You have to stay 7 days at
anchorage. How would you go about it? View ans

5.2. What factors you will consider while choosing a place for
anchoring? View ans

5.3. You have to moor in an SBM. How would you go about it? View
ans

5.4. Anchoring: open, standing, running. Which one you will prefer?
Why? View ans

5.5. What special instruction you give to OOW when the ship is at anchor in
running/ standing moor? View ans

5.6. Describe Baltic moor. View ans

5.7. Describe Mediterranean moor. View ans

5.7. Berthing on port side with a strong off-shore wind. View ans

5.8. How would you go alongside on port side? View ans

5.9. What is smelling the ground? View ans

5.10. What is squat? View ans

5.11. What is shallow water? What are the effects? View ans

5.12. What are bow cushion and bank suction effects? View ans

5.13. How to clear a foul hawse? View Ans

6. Towing and being towed

1. Long distance towage. View ans

7. Navigation in the vicinity of ice

Questions:

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7.1. How will you calculate the amount of possible ice accretion on deck?
View ans

7.2. What are the cold weather precautions? View ans

7.3. At sea you have sighted ice. What is your action as a master? View
ans

7.4. What are the responsibilities of master as per MSA while navigating in
the vicinity of ice? View ans

7.5. Before proceeding to ice zone, what will you check as a master?
View ans

8. Dry-docking
1. General procedures and precautions to be observed. View ans

2. Distribution of weight.

3. Dry docking with full cargo for inspection of propellers and shafting.
View ans

4. Bilge blocks.

5. Leaving a ship waterborne.

6. Putting into a port with damage to ship or cargo: business and

technical point of view.

7. Safeguarding of cargo.

Questions:
8.1. How would you prepare your ship for dry docking? View ans

8.2. How would you prepare a ship for dry dock before 3 months? View
Ans

8.3. What surveys can be done at dry dock? View Ans

8.4. You are in a dry dock. Surveyors are not available to check anchor
cables. What would you do?

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8.5. You have cargo onboard. You need to go to dry dock for repair. What
would you do about it? View Ans

8.6. What is critical moment/critical instant? Why is it called critical

instant? View ans

8.7. What is critical period? View Ans

8.8. Does a submarine have GM? How is a submarine’s GM affected as

water level in dry dock goes down?

8.9. What are the things you will check before refloating in dry dock?
View ans

8.10. You are in a dry dock. Dock workers went on strike. What would you
do as a master?

8.12. What will happen if a negative GM occurs in Dry dock? View Ans

8.13. What are the chief officers standing instructions in dry dock? View
ans

8.14. What plans do you give to dock master? View ans

8.15. What are the contents of a docking plan? View ans

9. Fire prevention
1. Prevention of fire at sea and in port.

2. Methods used and actions to be taken to prevent of spread of fire.

3. Full knowledge of he use of FFA and precautions to be taken.

Questions:
9.1. Fire prevention onboard:

a. Equipments onboard to minimize fire

b. How to minimize risk of fire View ans

c. Fire fighting appliances in E/Room

d. How to keep FFA operational readiness onboard

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9.2. Fire in cargo hold in port. What would you do? View ans

9.3. Fire in the galley at sea. What would you do? View ans

9.4. In case of E/R fire, how will you cut off fuel supply?

9.5. What are eight principles for fire protection? View ans

9.6. Fire in cargo hold at sea. What will you do? View ans

9.7. What are the possible sources of fire onboard? View ans

9.8. What do you know about types of fire? View ans

9.9. How do you tackle an Engine Room fire at sea?

10. Training of personnel aboard ships

1. Training of personnel.

2. Crew representation.

3. Routine inspection of living quarters and store rooms.

Questions:
10.1. How would you train your crews about enclosed space entry?

10.2. How will you train your junior officers regarding receiving distress
message?

10.3. How will you train your junior officers about cargo operations?

11. Compensation and adjustment of

compasses
Questions:
11.1. How will you make a deviation curve?

11.2. How will you swing the compass?

11.3. How to calculate co-efficients?

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11.4. How to correct co-efficients B, C and D?

11.5. What are the reasons of A, B, C, D, E?

11.6. Your ship in regular run between Australia and Japan. Which is the
best place to adjust magnetic compass? Why?

12. ROR (View all rules)

1. Aground vessel – Action. View ans

Questions:
12.1. How will you understand if you are overtaking/crossing a ship?
View ans

12.2. Explain rule no 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 18 & 19. (View ans)

12.3. Draw a diagram and explain actions as per rule 19. View Ans

12.4. What instructions will you give your navigation officer as per passage
planning in a TSS?

12.5. How will you navigate inside a narrow channel? View ans

12.6. You are a power driven vessel. You see a fishing vessel crossing you
from starboard when you are in TSS. What is your action? View
ans

12.7. How would you pass a vessel engaged in mine clearance

operation? View ans

12.8. What is difference between underway and making way? View ans

12.9. At what distance from ship’s steam you should be able to see the
masthead lights separately? View ans

12.10. What are the dimensions for a ball, cylinder and cone? View ans

12.11. What should be the spacing between two shapes? View ans

12.12. Which will you follow in a TSS? A, B or C?

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12.13. Write down the distress signals as per ROR. View ans

12.14. At night you see a single light. What ships it may be? View ans

12.15. What are the obligations of a stand on vessel and a give way vessel?
View Ans

12.16. Which vessel shall be responsible after one being overtaken by

another? View ans

12.17. What is your action in fog: View ans

a) A target appears on the radar, port side of your own. View

Ans

b) A target appears on radar, stbd side of your own. View ans

c) When you hear a sound signal from fwd of your vessel. View
ans

12.18. What is your action when a vessel is crossing you from your stbd side
in a TSS? View ans

12.19. What is your action when you see a seismic survey vessel? View
ans

12.20. What are the latest amendments of ROR? View ans

12.21. What are the lights of a vessel constrained by her draft, under way but
not making way? View ans

12.22. Sound signal of a vessel aground. View ans

12.23. Sound signals of a power driven vessel. View ans

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13. Distress and pilot signals, penalties

for misuse
Questions:
13.1. What are the penalties for misuse of distress signal? Where do you get
it?

14. IALA system of buoys (View all buoys)

Questions:
14.1. You are approaching Japan. What buoy would you like to see first?
View ans

14.2. What is an ODAS buoy? What light does it show?

14.3. Your course is 000º. You see a north cardinal buoy. What is your
action? View ans

14.4. Your course is 045º. You see a east cardinal buoy. What is your
action? View Ans

14.5. What is the difference between region A and region B? View Ans

14.6. What is special mark? View ans

14.7. What is top mark of an isolated danger? View Ans

14.8. What is a preferred channel buoy? View ans

14.9. What is safe water mark? View ans

14.10. What is new danger mark? View ans

14.11. What is the difference between preferred channel mark and lateral
mark?

14.12. What is LANBY? Describe its characteristics. View ans

14.13. What do you know about local and conventional direction of

buoys? View ans

14.14. What do you mean by flashing, occulting, isophase? View ans

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15. Port radio information services.

Questions:
15.1. Where will you get information about port of Singapore?

15.2. Where will you get information about navigation in Singapore Strait?

16. Maritime law

1. Registry View ans

2. Article of agreement. View ans

3. Required certificates. View ans

4. De-ratting and de-ratting exemption certificate. View ans

5. Marine circular 6 of 2001 View ans

6. Document & certificates to be carried by Singapore Ships

7. Proceeding to port of refuge.

a. Master’s concern. View ans

b. Under what circumstances. View ans

c. Duties View ans

8. Crew matters:

a. Crew complain. View ans

b. Drunkenness.

c. Disobediency.

9. Re-shipping cargo before dry-docking: who is responsible?

10. Going beyond permitted trading area: actions.

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11. Flag change

a. Actions as a master.

b. New AOA required? –Yes.

12. LOF and towage.

13. Oil pollution: Evidence required, defenses, CLC certificates.

14. Salvage & towage.

15. Accident report.

16. Master as an agent of necessity. View ans

Questions:
16.1. Your safety equipment certificates will expire very soon. No surveyor
available in next port. What would you do?

16.2. What is deratting and deratting exemption certificates? Who issue

them? How long is the validity? View ans

16.3. Your ship is still at the shipyard. As a master how can you expedite
survey and registry process of the ship?

16.4. Vessel going to load in cold region. Reply within 6Hrs. Able or not?
What will you check?

16.5. How will you prove to surveyor that SMS is in operation?

16.6. Which rule empowers the PSC surveyor to survey the ship?

16.7. In any dock, what is master’s major concern?

16.8. What do you mean by ship detained and ship arrested?

16.9. What is P & I club? Give some examples of interests the P & I club
looks after. View ans

16.10. C/Off, Ch/Engr reports that a crew does not go to work. What would
you do?

16.11. How will you impose fine on crew member?

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16.12. How can a crew member appeal to director?

16.13. Which regulation in MSA deals with crew discipline?

16.14. As a master, what will you do if a crew member dies at sea? (With
respect to wages, properties and legal requirements fore the incident).

16.15. How frequently you will have to inspect accommodation? View

ans

16.16. What are entries to be made in official log book?

16.17. Some crew members complained about food quality. What would you
do? Despite the corrective actions, crew members are not happy. What
would you do?

16.18. Before sailing, one crew did not come back. What would you do?

16.19. You arrived port with damaged cargo due to heavy weather. What is
your action as a master?

16.20. What are the formalities/ procedures for arriving place of refuge?
View ans

16.21. Your ship aground. After refloat, which surveyor to be present in place
of refuge? What will you do with the surveyor’s report?

16.22. As per diver’s report, there is no crack on the hull. Rudder/ propeller all
right. But the classification society’s opinion, the rudder may slip off in
the sea. Who will take decision for repair in this case? Who will select
the repair port & workshop? Who will pay?

16.23. What documents to be kept ready in port for PA & GA?

16.24. What is archipelagic sea lane?

16.25. What is innocent passage? What are your responsibilities while

exercising the right of innocent passage?

16.26. One crew did not come back in foreign port: action.

16.27. One crew is seriously ill at sea. What will you do?

17. Actions in various situations

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Questions:
17.1. Lashing of a heavy lift container parted. What is your action?
View ans

17.2. Your vessel suddenly developed a 20º list. What is your action?

17.3. Engine breakdown in a TSS, actions.

17.4. At sea DG container leaking. Crews affected. What would you do?

17.5. What will you do if you see smoke coming out from No2 cargo hold
which have class-2 DG cargo inside?

17.6. What is your actions before you approach a fog bank? View ans

17.7. What actions will you take in the event of a gyro failure? How will you
turn to next course (say, next course is 110ºT)?

18. Stability
1. Progressive flooding & angle of flooding, relationship.

2. Damage control plan and booklet. View ans

3. Just after sailing, 8° list: action.

4. Angle of loll: correction.

5. Minimum stability criteria

a) General cargo View ans

b) Grain View ans

c) Timber View ans

d) Container. View ans

6. Windage area.

7. Bilging, flooding, angle of flooding, vanishing stability, guidance for

damage control plan.

8. Damage stability.

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Questions:
18.1. What are the intact stability criteria for a ship carrying grain in
bulk? View ans

18.2 What is the intact stability criteria for container ship? View ans

18.3. What is the stability criteria of a cargo ship? View ans

18.4. Which one creates fore free surface effect, a half filled tank or 80%
filled tank?

18.5. How will you use KN and GZ curve?

18.6. How will you calculate GM of a ship?

18.7. What is angle of loll? How would you correct it?

18.8. What is VHM related to grain? How would you calculate?

18.9. What is free surface effect? How do you calculate it?

18.10. How does the ship loss GM due to FSE of tanks?

18.11. How will you correct a large list?

18.12. Vessel proceeds from dock water to sea water. What will happen to
her draft and trim?

18.13. How will you do draft survey of a vessel?

18.14. What does length of a vessel mean in stability?

18.15. What is length over all?

18.16. What do you mean by FP and AP?

18.17. What information you can retrieve from a stability booklet?

19. Tanker operations

1. Various instruments.

2. Man entry into enclosed spaces.

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3. ISGOTT.

4. Use, scale and calibration of gas detectors.

Questions:

19.1. Use and calibration of explosimeter.

19.2. Use and calibration of tank scope.

19.3. How will you check the presence of dangerous gases?

19.4. What are your main concern as a chief officer if you have never
worked on tanker?

20. Bridge procedures

1. Master’s standing orders: points to consider. View ans

2. Master’s night order. View ans

3. Passage planning.

Questions:
20.1. What are the most important thing during taking over a command
which you should not forget to ask?

20.2. What is standing order? Is it only for officers or can be for the crews
as well?

20.3. As a master, what standing orders you will give to your watch-keeping
officers?

20.4. How will you check passage plan before commencement of voyage,
as a master?

20.5. What instruction you will give to your navigation officer regarding
passage planning?

20.6. What instructions you will include in night order?

21. Various regulations:

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1. Rules for vessels navigating through Malacca & Singapore strait.

View ans

2. Various requirements & definitions:

Dead weight, light weight, ton, tonne,

Weather deck.

Questions:
21.1. How will you know that your marine circulars are updated? View
ans

21.2. What is Polar Code? Is it mandatory?

21.3. What do you know about ship's security system? View ans

21.4. What is security level 1, 2, 3? Which one is highest? View ans

21.5. What do you know about marking of ship's IMO number? View
ans

21.6. What do you know about ship's security officer? View Ans

21.7. What are the fire safety objectives as per MSA? View ans

22. Shipboard operations

1. IMDG cargo: special requirements and constructions.

2. Fumigation. View ans

3. Grain loading. View ans

4. BC Code.

5. Methods of pest control, fumigation of hold and living spaces,

safeguard in applying various materials.

Questions:
22.1. How would you load grain in a general cargo ship?

22.2. How would you load grain in Alaska (cold region)? View ans

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22.3. How would you load grain in a bulk carrier? View ans

22.4. What is heavy lift? How will you load a heavy lift? View ans

22.5. How would you load a heavy lift if the load is exceeding the deck load
capacity? View Answer

22.6. Where will you find information regarding lashing heavy lift?

22.7. How to load a heavy lift in dry dock? View answer

22.8. How would you load a heavy lift if the load has exceeded the SWL of
cargo gear?

22.8. What is SWL and ‘Breaking Stress’?

22.9. What is ‘Proof Load’?

22.10. What is ‘maximum securing load’?

22.11. What is ‘tipping angle’ and ‘sliding angle’?

22.12. How to test derricks?

22.13. What are the contents of chain register?

22.14. You have to load 10 IMDG containers as C/O. How would you go
about it? View ans

22.15. How many volumes are there in IMDG code?

22.16. How would minimize the risk of fire of flammable cargo vapor ?

22.17. How will you inspect a ballast tank?

22.18. How will you inspect a bunker tank?

22.20. What documents will you obtain before loading grain in a bulk carrier?

22.21. How can you load grain without the document of authorization?

22.22. What do you mean by load density? How will you apply it?

22.23. What is factory act? What does it relate to C/O? View ans

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22.24. How will you lash cargo (code of safe practice for cargo stowage and
securing).

22.25. How will you minimize the heeling moment and cargo shifting?

22.26. What do you know about grain code? What are the contents of a grain
code?

22.27. What is angle of repose? Which one is more dangerous: big or small?

22.28. What are the contents of a BC code?

22.29. Where will you get information regarding cargo securing of a break
bulk cargo?

22.30. How will use IMDG code?

22.31. How will you use MFAG in IMDG code?

22.32. Where will you get information regarding segregation?

22.33. How many classes of dangerous cargoes are there?

22.34. How will you control pests in the ship?

22.35. What is risk assessment? Where do you get it? View ans

22.36. Do a risk assessment for working aloft.

22.37. What do you know about ventilation?

22.38. Outside temperature is 21°C, hold temperature is 30°C, will you

ventilate?

22.39. What are the precautions of derrick?

22.40. What are the procedures for cargo securing for break bulk cargoes?
Where will you find it?

23. Non categorized questions

23.1. Take over command as a master. View ans

23.2. Take over as a chief officer. View ans

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23.3. What type of anchor you have in your last ship? What is the difference
of that anchor with AC14? View ans

23.4. How would you plan deck maintenance as chief officer?

23.5. How would you test your mooring winch?

23.6. What do you know about types and uses of wires?

23.7. How would you let go anchor from bitter end? How would you secure
an anchor buoy?

23.8. What are the main parts of a kenter luggless joining shackle? Sketch
and explain use of each part.

23.9. What should you do to take out the lead pallet after you failed to do it
by hammering?

23.10. How do you prepare for anchor station?

23.11. How do you retrieve the anchor if it has been released during an
emergency?

23.12. How do you hang off the anchor? View Ans

23.13. New third officer joined ship. How will you instruct/guide him on cargo
operations as a chief mate?

23.14. How would you condemn a wire?

23.15. What maintenance you will do on anchors and cables? View ans

23.16. How would you take sea bed sample?

23.17. Describe the securing arrangement of an inflatable life raft.

23.18. What do you know about rigid life raft?

23.19. What are the IMO publications regarding cargo? View ans

23.20. How do you test crane?

23.21. How will you go about temporary repairs of a damage as a result of

collision?

23.22. How will you calculate maximum list for a heavy load?

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23.23. What do you know about load diagrams of derricks?

23.24. How will you go about annealing?

23.25. What do you understand by catenary effect of anchor chain?

23.26. What markings you find on an anchor?

23.27. What factors you will consider when passing through various load line
zones?

23.28. What items you will check in boat deck about launching crafts?

24. Various conventions:

24.1. STCW-95

1. Chapters no & names.

2. Crew training .

3. Watch keeping.

4. Look out man duty.

5. Rest hours. View ans

6. Call master. View ans

Questions:
24.1.1. What are the master’s responsibilities as per STCW-95 with respect to:

a. Watchkeeping

b. Onboard training

c. Drug alcohol policies.

24.1.2. Describe the watchkeeping guidelines under STCW-95.

24.1.3. What are the chapters in STCW-95?

24.1.4. What are the factors effecting the efficiency of a look out?

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24.1.5. What is fitness for duty as per STCW-95?

24.1.6. What is fatigue? How to avoid it?

24.1.7. What are the chief officer's responsibilities as per STCW-95? View
ans

24.2. SOLAS-2002 View SOLAS full version

1. New amendments CH II-2.

2. New amendments CH-V.

3. Thorough knowledge of CH-V.

4. CH-IX.

5. CH-XII.

6. Master’s obligation.

7. Maintenance of LSA/FFA.

8. Amendments of CH-III.

QUESTIONS:
24.2.1. Master’s obligation in TRS, heavy weather, ice etc.

24.2.2. What is ‘main vertical zones’? View ans

24.2.3. How many firemen’s outfit to carry on a tanker and a general cargo
ship? View ans

24.2.4. How many firemen’s outfit to carry on a tanker 499GT? View ans

24.2.5. Mention the weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly checks of LSA, FFA.
Where will you get them?

24.2.6. What is ‘international shore connection’? What are the dimensions?

How many to carry onboard? View ans

24.3. IAMSAR
1. Chapters.

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2. DSC, SMC, OSC.

QUESTIONS:
24.3.1. Describe parallel sweep search, expanding square search, sector
search. View ans

24.3.2. How will you execute a Williamson turn?

24.3.3. What is an OSC? What are the duties of OSC. View ans

24.3.4. Can a merchant ship be an OSC? View ans

24.3.5. Contents of SITREP. View ans

24.3.6. Define SMC, RCC. What are their duties?

24.3.7.

24.4. ISM
1. DOC.

2. SMC.

3. Certification.

4. Master’s role in implementation.

Questions:
24.4.1. What are DOC and SMC? How long they are valid? What is frequency
of audit?

24.4.2. What are chief officer’s responsibilities under ISM?

24.4.3. What are master’s responsibilities under ISM? View ans

24.4.4. As a chief officer, how would you take over ISM documents and
responsibilities?

24.4.5. What is FSA? Where do you get it? View Ans

24.4.6. In heavy weather an unknown object is rolling in the hold. Master

asked you to carry out an FSA whether to send crew or not.

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24.4.7. Container lashing parted in heavy weather. Do an FSA whether to send

crew or not. View ans

24.4.8. What do you know about ISM? View ans

24.4.9. What is DPA? View ans

24.4.10.What types of mandatory and non mandatory drills are carried on

ships? Where do you get it?

24.5. MARPOL 73/78 View MARPOL full version

1. Chapters View ans

2. Special areas View Ans

3. Garbage View ans

4. MSA CH-243

Questions:
24.5.1. What are the MARPOL special areas as per:

a) Annex-1. View ans

b) Annex-5. View ans

c) Annex-6. View ans

24.5.2. At sea, 2/E informed you that he wants to pump out bilge. What would
you do? View ans

24.5.3. How would you go about discharging garbage at sea? How will you
dispose of various types of garbage overboard? View Ans

24.5.6. What do you know about MARPOL-Annex 6? View ans

24.5.7. How would you discharge oil at sea? View Ans

24.5.8. What do you know about Oil Record Book 1 & 2? How will you make
entries in them? View ans

24.5.9. What do you know about garbage record book? How will you make
entry? View Ans

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24.5.10. What is SOPEP? What types of ships must carry SOPEP? What are
the contents of SOPEP? View ans

24.5.11.What is cargo record book? View Ans

24.5.12.What is SMPEP? View ans

25. Merchant shipping regulations

Questions:
25.1. What are the statutory certificates required for a Singapore registered
ship? View Ans

25.2. What is the difference between shipping circular and marine circular?

25.3. Define as per MSA:

Net tonnage, Gross tonnage, Tanker.

25.4. What is the difference between Ton and Tonne? View ans

25.5. How will you know that your MSA is up-to-date?

25.6. What are the penalties for the misuse of pyrotechnics?

25.7. What are the testing requirements of steering gears as per MSA?
View ans

25.8. What are the requirements of the followings as per MSA:

a) Fire pump View ans

b) Fire hose View ans

c) International shore connection View ans

d) Firemen's outfit View ans

e) Life buoy View ans

25.9. Definition / requirements:

Main vertical zone, A class divisions, Fire extinguishers, Fire control

plan, fire drill, Document of compliance

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Anti exposure suit, Thermal protective aid, Radar transponder.

25.10. What is GRT?

26. Surveys and certification

Questions:
26.1. All statutory certificates: Name and contents. Under which
conventions? View Ans

26.2. What do you mean by class certificate? View Ans

26.3. What are the roles of classification society? View Ans

26.4. What is condition of class certificate? When is it issued? View ans

26.5. How would you prepare for a loadline survey? Where will you get the
checklist? View ans

26.6. How would you prepare for a safety construction survey? View ans

26.7. How would you prepare for a safety equipment survey? View Ans

26.8. How will you prepare your ship for safety radio survey? View ans

26.9. How will you prepare your ship for IOPP survey? View ans

26.10. What is enhanced survey? View ans

26.11. What do you know about harmonized system of survey and

certification? View ans

26.12. Draw the plimsoll mark, load line mark and timber load line mark,
Starboard side. View Ans

26.13. What is CLC?

26.14. What is SMC? How will you obtain SMC?

26.15. Define deck line.

26.16. Every equipment onboard have an equipment certificate, what do you

know about it?

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26.17. What do you know about IMO? View Ans

26.18. What is port state? View ans

26.19. What is flag state? View ans

26.20. What are the validity, extension period, survey frequencies for various
SOLAS certificates? View Ans

26.21. What is enhanced special coating? View Ans

26.22. What is in water survey? View ans

26.23. What marks will you find on anchor? View ans

27. Various equipments

Questions:
27.1. What is ECDIS?

27.2. What is DGPS? Explain its principle.

28. Important circulars

28.1. Marine circulars: View all
circulars
NO.9 OF 2003 (23/5/03): APPOINTMENT OF RECOGNIZED SECURITY
ORGANIZATIONS (RSOS) View

NO.8 OF 2003 (23/5/03) EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL

MEASURES TO ENHANCE MARITIME SECURITY View

NO.6 OF 2003 (29/4/03) RADIO RECORDS (SOLAS REG IV/17) View

NO.4 OF 2003 (19/3/03) MAINTENANCE,TESTING AND INSPECTIONS OF

FIRE-PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND FIRE-FIGHTING SYSTEMS AND
APPLIANCES View

NO.3 OF 2003 (12/3/03) MARITIME SECURITY - AMENDMENTS TO SOLAS

74 ADOPTED BY THE IMO DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON MARITIME
SECURITY HELD IN LONDON IN DECEMBER 2002 View

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NO.2 OF 2003 (13/2/03) ANNUAL TESTING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICING

OF 406 MHZ SATELLITE EPRIBS View

NO.21 OF 2002 (26/12/02) THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY

CONVENTION) (AMENDMENT NO.2) REGULATIONS 2002 View

NO.18 OF 2002 (9/9/02) NEW ROUTEING MEASURES OTHER THAN

TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES View

NO.16 OF 2002 (4/9/02) MONTHLY INSPECTION OF IMMERSION SUITS AND

ANTI-EXPOSURE SUITS View

NO.15 OF 2002 (20/8/02) GUIDELINES FOR THE ONBOARD OPERATIONAL

USE OF SHIPBORNE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS (AIS) View

NO.12 OF 2002 (30/5/02) PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO DSC (DIGITAL

SELECTIVE CALLING) DISTRESS ALERTS BY SHIPS (AMENDMENT) View

NO.10 OF 2002 (9/5/02) REVISED CHAPTER V (SAFETY OF NAVIGATION)

OF SOLAS 74 View

NO.9 OF 2002 (8-05-02) PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO DSC (DIGITAL

SELECTIVE CALLING) DISTRESS ALERTS BY SHIPS View

NO.5 OF 2002 (1-03-02) ADVICE ON THE DANGERS OF FLOODING OF

FORWARD COMPARTMENTS View

NO.4 OF 2002 (25-02-02) EMERGENCY ESCAPE BREATHING DEVICES

(EEBDS) View

NO.2 OF 2001 (4-1-01) REVISED LIST OF CERTIFICATES, DOCUMENTS AND

PUBLICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED ON BOARD DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SINGAPORE SHIPS View

NO.7 OF 2000 (9-6-00) MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF FIRE-

PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCES View

NO.17 OF 1999 (23-9-99) IMPORTANCE OF PASSAGE AND CONTINGENCY

PLANNING View

NO.12 OF 1999 (5-7-99) GUIDANCE FOR SHIPS TRANSITING

ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS View

NO.9 OF 1999 (8-6-99) REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS View

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NO.8 OF 1998 (16-11-98) MANDATORY SHIP REPORTING SYSTEM IN THE

STRAITS OF MALACCA AND SINGAPORE – STRAITREP View

28.2. Shipping circulars: View all circulars

No.1 of 2003 (16-1-03) LIST OF CURRENT SHIPPING CIRCULARS TO

SHIPOWNERS View

No.5 of 2002 (20-11-02) AMENDMENT TO THE COLLISION

REGULATIONS View

No.4 of 2002 (24-10-02) SHIPBOARD MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY

PLAN (SMPEP) View

No.10 of 1999 (7-10-99) PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS View

No.2 of 1999 (7-1-99) LISTING DUE TO FREE SURFACE MOMENTS View

28.3. IMO Circulars: (View all IMO

circulars)
MSC/Circ.1061 - 27/1/2003: GUIDANCE FOR THE OPERATIONAL USE OF
INTEGRATED BRIDGE SYSTEMS (IBS) View

MSC/Circ.1053 - 14/1/2003: EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE STANDARDS

FOR SHIP MANEUVERABILITY View

MSC/Circ.1050 - 19/7/2002 : SHIPBOARD PLANS FOR FIRE PROTECTION

APPLIANCES, LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES AND MEANS OF ESCAPE
View

MSC/Circ.1047 - 19/7/2002 : GUIDELINES FOR MONTHLY SHIPBOARD

INSPECTION OF IMMERSION SUITS AND ANTI-EXPOSURE SUITS BY
SHIPS’ CREWS View

MSC/Circ.1038 - 28/8/2002: GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL RADIO

COMMUNICATIONS View

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MSC/Circ.1027 - 28/8/2002: CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS Document

of compliance with the special requirements for ships carrying dangerous goods
under the provisions of regulation II-2/19 of SOLAS 74, as amended. View

MSC/Circ.980/ADD.2 - 20/2/2002: STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING

APPLIANCE EVALUATION AND TEST REPORT FORMS (continued) View

MSC/Circ.980/ADD.1 - 20/2/2002: STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE

EVALUATION AND TEST REPORT FORMS (Continued) View

MSC/CIRC.980 - 20/2/2002: STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE

EVALUATION AND TEST REPORT FORMS View

MSC/Circ.1014 - 27/6/2001: Guidance on fatigue mitigation and management

View

MSC/Circ.995 - 27/6/2001: Advice on the dangers of flooding of forward

compartments View

MSC/Circ.960 - 26/4/2001 Medical assistance at sea View

MSC/Circ.920 - 26/4/2001 : Model loading and stability manual View

MSC/Circ.919 - 26/4/2001: Guidelines for damage control plans. View

MSC/Circ.893 - 26/4/2001: Navigational warnings concerning operations
endangering the safety of navigation. View

MSC/Circ.849 - 1/3/2002: 8 June 1998 GUIDELINES FOR THE

PERFORMANCE, LOCATION, USE AND CARE OF EMERGENCY ESCAPE
BREATHING DEVICES (EEBDs) View

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