UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-METC CAMPUS
Mambaling Cebu City, Philippines 6000
SEAM 2A
PRELIM MAJOR EXAM
RATING:________
Name:_________________________________Schedule:_____________________Date:____________
Instructions: Read carefully the items below and incircle the letter of the best correct answer.
Strictly no erasures allowed.
1. The tendency of a vessel to return to an erect position after being inclined by an exterior force is
known as:
A. Seamanship C. Reserve Bouyancy
B. Stability D. Bouyancy
2. It is the condition of the ship prior to loading any cargo, fuel, water or stores.
A. Loaded Condition C. Light Ship Condition
B. Displaced Condition D. Dead Weight Condition
3. It is the total weight of the ship.
A. Dead Weight C. Gross Tonnage
B. Displacement D. Net Tonnage
4. It is the volume of all enclosed spaces on a ship.
A. Dead Weight C. Gross Tonnage
B. Displacement D. Net Tonnage
5. It is the volume of all the earning spaces of the ship.
A. Dead Weight C. Gross Tonnage
B. Displacement D. Net Tonnage
6. It is the ratio of the underwater volume of a ship to the volume of a rectangular block, the
dimensions of which are the length between perpendiculars, the mean draught and the breadth
extreme.
A. Gross tonnage C. Block Coefficient
B. Displacement Volume D. Coefficient of Fineness
7. It is the ratio between the area of the waterplane and that of a rectangle of the same length
and breadth.
A. Gross tonnage C. Block Coefficient
B. Displacement Volume D. Coefficient of Fineness
8. A ship has a fresh water allowance of 175 mm. To what depth could she submerged her loadline
when loading in dock water of density 1,011 kg/cu.m.
A. 78 mm C. 98 mm
B. 88 mm D. 108 mm
9. Your vessel is loaded to its maximum allowable draft of 20.0 meters in water of density 1.015.
Fresh water allowance is 50 cm. What will be your ship’s draft in water of density 1,023.
A. 19.70 m C. 19.84 m
B. 20.34 m D. 20.16 m
UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-METC CAMPUS
Mambaling Cebu City, Philippines 6000
SEAM 2A
10. Vessel’s FWA is 160 mm and she is floating in dock water of density 1,012 kg/cu.m. Find the
change in draft when she passes from dock water to salt water?
A. 80.5 mm C. 78.6 mm
B. 85.2 mm D. 83.2 mm
11. A vessel with FWA 300 mm has a draft of 6.80 m in density 1,025 kgs/cu.m. Fin its approximate
draft when docking to a berth of density 1,008 kg/cu.m.?
A. 204 mm C. 7.004 m
B. 19.4 cm D. 6.596 m
12. A vessel’s tropical loadline is 6 inches above her summer loadline. Her TPI is 127 tons. She will
arrive in the summer zone 8 days after her departure. She will burn off about 47 tons/day and
water consumption is 12 tons/day. How many tons may she load above her summer load line if
she loads in the tropical zone?
A. 28.8 tons C. 472 tons
B. 10.5 tons D. 20.5 tons
13. A ship 128 meter long has a maximum beam of 20 meters at the water line and CWP of 0.85.
Calculate the TPC at this draft.
A. 21.3 tons C. 25.3 tons
B. 19.3 tons D. 22.3 tons
14. At a given draft a ship of 120 meters length and 15 meters beam has a CWP of 0.770. What is her
TPC at this draft?
A. 14.50 tons C. 14.20 tons
B. 14.30 tons D. 14.00 tons
15. What would be her new mean draft if 300 tons of cargo has been loaded. Her present mean
draft of 6.25 meters TPC is 12.0?
A. 6.75 meters C. 6.50 meters
B. 6.25 meters D. 6.15 meters
16. A ship is 150 meters long, 16 meters beam and floats a draft of 5.00 meters. If the CWP at that
draft is 0.763, find her TPC.
A. 18.8 tons C. 16.4 tons
B. 19.6 tons D. 17.5 tons
17. A ship displaces 7,500 cu.m of water of density 1,025 kgs/cu.m. Find the displacement in tonnes
when the ship is floating at the same draft in water of density 1,015 kgs/cu.m.
A. 6,712.5 tonnes C. 7,126.5 tonnes
B. 7,612.5 tonnes D. 6,217.5 tonnes
18. A ship displaces 7,000 tons while floating in fresh water. Find the displacement of the ship when
floating at the same draft in water of density 1,015 kgs/cu.m.?
A. 7,105 tonnes C. 7,125 tonnes
B. 7,135 tonnes D. 7,115 tonnes
UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-METC CAMPUS
Mambaling Cebu City, Philippines 6000
SEAM 2A
19. Your vessel is at dock where the density is 1,012. To what draft will she be loaded so as to draw
23’ 06’’ when she gets to sea where the density is 1,026 kg/cu.m.?
A. 23’06’’ C. 23’ 10’’
B. 23’02’’ D. 24’ 02’’
20. The center of flotation of a vessel is located at the geometric center of the:
A. Underwater volume C. Amidships section
B. Above water volume D. Waterplane area
21. The term that indicates how many tons of cargo a vessel can carry is:
A. Bale Cubic C. Gross Tonnage
B. Dead Weight D. Loaded displacement
22. The total weight of cargo, fuel, water, stores, passengers and crew, and their effects, that a ship
can carry, is the:
A. Bale Cubic C. Gross Tonnage
B. Dead Weight D. Loaded displacement
23. Gross tonnage indicates the vessel’s :
A. Displacement in metric tons
B. Total weight including cargo
C. Volume in cubic feet
D. Draft in feet
24. The point that is halfway between the forward and after perpendicular and is a reference point
for vessel construction is the:
A. Half length C. center line
B. Mid-body D. amidships
25. A bulk freighter 580 ft. in length, 60 feet beam, with a waterplane coefficient (CWP) of 0.84 is
floating in fresh water at a draft of 21 feet. How many long tons would it take to increase the
mean draft by 1’’?
A. 67.6 tons C. 74.3 tons
B. 70.0 tons D. 76.8 tons
