Ship Manoeuvring, Handling. Test 3 – Online Maritime Tests

If you are called upon to reeve a new wire onto a selfstowing winch drum you would, after looking at brake arrangement, reeve it to pay out as follows:

Direction A.
Depends on the lay of the wire strands.
Doesn't matter which direction.
Direction B.

It is important that the brake holding capacity of a self stowing winch drum should not exceed the breaking strength of the wire or rope wound onto it. A certain percentage of extra strength is therefore recommended for the wire or rope over the brake holding capacity of the winch. So, for a winch of brake holding capacity of 60 Tons you would order a wire of breaking strength:

80 Tons
61 Tons
75 Tons
100 Tons

Your ship's initial speed is half ahead and your engine is put full astern. How will the stopping distance be compared to full speed?

It will be much longer
It will be much shorter
It will be the same as full speed
It will differ only slightly

Your ship is equipped with a right-handed propeller. As you go full astern from full ahead, the ship is sheering to starboard. Is there anything you can do to reduce the change in heading?

I can swing the rudder from side to side
Put the rudder hard to port to reduce the water flow to the left side of the propeller
Put the rudder hard to port to reduce the water flow to the right side of the propeller
No, there is nothing I can do

You are drifting in open sea with a loaded VLCC, and you observe that the drift is SSE. Will the drift direction be the same for ballast condition?

Yes, it will be the same
No, drifting in ballast condition may be quite different.
Loaded or ballast condition have no effect on the drift.
In ballast condition the drift will be more to the east

During a stay in port, a towing wire is to be put out forward and aft. What is important to take care of regarding this wire?

That the wires are just above the water line at all times.
For night-time use only.
The wires are just stand by on deck.
For daytime use only.

Which sailing vessel (A or B) should keep out of the way of the other?

B keeps out of the way of A
Both should take avoiding action
They should try to call each other on the VHF to decide on the action to take
A keeps out of the way of B

In a narrow canal, a ship proceeding at half speed ahead swings towards the port bank of the channel. As the bow approaches the bank, it would initially _____

be unaffected
be rejected away from the bank by the pressure
be pulled towards the bank by bank suction
be first pulled towards the bank, then rejected away

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