Cargo Handling. Operations. Test 1 – Online Maritime Tests

Are there any restriction on entry into cargo holds at sea?

Bosun must be told?
No special permission required?
Permission must be obtained from Chief Officer?
Permission required at night-time?

What is the Oil Transfer Procedure NOT required to contain?

Special procedures for topping off cargo tanks
A description of the deck discharge containment system
The name of the person in charge of the transfer operation
A line diagram of the vessel's oil transfer piping

The heat needed to transform a solid substance at a given temperature into a liquid substance with the same temperature is called, what?

Entalphy.
Specific melting heat.
Condensation.
Melting heat.

What arrangement may be installed in passenger ships to reduce unsymmetrical flooding in damaged condition?

Self acting ballast trimming arrangement
Cross flooding arrangement
Separate trim tanks
Ballast trimming system

In the chemical industry the effect on a person of long term exposure to low concentration of a substance is of prime concern. The expression TLV (Treshold Limit Value) is used to express the concentration of a substance in parts per million that must not be exceeded if a person is exposed to a substance for a period of:

8 hours a day?
24 hours a day?
12 hours a day?
16 hours a day?

An OBO or O/O vessel is carrying dry cargo, but has been constrained to retain her slops in the slop tanks under an inert gas blanket. On the inert gas line common to the cargo holds and slop tanks we should:

Close valves leading to the slop tanks only?
Insert a blank flange on the line between the slop tanks and the rest of the cargo compartments?
Leave all tank valves and mast riser valves open for good ventilation?
Close all valves leading to all compartments?

What are the permissible loads on tank top and tweendecks?

As stated by Port Authorities?
As stated by Flag Authorities?
At Master's discretion and judgement?
As per Builders' specification?

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