ORAL QUESTION - DWKO

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·         Examiner: Capt Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 13/02/03

·         Duration: 1 hrs

·         1). Preparation to let go anchor

·         2). Steering gear test

·         3). Last ship FFA

·         4). Calculation – Compass error

·         5). Crossing situation

·         6). Port hand buoy

·         Name: Hamizan

·         Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 13/02/03

·         Duration: 1 hrs

·         1). VSA – Formula ,Why distance by VSA in Norries Table not apply H.E

·         2). NTM – Chart correction and Content

·         3). Symbol – wreck

·         4). Different between NAVAREA & NAVTEX & how to use NAVAREA

·         5). Junior officer joining 1^st ship & previous officer never keep record regarding  NAVAREA – How to start keeping record

·         6). Light & shape – anchor & other possibility

·         7). Wind calculation

·         8). Meaning fl.w & r 5s 11,14M

·          Examiner: Capt. Nazri

·         Date: 19/02/03

·         Duration: 45 min

·         1). Sign on as 3^rd officer

·         2). List certificate carry on board

·         3). Last ship – LSA & FFA

·         4). Muster list content

·         5). Buoy – Safe water mark ,Pref .channel .to.Port reg A & B,West cardinal mark – head 045 degree – action

·         6). Light – Towing vessel seen from stbd <50m in length & >200m towing line Action for this vessel at 2 point stbd bow ,NUC seen from ahead,Vessel aground (fog signal)

·         7). Radar plotting

·         8). Action for rule 19 (a) & (b)

·         9). Enter foggy area – action

·         10). How many method to get compass error

·         11). Sextant – Principle & error

·         12). Publication – How to know your publication up date ,NTM content,B4 sailing how to know your chart up date

·         13). Ship stab – TPC,GM (purpose) & what is stiff & tender

·         14). Flag

·         15). How to know job for 3^rd officer

·         16). Calculation – compass error

   Examiner: Capt Jailani

·         Date: 24/02/03

·         1). Sextant – Principle & error

·         2). Publication – Ship routine,Chart catalogue,Decca chart (Chart symbol)

·         3). Last ship – LSA,Lowering lifeboat procedure and FFA

·         4). R.O.R – 5 to 19

·         5). Buoy – Safe water mark ,Isolated danger mark ,Special mark ,East cardinal mark

·         6). Publication carry on board.

·          Examiner: Capt. Nazri

·         Date: 24/02/03

·         1). Calculation – ETF cargo

·         2). Publication – NTM Published,Chart correction (How to know chart corrected),SOLAS,MARPOL,OIL RECORD BOOK

·         3). Radar plotting

·         4). Light – NUC,Towing – action

·         5). Buoy – West cardinal mark ,Pref.chan.stbd

·         6). Ship stab – GM (Stable & unstable)

·         7). Flag

·         8). Taking over watch & hand over watch

·         9). Bridge gear test

  Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 19/02/03

·         Duration: 1 hrs

·         1). Light – Power driven vessel ,Pilot vessel

·         2). Buoy – Pref.chan.to port ,Stbd hand reg B ,East cardinal mark – heading south – action

·         3). Chart correction – Chart Folio & chart log

·         4). Entry into enclosed space

·         5). Difference between B.A & resuscitator

·         6). How to find dist & posn of port

·          Examiner: Capt Nazri

·         Date: 20/02/03

·         1). 3^rd officer – Duty ;Where to find duty for 3^rd officer

·         2). Watchkeeping – Open sea and at Port

·         3). How many method to get compass error

·         4). Preparation for heavy weather

·         5). Foggy area – Hear fog signal fwd – action

·         6). TPC – Definition & formula

·         7). Buoy – P & S hand Region A and South cardinal mark – co. 350 action

·         8). Blind sector (how to plot)

·         9). Radar plotting

·         10). Light – NUC ahead ,Power driven vessel >50m & >200m port beam

·         11). Ship stab – Stable & unstable (shift & tender)

·         12). Sextant – Index error

·         13). Flag – J, K, A, 2, 1, P)

·          Examiner: Capt. Nazri

·         1). Last ship – LSA & FFA

·         2). Sextant – Principle, error & purpose

·         3). NTM – Chart correction

·         4). Calculation to find true wind

·         5). Flag – Answering pendant purpose

·         6). Buoy

·         7). TRS – How to determine

·         8). Light – Anchor ,RAM ,Towing

·         9). VSA

·         10). Watchkeeping during heavy weather.

·          Examiner: Capt. Sukbir singh

·         1). Calculation – Compass error ,Variation (Chart)

·         2). Anchor Work – Preparation to let go , Watch ,Dragging

·         3). Bridge gear test – steering (main & auxiliary)

·         4). Publication carry on board

·         5). Last ship – LSA & FFA

·         6). How to launch life raft manually

·         7). Underway & Making way – Different & meaning

·         8). Wet & dry bulb – dew point

·         9). Passage plan – Port Klang to Kobe

·         10). Amplitude – refraction

                   

·          Examiner: Capt Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 06/02/03 duration 1 ½ hrs

·         1). Anchor work – Preparation to let go & Watch

·         2). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         3). Port watch

·         4). Last ship – LSA & FFA

·         5). Preparation for heavy weather

·         6). GPS & DGPS

·         7). Ground & sea stabilize

·         8). Steering gear last ship

·         9). Chain register

·         10). Publication – Find Variation from chart ,Chart correction & Instrument for chart correction   

·         11). Calculation – Compass error & deviation (Polaris)

·         12). Light & shape – Vessel aground ,Power driven vessel

·         13). Buoy – East cardinal ,Different Q & VQ ,Heading 090 & 270 action ,Pref Ch. To Port Reg A ,Isolated danger ,Safe water (Isophase & occulting)

·         Examiner: Capt Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 06/02/03 duration ½ hrs

·         1). Anchor work – Preparation to let go & safe watch ,Determine 6 Shackles & chain part (White & red colour) ,How determine anchor brought up

·         2). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         3). Buoy – Port hand reg A ,Safe water

·         4). Light & shape – Power driven vessel (fog signal)

·         Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 14/02/03

·         1). Brief – release liferaft manually

·         2). Towing vessel seen from ahead

·         3). Meaning for light displacement

·         4). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         5). Gyro out on duty – action

·          Examiner: Capt Halim

·         Date: 18/02/03

·         1). Joining as junior 3^rd officer

·         2). Preparation before departure

·         3). Describes flag PAPA

·         4). Unberthing your ship – (full incharge from bridge) with other vessel fwd & aft And experience current from stern

·         5). Buoy – Maneuvers out of channel & saw Pref.chan.to port Reg.A – action ,Then saw special mark – action ,Describes East cardinal mark

·         6). Light – single green light – what? Action ,Can we alter co. to port?

·         Examiner: Capt. Jailani

·         Date: 25/02/03

·         Duration: 1 hrs

·         1). Joining as junior 3^rd officer – Procedure

·         2). Cargo watch

·         3). Bridge gear test

·         4). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         5). How to know your echo sounder working correctly

·         6). Received distress from VHF – action

·         7). Demonstrate send distress by VHF

·         8). What is Distress, Pan Pan & Security

·         9). How to know your chart already corrected before sailing

·         10). R.O.R. – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16 & 19

·         11). Last ship – LSA – why liferaft placed fwd (6 person) and FFA

·         Examiner: Capt Halim

·         Date: 21/02/03

·         1). Sign on as 3^rd officer – duty

·         2). Duty during fire drill                     

·         Examiner: Capt. Sukbir singh

·         1). Anchor work – Preparation to let go

·         2). Publication – Brief Chart correction

·         3). GMDSS – Brief

·         4). Last Ship – LSA & FFA

·         Examiner: Capt sukbir singh

·         1). Calculation – MP, Azimuth, Compass error, Noon, Sunset & sunrise

·         Variation (Chart), Deviation

·         2). Entry into encloses space

·         3). Anchor work – Preparation to let go

·         4). White light – Possibility

·         5). RADAR – Ground / Sea stabilize ,Collision avoided

·         6). GPS & DGPS

·         7). Chain register – Meaning & content.

·          Examiner: Capt sukbir singh

·         1). Preparation entry into encloses space

·         2). Preparation to let go anchor

·         3). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         4). Light – Power driven vessel

·         5). Buoy – East cardinal  (Heading Southerly-action)

·         6). Notices to mariners – Chart correction

·         7). Sextant

·         8). Instrument – Methane & O2

·         9). Launching lifeboat

·         Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 05/02/03

·         Duration: 1 hrs

·         1). Anchor work – Preparation to let go ,Dragging ,Watch ,Marking (Shackle)

·         2). Buoy – Stbd Hand region B ,East cardinal

·         3). Light – Power driven vessel (Explain & action)

·         4). How to keep safe navigational watch

·         5). Distress frequency for VHF & DSC

·         6). Calculation – Compass error

  Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

·         Date: 06/02/03

·         Duration: ½ hrs

·         1). Buoy – Cardinal mark ,Special mark ,Lateral mark

·         2). Vessel aground – What light & shape ,Action

·         3). Last ship – FFA

·         4). Chain register - Explain.

  Examiner: Capt. Sukbir singh

·         Date: 10/02/03

·         1). Passage plan

·         2). Chart correction

·         3). Last ship – LSA & FFA

EXAMINAER            :           CAPT. ABDUL SAMAD

·         DATE             :           5^TH – 6^TH DECEMBER 2005.

·         TIME              :           0850HRS – 1240HRS, 1430HRS – 1630HRS (1^ST DAY)

·         1430HRS – 1530HRS (2^ND DAY)

·         RESULT        :           PASS

·         Date 5^th December 2005, Latitude 02⁰ 00’ N, Longitude 102⁰ 00’ Find the sunrise

·         Using the GMT of the sunrise (above question) find the bearing of the sunrise using the amplitude method and azimuth method.

·         3.         Position A                    Latitude           24⁰ 00’ N

·         Longitude        149⁰ 00’ W

·         Position B                    Latitude           35⁰ 00’ N

·         Longitude        119⁰ 00’ E

·         Find the distance from A to B using the mercator sailing and great circle sailing.

·         Ship departure from a port (LMT=UTC+0800) at 5^th December 2005 1600hrs to a port (LMT = UTC-0800). Using the distance from the answer above, calculate the ETA of the ship. Given speed of the ship is 15 knots.

·         Chart Interpretation

·         Tide calculation (using chart).

·         Abbreviation.

·         How to know the chart is corrected.

·         How to make sure that the chart is still can be used.

·         What is the different between the fathom chart and metric chart & gnomonic chart and mercator chart.

·         How to convert from fathom to meter.

·         Passage planning from Port Klang to Tokyo. Given chart catalogue, explain the procedure to do the passage plan. Publication to be consulted when doing the passage planning.

·         Explain the procedure to conduct the bridge test gear.

·         Explain how to check the gyro compass is working properly.

·         Tuning radar.

·         Basic radar plotting.

·         Differences between the sea stabilization and ground stabilized.

·         Direction of the movement of the buoy, with current 180⁰ (T) rate 4 knots, if radar using the sea stabilized.

·         Explain North Up, Head Up & Course Up.

·         Notices to Mariners

·         How to do Chart Correction if the previous second mate did not correct the chart if given only Notices to Mariners from week 1 to week 50 of this year.

·         How to correct the ALRS and ALL

·         Explain the correction on the ALRS

·         Explain T & P

·         Understanding ROR

·         Rule 3 – Understanding.

·         Rule 5 – How you maintain a proper look-out.

·         Rule 6 – Understanding of the Radar characteristic

·         Rule 7 – What is factor to be taken into consideration when to determine ROC

·         Rule 8 – Understanding

·         Rule 9 – Understanding

·         Rule 10 – Understanding

·         Situation

·         At TSS Power driven vessel crossing the traffic lane on my starboard bow. Action?

·         At TSS Power driven vessel crossing the traffic lane on my port bow. Action?

·         At narrow channel, a vessel crossing on port bow. Action?

·         Show to the examiner the light signal, daylight signal and fog signal of the following vessel. (Given the magnetic board)

·         Vessel not under command , more than 50m in length and seen from starboard side.

·         Vessel Restricted in Her Ability to Manoeuvre, more than 50m in length seen from right ahead.

·         Vessel engaged in dredging operation, more than 50m in length seen from right ahead.

·         Vessel more than 50m in length aground, seen from starboard side.

·         Vessel engaged in fishing;

·         Shooting her net

·         Hauling her net.

·         Made fast upon obstruction.

·         Vessel engage in towing operation, length of the tow more than 200m in length, towing a barge, length of the barge more than 100m, breadth of the barge is more than 25m seen from starboard side.

·         Vessel engages in minesweeping operation, more than 50 in length underway.

·         Life Saving Apparatus

·         Thermal Protective Aid.

·         Immersion Suit.

·         Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU).

·         Pyrotechnic to be carried onboard.

·         Self Contained Breathing Apparatus.

·         IALA

·         Prefer Channel to Starboard (Region A).

·         Isolated Danger Mark.

·         Safe Water Mark.

·         East Cardinal Mark

·         Special Mark

·         Explain what the meaning of isophase, occulting and flashing.

·         How did you maintain a radar look out during restricted visibility?

·         Publication to be carried onboard.

·         ORAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

·         Buoys - Lateral mark, cardinal marks, special mark, Isolated danger mark.

·         Flags - All

·         Morse code - send your name AA AA AA  azlin AR.

·         Transverse thrust -      what is transverse thrust and what is the effects?

·         Lifeboat radio, SART, EPIRB

• How to operate and what it used for?

·         2182 KHz

·         500 KHz

·         Azimuth mirror

·         How do you determine there is prismatic error in azimuth mirror.

·         Sextant

·         Index error and all other errors.

·         Examiner set the sextant 20' off the arc and candidate need to answer it.

·         Barometer

·         Precaution before taking readouts.

·         R.O.R

·         Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule 5, Rule 6, Rule 9 Rule 10, Rule 13 Rule 15

·         Vessel aground - light, daytime signal and sound signals.

·         Fishing vessel

·         Towing vessel

·         N.U.C

            Restricted in her ability

·         What is the following content?

·         AVRS vol 2 , 6 , T &P, Notice to Mariners (weekly, cumulative, Annual)

·         What you going to do with T&P?

·         Anchor works

·         Anchor terms

·         Precautions before letting go and during station?

·         How to determine anchor brought up and dragging?

·         Anchor watch

• Precaution when lifting heavy lift?
• What is squat effect and where is the most probably to occur?

·         How to avoid it?

·         Annex IV

·         Actions when you see distress signals.

·         Man overboard (signal and williamson turn)

·         What is the used of sound the man overboard signals?

·         Cargo on your last ship.

·         How to maintain the cargo system on your last ship?

·         IMDG CODE

·         MARPOL

·         MRCC

• How would you take over navigational watch while proceeding through TSS?
• Chart symbol ◊with a capital letter inside; what does it mean and how do we use it.
• During day light/good visibility, how would you recognize whether another ship is power driven vessel?
• How would you make routine voice call using Inmarsat?
• Difference between Inmarsat A & C?
• May a vessel of less than 50m in length carry 2^nd masthead light?
• In order to check tidal information of any port unheard of, how will you identify the relevant tide table and whether the port is Standard port or Secondary port?
• State and prove, Principle of sextant?
• Action – Single white light on your starboard bow?
• What corrections need to be applied to the readings of Mercurial Barometer and why?
• What do you understand by occulting and isophase ?
• Define Wing In Ground(WIG) craft?
• Define deviation ?
• State the uses of sextant?
• Define,’ Drying height’?
• Why we cannot measure distance along longitude scale on Mercator chart? Explain?
• Difference Gangway, Acc. ladder & Jacob ladder?
• How to make routine call with other ship via VHF DSC?
• Underway & making way. (Differentiate)?
• What is the abbreviation TEU’s stand for?
• Define Oil Record Book?
• State any three major differences between container & LNG ships?

• State 5 methods to calculate compass error?
• Define tender & stiff ships
• BA charts – colour and black/white; why?
• Define Angle of LOLL?
• Bridge Gear test – State the Procedures?
•  Define ebb and Flood Tide?
• SOLAS – Chapters (How many & name all the chapters) ?
• What does ISPS code stand for?
• MARPOL – How many Annexs ?
• Define ISM  code and is purpose.
• What does SOPEP stand for?
• Requirement speed for rescue boat.
• How many Rocket parachute signals are required to be carried on ship’s bridge?
• Enumerate  adjustable errors of Sextant.
• Enumerate  unadjustable errors of Sextant.
• Notice to Mariners content.
• Define IMDG code.
• Define the followings:-

Deadweight, Broken Stowage, Stowage Factor?

• State the purpose of EPIRB & SART?
• State the purpose of ship’s Certificate of Registry?
• What is the penalty for a ship not having a Certificate of Registry?
• Find the UN no. for given cargo. Naphtha
• Define Inmarsat C?
• How to send Distress by using Inmarsat C?

·         How to know the chart is corrected?

·         What is the difference between the fathom chart and metric chart & gnomonic chart and mercator chart.

·         Differences between the sea stabilization and ground stabilized.

·         Advantages/disadvantages of North Up radar orientation.

·         Explain T & P notices to mariners?

·         State the purpose of Radar Log Book.?

·         State the purpose of Thermal Protective Aid?

·         State the purpose of Immersion Suit?

·         Define Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU)and state its requirements.

·         State the breaking strength of the weak link in the HRU.

·         State the purpose Self Contained Breathing Apparatus.

·         How would you maintain a radar look out during restricted visibility?

• Precaution in loading heavy lift using ships gear?
• Define transit bearing and state its purpose?
• General equipment use in area A1 & A2?
• GMDSS equipment use in area A1 & A2, A3, A4?
• You as a GOC  holder onboard, you receive distress Message, What is your action?
• Define a P & A manual?
• Define a navigation light?
• How to take position fixing in TSS?
• How to make routine call to other ship by MF DSC?
• What is the Different between GPS & AIS?
• Inmarsat C. EGC. Purpose?
• How to use MF/HF equipment?
• Define and explain an inert gas system?
• State the radar limitation?
• How to send distress signal via VHF DSC channel 70?
• How to send distress signal via MF DSC?
• How to send distress signal via HF.
• Define Blind sector & shadow sector?
• Contents of Fireman outfit as per SOLAS?
• Define a Fixed fire extinguisher as per SOLAS?

·         Echo Sounder – Checking accuracy, state briefly.

·         Define NAVTEX?

• State how would you rig the pilot ladder?
• State the purpose of Anchor chain marking and how is it done?
• Define Range Discrimination.
• Explain FWA?
• Oil spill at port. Action!!
• How do you do Chart Correction upon receiving NTM?
• State 5 uses of Answering pendant?
• State why and when is the correct time to take a bearing of sun in order to calculate compass error using sun’s amplitude?
• Explain Dew Point?
• What is the difference between master compass and standard compass?
• Master compass malfunction, Action!
• What do you understand by ‘free pratique’?
• What is an International Load line Certificate?
• Define true bearing and compass bearing.
• State Container dimensions?
• How would you know whether a navigation chart is corrected?
• State the difference between Sanitation control Certificate and Sanitation control Exemption Certificates?

·         Sanitation here refers to Hygienic/cleanliness of the ship

• Net registered tonnage (NRT)/Gross register tonnage(GRT)
•  What is an Aframax Tanker
•  Define Bulk Cargo
•  State the purpose of Cargo Manifest?
•  State the difference between Draft and Depth of a vessel?
• Define a Nautical mile?
• Define Reserve Buoyancy.
• How frequent should the E.P.I.R.B tested?
• Which vessels are required to carry an E.P.I.R.B?
• How frequently an E.P.I.R.B should be serviced?
• State the purpose of Parallel Indexing?
• Explain why is it important to keep your charts up to date?
• Name the fire extinguishers which you can refill on   the     vessel?
• How do you refill a foam extinguisher?
• State the type of extinguisher would you use on a diesel fire?
• State the advantages/disadvantages of True Motion Radar.
• State how would you store ships ropes when not in use.
• Define “Register of Lifting Appliances”
• What precautions need to be taken while using psychro-meter?
• Explain the purpose of Timber Load Line.
• Define, “Angle of Repose”. 
• While using Radar, what will be advantage and disadvantage of  using long pulse at short ranges?
• Describe a life buoy.
•  Describe a MOB Life buoy.
• State the purpose of Twist Lock on a Container ship.
• Differentiate between Heel and List of a vessel.
• Differentiate between Draft and Depth of a vessel.
• State the precautions to be taken while COW.
• Define Fish Plate.
• Explain why two regions A & B have been established in  IALA buoyage system?
• State the validity of packets of drinking water in life boats.
• State the validity of Rocket Parachute Signals.
• State the validity of Red hand flares
• State the validity of Buoyant Smoke Signals.

·         State the validity of packs of food ration  in  life boats.

• Define Wind Rose.
• State the difference between ‘Stranding’ and ‘Grounding’ of  a ship.
• How would you carry out the maintenance of a Magnetic Compass?

·         Explain the purpose of “Ship Routing”.

·         How would you cancel a Distress Signal?

·         Define Emergency Steering Gear.

·         Define a distress alert; how will you send it using VHF DSC?

Distress Alert is a short distress message consisting of MMSI of the ship, Position & Time and Nature of distress. Send by selecting distress menu, input info. then PRESS distress button for 5 seconds.

·          Give example of a safety message; how will you send it  using   VHF DSC?

             Example,” Securite – this is MT non-such, followed by  details of the message”.

To send: Select main menu > select safety > input details >  channel 16 > press    send safety message on R/T.

·         Define an urgency message; how will you send it using VHF DSC?

            Example,” PAN PAN– this is MT non-such, followed by details of the message”.

To send: Select main menu >select urgency >input details  >Channel 16  >press send urgency message on R/T.

·         State the requirement for a SOLAS approved life jacket.

·         State the purpose of international shore connection.

·         Define, “VDR and SVDR”.

·         What corrections need to be applied to the readings of  Aneroid barometer and why?

·         Define “vessel not under command”.

·         Define, “ restricted visibility”.

·         Define, “ vessel insight of one another”.

·         Define, “ sailing vessel’.

·         Define, “ vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre”.

·         Explain, “ lookout”.

·         Explain, “ safe speed”.

·         How would you detect whether risk of collision exists/not?

·         What is the best way to avoid a collision?

·         What would you do in order to assess whether a close quarter situation is developing or not?

·         Explain how do you comprehend the term, ‘Narrow Channel’?

·         What are signals under Colregs. for overtaking in narrow channel?

·         Under what condition, can a vessel anchor in sep. zone?

·         Define,“ overtaking situation”.

·         When is a Gyro Compass said to be settled? 

·         State all preparations for dropping anchor.

·         Explain how does ship sweat occur?

·         Explain how does cargo sweat occur?

·         Define Freeboard.

·         What is the purpose of Load line Marks?

·         Where (on board a ship) the main control panel for steering gear located?

·         What does ECDIS stand for?  also state the difference between ENC and RNC.

·         How frequent should the PPE be checked for its good condition?

·         Name any five among all the Personal protective equipment carried on merchant ships.

·         Having joined a ship what should you what should you familiarize with as soon as possible.

·         State the objectives of carrying out frequent emergency drills.

·          State the precaution which must be taken with respect to the handle of life boat davit winch during the operation of the winch.

·          State the benefits of conducting a thorough search for stowaways before a ship departs from the port.

·         State the potential threats to crew safety during mooring and unmooring operations onboard.

·         State the precautions which should be taken before a potentially dangerous space is entered.

·         State necessary safety precaution which must be taken while using  

·         hydraulic jack.

·         How would you secure cargo gear block and shackle pins?

·         You are standing by to let go anchor; what will be your immediate action upon receiving the command, “let go stbd. Anchor”?

·         Whistle attached to life jacket is made of plastic; why?

·         State the precaution that need to be taken while painting interior of a cabin and after it has been painted.

·         State the safety precautions which must be taken by the anchor party.

·         State the necessary precaution while using portable radio for communication  between bridge and anchoring party.

·         Where the anchor is let go from the stowed position, if upon release of the brake, the anchor does not run, what would you do to let go anchor?

·         Define ‘Monkey’s Fist’ and state its use.

·         State the precautions which must be taken while mooring/unmooring a ship.

·         State the correct stopper for different types of moorings.

·         State the difference between SOLAS pack A and Pack B.

·         Define ISGOTTT.

·         State the precautions for stowing deck cargo.

·         Question 1

·         A ship 120m x 17m x10m has a block coefficient 0.800 and is floating at the load Summer draft 7.2 meters in fresh water. Find how much more cargo can be loaded to remain same draft in salt water.

·         Question 2

·         If the true course is 315^o (T) Variation 5^o west, Deviation 5.6^o, find the compass course to steer

·         Question 3

·         If the true course is 060^o(G) and the Gyro error is 1^o low. Find the true course.

·         Question 4

·         The true amplitude of the Sun was W 12^o20’S and the observed amplitude W22^oN. Find the compass error. If the variation was 26^oW, find the deviation?

·         Question 5

·         Sun’s UL Sextant altitude 35⁰ 19.1’, Index error(IE) = nil, Height of eye(HE) 12.8m on 14 Oct 1992.

·         Find the zenith distance

·         Question 6

·         A box shaped vsl 10.6.4 meters with light ship draft  1 m in sea water

·         Calculate the deadweight if the draft is 3.6m?

·         Question 7

·         Calculate the v of disp of a tanker with the following dimensions:L=200m,b=20m,d=10m,and Cb=0.80

·         Question 8

·         A ship has a water plane area of 2500m² and is floating on salt water. What is her TPC in saltwater?

·         Question 9

·         A ship with FWA 250mms is loading in dock water of density 1005kg/m³. Calculate by  how much she may submerge her Summer load-line if she is to be correctly loaded.

·         Question 10

·         A vessel has Summer load displacement in salt water of 10000 tonnes. Her TPC at Summer draught is 25. What is her FWA?

·         Question 11

·         The sextant altitude of the sun’s lower limb obtained is 76^o 35’. Index error is 0.5’ on the arc. Height of eye is 15 m. Find true altitude .

·         Question 12

·         Observer’s position: 2^o 10’N, 098^o 30’E. Find the time, in GMT, of meridian passage of the Sun on 4 May 1992.

·         Question 13

·         Observer’s position: 2^o 10’N, 098^o 30’E. Find the time, in LMT, of meridian passage of the Sun on 23 August 1992.

·         Question 14

·         A ship passed under a bridge (charted 30m), clearance 8m, Air draft 28m, UKC 9m, Charted depth at water under bridge 12m, find ship’s draught and height of tide (given MHWS 8m).

·         Question 15

·         A ship with 10m draught is entering Port Hedland at 0600hrs on the 1^st September 1991. UKC if depth is 16m.

·         Question 16

·         Observer’s position: 42^o 10’N, 028^o 30’W. Find the time, in LMT, of meridian passage of the Sun on 23 August 1992.

·         Based on Almanac 2010, Admiralty(vol.3) and RMN  Tide Tables 2010

·         Calculate the MP computed sextant  altitude for ALAM on 20 July 2010      

·         Calculate the azimuth of the sun  1100 hrs @ ALAM on 20 July 2010

·         Calculate the amplitude @ ALAM on 20 July 2010

·         Find sunrise/sunset times @ ALAM on 20 July  2010

·         Find MP times @ ALAM on 20 July 2010 

·         Is there any possibility of using the planets during the twilights in July 2010?

·         Find the sunrise and sunset times at Port Dickson on 20 July 2010

• Draw the Flammability diagram.
  With the help of this diagram describe the use of
• Explosimeter
• Tankscope
• O2 analyzer

·         Show the regions where these equipments can be used and regions where they cannot be used and why?
What is the criteria for changing a wire or deciding it to be unfit for use? ( 10% of wire in the length of 8 times the diameter)

• What will you do if only 5% is damaged? ( take shore help, change end to end)
• Where do you get this regulation? ( Workplace, Health and Safety Act, which replaces the Factory Act in 2006 in the Dock regulation, Singapore Acts)
• Can you exceed the SWL of the wire ? (yes , once: only upto proof load, and is documented)
• What are the proof load for the wires? Where do you get it from? (also check COSWAP)

·         What do you mean by ISPS? What is DOS? When it is used and between whom?

·         What are the things that are checked in a Load Line Survey?

• What is the validity and content of it. Validity for harmonized system.
• How will you prepare for your Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Survey?

·         What is a Chain Register? How many sections are present in them?

• What is the difference between the checks in section I and section II ?
• What do you mean by annealing? Why do we use it for?

·         What is the difference between the areas of Annex I and Annex IV of Marpol ?( write down)

• Requirements of oil record book , maintained 3 years on board
• Requirement of garbage record book. maintained 2 years on board
• Garbage ( 400gt & 12 persons : plan and management, 12m and above proper placarding)
• What is difference between SOPEP and SMPEP (Annex II)? Content of each of them.
• What is a SECA region and the areas? ( sulfur emission control area,Baltic sea & North Sea ; see MPA Circular)

·         Stability Curve

·         Angle of lol

• Angle of vanishing stability
• Angle of flooding
• Angle of contraflexture
• Importance of negative GM
• Intact Stability Criteria .
• How do you draw the GZ curve.
• Take bearing of a target from the window of his building using the azimuth circle ( prism bearing). Be careful about the arrow up and down?
• Handing over and taking over as 2nd mate.
• How will you take over radar?
• Efficiency of radar and blind sector and shadow sector and the cause of it? Draw
• How to do chart correction?
• How to do ASD correction?
• Passage Planning
• Watch keeping in port, during bunkering and action in case of oil spill during bunkering?
• Validity of all certificates: The safety certificates.
• Preparation to be done before LSA and FFA survey.
• Requirement for L/B, L/J and MOB marker. Write down. Very specific about the length of lines, timings and will cross question about it.
• Requirement for pumping out machinery space oil.
• Requirement for oil record book.
• Difference between SOPEP and SMPEP.
• How many special area and what 's the new special area in annex I ?
• Importance of Cargo Plan.
• Intact Stability
• Anchoring procedure and whats anchor cock a bill ?
• How the survey is conducted onboard to check the certificates issued by classification society?
• Principle of barometer . What is the significance of it and why you knock before reading is taken?
• What is load density? From where you find the load density? Who keeps the load density on board?
• Heading 000 Encounters east cardinal buoy Your action?
• All the characteristics of safe water mark?
• How you pass special mark/ can shaped special mark? (tell with respect to General direction of buoy age)
• Various lights, shapes and ROR.

• Requirement of magnetic compass as per solas?
• Requirement of Radar and Arpa as per solas?
• Drill mentioned in which chapter, what has to be done in it and when it it done? Time intervals.
• What is MSDS?
• What is snap back zone? various situation with diagram . Which is the safe place to stand for the person holding the stopper? show in the diagram. See this link :Snap Back Zones
• Emergency : Action in case of collision
• What are trading certificates and statutory certificates?
• Length of the rope connecting the MOB buoy to the MOB marker. Why , Significance
• How many types barometer are there?
• What is a compartment?

• What is conventional direction of buoy?
• How will u take over as a second mate?
• When taking over the bridge equipments what will check?
  He wants to listen abt the familiarisation of the equipments and abt the operational manuals.
• How will u know that ur publications are up-to date?
• Plan a passage from Singapore to Australia.
• When plotting ur courses what all things will u bear in mind?
• How to correct charts?
• How will u take over a watch at port?
• At port how will u determine that ur ship is stable at all times?
  He gave an example of two ships A & B. Ship A loads 50 containers under deck and 50 on deck
  Ship B loads 90 containers u/d and 10 containers o/d.Tell which one is stable.You will have to tell him about the shift of COG and explain everything. He is very particular about it.
• When loading containers o/d from where will u determine how many containers to load on a particular hatch and if the lashing is proper or not?
• What is a hydrometer?
• Why do you use a hydrometer?
• If u are in fresh water loading cargo, can u load above the summer load line?
• If yes, why n how much.
• What is IAMSAR?
• Tell about the search patterns of IAMSAR. When they are used?
• One example when u can use sector search.
• What is COSWP?
• Bosun is going fwd. You ask him what he is doing. He says that he is going into the fore-peak tank.
  What will u do?
• What do you understand by working aloft and what are the precautions related with it?
• How will u go about preparing for a LSA survey?
• What are the lifeboat and life raft requirements for a cargo ship?
• What are the requirements for free fall lifeboats?
• EPIRB and its maintenance.
• How many types of fixed fire fighting systems u had onboard your ship?
• How do u operate a fixed CO2 system?
• Maintenance of fixed CO2 system.
• Disposal of garbage.
• What all trading certificates do u have onboard?
• Your ship meet with a collision.What will u do?
• Now after the collision water is coming inside your ship.What is happening to your ship?
• How will you stop the ingress of water?
• What do you understand by a water tight door?
• Where did u find the water tight doors on your ship?
• When can u determine if a risk of collision exists?
• Can there be a risk of collision even if the compass bearing of a vessel is changing? Why?
• You are keeping watch on bridge, suddenly u experience restricted visibility. What will u do?
• Rule 8, 10, 19
• IALA
• If u see a new buoy(new danger) that is not on the chart or ASD or anywhere, how will u know about the danger of the buoy?
  He wants to hear that the buoy will be duplicated if the danger is grave.
• Lastly he just showed me some lights.

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duration: 2hrs

Result: PASS

- Joining ship as 3rd officer

- BGT

- Azimuth (calculation)

- Passage planning

- Radar Plotting ( TM/RM)

- Rule 15,19

- MOB

- Lower Lifeboat & Prepare Embarkation Ladder

- MARPOL (Annex 5)

- Buoy (All)

- How to send distress via VHF & DSC.

Examiner: Capt. Sukhbir Singh

Duration: 1hrs 30min

Result: FAIL

- Joining ship as 3rd officer

- Last ship TEU’S & GRT.Explain TEU’S

- Buoy (All)

- Safe watch at sea

- Preparation for pilot

- Procedure let go & heave up anchor

- Anchor chain marking

- Preparation for alongside

- Safe watch at port

- Hydraulic line burst during cargo operation. Action!!

- Emergency shut down. Explain.

- SOPEP, ISPS.

- Towing vessel (characteristic). Seen 2 point port bow. Action!!

Examiner: Capt. Sukhbir Singh

Duration: 15min

Result: PASS

- Last ship particular

- Diff. between S.S and M.V

- FWA. Explain

- Safe watch at port

- Possibility Oilspill at port.

- Oilspill at port. Action!!

- How do you do Chart Corrn when receive NTM

- Identify new edition on chart.

- Buoy – Isolated danger, West Cardinal (heading 180T. Action!!)

- Towing vessel (characteristic). Seen 2 point port bow. Action!!

Examiner: Capt Sukhbir Singh

Duration: 1hrs 15min

Result: PASS

- Type Of Last Ship

- NTM

- Compass Error

- Safe watch At Sea

- Buoy

- Diff MakingWay & Underway (Fog Signals)

- Action (tgt vsl slightly alter her co to port, 2 point at port bow)

- Bridge Gear Test ( auxiliary and main)

- 1 white light (possibility and action)

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duration: 1 Hour 15 Min

Result: FAIL

- Azimuth (Calculation)

- Diff. Racon & Buoy

- How to identify either lighthouse racon or buoy racon

- Radar Plotting

- Towing vessel.

- Nav. Light characteristic (angle of the light)

- MARPOL

- Buoy- Preffered channel to port, South cardinal mark(heading 300T. Action!!)

- Rule 13, 15

- How to send distress by DSC

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 1hrs 30min

Result: PASS

- Compute MP

- Towing vessel (characteristic). Seen 2 point port bow. Action!!

- Aground, NUC

- How to lower lifeboat when engine room on fire & generator out.

- Answering pendant (Dip and close up)

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duration: 1hrs 30min

Result: PASS

- BGT

- Passage plan (ATT, ASD, ALL, ALRS)

- Deck watch

- Rule 6, 18

- Light, vessel engaged in towing and R.A.M

- ISPS (SSP)

- MARPOL, annex 1

- Sketch double bottom

- Safe water mark, isolated danger mark

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 2hrs

Result: FAIL

-Calculation: Amplitude (using table only)

-Rules: Rule 18 & 19 (Coding @ Understanding)

-Light: Towing vessel

-on port side, Action!!

-Buoy: Preferred channel to stbd Region A

Safe water mark

Isolated danger mark

-Fix fire extinguishers in pump room as per SOLAS

-Diff. between master compass and standard compass

-master compass malfunction, Action!!

- MOB, action!!

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 1 hr 15 min

Result: FAIL

- Calculation – Reverse m.p

- amplitude

- Rule 8, 17, 19

- Towing vessel

- Vessel aground

Examiner: Capt Samad

Duration: 2hrs

Result: PASS

-Calculation – azimuth

- great circle

- reverse mp

-Sunrise

- Eta

- Rule 3,6,7,9,10,19

- Buoy

- Light&Shape – Aground, Mineclearance, NUC, RATM

- Ground stabilize

- Basic radar plotting

Examiner: Capt Saat

Duration: 35min

Result: PASS

- Code & understanding Rule 5 & 7

- Buoyàall

- RATM, Fishing vessel, Towing vessel

- Pilot Ladder requirement & dimension

- Chart symbol

- Type of chart

- H/over & T/over watch at sea

- LSA & FFA Maintenance last ship.

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duration: 1hrs

Result: PASS (^_^)

- Calculation ( Azimuth & MP)

- T/Over watch at sea

- Radar plotting

- Diff. True motion & Relative Motion

- Diff. bearing steady, opening & closing

- Basic knowledge of ARPA

- Rule 6 & 7

- Buoy

- NUC (Characteristic)

- MOB. Action!!

- GMDSS. Meaning distress.

- How to send distress message.

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duration: 1hrs 30min

Result: PASS (^_^)

- 3rd officer responsibilities

- Fire at port. Action!!

- Buoy

- Enter heavy rain at night time- Action!!

- Rule 10 & 13

- LSA&FFA maintenance

- Type of fire

- Oil record book, SOPEP

- Light&shape – Aground, Pilotage, Towing vessel

- Chart symbol

- Last ship particular

- Performance monitor, Basic setting of radar

- True motion & Relative motion

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duration: 25min

Result: PASS (^_^)

- 3rd officer responsiblities

- T/Over watch at TSS

- Safe watch at port

- Rule 5,6,7,13,15

- GMDSS(Selftest)

- AIS

- Buoy

- Light&Shape-NUC,CBHD

Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

Duration: 1hr 30min

Result: FAIL

- How do you perform deck watch at port.

- Signal to exhibit during cargo operation.

- What is ‘free pratique’.

- Preparation for sea. (BGT, preparation for pilot)

- Preparation for anchoring.

- What is swinging circle.

- How to launch liferaft manually and by HRU.

- Lights and situations:

- vsl RIHATM 2 point port. action.

- vsl CBHD 2 point on port side. Action.

- ALL-Columns. Symbol (*).

- Buoy-safe water mark, spherical: good seamanship, which side to pass?

- What LNG vsl comply with annex 1 MARPOL?

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 2hrs

Result: PASS

- What is radar error

- Chart symbol

- New Edition and New Chart

- Rule 7,8,17,18,19

- Buoy

- Vsl aground (characteristic). Seen ahead. Action!!

- Fishing vessel, trawling, towing&pushing.

- Safe watch at port as per STCW.

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 1hrs

Result: FAIL

- Rule 8, 17 & 19

- GMDSS Equipment Area A2

- Buoy

- Towing & Pushing (characteristic & action)

- Vsl Aground (characteristic & action)

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duraition: 1hrs

Result: FAIL

-LSA and FFA one of your ship

-Rule 7 and 8 (understanding and word by word)

-Vessel not under command (characteristic)

-What is Compass course, compass bearing, true course and true bearing

-Can compass course be apply on chart? Why?

-Engine break down, as 3^rd off., what you should do?

-Hand over watch during at sea

-What is GMDSS, AIS and EEBD

-Are you confident to become a 3^rd Off.?

-Flag (Romeo, Juliet and Una-One)

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duraition: 1hrs 15min

Result: FAIL

- Buoy

- Rule 6,19

- Type of chart

- Chart correction

- Chart Symbol

- Crossing Situation

- Light&Shape- Trawling, NUC, CBHD,Towing

- Engine Breakdown. Action!!

- IMDG

- Preparation for Arrival port & anchorage.

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duraition: 1 hr

Result: PASS

- Buoy

- Rule 6,13

- Light&Shape – Towing, RATM, Pilot vessel

- Chart Symbol

- UKC Calculation

- H/Over watch at sea

- Setup radar

- Lifeboat Inspection

- EPIRB

- Engine breakdown. Action!!

Examiner: Capt. Halim

Duraition: 1 hr

Result: FAIL

- Rule 19

- Buoy

- T/Over watch at sea

- How to cancel distress (Integrated system)

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duraition: 1hrs 15min

Result: PASS

- Rule 5,6,7,8,19

- Formation of cloud

- Low pressure

- Tide calculation

- Buoy

- H/Over & T/Over watch at sea

- BGT

- Emergency Response Procedure

Examiner: Capt. Samad

Duraition: 4 hr

Result: PASS

- Calculation       -Sunrise

- Amplitude

- Azimuth

- Find distance by great circle sailing & rhumbline

- ETA calculation

- LNG operation

- Construction primary & secondary barrier (LNG)

- LNG density & temperature

- Rule 2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,14,15,16,17,18,19,23,24

- Buoy

- Light&Shape – Aground, NUC, PDV, Towing

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duraition: 1hrs 15min

Result: PASS

- Calculation – MP, Azimuth

- LSA & FFA last ship

- H/Over & T/Over watch at sea

- Buoy

- Light&Shape- NUC

- Flag – Oscar & Whisky

- MARPOL ( ANNEX 1)

- Nav. in restricted visibility

- Basic radar plotting

- Performance delay

Examiner: Capt. Sukhbir Singh

Duraition: 1hrs 15min

Result: FAIL

- MOB

- Safe watch at port & sea

- Chart Correction, sailing direction

- Chart symbol

- Tide calculation

- LSA no. onboard 130m

- Type of last ship cargo pump

- How to test bilge suction

- ALRS

- Ground & Sea Stabilize

- Enclosed Space.

Examiner: Capt. Sukhbir Singh

Duraition: 1hrs

Result: FAIL

- TEU’S. Explain.

- Container dimension

- Last ship particular

- C/E by Polestar

- Chart symbol

- Describe Lighthouse

- Buoy

- Light&Shape – NUC, RATM

Examiner: Capt. Sukhbir Singh

Duraition: 1 hr

Result: FAIL

- Passage Planning

- Towing vessel (characteristic)

- Buoy

- Possibility 1 white light

- Overtaking in narrow channel

- MOB

- Define – GRT, Light & Load displacement, Deadweight

Examiner: Capt. Nazri

Duraition: 1hrs 15min

Result: PASS

- Calculation – Azimuth & MP

- H/Over watch at sea

- Overtaking situation

- Radar plotting

- Ship blackout. Action!!

- When to call master

- Entry enclosed space

- Buoy

- How to send distress

- Definition – TPC & Deadweight

- Light&Shape – Trawling.

Examiner: Capt. Samad

Duraition: 2 hr

Result: PASS

-Rule 3 to 19,26,30,34,35

-Buoy-ALL

-Light & Shape + fog signal

-Radar (basic ploting)

-Calculation=

# azimuth

# mp time

# reverse mp

# ETA

# Mercator sailing

# greatb circle sailing

  

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration:1hr 20min

Result: FAIL

- GMDSS as per SOLAS

#REQ. GMDSS ONBOARD

#AREA A1,A2,A3,A4

#SEND DISTRESS BY GMDSS

#SSAS FREQ???

- Chart Symbol

- MARPOL

#NEW AMMENDMENT FOR ANNEX 2 ADOPTED JULY 2006

#OIL RECORD BOOK

- CODE RULE 19 & 21

#ACTION BASED ON RULE 19

#DIFFERENT BETWEEN NAV.WITH SAFE SPD & PROCEED AT SAFE SPD

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration:1hr 15min

Result: FAIL

- GMDSS IN SURVIVAL CRAFT

- EPIRB & SART AS PER SOLAS

- CHART CORN

#T/P

#HOW TO KNOW CHART ALREADY CORRECTED

- PUMP ROM AS PER SOLAS

- FFA AS PER SOLAS

- DECK WATCH AS PER STCW

- VESSEL AGROUND , ACTION?

- SEND DISTRESS USING DSC

- BUOY

#PREFFERED CHANEL REGION A

#ISOLATED DANGER

#SAFE WATER MARK

- LIGHT AND SHAPE

#SEE FISHING VSL AT PORT & STBD , ACTION?

- FOG SIGNAL

#VESSEL AGROUND

- CODE RULE 17 , 18 , 19

Examiner: Capt. Samad

Duration: 1hrs 30min

Result: PASS

- Rule 3,5,6,9,10,18,19

- Radar plotting n types of radar display

- All light and shape

- Calculation MP, reverse MP, azimuth, ETA, sunrise, GC n RL

- All buoys

- Different true n relative motion

Examiner: Capt. Sukbir Singh

Duraition: 1hr

Result: FAIL

- reverse MP calculation

- why calculate MP

- proper watch at sea

- preparation to enter enclosed space

- difference of resuscitator and BA with content

- port hand buoy region B

- man overboard on port side; action as officer on watch

- lights (still unidentified)

- last ship’s LSA equipment

- action; vessel crossing from port bow, risk of collision exist

Examiner: Capt. Halim

Duraition: 2hr

Result: FAIL

- type of last ship (type 1,2 @ 3)

- taking over watch

- amplitude

- how many method to find gyro error

- how do you know that inmarsat A in good condition

Examiner: Capt. Halim

Duration: 1hr 30min

Result: PASS

- T/over watch at sea

- Crossing Situation. Vsl on port bow.

- Rule 7, 15, 18, 19

- Preparation for arrival

- Buoy

- Alongside vsl  with current. Given one tug.

- How to determine power driven vessel.

Examiner: Capt. Halim

Duration: 5hrs

Result: PASS

- Passage plan

*Singaporestraits

* Precaution

* Publication involved

- T/Over watch at sea

- Explain radar X-Band

- Rule 6, 7, 8, 18, 19

- Light & shape – Aground, NUC

- Buoy

Examiner: Capt. Saat

Duration: 1hr 30min

Result: FAIL

- Rule 6, 7, 9

- T/Over watch at sea

- Overtaking in narrow channel

- Buoy

- Principle of sextant

Examiner: Capt. Aizuddin

Duration: 1hr 30min

Result: FAIL

- Rule 6, 7, 8, 17, 19

- Towing light seen port bow. Action!!

- Vsl aground seen stbd side. Action!!

- LSA last ship

- Last ship particular

- What is master compass

- Where to find variation.

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail

- prefered channel to port & starboard region A
- taking over watch
- GPS posn & plotted posn very far, reason? (one question lead to another)
- sun azimuth Port Klang
- sun MP Port Klang
- radar plotting (plot, interpret, action)
- radar (THOROUGHLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND RADAR)
- RM, TM, ground stabilization, sea stabilization
- AIS (info from AIS, y cannot use for collision avoidance)
- rule 7 regarding visual bearing & radar
- how to take bearing using gyro
- difference between gyro bearing & radar bearing

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saat
Duration: 1 hr

-ship's particular: LOA? LBP? LSA?
-explain GRT, NRT, LOA, LBP, TPC
-rules 7 & 9 + explanation
-IALA maritime bouyage system: all characteristics
-lights & daylight signal
-anchor: preparation for anchoring; how to let go anchor; on chart how do see
-GMDSS area 1 - area 4
-distress signals rules 38 ANNEX IV
-RADAR: safe radar watch; how to set up radar+performance monitor; difference
between 10cm & 3cm radar
-EPIRB & SART
-immersion suit & TPA
-explain flash point & boiling point
-preparation for arrival port until the vessel alongside
-types of fire extinguisher
-compass errors methods & gyro error(how)
-difference between magnetic & gyro compass
-duties onboard; when keeping a solo watch
-emergency alarm: emergency; fire; abandon ship
-markings on survival craft container + how u maintain it (inspection)

+ IMDG CODE
in adddition: fav questions of Capt Saat
-principle of sextant: prove it
-meteorology: trs, ana-kata wind, land breeze, sea breeze, clouds formation
-seamanship
-ship stab: angle of LOLL, stable-unstable equilibrium
-publications on board
-NTM
-fav rules: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 19 + explanation

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail

-passage planning
-reefer cargo
-melaka strait rule
-ukc
-tpc
-is tpc is constant or change??
-cw
-true bearing of sun
-mp sun
-WHOLE RADAR PLOTTING
-INTERPRATE RADAR PLOTTING

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Pass

-tarb book ship particular
-definition LOA,TPC, deadweight, lightship,GRT,NRT, bla3
-difference btween gps n ais
-explen gps
-precauition using gps
-limitation of gps
-how to ensure gps is givin accurate readin
-light n shape
-buoy n light characteristics
-rule 9,13
-explen evrythin abt chart
-what is wgs84
-what is accuracy of wgs84
-what is accuracy of gps
-depth in chart is measured fom which level
-collision situation

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail

-passage planning- publications used and contents
-handover watch
-rule 3 (wbw)
-bouys
-true brg calc-sun
-MP time calc
-radar plotting,action n visualisation (as real as possible)
-DGPS
-GPS
-why position fixed on chart differ from GPS?explain.

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Samad
Duration: 2.5 hours
Status: Pass

-Tell me about ur last ship-ship’s particulars
-Define GT, NT,Load & Light Displacement,Deadweight (how to calculate?)
-Principle of Archimedes/ what is GM/ how do u calculate KG
-Immersion suits location o/b ur last vsl & quantity o/b?
-Theory of MP & how to get Local time at Port Klang
-LNG carrier-cargo operation/ what is LNG/ R.D of LNG/draw cargo tank/temp?
-draw: the attachment of HRU,red weak link,senhouse slip,painter/ operation?
-radar plotting:hw to alter course/alter speed/ increase cpa/ OA
-True motion with ground stabilize & relative motion-explain the effect on radar displays
-why use RM for radar plotting
-effect of current/rate on water stationary target
-what is S-band radar
-Rule 2,3,5,17 (quote & explain) ….Rule 4,11 (quote only)
-Rule 8 –explain f(ii)
-Rule 9,10,18 (situations)
-Display of lights-PDV <50m>200m
-Crossing situation with pdv engaged in towing ops. from ur port
-Signals to attract attention/ sound signals in narrow channel
-Buoy : preffered channel only
-what VHF ch. to keep on watch, when transiting Melaca Straits ?..refer to??
-Orion’s Belt-naming stars..how to find ur ‘KIBLAT’/ most brightest star/ 1st pt Aries n Libra
-Winter & Summer Solstice
-fishing vsl shooting nets
-signals to attract attention…gives examples….
-what does ALL n ALRS stands for (no need for explanation)

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saad
Duration: 1 hours
Status: Pass

1. More on Meteorology (TRS-Sketch, cold front and warm front)
2. Situations... Head on and overtaking..
3. Electronic equipment..(GPS error, ECDIS, RADAR and ARPA,COMPASSES)
4. CHART symbols--- thats hard (but luckily he did't gave me such questions.)
5. Rules (code or explain...Better you explain coz he will ask you to explain in the end)
6.he doesn't like LSA and FFA questions.( I got only BA SET)
7. Seamanship (taking over watch in port and fire in bosun store...)
8. He ask so many question i think more than 30... the others i know u can do it..

tips.. Capt Saat is really great.. He is very considerate to your answers and He will help you as well..

Just dont make a silly mistake on rules and buoys..it will make you failed.. but others even just a very short answer its okei with him.. just make sure its correct and be confident...

Date: 19th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saad
Duration: 1.2 hours
Status: Pass

1) Last Ship Particulars
2) What is your cargo flashpoint?
3) what is MSDS
4) All Buoys
5) Explanation and word by word for Rule 1, 6, 10
6) What is safe working load?
7) SOLAS in general, when is it formed and what made the SOLAS formed?
8) MARPOL in general and chapters contained
9) Which ship is require to carry SOPEP?
10) Malaysia government comply with which of the annexes in MARPOL?
11) FFA in general, Name 2 equipments
12) Which of the portable fire extinguisher you use for oil fire?
13) GMDSS in general, name all the equipments to be carried onboard ship at each region.
14) OOW at port watch, fire at bosun store. Action?
15) Preparation before sailing... Action?
16)Proceedures to recceive pilot and rig pilot ladder.
17) NTM in General and its sections.
18) What is CLC?
19) Chart Symbols
20) what is the principle of WGS 84?
21) Lights and shapes
22) what is a safety plan?
23) how do you transmit distress alert by MF equipment?
24) Characteristics of lights, explain.

Date: 20th Oct
Examiner: Capt Azlan
Duration: 1 hours
Status: Pass

a) Publications for passage plan
b) ASD? ALL?
c) Details in ALL
d) Explain Fl(2)65m15M. What range is 65m & 15M.
e) How to do BGT (any SOLAS requirement)
f) How to do SGT as per SOLAS
g) Taking over watch at port
h) Rule 10 (explain)
i) Buoys
j) NTM - weekly, quarterly, cumulative, annually
k) ECDIS (general)
l) Difference between CMAP & ECDIS
m) Towing vsl port bow, action
n) PDV in TSS in general traffic flow, another PDV on stbd side, action
o) Lights, fog signal
p) How to send distress VHF DSC
q) How to maintain radio equipment
r) State requirement to do DSC alert
s) Define NUC, RAM

Date: 20th Oct
Examiner: Capt Azlan
Duration: 1.2 hours
Status: Pass

1.Publication for passage planning
2.GRT-definition and unit
3.DWT-definition and unit
4.Admiralty List of Light and fog signal- how many volumes and what are the lights contain inside the publication
5.REST PERIOD-explain according to STCW
6. ROR Rule 10- a)understanding
b) according to rule 10 a, which organization does it refer to? And why does the organisation adopt these rule 10?(I answered based on 1958 the first ship routeing was established in Dover straits in an area where traffic density is great and congested..etc)
7. Radar Plotting: ship course 090(T) X 12 kts
1700 190(T) 6’
1710 190(T) 5’
1729 190(T) 4’, take action based on rule 19 (pay attention to alteration of WO line if alter course or reduce speed)
8.Recite rule 19 word by word
9.you are onboard vessel of 150 m, LSA as per SOLAS
10. Maintenance of SCBA
11.Lights and Signal- Constrained by draught, NUC not making way through the water, towing vessel more than 50m length of tow less 200m(ENGAGE IN CROSSING SITUATION, ACTION)
12. T & P- explain and how you do the correction
13. How you determine your chart already corrected up to the latest
14.How to correct ASD
15. Buoys- east cardinal, safe water and special water: characteristic and function of the buoys
16. FWA
17. Take over watch at night, action
18. ISM-Explain, what is DPA and function?
19.ISPS- EXPLAIN
20.Is there any requirement stated in SOLAS that a vessel can carry only one lifeboat
21.All the lights in Malaysian water is it compulsory to be put in ALL?

Date : 22/10/2010
Time : 25 minutes
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Taking over watch in Port
2. How to update ASD and ALL and charts.
3.How to know your chart is uptodate or not?
4.Deviation calculation(from chart,var and compass error given)
5.Bouys- Safe water mark,isolated, special water,east cardinal
6.Towing vessel-light and shape and fog signal(All possibilities)
7.Constrained by draught-light and shape fog signaL
8.Rule 10, 19
9.Own vessel in TSS,PDV cross from stbd, action?
10.Restricted Visibility, heard sound signal forward of beam, action
11.anchor light, vsl more 100m
12.Light NUC,shape and fog signal
13.BA set maintenance
14.lifeboat equipment
15.MARPOL
16.Regulation of ANNEX 5 Marpol
17.What you know about radar and how many type and specification of S-Band and X-Band.
18.Method of taking compass error

Date : 22/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Joining as 2nd Officer, what should you do?
2.Passage planning APEM
3. How many ways to find compass error
4. Amplitude, Azimuth, Meridian Passage principle
5.Radar Plotting(restricted visibility)
6.Best time to take amplitude, draw the posn of the body and explain
7.MARPOL name all the annexes
8.Annex 1 MARPOL all requirement, everything that is important with regard to this annex
9.How to mark new danger beside using emergency wreck marking buoy
10.How to correct chart publication
11.How to obtained weather info(all available mean eg:Safetynet,navtex…)
12.How to know special water mark in the chart is serving what purpose in some area

Examiner : Capt Saat
Date : 23/10/2010
Compilation of question asked
1. TPC,LOA, Lightship,deadweight,GRT,NRT, ORB-definition
2. Rules 1,6,7,9,10,13,19
3. Buoys
4. Chart symbols( explain all the name )
5. Explain WGS 84
6. Accuracy of WGS 84
7. AIS & Ecdis
8. GPS
9. Precaution using GPS
10. How to determine GPS gicing right observation
11. Keppler’s Law
12. Adiabatic
13. Anabatic & katabatic
14. Range n bearing discrimination
15. Precaution and limitation of radar
16. ATT explain
17. FWA
18. TRS
19. Land sea breeze
20. Flags

Date : 24/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Passage Planning
2.Which publication you should use for passage plan
3.MARPOL
4.Annex 1, oil discharge requirement
5.Towing vessel 2 pt port bow, action
6.vessel at anchor-light characteristic
7.vessel restricted visibility-light characteristic
8.oil filtering/ODME
9.Buoys
10.M Notices
11.Which annex in marpol apply with MALAYSIA
12.Radar Plotting in RV
13.LSA last ship
14.Life raft capacity
15.distress signal annex 4- all
16.Chart Symbol-Rock(PA) ??
17.VHF receive distress/ MF/HF send distress
18.English Channel (steering failure,action)
19.how you send urgency msg
20. DSC frequency in VHF
21.ECDIS how frequently updated?
22.Which type of chart use in ECDIS and differerent between them

Date : 25/10/2010
Time : 1 hour pluss++
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim 

-joining vsl as 3rd mate
-list out life boat equipment
-list out distress signal
-explain Rule 2
-describe bouy characteristics ( 3 bouy , i choose what bouy i want..nice~~)
-what is SOPEP....an as junior officer, how SOPEP can aid me for safe operation during bunkering..
-what is Fish Plate and its purpose
-crossing situation (Rule 15)
-what is TEU
-is it possible not fully load LNG cargo inside tank? just forget about the FSE...
ANSWER: yes..because of stability...if u dont believe me ..check stability booklet lah..
-squat effect
-lifeboat mantainance
-what is RADAR
-what is ECDIS
-what is passage plan
-actions in restricted
-what DWT
-MOB situations..action!!!!


** ok guys..3 things to bear in mind ..if MNK is your examiner..
i) good appearance and speak english as proper as you can
ii) show that u have a wide range of knowledge , eventhough you dont know
iii)he dont want detail answers if u can show him that u know the answer...(wayang2 la sket)

Date : 26/10/2010
Time : 1/2 hour
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim

-last ship cargo operation,cargo plan
-rule 13,14,15 n hafal name2 rule k..
-buoy
-annex 4
-LSA & FFA maintenance
-responsible 3rd mate
-passage plan
-life raft equipment

tips:dgn Cpt nie kene cool,ckp dgn yakin n good english..

Date : 26/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim

- Emergencies which may lead you to abandon the ship (as per MSCR course notes)
- Complications / Difficulties which may arise when trying to launch survival craft (as per MSCR course notes)
- Stowage of Liferaft (he wants to hear everything including the extra liferaft at the fwd)
- Difference btwn the Lifeboat on Passenger vessels and Cargo Ships (all the lifeboats on the passenger vessel together can accommodate the total number of ppl on the ship whereas the one on the cargo ship , each side can accommodate the total amount..this is what he wants to hear)
- GMDSS difference between passenger ship and cargo ship ( the portable radios and radar transponders)
- All buoys ( after the characteristics of the first one he just asked me to name the rest of them no need characteristics)
- Colregs (i was lucky, he did not ask me much, i just explained how many rules, how many annexes and how many parts and sections)
- CPA
- ECDIS
- Sextant Error
- LNG Cargo Pipelines, cargo operation and cargo equipment( he forgot to ask me most of it after he told me to draw the pipeline so take your time :) )
- ISPS: Security level 1, Security Level 3, SSO and SSO duties ( as per ayat skema ISPS if not he wont accept, i explained as best i could and was shot down)
- Certificates carried onboard (special attention to certificate of fitness)

That's all folks, i consider myself very lucky, i hope you guys will have the same amount of luck and eventually pass! GOOD LUCK!! (btw he is a very nice guy, eventhough he looks stern, he will try to pass you)

Examiner: Captain Saat
Date: 19-10-2010
Location: Melaka
Duration: 1hour 30minutes


1. Rule 1,5, 10
2. All bouys
3. Situations: Crossing, Overtaking
4. Bouy CHannel - Leaving and entering port. with fishing vessel in the channel.
5. Meteorology: TRS(sketch), warm and cold front, buys ballot law.
6. ISM, Marpol, IsPS
7. Fire in Bosun store.
8. Over taking watch at port
9. Hydrometer
9 Flashpoint,
10. BA set
11. LOA, LBP, Airdraft...
12. GPS, Radar , eCdis
13. Magnetic Compass, and gyro compass

date :28/10/10...
examiner:Mr.Lim
Question:

* STCW-watch in congested water
* deadweight,displacement(explain)
* radar plotting
* Rule 24,10,13
* buoy
* Parallel index
* towing light
* liferaft equipment
* load line(draw)
* discussion about last ship
* list down all navigation euipment
* star azimuth calculation
* action vsl aground
* action rcve distress alert by DSC (can u relay this distress)
* sailing vsl action..
* different gyro n magnetic & y we need 2 check C/Error
* chrono test..
* radar detect SART..how it appear at PPI
* action restricted visibility
* action heavy weather
* prediction of storm(buys ballot's law)
* steam line in cargo ship
* cargo operation
* ISM,ISPS
* Squat effect & interaction
* mine clearance light & shapes
* rule 19,,action to be taken..