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Current test contains Seagull CES questions on the subject «TOTS 1C-Familiarisation prior Cargo Operations». Those questions can be used for competence verification specialist capable of preventing accidental situations related with transporting safety, or also for self-examination.
«TOTS 1C-Familiarisation prior Cargo Operations» subject includes theoretical and practical information about advanced training for work on any type of vessel. The test provides training essential for crew members working on various vessel types. It covers critical aspects of cargo handling, safety procedures and operational protocols to ensure efficient and secure cargo operations. Participants learn about the unique characteristics and challenges of different cargoes, including bulk, containerized and hazardous materials. The training emphasizes the importance of proper stowage, securing and documentation to prevent accidents and cargo damage. Practical sessions include hands-on experience with cargo handling equipment and simulations of real-world scenarios to reinforce theoretical knowledge. Additionally, the course addresses environmental protection measures and compliance with international maritime regulations. By the end of the training, crew members are well-prepared to perform their duties with confidence and professionalism, contributing to the overall safety and efficiency of maritime cargo operations.
On this site Crew Evaluation System Test on the subject «TOTS 1C-Familiarisation prior Cargo Operations» contains 74 questions you need to answer with no possibility to go back to previous question. Therefore, we recommend carefully reading each question and making decision with no hurry. In case you have some difficulty answering, you have also possibility to request a hint.
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An accurate account of happenings in a time based in chronological order.
A statement regarding the volatility of the cargo.
An analysis of cargo samples.
The Chief Officer’s account of the cargo transfer.
A Ship to Shore Safety Checklist can be found in which publication?
ISPS code.
ISGOTT.
SOPEP.
The Mariner’s Handbook.
A combination carrier loaded with crude oil has two tanks, each only 60 % full. What affect will this have on the vessel’s stability?
There will be a virtual loss of GM.
It will increase in permissible bending moments.
It will increase the rolling period.
The vessel will trim by the head.
A tank «sounding» can be referred to as …
Tank innage.
Tank reference point.
Tank ullage.
Trim correction.
A vessel is to maintain light ballast condition, however if logged and permissible bending moments have been exceeded, you would …
Ballast amidships cargo tanks?
Do nothing it is only a short voyage?
Reduce ballast in Fore & After Peaks, maintaining propeller immersion and minimum draught forward.
Move bunker fuel aft?
All cargo system pre-arrival testing must be recorded in the ship’s …
ESP file.
Ship/Shore Safety Check List.
SOPEP manual.
Deck logbook.
As part of the Safety Management System (SMS), new personnel joining the tanker must be …
Familiarised with their duties and responsibilities.
Given a minimum of 24 hours to recover after travel.
Informed of their salary.
Introduced to the Captain.
At commencement of loading, the generation of static is controlled by …
Earthing the manifold.
Limiting the flow rate at the tank inlet.
Monitoring the cargo temperature.
Only having one loading arm connected.
Before loading, you should ensure that …
The offshore manifold is closed and blanked.
The manifold is blanked but the valve is open.
The pressure gauge is fitted.
The temperature gauge is fitted between the valve and the blank.
Cargo tank temperature and pressure gauges and reliquefaction plant instruments should be calibrated …
At intervals not exceeding 12 months.
Preferably at intervals not exceeding 30 months.
At the Master’s discretion.
Whenever a false reading is suspected.
Cargo transfer operational information will normally be available in …
The Chief Engineer’s office.
The SOLAS training manual located in the officers’ and crew lounge.
The wheel-house.
The cargo control room (CCR).
Damage due to sloshing is a direct result of the tank …
Being partially filled (slack).
Being filled more than 98 %.
Having the tank pressure too high.
None of these answers.
Different grades on a product tanker are normally segregated by …
A single valve.
A spade blank.
Two valve separation.
It does not matter as different densities will keep them separated.
During cargo transfer, what action would you take if the Inert Gas System fails?
Cease all discharge operations and advise the terminal.
Advise the terminal and continue discharging.
Increase the rate of discharge.
Review the Ship/Shore Safety Check List.
Flammability and toxicity of proposed cargo can be obtained from …
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
ISGOTT.
The Approved Trim and Stability Manual.
The SOPEP file.
How does «free surface effect» (sloshing) affect the ship’s stability?
It causes an angle of loll.
It has no effect.
It reduces the metacentric height.
It increases the metacentric height.
How long must logbooks and other cargo records be kept on board?
As detailed in the owners/managers Safety & Quality Management System.
At the Master’s discretion.
For 12 months after discharge.
For the life of the vessel.
If hydrocarbon gases are found in double hull ballast tanks, what action should be taken?
Close the tank down.
Immediately utilise the emergency inerting procedure.
Read ISGOTT.
Vent to atmosphere.
If the shore fails to deliver cargo at the requested rate, what action would the Master take?
He would inform the Class.
He would inform the local P&I Club.
He would issue a letter of protest.
He would take no action.
If unable to ground GMDSS equipment during cargo operations, what action may be taken?
To ignore any rules as you cannot comply.
To switch the equipment off.
To make a logbook entry.
To turn the volume down.
In the cargo control room (CCR), on the inert gas panel, the continuous trace of inert gas oxygen content at delivery during crude oil washing must be …
5 % or less.
8 % is satisfactory.
Dependent upon the Chief Officer’s standing orders.
None of these. As long as the tank being washed has positive pressure, it does not matter.
In the loading limit formula, at which temperature is the pR value expressed?
At 45 degrees Centigrade.
At ambient temperature.
At reference temperature.
At sea temperature.
In which documentation would you expect to find duties and responsibilities relating to the cargo system?
In the Safety Management System (SMS).
In the Builders’ Cargo Operations Book.
In the Certificate of Fitness.
In the SOLAS training manual.
In which language would you expect the operational and technical manuals to be written?
English.
It depends upon the nationality of the manufacturer.
Several languages.
The official working language of the vessel.
Night orders must be signed by the appropriate personnel …
Every night when new orders are issued.
It does not matter.
Once per cargo grade only.
Once per port only.
Offshore manifold gauges need not be fitted?
True.
False.
On a combination carrier, where would the audible bilge alarm sound from a void space forward of the collision bulkhead?
No alarm. It would just checked daily by soundings.
On deck close to an accommodation entrance.
The navigation bridge.
The CCR (cargo control room).
On what occasions will a pre-cargo transfer meeting be minuted?
On each and every occasion.
When the Captain attends.
When there is something special to say.
Whenever the port stay is estimated to be greater than 24 hours.
Permissible bending moments are greater in which condition?
It depends upon the amount of segregated ballast.
It depends upon the mean draught.
In harbour condition.
There is no difference between sea and harbour condition.
Petroleum cargo pipe lines are to be tested to what pressure?
1,25 times their designed working pressure.
1,5 times their designed working pressure.
They are only to be tested after maintenance or when repairs have been completed.
To normal operating pressure.
Sequential and flow through methods form part of …
The ballast exchange plan.
The ballast water analysis.
The composition of a sounding book.
The plan to clean cargo tanks.
Shore cargo hard arms are commonly known as …
Cargo lines.
Chicksans.
Hose strings.
Manifold lines.
The Officer of the Watch must regularly check the cargo tank ullages to …
Determine when the cargo transfer will be completed.
Ensure that the cargo is only entering the designated cargo tanks and that there is no escape of cargo into pumprooms and cofferdams.
Ensure the cargo temperature.
Ensure the loading rate.
The Ship/Shore Safety Check List states that temporarily removed scupper plugs must be …
Clearly labelled as to location.
Only removed by the person responsible for cargo operations.
Constantly monitored.
Stowed in a safe place.
The Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) states that the loading programme must be checked by means of an approved test programme at least …
Annually.
Quarterly.
As directed by the Master.
At the Chief Officer’s discretion.
The approved loading computer programme is malfunctioning, you would …
Consult the Approved Trim and Stability Manual?
Consult a general arrangement and a capacity plan?
Look for a similar cargo in the cargo record book?
Use the Chief Officer’s personal programme?
The location of technical manuals relating to the cargo system …
Are always with the Chief Engineer.
Are in the common library on the bridge.
Would depend upon who is responsible as per the Plan Maintenance System.
Would depend upon where the Captain wants to put them.
The port/cargo operations log will form the basis of …
The statement of facts.
Compliance with SOLAS.
Crew overtime.
ISPS implementation.
The principle purpose of a pre-cargo transfer meeting is to …
Ensure that all involved personnel are aware of the proposed cargo operations, services needed and safety requirements.
Arrange shore leave.
Discuss the Ship/Shore Safety Check List.
Inform the technical officers when cargo pumps will be required.
What competent body would normally approve a loading instrument/programme?
The Classification Society.
SOLAS.
The P&I Club.
The ship’s Master.
What does code «R» indicate in the Ship/Shore Safety Check List?
Checks to be repeated only upon the instructions of the Chief Officer.
Regular checks not required.
Re-checking at intervals not to exceed an agreed time.
Restricted access.
What information is used to obtain the factor for reducing the volume at the observed temperature to the volume at standard temperature?
API gravity and observed temperature.
API and the ullage of the cargo tank.
Capacity in US barrels.
The cargo tank ullage and the temperature.
What instrument must be used for measuring hydrocarbon gas in an inert atmosphere?
An Explosimeter.
An oxygen meter.
A Tankscope.
Chemical indicator tubes.
What is a schematic drawing?
An approximate drawing.
An exact technical drawing.
A drawing in the form of a diagram and not to scale.
The general arrangement plan.
What is meant by the operating envelope when referring to loading arms?
It is the maximum cargo pressure the loading arm can withstand.
It is the maximum amount the vessel can safely range up and down the berth and generally move without damaging the loading arms.
It is the range of cargo temperatures the loading arm can safely withstand.
It is the vertical reach of the loading arm.
What is the name of the diagram that is superimposed on the cargo control console?
The cargo lines.
The pumping plan.
The tank plan.
The mimic diagram.
What material should manifold reducers be made of?
Steel.
Cast iron.
GRP (glass reinforced plastic).
None of these answers.
What medium is used to purge cargo tanks that have previously carried crude oil?
A mixture of oxygen and water.
Oxygen.
Inert gas.
Water.
What must be monitored before entering the pumproom during cargo operations?
The amount of bilge water.
The hydrocarbon gases and the oxygen content.
The mechanical ventilation.
The rescue harness.
What precaution must be taken when removing a blank flange?
Ensuring that the cock on the pressure gauge is closed.
Ensuring that the correct spanner size is used to remove the bolts.
Ensuring that the pressure gauge is fitted correctly.
Ensuring that the section between the blank flange and last valve does not contain oil under pressure.
When calculating the UKC, what is the «controlling depth»?
It’s the least depth of water on the vessel’s proposed track.
It’s a figure required to calculate squat.
It’s the depth of water allowing for height of tide.
It’s the draught of the vessel when proceeding in a narrow channel.
When discharging segregated ballast, the overboard discharge must be monitored …
Monitoring is not required.
To help calculate the rate of discharge.
To observe when de-ballasting has been completed.
For contaminated ballast.
When entering cargo tank calibration tables, which components affect the resulting volume?
Only innage.
Only ullage.
Ullage, trim and list.
The load temperature of the cargo.
When must the Chief Officer’s standing orders be followed?
Throughout all cargo transfer, ballasting operations and tank cleaning.
Only during ship to ship transfer operations.
Only in port.
When the Captain is ashore.
When starting a centrifugal cargo pump, the discharge valve should be initially …
It does not matter.
Closed.
Open.
Slightly open.
When would you exceed the maximum pressure ratings of the cargo system?
Never. All pressure ratings must be adhered to.
When circumstances dictated a departure from safe operating procedures.
When you think it is safe, according to your own personal experience exceeding pressures on other occasions.
Whenever instructed to do so by the head office.
When would you need to check the intact stability at intermediate stages of cargo transfer?
If the Master directed you to do so.
Seldom as it’s not really required.
When the vessel developed a list.
On each and every occasion.
When would you use the Chief Officer’s personally developed loading/stress monitoring computer programme?
All the time, if the results appear correct.
Occasionally, if the approved one is non-operational.
Once a month to check the results of the approved system.
Never.
Where would a plan indicating the location of cargo measurement instruments, sensors, pressure gauges, etc normally be found?
In the CCR (cargo control room).
At the manifold.
In the Chief Engineer’s office.
In the reliquefaction plant.
Where would the greater ullage be when a vessel is trimmed by the head?
It depends upon the list.
The aft end of the tank.
The forward end of the tank.
There would be no difference.
Where would you expect cargo pump emergency stops to be located?
The cargo control room (CCR), the pumproom and the cargo manifold.
In the Master’s cabin.
In the wheel-house.
On the poop.
Where would you expect to find the cargo pump performance curves?
At the top of the pumproom.
Adjacent to the cargo/pump control console.
In the Chief Officer’s office.
In the engine control room (ECR).
Where would you expect to locate a mimic diagram of the cargo system?
Adjacent to the bunkering manifold.
At the manifold.
In the cargo control room (CCR) operational panel.
In the Chief Engineer’s office.
Where would you expect to see a notice displayed regarding free surface effect on a combination carrier?
At the top of the pumproom.
In the cargo manifold.
In the Master’s office.
Next to the cargo control station.
Where would you find approved information regarding the vessel structural strength?
The Approved Trim and Stability Book.
The Certificate of Class.
The deck logbook.
The OCIMF Ship Inspection Report Programme.
Where would you normally expect to find a full set of cargo operation instructions?
The cargo control room (CCR).
In the wheel-house.
The Master’s cabin.
The SOLAS training manual in the crew’s lounge.
Which competent body checks and approves a vessel’s tank calibration tables?
The Classification Society.
MARPOL.
The IMO.
The P&I Club.
Which volume reduction petroleum tables may be used when calculating a crude oil cargo?
6A and/or 6B.
54A or 54B.
84A.
Norries tables.
Who has overall responsibility for the maintenance of the cargo system?
The Chief Engineer.
The Chief Officer.
The Electrical Officer.
It will depend upon the owner’s/manager’s work instructions as detailed in the Safety Management System (SMS).
Why are main radio transmitter aerials grounded during cargo operations?
To prevent a potential ignition source.
Because it is written in the Safety Management System (SMS).
Because they are not needed in port.
Because they are not required for communications in port.
Why is it important to keep the cargo manifold area clear of obstructions?
For easy access in case of a pollution incident.
Simply to keep the space tidy and ship shape.
So as not to interfere with the automatic release of a cargo hardarm.
So ship and shore staff can work easily.
Why is it important to regularly check offshore manifold gauges during a cargo transfer?
To check for manifold valve leakage.
To check for pressure in the cargo system.
To comply with the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet).
To comply with the terminal requirements.
Why is the atmosphere of void spaces regularly checked?
Because instructions to do so are contained in the Chief Officer’s standing orders.
Because it is the first indication of cargo migration due to cracks in welded seams or similar.
In order to check for water content.
To ensure adequate oxygen.
Why must a cargo tank atmosphere be monitored during crude oil washing?
To ensure that the oxygen level remains at 8 % or less by volume.
Overall, to ensure sludge control.
To ensure that the cleaning gun cycle is completed.
To ensure that the washing process is adequate.
Why should you monitor void spaces, cofferdams and empty ballast tanks during a loaded passage?
To confirm that such spaces remain gas free.
To check for water content.
To confirm that welded seams are not cracked.
To practise the use of portable instruments.
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