Welcome to the website where you can pass online the CES test on the subject «Personal Survival, Survival Craft». Practice like this will help you as a marine specialist improve your knowledge with the help of online studying and appraisal practice. CES based on practical information and marine specialists experience.
CES tests developed for evaluating seaman basic knowledge by Seagull Company (rebranded as «OTG»), is an evaluating online-tool, used for revealing any professional preparation needed in specific fields of knowledge, defined by STCW.
CES tests have proven themselves as good tools for the selection and recruitment process, as well as advancing the level of knowledge of the current officers and crew. Ocean Technologies Group use various subjects for question creation, which includes:
- Crowd and Crisis Management;
- Integrated Navigation System (INS);
- Ballast water management;
- Handling and Stowage;
- Vessel operation management and safety;
- Marine engineering;
- Maintenance and repair, etc.
Current test contains Seagull CES questions on the subject «Personal Survival, Survival Craft». Those questions can be used for competence verification specialist capable of preventing accidental situations related with transporting safety, or also for self-examination.
«Personal Survival» subject includes theoretical and practical information about advanced training for work on any type of vessel. Knowledge of this information directly shows employee’s competence who holds a relevant post on a vessel. Survival at sea involves several key practices to increase their chances of survival. First, wearing a properly fitted lifejacket is crucial to staying afloat and visible to rescuers. Second, seeking shelter by getting into a life raft or creating a makeshift floatation device can provide protection from the elements. Lastly, conserving energy, staying hydrated, and signaling for help using flares or other distress signals are important steps in increasing the likelihood of being rescued.
On this site Crew Evaluation System Test on the subject «Personal Survival, Survival Craft» contains 10 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.
How can a freefall lifeboat be launched if the ship is stern-to a reef? Select the ONE best answer:
Using the auxiliary davit.
It cannot be launched without hitting the reef.
As normal, the lifeboat only draws 40 cm of water.
As normal, with the engine running astern.
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How might a dedicated rescue boat be different to a lifeboat? Select the ONE best answer:
It can be of rigid or inflatable construction.
It is always of inflatable construction.
It will be red, instead of orange.
It will have an engine.
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Some ships are fitted with an MES as part of their equipment. What does MES stand for? Select the ONE correct answer:
Marine Evacuation System.
Marine Effluent System.
Master Escape System.
Multi-person Escape Slide.
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The lifeboat on a gas tanker has an air supply inside. How long would you expect the air supply to last? Select the ONE best answer:
10 minutes.
30 minutes.
1 hour.
24 hours.
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What equipment is available to deal with a lifeboat engine fire? Select the ONE best answer:
A fire extinguisher.
A bailer, to put water over it.
A fixed CO2 system in the engine compartment.
A bucket of sand.
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Where should a Tottally Enclosed lifeboat be boarded? Select the ONE best answer:
At the stowed position.
At boat deck level.
At main deck level.
After being lowered enough to release the securing gripes.
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Where should you be to launch a freefall lifeboat from? Select the ONE best answer:
Inside the lifeboat.
At the top of the davit, near the winch.
On the deck, next to the davit.
On the bridge.
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Where would you normally find a Partially Enclosed lifeboat? Select the ONE best answer:
At the side of a passenger ship.
At the stern of a passenger ship.
At the side of a cargo ship.
At the stern of a cargo ship.
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Which TWO of these statements about inflatable life-rafts are true?
Sometimes life-rafts inflate upside down.
Some life-rafts cannot inflate upside down.
An upside down life-raft cannot be righted.
An upside down life-raft can only be righted using the rescue boat and a rope.
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Which ONE of these lifeboat types would you expect to find on a crude oil tanker? Select the ONE best answer:
Totally enclosed, with air supply and water spray.
Totally or partially enclosed, with air supply and water spray.
Freefall, with water spray.
Freefall, with air supply.
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* In some questions may be more, than one right answer.
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