DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION

Review & Assessment Personal Safety and Personal Survival Techniques

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1. What does this sign mean?

a. Embarkation ladder.
b. Escape shute.
c. This way down.
d. This way to emergency exit.
2. Where would you find details of your tasks and duties in case of an emergency?
a. In notices posted in
c. In the muster list.
messrooms, recreation
d. On posters at the lifeboat
rooms, etc.
station.
b. In notices posted in the
crew`s cabins.

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3. What
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

is attached to the lifebuoy in the

sign?
A light and die marker.
A light and E.P.I.R.B.
A smoke float and E.P.I.R.B.
A smoke float and light.
e.
f.
What is the "muster list"?
a.
b. A crew list prepared prior to arrival in
port giving
full details of all persons on board
c. A list that specifies details of the general emergency alarm, action to be
taken by the crew, & specifies how the order to abandon ship will be given
d. A list which specifies the environmental protection and emergency duties
of the senior officers on board ship
e. A list which specifies victualling requirements for the forthcoming voyage
f.
What is a ship`s contingency plan?
a. The loading plan for hazardous cargo.
b. The plan for maintenance and repair of safety equipment.
c. The plan for safety preparedness.
d. The plan for the next voyage.
What would you expect to find near this sign?
a. Embarkation ladders.
b. Emergency radio.
c. Escape shute.
d. Liferafts.
When is it OK to take alcohol to excess?
a. Alone in your cabin after watch.
b. At birthday celebrations.
c. At no time.
d. At weekends if a day worker.
Under STCW regulations, what must each new crew member do before
commencing assigned duties?
a. Be familiar with safety procedures.
b. Locate his working area and working clothes.
c. Read all posted notices/regulations carefully.
d. Report to the master for signing on the ship`s articles.
Where on board would you look for the muster list?
a. Muster lists must be put up in prominent places throughout the ship,
including the navigation bridge, engine room and crew accommodation
spaces

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b. The muster list must be displayed in your cabin, and you must sign it to
show you have understood the instructions on it
c. The muster list must be given to you immediately after joining your ship
d. The muster list should be displayed at the boarding gangway
10.
If you noticed that a piece of equipment is broken, what should you do?
a. Get another AB to help you fix it.
b. Pretend that you have not noticed that anything is broken.
c. Report it to the officer on watch.
d. Try to fix it yourself.
11.
What advantages do you see by conducting passenger muster
a. Giving the company a good image for the public, and the crew get
training.
b. The passengers get familiar with emergency procedures, life jackets,
muster station. And the crew get training in crowd handling.
c. The Passengers get familiar with lifejacket and location of muster station
d. The passengers get to know the way around the ship.
12.
How often shall crew members participate in fire drills?
a. once every 6 months
c. once every week
b. once every month
d. once every year
13.
Which of the following items shall be included in each fire drill?
a. Checking closure mechanism for all air ventilators and other openings to
accommodation, engine rooms and cargo spaces
b. checking the fire wires
c. checking the operation of fire doors
d. Checking the operation of watertight doors, fire doors, fire dampers and
relevant communication equipment
14.
You are on night time duty as navigating officer on a ship under way,
when a fire in the crew's accommodation is reported. What is the first action you
would take?
a. call the Captain
b. Run to the scene as fast as possible and start fighting the fire by all
available means
c. Send the seaman on watch down to inspect and report the situation
d. sound the fire alarm signal
15.
The smoke detector (fire indicator) indicates fire in a cargo hold loaded by
general cargo. What first action should be taken?
a. Close the ventilation system and other openings to the hold in order to
choke the fire
b. Inspect the scene before deciding the method to be used for fire-fighting
c. Start the fire pumps, open the hatches and start fighting the fire by fire
hoses
d. Use the ship's gas extinguishing central system to put out the fire
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16.
When a fire breaks out in the engine room, who is in charge of the
firefighting operations?
a. the Captain
d. the first person to arrive at
b. the Chief Engineer
the scene
c. the engineer on duty
17.
What maneuver should be carried out in case of a fire onboard a ship?
a. continue on course and speed
b. keep the stem up against the wind if possible
c. Let the ship follow the wind in order to reduce the oxygen supply
d. Reduce speed and, if possible, keep the fire zone to the leeward of the
ship
18.
In case a fire alarm is sounded from the bridge, what action would you
take as Engineer on Duty?
a. Contact the bridge by
b. report to the muster station
telephone and ask for
c. start the fire pump
instructions
d. stop the engines
19.
20.
21.
What alarm signal is to be sounded by the alarm bells in case of fire
onboard ships?
a. continuous signal
c. series of long blasts
b. one long blast followed by
d. series of short blasts
seven short blasts
22.
Where shall shore side fire-fighting personnel find necessary information
on the ship's fire control in an emergency situation? (SOLAS II-2/20.2)
a. Copy of fire control plans/folders to be posted in a prominently marked
localization on the navigating bridge
b. Copy of the fire control plans/folders to be stored in a watertight
prominently marked container outside the deck house
c. Information to be given by the ship's Owner through the nearest Rescue
Coordination Centre
d. The Captain of the ship is responsible for giving the necessary information
of the ship's control plan
23.
Three methods of fire protection regarding internal divisional bulkhead
may be adopted in accommodation and service spaces in cargo ships. Which of
the given methods do not correspond to present rules? (SOLAS II-2/42.5)
a. Construction of all internal bulkheads of class "A" divisions
b. Construction of all internal bulkheads of non-combustible class "B" or "C"
divisions
c. Fitting of a fixed fire-detection and alarm system in all spaces where fire
might be expected to originate. No accommodation space bounded by an
"A" or "B" class division to exceed 500 m
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d. Fitting of an automatic sprinkler, fire-detection and alarm system for the

detection and extinction of fire in all spaces in which fire might be
expected to originate
24.
Why do we have to have an International Shore coupling onboard? To be
able to ...
a. Connect slop lines
c. connect the cargo hoses to
ship/shore
shore
b. Connect the bunker hoses
d. connect the firelines
to ship/shore
ship/shore
25.
Where is the International Shore coupling to be stored?
a. easy accessible by the
c. in the engine room
gangway
d. Together with the cargo
b. In the accommodation
hoses
26.
What is the number one job for the ship management team when fire
break out?
a. The ship management team and the crew must evacuate the ship
b. The ship management team must call the nearest fire brigade and police
station
c. The ship management team must fight the fire and then call the fire
squads
d. The ship management team must organize the fire squads and then the
squads have to rescue missing personal
27.
Is there any conditions that influence on the efforts when organizing the
firefighting?
a. Distance to the fire station and the size of the fire brigade, what is
burning, possibility to get water
b. Where the fire break out, how many squads there is left, the strength of
the fire, the ships mobility, what is burning and communication
c. Where the fire break out, how many squads there is left, what is burning,
distance to the fire station
d. Where the fire break out, the ships mobility, distance to the fire station
and the size of the fire brigade
28.
Where do we find information about the ships fire preparedness?
a. Information about the ships fire preparedness do we find at the fire
station
b. Information about the ships fire preparedness do we find in the alarm
instruction
c. Information about the ships fire preparedness do we find in the company
QA manual
d. Information about the ships fire preparedness do we find in the deck log
book
29.
What are the main objects a leader of firefighting must take consideration
of?
a. Fighting the fire, communicate
with the fire brigade and
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arrange the lifeboats to

evacuate the ship
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b. Rescuing of life, fighting the

fire, limitation of the fire and
secure the retreat
c. Start the emergency fire
pump, fighting the fire, call the

local fire brigade, arrange

transport to shore
d. Start the fire pump, inform
other ships, call the local fire
brigade, arrange transport to
shore

30.
What are the criteria that it must be automatic fire detection onboard a
ship with heat/ smoke detectors and audio alarm?
a. All ships that are built after
1986
b. All ships that are built on or
after 1986 in accordance with
local rule and regulations

c. All ships that is covered by the

IMO safety conventions
d. It is the owners option to have
fire detection onboard

31.
Where do we find information regarding fire extinguishers, fire doors,
remotes release buttons, fire equipment etc. onboard a ship?
a. Information related to fire fighting equipment do we find in the ship
drawings
b. Information related to fire fighting equipment do we find in the engine log
book
c. Information related to fire fighting equipment do we find on the bridge
d. Information related to fire fighting equipment, release systems etc. do we
find in ship fire plan.
32.
What fixed fire fighting medium do we normally use in the engine room,
pump room and other spaces?
a. The fixed fire fighting medium in engine room, pump room etc is
chemical powder
b. The fixed fire fighting medium in engine room, pump room etc is foam
c. The fixed fire fighting medium in engine room, pump room etc is water
d. The fixed fire fighting medium in engine room, pump room etc. is Carbon
Dioxide CO2, foam

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