Safe Working Practice.

Test 1

# Question Choosed answers Right answers

1. Drilling machine. 1. None of the
alternatives.

For which of the workshop machinery listed below, can it be

considered as safe not to wear protective goggles when
operating?
1. Do not operate the 1. Seek advice from
machine, but read your superior before
the manual before attempting to operate
reporting to the it.
head of your
department

What will you do if you are told to operate unknown

mechanical equipment?
 1. Start the fire pump. 1. Leave the engine
room immediately.

What shall you do if you are in the engine room and the alarm
for "CO2 system in the engine room" is released?
1. The rags may be 1. The rags may be
caught by a caught by a revolving
revolving shaft. shaft.

Why can wearing sweat rags slung round your neck be

hazardous?
 1. Open the indicator 1. Shut off the starting
cocks and open the air supply and open
starting air supply the indicator cocks

Before engaging the Turning Gear, precautions should be

taken to:
1. When the floor 1. When you need to
plates have become protect your eyes.
slippery.

When shall you use goggles?

 1. Because you need 1. Sometimes it is
to keep these necessary to facilitate
devices firmly overhauling.
secured at sea.

Why do you sometimes have to remove guards or other safety

devices from machinery?
1. Cover all exposed 1. Cover all exposed
parts of the body, parts of the body,
protect the area, protect the area, move
move people and if people and if possible
possible use a use a compartment
compartment with with extraction fans:
extraction fans:

After cleaning any equipment using gas oil/diesel then using

compressed air from the ship`s service air supply to blow the
oily residues from the equipment, should you:
 1. 0.75m? 1. 1.0m?

Occasions may occur that survey has to be undertaken via

rafting. What is recognized as minimum height between
lowest flat-faced web and water level?
1. Continue with 1. Continue with manual
manual operated operated engine room
engine room until until the maintenance
the maintenance work is finished
work is finished

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The general purpose personnel is carrying out maintenance

work in the engine room on overtime. The work does not
affect operation. At the end of normal working hours, what
does the Engineer on Duty do?