13.

Maintain seaworthiness of the ship

1. A vessel constructed without bulkheads on the main cargo deck will be

assigned the class notation:
A. Ro-Ro
B. Tanker
C. Container
D. Bulk Carrier

2. The minimum number of transverse bulkheads required for a vessel with

machinery aft is:
A. Five
B. Four
C. Six
D. Three

3. The transverse curve of the deck is called:

A. Camber
B. Rake
C. Flare
D. Tumble home

4. Moulded beam is the measurement taken to the:

A. Inside of the Plating
B. Inside of the Ceiling
C. Inside of the Frames
D. Outside of the Plating

5. The void space between a cargo tank and the machinery space of a crude
tanker is called:
A. A Ballast Tank
B. A Cofferdam
C. A Deep Tank
D. An Escape Trunk

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6. The longitudinal curve of the deck is called:
A. Rise of floor
B. Sheer
C. Rake
D. Freeboard

7. The centre of pressure, on a bulkhead flooded on one side to a depth, h.

measured from the bottom is:
A. 0.25 h
B. 0.5 h
C. 0.1 h
D. 0.33 h

8. Istortion of a vessels structure caused by rolling is called"

A. Racking
B. Pounding
C. Heaving
D. Slamming

9. Panting stresses are most severe:

A. Between the Bulkheads
B. Forward
C. Aft
D. Amidships

10. The condition in which the greatest pounding stresses are liable to occur is:
A. In ballast, beam sea
B. Loaded, head sea
C. In ballast, head sea
D. Loaded, beam sea

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11. Racking stresses can be reduced by fitting a good system of:
A. Side Girders
B. Deck Girders
C. Stringers
D. Bulkheads

12. The vessels structure foreside the collision bulkhead is stiffened to resist:
A. Panting & Racking
B. Water Pressure
C. Hogging & Sagging
D. Panting & Pounding

13. The connection of frames and beams at deck level between the bulkheads is
designed to resist:
A. Sagging
B. Pounding
C. Hogging
D. Racking

14. A vessel in the condition shown in

Figure will be:

A. Twisting
B. Racking
C. Sagging
D. Hogging

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15. A General Arrangement drawing gives details of a vessel's:
A. Hydrostatic Information
B. Layout
C. Construction Sequence
D. Tank Capacities

16. The connecting plate between a side frame and a transverse deck beam is
called a:
A. Knee
B. Gusset
C. Bracket
D. Stiffener

17. A keel structure constructed to allow piping to run through it is called a:

A. Flat Plate Keel
B. Box Keel
C. Bar Keel
D. Duct Keel

18. The uppermost continuous hull plating is called the:

A. Sheer Strake
B. Stealer Plate
C. Garboard Strake
D. Stringer Plate

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 19. The athwartships cross section structure
shown in the given Figure is a:

A. Flat Plate Keel

B. Duct Keel
C. Box Keel
D. Bar Keel

20. When a vessel is hogging the keel will be in:

A. Torsion
B. Compression
C. Sheer
D. Tension

21. The Figure shows a:

A. Strut
B. Bulwark Stanchion
C. Siffener
D. Stay

22. A drawing used to identify individual strakes and plates is called a:

A. Construction Drawing
B. Sheer Profile
C. Body Plan
D. Shell Expansion Plan

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23. In Figure shown, the section marked 4 is:

A. A Flat Bar
B. An Offset Bulb
C. A Tee
D. An Angle

24. A vertically welded shell joint is called a:

A. Lap
B. Joint
C. Seam
D. Butt

25. In the Figure shown, the items marked 6

are:

A. Knees
B. Webs
C. Chocks
D. Bilge Brackets

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26. To prevent water entering the space below, door openings on the weather
deck should be constructed with approved:
A. Drains
B. Scuppers
C. Baffles
D. Sills

27. Water is drained from an exposed deck by:

A. Drain Valves
B. Discharge Pipes
C. Side Scuttles
D. Freeing Ports

28. Bulkhead stiffeners are attached to the tank top by:

A. Stays
B. Chocks
C. Brackets
D. Cleats

29. The type of framing shown in the drawing

of this ship cross section is:

A. Combination
B. Longitudinal
C. Transverse
D. Web

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 30. In a longitudinally framed vessel transverse
strength is maintained by fitting:

A. Deck Girders
B. Stringers
C. Web Frames
D. Pillars

31. The type of weld shown in Figure is a:

A. Vee Butt
B. Fillet
C. Butt
D. Lap

32. Additional bottom stiffening is required immediately aft side of the collision
bulkhead to resist:
A. Panting
B. Pounding
C. Racking
D. Hogging

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33.
The item of structure numbered
9 in the given Figure is a:

A. Deck Plate
B. Panting Stringer
C. Foundation Plate
D. floor Plate

34. A perforated flat is part of the structure in the:

A. Double Bottom
B. Deck House
C. Fore Hold
D. Fore Peak

35. The pipe which directs the anchor cable from the windlass to the chain
locker is called a:
A. Mooring
B. Scupper
C. Hawser
D. Spurling

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 36. The item of structure numbered 10 in
the Figure given is a:

A. Bracket
B. Bow Chock
C. Breast Hook
D. Diamond Plate

37. The item of structure numbered 11 in

the given Figure is a:

A. Floor Plate
B. wash Plate
C. Web
D. Bulkhead

38. The lower end of the stem bar is attached to a:

A. Frame
B. Beam
C. Stringer
D. Keel Plate

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39. The type of rudder in the Figure is:

A. Semi-balanced
B. Unbalanced
C. Spade
D. Balanced

40. The hinge on which a rudder turns is called a:

A. Coupling
B. Gudgeon
C. Bolt
D. Pin

41. The top of a stern frame is connected to the vessel's structure at the:
A. Transom Floor
B. After Peak Bulkhead
C. Steering Flat
D. Vibration Post

42. The vertical distance measured from the deck line to the centre of the load
line disc is the:
A. Winter Draught
B. Statutory Freeboard
C. Depth
D. Summer Draught

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43. The vertical distance top to top between the load line marks S and F is the:
A. Tropical Allowance
B. Bock Water Allowance
C. Fresh Water Allowance
D. Summer Allowance

44. The Dock Water Allowance is calculated as a proportion of the:

A. Fresh Water Allowance
B. Freeboard
C. Winter Draught
D. Summer Draught

45. The steel section shown here will be

used to construct a:

A. Steering Flat
B. Bulkhead
C. Tank Top
D. Hatch Cover

46. In ideal conditions, the forward distance a propeller will move in one
revolution of the shaft is the:
A. Slip
B. Diameter
C. Pitch
D. Circumference

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47. When a vessel is in neutral equilibrium, the GM will be:
A. Small
B. Zero
C. Large
D. Negative

48. The intact volume of a vessel above the waterline is called:

A. Buoyancy
B. Negative Buoyancy
C. Reserve Buoyancy
D. Lost Buoyancy

49. A stiff vessel will have a GM which is:

A. Large
B. Small
C. Zero
D. Negative

50. Freeboard is the vertical distance measured from the:

A. Waterline to the Keel
B. Top of the Bulwarks to the Waterline
C. Main Deck to the Keel
D. Main Deck to the Waterline