1.

Which steam plant watch operating condition will require priority attention over the other
conditions listed?
a. High level main condenser
b. High level lube oil storage tank
c .Low water level main boiler
d. Deareating tank pressure 2 psig above normal

2. The watch engineer finds the refrigeration compressor has blown the shaft seal. In this
situation, he should __________.
a. pump the system down and isolate the leak close the suction valve,
b. secure the compressor at once and close the suction and discharge valves
c. secure the compressor, and then replace the shaft seal
d. tighten the shaft seal packing to reduce leakage, slow the compressor, and operate the
expansion valves by hand until repairs can be made

3. What is the proper way of storing an oxygen and acetylene cylinders?

a. Upright with the cylinder caps off
b. Upright with the cylinder caps screwed on
c. Horizontal with the cylinder caps screwed on
d. Horizontal with the cylinder caps off

4. What is the main reason that live auxiliary steam is normally attemporated before entering
the feed heater of a flash evaporator?
a. To increase the brine overboard density
b. To increase the pressure in the heat exchanger
c. To increase the pressure in the first stage flash chamber
d. To reduce the rate of scale formation on heating surfaces

5. If the temperature in a hot air manifold were found to be 122oF, what will be the equivalent
reading on the centigrade scale?
a. 35oC b. 50oC c. 40oC d. 45oC

6. Which of the listed fuel oil ignition methods are commonly found on automatically fired
auxiliary boilers aboard merchant vessels?
a. A gas pilot light
b. An incandescent glow plug
c. A high energy electric spark
d. A manually-operated friction igniter

7. What maybe the cause of injection lag in a diesel engine?

a. A higher cetane number of fuel oil
b. Mechanical rigidity in the lube pump mechanism
c. The diesel fuel used having a high viscosity
d. A decrease in the fuel pump delivery pressure
8. A lube oil filter can be used to remove most contaminants from lube oil. What contaminant
will remain in the lube oil after filtering?
a. Acid b. Sediment c. Water d. Fuel/Diesel oil

9. Diesel engines driving alternators operating in parallel must maintain a set frequency
regardless of load changes. What is the governor characteristic used to accomplish this?

a. Actuation b. Sensitivity c. Compensation d. Promptness

10. What might be the cause of excessive vibration of an automatically fired auxiliary boiler?
a. Air or water in the furnace
b. Fuel oil pump failure
c. Combustion pulses
d. flame failure

11. A pneumercator is an instrument used to indicate _____.

a. tank fluid level
b. air pressure in the diesel engine starting circuit
c. phosphates in boiler water
d. micro ohms in condensate

12. What reading will be obtained if we use a dry uncoated sounding rod or tape to measure the
depth of water in a reserve feed water tank?
a. Very inaccurate
b. Always be 100% accurate
c. Thoroughly contaminate the feed water
d. Be satisfactory if a small amount of oil is floating on the surface

13. If the temperature in a hot air manifold were found to be 122oF, what will be the equivalent
reading on the centigrade scale?
a. 35oC b. 40oC c. 50oC d. 45oC

14. Which of the listed fuel oil ignition methods are commonly found on automatically fired
auxiliary boilers aboard merchant vessels?
a. A gas pilot light
b. An incandescent glow plug
c. A manually-operated friction igniter
d. A high energy electric spark

15. What maybe the cause of injection lag in a diesel engine?

a. A higher cetane number of fuel oil
b. Mechanical rigidity in the lube pump mechanism
c. The diesel fuel used having a high viscosity
d. A decrease in the fuel pump delivery pressure
16. A lube oil filter can be used to remove most contaminants from lube oil. What contaminant
will remain in the lube oil after filtering?
a. Water b. Acid c. Sediment d. Fuel/Diesel oil

17. Diesel engines driving alternators operating in parallel must maintain a set frequency
regardless of load changes. What is the governor characteristic used to accomplish this?
a. Compensation b. Actuation c. Sensitivity d. Promptness

18. What might be the cause of excessive vibration of an automatically fired auxiliary boiler?
a. Combustion pulses
b. Air or water in the furnace
c. Fuel oil pump failure
d. flame failure

19. A pneumercator is an instrument used to indicate _____.

a. tank fluid level
b. air pressure in the diesel engine starting circuit
c. phosphates in boiler water
d. micro ohms in condensate

20. What reading will be obtained if we use a dry uncoated sounding rod or tape to measure the
depth of water in a reserve feed water tank?
a. Very inaccurate
b. Always be 100% accurate
c. Thoroughly contaminate the feed water
d. Be satisfactory if a small amount of oil is floating on the surface

21. Where is the contaminated oil enters the centrifuge in a disk type centrifugal purifier?

a. At the bottom through the oil inlet

b. At the top through the regulating tube
c. Through the neck of the top disk
d. Through the funnel body
22. Why is condensate being pumped from the condenser to the DC heater instead of directly to
the boiler?
a. Boiler feed pumps must operate with a negative suction head
b. Suspended solids in the condensate must be eliminated
c. Condensate at condensing temperature is too hot and will cause thermal stress in the
boiler
d. Condensate should be deaerated before entering the boiler

23. The device most commonly used to measure the exhaust gas temperature of a diesel engine
cylinder is called a _______.
a. dynamometer b. calorimeter c. pyrometer d. tachometer
24. Exhaust valve grooving and corrosion is caused by certain components of residual fuel oil.
These components are sodium, sulfur, and ___________.
a. vanadium b. carbon c. copper d. ash

25. A dirty atomizer sprayer plate in the burner of an auxiliary boiler, would be indicated by
________.
a. carbon on the register doors
b. a dazzling white atomizer flame
c. fluctuating pressure in the windbox
d. an unevenly shaped burner flame

26. Why do most temperature control valves in diesel engine closed freshwater cooling systems
bypass the flow of jacket water around the cooler instead of around the engine?
a. changing the rate of flow in the jackets could cause localized hot spots
b. excessive cooling would take place in the heat exchangers at high loads
c. emergency hand control would not be possible if water flow through the jackets were
controlled
d. excessive cavitation erosion would take place in the coolers

27. A pyrometer is capable of producing a voltage by _____.

a. light striking a photo sensitive substance
b. heating a junction of two dissimilar metals
c. chemical reaction
d. squeezing crystals of certain substances

28. The DC heater functions to _____.

a. Chemically treat feedwater to remove carbonic gas
b. Ensure recirculation in the feedwater system
c. Store, heat, and deaeratefeedwater
d. Remove the major amount of noncondensable gases from the main condenser

29. Excessive lubricating oil consumption in a running diesel engine can be caused by
_________.
a. clogged lube oil piping
b. excessive valve-guide clearance
c. high lube oil viscosity
d. low lube oil temperature

30. Increasing the valve clearance between a valve stem and rocker arm, will in the valve
________.
a. closing later
b. opening sooner
c. staying open for a longer period of time
d. staying open for a shorter period of time
31. Oil accumulating in the exhaust piping or manifold of a diesel engine can be caused by
______.
a. collapsed hydraulic valve lifters
b. excessive crankcase vacuum
c. worn valve guides
d. excessive lube oil pressure

32. Valve lash, or clearance refers to the _________.

a. compression force of the valve springs
b. clearance between the top of the valve stem and the rocker arm
c. clearance between the valve seat inserts and the valve head fuel
d. injection cam profile

33. Crank web deflection readings will give a positive indication of ___________.
a. crankpin misalignment
b. slack thrust bearings
c. worn main bearing journals
d. bearing shells shim dimension

34. Cooling water pumps driven by direct-reversing diesel engines are usually ______.
a. curved impeller vane with tangential outlet
b. straight impeller vane with concentric housing
c. curved impeller vane with concentric outlet
d. straight impeller vane with tangential housing

35. Rapidly discharging condensate into the DC heater during normal steaming conditions could
cause _____.
a. Decrease in dissolved oxygen in the feedwater
b. Water hammer in the economizer
c. Increase in auxiliary exhaust pressure
d. Decrease in auxiliary exhaust pressure
e.
36. Most large main propulsion diesel engines use a duplex lube oil strainer to _______.
a. decrease the time required between cleanings
b. remove all large and small foreign objects
c. ensure that all lube oil has been treated twice
d. ensure a positive flow of oil at all times

37. Throttling a burner air register on an auxiliary boiler could result in ________.
a. smoky boiler operation
b. decreased fuel consumption
c. improved fuel combustion
d. fewer soot deposits
38. Which of the following problems can cause fluctuating pressure in the closed cooling system
of a main propulsion diesel engine?
a. defective temperature controls in the system
b. cavitation in the cooling water pump
c. opened vent in the cooling system
d. restricted water passages in the engine

39. The effective stroke of a constant-stroke, individual, fuel injection pump is varied by the
__________.
a. delivery valve
b. governor speed
c. plunger crossbar
d. control rack

40. The minimum design height of the DC heater is determined by the _____.
a. Dew point temperature of the stack gases
b. Maximum condensate pump discharge pressure
c. Minimum net positive suction head required by the main feedpump
d. Desuperheter outlet temperature

41. You are operating a main propulsion diesel engine at a constant load when the jacket
temperature begins to rise. This could be caused by _________.
a. dirty fuel oil filter
b. a piston about to seize
c. fuel oil being too heavy (viscous)
d. high water level in the expansion tank

42. The bulk of the solid material entering a centrifugal purifier with lube oil is ________.
a. discharged with the water
b. trapped in the filter
c. forced out the overflow
d. trapped in the bowl
43. The DC heater automatic level dump valve is used to _____.
a. Divert the flow of condensate from the first stage heater to the vent condenser
b. Maintain a proper condensate level in the condenser hotwell
c. Drain excess feedwater to the distilled water tank
d. Recirculate condensate to the atmospheric drain tank

44. While at sea, the flash type evaporator is discharging the output to the distill tanks. If it
becomes necessary to reduce the feed water temperature below 165oF, you should ___
a. Dump the evaporator to the bilge
b. Continue the current evaporator operation
c. Secure the evaporator until the feedwater temperature can be raised to 165oF or more
d. Raise the tripping point at the salinity indicating panel for the three-way valve
 45. Exhaust pyrometer readings provide an indication of the _______.
a. effectiveness of water-cooled exhaust elbows
b. amount of fuel penetration into the engine cylinders
c. indicated horsepower of the engine cylinders
d. distribution of the load between engine cylinders

46. Fuel combustion in a diesel engine cylinder should begin just before the piston reaches top
dead center and should ___________.
a. end when fuel injection has been completed
b. end at bottom dead center
c. continue through the after-burning period
d. be completed exactly at top dead center

47. Which of the filters listed will deplete the additives in lubricating oil?
a. Adsorbent filter b. Extended area membrane filter
c. Cloth bag extractor d. Absorbent filter

48. A change in engine speed is required before a governor is able to make a corrective
movement of fuel rack. This aspect of governing is commonly expressed as a percent and is known
as ___________.

a. isochronous governing b. governor promptness c. speed droop d. governor sensitivity

49. Reducing the clearance between a valve stem and rocker arm will result in the valve
__________.

a. having a longer duration of opening b. having a shorter duration of opening

c. closing sooner c. opening later

50. Diesel engine injection lag is caused by ____________.

a. compressibility of the fuel b. high fuel oil supply flow

c. low cetane value of the fuel c. excessive air turbulence

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