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EXAMINATION NOTES FOR MARINE OFFICERS,E BOOKS,MODEL QUESTION PAPERS,MMD EXAM PAPERS
ORAL QUESTIONS

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CLASS II ORAL EXAM QUESTIONS
CLASS II PART B ORAL QUESTIONS FUNCTION :3 Controlling the operation of the ship & care for persons on board at Management level SHIP SAFETY ,ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PERSONNEL CARE 1. How is the total sludge tank capacity of a ship determined ? 2. What is meant by special area?(marpol annex I) 3. What are the limitations of exhaust gas discharge into the atmosphere ? 4. What are the two types of garbage? 5. According to Marpol Annex II ,what is X,Y,and Z categories of noxious liquid substances ? 6. What is the quantity of carbondioxide (co2) required to be carried in a ship for a permanent fire fighting installation ? 7. What is the meaning of word A-O with respect to fire protection material? 8. What are the different types of sewage treatment? 9. What are the statutory certificates required to be carried by a ship? 10. What are the various Marpol equipments a tanker has? 11. Why freeboard is less in tanker and more in bulk carrier? How it is calculated?

12. What are the conditions for safe stability whilst docking and undocking? 13. What are the jobs carried out in drydock? 14. What are the structural requirements fora vessel to carry Timber deck cargo ? 15. What are the main forces and moments acting on the ship considering the ship to be a complex beam? List out the structural components which resist these forces and moments? 16. What are the conditions should be satisfied for a safe Anchorage? 17. Why hydraulic windlass preferred for an electric windlass? What is the rated power capacity of windlass as per classification rules? 18. Define stability with respect to ship? 19. What is the standard length of the cable ? 20. What is the test carried out on Anchor? What is the material of anchor?

FUNCTION: 4B & 6 Marine Engineering at Management level MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE,MARINE ENGINEERING PRACTICE 1. What is the difference between closed feed system and open feed system and in which type of steam auxiliary & utilities it is used? 2. What is the difference between safety v/v and relief v/v and where are these terms used in marine engineering practice? 3. What is the meaning of term Accumulation of pressure with respect to safety v/v? What is the maximum lift of safety v/v and when does it occur? Why a lip is provided in the safety v/v? 4. What is meant by critical speed of an engine? How many critical speed are there in its speed range? What is the harm in running the engine in its critical speed? How does critical speed come into play in a CPP system? 5. What are the various conditions that lead to severe vibration of the shafting and how can this vibration be noticed?

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6. Why a firing order is given to an engine ? 7. Why in some medium speed main engine balance weights are fitted ? 8. What is meant by secondary forces and secondary couples? 9. What is the ideal position of the thrust block? 10. What is a node?

11. Why vertical alignment of a unit is necessary and when it is carried out? 12. Which direction the wear is more in a cylinder liner? 13. When gauging piston rings during overhaul ,why it is necessary to measure in different positions? 14. When fitting a new liner ,what are the various checks you carry out? 15. In a engine whose fly wheel marking of TDC position are wiped out, How will you find out and mark TDC position for all cylinders of engine? 16. No 2 unit piston cooling outlet temp is high ,but oil flow is normal as seen from sight glass what could be the reason for the same? 17. How will you test if air start v/v is leaking,during control testing? 18. What is the advantage of super long stroke engine/long stroke engine? 19. One unit exhaust temperature is high,Give reasons? 20. What are the causes of surging? 21. 22. in how many different ways volumetric efficiency of an air compressor is deteriorated? What is the scope of survey when propeller shaft and propeller is dismantled in dry dock

23. What are the methods by which waste heat from exhaust gas from engine is utilized to make steam? 24. Can a forced circulation evaporation system be run dry ? 25. If so, what is the likely breakdown possible? 26. Name the internal structural components of vertical boiler as used on motor ship? 27. Why are stays fitted in a boiler and name the different types of stays used and where they are fitted ? of a manhole door? what are its main dimension? 28. How the strength of the man hole opening is compensated ? 29. When the man hole is cut on a flat end plate of a boiler how the loss of plate strength is compensated ? 30. How is the length of the burner flame adjusted? 31. What should be the colour of the flame and how is furnace brick work kept in good condition ? 32. What is the difference between manual operation and automatic operation in the oil burning system in boiler? 33. How do you define good combustion in boiler ?how do you observe this condition? 34. How do you detect leakage of tube in smoke tube boiler,a) heavy leakage ,b)small leakage? 35. What are the temporary repair to stop tube leakages in smoke tube boiler? 36. What defects can occur on stays and what should be done if they are found? 37. What defects can occur on manhole door and how can be they repaired ? 38. 39. 40. 41 42. How are leaky tubes to be renewed in a low pressure water tube boiler? What is meant by accumulation of pressure with respect to safety valves? Why a lip is provided on a safety valve lid and what is its clearance? How is accumulation of pressure tested during regular setting of the safety valve after survey? What are the objectives of boiler water treatment? What is a shape

43. Name the hardness salts found in water naturally? 44. Why is alkalinity given to the water and what are the limits of alkalinity to be maintained in a boiler? 45. What is the chemical treatment required to reduce the hardness of water in the boiler? 46. What is the basic difference between open feed system and closed feed system? 47. What can be the reason for TDS to be reducing in a boiler? 48. What can be the reason for only alkalinity reducing in boiler? 49. Why it is necessary to carry out alkalinity test completely is it not enough with only p-alkalinity measured? 50. For chloride test the same sample as used in alkalinity test is used what is the reason? 51. How is the boiler prepared for hydraulic test?

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52. At what pressure hydraulic test is carried out and for how long? 53. What are the inspections to be carried out during hydraulic test? FUNCTION: 5 1. what are the various types of motor commonly used in a ship? 2. what are the voltages used in lighting in a ship how are these voltages derived? 3. During start up of an auxiliary engine the voltage does not appear on switchboard even when the engine has reached its synchronous speed,what are the reasons and how can they be corrected? 4. How does a single phase motor made to start up ? 5. What is the difference between squirrel cage motor and wound rotor motor?

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