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154 Having just anchored, the vessel is now brought up. How 3 With the cable stopper backed up by the
should you secure the anchor? brake.
20 Heavy items should be preferably stowed 2 in the fore and aft direction
155 Heel of the ship may be defined as 1 when the ship is inclined by external forces,
such as wind
156 How are double bottom ballast tanks filled? 2 They are gravitated in.
157 How are ropes supplied to ships? 3 In coils.
158 How are the moving parts of deck equipment 3 By greasing.
maintained?
159 How can a ship dispose of plastic at sea? 4 Disposal of plastic is not allowed anywhere at
sea.
106 How do you determine the weight of the vessel that is 3 Use the hydrostatic tables and enter with the
supported by the ground when a vessel has run mean draft before grounding and the mean
aground? draft after grounding
369 How do you ensure reliable results from an Inclining 1 Perform test in calm conditions, with slack
Experiment? moorings, with minimum number of
personnel, and minimise free surface effects
of liquids.
160 How do you open a coil of rope? 3 By taking rope from outside of the coil and
recoiling it clockwise.
161 How do you secure a fibre rope to bitts? 2 By a figure eight.
162 How frequently should the operation of lifeboat davits be 3 Monthly.
tested?
163 How is a "Turning Couple" formed? 1 A couple is formed when two equal parallel
forces are acting in opposite directions.
107 How is a draught of 7.5 meters read from a draft mark? 2 At the top of 7.4.
164 How is an enclosed space tested to check it is safe to 2 By using an oxygen analyzer and an
enter? explosimeter.
165 How many shackles of cable is indicated here? 4 2 shackles.
166 How many strands can a flexible steel wire have? 4 6 or 12 or 18
167 How many tonnes are there in 1 cubic metre of fresh 1 1
water?
168 How many tonnes are there in 1 cubic metre of salt 4 1.025
water?
21 How much space would 300 tonnes of tea with a stowage 2 990 cubic metres
factor of 3.0 take up, if it had a broken stowage factor of
10%?
169 How should a pilot ladder "hang" on the ship's side? 2 Flat against ship's side with lower end of
sufficient height above water to allow easy
access.
170 How should gas bottles be stored? 3 In two separate rooms outside the engine
room space.
370 How would you increase the KG of a ship, loaded with a 4 By filling the small divided double bottom
timber deck cargo, that has become "unstable?" tanks on the lower side, whilst jettisoning the
deck cargo from the higher side.
171 How would you know when 3 shackles of cable have 2 By locating seizing wire on the link on either
been paid out? side of the joining shackle.
22 How would you send a cluster light down into a cargo 3 Lower it on a line.
hold?
172 How would you send tools down a hold or tank? 1 Lowered in a bag or bucket.