```` COMPETENCE 5 DECK

1. What should you do when you see a person fall overboard at

night?
A. Call for help and keep the victim in sight
B. Throw a red flare to the victim
C. Initiate a "Mayday" call to alert other vessels in the vicinity
D. Put the rudder hard over to the side where the victim fell and
start The Scharnow turn

2. Immediately after abandoning a vessel, lookouts should be

posted aboard liferafts to look for __________.
A. Survivors in the water
B. Food and water
C. Land
D. Bad weather

3. After abandoning ship, you should deploy the sea anchor from a
liferaft to __________.
A. Stay in the general location
B. keep the liferaft from capsizing
C. Navigate against the current
D. Keep personnel from getting seasick
4. Which step should be taken, if possible, when the vessel must
be abandoned because of a distress situation?
A. Place the SART and EPIRB in the "ON" position and secure them
to The survival craft.
B. Alert the U.S. Coast Guard by using the survival craft's portable
INMARSAT unit.
C. Program the SART and EPIRB to transmit the vessel's location
and situation.
D. No additional steps are needed as the SART and EPIRB will both
automatically float free and operate properly.

5. When abandoning ship, after launching the motor lifeboat you

should __________.
A. stay in the immediate area
B. plot a course for the nearest land
C. take a vote on which direction you should go
D. go in one direction until fuel runs out

6. You must shore up the collision bulkhead due to solid flooding

forward. The bulkhead approximates an inverted triangle. The
center of pressure of the shores on the bulkhead should be
located __________.
A. approximately two-thirds of the way up the bulkhead
B. at the bottom of the bulkhead
C. evenly over the surface of the bulkhead
D. approximately halfway up the bulkhead

7. You are trying to rescue survivors from a wrecked vessel on fire.

You should approach __________.
A. to windward of the wrecked vessel
B. at a speed of at least that of the wrecked vessel
C. to leeward of the wrecked vessel
D. at a speed of at most one-half that of the wrecked vessel
8. You are underway when a fire breaks out in the forward part of
your vessel. If possible you should __________.
A. put the vessel's stern into the wind
B. call for assistance
C. abandon ship to windward
D. keep going at half speed

9. All passenger ships are divided into vertical ’zones’. What is the
purpose of this?
A. All vertical zones are separated with watertight doors, which will
be closed in the case of a grounding, etc.
B. This is fire zones which can be divided from each other with fire
doors. If a fire start in one zone, all fire doors in front and aft of
the fire will be closed from the bridge to stop the smoke and fire
from spreading.
C. Vertical zones are separated with fire doors which will be closed
Automatically when the fire alarm start.
D. there is one fire team in each zone

10. When are power-operated watertight sliding doors (class 3

doors) compulsory for all watertight doors aboard passenger
ships?
A. Where one or more doors are situated below deepest load line
B. Where the ship has passenger spaces below the bulkhead deck
C. Where the ship is fitted with through-going car decks
D. When the ship is certified for more than 150 passengers

11. Which international code regulates the required safety

equipment onboard a passenger ship?
A. MARPOL
B. STCW
C. IMO
D. SOLAS
12. How many lifejackets shall it be in a passenger cabin?
A. None. They will be handed out at the muster station
B. Twice the number of beds in the cabin
C. same number as beds in the cabin
D. None. They will be handed out by the crew

13. What is the purpose of watertight doors?

A. They will be closed during a fire to prevent the smoke and fire
to spread to other parts of the ship.
B. They will be closed from the bridge or locally in case of
damage on the ships hull, and taking in water.
C. They will be closed if the ship get a damage on the ships hull,
and taking in water. It will prevent the water to fill the whole
deck. In case of fire they can also be used to stop the fire and
smoke from iverge.
D. They are doors in engine area which will be closed during
Navigation In shallow waters.

14. Which one of the listed requirements for passenger ships

regarding personal life-saving appliances do not correspond to
present regulations?
A. Three immersion suits and a thermal protective aid for every
person to be accommodated in the lifeboat and not provided
with an immersion suit
B. For persons to be accommodated in totally or partially
enclosed lifeboats, immersion suits and thermal protective aids
need not be carried
C. On all international voyages (except on short voyages) all
lifejackets shall be fitted with a light and a smoke signal
D. Passenger ships of under 60 metros in length shall carry not
less than Six lifebuoys provided with self-igniting lights
15. What kind of information must be posted in all passenger
cabins?
A. Where the restaurant is located
B. the route to open deck
C. The route to muster station, how to put on lifejacket and
different Emergency signals used onboard the ship.
D. The route to muster station, and how to put on lifejacket.

16. Is there a time limit for when all life rafts must have been
launched after sounding of abandon ship signal.?
A. no time limit
B. 15 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 1 hour

17. Passenger ship engaged in international voyages must conduct a

muster for all passengers. What is the time limit for this
exercise?
A. 4 hours
B. before departure
C. no time limit
D. 24 hours

18. How many lifejackets shall it be in a passenger cabin?

A. None. They will be handed out at the muster station
B. twice the number of beds in the cabin
C. None. They will be handed out by the crew
D. same number as beds in the cabin
19. It is late night and a tanker has just been involved in a collision.
Should the tanker, prior to the collision, carry a red light in
addition to the normal navigation lights. Is this correct?
A. No, the tanker should carry two red lights in addition to the
navigation lights.
B. No, the tanker should carry red, white and red in addition to
the Ordinary navigation lights.
C. Correct, the tanker did show the correct navigation lights.
D. No, the tanker should show the normal navigation lights only.

20. During which time may watertight doors in watertight

bulkheads in tweendeck cargo spaces be kept open in passenger
ships
A. daytime only
B. in ports only
C. At any time if watched by an authorized person
D. during cargo handling only

21. In which ships shall fire hoses be connected to hydrants in

interior locations at all times? (SOLAS II-2/4.7.1)
A. Passenger ships carrying more than 12 passengers
B. Passenger ships carrying more than 100 passengers
C. passenger ships carrying more than 36 passengers
D. passenger ships engaged on short trips

22. In case a fire alarm is sounded from the bridge, what action
would you take as Engineer on Duty?
A. start the fire pump
B. report to the muster station
C. stop the engines
D. Contact the bridge by telephone and ask for instructions
23. What alarm signal is to be sounded by the alarm bells in case of
fire onboard ships?
A. series of short blasts
B. one long blast followed by seven short blasts
C. series of long blasts
D. continuous signal

24. What maneuver should be carried out in case of a fire onboard a

ship?
A. Reduce speed and, if possible, keep the fire zone to the
leeward of the ship
B. keep the stem up against the wind if possible
C. Let the ship follow the wind in order to reduce the oxygen
supply
D. continue on course and speed

25. During which time may watertight doors in watertight

bulkheads in tween deck cargo spaces be kept open in
passenger ships?
A. daytime only
B. during cargo handling only
C. At any time if watched by an authorized person
D. in ports only

26. During a stay in port, a towing wire is to be put out forward and
aft. What is important to take care of regarding this wire?
A. That the wires are just above the water line at all times.
B. The wires are just stand by on deck.
C. for daytime use only.
D. for night-time use only.
 27. If some of the passengers are disabled, i.e. using wheelchair,
cane, blind etc. What precaution should the crew take?
A. Passenger with some form for disability must travel with
accompany, and live in same cabin or next door.
B. They must be placed in cabins on the same level as the muster
station.
C. All passengers that will require some form for assistance in
case of evacuation, etc. must be registered, so there can be
sent crew to assist them if needed.
D. Locate then in large cabins, to ease their stay.

28. For passenger ships of 1000 gross tons and over, the availability
of water for fire-extinguisher purposes shall be: (SOLAS II-
2/4.3.4)
A. Immediate availability of water for at least one effective jet of
Water from any hydrant in an interior area
B. Within two minutes availability of sufficient quantities for at
Least two jets of water from any hydrant in the
accommodation
C. Within one minute availability of sufficient quantities of water
for at least one effective jet of water from all hydrants
D. Immediately full water pressure on all hydrants aboard the
ship
29. Which situation requires you to furnish a notice of marine casualty to the coast guard?

ANSWER: Your vessel is at anchor and grounds at low tide with no apparent damage

30. A report of casualty to a vessel must include _____________ .?

ANSWER: The name of the owner or agent of the vessel

31. A crew member has just fallen overboard off your port side. Which action should you take?

-Immediately put the rudder over hardleft.