FUNCTION 1: MARINE ENGINEERING-GENERAL
1. Why is Boiler water treatment required?
A) For efficient operation, minimum overhaul.Increase life of boiler and maintain quality of
water. Reduce oxygen and carbon dioxide content. Reduce scale formation. Efficient heat
transfer. Maintain alkalinity of water,counter effects of oil and sea water ingress.
2. What is the allowed chloride content?
3. Why is the boiler water circulating pump required for EGB?
4. How does a Bourdon pressure gauge work'?
A) Elliptical pressure transducer, bourdon tube, open @ one end to pressure liquid. Other end
closed, connected to a sector and pinion connected to the pointer which moves on a calibrated
scale. Due to applied pressure the bourdon tube tends to become circular, which moves the
free end and thus moves the pointer.
5. How do you blow through a boiler gauge glass?
6. Why is a hail given in the gauge glass?
A)to protect the guage glass from accidental damage.
7. How do you tighten a gauge glass after assembly? Inward to outward moving in opposite
steps. 8. What is a setting of a boiler safety valve'?
9. What is the normally allowed chloride content in a water tube boiler?
10. How do you blow down a boiler and inspect it?
A) C/O from HO to DO. Stop firing when on DO. Slowly blowdown in stages. Pr 5-7 Bar shut all
steam valves. When pr 1 bar open vent to prevent vacuum formation. When Loaded or
Draught high, drain remaining water into separate holding tank. Pr guage should show 0.
Proceed for opening up. Open top manhole door with chain blocks. Slacken door n break joint
make sure no pr inside. Remove door. Open bottom inspection door. Venting to be done.
Enclosed space entry.
11. Why is pre purging necessary before firing boilers?
A)Avoid blow back or back fire.
12. How does flame failure alarm come?
A)flame eye consists of a photo electric cell which converts ir radiations into electric signal.
Electron flow in the electric circuit can be measured and detected as a proof of flame.
13. Type of boiler burner on last ship.
14. What is the voltage used for the ignitor?
15. How will you know EGB is leaking?
A) When engine running, white smoke from funnel. When engine stopped, water accumulates
in bottom of EGB. Sealing pots will overflow. Cascade tank low level alarm.
16. How will you stop the leak?
A) Stop engine, or by pass EGB. Stop main steam stop valve. Run circulating pump for an
hour. Stop circulating pump. Close inlet and outlet valve of EGB. Cut plates of the EGB casing.
Find out leaky tube. Put plugs.
17. What is the purpose of soot blowing?
A)Remove soot deposits from surface of EGB,efficient heat transfer, avoid melting of tubes,
avoid uptake fire.
18. When do you start the circulating pump?
A) Usually kept running, if shut to be started 1 hr before engine starts.
19. What is the temperature of steam in the boiler?
20. What is meant by superheated steam?
21. How is a boiler safety valve set?
22. What is the setting?
23. What is the meaning of accumulation pressure test?
24. How do you blow down a boiler and inspect?
25. How do you repair leaks?
26. How do you blow through gauge glasses?
27. What is the safety mechanism in case the glass breaks?
28. Which part of the ship's boiler has a higher safety valve setting? EGB or auxiliary
29. When is the pressure testing of boilers done? How is it done?
30. Why is Fridge compressor belt driven?
31. What is meant by 1 ton of refrigeration? Amount of heat removed by melting one
ton of ice in 24 hrs.
32. Is there any difference in lubricating oil pressure reading of fridge compressors
when compared to air compressors?
33. How do you read the lubricating oil pressure of fridge compressors?
A) Pressure gauge reading – suction pressure = L O pressure.
34. Some times the pressure gauges used in fridge systems also have temperature
readings. What is the use of this? A)Compound pressure gauge gives pressure and
corresponding saturation temperature.
35. How is the temperature of cold room maintained?
36. What is the role of the TEV?
A)Regulate the flow of refrigerant in the refrigerant according to demand and maintain a
constant degree of superheat.
37. What is mean effective pressure of diesel engine?
A) Theoretical const pressure which can be assumed to be acting on the piston during the
power stroke. Area of indicator diagram/length of dia.
38. What the cooling water treatment?
A) Non nitrite. Nitrite borate.
39. What tests are done on L.O.?
40. What is the correct procedure for L.O. sample collection? After the filters when
the engine is still running.
41. What are the COPT trips?
42. How will you test the working of a compressor safety valve?
43. Why is bursting disc provided in air compressor'?
A) To avoid over pressure in casing due to tube leaks.
44. What is a lantern ring?
A) Perforated hollow ring situated @ centre of stuffing box or gland packing. Cooling sealing
and lubrication.
45. If a bursting disk ruptures, what will be your action?
A) Stop Compressor immediately. Trouble shoot n overhaul.
46. What is a lantern ring?
47. If the inter-stage relief valve is lifting,what could be the reason?
A) Intercooler tube leakage, HP suction valve leaking
48. Why is multistage compression used?
A) Compression cycle as close as possible to Isothermal.
49. Why is deck seal used in IG systems? A) Prevent back flow of hydrocarbon gases into
the engine room.
50. What is the allowed C02 content in IG?
A) How is it controlled? Max 8%, Alarm @ 5%.Controlling air fuel ratio of the boiler.
51. Difference between purifier and clarifier?
A) Purifier separates two liquids, clarifier separates solids and liquids. Gravity disc. Clarifier
disc stack has no interphase holes.
52. What is the separation principle used in purifiers?
A) Difference in density of oil and water. Means of separation by centrifugal force.
53. Types of fuel used on board ships
A) flash point not less than 60 deg C. For Emg Gen.Not less than 43 deg C. HFO, DO, MGO,
HSD.
54. Effects of contaminants in fuel oil.
55. Safety devices in setting tanks
A) flame trap on vent, weighted cock on sounding pipe, overflow line with sight glass, high
and low level alarms, spring loaded drain valves,Quick Closing Valve on Pump Suction.
56.What is a self-cleaning purifier?
A)Solenoid valve on water outlet line. Water transducer in oil outlet line. Continuous feeding of
oil and separated water and sludge collected inside bowl. Shifting of interphase towards oil
side. When water detected by transducer,it opens the solenoid valve or closes sealing water
for desludging.
57. State the safety features on an Air compressor?
A)Busting disc/ relief valve. Relief valve on LP and HP side. Unloader, Motor High Current
protection. High Air temp alarm and trip, LO low press alarm and trip.
58. What is the purpose of a bursting disc?
59. Causes, signs and action to he taken in case air starting line explodes?
60. Before starting an air compressor what is checked'?
A)lube oil level in sump. JCW in/out v/v open. Cyl lub tk level. Compressor discharge valve
fully open. If starting after overhauls then check direction of rotation.
61. State function of H.P. & L.P. Valves fitted on an air compressor? What types are
these?
62. Why is a jacket necessary in air compressors?
A)Cooling. Avoid burning of lube oil.Efficient lubrication and compression.
63. What is difference between isothermal and adiabatic compression?
A)Isothermal constant temp, adiabatic- constant heat.
64. How to start an air compressor? What problems can he encountered?
65. What is the safety provide on an Intercoder?
Bursting Disc/ Relief Valve.
66. Bumping clearance of air compressor?
67. What are different types of refrigerants used on ship?
CFC 11, CFC 12, HCFC 22/ F22, HFC 123, HFC 134A
68. State the properties of F-12 gas.
69. Cause of frequent cut in- cut off at Refg. Plant Compressor. Causes/Effects and
remedial actions to be taken.
70. What are the parameter you will check in a refrigeration compressor?
71. What will be the condition of a suction line hot or cold, Why'?
72. If there is frosting in suction line of compressor, what could be the causes'?
73. How different temperatures are maintained in different compartment of a
refrigeration system?
74. What is back pressure valve and where is it used?
Slow and controlled cooling by increasing pressure and reducing rate of evaporation.
75. What is a compound pressure gauge'?
76. What are the major components of a refrigeration plant?
Compressor, hp cut out, condenser, receiver, oil separator, drier, solenoid valve, tev,
evaporator, lp cut out, defrosting line.
77. Sketch Hydraulic steering gear system. What is the material of Ram'?
78. Why do we start second steering pump while manoeuvring?
79. How much time is taken for rudder to travel hard port to hard stbd with one
pump/two pumps?
80. What do you mean by balanced rudder’?
81. What do you mean by semi-balanced rudder?
82. What do you mean by unbalanced rudder?
83. What should be area of the rudder’?
84. How does emergency steering work?
85. What safeties are provided on windlass machinery?
86. State the steering gear provided on your last ship.
87. Types of steering gear. Electric, electro-hydraulic, hydraulic
88. What is the purpose of a hunting gear? What is the purpose of Rudder Carrier
Bearings?
Takes weight of the rudder on grease lubricated thrust face.
89. State the principles of winches.
90. In a centrifugal pump, why wi1l starting torque he less when starting with
discharge valve shut?
Discharge of pump is minimum, discharge head maximum, power consumed minimum, thus
torque minimum.
91 Why there are wear rings in a centrifugal pump?
92. Why is gear pump used for pumping oil? Positive displacement pumps.
93. How will you start a centrifugal pump?
94. Why relief valve is fitted on discharge side of a positive displacement pump?
95. Types of pumps positive displacement, rotodynamic.
96. Advantages and disadvantages of various pumps.
97. Sketch a Bilge system.
98. How is fresh water generated on board? What is reverse Osmosis’?
99. State the types of valves in Bilge Pump. What is the material of Bilge Piping?
What is the safety feature provided on a Bilge Pump?
100. How will you test emergency Bilge suction?
101 What is the difference between an ordinary cooler and inter-cooler provided in a
compressor’?
102. What material is used for stern pipes?
103. What types of valves are there in the Bilge and do you box them up?
104. What are the materials used in shipping industry?
105. What are the components in a valve?
Valve body, bonnet, gland cover, gland, handwheel, spindle, valve, valve seat.
106. Safeties provided on Condensers?
107. Boiler blow down method.
108. What is hot well, If oil comes into hot well What action will you take and how to
trace the leak?
109. Preparation for boiler survey.
110. Reasons for lifting relief v/v in air compressor.
111. How sludge effects overflow in purifier.
112.Adjustment of safety valve. Lifting press of safetyValve.
113.Types of T/C. radial flow, axial flow. Pulse type, constant pressure type.
114.Blanking of boiler tubes.
115. How to create vacuum in F. W. G.?
116. Type of condenser used in F. W. G.?
surface contact
117.How many type of condenser? direct contact type and surface contact type.
118.How much salinity of F. W. G.?2-3 ppm
119.Type of steam used in COP?
Superheated steam @ 14kg.
120.What is superheated steam and how to obtain it?
121. Boiler type on board.
122. In your ref. System, Freon is low pressure, what does it indicate?
123.What is short cycling in ref. System?
124. Construction of L.O. Cooler?
125. Boiler gauge glass on both sides, why not on single side ?
Regulation 32.6 Solas. Two independent means of indicating its water level at least one of
which shall be a direct reading gauge.
126.Charging of refrigerant.
Charging line and valve after receiver outlet valve on the drier. Close receiver outlet valve.
Pump down all refrigerant into the receiver. Purge air from receiver into recovery bottle.
Connect refrigerant bottle to charging line. Run compressor, till level is ok.
127.Air Bottle not filling reasons.
128.Transducer [In purifier] water sensor in purified oil line
129.Relief v/v on which pumps to be provided?
Positive disp pumps.
130. Air bottle, safeties.
131. Propeller drop?
132. Pump vibration, reasons.
Misalignment between motor and pump shaft, impeller wear down, bearing broken, foundation
bolts loose, foreign material inside casing, cavitation of impeller.
133.Air compressor motor amperage is hunting, what action to be taken?
Unloader filter chocked. Liner leaking, suction filter chocked.
134.Boiler gauge glass (remote circuit)
MARINE ENGINEERING PRACTICE
1.Explain how will you overhaul a fuel injector
2. Explain how you will change gland packing of a pump
stop pump, close inlet and outlet valves, remove gland cover. Take out glands, cut glands slightly
larger than used glands, fix in gland housing, tighten with gland cover and nuts, open valves run
pump and check for leakages. Check for smoke or steam from gland while running.
3. What is SDNR valve?
Screw down non return valve. Floating valve on valve spindle.
4. How do you overhaul a globe valve?
Change gland packing, clean valve and spindle assembly, clean
valve seat, lapping, grease spindle. Box up.
5. How does a gate valve work?
Operates by lifting or lowering a gate in the line of flow. Suitable for
straight line flow and not for throttling.
6. If a gate valve is stuck, what could be the reason?
Valve stuck in valve seat wedge due to overtightening or foreign material lodged between faces.
7. How is a job centered on a chuck in a lathe?
By using the tail stock or by using a dial gauge.
8. What safety precaution will you take if working on a lathe?
PPE, safety guards in place, remove chuck key before starting.
9. What is a reamer?
Where it is used? Used to create an accurate sized hole, smoothing of the hole bore.
10. How does a Quick closing valve work?
Air pressure acting on a servopiston mounted on the spindle
keeps the valve open against spring force. When air supply cut off, spring force causes valve to shut.
11. How do you reset a QC valve after operation?
12. Is there any difference between relief valve and safety valve?
13. Explain how will you prepare for Bunkering?
14. How do you set tappet clearance?
Allow engine to cool down completely. Trun engine to TDC, check both valves closed, turn push rods.
Adjust nuts to zero tappet, then start opening for required tappet.
15. What are the steps to take after a blackout at sea?
16. How do you pressure test a fuel valve?
17. How will you replace an exhaust valve seat?
Open the valve seat holding nuts form the valve assembly and tap with mallet for removing old seat,
grinding of valve seat and valve done as required. Fix new valve seat after applying copaslip, check for
leakage
18. How do you install a bearing on a shaft?
19. How do you specify pipe size?
20. What do the numbers on bearings mean?
Ex 6203ZZ. 6 type – single row deep groove ball bearing, 2- series which indicates robustness of
bearing,
8 Extra thin section,
9 Very thin section,
0 Extra light,
1 Extra light thrust,
2 Light,
3 Medium,
4 Heavy,
Last two digits indicate bore dia, 00-10mm01-12mm02-15mm03-17mm subsequently * 5.
Z Single shielded,
ZZ Double shielded,
21. What is the common size between different schedules of a pipe?
22. If an A/E does not start what will be you action?
Blow through again, turn engine by hand, ease up fuel racks, lubricate.
23. Your action if TIC is surging?
Avoid sudden changes in load, reduce load, do water washing, blowing off air from air receiver valve
but it leads to increase in exh temp.
24. Why is a steam trap used in condensate return lines?
Maximum utilization of steam.
25. How is gas cutting done?
By burning lp mixture of acetylene and oxygen the temperature of metal is raised to 1500-1600 f,
then by supply of hp oxygen, burning of metal occurs.
26. How many valves are there on a gas-cutting torch?
27. How do light a gas-cutting torch and adjust the flame?
Open acetylene, light with lighter, open oxygen and adjust flame.
28. How do you set up a new pipe for welding?
Surface preparation, support for pipes to be welded, tack weld, single run weld.
29. What is GPRJ GPO ILH electrodes? Low hydrogen electrode?
30. How do you select the correct current setting for welding?
31. Crank pin bearing clearance
32. Telescopic feeler gauge
It is also known as tongue gauge and it consists of long feeler gauge inside a cover with tongue or
curved edge. The long feeler strips protrude out of the cover so that it can be inserted in to remote
places where feeler gauge access is not possible.
33. Piston removal procedure
34. Welding defects?
Undercut, splatter, blow holes, slag inclusion, root penetration, fusion
35. Bridge gauge main bearing clearance
36. How does a Stud extractor work?
Punch drill, stud extractor, turn.
37. How does a chain block work?
Motion from hand chain transferred to load chain through gear arrangements. Rachet arrangement to
avoin slipping.
38. What are the safeties on cargo cranes?
Hoisting slewing luffing limit switches, overload protection, slack wire. Emergency stop.slip clutch
39. What are the safeties on ER crane?
port stbd fwd aft limit switch, overload trip, emergency stop,hoisting limit switch, chain slack,
40. How is the load controlled during lowering?
Regenerative breaking to prevent overspeed during lowering, reversible pole multi speed motor.
Friction brake. Plugging by reversing magnetic field flux or armature current, dynamic breaking
41. How is the E/R crane load tested?
42. Fuel valve not coming out?
43. Setting exhaust valve timing
44. Pumps overhaul?
45. Type of drill bits?
HSS, Brad point drill, masonry drill, spade drill, counter shank bits, self centering bits, oil bore, centre
bore, taper shank, twist dirll
46. Types of threads?
BSP britsish standard pipe, BSW british standard whitworth, winch thread, metric thread, square
thread, v thread, acme thread.
47. Pipe Schedule?
Wall thickness, 5/10/30/40/80/160
48. Important dimensions of flanges? Types of flanges?
Od , Id, PCD, no of bolts, bolt circle dia, bolt dia, thickness of flange, welded, slip on, blind, threaded,
reducing beck flange, spectacle flange,
49. Indications of scavenge fire? What action will you take?
50. Where are wear rings used? What is their purpose?
Centrifugal pumps,
51. Boiler gauge glass? Reflex type? Blow through procedure?
Reflex type- single glass.
52. ISSA code book?
53. SG hunting gear?
54. Axe blade? How fitted?
Blade edges pointing outwards.
55. Load test?
56. SCBA pressure testing
every 5 yrs, hyd pr test,
57. Welding surface preparation
mill scale, weathering, pickling, flame cleaning, shot blasting, edge preparation,
58. No water in GG, What will be the action?
59. Flaring tool expanding the end pipe section
60. What is an armato joint?
61. Why is a copper gasket annealed?
Heated by flame and cooled suddenly for softening
62. How will you supervise a lub oil filter cleaning?
Engine shut, c/o to secondary filter,
63. What precautions have to be taken during cleaning of SW line filters?
Isolation, drain, vent, cleaning,fitting back, filling, venting,
64. What is a Dead mans alarm?
Fitted in E/R must be acknowledged every 15 minutes, must be activated when entering ER during
ums condition. If not acknowledged would give an alarm on bridge.
65. What will be your action if your Reliever appears drunk?
Do not hand over watch, inform chief engineer.
66. Your oiler appears drunk. What is your action?
Relieve him of work, call another oiler, inform chief engineer.
67. Compound gauge.
68. Method of blowing through gauge glass.
69. Pump shaft broken?
Suggest repairs. Spare available change, not available order for new.
70. What is Gear Back Lash?
71. What are different types of gears seen in ship?
Bevel, spur, worm, planetary, helical, rack and pinion
72. What is hunting tooth?
Relative prime no of tooth on each gear, any tooth on one gear will contact all tooth on other gear,
uniform wear and load distribution
73. What is gear oil different others?
Load carrying capacity, resitance to oxidation and degradation,resistance to rust, resistance to
faoming
74. What are the different types of Taps and Dies?
Taps- rough(taper, plug, finishing), intermediate, fine tap.internal threading, die-external- adjustable
and solid.
75. Why do you take Ullages? How do you calculate liquid quantity?
76. What is VRF?
Variable refrigerant flow
77. What do you check up while opening piston?
78. 0n quick closing closing valve operation? Why do you shut the valve again before
opening?
79. Start airline getting hot. What action?
80. Draw a LS of ball bearing fitted on a shaft.
81. What is lip seal?
Sketch.
82. Sketch a mechanical seal.
83. Exhaust bellow sketch?
84. What is a dresser coupling?
85. What is Bumping Clearance? How do you measure it?
86. Why is a centrifugal pump started with its discharge valve shut?
87. How will you align a pump to its motor?
88. What checks will you make on a bottom end bearing bolt?
89. How do you measure ovality of a crank pin?
90. How does hydraulic tightening work?
91. Why is the jack turned back a little while slackening?
92. What will you check in Under Piston space inspection?
93. How will you do crankcase inspection?
94. Shipside valve is leaking into E/R. What will you do?
95. What is the starting procedure for COPT?
96. How to reduce prcssure in SCABA.
97. Portable CO2 extinguisher (test pressure)
98. Checks while O/H centrifugal pump.
99. Checks on steering gear before departure.
100. Steering motor stripped out,actions taken.
101. Vessel is at anchorage for a month (outside the port) engine room is flooding
suddenly. What actions will you take’?
102. Why are indicator cards taken and how many cards are there?
Draw. Power card, compression dia, draw card, light spring.
103. How to indicate if power is reduced in the diagram?
104. ISM code in which SOLAS chapter’?
chapter 9.
105. Any pump overhaul (Screw, gear, centrifugal)
106. Removal of broken stud from pump casing.
107. Fire main system.
108. Pump not taking suction, reasons.
Suction valve shut, hole in the line, air ingres from gland of pump or valve, npsh low, impeller
damaged, priming system not working, obstruction in suction line,
109. L.O. Test onboard.
Alkalinity, water content, drop, viscosity, contamination
110. Checking of connecting rod.
111. Gland packing.
112. Cargo hold bilges, action.
ODMCS, Not to be mixed with E/R bilges. Slop tanks.
113. How to repair hole damage within pump?
114. Heavy weather, actions taken.
115. White metal found in C/C. What are actions taken.
Take all bearing clearances, identify source of white metal. Remedial actions.
116. PMS.
Planned maintenance system, time based running hours, reduced down time, efficient utilization of
labor, spares required can be preorderd, specialized work required can be pre ordered.
117. E/R crane maintenance.
118. M/E liner removal.
119. A/E bearing removal, installation.
120. Checks made after removal of cyl head.
Pressure testing, crack testing, valve seat, injector seats, all mountings to be checked.
121. Crankshaft Deflection.
122. Emergency fire pump overhaul.
123. Liner removal.
124. Piston removal.
125. Connecting Rod removal.
126. 20 points in A/E Crankcase Inspection, when its is taken.
127. State reasons for scale formation in boilers. Reasons and effects.
Presence of calcium and magnesium carbonates, sea water ingress, dissolved solids, overdosing, use
of shore water, improper or inadequate chemical dosing, insufficient blow down. Effects- low
conductor of heat, reduction in heat transfer, overheating of tubes, boiler collapse, steam production
reduces, thermal efficiency reduces, quality of steam reduces, pitting corrosion, acidic corrosion.
128. If water level in boiler gauge glass can not be seen , what action will you take?
129. Before taking water in boilers, what will be checked by you?
130. What action will you take if you observe oil in hot well?
Leaking tank heating coils or heat exchangers, if lube oil then check lo heater steam outlet valve and
take sample from drain. If fo- check main engine fuel oil heater, tank drains, boiler fuel oil heater.
Remedies- trace fault, rectify. Filters in hotwell, skimming from top, skimming line, draining from top,
siphoning by siphon tube in observation tank.Absorbent pads, news paper. Do not blow down boiler,
surface blow down, do not blow down gauge glass,scum blow down, coagulants, maintain high
alkalinity.
131.How many safety valves are there in a boiler?
132. How will you press up boiler from cold state?
What is to be checked and done before bring?
133. What tests are carried out for boiler water?
Alkalinity, ph test, total dissolved solids, conductivity, chlorides, phosphates, sulphites, hardness,
dissolved o2, hydrazine test.
134. How much chloride content it present? How to reduce’?
<200ppm, blow down.
135. How many blow down valves are fitted in boiler?
136. If oil is present in boiler, what action will you take’?
137. Effect of vacuum in boiler.
Boiler will implode, collapse. To avoid open vents before full blowdown.
138. How do you find out that tube is leaking in a boiler?
White smoke in funnel, loss of water
139. What are the sequenced of auto firing during starting and stopping?
140. State cause of back fire.
oil dripping from fuel injector/atomizer, combustible gases accumulated in boiler furnace, improper pre
purging, improper post purging, improper fuel preparation, manual start bypass purging,
141. How will you blow through a boiler gauge glass?
142. What tests are done on boiler water and why?
143. How will you test the boiler water’?
144. What does the term pH value mean?
145. What are the maximum values of alkalinity, pH value and chloride? What types of feed
pump is fitted for a boiler?
10.5 to 11 ph. <200ppm, multistage centrifugal pump, water cooled.
146. If during blow through we find no water in a boiler, what action will you take?
147. State safety device on a Boiler.
Safety valves, gauge glasses, blow down valves, water level alarms,feed water regulator, check
valves, scum valves, drains and vents.
148. How often is a boiler blown down and procedure?
Partial every day.
149. Lift of a boiler safety valve
. At least 1/4th of the valve bore.
150. State difference between smoke and water tube boilers.
Smoke tube- combustion gases inside tubes,low efficiency, uneconomic, large size. Water tube- small
size, economic, steam generation high, efficiciency high, water inside tubes.
