Annex I
1. Explain OPA – 90 Legislation
2. List out the equipment that should be available in SOPEP locker
3. What records are maintained in Oil Record Book Part I & Part II?
4. List the special areas as per MARPOL Annex I
5. Explain the criteria for discharge of oil from machinery spaces of a ship as per
MARPOL Annex I
6. Explain the criteria for discharge of oil from cargo spaces of an oil Tanker as per
MARPOL Annex I
7. What is Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA?)
8. Explain Segregated Ballast Tank,Special Areas, Port State Control
9. Explain What are the factors to be adhered when operating an Oily Water Separator?
10. What is a SOPEP? What does it contain?
Annex II
11. What records are maintained in Cargo Record Book?
12. Explain the various pollution categories into which Noxious Liquid substances are
classified
13. What are the requirements of SMPEP as per MARPOL Annex II?
14. What are the discharge standards into sea for the discharge of residue/ water mixture
of Noxious Liquid Substances?
15. What are the discharge standards for the discharge of residues of Noxious Liquid
Substances?
16. What is the purpose and content of P and A Manual?
Annex III
17. What are the requirements regarding Packing, Marking, Labeling and Documentation
of Harmful Substances in Package form as per MARPOL Annex III?
Annex IV
18. Describe International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate with respect to
Surveys, Issuance of Cert., Form of Cert., Duration and validity of Cert.
19. Explain the criteria for discharge of Sewage from ships as per MARPOL Annex IV
20. What is ISPP Certificate & its validity?
21. What are provisions in MARPOL for discharging Sewage using following systems:-
22. i) Sewage Commuting and Disinfecting system
ii) Holding tank system for retention of Sewage.
23. Define Sewage
24. Explain a Sewage Treatment Plant.
Annex V
25. List the designated Special Areas for Annex V of MARPOL
26. Define following: - i) Garbage ii) Operational waste
27. What is the garbage that is permitted to be discharged into the Baltic Sea and under
what conditions?
28. Explain the criteria for discharge of Garbage from ships as per MARPOL Annex V
29. What is the criterion for ship-board garbage discharged at sea outside special areas?
30. Explain Garbage Management Plan.
31. Write short note on:
Garbage Management Plan
Garbage Record Book
Annex VI
32. Describe the MARPOL requirements for Shipboard Incineration to control pollution by
emission from ship.
33. What are the provisions in MARPOL to control pollution by Sulphur oxides and
particulate matter?
34. What are the requirements of VOC management Plan?
35. Explain the criteria for NOx emissions from ships as per MARPOL Annex VI.
36. Explain the criteria for Sox emissions from ships as per MARPOL Annex VI.
37. What is IAPP Certificate and its validity.
38. List the Emission Control Areas (ECA) as per MARPOL Annex VI
39. Explain the operating limits for a shipboard Incinerator.
40. Explain the information contained in “Bunker Delivery Note”.
41. What are the emissions from the ship which are included in Annex VI of Marpol?
42. Draw a shipboard Incinerator and explain its working?
43. What are provisions in MARPOL for controlling pollution by Volatile Organic
Compounds?
44. Explain the criteria for Sox & NOx emissions from ships as per MARPOL Annex VI.
Ballast Water Management
45. Why is it necessary to manage Ballast water before arriving loading port?
46. What are the conditions to satisfy while carrying out ballast water exchange?
47. Explain a Ballast Water Treatment system.
48. Describe D1 and D2 standard of Ballast water management.
49. What records are required to be maintained as per BWM convention?
Anti-fouling Systems convention
50. Why is it necessary to control use of Anti fouling paint on the hull of ship?
51. What are the alternate anti-fouling systems available?
52. Explain the IMO regulation for Anti Fouling Paints.
53. Describe the harmful effects of Anti fouling paint which led to International Convention
on Anti fouling paint.
54. What are the alternative systems to Antifouling paints having TBT?
NPDES/SHIP RECYCLING/NRC
55. Explain National Response Centre with respect to pollution prevention.
56. Explain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of US
57. Clean Water Act
58. Describe the National Response System of the US Coast Guard.
59. How are ships recycled in Developing Countries?
60. Enumerate the main operational discharges to be monitored under Vessel General
Permit of the NPDES
