大副航海英语船员考证题库试卷(1)
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A flashing light is a light that ().
- A.flashes at regular intervals at a frequency of 120 flashes or more per minute
- B.is yellow in color
- C.is visible over an arc of the horizon of not less than 180° nor more than 225°
- D.All of the above
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Allowances may be made for the expansion and contraction in piping by the use of expansion joints or ().
- A.Unions
- B.Retractable flanges
- C.Union bulkhead fittings
- D.Bends or loops in the line
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You see a vessel displaying three lights in a vertical line.The highest and lowest lights are red and the middle light is white.She is also showing a white light at the stern，which is lower than the forward light.It could be a ().
- A.Survey vessel
- B.Vessel not under command
- C.Vessel aground
- D.Pilot vessel with port side to you
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For optimum stability during jacking operations，mat ballast tanks or spud cans should be ().
- A.empty
- B.fully ballasted
- C.partially ballasted
- D.sealed
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A vessel will NOT show sidelights when ().
- A.underway but not making way
- B.making way，not under command
- C.not under command，not making way
- D.trolling underway
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A mercurial barometer at sea is subject to rapid variations in height(”pumping”)due to the pitch and roll of the vessel.To avoid this error，measurements of atmospheric pressure at sea are usually measured with a(n)().
- A.Syphon barometer
- B.Cistern barometer
- C.Aneroid barometer
- D.Fortin barometer
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()is where the crew eat their meals.
- A.the funnel
- B.the messroom
- C.the galley
- D.the satellite antenna
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If a davit-launched life raft aboard a vessel cannot be launched because of damage to the davit，you should ().
- A.inflate the life raft on deck
- B.roll the life raft over the side
- C.go to another life raft station
- D.get a saw and cut the life raft free
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The term flood current refers to that time when the water ().
- A.is flowing towards the land
- B.is moving towards the ocean
- C.level is not changing
- D.level is rising because of heavy rains
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Fighting a fire in the galley poses the additional threat of ().
- A.contaminating food with extinguishing agent
- B.spreading through the engineering space
- C.loss of stability
- D.a grease fire in the ventilation system
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According to the “Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act” ，your radiotelephone log must contain _.
- A.a record of all routine calls
- B.a record of your transmissions only
- C.the home address of the vessel's Master or owner
- D.a summary of all distress calls and messages
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With damaged floating vessels，the most important consideration is the preservation of ().
- A.Bilge pumping capacity
- B.Reserve buoyancy
- C.Level attitude
- D.Instability
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The center of flotation of a vessel is ().
- A.The center of volume of the immersed portion of the vessel
- B.The center of gravity of the water plane
- C.That point at which all the vertical downward forces of weight are considered to be concentrated
- D.That point at which all the vertical upward forces of buoyancy are considered to be concentrated
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Advise you () engines
- A.stop
- B.to stop
- C.stopping
- D.stopped
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If the survival craft is not loaded to full capacity，the personnel should be ______.
- A.loaded more on the port side forward
- B.loaded equally on both sides with more forward
- C.loaded equally on both sides with more aft
- D.allowed to sit anywhere
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A cargo that has a stowage factor over 40 CBF per M/T is known as a ______.
- A.Hygroscopic cargo
- B.Measurement cargo
- C.Stowage cargo
- D.Weight cargo
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Which current is responsible for the movement of icebergs into the North Atlantic shipping lanes _____ .
- A.Iceland Current
- B.Baltic Current
- C.Labrador Current
- D.Baffin Current
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These vessels are all ()for Shanghai.
- A.arriving
- B.bound
- C.loading
- D.discharging
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()refers to the amount of water vapour in the air.
- A.humidity
- B.temperature
- C.precipitation
- D.wind
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This certificate is issued under the authority of the said Government，and it will remain in ______ until Jan 1 2008.
- A.Strength
- B.Power
- C.Force
- D.Stress
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Considering the general circulation of the atmosphere，the wind system between latitudes 30°N and 60°N is commonly called the ().
- A.Prevailing westerlies
- B.Horse latitudes
- C.Trade winds
- D.Subpolar low pressure belts
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When making up a tow connection，you should use ______.
- A.safety hooks
- B.plain eye hooks
- C.round pin shackles
- D.screw pin shackles
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In restricted visibility a towed vessel must sound a fog signal when it is ().
- A.the last vessel in the tow
- B.the last vessel in the tow and it is carrying a crew
- C.manned，regardless of its position in the tow
- D.None of the above are correct
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The Master or person in charge of a ship is required to log ______.
- A.the names of all persons on board
- B.only the names of the crew members on board
- C.only the names of passengers on board
- D.information on emergency training drills
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The difference between the height of the metacenter and the height of the center of gravity is known as the ().
- A.metacentric height
- B.height of the righting arm
- C.fore and aft perpendicular
- D.height of the center of buoyancy
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The Master of the inward bound vessels shall on coming within VHF radio range of Bahrain Port Control give the vessel's ETA at ______.
- A.Alba
- B.Bapco
- C.ASRY
- D.Sitra Beacon
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What should you do with your emergency position indicating radio beacon if you are in a lifeboat during storm conditions ().
- A.Bring it inside the liferaft and leave it on
- B.Bring it inside the liferaft and turn it off until the storm passes
- C.Leave it outside the liferaft and leave it on.
- D.Leave it outside the liferaft and turn it off
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In writing up the logbook at the end of your watch，you make an error in writing an entry.What is the proper means of correcting this error ________.
- A.Cross out the error with a single line，and write the correct entry，then initial it
- B.Carefully and neatly erase the entry and rewrite it correctly
- C.Remove this page of the log book，and rewrite all entries on a clean page
- D.Blot out the error completely and rewrite the entry correctly
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Give all traffic a good safe berth obeying the Int.Rules.This wording is likely to appear in ______.
- A.Decklogs
- B.Night Orders
- C.Wheel Orders
- D.B/L
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The largest of the navigational planets is ().
- A.Mars
- B.Venus
- C.Jupiter
- D.Saturn
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During daylight savings time the meridian used for determining the time is located farther ().
- A.West in west longitude and east in east longitude
- B.East in west longitude and west in east longitude
- C.West
- D.East
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For safety reasons，when assistance towing ______.
- A.the disabled vessel should be towed to the nearest port
- B.the disabled vessel should be inspected for flammable gases
- C.passengers should always be removed from the disabled vessel
- D.personnel on the disabled vessel should don PFD's
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No deduction is allowed for the() mess-room in ships having passenger accommodation，which are not also provided with a passengers' mess-room
- A.Officer
- B.Officers
- C.Officer's
- D.Officers’
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You are on a cargo vessel carrying portable tanks of dangerous cargoes in bulk.Which statement is TRUE ()_.
- A.If the tanks are pumped out while remaining on board，each hose connection must have a minimum of three bolts
- B.If the tanks are off loaded，no more than two tanks may be lifted together in a hoist
- C.When transferring sulfuric acid，you must display a red flag by day whether at anchor or moored
- D.All electrical equipment within 10 feet horizontally must be explosion proof or intrinsically safe
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The term restricted visibility，when used in the Rules，refers to ().
- A.Situations when you can see vessels on radar that you cannot see visually
- B.Visibility of less than half a mile
- C.Any condition where visibility is restricted
- D.Visibility where you cannot see shore
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Swell is the rise and fall of the ocean's surface due to ().
- A.Fetch
- B.Distant winds
- C.Local storms
- D.The pull of the moon
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You should FIRST treat a simple fracture by ().
- A.Attempting to set the fracture
- B.Preventing further movement of the bone
- C.Applying a tourniquet
- D.Alternately applying hot and cold compresses
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A sidereal day is shorter than a solar day.This difference is due to ().
- A.irregularities in the daily rotational rate of the Sun
- B.the space motion of the solar system
- C.the precession of the equinoxes
- D.the use of different reference points
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River currents tend to ().
- A.Pick up speed where the channel widens
- B.Run slower in the center of the channel
- C.Hug the inside of a bend
- D.Cause the greatest depth of water to be along the outside of a bend
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Water may boil up around the stern of a vessel in a channel due to ().
- A.slack water when upbound
- B.shallow water
- C.a cross current
- D.a head current
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Place names used should be those ______.
- A.specified by international authorities
- B.specified by national authorities
- C.on standard map
- D.on the chart or Sailing Directions in use
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Which condition would NOT entitle a vessel to carry goods on deck ().
- A.The shipper agrees to deck stowage
- B.The cargo will damage other cargoes by tainting or contamination
- C.Deck stowage is required by law or regulation
- D.Deck stowage is customary in the trade (i.e.timber cargoes)
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The rules require which factor to be taken into account when determining safe speed ().
- A.The construction of the vessel
- B.The experience of the vessel's crew
- C.The location of vessels detected by radar
- D.All of the above
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What is required to be posted in the pilothouse of a vessel ().
- A.Certificate of Inspection
- B.Officer's licenses
- C.Muster List
- D.Vessel's Maneuvering Characteristics
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If you know that the vessel you are about to call on the VHF radio maintains a radio watch on both the working and the calling frequencies，which frequency should you call on ().
- A.Calling frequency
- B.Distress frequency
- C.Urgency frequency
- D.Working frequency
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When sending and receiving messages on the marine radio，confusion over unusual words can be avoided by using the ().
- A.Delimiter switch
- B.Standard phonetic alphabet
- C.Low power switch
- D.High power switch
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The speed at which a storm centre moves is the ().
- A.speed of movement
- B.speed of advance
- C.speed of storm
- D.storm movement speed
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() the jumbo everything is ready for loading
- A.Except
- B.Excepting
- C.Except for
- D.Except that
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In the Northern Hemisphere，an area of counterclockwise wind circulation surrounded by higher pressure is a ().
- A.Low
- B.High
- C.Warm front
- D.Cold front
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()is where delicious food is cooked.
- A.the funnel
- B.the messroom
- C.the galley
- D.the satellite antenna