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Q1. Whilst approaching dock gates, the main engines refused to respond to bridge control, driving ahead instead of braking astern, until the bow made contact with the dock wall.  As Chief Engineer, report to head office why the engines failed to respond to Bridge control, the temporary measure instituted to avoid further trouble on this voyage and suggesting permanent measures to avoid repetition in the future.

Q2. You are the Chief Engineer of a ship with four engineers and six engine crew members.  How would you set up a fire-fighting team & verify its effectiveness?

Q3. You are the chief engineer of a vessel that has suffered a minor fire in the engine room that burned off the wiring to essential pumps. Temporary repairs were made to get the vessel underway. Write a letter to the company head office describing the incident as to how the fire took place and what corrective and preventive steps have you taken. What arrangements do you suggest to affect a permanent repair at the next port of call?

Q4. On a ship, you are employed as Chief Engineer.  The vessel has UMS system for controlling engine room and a central scanning and data logging system for monitoring.  Explain the special attention you will pay to the specific data and formulate a chart for condition monitoring.  Highlight the tools in computer application you will use for making graphical representation of the salient points, which will enable trend analysis.

Q3. Explain the associated key factors and activities to ensure PMS on board ships and ISM code with the following terms

A. Corrective action process; B. Developing and improving maintenance records; C. Systematic approach of maintenance; D. Maintenance intervals; E. Inspections

Q2. With reference to record keeping onboard, discuss (i) the necessity of proper filing (ii) efficient control of follow up and verification activities (iii) accident investigation. Describe a situation onboard, which will highlight the importance of record keeping of above three cases.

Q7. What are the ongoing developments at IMO with respect to the technical and operational measures to be invoked on board ships for combating greenhouse gas emissions from ships?

Q8. You as a Chief Engineer are asked by your company to carry out internal audit of the deck-department under the ISM Code. How would you carry out the audit & which areas would you lay emphasis on during the audit?

Q9. The vessel of which you are Chief Engineer suffers grounding. Write a report to be forwarded to the Superintendent of the company about the surveys and inspections subsequently carried out when the vessel was dry-docked in a foreign port.