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Q1. With reference to SOLAS 74 amendments 2000, maintenance plan is to be kept on-board ship for firefighting system, Enumerate the list of fire protection system and fire-fighting systems and appliances, which will be required to be included in the maintenance plan. B. Training manual as required by SOLAS 74 amendments 2000, Chapter II-2 contains instructions and information with respect to fire fighting. List the same and their significance.

Q2. The international Safety Management (ISM) Code requires involvement and responsibility of the company in enforcing “emergency preparedness” procedures for a ship and its personnel. What advantage does it have under ISM Code? Describe the duties of the company in: - A. Forming the emergency team; B. Emergency situations; C. Maintaining contact between ship and office. D. Use of ship’s relevant information.

Q5. With reference to oil monitoring of bilge and tanker ballast discharges:

A. Describe with the aid of a sketch the general arrangement of an oil monitoring system;

B.  State the inputs that are recorded;

C. Explain the difficulties encountered with the efficient operation of the monitoring systems.

Q6. With reference to an automatic water sprinkler, fire detecting alarm and extinguishing system for accommodation spaces: -

A. (i) Sketch a typical system;

(ii) Describe the operation of this system;

B. State the sources of water available;

C. Describe the sprinkler head and its operation;

D. State how the temperature rating of the sprinkler head is determined.

Q2. What are NOX & SOX limitations as per Annex VI of MARPOL. B. Briefly describe methods to control NOx emission and SOX emission.

Q6: A. the UMS monitoring and control system of your ship has recently started to give false alarms and incorrect data printouts. State, with reasons, possible causes if the false alarms and reading are: I. Localized to a particular area of engine operation; ii. General to the engine room; B. State, with reasons, the action you, as Second Engineer, would take to ensure continued safe operation of the vessel if the defects were general to the engine room. C. Explain the procedure you, as Second Engineer, would adopt in order to locate and rectify a general fault in the UMS system.

Q4. A. Sketch a simplified circuit that may be incorporated in a control panel for an array of fire detectors.

B. Describe the following features that may be found in a control panel for fire detectors:

i) Audible fire alarm circuits;

ii) Identification, of zone of fire;

iii) Automatic change, over from normal power supply

Q8. As a second engineer officer, State the instruction and training you would give to staff under your control for the following situation: - A. Entry into enclosed spaces. B. Precaution that must be observed whilst personnel are in the space and the action to be taken in the event of an accident. C. Rescue of a person overcome by fumes in a confined space such as pump room.

Q9. With reference to a lifeboat gravity davit arrangement: A. Sketch the arrangement showing the lifeboat both in the housed position and at its maximum point of outboard travel; B. Describe the lowering and raising of life boat stating the safety features and the requirement as per SOLAS 74, with respect to time for hoisting.