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Q7. Discuss the following with respect to International Safety Management (ISM) code:

A. Emergency preparedness, drills and training;

B. Reporting of near miss, non-conformities, accidents/incidents and hazardous occurrences;

C. Risk assessment

D. Identification of critical equipment, tests and minimum spares requirement.

Q8. Briefly discuss the following with respect to safety of navigation:

A. Bridge Navigation Watchkeeping Alarm System (BNWAS)

B. Long Range Identification and Tracking of ships (LRIT)

C. Voyage Simplified Voyage Recorder (VDR/S-VDR)

Q3. With reference to SOLAS Ch-XII (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers);

A. Damage stability requirements for bulk carriers;

B.  Structural requirements for bulk carriers;

C. Water ingress alarms.

Q4. With reference to MARPOL Annex IV; A. Draw a biological sewage treatment plant and explain the principal of operation B. Periodical maintenance and checks and tests required to be done to verify the effectiveness of the above system.

Q3.  A vessel is due for International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate renewal survey and company instructed to offer this vessel for survey at next port of call.

A. As a 2nd Engineer officer of above mentioned vessel, what all checks you carry out and how you prepare for the IOPP renewal survey.

B.  What records, procedures, certificates etc., you will keep ready for attending surveyor verification.

Q6.  Discuss the following with respect to MARPOL Annex-1. A. Tanks for oil residue. B. Oil fuel tank protection C. Oil filtering equipment.

Q3. Explain the principle of port State control and give in detail the verification the Port State Control Officer may carry out with particular reference to the following;

A. Emergency generator; B. Auxiliary steering gear; C. Lifeboat engine; D. Bilge pumps; E. SOPEP.

Q6. A. Explain the principles underlying the STCW Convention;

B. Explain how as a senior engineer you would implement the regulation for controlling and monitoring of minimum hours of rest for watch keepers;

C. What type of specific shipboard familiarization is required to be given to a seafarer new to a particular type of vessel?

Q9. A. State the instructions you as Second Engineer will give to watch keepers with respect to boiler uptake fire;

B. State how the incidence of uptake fires may be minimized.

C. State the reasons for blow-back from the furnace of an auxiliary boiler.

D. State the standing instructions you might have received from your Chief Engineer With respect to the avoidance of boiler furnace blow-back.