Rajesh's Orals Questions

Student Name: RAJESH KUMAR

Course: EOOW

Surveyors Name: Mr.Peter Sara

MCA: Southampton, 15TH SEP 2008

1 TELLME ABOUT TAKING OVER WATCH.
2 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SHIP.
3 TELL ME ABOUT CONTROL ROOM DOCUMENTS.
4 PURPOSE OF OIL RECORD BOOK.
5 ENTRY IN OIL RECORD BOOK.
6 TELL ME OILY WATER SEPERATOR OPERATION.
7 OILY WATER DISCHARGE WATER CAN YOU SEE OIL IN THAT.
8 ENGINE STARTING FROM COLD.
9 JACKET WATER TEMPERATURE.
10 PARALLELING OF GENERATOR.
11 HOW YOU WILL FIND EARTHFAULT.
12 HOW RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.
13 YOUR 440V PANEL HAVE EARTHFAULT WHAT YOU WILL DO.
14 ANY SWITCH YOU PUT ON BEFORE PRALLELING.
15 IF YOU SEE IN CONTROL ROOM NO VOLT IN VOLTMETER TELL ME THE REASON.
16 TELL ME HOW GENERATOR WORKS.
17 WHEN YOU WILL CLOSE BREAKER IN AFTER SYNCHRONISING WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH INCOMING GENERATOR.
18 WHY SYNCHROSCOPE TURNS IN SLIGHTLY FAST DIRECTION.
19 TELL ME MAIN SWITCH BORD SAFETIES.
20 HOW MAGNETIC FIELD IS GENERATED IN GENERATOR.
21 WHEN YOU WILL CLOSE THE AIR VENT OF BOILER TELL ME PRESSURE.
22 BLOW DOWN GAUGE GLASS.
23 FLASHING UP BOILER AFTER MANTAINENCE.
24 HOW MANY GAUGE GLASSES IN BOILER.
25 HOW MANY MINUTES YOU WILL PURGE THE BOILER FOR FIRST STARTING.
26 GAUGE GLASS WATER LEVEL FOR FIRST STARTING LEVEL (IN CMS.)
27 WHY WE OPEN DRAIN VALVE OF STEAM LINE.
28 WHY INDICATOR COCK OPENED BEFORE STARTING
29 IF WATER COMING FROM INDICATOR COCK TELL ME REASON.
30 TELL ME IN CHAINBLOCK WHAT IS IMPORTANT THING.
31 BUNKER PROCEDURE.
32 TELL ME BUNKER CHECK LIST.
33 CODE OF SAFE WORKING PRACTICES.
34 HOW YOU WILL ADJUST FREQUENCY OF BOTH RUNING GENERATOR.
35 ENCLOSED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURE.
36 MAIN ENGINE SAFETY AND INTERLOCK.
37 FIXED FIRE FIGHITING SYSTEM.

Duration: 1 Hour Result: Pass

Lohani's Orals Questions

Name : Chandra Shekhar Lohani
Course : EOOW
Surveyors Name: Mr. Peter Sara

MCA : Southampton,22/Sept/2008
Time : 11.45 am

1. Documents Checks, Passport, CDC, TAR Book.(Particularly Record book and Tasks)
2. General talks on what kind of ships you have done, tonnage, power.
3. Taking over the watch….full round of the engine room.
4. What important documents will you find in the Control room.Why do we have the log book?
5. What will you do after finishing pumping out bilges?(Entry in Oil Record Book)
6. Who all can sign in the Oil Record Book?
7. How will you pump out OIL overboard?(cannot pump out oil)
8. Before starting up Boiler from Cold what documents are required to be checked?(ensure all work permits have been cancelled)
9. Procedure to flash up boiler from cold.What is water hammering?
10. Boiler Safeties.
11. What will you do if you find the boiler Safety valve leaking?
12. How will you come to know if there is a leak in the steam heating coil of Fuel oil Tank? (observation tank)
13. Main engine cold start.
14. If while blowing through you see oil coming out of one of the indicator cocks…what could be the reason?
15. Take generator onload.(Generator Already started)
16. If both generators are running in parallel and frequency of one generator is higher than the other......what will you do?
17. Generator Trips.
18. What type of fire extinguishers do you have onboard your ship?
19. What is DCP?
20. What is ISM?
21. What is COSWP?Safety Signs and symbols.
22. High main bearing temperature alarm of main engine,what will be your action?
23. Action in case of big fire in the engine room .
24. Prepare to receive bunkers.
25. Enclosed space entry all aspects.

Time taken - 30 mins Result- Pass.

Tanmoy's Orals Questions

Name : Tanmoy Mitra
Course : EOOW
Surveyors Name: Mr. D.A.Thorington.
MCA : Southampton,08/Sept/2008
1) Describe your ship.
2) Describe the Machinery onboard.
3) Describe taking over watch procedure.
4) What type of extinguisher is used fro MSB fire?
5) What special features on MSB enables application of this extinguisher?
6) Action to be taken when MSB Fire cannot be bought under control

7) Indication ,Causes,and action of scavenge fire affecting one unit.

8) What steps are taken to control scavenge fire affecting more than one unit?

9) After a few days of successfully tackling a scavenge fire,a M/E unit shows high bearing temperature,followed by an OMD alarm,What condition is generating in the engine?

10)Cause and action to be taken to curb the occurance of a crankcse explosion.

11)Routine Checks on a Purifier

12)Causes of over flow

13) Steering gear pre-departure checks

14) What effect will air in the system cause?

15) What are the features checked in a Steering gear drill and what is the frequency of occurance?

16)Procedure for pumping out machinery space bilges

17)How to test for the correct functioning of the 15 ppm monitor?

18)Regulations for discharge

19)Bilge level not going down

20)Centrifugal pump not taking suction

21) Unexpected Bilge level rising,Actions to be taken

22)Alternator Engine starting procedure

23)What parameters are to be checked?

24)One unit showing Low Exhaust temperature,Reason

25)How do you test an injector?

26)Synchronising generators.

27)How is load sharing affected?

28)Safety trips on the MSB

29)Describe the preferential trip giving the sequence of load shedding.

30)How to start Air Compressor in Manual mode?

31)Reason for draining Air bottles.

32)Boiler Routine Checks.

33)Starting up Boiler from cold.

34)Safety trips on Boiler.

35)Reasons for Pre-purging of Boiler.

36)Procedure for blowing through the gauge glass.

37)Actions to be taking is gauge glass is showing low water level.

38)How will you release excess steam pressure from the boiler?

39)At what pressure is the Boiler Safety Valve set.

40)Checks to be carried out on the Energency generator.

41)What load is the Emergency generator automatically supposed to take up.

42)What is the ISM code?

43)How is it implemented on the Ship?

44)Who is the DPA ?

45)What are his functions?

46)Checks before CO2 flooding?

47)Procedure for re-entry.

48)What is COSWP?

49)Checks before enclosed place enrty?

50)Dangers present in enclosed space.

51) What are the MSNs?

Time taken - 50 mins Result - Pass

Awanikant's Oral Questions

Name : Awanikant Bhartiya
Course : EOOW
Surveyor : M. Turrek
MCA: Southampton, 01-09-2008


1) Tell your watch round
2) What are PPEs
3) What will be the pressure of HP, LP and LO in A/C compressor
4) What type of refrigerant did you use on your ship
5) What are the colors of exhaust you will find on funnel and explain the cause?
6) What is the speciality you will find in lighting arrangement in acetylene room?
7) What will be the minimum temperature of furnace in incinerator and why?
8) What will be the temperature and pressure of fuel oil in boiler?
9) If you see one gauge glass is full of water and another is half filled, what will you do?
10) How will you physically blow through the gauge glass?
11) What type of fire fighting equipment you will find on boiler platform?
12) Why steering room is separated from engine room?
13) What are the steering checks?
14) If hot work is going on in the workshop, what are the things you will checks?
15) On generator what will be the temp. and pressure of FO, LO, air and cooling water?
16) What is the specialty you will find in the service settling tank draining system?
17) How will you check lube Oil storage tank?
18) Why spring loaded valves are fitted in the gauging system?
19) What should be the temperature of fuel oil for main engine?
20) What should be the vacuum and sea water inlet and outlet temperature difference in FWG?
21) How are crosshead bearing lubricated?
22) What are the checks you will do in control room?
23) How will start a generator and parallel it with running generator?
24) What are indicator cock and its function?
25) While blowing through, water comes through indicator cock. What will you do?
26) How will you unload a generator?
27) Why we off load a generator before zero?
28) What safety device is fitted to avoid motoring effect of alternator?
29) Taking all safety concern, how will you overhaul a big size air compressor?
30) How will you isolate the motor, if there is no locking system provided (consider about older ships)?
31) What is the frequency of lifting equipment checks?
32) What will you checks on wire straps?
33) What are the things you will check on piston?
34) How will you check piston ring clearance?
35) What are the indications of overheating on bearing?
36) How will you check bearing shell?
37) What should you do to minimize the fire risk in engine room?
38) What will you do if there is a small fire in engine room?
39) What will be your action, if fire becomes large?
40)What was the fix fire fighting system on your ship?
41) What are the fix fire fighting systems?
42) Why CFC (halon) type fire extinguisher is banned?
43) What will be your action in case of engine room flooding?
44)If C/E is not available, will you operate bilge injection valve?
45) What are the regulations for bilge overboard from engine room?
46)What are the entries you will make in oil record book?
47) What are the things that will minimize the oil pollution risk in engine room?
48)What is COSWP and why it is helpful?
49)What are M-notices?
50) What is ISM?
51) What is SMC?
52) What is MARPOL?
53) What is SOLAS?
54) How intermediate shaft bearing lubricated?

Time taken - 60 mins Result - Pass

Rupesh's Oral Questions

Name : Rupesh Kumar
Course : EOOW
Surveyors Name: Mr. R.M. Paddock
MCA : Southampton,01/Sept/2008

1) Machinery on board ship.
2) What type of ship it was?
3) During watch, what you will check on main engine cylinder top?
4) Indication of scavenge fire and actions to be taken.
5) Action when OMD alarm sounded.
6) Procedure for taking over watch.
7) Procedure for handing over watch.
8) If your reliever is drunk, will you hand over the watch?
9) Which type of fire extinguisher will you find on the boiler platform?
10) Procedure for boiler gauge glass blow through.
11) Boiler trips.
12) Pre-departure steering gear checks.
13) Regulation for rudder movement.
14) Emergency generator and emergency fire pump routine checks and testing.
15) Paralleling of generator and off-loading.
16) If voltage will not same, what will you do?
17) Alternator trips.
18) Preferential trips order.
19) In generator, exhaust temp of one unit is rising. What could be the cause?
20) What type of bilge pump did u have on your ship?
21) You have to transfer bilge from bilge well to bilge holding tank what will be the procedure? And where and what you record you will maintain?
22) Bilge water pumping out regulation.
23) Suppose you are transferring bilge well to bilge holding tank but level of bilge well is not going down what is the cause and what you will check.
24) If your bilge pump is of centrifugal pump how you will start the pump and before starting what you will check.
25) After stopping transfer what you will check.
26) Engine room is flooded what will be your immediate action.
27) On electrical fire which type of fire extinguisher will you use.
28) On oil fire which type of fire extinguisher you will use.
29) Disadvantage of DCP extinguisher.
30) What precaution should be taken while using co2 extinguisher.

Time Taken -30 mins Result : Pass