BRIDGE EQUIPMENT & BRIDGE WATCHKEEPING QUESTION BANK FOR VIVA

1. What are the basic controls of Radar

2. What is the principle of working of a Radar
3. What are the types of radar used on ships
4. Which radar is used for SART signal detection
5. What are advantages/disadvantages/limitations of a radar
6. What is off course alarm
7. What is the use of a course recorder
8. What is GPS & what is it used for
9. How many satellites are used in a GPS system
10. What is DGPS
11. What is WGS 84 chart datum
12. What are the limitations of a GPS system
13. What alarms can you set in GPS
14. What is the use of a speed log
15. What are the different types of logs
16. What precautions, should be taken with regards to speed log while entering & leaving a dry dock
17. What is a Doppler log
18. What is the use of an AIS
19. What are the different types of AIS data
20. Should a navigator use AIS for collision avoidance
21. Which equipment is basically used for collision avoidance
22. What are the limitations of AIS
23. What is LRIT & what is it used for
24. What is VDR
25. What is S-VDR
26. What kind of data will be recorded automatically by a VDR/S-VDR
27. What is BNWAS & what is it used for
28. When can we switch off BNWAS
29. What is the maximum dormant period of a BNWAS system
30. Who can set the time limit of a BNWAS system & how
31. What are the different alarm stages of a BNWAS system
32. What data will be transmitted by LRIT
33. What is ECDIS & use of ECDIS
34. What are ENC’s
35. Difference between Raster & Vector charts
36. What are the limitations of ECDIS
37. What are the advantages of ECDIS
38. What are the different types of log books used on bridge
39. What are the duties of OOW, Master, Lookout, Helmsman & Pilot
40. Does the pilot have command of the ship at any time
41. When should a master be called by the OOW
42. List the preparations before arrival in port
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43. List the preparations before port departure

44. What will do as an OOW when the ships encounters Restricted Visibility
45. What will you do as an OOW when the ships enters restricted waters
46. What are the duties of OOW at anchor
47. How will you take over/hand over a navigation watch
48. Which places on the ship will you find a Gyro repeater
49. What will you do as an OOW when the pilot is on the bridge
50. What are ship reporting systems