FROM 1 JAN 2020 TO 01 JAN 2021

ELECTRICAL
INT EXT QUESTIONS

1. Generator excitation

2. Function of D.O.L starter

SKD MITRA
3. What is droop and why it is

important

4. Relation between V and I in case of

purely inductive load.

5. HOW TO ADJUST POWER FACTOR?

1. Earth fault (cross ques & what is

the indications he is expecting to say abt low insulation meter)

2. Paralleling of gen.xxxxx

AK SINHA MITRA 3.thyristor (where u use )..xxx

4. Induction motor working (explain abt the short circuit arrangement in

rotor)

5. Trickle charging, hw much volt

u will give, hw will u find battery is charged, sp gravity of electrolite charg and
discharg condition.

6. Dol starter (single phase what will

happend)
7. NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERY
 1.) 2GEN IN PARALLEL BUT LOAD SHARING IS UN EQUAL. REASON?

2.) SYNC. MOTOR STARTING

CHAKI MITRA
3.)Dol starter. Wanted to know why

we require Dol?

4.)volt drop test for storage battery.

1.types of starter, explain star delta?

SKD 2.losses in transformer? When transformer not working which loss will occur?

3.alternator working everything?

4.msb safety?

5.hrc fuse?

1) diff btwn relay nd ACB nd what voltage relay nd ACB works..

2)what is earth fault...hw u cme to

know earth fault...hw to find which equipment is in earth fault..

RAO
3)what is multimeter nd Megger..
4) maintenance nd routines of

Alternator...hw will u take air

gap...which instrument.... then if is high what happens...

5) types of fuse...nd how will u check each type of fuse whether is blown or in
working condition...
Msb esb safety

Motor not staring

Steering gear regulations n safety of

motor

Avr

Under voltage overload trip how

daspot work

Open ckt short ckt

Earthing n founding it's foult

How to detect fault

3 phase motor vs single phase all

points

Hooper tank wing tank

Cargo hold fire detection system Fire main with diagram and isolation

valve

With diagram

Neutral, stable, unstable with

diagram.. metacentric height, free

surface effect with diagram Annex 4 criteria ...and all cross

questions

And 2,3 more

..

Msb safeties lots of cross questions

Battery

Charging

Discharging

Overcharged
 1. Preferential trip, setting of

preferential trip?

SKD BHOUMIK 2. Types of starter, which starter used mostly, what is stardelta starter ?

3. Portable electrical oment you carry on board ? What is

clampmeter ?

4. Paralleling of

generator, Synchronisation, why we close breaker between 11"clock & 12"clock

AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN ACB CLOSED AFTER 12

1 avr working and excitation system 2 current transformer

3 requirements for paralleling

AK SINHA MITRA
generator

4 battery maintenance

5 power factor and significance

1. Parallel operation of alternator's? 2. Two alternator's not sharing equal

KW load? Reasons.
SKD MITRA
3.Application of Synchronous motor?

Operation?

4.How to improve power factor other than using capacitor?

5. Why we use Direct on line starter?

 1 avr working and excitation

system
AK SINHA MITRA
2 current transformer

3 requirements for paralleling

generator

4 battery maintenance
5 power factor and significance

1. Synchronous Motor Working XX 2. Induction Motor Speed Control

CHAKI MITRA 3. Alternator Parallelism

4. KW same but Power factor different Reasons XX

5. Power factor XX

1. Parallel operation of alternator's? 2.Two alternator's not sharing equal KW load?

Reasons.
SKD MITRA 3.Application of Synchronous motor?

Operation?

4.How to improve power factor other

than using capacitor? 5.Why we use Direct on line starter?

1.kw same of both gen but power factor and voltage decreases?

Reasons?
SKD MITRA 2.method of starting

motor and explain

synchronous

3.purpose of dol starter??

4.Current transformer??
 1.reverse power effects and how to test.?
MITRA
2.what routines have You done on ship in electrical system.? I Said on generators.

3 overhauling of motor and what is your action if IR value found less than required?

4.MSB trips?

5. Automatic starting of emergency generator.(wanted to listen whole system and

arrangement).

1. How many generator nd there power what type of excitation system, value of
voltage supply to pole evry thing about excitation systm

MITRA 2 parlleling of generator, what are the thing should be equal for paralleling, how do
u come to knw that phase angle is equal, how to adjust frequency
3.Emergency battery
checks, what is rating, what is specific gravity at full charge nd discharge voltage
drop test how to carry out, I told cnct load to the battery, he ask how much load nd
so many x questions 4.EXi safe equipment, where fitted how it prevent fire, exact
voltage value provided for it 5.DOL starter working ,why not simple switch instead
of it. I told dol has safety arrangement related to overload, he ask what safety,
where it fitted in dol how it wORK FINALLY

1. Paralleling of generators
2. Groundfault - what arrangement for detection
RAM 3. Trickle charging
4. Alterntor maintenance
5. Clampmeter working principle
6. Alterntor specifications(power factor of alterntor onboard my ship)
7. True power ,reactive power
8. Why copper is used in cables (I^2R loss is minimum)

Dark lamp method of synchronising

AKC RKP Difference between construction of low speed alternator and turbo alternators
What will happen when one running generator gets offloaded
Difference between insulator and conductor with examples
MSb safeties
MSB LOCATION from bulkhead(regulation)
 1. Alternator brush less working ? What is undervoltage trip in alternator ?
AKC GAUNGLY 2. What is undervoltage trip ? Which motors don't have ?
3. What is thermal protection trip in electrical circuits ? How it works ?
4. What is thermistor ?
5. How is IR tested ? What voltage it produce ? In hand operated megger what
would happen if you rotate too fast?

1. Induction motor principle where used and law

CHAKI 2. Transformer working principle how flux is linked to secondary winding
3. Impedence
4. Single phasing
5. What equipment use induction motor.

1 . Msb safeties
2. Induction motor principal & working
CHAKI 3 . Starting method of induction motor..expalin all four ( why needed)
4. Zener diode working
5. Transformer losses
Current dependent losses

Rms value and significance.

CHAKI Working of capacitor In DC Circuit..why it doesn't work.
Indirectly asked the question about residual magnetism.
Single phasing.
Two heating coils in series and in parallel..which one is gonna heat more and why.

1.Gassing of battery why?what reaction?

AKC 2.How do you know your generator is in load while paralleling?
3.Rlc circuit.Resonance frequency?
4.Engine room 440v and accomodation 220v why?
5.What all parameters you will check before paralleling generator?
 1. Wht should be same for paralleling of two generator( cross questions
frequency should be high or same of incoming, how to synchronise nd can we see
voltage in sync.)
AKC AKM
2. Starting of synchronous motor

3. Losses in induction motor

4. Stardelta starter ( why it is used 3 reason)

5. Function of avr ( cross questions )

Commutator in induction motor location and working

Insulation resistance measurements
Alternator brushless or commutator type how identify
Transformer core material and uses

Paralleling of generators
Overcurrent and overload differnce
Transistor & BJT
Wattmete

Bipolar Transistors
Synchroscope
Esb
Multimeter testing
Voltage and current coil
Pid controller

1.Why bus bar is used in msb?

2.Detection of earth fault?

3.Engine room crane electrical safety?

4.Induction motor safety?

5. Lead acid battery maintenance?

 1.Maintenance of induction motor...
2. Emergency generator electrical regulations n safety .
3.Emergency Equipments on board
4. How will measure current for ech phase of motor
5. Insulation testing by
megger .
6.How the ship electrical cable is aaranged from aft to forward n safeties ...
7.How will you check for earth fault that due to which equipment it is showing..

1.How is electricity is generating on board ship?

2. What Gassing of lead acid battery?
3. What is actually happening in excitation of alternator
4. Test for measuring the capacity of lead acid battery ?
5. How will u measure specific gravity of lead acid battery without aid of
hydrometer?
6. Safeties on deck motor ?
7. Single phasing and its effect ??? Working of thermistor

1) how will you parallel two generators

2) use of synchroscope
CHAKI 3) why synchroscope is closed at 11 o'clock
4) How wil you connect two similar loads ?
5) will they generate same amount of heat in series and in parallel?
6) losses in Transformer.
7) What is amp?

What happen if gent which not running acb closed.

CHAKI Capacitor connected to DC ?
I/M principle
voltage buildup in alternator

1.)wheatstone bridge and example

2.) Transducer
3.) open loop close loop controller
4.) Mutual inductance
5.) Clamp meter- working- can we use it to measure current of 3phase motor

Exciter and equilizer line

AKC Avr function
Running Motor maintenance
Earth fault symptom.
 1 .Space heater
AKC 2. Emergency gen. Supply
3. Motor specifications
4. Msb safeties

AKC 1. Safeties of MSB 2. Space heater, 3. Safeties of alternator 4.battery specification

5.safeties of MSB 6. Synchroscope

What is tracker(don't know)

AKC Shore Connection box(DESIGN REQUIREMENTS)
Alternator Maintenance
Function of resistor in a circuit,Galvanometer

1. Your alternator specifications

BHATTACHARYA (Name plate details)
2. Single phasing , how to know
3. Over head crane braking
system

1. Earth fault. How to find it if there is no indication in ecr?

CHAKI 2. FUSE.
3.Diff between fuse and Circuit Breaker
4. Types of fuse

1. Motor maintenance. After I start answering he told me, motor is not being
CHAKI dismantle and it maintenance to done then and there.
2. Excitation
3. AVR
4. Generator Protection

1) Insulation testing
CHAKI 2) winch safety arrangements
3) dc appliances in ac ship electrical system
4) Protection of Electrical Appliances . Definition of intrinsic safety.
5) Difference between carbon pile and vibrating contact regulator.
 1. ACB. Function. Where used
2. MEGGER. Complete procedure of test. How many readings.
3. AVR. it's function, working
AC CHAKI 4. Diode. It's use. How it work.
5. Power factor.
6. Types of battery in market.
7. Explain wet cell. Construction, working.
8. What if have less electrolyte.
9. Motor overhauling.
10. Paralleling of generator. Complete procedure and requirements.

1.what is kw,kva,kvar
2. What is resistive load
3. Msb safeties
4. Alternator maintenance
5.avr working
6. Use of trimmer in avr

1 induction motor principle

2 induction motor working
CHAKI AC 3 battery maintenance, how battery work, about electrolyte and material of
electrodes
4 HRC and how to check is it functioning or not
5 material of fuse wire
6 resistance and factors on which resistance depends
7 paralleling of generators

Zener application
Measurement devices onboard
AKC BHAUOMIK Multimeter
clampmeter
megger
ACB and other circuit breakers I knew
Earth fault
Preferential trip details
 How to overhaul a motor?
How to remove bearing?
Significance of air gap in alternator?
how to measure it air gap?
Monthly maintenance on alternator?
Explain Lead acid battery ?
what will happen if electrolyte is more and if electrolyte is less?
How to do parallel the generator?
What will happen if we close the breaker at any position other than 12'o clock
while Paralleing generator?

1.Paralleling of Generator..what all checks you will do after it ..

2.portable electrical instruments on board (Name them)
3. Brushless excitation system
4.How will you do trickle charging of battery .. what . Particular Volatge applied on

1 ship shore supply requirements and checks

SHAUMIK 2 circuit break
3 Acb, air chute function
4 meggar cross ques
5 battery maintainance, cross ques

1. What is transducer, working , example of proportional transducer?

2. What is excitation?
CHAKI RKD Working of brushless generator.
3. Why distilled water is topped up in lead acid battery,
4Why lead acid battery is used for starting purpose, advantage of lead acid battery
over ni-cd battery.
5. Why high ac used on board?

1. AC DC Generator rotor material, construction, difference

2. Battery room safety
CHAKI RKD 3. Battery room fan material, location
4. Battery maintenance
5. Motor protection
6. Paralleling of generator

1 . Alternator cooling
2. Generator protection
NAAG 3. Types of fuse
4. Reverse Power n reverse current
5. Power factor
6. How to improve power factor
 1. Alternator cooling arrangements (HOT TOPIC IN MMD)
CHAKI RKD 2. Wheatstone bridge and cross qsns
3. Machine losses and arrangements to reduce
4. Avr maintenance and ir testing
5. Two load with different watt...hiw will u connect series/parallel....and why?

1. Battery maintenance and safety of battery room

2. Alternator excitation. Both types. (Carbon pile and brushless)
3. Starters. Types and uses( soft starter also)
4. Shore supply. Checks to be done.
5. 440v and 220v uses as well as why used 440 in machineries and motors and for
lightings why 220v.

1- fittings in cargohold of container ship.

2-duct keel and its importance
DAS GOP 3-racking
4-smoke detector and its type.
5-electrical safeties of windlass
6- DC sources onboard
7- diode and its use
8-universal motor working.

1. Factors for requisition of batteries

DAS GOP 2. Multimeter megger uses, difference
3. How to take Insulation resistance , why taken at high temp.
4. Galvanometer working
5. Fuses and circuit breakers and their difference

• S/g electrical safeties

CHAKI MUKHERJEE • overhead crane safeties
• How to synchronise, what if acb closed after 12 o clock.
• reverse power trip, why does reverse current flows,what is motorising effect
• clampmeter
• what is mention in motors nameplate, cross questions

Transducer and its types

CHAKI RKP Causes of motoring of alternator
Working of transformer
Practical application of mutual induction
Synchroscope construction
 FROM 1 JAN 2020 TO 01 JAN 2021

SAFETY
INT EXT QUESTIONS

1. IG system components and alarms

and trips
SKD Mitra 2. Marpol annex 6 emotions

3. Emergency pump requirements

4. ISM code

5. Why tankers have less freeboard

1.Purpose of with diagram Bilge keel.

SKD
2.Purifier room fire, you are watch keeper what is your action?

3.Purpose of siphon tube in co2? 4.fwd and aft perpendicular?

5.ISPS code, levels?

 1) what is fire door

2)what is free board

RAO 3)what are the things should not

incernate

4)fire control plan location...nd

Content of fire control plan

5)frgt

pump diagram n it's charastics Manual purging of boiler n firing

Safety

Gmdss eperb how to activate eperb

manually n automatically

Lsa code ism sms

Marpol annex with date

Solas chapter n apply to which ship Em dg n em fire pp regulations

Pounding panting tender stiff ship Arrangements for panting n

pounding

Bwm
 1. Type of vessel, skeg, equipment

present at forecastle deck in ur ship. 2. Panting & Pounding,

SKD BHOUMIK Arrangements
to resist both ? 3. Routine check of scba

4. Fire control plan & location ?

el

u elecal p

1. What is a bulk carrier? Bulk

carrier & general cargo construction difference. What is slop, what is

angle

of repose

2. IMSBC code

3. Permeability & floodability

4. Enclosed space entry and multi

gas detector working

5. Co2 flooding

1) Explain entire inert gas system with all safeties

2) Tell about working pressure of Hypermist System.
RAO 3) What is marpol annexure 5?
4) what all entries are made in Garbage record book?
5) what is the inclining experiment ?
6) When is inclining experiment conducted?
7) what are the two detectors in Hypermist System that activates
it ..?

1. Torsion box and regulations ..structural explanation

2.Racking Stress and arrangements
3. Pounding and Panting definition and arrangements
4.Smoke detection system in cargohold ...
5.Fire fighting arrangements in cargohold
6. Saturday routine of life boat as a 4th engineer..checks ..
 1. PV valve working
2. SCBA doning pre-checks (want to listen crack in facemask)
3. Tank Scope
4. MLC chapters
5. Annex Marpol
6. Safe oxygen level in tanker

1. Chain stopper working

2. Bulwark, freeing port
AKC RKP 3. EEBD , it's parts
4. Bursting disc use
5. Life raft release, types
6. Automatic relaese of life raft
7. sopep, sopep locker content

Camber
Block coefficient
Freeport dimensions
AKC RKP Function of siphon tube
How many bulkheads on ship(factors?)
How it depends on factors
Difference between bulkheads numbers in different ships(too many
cross questions)
ISPS certificates
Level 3 safety

1. Water Ingress safety in bulk carrier

CHAKI BASU 2. Cofferdam
3. ORB (Mandatory weekly entry)
4. ISM & ISPS Difference
5. Level 3 ISPS
 1. What is hogging and sagging ? When ship hogs which one comes in
AKC GAUNGLY compessive and tensile stress
2.Why mist of water used in engine room ?what all areas it cover ?
Does hypermist system will run continuously after activated ?
3.what is international shore coupling ? Where it is connected ?
4.when ship shifts from sea water to fresh water does displacement
change? What is unit of Displacement ?
5.what are the discharge Criteria of sewage?
Will u discharge in Port if u have stp ? No bolne pe bol raha fir fayda
kya stp ka

1. Which condition has more roll period

2. What is stiff ship and tender ship
3. What is freeboard
CHAKI 4. Measured from which point.
5. What is summer load line
6. What is margin line
7. Which ship has more freeboard tanker Or general cargo
8. What is fire main line and it's fitting
9. What is the purpose of brake in lifeboat
10. How it is fail safe arrangement
11. Drill comes under which regulation

1. Co2 system non return valve

CHAKI 2. Container lifted from hold by ships crane..how affecting stability
3. Bulk carrier ingress alarm system
4. What is amidship
5. What is bilge keel

Collision bulkhead..why ?
CHAKI Fixed Co2 system regulations and working
Fixed foam regulations and working.
There is a fire in engine room (oil) what to do and how to operate.
Lifeboat engine capacity and fuel reserve.
EEDI significance.
SART location and operation.
 1. How containers were arranged on your vessel. What is teu.
2. Cargo hold fire fighting arrangement. How to activate. Complete
AKC AKM explanation. How co2 bottles calculated?
3. What is annex 5? What all things you can discharge and How is
discharge done What is colour coding in it.( Meaning of yellow,red
and green colour).
4. Bulbous bow and it's effects.
5. LRIT and it's working.

1.Marpol annexes
2. Fixed co2 and hypermist safeties
AKC 3.tankscope
4.spurling pipe
5.hawse pipe
Pass

Shafting and tunneling

How its done?
Hyper mist regulations
Ship flare location and its use
Lifeboat battery system failed what will u do
Plimsoll lines regulations

Co2 release system in E/R

Righting lever length
ISM objective AND IT'S CHAPTERS
PV Breaker & PV valve difference
Sturn tube &

Chapter 12(bulk) carriers

Hypermist system
LSA onboard
Co2 system
Distress signalling equipment
 1.What is ISM and its documents and who issues the documents?

2.Fire detection system in engine room and how and when testing is
done?

3.Safety of life boat during lowering?

4.Emergency generator regulation?

5.Use of bulbous bow.

1.What are all difference in design n working feautures of Bulk and

Container Ship ..Why torsion box n hopper tank ..Cross Questions
2.Purpose of Bilge holding tank and where it is located n why ..
3.Oil fired Boiler Mountings ..
4. Isps code who issues the certificate .(Procedure ).n who all are
responsible for security n safety ..
5. Regulations of Deck sounding pipe and Engine room sounding
pipe , Difference .

1.What will happen to stability of ship while p/p's consuming lube oil
and fuel oil from tanks ?? Effect on metacentric height..
2. Calculation of no of co2 bottles required for engine room flooding..
3. What is DPA ?
4. Working & purpose of centrifugal brakes in lifeboat ?? Is it
manually or auto operated ?
5. Calculation of freeboard ? What is reserve buoyancy?
DECIDER- What is the safety on fire mains line on oil tanker ??
(Isolation v/v) and asked what will be the distance between them..

1) what is midship ? ( Exact bookish definition needed)

CHAKI 2) what is EEDI
3) what is dip tube in CO2 cylinder?
4) what is the use of dip tube ?
5) where is emergency bilge injection valve connected to sea system
6)what is metacentre?
7) what will be your actions if ship is sinking?
 Bitter end
Hawse pipe
CHAKI AP,FP
co2 fixed cylinder pressure relief how? i said bursting disc, he said
where co2 release, i said in co2 room itself, he said no, it has
changed.

1.)righting lever,does it depend on Gm

2.)angle of loll,what happens after that angle.
3.)fire plan
4.) Annex V document
5.) How liferaft get released when ship sinks

Co2 low pr and high pressure

AKC Haws and spurling pipe
2aur pucha, sala pura answer sun bhi nhi tha tha

What is back flow

What general permit
AKC How to check crosshead bearing clearence
What is the speed of life boat lowering.
Purifire vibrating while running cause
Engine vibrating while running all parameter ok cause.

AKC Difference btwn scaba and eebd

How many Fixed fire fighting on your ship ...explain foam type?
Donning precheck before scaba use.
Cofferdam.and where in engine room
Lifeboat engine prechecks .matlb vo hi weekly Saturday check ...kya
hi sunna tha usko pata nahi kunjal shah k sab point btaya

Hatch Coaming, Purpose of hatch coaming

AKC Why tanker have less freeboard
What are bulkheads and it's importance
Hypermist system requirements, wanted to hear type of detector,
Marpol Annexes name only
Certificates under annex-6
 Torsion box.
Dip tube in co2
Co2 room safety. Cross questions.
If you are stuck in refrigerator room what will u do?
Electrical-
Battery room safety
What is a relay? Value of current in a relay?
What is Earth fault?
Type of Earth faults
How to identify it's location
Diode? Purpose
Intrinsic safety?

1. Type of ship and dead weight

2. Collision bulkhead full
3. Tenda and stiff ship. How will
you know on which type of
BHATTACHARYA ship you are.
4. Mechanical foam potable
Portable extenguisher
Content and how will you
use.
5. Metacentric height kitna hota
hona chahiye ( for other ship
min 0.15m but as per IMSBC
code for bulk carrier 0.3m )
6. Mob ( man overboard marker) kha hota h and kise release kroge
7.And SART and EPIRB kya hota h and kitna carry krte h

1. Bouncing bank(something about canal and river banks)

CHAKI 2. Maintenance of fire hydrant
3. Fire line safeties
4. Emergency generator starting methods
5. Explain hydraulic starting of Emg. Gen.

1. Fixed Fire Fighting system onboard.

CHAKI 2. AIS and LRIT. Difference. Then he ask me, what would be range of
both?
3. CO2 Room Regulation
4. Hatch Coaming and its purpose
 1) Fixed fire fighting system what is it ?
CHAKI 2) Aft peak bulkhead regulations ?
3) Scba and eebd ?
4) Face mask of. Scba ?
5) Action Code ? Detainable deficiency which code ?

1)Freeboard deck and importance

2)Only name the all statutory certificates carried onboard in
GAURI LAL S GADKAR compliance with SOLAS
3)DOC & SMC interconnection and under which annexure/regulation
4) PSC inspection and why
5) Meaning of MoU and if India has any
6) BDN File contents and relevance
7) Hypermist regulations and working
8) when does a ship get machinery certificates so that they can be
operated

Ship type
Tortion Box
Bulbous Bow
TEU, FEU
SUBARAO Bilge Keel
Hawse Pipe, Spurling Pipe
Chapter 9 Solas Certificate and little details.
ISPS
All Annex of Marpol Name
Annexure 6
EEDI EEOI SEEMP
Certificates
Goal of SEEMP.
CSO , SSO
How containers are stored.

1.Block coefficient
2.Prismatic coefficient
Relationship between them.
AC CHAKI 3.classification society. Objective,work, certificate issued by it. Special
name of certificate issued by class.
4. Spurling pipe.its use,how chain is lifted.one more( Ask something
in it that i never heard off).
5. Co2 extinguisher. Head assembly. How it comes out. What
principle
6.AIS. what's it's function. Why it is used although we have gps
onboard.
 1. Type of ship,nature of cargo
I said bulk carrier and cargo as coal
So he asked how to find out fire has taken place inside cargo hold?
2. Collision bulkhead
3. Lightening holes
4. Flooding of engine room actions
5. Emergency generator regulations
6.steering gear regulations
7.safematic system in steering gear
(Internal was telling continue speaking until I ask u to stop)

1.Annex 6,main air pollutants from ship

2.Ig system complete explain
AKM 3.Flammability diagram explain
4.Function and working of deck seal
5.How performance of emergency fire pump is checked during
survey?

AIS?under which chapter it comes?

No. Of annexes in marpol?
Annex2, detail, type of cargo?
Margin line?
Life boat brake?
Working of centrifugal brake?

1.Torsion box and location with regulations..

2. Definition of dynamic stability
3.why in deck fire main ...relief valve is provided ..
4.life boat weekly checks..(Saturday routine )..
5.ORB entries ..

1.inert gas alarms and trips

SHAUMIK 2 .cargo hold detector specification, working
3.GT and NT, what all things comes under it
4. Pre bunkering procedure
 1. When ship leaves port, why stability is required.
CHAKI RKD 2. When ship enters from sea water to fresh water ,what happens to
its displacement?
3. What is gunwale?
4.What are centrifugal brakes in lifeboat, what is Solas requirements
for speed of lowering, and difference in rescue and lifeboat.
5. What are certificates under marpol annex 6.

1. LBP
2. Improving stability of ship
CHAKI RKD 3. Frame
4. Stringer
5. Life boat equipments and working
6. Hypermist working procedures, cross question

1. Tumble home
2. Rise of floor
NAAG 3. Ships resistance n types
4 . Dead man handle
5 . CO2 flooding system , weight of the pilot cylinder
6. Length between perpendicular
7. EEBD AND it's contains

1. Stresses on vessel with location of tensile and compr stress

CHAKI RKD 2. Lifeboat brake testing
3. Difference in TPC of fw and sw
4. Co2 bottle leak from where(wanted to here from where inside of
head mounting)
5. High expansion foam system and cross qsns

1.LBP,FP,AP
2. Buoyancy and reserve buoyancy
3. Angle of Loll and what happens if it increased further.
4. Ism code, and mainly emergency preparedness.
5. ANNEX 6 full and certificates.

1. Fire plan and location and why it is at the entrance?

CHAKI GAUNGLY 2. Pyrotechniques and their illumination capacity
3. Anti rolling arrangements
4. Offload and onload mechanism of life boat
5. Sounding pipe and air pipe regulation.
 1.Function of Dip tube

2.How to detect CO2 leak

MUKHERJEE3.What is Hopper tank

4.Emergency bilge suction location and how we can locate it.

5.ISM objectives,Certificates under ISM

6.Stable and Unstable ship

What is equilibrium of ship.

7.What is Free surface effect.Methods of reducing.

1. Aftpeak bulkhead Regulations, importance.

DAS GOP 2. Checks before starting lifeboat engine
3. Maintenance of emerg fire pump
4. Oil record book weekly entries
5. Bulk carrier safeties

1.LBP
2.Strake, sheer strake
SKD MITRA 3.angle of loll
4.objectives of ismein
5.marpol annex 1 and discharge criteria
6. Fire detection in cargo hold and means of fire fighting of cargo
hold on your ship

1) what would happen if the angle of loll is increased? Will the ship
capsize? Explain.
SKD AKD 2) Constructional features of spurling pipe
3) Hypermist system explain
4) All major conventions. Date of MLC.
5) Use of centrifugal brake in lifeboat lowering.

• CO2 bottle and room safety

• HRU
CHAKI MUKHERJEE • Checks in battery
• Transom space
• Emergency gen on load test
• types of brake in Lifeboat davit
• dynamic stability
 CO2 system flooding in engine room
-How many detector in engine room and which type.....disadvantage
of smoke type
-A& B class bulkhead
- Derrick safety...working of centrifugal brake and what is deadman
handle
- what will psc see
-dynamic stability and static stability....curve of static stability
-tpc

1. What is margin line ?

2. Torsion box (construction, stiffening & purpose)
3. Summer load line
chaki chkarborty 4. All about ISM ( objective, requirements, certification, SMS)
5. All about PSC
Then asked me If Indian flag vessel where india is complying with
Solas goes to Pakistan port which has not ratified Solas then will PSC
will be visiting onboard & if then why & according to which
regulations?

1. Torsion box
SKD AKM 2. Fire in cargo hold detection and extingushion arrangement
3. Discharge criteria under marpol annexure 1
4. ISM- certificates under it
5. Bilge keel

What all things you learnt on ship?

Which type of ship ?
Length of accomodation !!
chaki RKP Chp 12 solas !
Why hopper tnk
Cargo hold ballasting
Summer freeboard
STCW
Does it apply for all !!
EPIRB
Hoots in bulkhead
 FROM 1 JAN 2020 TO 01 JAN 2021
MEP(MIX WITH MOTOR)
INT EXT QUESTIONS

1. Which Refrigeration @ Lpg Carrier and Cargo temp of my ship.

2. 2 stroke Lubrication Sys

3. Which Steering nd 100% Redundancy Steering Gear

CHAKI MITRA
4. Liner Ovality and Reasons XX

5. Cylinder Lubrication feed rate depends on what nd XX

6. Xxxx

Type of ship & Engine specifications

1.Crank case safeties, How lube oil bearing temp sensor works?

2.What is ignition delay? Reasons?

3. Type of steering gear onboard?
SKD MITRA What is 100% redundancy?
4.what is volumetric efficiency? How

much it should be.

5. Purpose of thrust pad? & It's
location.

1. Tappet clearance adjustment, how to ensure engine at tdc

2. Hfo purifier operation
3. Bilge pump discharge inadequate, reasons.
4. Main steam stop valve, how opening is different from other
valves
5. Control air pressure, how 30 bar change to 7 bar.
6. Main engine exhaust valve spring arrangement
 1. What is the significance of firing order at least 3.
2. Purpose of unloader
3. Use of LO in refer system
4. How to increase efficiency of boiler
5. Knocking sound in one of unit reason and your action as 4th
engineer
6. How to soot blow both compressed air and steam method.
7. OMD alarm your action as 4th engineer.
8. Purifier vibration reason and action
9. Temperature of Hot well.
Cross questions

1. Purifier overflow reasons?what first action you will take?

if temperature exceeds too high then what it will don in interface
line?
CHAKI SKD 2. Bilge pump running but level not coming down reasons.
3.Air in refer compressor reasons? indication?what will you do?
4. Air compressor taking long time to fill air bottle?as a 4th
engineer what will you check and do?
5. Boiler partial blowdown process

1.HOW WILL YOU CALCULATE POWER ,MEP CROSS Questions

2.Liner wear reasons
3.Boiler Akalinity additives
4.Gas welding requirements , oxygen acetylene pipe colour and
value of pressure of bottles
5.purifier motor rpm and bowl rpm..why bowl rpm more
6.AE pushrod broken , how to change
7.Fuel injector overhaul
8.different methods for unloading compressor
9. Refrigerant properties , Cross Questions
10.during piston overhaul ,what checks to be done ,
measurements .
11. Butt clearance

1.plate type cooling cleaning, chemical used

2. FW Evaporator cleaning
CHAKI BASU 3. Piston ring clearance, instruments used to measure
4. How to remove air in refer system
5. Difference between drill bit and reamer
 1) Ows and capacitance settings in 1st stage . He wants to hear
the capacitance value not explanation

2) Ship details and injector system

3) Boiler valves reverse fitted .opening procedure.
CHAKI CHATTERJE 4) Purifier oil in water side. What corrective measures ?
5) Shroud ring and wear ring difference
6) safeties on air compressor.
7) air bottle not filling up why ?
8) Fusible plug material concentration. I said materials. He also
wants percent.

1. Feathering and Chattering( in boiler safety valve)

2. Turbocharging in generator. Type. Advantages.
3. Jerk type fuel pump in generator working and how fuel is
increased with load.
4.water in lo of generator crankcase. How?
5. Fuel injector pressure testing.
6. Internal micrometer. How it is used to measure internal dia.
(liner)
7. Types of callipers. Use.
8. M/E Air cooler cleaning. When to be carried out?

1. A/E l.o sump to sump lubrication system

2. Scavenge fire(how), and indication.
3. Priming and foaming of boiler.
4. How rudder turn after signal from bridge- abt telemotor and
hunting gear.
CHAKI 5. MAC safety arrangements.
6. Centrifugal pump vibrating- reasons.
7. Taps and dies.
8. Washing of t/c- grit and wet
9. Starting of purifier.
10. Soot blow of EGB
 1. Shell type cooler leaking . How to find out in place without
taking out. ( Wanted to listen clamping krte h)
2. Refer tube hole how will you repair. Brazing full process ( filler
metal, flux, temperature, what flux do, what happens in capillary
action)
AKD BASU 3. Plate typeLube oil cooler overhaul and cleaning ( wanted to
know how will you clean oil side of cooler)
4. Air compressor routine maintenance.
5. Friction pad of purifier is changed and still purifier not attaning
rpm. What action will you take. ( Wanted to listen make it rougher
)

Steering gear system on ur ship

No of vanes (stationary and rotating vanes)
Rudder angle movement upto what degree
AKC AKM 100% capability of steering
Degree of superheat why maintained
Windlass brake type
Easing gear purpose and when to operate

VIT
Viscotherm
Piston ring calibration
AKC AKM
Me specification
Steering gear(type and operations)
100 percent capacity of steering gear.

1.fwg evaporator coil cleaning,how,ratio?

2.1000hrs gen maintenance
3.how to drill a hole in a square plate of M8.you don't have
CHAKI chart.how to calculate the pitch?
4.how to remove the bearing from the centrifugal pump n how to
install new one?
5.fuel injector overhaul.

1. TEV
2. Position of TEV (cross questions)
3. Superheat definition
CHAKI RKP
4. Why can’t we use saturated rather than superheated
5. Main engine bottom end bearing removal
6. How to take M/E bottom end bearing clearance

1.tev punction 2.purifer vibration reason. 3.hunting gear purpose,

AKC
4.air compressor safety.. 5.forgot
 Mountings of boiler
Unloaded function
AKC Advantage ofUniflow
types of wear
Types of Lubrication

In jerk type pump when fuel injection start.?

Function of cyl. Lub oil?
Difference in safety valve and relief? valve?
(kindly tell this answer that if safety valve lift up 10 bar then it will
close at lower than 10 bar but if relief valve lift up at 10 bar it will
exactly close at 10 bar) ..
Safety in air compressor?
How to align centrifugal pump with motor?
How to take sample water for boiler?
Fresh water generator capacity low reason ?
How to change leaky gasket in sw line. ?

1.tappet clearance adjustment why is it required

2. 2 stroke and 4 stroke constructional difference

CHAKI RAO 3.difference in 2 stroke,4 stroke piston ring

4.Refrigerator system main components

5.how do we operate inlet, outlet valve of 4 stroke engine

1. Principle of purifier and it's process i.e how to start n all.

2. Types of pump in engine room and their applications.
3. Refer evaporator froasted rsn(wanted to hear type of scupper
in refer room).
Refer defrosting arrangements.
4. Annealing,Tempering, Hardening and their applications.
5. All the checks to carry out before starting the centrifugal pump.

1.refer cycle components and from where we charge lo

2.fire pump safety and working of clutch in it
3. Safeties in workshop grinder
4. Boiler safeties , why 2 valves
5. Checks for proper lo purification
6. Micrometer zero settings and uses types
7. Hydrophore pump cut in cut off continuously
 1.hotwell sea water ingress actions and causes
2.phosphate ppm,what happens if exceeded than normal
value,what is hide out
3.lube oil tests onboard
4. Non destructive tests
5.major accident u have faced onboard? By mistakenly I said
crane so he asked about cargo crane functioning etc.

Compressor HP cutout causes in refrigeration system.

Plate type cooler leaking determine?
AKM Flame eye in boiler working and its principle.
Air compressor intercooler purpose.
Purifier during feed inlet vibrate enormously why?

Compressor HP cutout causes in refrigeration system.

Plate type cooler leaking determine?
AKM Flame eye in boiler working and its principle.
Air compressor intercooler purpose.
Purifier during feed inlet vibrate enormously why?

Compressor valve overhaul

AKC BHAUOMIKWelding and defects
How to takeout dg liner
Boiler water test everything with values
Motor allignment for hydrophore pump
Watch keeping procedures for handing over and taking over

• cc explosion, omd working

• blr alms trips,ll water level trip of blr tryout
CHAKI ROY • hunting geat mechanism
• constant press tc vs pulse tc
• reciprocating pump gives pulses on discharge side. how to
neutralise it?

1.Maintenance of purifier clutch

2.Friction pad reconditioning
3.Air compressor suction valve overhauling ,how to do lapping.
4.4 stroke inlet and exhaust valve operation
 1. So next time when you go on ship as Junior Engineer and you
chaki chkarborty see no water in gauge glass, what will you do? (Also want to
listen, "Report to seniors")
2. What do understand by Hardening of steel? (I said, increase of
carbon percentage in Steel) In flame hardening, how heating
result in increase in carbon percentage?
3. What is the material used in Impeller of Centrifugal Pump?
Composition of Bronze? Why bronze is used in impeller?
4. Diesel Engine Compression Ratio?

Boiler safety valve type, lift, in my ship.

Why we open valves fully ?
Air bottle not filling up reasons.
Short cycling of reefer compressor.
SKD AKM
Piston rings calibration.
Why H.P cut out is happening ?
Asked the detailed reefer cycle.
Clearance volume effects.

1. Me specs
2. Charging of LO in refer compressor
3. MC vs ME
4. Swivel bearing ?
5. Crankshaft deflection
SKD AKM 6. Bumping clearance how to measure
7. Degree of superheat ?
8.if bilge pump not taking suction ? Reasons and how will u find
out
9. What is clover leafing
10. Lubrication in me ( alpha acc)

1. Stud extraction methods

2.lathe many cross questions safety tool post carriage etc
3.scum blowdown process
4.hot well temp low what will happen
5. Gas cutting details
6.refer temp not coming why said many things but wanted to
MEKHERJEElisten evaporator scaling(which I told luckily)
7.checks on sea water cooler(he said I want one word -sacrificial
anode which I told)
8.pump alignment checks
9. Compressor valve(I told I had compound valve he asked
disassembly)
 1) Explain process of boiler firing in working boiler
2) Fresh water generator working
3) Working of jerk type fuel pump
4) bilge pump not taking suction
5) Crankcase explosion reasons
MEKHERJEE
6) Crankcase inspection of 4 stroke
7) actions regarding purifier overflow
8) How to check bearing surface in 4 stroke ?
9) compressor not compressing air?
10) Explain Eductor

1. Conductance of refrigerated cargo formula

2. Pumping system(Bilging system) of leaked refrigerated cargo
from void space (lpg) back to tank.
3. Why lapping of main engine exhaust valve is not preffered
onboard. Is angle between seat and disc same or not and why?
4. SDNR globe valve overhaul and lapping process.
5. How to take clearance of ME thrust bearing. How jacking id
done?
 FROM 1 JAN 2020 TO 01 JAN 2021
MOTOR
INT EXT QUESTIONS

1.) Parameters for feedwater control

in boiler.

CHAKI MITRA 2.) Kw of Ur engine. How u get this

power. Related indicator diagram and

formula deduction.

3.) Lube oil circuit for Ur engine

4.)MAC CAPACITY REGULATIONS.

5.) WHAT IS SINGLE FAILURE SAFETY FOR STEARING GEAR.

Type of ship & Engine specifications 1.Crank case safeties, How

lube oil bearing temp sensor works?

SKD MITRA 2.What is ignition delay? Reasons?

3.Type of steering gear onboard? What is 100% redundancy?
4.what is volumetric efficiency? How

much it should be.

5. Purpose of thrust pad? & It's

location.

1. Paring Disc function XX

2. Windlass Brake Working XX
CHAKI MITRA
3. AE Main Bearing Overhaul

4. Bumping Clearance XX
5.BOILER FEED DUMP VV
 1)engine make&specs

2)fuel pump concept

3)MAC significance &temperatures

4)sfc definition &variable factors 5)CCAI & cetane no effect on

sfoc

6)refer line and function of TEV 7) function of

steam trap 8)air dryer In refer line

9)vertical multistage centrifugal pumps

Start from coupling go down labelling all the parts (wants to

components like stuffing box,lantern rings etc)

1. Running generator sump level increasing. What will be your

first action. What all are the reasons for this.
2. Main engine one unit jacket outlet temperature is above
GUPTA AKM normal. Reasons for this.
3. Refer compressor frequently cut in cut out. Reasons
4. Air compressor taking long time to fill the bottle. What all are
the reasons for this?
5. Bilge pump not taking suction from one bilge well what's the
reason.
Decider:- what is spectacle flange and where it is used.

Types of crankshaft
100% redundancy of steering gear
Starting air Overlap
Blow down of boiler
Air compressor requirement
Fuel injector overhaul
Internal thread making process
Alignment of centrifugal pump and motor
M/E bottom end bearing clearance
Type of valve in air compressor , overhaul
 1. Engine Specification (Mitsubishi Akasaka, Cam operated
exhaust valve). How fuel is injected? (Jerk type, explain)
2. Generator Safeties.
3. How pressure is built up in Boiler? How to do scum blow down?
4. How fresh water generator works?
5. Bilge pump is not taking suction. Reasons.
6. How to extract broken stud? How stud extractor works? In
which direction stud extractor/tap is inserted in drilled hole of
broken stud?
7. Steering gear working? How it stops after desired direction of
rudder is achieved? How hunting gear works?

1.ME SPECS ...fuel injection in main eng??

2.what is priming and foaming of boiler ??
3.Refer system working and safeties
CHAKI 4.Lantern ring .. purpose
5.purifier and clarifier constructional difference?
6.safeties present on hydraulic pipes ?
7.air in the refer system ( indications) method to remove air frm
system ?
8.how to reduce dia of steel rod using lathe , and safety regarding
that ??
9.what will be indication if suction valve of air comp is leaky ?
10 . If visco therm is not working , how will u ensure the viscosity
of oil ?

1. Purpose of thrust block. How lubricated, how oil wedge

formed ?
2. Bottom end bearing lubrication in M/E.
3. Liner calibration tool ( cross questions)
CHAKI DAS 4. Sea water pipe pressure side hole how to repair.
5. Veg room tem decrising what is the reason . I said back
pressure v/v leaking he said how ref. will go back ?
6. Air compressor suction filter chocked in 1st stage what will be
effect on compressor.
7. Definition of super heat. If saturation temp and pressure
varying then how will you find super heat. And why super heat
required.
8.what is COP .
AKC AKM
Top bracing where it is connected to M/E (to which part of m/e)
Cyl lub.oil- feed rate factors how to measure load on engine
M/E- lub.oil system whole
4 stroke piston ring caliberation

Cop of refer cycle

AKC AKM Boiler level alarms
Purifier ring not coming out ... what will you do???
Ballast pump checks..before giving to C/O
Purifier vibrations...(wanted only to hear desluging)

1.Type of engine n specifications

2.contructional difference between 2 st. N 4st.
CHAKI 3.how will you classify heat exchanger on basis of flow?
4.t/c surging why?how to prevent it? function of wire where
fitted?
5.how to measure the main engine brg clearance
6.how we can classify centrifugal pump and on what basis?where
multistage centrifugal pump is used?

1. Bronze composition.
CHAKI RKP 2. Air flow in scavenge space.
3. Air cooler function (Pressure related cross questions)
4. Why lube oil is heated before sending it to lube oil purifier
5. Centrifugal pump principal and working of emergency fire
pump (priming part)
 Engine specifications.
Difference between me and mcc engine.
Advantages of me engine .
Effect of back pressure in egb on main engine .
CHAKI RKP Fiva and hcu function.
How fuel is injected in intelligent engine .
Egb working in sea.
Tappet clearance, how to adjust, how to ensure engine in tdc.
Effect of back pressure in purifier.
Effect of gravity disc in purifier.
Chloride test,How to take measurement on ship ( not as
mentioned in ap singh).
Piston ring caliberation.
How to find zero error in micrometer. What will be the final
reading after getting negative/positive error.

1. Type of engine, specifications (RTflex) , Common rail system

2. Working of ICU and how fuel in metered in ICU & injected
( whole process from C/A sensor to WECS to rail valve )
3. Advantages of piston Topland why we keep High
CHAKI 4. Boiler gauge glass safety
5. Boiler chloride level high ( Test + action + how u to identify
leak )
6. Air compressor why multistage advantages
(Volumetric efficiency & work done)
7. Air compressor daily check ( unloader + pr & temp + pr. Switch)
8. Refer cut in cut out frequently
(Capacity control + deforestating cycle)
9.Exactly what happen at TEV with refer state.
( Flash off)
10. Aux. Engine fuel injector O/H & Testing (purging + only names)
11. Drip test ..& if dripping what will happen..after burning more
causes ( exhaust temp high)
12. Aux engine intake & exhaust valve O/H from cyl head (spring
compression & cotter pins)
13. Aux. Engine C/C inspection & whole lub oil flow & points to
check lub oil flow properly ( gear case nozzle)
 1)Compressor efficiency drop how to check
AKC 2)Daily Steering gear check
3) boiler Routine.
4)tappet clearance
5) Compressor starting and stopping imidiatly what all causes

Boiler partial blow down ( why , how)

Refer charging
Tev ( full working, internal , external)
S/g rampson slide & hunting gear
Oil mist detector alarm & action
Why air cooler on ship purpose
Expansion tank why
Intercooler why & safeties
A/e cc inspection

CHAKI RAO 1. Types of INDICNATOR CARD (power card, light spring cards)
2. Use of sodium sulphate in boiler
3. PH VALUE of boiler water
4. gas welding components and colour of oxygen acetylene
cylinder, why do we use 2 pressure gauge in oxy acetylene bottles
5.fresh water generator leakage how detect and action u will take

Refer gas charging. Leak detection and cross?

How to maintain veg and other room temp cros?
Refer safties?
SUBBARAO Purifier lots of que
Not picking speed?
Clutch?
More
Piston ring clearances how to measure?
Bottom end bearing clearance? How to?
Engine room crane safties and cross?
 1) Centrifugal pump priming arrangement diagram
2) Centrifugal pump clearance importance
3) 6S50MCC8 Engine nomenclature
4)Superlong stroke meaning & advantages, relationship with
GAURI LAL S GADKAR Uniflow scavenging
5) RAC complete working with safeties
6) Automatic starting/stopping of your DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR
7) Boiler water tests ( name, to find what exactly & values no
process)
8) Caustic embrittlement and
prevention
8) MAC Safeties
9) Viscosity & Viscosity index , what was of your ME FO entering
oil
10) what will you do as 4E if you find Oil in cascade
11) Steam trap functions

1. Me sump to sump LO circulation.

2. Although we have fw pump why do u need hydrophore.
3. Boiler blowdown nd how will u knw that ur boiler blowdown is
completed.
4. 4st crankcase inspection.
5. 4 st crankcase LO contamination rsn

1. Me specifications
2. Thrust block working
3. Piston crack reason
4. Piston not cooling properly reasons
5.Cross questions

1.shop test
2.sea trial , difference between the two
3.how to find out brake power in New engine
4.difference between indicator card and power card ( tried to
confuse)
5.difference between power and draw card
6.jcw temperature of 1 unit increasing?what to do (ur engineer on
watch)
7. Mean piston speed
 AKM Which type of engine? Which type of cyl lubrication in Sulzer and
explain.(Pulse lub. Complete)
Type of fuel p/p on sulzer and its fuel system. (Common rail)
Auxiliary engine cylinder liner calibration.
Multistage centrifugal pump axial thrust balancing.
Which type Rudder on my ship and hunting gear mechanism.

AKM Which type of engine? Which type of cyl lubrication in Sulzer and
explain.(Pulse lub. Complete)
Type of fuel p/p on sulzer and its fuel system. (Common rail)
Auxiliary engine cylinder liner calibration.
Multistage centrifugal pump axial thrust balancing.
Which type Rudder on my ship and hunting gear mechanism.

Me specifications
Crosshead assembly -each and every detail
AKC BHAUOMIKThrust block ,working maintenance and flow of thrust
Tev -everything
Superheat significance
Compressor intercooler and after cooler importance maintenance
and safeties

1.Scavange fire indication and action

NAAG 2.How to make internal thread of 8 mm on 4' square plate.
3.Type of flow in centrifuagal pump.
4.Type of centrifugal pump.
5.bottom end bearing clearance

1. Main Engine Specifications. M/E alarms ans trip

2. A/E turning on air, not on fuel. Reasons
SKD BK MUKHERJEE
3. Boiler blow back reasons
4. Purifier vibrating during starting. Reasons
5. Air Compressor safeties

Engine specifications.
AKC Compund valve in compressor.
Why superlong stroke engine ?
Types of Lubrication and problems without it.
What are Nodes ?
 1. How to start generator
CHAKI RKP 2. How to start purifier (water supply device)
3. Chloride test ,how,why
4. Turbocharger washing(i said grit washing done on my ship)
5. L.o differential pressure

1. Me specification (Me engg)

CHAKI RKP 2. Cyl. Oil Feed rate and some cross questions..
3.Draw card & power card , cross question and how to take..
4.Fwg Starting.
5.Boiler water treatment

Viscotherm damage how to control viscosity

Difference between thin sheel and thick shell bearng
Advantage and disadvantage of synthetic lube oil
Difference between governor and flywheel
Me specs