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Melaksanakan tugas jaga permesinan dengan aman (Maintain a safe engineering watch)
UTS
TA ; GASAL 2022/2023 (Group One)
1. Before leaving the machinery spaces of a UMS vessel after routine
watchkeeping rounds in the evening, the duty engineer inspects the
doors to Fuel Oil Treatment rooms which are covered by a fixed fire
fighting installation. For what purpose does he do this?
A. To make sure that they are properly closed with the self closing
device so that any fire is contained and the extinguishing medium
can be released without delay.
B. To tie them open with a rope to prevent the heat from building
up inside, and making it uncomfortable to work.
C. Wedge them open with an arrangement which allows them to
be closed quickly in the event of a fire.quickly.
D. Remove the auto closing device so they remain in whatever
position they were.
2. Before leaving the machinery spaces of a UMS vessel whose engine room
is protected by a fixed CO2 installation, should the duty engineer:
A. Ensure all doors are in closed position.
B. Lock all of the entry exit doors to prevent entry by unauthorised
personnel.
C. Hook the main entry/exit doors in the open position to speed up
entry in the event of an alarm.
D. Leave the doors in whatever position they are in.
3. Crewmen are carrying out maintenance work in the engine room on
overtime. The work does not affect machinery operation. At the end of
normal working hours, what should the Engineer on Duty do?
A. Continue with manual operated engine room until the
maintenance work is finished.
B. Switch to UMS-mode and leave the engine room as normal.
C. Switch to UMS-modeand inform the crewmen not to touch any
of the machinery.
D. Leave the engine room after asking the crewmen to switch to
UMS once they have finished working
4. During a routine check of one of the auxiliary engines in an UMS
operated engine room, a minor leakage on a high pressure fuel pipe is
observed. What would be the appropriate action and/or precaution to be
taken? (Assume normal operation; 2 gen sets operating and 1 on standby)
A. Inform the Chief Engineer and the Bridge. Change over to
manual mode, switch over generators and repair the fault before
returning to UMS mode.
B. Change the operation to the third generator set, leaving the
original set as stand-by until it can be repaired the next day..
C. Continue in UMS mode but have a motorman on watch for the
rest of the night, especially instructed to watch the engine and clean
up the leakage
D. Place a drip tray in position to collect the leakage and continue
in UMS mode.
5. During an unmanned period on a UMS vessel the "low water level"
alarm for the jacket cooling water system expansion tank activates. What
action would you take as duty engineer?
A. Answer the alarm, top up the tank and check the system for leakage
before resuming unmanned operation.
B. Answer the alarm and adjust the alarm set point for the water level in
the expansion tank before resuming unmanned operation.
C. Answer the alarm then block the alarm function for later action
and resume unmanned operation.
D. Answer the alarm then block the alarm and change to manned
engineroom condition.
6. During UMS rounds at night during a sea passage the duty engineer
discovers the main engine lube oil pump starter "chattering" loudly. What
is the correct action to be taken?
A. Switch over to the other pump and inform the CE of the noise
immediately. Keep engine room manned.]
B. Call the electrician and inform him of the noise and ask him to
put it at the top of the next day's job list. Continue UMS operation..
C. Switch over to the other pump and leave the starter until the next
morning. Continue UMS oeration.
D. Keep engine room manned so that the starter can be checked
regularly to see if it gets worse.
7. If the oil content high alarm is actuated on an automatic oily water
separator what should the resulting action be?
A. Overboard discharge valve should close automatically.
B. The oil outlet valve opens automatically.
C. Overboard discharge valve should be shut manually by the duty
engineer.
D. The sludge pump should stop automatically.
8. In accordance with SOLAS and other international regulations, certain
important machinery functions, such as operation and control of the
steering gear and propulsion machinery, must be tested at specified times.
When should these tests be carried out?
A. Prior to arrival and departure from port and following maintenance.
B. Only following maintenance.
C. Only following drydock.
D. Only at stand by engines.
9. Is it necessary to cool the samples taken from a diesel engine cooling
water system before carrying out tests to determine the concentration of
treatment chemicals?
A. Yes, the samples should be cooled to approximately 25 C.
B. No, the test should be carried out at system temperature.
C. Yes, the samples should be cooled to approximately 50 C.
D. No, the samples should be heated to approximately 95 C.
10. The bilge holding tank level is being reduced by discharging through the
OWS. What action should be taken when the oil/water interface in the
holding tank is reached?
A. Stop the OWS and pump the oil to the incinerator tank.
B. Stop the OWS and pump the oil to a bunker tank.
C. Continue pumping the contents of the holding tank through the OWS.
D. Bypass the OWS and discharge the remaining contents of the
holding tank overboard.
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11. The duty engineer notices that there is full flow through overflow line
observation glass to the fuel oil overflow tank. What action should be
taken?
A. Stop all F.O. transfers and other fuel operations immediately
and check all fuel tank levels.
B. Check the levels in all the fuel oil tanks.
C. Get a crewman to sound the overflow tank at frequent intervals
and report to the duty engineer when it is nearly full.
D. Start the fuel oil transfer pump to pump out the overflow tank.DPKP
12. What action should the Duty Engineer take when entering an UMS-
mode operated engine room due to an alarm or due to a scheduled
routine check?
A. Notify the Bridge and switch the UMS selector switch to manual
mode and engage the "dead man alarm"
B. Switch the UMS selector switch to manual mode only
C. Leave the UMS selector switch in UMS-mode
D. Answer the alarm or carry out the check and then leave the
engine room.
13. What would be the most likely cause of a smell of "rotten eggs" in the
upper casing of the engine room?
A. A leak of exhaust gas from a boiler or diesel engine exhaust.
B. Fresh water evaparator malfunction.
C. Failure of the ship's refrigeration system.
D. Open or leaking acetylene bottle.
14. Why is it necessary to carry out routine tests of the water in a diesel
engine cooling water system?
A. To check that the correct concentration of corrosion inhibitors
are maintained.
B. To check for leakage in the cooling water system.
C. To check that the O-ring seals are in good condition.
D. To check for the presence of contaminants in the system.
15. After an engine following start up it is discovered that the start air pipe
to one of the cylinders is hotter than normal. What is the likely cause of
this problem?
A. The air start valve for the cylinder is leaking or stuck open.
B. The main air start automatic valve has not closed properly.
C. The air start line flame trap for the cylinder is burning inside.
D. The air start compressor cooling has failed.
16. After cleaning some machinery components at sea, the engine watch
rating is instructed to dispose the small amount of dirty diesel oil which
is left. How should the dirty oil be disposed?
A. Put it straight into the dirty oil tank for incineration at the next
opportunity.
B. Pour it into the engine room bilge so that it can be pumped through
the oily water separator.
C. Take it on deck and throw it overboard.
D. Pour it into the diesel oil storage tank through the sounding pipe.
17. An engine room rating is assisting the duty engineer during a period of
UMS operation. After completing the tasks they leave the engine room
which is returned to UMS mode. The rating realises that an oil tank
filling valve has been left open. What action should be taken?
A. Inform the duty engineer immediately so that the engine room can
be re-entered and the valve can be shut.
B. Re-enter the engine room straight away and shut the valve.
C. Inform another crewmember that he is going back into the
engine room to close the valve.
D. Just leave the valve open as it is unsafe to enter the engine
room alone. The high alarm will sound to notify the engineer when
the tank is full.
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18. During bilge pumping operations the pump suction gauge indicates a high
vacuum. What is the most likely cause of the high vacuum reading?
A. A blocked bilge suction strainer.
B. A hole in the suction line.
C. Broken suction gauge.
D. Leaking pump gland.
19. How can water hammer be avoided when operating the valves and pumps
in a cooling water system?
A. Operate valves slowly
B. Start pump with closed valves
C. Start the pump with open valves
D. Operate valves quickly
20. The engine rating on watch finds the level of the diesel engine jacket water
header tank well below normal. After topping up the tank and checking
around the engine, An leak is found. What action should be taken?
A. Try and quickly stop the leak and then inform the engineer on
watch of what has happened.
B. Leave the filling valve open a little bit to make up for the leakage.
C. Check the tank and top it up more frequently.
D. Put a bucket under the leak and refill the header tank with the
water that collects in the bucket to save water.
21. The engine room rating has been assisting with ballast operations during a
period of engine room watch duty. Ballast operations have stopped for a
couple of hours while stores are being taken. What action should the
rating take during this break in operations?
A. Stop all of the ballast pumps and close all of the ballast valves
as soon as operations are stopped. Ballast lines should always
be closed except when they are being used.
B. Just keep the pumps running and the valves for the ballast tanks
open to save time when operations are restarted. The tanks will
just overflow through the air vents.
C. Just stop the pumps and close the pump suction and discharge
valves. Leave the valves for the ballast tanks open to save time later.
D. Shut the valves for the ballast tanks but keep the pumps
running and discharging overboard to save time later.PKP
22. What action should be taken if it is noticed a quantity of oil on the engine
room tank top?
A. Notify the duty engineer and try and find the cause of the
leakage so that it can be stopped and the oil cleaned up.
B. Apply foam to the tank top to minimise any risk of fire.
C. Start the fire pump and wash the oil into the bilges.
D. Open the overboard valve and start the bilge pump.
23. What is the main difference between a stuffing box gland and a
mechanical seal on a centrifugal pump?
A. If packing fails the pump can be kept running by tightening the
glands, but if a mechanical seal fails it must be renewed to stop
the leakage
B. Packed stuffing box glands are subject to wear but mechanical
seals are not
C. Packed stuffing box glands must be cooled by liquid, but
mechanical seals do not require any cooling
D. The sealing surface of a mechanical seal is usually parallel to
the shaft, but sealing surface of a packed gland is perpendicular
to the shaft
24. What is the main purpose of a heat exchanger in a cooling water system?
A. To transfer heat from one fluid to another
B. To maintain a steady pressure in the system
C. To reduce engine room temperature
D. To reduce water turbulence
25. What is the normal indication that an oil filter is becoming blocked?
A. The pressure drop across the filter.
B. Low pressure in the system.
C. Visual inspection of the filter elements.
D. High temperature of the oil.DPKP
26. What is the normal maximum oil content permitted for machinery space
bilge overboard discharge via OWS equipment?
A. 15 ppm
B. 100 ppm
C. 50 ppm
D. Zero ppm
27. What should be the first indication the engine room watchkeepers get that
there is oil or water leakage in the engine room?
A. They should see it on the tank top or in the bilge well during regular
inspections.
B. Bilge alarm should sound
C. A low level alarm should sound for one of the oil or water tanks.
D. They should hear the bilge pump start up automatically.
28. What term is used to describe a fresh water cooling system which contains
a seawater cooled common freshwater cooler and which meets the cooling
requirements for all the engine room machinery?
A. A central cooling system
B. A low temperature freshwater system
C. A common cooling system
D. A high temperature freshwater system
29. What would be the most probable cause of an increase in cooling water
temperature for all cylinders of a diesel engine?
A. Fouling of the jacket water cooler.
B. Fouling of the lubricating oil cooler.
C. Low level in the header tank for the jacket system.
D. Fouling of the charge air cooler.
30. What would be the most probable cause of high temperature readings for the
bearings in a diesel engine?
A. Lubricating oil pressure too low.
B. Charge air pressure too low.
C. Water in the fuel oil.
D. Jacket cooling water temperature too high.
31. What would you do if you are told to operate a piece of mechanical
equipment which you are not familiar with?
A. Seek advice from your superior before attempting to operate it.
B. Ensure that all safety guards and devices are disconnected.
C. Try and guess how the equipment should be operated.
D. Ignore the request to operate the equipment.
32. Which of the following pump types will normally require a separate means
of priming?
A. Centrifugal pump
B. Screw pump
C. Gear pump
D. Reciprocating pump
33. Which of the following statements regarding a centrifugal pump is correct?
A. It is important that the rotation direction is correct to avoid dry running.
B. A centrifugal pump is always fitted in a vertical position.
C. A centrifugal pump is always self priming.
D. Under normal operation the fluid being pumped discharges from the
centre of the impeller.