Sample Questions for ICHEM211 Finals Exam

Fuel Oils and Lubricants

1. What would be the result in burning marine fuel oil in a diesel engine having a high content in sodium?
a. corrosion and grooving of exhaust valves
b. corrosion and gumming of the fuel injection pump
c. salt deposits in the exhaust manifold
d. slag deposits in the fuel injection equipment

2. Which method is normally used to lubricate bearings in a small high-speed diesel engine?
a. Splash lubrication
b. Pressure lubrication
c. Sight feed lubricators
d. Mechanical lubricators

3. Which of the following problems may occur if using an excessive viscosity marine fuel oil?
a. Impurities are hard to separate.
b. Fuel consumption rate increases due to the increased intakes from various parts.
c. Seizure or extraordinary wear takes place due to the decrease in lubrication action in an injection
valve or the lapping section of a fuel pump.
d. Even if atomizing conditions are good during injection, penetration is poor, which causes poor
distribution and incomplete combustion.

4. Where is an oil fog lubrication system is recommended?

a. gear shaft bearings
b. high speed continuous operation of roller bearings
c. low and moderate speed ball bearings
d. heavily loaded and high-speed ball bearing

5. Why positive displacement, helical gear pumps are well suited for pumping oil?
a. They are essentially self-priming and produce high suction lift
b. These pumps are designed with extreme tooth angles
c. Leak in a gasket on the suction side of the pump
d. None of the above

6. Which of the following reasons that most contaminate the lube oil?
a. Metal shavings
b. Burnt oil
c. Dirty Air
d. Asphalt base oil

7. Why there is a corrosion occurring on a bearing surface?

a. Low lube oil pressure
b. Eliminate fuel detonation
c. Excess acidity of the lube oil
d. Increase cylinder liner wear

8. How the volume of the hydraulic oil reacts when there is an increase in temperature?
a. Expands
 b. Remains the same
c. Contracts
d. None of the above

9. Which of the following problems may occur if using an inadequate viscosity marine fuel oil?
a. Suction of a fuel pump worsens.
b. Without increasing an injection pressure, atomization worsens and incomplete combustion takes
place.
c. Impurities are hard to separate.
d. Fuel consumption rate increases due to the increase intakes from various parts.

10. How does viscosity of a fluid being pumped affect the operation of a spur gear pump?
a. The viscosity of fluid is relatively not important in pump operation
b. The pump can only be used for fluids of high viscosity
c. Leak in a gasket on the suction side of the pump
d. The slide valve of one cylinder is controlled by the piston rod of the other cylinder

11. What type of pump use as a lube oil pump for diesel engine?
a. Volute pump
b. Centrifugal Pump
c. Diaphragm pump
d. Gear pump

12. Which of the following listed should be observed when bunkering diesel fuel oil?
a. Secure all lighting to the main deck
b. Provide a portable fan to blow away fumes
c. Display a black triangle during the daylight hours
d. Prohibits smoking in the area

13. When transferring fuel from the storage tanks to day tanks by means of an electric fuel oil transfer pump.
If the pump motor catches fire, what you should do first?
a. Spray water on fire
b. Secure the fuel manifold
c. Shut off the power ventilation
d. Shut off the power to the pump

14. What is the main reason why modern fuel oil temperature control devices are regulated to obtain a desired
viscosity rather than a specific fuel oil temperature?

a. Residual fuel oils have the same viscosity characteristics regardless of where they are refined.
b. The temperature of the fuel oil varies with the flow rate through the heater
c. The relationship between temperature and viscosity varies with different fuels.
d. Viscosity regulation eliminates the need for close control of fuel/air ratio

15. What materials that has the function of providing oil film between the shafts and bearing surfaces of diesel
engines?

a. Lubricants
b. Sealants
c. Oils
 d. All of these

16. What marine fuel oil properties that when it reaches a specific temperature, the fuel combustion becomes
self-sustaining in presence of a source ignition.
A. Flashpoint
B. Burning Temperature
C. Auto-Ignition Point
D. Fire Point

17. What will you do if there is small bunker oil spill on deck while bunkering?
a. Cover the spot with sawdust
b. Cover the spot with foam
c. Close all opening to the area
d. All of the above

18. What happen when you heat the oil?

a. It makes the oil less viscous
b. It makes the oil extremely viscous
c. It makes the oil frictionless
d. It makes the oil difficult to transfer

19. What is the best indication that a bearing is being properly lubricated?
a. oil pressure at the lube oil pump discharge
b. oil temperature leaving the lube oil cooler
c. lube oil strainer condition during cleaning and inspection
d. oil temperature indicated by the bearing thermometer

20. During fueling operations, which of the following precautions should be taken when topping off fuel tanks?
a. Reduce the pumping rate by closing the deck filling valve
b. Reduce the pumping rate and sound tanks frequently as the level rise.
c. lace 5 gallons containers under all flange connection in the fuel line.
d. Close all overflow valves

21. Which of the following that correctly describes Viscosity?

a. It is the temperature below which the fuel ceases to flow. Once the fuel oil temperature goes below
the pour point, it forms wax which can lead to blockage of the filter.
b. It mainly used to distinguish flammable liquids from combustible liquids and non-flammable liquids.
c. It describes the internal friction of a moving fluid. A fluid with large viscosity resist motion because
its molecular makeup gives a lot of internal friction
d. Increasing temperature results in an increase in viscosity. Therefore, when the temperature is low,
the greater thermal energy and are more easily able to overcome the attractive forces biding them
together.

22. How do we maintain the temperature of the fuel oil when the engine is at idle or not running causing the
decrease of the maintained temperature?
a. Reducing the quantity of water circulating in the system.
b. Running the engine in the minimum allowable load to maintain jacket water temperature
c. Trough the injection of steam in the system
d. Trough usage of heaters that maybe electrical or steam
23. In the fuel oil system, because of the chemical reaction of the different compositions of water introduced
to heat, vibration, and different load factors in the heating system, there is a tendency that the steam heating
containing water molecular structure expands causing turbulence, or disturbance in the flow in the system, to
address this situation, fuel oil heating system is equipped with?
a. Air Mixing Tank
b. Atmosphere Release Valve
c. Air Separator
d. Bleeding Valve

24. What would be the adverse effect if the heating medium or the heater in process in the fuel oil system fails
or does not match up the required heat exchange on the handling and storage of fuel? How does the
chemistry of fuel is affected?
a. Deterioration and wear on surfaces and components not getting appropriate heating may cause
clogging and sticking of moving parts
b. All of the statements are correct
c. Higher quantity of fuel is needed to achieve the load required due to insufficient heating due to
reduced pour point.
d. The engine can’t increase the load to higher demand or to maximum continuous rating due
to insufficient viscosity of the fuel.
25. What treatment of fuel oil which uses centrifugal forces to remove water and solid impurities of fuel?
a. Settling
b. Transferring
c. Purification
d. Filtration

26. How to avoid cappuccino effect in heavy fuel oil during bunkering?
a. board the bunker barge and verify, by sounding the barge’s fuel oil cargo tanks and using
corresponding sounding tables, the quality of fuel on board before bunkering commences
b. if possible, obtain draft readings off the bunker barge before pumping begins
c. ask to see the barge’s cargo pump that will be used for fuel delivery and check for any suspect air
connections. These maybe quite small
d. All of the above

27. Which of the following correctly describes demulsibility of lube oil?

a. The ability of oil to separate from water
b. The temperature at which oil flows rapidly
c. A measure of the water in a lube oil system
d. An emulsion of different grades of oil

28. Which of the following properties of oil is monitored to ensure proper atomization of oil in the injection and
is measured in cSt?
a. Pour Point
b. Fire Point
c. Flash Point
d. Viscosity
29. What product commonly added in the fuel/lube oil system which main purpose is to enhance the
properties of fuel?
a. Aluminum Silicate
b. Water Treatment
c. Fuel Additives
d. Soot Remover

30. How does the circulated steam after entering the fuel system increases the fuel temperature?
a. By allowing the circulated steam to travel a designed long passage of piping to naturally heat up
through circulated coils.
b. By using engine chemical heat increasers and directly introducing the chemical to the circulated
steam.
c. Through heating coils, where the circulated steam is indirectly introduced to passing the tank volume
therefore heat transferring the energy from the steam.
d. Through air heating process, the steam is exposed to tank atmosphere to increase the fuel oil
temperature.

31. Which of the fuel/oil system component below is not heated up by the fuel oil heating system?
a. Settling Tank
b. Storage Tank
c. Service Tank
d. Air Separator Tank

32. Which of the following is the most commonly used medium in heating the fuel/lube oil and its system?
a. Steam
b. Air Heaters
c. Chemical Heaters
d. Electrical Heater

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33. How the fuel from the double bottom tank delivered to HFO Settling Tank?
a. by the use centrifugal separator
b. by the use of the fuel oil booster pump
c. by the use of the viscosity regulator
d. by the use of the HFO Transfer Pump

34. Which of the following that best describes the function of the FO Booster Pump?
a. Controls the fuel oil temperature in order to provide the correct viscosity for combustion.
b. It circulates the oil from the buffer tank pressurize the fuel to about 8 bars before it passed to the
heaters and engine.
c. It indicates the fuel consumption of the main propulsion engine
d. Use to change over the suction for the FO circulating system, either using a diesel oil or a heavy fuel
oil.

35. What is the function of the Mixing Tank in the Marine Fuel Oil System?
a. Use to measure quantity of fluid that has been moved during the transfer process.
b. It effectively separate impurities and helps prevent adhesion of solids to filter surfaces.
c. Is used to collect recirculated oil and also acts as a buffer or reserve tank as it will supply fuel when
the daily service tank is empty.
d. This component reduces the cost for manual cleaning, filter replacement and filter disposal.

36. Why there is oil heater before the centrifugal Separator?

a. An increase in temperature thereby lowers the viscosity, which ensures better purification.
b. An increase in temperature thereby having a higher viscosity, which ensures better purification.
c. A decrease in temperature thereby lowers the viscosity, which ensures better purification.
d. An increase in temperature thereby lowers the viscosity and less work load for the Separator.

37. Which of the following that best describe the function of the HFO Settling Tank?
a. Settling tank acts like a sedimentation tank, water and heavier impurities will precipitate and can be
drained away.
b. It is used to store and supply treated oil to main engine, auxiliary engine and boilers.
c. They are used to store fuel and diesel oil in bulk after bunkering.
d. Is to collect the cooled water that is produced by the heat exchangers.

38. How do the viscosity regulator functions in the marine fuel oil system?
a. Filter out molecules of oil that don’t have the exact required viscosity.
b. by-pass the oil that didn’t reach the proper viscosity back to the initial pre-treatment procedure.
c. removes the small amounts of impurities that makes the oil viscosity high.
d. controls the fuel temperature in order to provide the correct viscosity for combustion.

39. While bunkering, the transfer hose begins leaking, causing a sheen on the water. What is your immediate
action?
a. apply dispersant to the sheen
b. repair the leak with a duct tape
c. reduce the rate of transfer
d. shut down operations

40. What ability of lubricating oils to resist viscosity changes is indicated?

a. Viscosity Index number c. Cloud Point
b. pour point d. Kinematic Viscosity