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Q. 11) You are discharging garbage and garbage bags on deck , many flies on deck.what will you do ?
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i told him i will spray for flies,but he was not satisfied with my answer and neither he told correct answer he expected.
Q. 12) What is stealer plate ?
XQ. 14) Manual procedure of inflating a liferaft ?
XQ. 15) Cargo operations on a container ship in port , suddenly lists to 7deg port , reason and action.
XThe answer which i gave was coorect as per him.i said the vessel was on unstable equilibrium,and now it came on angle of loll,i.e, GM is zero.then remedial action for angle of loll.
Q. 16) Fracture in baby finger.action ?
Xi said i will try to immobilise finger by putting a support under finger and apply bandage, and to counter pain an analgesic.bcz its a fracture,he will be in extreme pain so he asked which analgesic wil u give,i said morphine is best in this case after referring to intl. medical guide
Q. 17) There is a liferaft in fwd , why ? ?
Xi said its regulation,he said thts ok but why, i said for people working in fwd area,then he said do u know normalyy how a ship breaks and sinks,then i came to know wht he wants.in sinking normally aft goes first in water so u stuill have time in fwd to inflate it(as per him).
Q. 18) How many hours before entering a seca you will ask engine room to changeover the fuel oil ?
Xi told as per annex 6,sufficient time before so that previous fuel fully drains from the system, he insisted on amount of hours,when i was helpless i told him 2 to 3 hours on my ship.then he said who is incharge of changover,i said chief engineer,thyen he said its simple then u have to ask him how many hours notice he wants.
Q. 19) Lifeboat launching checks in abandon ship.
Xhis special attention was towards the fact that we must always also rig embarkation ladder so that in case vessel has not sunk and we need to come back on ship then there should be a means to come back onboard.
