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2ND MATE EXAM ORAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BY CAPT-PURI - LATEST QUESTIONS
Q. 1) Nuc vessel day signal card
XQ. 2) Master instructed 2 seek a radio medical advice , what format will you use and from whr 2 find ?
XQ. 3) What is amplitude and what is its use ?
XQ. 4) How will you check that the foam extinguisher is in satisfactory condition or not ?
XHe himself told the answer saying that,open the extinguisher take very little amt of foam concentrate and water from the extinguisher n put the water on foam solution,if foam developes its okk.
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0 But for portable foam type fire extinguisher water and the foam solution is already mixed and stored in to the cylinder with a CO2 cartridge inside....then?
Q. 5) Region a stbd hand lateral mark 3 points on your port bow.action ?
XQ. 6) Requirements for liferaft and lifeboat ?
XQ. 7) What is transit bearing ? what is its use ?
Xwhen we observe 2 or more terrestrial prominent objects in a line it is called a transit bearing.the transit bearing of these prominent objects are sometime joined by a line and true bearing is mentioned on chart otherwise we can use the parallel ruler to see their transit bearing value and compare with compass bearing taken from vessel to obtain compass error
Q. 8) All fire fighting resources available in galley.
Xi answered either dcp or co2 portable extinguisher;fire blanket;fixed fire fighting system for deep fat fryers.
Q. 9) He has cards for signal flags and he asks them always and also day signal cards
XQ. 10) What is a hatchet in lifeboat and its use ?
XHatchet is basically a term used for hammer, it is used to cut/break/free any object which may be entangled to the life boat.
For eg. Cutting of painter wire.
If very small object is stuck/entangled to the boat, you may cut it with "jack knife" which is commonly known as Swiss knife (object which has knife,scissor, fork, spoon, etc.)

