Use of ECDIS To Maintain The Safety of Navigation
Use of ECDIS To Maintain The Safety of Navigation
Use of ECDIS To Maintain The Safety of Navigation
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5. SOLAS (The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) regulations,
Chapter 5, deals with the Safety of Navigation and applies to which vessels?
a. All vessels and on all voyages
b. The Convention only applies to ships over a
certain size
c. It applies to ships of over a certain size engaged
in International Voyages
d. Over 10 000 dwt
6. What is the crucial aspect in executing a voyage in a safe and efficient way?
a. An effective detailed passage
plan fully understood and
followed by a competent bridge
team.
b. All navigational equipment fully
functional.
c. Bridge equipment effectively
operating and being used
efficiently
d. The bridge equipment includes ARPA radar, GPS and ECDIS in full and
effective operation
7. What is the main purpose of VTS?
a. Increase the safety of all ships
and the protection of the
environment in the vicinity.
b. Provide local information to all
vessels navigating in the area
c. Improve the scheduling and
traffic movement in the area.
d. Increase safety for ships
participating in VTS
8. When a vessel is transiting a canal with locks and intense bridge activities over
many hours, what management issues should the Master consider?
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11. When planning a voyage crossing large oceans, which of the following answers
would most suitably cover the most critical aspects to be considered when
deciding the courses to steer?
a. The anticipated weather and the
need for weather routing. The
distances gained by sailing by
great circle. The ship's draught
and the loadline limits
b. The anticipated weather with the
possibility of encountering ice
and the need for weather routing.
The prevailing currents and their advantage to improved speeds
c. The passage time to the destination; the anticipated bunkers used and the
need to arrive within prescribed schedule
d. The methods of determine position and avoiding areas of increased traffic
density. The limitations of the ships draught and the loadline limits
12. Which of the following answers would best define the term "risk"?
a. Risk is a situation involving
exposure to danger and includes
both identification of the
occurrence and the likelihood
that it will happen.
b. Risk is the term to identify a
dangerous situation which will
affect the ship
c. Risk is the possibility that a
dangerous situation is likely to
occur
d. Risk means something more dangerous than normal is likely to occur
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13. While navigating using a paper chart marked WGS84 the OOW plots the ships
position by four different methods and they all give slightly different positions.
Which of the following would be considered the most accurate.
a. Radar ranges from two radar destinctive
headlands
b. GPS set on WGS84 datum
c. Bearing and distance from a navigation
buoy close to the vessel
d. Gyro compass bearings from two
lighthouses
14. Who will have the authority to take charge and make appropriate decisions in the
event of a vessel emergency when transiting the Panama Canal?
a. The Panama Canal Authority
b. The ship's Master
c. The ship's company
d. The Master and Pilot will agree
the best course of action to be
taken to resolve the emergency
situation.
15. You are a Senior Officer of the Watch on vessel "A" and are passing through the
Straits of Gibraltar. The vessel's speed is 18 knots and your vessel is overtaking
several other vessels, when the visibility reduces down to about 2 nm. What
aspects would you consider when establishing a "safe speed" for your vessel?
a. Deciding safe speed consider:
2 miles visibility; traffic
density; manoeuvrability of
vessel; effectiveness of
navigational equipment
(ARPA etc); state of sea and
currents and navigational
hazards.
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