Deck Officer 2nd Class Oral Question

Deck Officer 2nd Class Oral Question


1st Candidate


IMDG Code. MFAG , EMS No. Class. What extra equipment ships carrying dangerous goods MUST carry? Example 2 extra BA sets and chemical suits.

What is dock water density and a fresh water allowance (FWA)?

How to load containers on top of the bulk carrier hatches?

At what angle would you have securing wires?

What would do if any of the containers were damaged? 
“A NOTE OF PROTEST“, “MATES RECEIPTS “, “BILL OF LAIDING “.

Enclosed spaces entry, how to test atmosphere? What to check?

Hammar hydrostatic release unit. How to rig it and explain in detail how they work? 

Man over board. Procedure, action and Williamson turn.

Squat, interaction and bank effect .

Name and explain different parts of magnetic compass.
KELVIN`S BALLS , FLINDERS BAR


Why there is liquid in the compass. (to keep card wet)

What are the 2 corrections that can be done to a gyro. (Latitude and Speed)

Passage planning in details.How do you keep 2 radars set up and how to do parrallel indexing with different displays.


Radar plotting, 3 positions provided and to complete the plot and provide the CPA, Aspect, Course and Speed of the other vessel and what action to be taken.

Rules 6, 9, 10 ,19 in details. 

Light and shape including arcs of visibility, horizontal and vertical spacing, fog signal and day shape . 

Buoys - west cardinal, north cardinal, isolated danger, safe water mark.


Ship changing flag, how would I go about changing and re-registering EPIRB. 





2nd Candidate

“Mates Receipts“, “Bills of Laiding“ & “Note of Protest“ Explained.

Cargo Securing Manual and the Code Of Safe Working Practice For Cargo Stowage And Securing, what was all in them and what the Rule of Thumb is all about.


How did you secure your deck cargo for bad weather.

Bunkering, who is responsible? What signals would I be showing to indicate that I am bunkering by day and by night (Code flag B or at night a single all round red light).

Asked the precautions to be taken while bunkering and all the equipment and information to do with SOPEP / SMPEP.

How would you deal with a fire in the engine room?

If you were mate on a ship, how would you deal with a man overboard.

Which publication you can find all the information on search patterns in. (IAMSAR)

Have you read M notice on Passage Planning? What it is?



What are the principals of passage planning?

What publications must be carried on vessels and what information is in each of the publications?



How could you find out if the charts were up to date?


Type of mooring ropes, formula for breaking strand, SWL. Calculate the breaking strand.


Describe turning short around with a ship model.


Rules of the road - Rules 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 in detail.

Arc`s of visibility, range of lights, horizontal & vertical separation.

Buoy - Isolated danger mark.

How much anchor cable you had on board, type of anchor, type and thickness of mooring ropes, radar displays used etc.

M notices.

Squat, interaction and bank effect.