SAMPLE TANKERMAN EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE RIGHT
ANSWERS .
What is NOT a precaution to be taken when topping off? - Correct Answer -Notify the engine room of
the procedure.
Your tank vessel is loaded down to her marks, and you find that she has too much trim by the stern.
What action should you take to obtain an even keel and still maintain profitability? - Correct Answer -
shift bunkers forward
According to U.S. regulations, no person may transfer oil to or from a vessel unless each person in
charge has signed what document? - Correct Answer -declaration of inspection
According to U.S. regulations, which conditions would not disqualify a nonmetallic hose as being
suitable for use in transferring oil? - Correct Answer -A leak in the flange gasket while hydrostatically
testing the hose.
Oil product samples should be taken at the commencement and completion of loading operations. As
the person in charge, where should the the final samples be taken? - Correct Answer -the vessel's
cargo tanks
Protective clothing must be worn while sampling hazardous cargo on a tankship. This clothing
includes which of the following at a minimum? - Correct Answer -a face mask or goggles
On modern tankers with separate pumprooms, which of the following is used to minimize cargo pump
shaft leakage? - Correct Answer -Mechanical seals
When tank cleaning with a portable machine, how is the weight of the machine is suspended? -
Correct Answer -a natural fiber tag line, saddle and hose
What should be the first consideration when discharging an oil cargo? - Correct Answer -get the bow
up
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, Why is a warning sign displayed at the gangway or access point of a barge during cargo transfer? -
Correct Answer -To keep visitors away from the barge
It would be prudent to perform which of the following actions prior to the commencement of
bunkering? - Correct Answer -plug the scuppers
Which of the following terms best describes the amount of product in a tank measured from the tank
top to the level of liquid? - Correct Answer -Innage
When loading bulk liquid cargo, what is the FIRST action you should take if a cargo valve jammed
open? - Correct Answer -Order the dock man to shut down.
"Line Displacement" is a procedure that is followed at an oil terminal facility, when there is a change
of which of the following? - Correct Answer -product during the final phase of loading
While loading bulk oil, you notice oil on the water near the barge. Which of the following actions
should you carry out FIRST? - Correct Answer -Stop loading
Combustion can occur inside a piping system such as a vapor collection header in a marine emission
control system. Which of the following will not aid in this combustion process? - Correct Answer -
nitrogen
Which of the following is an example of an example of a grade D product? - Correct Answer -
kerosene
How can you determine which grades of cargo a tank vessel is permitted to carry? - Correct Answer -
refer to the vessel's Certificate of Inspection
Who completes the Declaration of Inspection before loading a tank vessel? - Correct Answer -The
designated person in charge.
Where would be the most likely location for a liquid cargo fire to occur on a tanker? - Correct Answer
-in the pumproom
46 CFR directs the location of fuel oil sounding tubes and access openings for fuel oil tanks on cargo
vessels. Where can the tubes be located? - Correct Answer -Cargo-holds
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QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE RIGHT
ANSWERS .
What is NOT a precaution to be taken when topping off? - Correct Answer -Notify the engine room of
the procedure.
Your tank vessel is loaded down to her marks, and you find that she has too much trim by the stern.
What action should you take to obtain an even keel and still maintain profitability? - Correct Answer -
shift bunkers forward
According to U.S. regulations, no person may transfer oil to or from a vessel unless each person in
charge has signed what document? - Correct Answer -declaration of inspection
According to U.S. regulations, which conditions would not disqualify a nonmetallic hose as being
suitable for use in transferring oil? - Correct Answer -A leak in the flange gasket while hydrostatically
testing the hose.
Oil product samples should be taken at the commencement and completion of loading operations. As
the person in charge, where should the the final samples be taken? - Correct Answer -the vessel's
cargo tanks
Protective clothing must be worn while sampling hazardous cargo on a tankship. This clothing
includes which of the following at a minimum? - Correct Answer -a face mask or goggles
On modern tankers with separate pumprooms, which of the following is used to minimize cargo pump
shaft leakage? - Correct Answer -Mechanical seals
When tank cleaning with a portable machine, how is the weight of the machine is suspended? -
Correct Answer -a natural fiber tag line, saddle and hose
What should be the first consideration when discharging an oil cargo? - Correct Answer -get the bow
up
1
, Why is a warning sign displayed at the gangway or access point of a barge during cargo transfer? -
Correct Answer -To keep visitors away from the barge
It would be prudent to perform which of the following actions prior to the commencement of
bunkering? - Correct Answer -plug the scuppers
Which of the following terms best describes the amount of product in a tank measured from the tank
top to the level of liquid? - Correct Answer -Innage
When loading bulk liquid cargo, what is the FIRST action you should take if a cargo valve jammed
open? - Correct Answer -Order the dock man to shut down.
"Line Displacement" is a procedure that is followed at an oil terminal facility, when there is a change
of which of the following? - Correct Answer -product during the final phase of loading
While loading bulk oil, you notice oil on the water near the barge. Which of the following actions
should you carry out FIRST? - Correct Answer -Stop loading
Combustion can occur inside a piping system such as a vapor collection header in a marine emission
control system. Which of the following will not aid in this combustion process? - Correct Answer -
nitrogen
Which of the following is an example of an example of a grade D product? - Correct Answer -
kerosene
How can you determine which grades of cargo a tank vessel is permitted to carry? - Correct Answer -
refer to the vessel's Certificate of Inspection
Who completes the Declaration of Inspection before loading a tank vessel? - Correct Answer -The
designated person in charge.
Where would be the most likely location for a liquid cargo fire to occur on a tanker? - Correct Answer
-in the pumproom
46 CFR directs the location of fuel oil sounding tubes and access openings for fuel oil tanks on cargo
vessels. Where can the tubes be located? - Correct Answer -Cargo-holds
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