BECC TEST 5 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Rubber-lipped seals that keep the water from leaking atound the
shaft is known as the Answer: Rubber gasket
◉ The stripping system tailpipe draws from the ____ of the tank?
Answer: End or back
◉ What type of tanks are always full of liquids? Answer: Sea water
compensated fuel storage tank
◉ What tanks hold drinkable water? Answer: Potable water tank
◉ What tanks hold human waste? Answer: VCHT (Vacuum,
Collection, Holding, Transfer)
◉ What is a metal plate installed inside a tank to prevent surging
Answer: Baffle
◉ What is used to measure the depth of a liquid? Answer: Sounding
tape
,◉ An empty, enclosed compartment separating other compartments
is called? Answer: Voids
◉ What is the purpose of a tank vent? Answer: Allow Air to Enter
and Exit Tank
◉ What type of reading sight glass uses a vertical pipe with a
magnetic float the rides or the surface of the fuel? Answer: Indirect
sight glass
◉ What type of tank holds fuel before it is cleaned? Answer: Fuel oil
tank
◉ What tank holds water for boilers? Answer: Feed water
◉ What system is used to adjust the draft. list and trim of a ship?
Answer: Ballasting system
◉ What is the distance from the keel to the waterline called?
Answer: Draft
◉ What can increase the ship's draft? Answer: Ballasting
, ◉ How are ballast tanks installed below the waterline filled with
seawater? Answer: Opening main sea valve
◉ How much pressure do the deballast air compressors create?
Answer: 20 PSIG
◉ What is used to deballast tanks below the waterline? Answer:
Compressed air
◉ What component absorbs motion between resilient mounted
machinery and fixed mounted piping systems? Answer: Flexible
hose assembly
◉ What tubing material is unsatisfactory for high temperatures?
Answer: Copper
◉ What are hose assemblies constructed of? Answer: Rubber teflon
◉ How often should non-critical hoses be replaced? Answer: 12
years
◉ What connects a section of piping and other components of piping
systems? Answer: Fittings
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
◉ Rubber-lipped seals that keep the water from leaking atound the
shaft is known as the Answer: Rubber gasket
◉ The stripping system tailpipe draws from the ____ of the tank?
Answer: End or back
◉ What type of tanks are always full of liquids? Answer: Sea water
compensated fuel storage tank
◉ What tanks hold drinkable water? Answer: Potable water tank
◉ What tanks hold human waste? Answer: VCHT (Vacuum,
Collection, Holding, Transfer)
◉ What is a metal plate installed inside a tank to prevent surging
Answer: Baffle
◉ What is used to measure the depth of a liquid? Answer: Sounding
tape
,◉ An empty, enclosed compartment separating other compartments
is called? Answer: Voids
◉ What is the purpose of a tank vent? Answer: Allow Air to Enter
and Exit Tank
◉ What type of reading sight glass uses a vertical pipe with a
magnetic float the rides or the surface of the fuel? Answer: Indirect
sight glass
◉ What type of tank holds fuel before it is cleaned? Answer: Fuel oil
tank
◉ What tank holds water for boilers? Answer: Feed water
◉ What system is used to adjust the draft. list and trim of a ship?
Answer: Ballasting system
◉ What is the distance from the keel to the waterline called?
Answer: Draft
◉ What can increase the ship's draft? Answer: Ballasting
, ◉ How are ballast tanks installed below the waterline filled with
seawater? Answer: Opening main sea valve
◉ How much pressure do the deballast air compressors create?
Answer: 20 PSIG
◉ What is used to deballast tanks below the waterline? Answer:
Compressed air
◉ What component absorbs motion between resilient mounted
machinery and fixed mounted piping systems? Answer: Flexible
hose assembly
◉ What tubing material is unsatisfactory for high temperatures?
Answer: Copper
◉ What are hose assemblies constructed of? Answer: Rubber teflon
◉ How often should non-critical hoses be replaced? Answer: 12
years
◉ What connects a section of piping and other components of piping
systems? Answer: Fittings
