Environmental Officer Training
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
What does MARPOL stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
It is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce
its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
What are the 4 processes of an Environmental Management System
(EMS)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Planning, Target Setting, Monitoring,
Measurement
What are the 3 responsibilities of an Environmental Officer (EO)? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Ensure compliance with the environmental program
,- ensure continuous environmental improvements
-encourage broader environmental awareness
What are the 6 annexes of MARPOL? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Annex I - Oil
- Annex II - Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
-Annex II - Harmful Substances in Packaged Form
- Annex IV- Sewage
- Annex V - Garbage
-Annex VI - Air Pollution
What are the 10 special sea areas for Annex I? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Gulf Area, Gulf of
Aden, Antarctic area , North West European Waters, Oman Area of
Arabian Sea, Southern South African waters
What is a special sea area (SA)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔For technical reasons
relating to their oceanographical and ecological condition and to their sea
traffic, the adoption of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea
pollution is required. Under the Convention, these special areas are
provided with a higher level of protection than other areas of the sea.
,Which category of Noxious Liquid Substances includes the most harmful
chemicals? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔X
Whose responsibility is it to provide safety information required in the event
of spillage of harmful substances in packaged form? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Shippers of the substance
What types of garbage are permitted to be discharged into the sea under
certain conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Animal carcasses, non-harmful cargo
residues and food waste
What can the discharge of ballast water taken on in another part of the
world do to the environment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-introduce aquatic nuisance
species
- release infectious bacteria
What are 2 gaseous emissions from ship engine exhausts that are
controlled by annex VI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔NOx and SOx
In which Noxious liquid substance are vegetable oils categorized? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Y
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, At more than 12 nm from the coast, sewage can be discharged from
holding tanks provided the ship is en route at no less than what speed? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔> 4 nm with no visible solids
Under annex I, how many special areas are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10
What is the max oil level discharge in bilge water? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
parts per million
How many nautical miles does the ship need to be from land for it to be
permissible to discharge incinerator ash? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It is never
permitted
The Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP) is required by a
vessel carrying what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Noxious Liquid Substances
For the purpose of sewage discharge, which area of the world is in the
process of becoming a special area for passenger ships? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Baltic Sea
What are the 3 categories of Noxious Liquid Substances? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔X, Y, Z
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
What does MARPOL stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
It is a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce
its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔What is an Environmental Management System (EMS)?
What are the 4 processes of an Environmental Management System
(EMS)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Planning, Target Setting, Monitoring,
Measurement
What are the 3 responsibilities of an Environmental Officer (EO)? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Ensure compliance with the environmental program
,- ensure continuous environmental improvements
-encourage broader environmental awareness
What are the 6 annexes of MARPOL? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Annex I - Oil
- Annex II - Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
-Annex II - Harmful Substances in Packaged Form
- Annex IV- Sewage
- Annex V - Garbage
-Annex VI - Air Pollution
What are the 10 special sea areas for Annex I? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Gulf Area, Gulf of
Aden, Antarctic area , North West European Waters, Oman Area of
Arabian Sea, Southern South African waters
What is a special sea area (SA)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔For technical reasons
relating to their oceanographical and ecological condition and to their sea
traffic, the adoption of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea
pollution is required. Under the Convention, these special areas are
provided with a higher level of protection than other areas of the sea.
,Which category of Noxious Liquid Substances includes the most harmful
chemicals? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔X
Whose responsibility is it to provide safety information required in the event
of spillage of harmful substances in packaged form? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
Shippers of the substance
What types of garbage are permitted to be discharged into the sea under
certain conditions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Animal carcasses, non-harmful cargo
residues and food waste
What can the discharge of ballast water taken on in another part of the
world do to the environment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-introduce aquatic nuisance
species
- release infectious bacteria
What are 2 gaseous emissions from ship engine exhausts that are
controlled by annex VI? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔NOx and SOx
In which Noxious liquid substance are vegetable oils categorized? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Y
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, At more than 12 nm from the coast, sewage can be discharged from
holding tanks provided the ship is en route at no less than what speed? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔> 4 nm with no visible solids
Under annex I, how many special areas are there? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10
What is the max oil level discharge in bilge water? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
parts per million
How many nautical miles does the ship need to be from land for it to be
permissible to discharge incinerator ash? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It is never
permitted
The Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP) is required by a
vessel carrying what? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Noxious Liquid Substances
For the purpose of sewage discharge, which area of the world is in the
process of becoming a special area for passenger ships? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Baltic Sea
What are the 3 categories of Noxious Liquid Substances? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔X, Y, Z
