Navigating Your Maritime Career: The Importance of Assessments (MMA 1)
In the world of maritime professionals, the journey is filled with challenges and milestones. From college exams and competency assessments to on-the-job evaluations, your career is a continuous learning process. You face assessments during interviews, career progressions, surveys, and even from colleagues who ask questions to gauge your expertise. It's all part of the maritime professional's life.
Introducing MarineX Maritime Assessments (MMA), your toolkit for success in the maritime industry.
MMA offers assessment tools in the form of quizzes, flashcards, podcasts, and more, designed to help you become the best version of yourself as a maritime professional.
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Question 1 to 5 (Just click the question to toggle for the answer)
Question 1: How can the error of the Gyro compass be determined?
Answer 1: The error of the Gyro compass can be determined by taking a transit bearing with the gyro compass of two prominent fixed shore objects and comparing it with the bearing of the same objects on the chart.
Question 2: What symptom would you think shows that the freon filter drier has become blocked?
Answer 2: A large temperature drop across the drier would be a symptom indicating that the freon filter drier has become blocked.
Question 3: In open sea where it is allowed to do water washing of cargo tanks, how much oil is the ship allowed to pump overboard to fulfill the regulations in force (IMO)?
Answer 3: The ship is allowed to pump overboard 30 liters per nautical mile to fulfill the regulations in force (IMO).
Question 4: Which international regulations govern the disposal of waste material, including galley waste, from ships?
Answer 4: The disposal of waste material, including galley waste, from ships is governed by Annex V of MARPOL 73/78.
Question 5: A section of seawater pipe has been removed for maintenance. When refitting the pipe after completing the work, the bolt holes in the flanges are found to be misaligned. What procedure should be followed to finish the work?
Answer 5: To finish the work, adjacent pipework should be slackened off to allow the pipe to be aligned. Any incorrectly positioned brackets should be adjusted after the pipe is refitted.
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