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    The document contains a 10 question exam for Marine Engineering Officer Class IV candidates. The exam covers topics in marine engineering knowledge including rotary vane steering gears, types of material failure, fire causes in ship accommodation spaces, cascade control systems, reverse osmosis freshwater production, intercoolers on air compressors, auxiliary diesel engine machinery, monitoring of engine rooms under unmanned machinery space conditions, and questions identifying the components that control fuel flow in oil burners and the metric used to rate fuses.

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    95MEKG-4

    Sr. No. 7
    EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
    Function: Marine Engineering at Operational Level
    MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE (GENERAL)

    India (2002)

    M.E.O. Class IV
    (Time allowed - 3hours)
    Morning Paper

    Total Marks 100

    NB : (1)All Questions are Compulsory


    (2)All Questions carry equal marks
    (3)Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage
    1. With reference to rotary vane steering gears:
    (a) Describe, with the aid of a sketch, how such a unit incorporates an integral
    rudder carrier;
    (b) Explain how vertical rudder movement is accommodated.
    2. Discuss the following types of material failure :(a) Fatigue
    (b) Creep
    3. State with reasons the principal causes of fire in accommodation and service spaces
    while at sea and in port.
    4. (a) (i) Sketch a cascade control system.
    (ii) Explain the operation of this cascade system.
    (b) State the reasons for using a cascade control system in preference to other
    methods.
    (c) Explain why the controller settings on the main loop of a cascade control system
    differ from those on the sub loop.
    5. (a) Describe the reverse osmosis system for the production of drinking water on
    board the ships.
    (b) state(i)
    pre-treatment used with RO equipment.
    (ii)
    The post -treatment necessary.
    (c) List its advantages compared with a low-pressure evaporator.
    6. Explain why inter-cooler is fitted to air compressors. How often are they tested and
    how is this done? Is it possible to run such a compressor without its inter-cooler, and
    what would be the effect of this?

    7. With reference to auxiliary diesel engine machinery:


    (a) (i) State why this may be mounted on resident mountings.
    (ii) State why such mounting have great flexibility;
    (b) state why limit stops are provided;
    (c) State how the external piping is connected.
    8. In engine rooms that are operated under UMS conditions describe with the aid of
    sketches how the following are monitored:
    (a) The perforation of a high pressure fuel pipe.
    (b) The imminence or possibility of a scavenge fire.
    (c) Condition that may be conductive to a crankcase explosion.
    9. The amount of fuel oil atomized by a return flow oil burner is directly controlled by
    the ____________.
    (A) header supply valve
    (B) burner root valve
    (C) oil micrometer valve
    (D) fuel oil back pressure
    Briefly Justify Your Answer
    10. Fuses are rated in _____________.
    (A) voltage
    (B) amperage
    (C) interrupting capacity
    (D) all the above
    Briefly Justify Your Answer

    -----------------------------------X-------------------------------

    95MEKG-4
    Sr. No. 7
    EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
    Function: Marine Engineering at Operational Level
    MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE (GENERAL)

    India (2002)

    M.E.O. Class IV
    (Time allowed - 3hours)
    Morning Paper

    Total Marks 100

    NB : (1)All Questions are Compulsory


    (2)All Questions carry equal marks
    (3)Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

    Answers
    Answer for Question No. 9
    Answer for Question No. 10

    Correct Answer : D
    Correct Answer : D

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