United States Coast Guard Marine Engineer Exam Questions

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13 1DA bridge gage is normally used to determine turbine
____________.
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2BCoast Guard Regulations (46 CFR) requires machinery
driving
the fuel oil transfer and fuel oil service pumps to be fitted with a concerned
remote means of stopping that machinery ____________.
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3DIf a ship is to be laid up for an indefinite period, the
saltwater side
of the main condenser should be ____________. with the sea valves
closed the sea valves
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4DAccording to U.S. Coast Guard Regulations (46 CFR), which
of
the following pumps is required to have a pressure gage
provided on the discharge side of the pump?
13 5DAssume that steam has formed in a boiler in which all of the
steam stop valves are closed, and the water level is held volume will remain
constant. When there is an increase in the temperature of the constant.
steam and water in the boiler, which of the following effects will
occur on the pressure and the specific volume of the steam?
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6BWhen a mixture of steam and water in a boiler has reached
the
point at which NO further change in state can occur with the
addition of heat, the mixture is considered to have reached its
____________.
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7DWhich symbol shown in the illustration is used to identify a
stop-
check valve on a drawing? number(s): SG-0014
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8DIf the water level cannot be seen in the lower part of the
boiler
gage glass, which of the following actions must be carried out going to the boiler.
immediately?
13
9DThe item labeled "C" in the illustration, is the
____________.
connection connection
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10DFuel oil solenoid valves at the burner fronts should be of
the
manual reset type to _____________. secure each burner
during a blackout a blackout
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11CAxial movement in a gear-type flexible coupling is provided
for by
_____________. shaft between retaining
collars between internal teeth
on the shaft ring
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12BA sectional (sinuous) header boiler is classified as which of
the
listed boiler types?
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14BWhich of the following fuel oil characteristics establishes
the
danger point when transferring, pumping, and firing procedures
are concerned?
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15CWhen condenser tube ends are rolled into both tube
sheets the
different rates of material expansion is compensated for by ends
utilizing _________.
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16AThe Butterworth heater shown in the illustration receives
steam
at approximately _______. number(s): SG-0005
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17BThe BTU value of fuel oil is determined by a/an
___________.
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Steam Knowledge
Choice B Choice C Choice D
bearing oil clearance
diaphragm tip clearanceblade
axial clearance bearing wear
within the space outside of the space at the throttle station
concerned
left filled with saltwater left filled with saltwater drained and refilled with
with the sea valves open saltwater after closing after closing the sea
valves
Fire pump Boiler Feed pump Fuel oil transfer pump
The steam pressure and The pressure will The pressure will remain
increase and the volume constant and the volume increase and the specific
will remain constant. will increase. volume will decrease.
supercritical end point critical end point vaporization end point
A B C
Increase the feedwater Check the DC heater Blowdown the boiler.
water level.
low pressure drain high pressure drain low pressure vent
connection supply connection number(s): SG-0025
permit the operator to permit the operator to prevent the furnace filling
secure each burner after with oil during a power with oil after restoration
failure of power
each gear sliding on its the variable oil clearance external teeth on the
in the quill shaft floating member sliding teeth on the pinion and
high speed gears
Bent tube Straight tube Express
Fire point Flash point Specific gravity
belled joints at both tube threaded brass ferrules expansion joints in the
on the tube ends condenser shell around the tube ends
130 psi 140 psi 143 psi
open cup test calorimeter hydrometer
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Illustration
within the fireroom
drained and dried out
All of the above
The pressure will
saturation end point
D See illustration
Secure the boiler fires.
low pressure steam See illustration
prevent the furnace filling
adjusting the pitch of the
D-type
Viscosity
metallic packing pressed
850 psi See illustration
viscosimeter