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1、二副面试题参考第三章 二副面试问题及参考答案1. what are your responsibilities as a second officer? The second officer is the navigational officer and sometimes also medical officer on board. Besides, the second officer shall assist the chief officer. His duties may include the following:(1) navigation watch keeping (from

2、 1200 to 1600, and from 0000 to 0400);(2) chart and navigational publication corrections;(3) passage plan making;(4) usually working as the designated communications officer;(5) maintenance of communication equipment, instruments and spare parts on board the ship;(6) care of all the basic navigation

3、 equipment and instruments, including magnetic compasses, gyrocompasses, gyro repeaters, time changes, depth sounders and course recorder.(7) Maitenance of inventories of the stationery;(8) Medical duties, and other duties designated by the master or chief officer.(9) Some other work designated by m

4、aster or chief officer.4. please briefly describle the procedure of dealing with navigational warnings. Firstly, I shall register the navigational warnings in the register book and record the warning number in the card. Secondly, I shall select the charts that are affected by the warnings. Then I sh

5、all use pens, scissors and glues to fix permanent notices. I shall also use pencils to fix temporary and preliminary notices. The charts are to be corrected according to all the concerned warnings. When I correct the chart, I shall frequently consult the geographical index.5. can you describe the ch

6、arts correction procedure? Please refer to the same question for the master. Firstly, the second officer has to make sure that he has received the latest Notice to Mariner and that he has to write the notice request on time. The master shall make emergency request if the latest is not received. Seco

7、ndly, the second officer has to record the notice to mariner on the correction logs on time according to the chronogical order. Thirdly, when correcting the chart, he has to make sure that the last small correction has been made on the chart. Erasure should never be made when deleting in formation c

8、rossed throuth. Instead, series of short double strokes should be used while correction fluid should not be used. Always insert information before you delete any information.6. who should draft the passage plan on board? What are included in passage plan? When you make the passage plan, what informa

9、tion do you need? Usually, the passage plan should be prepared by the second officer and approved by the master. During passage, when an error or mistake is found about the passage plan, it should be reported to the master first and corrected afterwards by the second officer. But during voyage the p

10、assage plan cannot be changed without the masters approved. The passage plan should include such information as way points, the distance between way point, courses, current, tide, weather conditions and means of communications, means of fixing position and interval and so on. Besides, the following

11、information and publications are necessary in making the passage plan: sailing directions, pilot book, port entry guidance, tide tables local area warning, warning from the NAVAREA areas, list of light and radio signals, admiralty notice to mariner, sea chart and catalogue of admiralty charts and ot

12、her publications.7. what is the scope the passage plan cover? If you miss one ore two big or small scale charts for next voyage, can the ship give sea going or not? The passage plan should cover the sailing route from berth to berth. Lack of information for some areas may lead to some serious accide

13、nts. The ship cannot go if one or two charts are not available.8. if the signal of “three red lights vertically aligned” is found on board a ship during night voyage, what do you think is wrong with the ship? If a motor ship is mpving under the way, but not under command, what kind of signals shoud

14、she use? On what occasion do you display two black balls during the day? The vessel is constrained by her draught. It is very hard for her to maneuver. Our vessel should give a wide and take actions to keep away from her. The motor ship should use not-under-control lights, i.e., two red lights verti

15、cally aligned during night time, and two black balls vertically aligned during day time. We shall display two black balls when our vessel cannot get out the way of another.9. please describle how you take care of the magnetic compass. The liquid magnetic compass should be regularly checked for air b

16、ubbles and it shoud always be covered when it is not in use. The deviation of the compass should be checked and observed during every watch.10. how to you set and adjust gyrocompass? The second officer should frequently check the gyrocompass, error. Actually, gyrocompass accuracy should be checked a

17、t least once a day at sea and at anchor, and for each course steered. During the watch, the simultaneous check should be made at least hourly. If there is any significant deviation error, the second officer should report it to the master and record in the compass record book and deck logbook. The el

18、ectronic devices should be kept away from the compasses in a reasonable distance. The chief officer or other designated officers should test the error in the morning and evening.11.what are your responsibilities as the second officer while the vessel is in port?My responsibilities are to keep good w

19、atch, to ensure the safety of life, the ship and the cargo and to maintain good wooking orders on the vessel.During my watch I should be aware of the draft, under keel clearance, the state of ship, the mooring conditions so as to avoid dangerous listing, trim or hull stress during cargo operation. I

20、 should also make sure that de-ballasting causes no marine pollution. I should watch and supervise the loading process and report any incident or accident to the chief officer.12. please tell me the difference between the great circle line and rhomb line?In theory, the great circle line is the short

21、est distance between two places, while the rhomb line is longer than the great circle line. However, it is very hard for a vessel just to take the circle line or rhomb line.13. during cargo loading, if you find cargo damages in holds, what should you do? I should record them in writing or even photo

22、graph the damages and report the situations to the chief officer immediately. The chief officer should report it to the tallyman and ask them to replace the cargo, if possible. At the same time, the officer on duty should make the on-the-spot record. If the damages are realy very serous, we should r

23、eport to the master and ask for his instructions.14. when you usually do the chart work? When you are keeping watch, can you do the chart work? Whenever I receive the notice to mariner, I will do the correction and drawing as soon as possible. Generally, I should not do the chart work when am keepin

24、g watch. Doing chart work during watch keeping can give rise to some potential danger to the maneuvering of the vessel.15. what is the maximum blood alcohol concentraition (BAC) rate on board? According to the STCW code, the BAC shall not be more than 0.08% by weight at any time when being tested. W

25、atch-keepers are not allowed to drink any alcoholic beverage 4 hours before their watch. Besides, when bunkering, loading and unloading, mooring and unmooring, 4 hours before and after port all, the sailor on board cannot have any alcoholic before and after port all, the sailor on board cannot have

26、any alcoholic drinks.16. please tell me your duties as the medical officer. I am responsible for maintaining the medical inventory. I should keep a good record of the use of different medicines and make sure that the aide are at proper locations. I should also be careful with the medicine locker. Th

27、e expired medicines should be replaced on time. When some important medicines are out of stock, I should report to the master and make requisition for supply.17. when do you call the master to the bridge? In the following situations, according to the SMS manual, I will have to call the master to the

28、 bridge:(1) when the visibility is lower than the one mentioned in the master,s standing order;(2) breakdown of the main engine, steering gear, gyro-compass or any other critical equipment related to the safety of the vessel;(3) when the ship,s position and sounding are unusual or strange;(4) when t

29、he navigational marks or sounding do not appear as expected;(5) when heavy weather is encountered;(6) whenthe ship is behaving in an unusual way;(7) when marine pollution is seen or suspected;(8) when distress message is received or accident observed;(9) any other situation when the officers are in

30、observed;(10) whenever the ship is in danger;18.when RADAR and ARPAR are in use, do they relieve your duty of lookout as a watch-keeper? No, these apparatuses do not relieve the watch officer of his duty to maintain a proper lookout at all times. This is very important to the manuvering of the vesse

31、l. Accidents often arise because of the officers complete dependence on the RADAR,ARPAR, GPS and other equipment, especially in hazardous areas, such as the coast and port areas, low visibility area, restricted areas and heavy weather regions. All in all, the rules and regulation of the COLREG 1972

32、must be strictly obeyed.19. what do you know about EC and ECDIS ? EC means electrionic chart, and ECDIS means electronic chart and information system. This system usees the computer technology to provide chart details on a visual display unit, combined with an automatic indication of ships position, and possibly a radar image, and a navigation aide. This kind of chart needs basic computer operation skills and automation knowledge.20. can you tell me the main contents of a typical admiralty notice to mariner? How did you get the notice to mariner on yo