Engineering

Question 1

Cheng/DCO responsibilities

• Chief Engineer
• Damage control officer

Answer 1

• For all out of plant shipboard maintenance

- overall in charge of damage control of the ship. (DCTT and ETT)

Question 2

DCA responsibilities

-Damage control assistant

Answer 2

Damage control of the ship

Question 3

EDO responsibilities

-Engineering Duty Officer

Answer 3

• Senior engineering personnel appointed by the CHENG to act on his behalf in his absence.
• Authorizing Officer ( danger and caution tag issueing)
• damage control of ship
• engineering duty section leader

Question 4

Fire Marshall responsibilities

Answer 4

• At sea fire party
• senior gas free engineer
• ships damage control training

Question 5

Electrical distribution system has how many zones and load centers?

Answer 5

9 electrical zones

24 out of plant load centers

Question 6

How many general load centers and how many functional load centers ?

Answer 6

9 general load centers

15 functional load centers

Question 7

General load centers feed what

Answer 7

Ventilation
Lighting
Receptacles

Question 8

Functional load centers feed what

Answer 8

ACEs
A/C plants
Fire pumps

Question 9

Major electrical components

Answer 9

• Automatic bus transfer
• manual bus transfer
• casualty power

Question 10

(ABT) automatic bus transfer functions

Answer 10

• Feeds vital equipment or lighting. ( medical,fire pumps,steering,AFFF stations)
• automatically transfer from normal power to emergency power upon loss of power

Question 11

(MBT)

Manual bus transfer functions

Answer 11

• Feeds ventilation, combat systems equipment.

- watch stander manually shifts power sources from normal to alternate

Question 12

Casualty power function

Answer 12

Used to provide emergency power to vital equipment due to battle damage of primary or alternate sources

Question 13

Steering system purpose

Answer 13

To change ships heading

Question 14

How many electrohydraulic steering units

Answer 14

4.

• 1&3 STBD side
• 2&4 port side

Question 15

Ways to operate the steering gear

Answer 15

• Bridge helm
• secondary con
• local with trick wheel
• emergency steering
• ratchet assembly

Question 16

Purpose of ship degaussing folder

Answer 16

Properly start up the degaussing system based on ships geographic location

Question 17

AC&R
Air conditioning and refrigeration
Purpose of the refrigeration units ?

Answer 17

Perishable food preservation

Question 18

4 phases of the basic refrigeration cycle ?

Answer 18

• compression
• condensation
• expansion
• evaporation

Question 19

Type of A/C plants

Answer 19

• 10 A/C plants

- 363 ton A/C plant model HFC-236A

Question 20

Purpose of the A/C system ?

Answer 20

Primary- is to cool equipment

Secondary- crew comfort

Question 21

Purpose of (PLC) 
Programmable logic controller ?

Answer 21

• starts and secures A/C plants
• A/C plant information read out
• Fault code indication

Question 22

Purpose of catapult steam system and how many onboard ?

Answer 22

• to launch aircraft

- 4 catapults onboard

Question 23

CSC - catapult supervisory control function?

Answer 23

Used to operate each catapult feeder valve

Question 24

Departments that are required to operate catapults ?

Answer 24

• reactor
• engineering
• air

Question 25

(CHT) components ? | Collection,holding, and transfer

Answer 25

- 5 holding tanks - 6 pumps ( eddy pump) - H2S monitoring system with 2nd deck indication panel

Question 26

3 operating modes of CHT?

Answer 26

- waste goes to shore facility in port - waste is discharged over the side at sea - waste is stored in holding tanks while in transit

Question 27

``` Gray water ( waste ) Black water ( sewage ) ```

Answer 27

- Waste water collected from showers,sinks,and scuttle butts - black water anything from a toilet

Question 28

Location of O2N2 plants onboard ?

Answer 28

- FWD in hangar bay 1 , port side, double green doors | - AFT in hangar bay 3 , STBD side , double green doors

Question 29

Uses of oxygen?

Answer 29

- Aviator breathing - AIMD cleaning - medical - dental

Question 30

Uses of Nitrogen ?

Answer 30

- aircraft tires - wart removal - reboiler layup - pilot ejection seats

Question 31

Define degaussing

Answer 31

It counteracts ships magnetic field

Question 32

Purpose of degaussing coils ? And names of coils ?

Answer 32

- Creates an opposite electric magnetic field | - A coil, M coil, FP-QP coil, FI-QI coil

Question 33

Purpose of list control

Answer 33

Maintain a leveled deck for flight ops

Question 34

Location and function of list tanks

Answer 34

10 list tanks ( 5 port and 5 STBD) | - it holds list water and the max amount is 2,240,000 gallons

Question 35

List control pumps

Answer 35

There’s 2 list pumps. | -used to move list water from side to side

Question 36

List control operating panel is located where ?

Answer 36

DC central . | -operates list pumps and gives levels of tanks

Question 37

CHT

Answer 37

3 nautical miles form land

Question 38

Pulpers

Answer 38

3 nautical miles from land

Question 39

Incinerator

Answer 39

12 nautical miles from land

Question 40

Shredded metal

Answer 40

12 nautical miles from land

Question 41

Dunnage

Answer 41

25 nautical miles from land

Question 42

Plastic

Answer 42

Never dispose . Unless for safety of ship, health if crew, or saving a life at sea. -COs permission is required