PSSR exit exam questions and answers — Set 11 — Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities
Set 11 of the Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (PSSR) exit exam bank — 30 of 786 questions, with the correct option marked and a one-line explanation for every one. Read it end to end, jump to a single set, or search it — then sit the same bank as a timed paper. The real DG Shipping exit exam is 30 marks with 15 to pass.
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Set 11 — 30 PSSR exit exam questions with answers
1. The safe and efficient use of the face piece of a demand-type self-contained breathing apparatus is directly influenced by
- A. The donning of the face piece
- B. The stowage of the face piece
- C. The maintenance of the face piece
- D. All of the above
2. Personal protective equipment is required when
- A. An employer suffers an injury
- B. An employee suffers an injury
- C. An employee asks for it
- D. Engineering, work practice and administrative controls do not provide sufficient protection against hazards
3. Which of the following types of gloves should you wear when working with chemicals?
- A. Butyl rubber gloves
- B. Fabric gloves
- C. Leather gloves
- D. Both fabric and leather gloves
4. Eye protection is required for which of the following hazards?
- A. Flying particles
- B. Liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids
- C. Chemical gases or vapours
- D. All of the above
5. A person who sees someone fall overboard should ____.
- A. Go to the bridge for the distress flares
- B. Run to the radio room to send an emergency message
- C. Call for help and keep the individual in sight
- D. Immediately jump into the water to assist the individual
6. You have heard the signal of seven short blasts followed by one prolonged blast. You should
- A. Report directly to your muster station with your suitcase
- B. Jump overboard
- C. Collect your lifejacket and warm clothing and proceed to your muster station
- D. Seek out other passengers to find out the nature of the problem
7. After being called to muster stations, if some time will elapse before abandonment, the master should ensure that all passengers and crew
- A. Have a glass of whisky to keep them warm
- B. Go to the toilet before abandoning
- C. Choose the life raft they want to go into
- D. Have a good drink of water and collect grab bags and warm clothing
8. Lifebuoys are subjected to which of the following tests?
- A. Drop test
- B. Fire test
- C. Flotation test
- D. All of the above
9. You are evacuating crew members from a survival craft that has been adrift in the North Atlantic for several days. What could occur if a person suffering from hypothermia is lifted vertically in a rescue sling to the helicopter?
- A. A decrease in the symptoms of hypothermia
- B. Temporary blindness from the altitude change
- C. Severe shock or cardiac arrest
- D. Frostbite on exposed areas
10. A motor lifeboat shall carry sufficient fuel to operate continuously for a period of
- A. 12 hours
- B. 18 hours
- C. 24 hours
- D. 36 hours
11. A muster list includes
- A. The place of emergency assembly
- B. The list of cargo carried
- C. The allocation of lifeboats for passengers only
- D. The allowance of personal property you can take
12. If it was required to abandon ship, you should
- A. Push all passengers to slip into the water or life raft
- B. Assist the passengers to slip into the water or life raft
- C. Get all passengers off before inflating the life raft
- D. Jump into the water first to encourage them
13. If more than one liferaft is manned after the vessel has sunk, what action will aid in your rescue?
- A. Each raft should go in a different direction in search of land
- B. Spread out to increase the chance of a search aircraft finding you
- C. Tie the rafts together and try to stay in a single group
- D. Reduce the number of liferafts
14. The international distress, safety and calling frequency is VHF channel ____.
- A. 16
- B. 18
- C. 22
- D. 13
15. The poop deck is located
- A. At the aft end, above the steering flat
- B. At the fore part of the ship
- C. Above the bridge
- D. Above the engine room
16. The ISM Code requires work procedures which ensure ____ performance.
- A. Superior
- B. Profitable
- C. Safe
- D. Excellent
17. By day, the answering signal made by life-saving stations on seeing signals from a ship is
- A. Orange smoke signal
- B. Red parachute rocket
- C. Hand flare
- D. Red star signal
18. During a fuelling operation, which precaution should be taken when topping off fuel tanks?
- A. Reduce the pumping rate by closing the deck filling valve
- B. Close all overflow valves
- C. Place 5-gallon containers under all flange connections in the fuel line
- D. Reduce the pumping rate and sound tanks frequently
19. Ground garbage which will be discharged into the sea must be able to pass through a screen with openings no larger than ____.
- A. 25 millimetres
- B. 50 millimetres
- C. 75 millimetres
- D. 100 millimetres
20. In the verbal communication process, the direct exchange of ____ occurs between the sender and the receiver.
- A. Mails
- B. Words
- C. Gestures
- D. None of the above
21. Speech rate is usually much ____ than the rate at which we think.
- A. More tedious
- B. Slower
- C. Faster
- D. None of the above
22. The problem of misunderstanding can be reduced by providing ____ to the listeners while explaining a process.
- A. Theories
- B. Examples
- C. Samples
- D. Mathematics
23. If the receiver misunderstood the sender's message,
- A. This could lead to effective communication
- B. This could create a barrier to effective communication
- C. This could lead to wonderful communication
- D. None of these
24. Which of the following is a disadvantage of written communication?
- A. The preparation of written documents is time consuming
- B. It provides a permanent record
- C. It can be referred to later
- D. None of these
25. On many vessels, a continuous ringing of the ship's bell indicates
- A. Change of watch
- B. A fire emergency
- C. Dinner is ready
- D. Arrival in port
26. Before sailing, gastight doors and access hatches should be
- A. Opened before sailing and kept open throughout the voyage
- B. Closed and secured, and opened only when required and closed again after use
- C. Removed to allow free access
- D. Left unlatched so that they can swing freely
27. Under MARPOL Annex II, operational discharge of noxious liquid substance residues is permitted only
- A. While the ship is en route at sea, at least 12 nm from the nearest land, in water at least 25 m deep
- B. When alongside in port
- C. When at anchor in a harbour
- D. In any sea area without conditions
28. Which of the following form part of an abandon ship drill?
- A. Checking that passengers and crew are suitably dressed
- B. Checking that lifejackets are correctly donned
- C. Starting and operating the lifeboat engine
- D. All of the above
29. The general emergency alarm signal consists of
- A. Continuous ringing of the bell
- B. Seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast
- C. Three long blasts
- D. One prolonged blast repeated every two minutes
30. Freeing ports on deck should be
- A. Kept clear of loose gear so that water can drain freely
- B. Blocked with loose gear lashed in front of them
- C. Welded shut for heavy weather
- D. Covered with tarpaulins at sea
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