SEAM 3 REVIEWER

What cargo handling' is a method of cargo handling in which the cargo is lifted over the vessel's rail either by a crane on land or by a crane on board the vessel ?

• conventional means

• heavy lift cargo

• cargo handling

• cargo runner

What is this activity of moving goods on and off ships, planes, trucks, etc.: Private companies own the major ports and also provide services such as stevedoring and towage .

• cargo handling

• cargo moving

• cargo towing

• cargo transit

A piece of wood use for loading cargo to protect, support and to prevent cargo from moving.

• toming

• shoring

• dunnage

• lumber

What is the purpose of a hatch coaming?

I. Strengthens the structural opening in a vessel.

II. Eliminates stress at the corners of the openings.

• II only

• I only

• I & II

• none of the above

When a purchase is rove to advantage' this means that:

• The number of sheaves in the purchase does not change'

• The hauling part comes from the moving block'

• The mechanical advantage is increased by one'

• All of the above

Wire rope is composed of three parts. Which of the following is not apart?

• wires

• strands

• core

• fibers

In handling a weight what part of the tackle has the greatest stress in hoisting?

• the hauling part

• the standing part

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

A load or weight applied to material when testing it to destruction.

• safe working load

• strain

• stress

• breaking stress

When the mechanical power of a purchase is equal to the number of sheaves plus one, it is:

• rigged to advantage

• rigged to disadvantage

• rigged to normal

• double rigged

What is called to the volume occupied by unit weight of cargo. Usually expressed as cubic meters per tonne or cubic feet per ton?

• stowage factor

• broken stowage

• cargo weight

• metric ton