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MARLAW - Prelim

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the earliest maritime code documented?

a)

maritime code of the island of Rhodes

b)

maritime code of the island of Bahamas

c)

maritime code of the island of Panama

d)

maritime code of the island of Portugal

2.

The four pillars of maritime law are the following EXCEPT:

a)

SOLAS

b)

 STCW

c)

COLREG

d)

 MLC

3.

Maritime law is also known as ________.

a)

Seafarer law

b)

Sea law

c)

Seaman’s law

d)

Admiralty law

4.

It is a body of laws, conventions, and treaties that govern private maritime business and other nautical matters, like shipping or offences and disputes.

a)

SOLAS

b)

Maritime law

c)

UNCLOS

d)

Buys ballot law

5.

Maritime laws are limited to the transportation of goods or people.

a)

TRUE

b)

 FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

SOMETIMES

6.

Passage planning, navigational, distress signals etc. are needed with what vessels?

a)

TEU

b)

FEU

c)

All seagoing vessels of all sizes

d)

Cargo Ships

7.

What do you mean by the acronym LSA?

a)

Life Securing Availabilities

b)

Low Surface Area

c)

Light Sea Area

d)

Life-saving Appliances

8.

What is not included in the storage and securing of different types of cargo and containers?

a)

Coal

b)

Shoals

c)

Car

d)

Oil and Gas Cargo

9.

What do you mean by the acronym ISM?

a)

International Shipping Management

b)

 International Shipper’s Management

c)

International Safety Management

d)

none of the answers

10.

What is needed in order to operate legally within the Arctic and Antarctic areas?’

a)

PSC Certificate

b)

ISM Certificate

c)

Polar Ship Certificate

d)

Safety Certificate

11.

Deals with watertight integrity of the ship, especially for passenger vessel.

a)

Carriage of Cargoes

b)

Nuclear Ships

c)

General Provision

d)

Construction- Subdivision and Stability Machinery and Electrical Installations

12.

The code of safety for a nuclear-propelled ship is stated in this chapter.

a)

Nuclear Ships

b)

Management For the Safe Operation of Ships

c)

General Provision

d)

Carriage of Cargoes

13.

Special and enhanced survey for safe operation, other operational requirement and ISPS code is briefed in this chapter.

a)

Safety Measures for High-Speed Craft

b)

Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety

c)

General Provision

d)

Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Security

14.

How many SOLAS convention articles are there?

a)

X

b)

XI

c)

XII

d)

XIII

15.

What is article V of SOLAS Convention articles?

a)

Amendments

b)

Prior treaties and conventions

c)

Carriage of persons in emergency

d)

Special rules drawn up by Agreement

16.

The _______ undertake to promulgate all laws, decrees, orders and regulations and to take all other steps which may be necessary to give the present Convention full and complete effect, so as to ensure that, from the point of view of safety of life, a ship is fit for the service for which it is intended.

a)

Constructing Governments

b)

Contracting Governments

c)

Concepting Governments

d)

Contrasting Governments

17.

The present Convention shall apply to ships entitled to fly the flag of States the Governments of which are Contracting Governments.

a)

Article I

b)

Article II

c)

Article III

d)

Article IV

18.

For the purpose of evacuating persons in order to avoid a threat to the security of their lives a Contracting Government may permit the carriage of a larger number of persons in its ships than is otherwise permissible under the present Convention.

a)

Carriage of persons in emergency

b)

Prior treaties and conventions

c)

Special rules drawn up by Agreement

d)

Amendments

19.

As between the Contracting Governments, the present Convention replaces and abrogates the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea which was signed in London on 17 June 1960

a)

June 10, 1960

b)

June 17, 1860

c)

June 17, 1960

d)

June 10, 1860

20.

__________ shall be affected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary-General of the Organization.

a)

Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession

b)

Acceptance

c)

Approval or accession

d)

Purification, acceptance, approval

21.

An international maritime treaty that sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships comply with these standards.

a)

SOLAS

b)

STCW

c)

COLREG

d)

MLC

22.

Also known as the Ship training, certification and watch keeping courses are one of the basic necessities for any person to qualify as a mariner.

a)

COLREG

b)

SOLAS

c)

MLC

d)

STCW

23.

One of the fourth pillar of international maritime law and embodies seafarers' rights to decent conditions of work and creates conditions of fair competition for shipowners.

a)

SOLAS

b)

STCW

c)

COLREG

d)

MLC

24.

  (a)   are Laws between nations governing such things as national versus international waters and are considered public international law.

25.

All people who work on board of ships need Maritime law to protect them from employer’s negligence, which can cause (a)   , disability and even death.

26.

The employers are forced by maritime law to provide the best working conditions in company ships in order to be (a)   at all times.

27.

In case the seamen get injured while they are working on a vessel, the protection that maritime law provides to sailors involves a set of benefits. What kind of benefits is this?

(a)  

28.

Maritime law also guarantees that family members of seamen who die or suffers permanent disability resulting from negligence on the part of the employer will be well compensated. What kind of benefits is this?

(a)  

29.

All people who work on board of ships need (a)   to protect them from employer’s negligence, which can cause injury, disability and even death.

30.

There is documentation of individual judgments and the establishment of common rules that pre-date European admiralty doctrines. Documented as the earliest maritime code, was the maritime code of the island of (a)   .

31.

  (a)   is a mix of common practices and laws adopted by seafaring nations for generations.

32.

Maritime law governs many of the insurance claims relating to (a)   ; civil matters between shipowners, seamen, and passengers; and piracy.

33.

Maritime law, also known as admiralty law, is a body of laws, conventions, and (a)   that govern private maritime business and other nautical matters, such as shipping or offenses occurring on open water.

34.

The Maritime Law enforces employers to provide the outmost condition of safety at all times.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Maritime law follows a separate code and is an independent jurisdiction by the National Law.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Laws also involve how companies treat their workers, how the workers get paid or even how their protection is ensured while working on board a vessel.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

International rules, governing the use of the oceans and seas, are known as Law of the Sea

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Maritime law is a mix of common practices and laws adopted by seafaring nations for generations.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

All people who work on board of ships DO NOT need Maritime law to protect them from employer’s negligence, which can cause injury, disability and even death

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Concerned with the protection of life

and property through regulation,

management and technology

development of all forms of

waterborne transportation

(a)  

41.

Supports an international order that is

maintained through rule of law, and

relies upon clear regulation of, and

adherence to, the principles of both

customary and formal international law,

judicial decisions, other protocols,

customs, and legal scholarship

(a)  

42.

Body of public international law

governing the geographic jurisdictions

of coastal States and the rights and

duties among States in the use and

conservation of the ocean environment

and its natural resources.

(a)  

43.

An electronic device that automatically

reacts to the emission of a radar and

eases the search of a ship in distress

or a life raft

(a)  

44.

A small electronic device that can help

search and rescue authorities find

people in distress

(a)  

45.

What are the surveys and certification that are needed for the safety items.

a)

Survey

b)

Documentation

c)

PSC

d)

All mentioned