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Sr. No. 1
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Marine Engineering at Operational Level
MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE
(MOTOR)
M. E. O. CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
INDIA (2001)
Total Marks 100

Afternoon Paper
N.B. - (1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) All Questions carry equal Marks.
(3) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

1. Issue a cautionary notice to the Navigation Watch Keeping Officer on too many engine movements
during maneuvering, owing to under performing main air compressors. The notice should be in
accordance with current practice in the company.
2. Sketch and describe any type of 4 stroke oil cooled piston used in medium speed marine diesel
engines for main propulsion.
3. Write short notes on the following:
(A) Friction losses and fuel consumption in auxiliary engines
(B) The importance of stroke / bore ratio in engine performance
(C) Noise reduction techniques used in main engines to improve noise level conditions for
personel in the engine room.
4. What is the effect of vibration on the following fittings structures and components in a engine room
(A) Main air compressor foundation
(B) Main jacket Cooling water internal surfaces
(C) Double bottom tanks
Explain how these effects take place, specially the mechanism by which these effects take place.
5. Which of the fuel injection systems listed uses a spring loaded differential spray needle valve and an
individual pump for each cylinder?
(A) Common-rail injection
(B) Air injection
(C) Jerk pump injection
(D) Distributor injection
Briefly Justify Your Answer
6. Proper lubrication of the main bearings is more easily obtained in a single acting four-stroke/cycle
diesel engine than in a single acting two-stroke/cycle diesel engine
because ____________.
(A) bearing pressure in a four-stroke/cycle single acting diesel engine is continually reversed
(B) bearing pressure in a two-stroke/cycle single acting diesel engine is continually reversed
(C) the maximum bearing pressure is higher in a single acting two-stroke/cycle diesel engine
(D) two-stroke/cycle diesel engines require more complicated lubrication piping
Briefly Justify Your Answer
7. The interior of some diesel engine saltwater heat exchangers are protected from corrosion by the use
of __________.

(A) aluminum plates

(B) lead cathodes
(C) copper baffle plates
(D) sacrificial zincs
Briefly Justify Your Answer
8. Increasing the valve clearance between a valve stem and rocker arm, will result in the valve
_____________.
(A) closing later
(B) opening sooner
(C) staying open for a shorter period of time
(D) staying open for a longer period of time
Briefly Justify Your Answer
9. Internal combustion engine crankcase vent outlets must be equipped with ______.
(A) hinged rain guards
(B) corrosion resistant flame screens
(C) dipsticks for measuring oil levels
(D) crankcase ventilation fans
Briefly Justify Your Answer
10. The amount of chloride content in the water of an auxiliary boiler can be reduced by ____________.
(A) adding hydrazine
(B) blowing down the boiler
(C) adding phenolphthalein
(D) adding a sulfite chloride scavenger
Briefly Justify Your Answer
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Sr. No. 13
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Marine Engineering at Operational Level
MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE
(MOTOR)
M. E. O. CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
INDIA (2001)
Total Marks 100

Afternoon Paper
N.B. - (1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) All Questions in Part A carry 13 marks each.
(3) All Questions in Part B carry 8 marks each.
(4) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

ANSWERS
Part B
Answers for Question No. 5

Correct Answer : C

Answers for Question No. 6

Correct Answer : A

Answers for Question No. 7

Correct Answer : C

Answers for Question No. 8

Correct Answer : C

Answers for Question No. 9

Correct Answer : B

Answers for Question No. 10

Correct Answer : B