Exams

FINALLY!!! its over.....for the time being anyway. god i hate this new system. Seven Subjects for that sememster. the notes are made into a text book for each subject. well, for Electronic Navigation we had three text books which came to a thickness of over 7cms total(yea, i measured,hehe). 10 text books total and all of it taught within 2months. And as soon as those 2months are over on comes the exams. the main exams were ALL held in 5days. and to make matters worse half of them had a pass percentage of 70%. O.O atleast even if we fail we do get one resit provided we scored above 50%. u fail that one and thats it. do the whole course again next year. hehe. and starting tomorrow its another new NINE subjects. O.O too bad they are extending this course by another three months starting next batch and not our one.

BRIDGE WATCHKEEPING
* Describe the obligation if any, of a power driven vessel that is proceeding along a TSS and it encounters a ship crossing from starboard to port which is posing a rick of collision? (5marks)

* Calculate the course that a ship steering 000 T would need to alter in order to show ONLY its sternlight to a ship that was on a steady bearing of 337.5 T. Assume alteration of course will be to starboard? (5marks)

COMMUNICATION PROCESS
* what is meant by "feedback" and "closed loop" in communication? (10marks)

* explain the difference in using the words "objective" and "subjective" in a phrase (10marks)

SHIP MANOEUVRE
* You are in a ship drifting with a 20knot breeze on the port beam. show the hydrodynamic forces when the vessel is stopped, given a kick ahead and when given a kick astern (10marks)

* explain the design features and effectiveness of a "becker rudder" and a "schilling rudder" (6marks)

METEOROLOGY
* List the 10main types of clouds according to the height of their base above surface (7marks)

* Show the location of the following currents on the attached blank world map showing clearly the direction of flow. also state whether they are cold or warm. (1)Gulf stream, (2)Brazilian, (3)Benguela, (4)Southern ocean drift, (5)Californian, (5)Aghulas (10marks)

MARINE QUALITY ASSURANCE
* Give the factors which give rise to conflicts and give the distinction betweem Functional and Dysfunctional conflicts (10marks)

* what are the qualities u would expect to find in a leader and how would those qualities be shown in that person's day to day activities. (10marks)

ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION
* list and explain the required operational warnings that an ARPA must provide along with the warnign icons that will be shown on the screen (6marks)

* Explain the different modes of the AIS(6marks)

VOYAGE PLANNING
* What are the main objectives of ship routeing or reporting systems?(10marks)

* use the following information plan a passage from the anchorage to the pilot boarding ground and draw it on the chart provided (50marks)

Hopefully i wont have to think abt any of those subjects for another 5months. whew.