KMA Cadet 1st-Stage Exam case studies
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The KMA Cadet 1st-Stage Exam is the first-stage assessment used in the cadet selection and progression pathway associated with KMA (Korea Maritime and Ocean University, formerly Korea Maritime University). It is aimed at candidates preparing for a seafaring career - deck and engine cadets, maritime high-school and university students, and career-changers entering officer training - and it tests whether a candidate has the foundational knowledge expected before advanced, simulator-based and sea-service training begins. The KMA Cadet 1st-Stage Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 5,126 words.
1Cross-track control with a strong beam stream, and a not-under-command contact on the bow
M/V Anselm Bay, a 152 m geared bulk carrier of 17,500 dwt, is on passage north through a coastal traffic area. At 0300 the OOW plots a fix 36 nm south of waypoint NORTH ROCK; the ship is steering 000°T at 12.0 kn through the water on a planned track that runs due north.
995 words, about 5 min2Fuel changeover into a 0.10% sulphur ECA: viscosity collapse and a leaking high-pressure pipe
M/V Ternhaven, a 47,000 dwt product tanker with a MAN B&W 6S50MC-C main engine, is on passage and enters a 0.10% sulphur emission control area at 0600 tomorrow. The ship burns RMG380 (about 380 cSt at 50 °C) outside the area and will change over to a 0.08% sulphur distillate with a viscosity of about 2.5 cSt at 40 °C.
993 words, about 5 min3Roll period versus loading computer: which GM governs the sailing decision?
M/V Corrie Star, a 9,000 dwt general cargo ship of 16.0 m breadth, is completing cargo work at a river berth. Displacement on completion is 8,000 t and the loading computer, which has not been updated since the ballast plan was changed, gives KM 8.00 m and a solid GM of 0.95 m for that displacement.
1,047 words, about 5 min4Port State Control inspection triggered by a rest-hours complaint
M/V Kestrel Trader, a 2010-built bulk carrier, is inspected under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding in a European port after a junior seafarer complains to the port authority about excessive working hours. The Port State Control Officer finds: (i) the master's standing orders place the second officer on the 0000–0400 and 1200–1600 navigational watches, and also on a cargo watch 0800–1200 while in port; (ii) the record of hours of rest for the previous seven days shows the second officer with a 24-hour period containing 6 hours of rest, and 68 hours of rest across the seven days; (iii) the rest-hour records are signed by the master but never by the seafarer; (iv) a fire and abandon-ship drill was held at 2000, inside a period recorded as rest, and the record was altered afterwards to show the drill as work time; (v) the Oil Record Book Part I records 4 m³ of sludge landed to a shore reception facility and, on the same day, the incineration of the same quantity of sludge.
1,071 words, about 5 min5Voyage estimate, laytime and a load-port change on a wheat fixture
M/V Iron Meridian, a 30,000 dwt self-trimming bulk carrier, is offered a voyage: 26,000 t of bulk wheat, 4,200 nm from load port to discharge port, freight USD 28.00 per tonne FIOST, 3.75 per cent total commission. Service speed is 13.0 kn; sea consumption 18 t/day; port consumption 2.5 t/day; bunkers priced at USD 620/t delivered.
1,020 words, about 5 min