--- Midships! ----Midships!（）

In heavy weather you notice buckling in the midships deck plating of your vessel．To relieve the strain you could ______．

A.pump fuel oil from midships to the ends of the vessel

B.reduce speed

C.take a course which most eases the vessel

D.All of the above

Which statement about the deck line is TRUE ________．

A.The top of the deck line is marked at the highest point of the freeboard deck，including camber，at the midships point

B.A vessel with wooden planks on a steel deck will have the deck line marked at the intersection of the upper line of the wood sheathing with the side shell

C.The deck edge is marked at the intersection of the freeboard deck with the side shell，at the lowest point of sheer，with the vessel at even trim

D.On a vessel with a rounded stringer-sheer plate，the deck line is marked where the stringer plate turns down from the plane of the deck line

A band or collar on the top end of a boom to which the topping lift，midships guy，and outboard guys are secured，is called the ______.

A.collar band

B.guy band

C.pad eye collar

D.spider band

Your vessel has a midships engine room and the cargo is concentrated in the end holds．The vessel is ______．

A.sagging with tensile stress on main deck

B.sagging with compressive stress on main deck

C.hogging with tensile stress on main deck

D.hogging with compressive stress on main deck

Which tanker discharge pattern would be the safest and most efficient ________．

A.Empty the forward tanks and start working aft，emptying each tank in sequence

B.Start discharging with most of the discharge coming from forward，but include some from midships and after tanks

C.Start pumping from forward，midships，and aft with the discharge distributed equally among the tanks

D.Start pumping from midships and then work forward and aft simultaneously as the midships tank is emptied