Question 1
According to Archimedes’ principle as applied to a floating ship, the ship’s displacement equals:
Correct Answer:
The mass of the volume of water displaced by the immersed hull
Question 2
If a ship is floating upright without list, the transverse centre of buoyancy lies:
Correct Answer:
On the ship’s centreline
Question 3
On hydrostatic curves, the volume of displacement at a given draught is represented by:
Correct Answer:
The area under the waterplane-area curve up to that draught
Question 4
TPC is defined as the mass that must be added or removed to change the ship’s mean draught by:
Correct Answer:
1 centimetre
Question 5
A ship has waterplane area Aw = 2 400 m² floating in salt water of density 1.025 t/m³. Approximately what is TPC?
Correct Answer:
24.6 t/cm
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Prepare with the MCA Second Engineer Naval Architecture Practice Questions - MCA Second Engineer - Naval Architecture (SQA Written Examination, STCW Reg. III 2) Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering ship, draught, displacement, mass, and simpson. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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MCA Second Engineer Naval Architecture Practice Questions - MCA Second Engineer - Naval Architecture (SQA Written Examination, STCW Reg. III 2) Exam

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