Merchant Marine Stability and Trim License Questions

Which will be a result of removing on-deck containers? A. KG will increase B. Metacentric height will increase C. KB will increase D. Reserve buoyancy will decrease

Which is an indication of reserve buoyancy? A. Metacentric height B. Righting moment C. Rolling period D. Freeboard

The volume of a vessel's intact watertight space above the waterline is its __________. A. free surface B. marginal stability C. reserve buoyancy D. freeboard

Reserve buoyancy is __________. A. also called GM B. the void portion of the ship below the waterline which is enclosed and watertight C. affected by the number of transverse watertight bulkheads D. the watertight portion of a vessel above the waterline

To increase the extent of flooding your vessel can suffer without sinking, you could __________.   A. ballast the vessel   B. increase reserve buoyancy C. lower the center of gravity D. raise the center of gravity