MKC SWE STUDY MATERIAL| 331 QUESTIONS| WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS| UPDATED 2025
1.What a lube oil analysis tests for - ANSWER Metals.
2. What is stick slip - ANSWER Bearing Stick Slip occurs at slow lineshaft speeds,
causing noise and affecting the rotation of the lineshaft.
3. What to test in J/W - ANSWER Conductivity.
4. When to internally inspect the rope on a davit - ANSWER When damage is
suspected. Not to be performed regularly.
5.Who cannot see the count before and during an inventory check - ANSWER
Count teams.
6. WMSL watermaker max PPM during normal operations - ANSWER 500 ppm.
7. Bearing clearance for a RMB reversing bucket - ANSWER Between bucket and
steering nozzle is no less than 3/16.
8. Brakes used in gas turbines - ANSWER Disk brake
9. CAGE - ANSWER Commercial and Government Entity.
10. CAGE code - ANSWER Commercial and government entity code
, 11. Carbanate seal - ANSWER Elastic seal (high temp).
12.Carbon Steel air receiver testing frequency - ANSWER Tested every ___ years.
13.Carden Shaft measurement - ANSWER 25°.
14. Casualty control - ANSWER Concerned with prevention, minimization, and
correction of operational and battle casualties to machinery, electrical, and piping
installations.
15. Cause of cylinder scoring in air compressor - ANSWER Rate of oil to cylinders
too low.
16. Causes of hydraulic pump cavitation during startup - ANSWER Restricted inlet
to the pump, strainers, valve closed, fluid level or fluid too viscous.
17. Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion - ANSWER (C x 1.8) + 32.
18. Certifying OBTT members onboard - ANSWER CO/OIC
19.Changes to the national ensign since 1776 - ANSWER 26
20. Checks for properly seated piston rings - ANSWER Visual and operational
parameters.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS| UPDATED 2025
1.What a lube oil analysis tests for - ANSWER Metals.
2. What is stick slip - ANSWER Bearing Stick Slip occurs at slow lineshaft speeds,
causing noise and affecting the rotation of the lineshaft.
3. What to test in J/W - ANSWER Conductivity.
4. When to internally inspect the rope on a davit - ANSWER When damage is
suspected. Not to be performed regularly.
5.Who cannot see the count before and during an inventory check - ANSWER
Count teams.
6. WMSL watermaker max PPM during normal operations - ANSWER 500 ppm.
7. Bearing clearance for a RMB reversing bucket - ANSWER Between bucket and
steering nozzle is no less than 3/16.
8. Brakes used in gas turbines - ANSWER Disk brake
9. CAGE - ANSWER Commercial and Government Entity.
10. CAGE code - ANSWER Commercial and government entity code
, 11. Carbanate seal - ANSWER Elastic seal (high temp).
12.Carbon Steel air receiver testing frequency - ANSWER Tested every ___ years.
13.Carden Shaft measurement - ANSWER 25°.
14. Casualty control - ANSWER Concerned with prevention, minimization, and
correction of operational and battle casualties to machinery, electrical, and piping
installations.
15. Cause of cylinder scoring in air compressor - ANSWER Rate of oil to cylinders
too low.
16. Causes of hydraulic pump cavitation during startup - ANSWER Restricted inlet
to the pump, strainers, valve closed, fluid level or fluid too viscous.
17. Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion - ANSWER (C x 1.8) + 32.
18. Certifying OBTT members onboard - ANSWER CO/OIC
19.Changes to the national ensign since 1776 - ANSWER 26
20. Checks for properly seated piston rings - ANSWER Visual and operational
parameters.
