3.

Series of Assignments in Safety Engineering

Due date: March 4, 2016
A. Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
1. Enumerate at least 3 SOLAS Conferences
conducted and the program/s created to
promote safety on board a ship.
2. Give 2 examples of situation that fall on the
following priority of radio messages:
a. Distress condition
b. Urgency Condition
c. Safety Condition
3. Give the meaning of the following operational
radio codes:
a. Clear
e. Roger
b. Wilco
f. Repeat
c. Break
g. Out
d. Over
h. Standby
4. Enumerate the latest International Phonetic
Alphabet used by the International
Telecommunications Union and International
Civil Aviation Organization for radio
communication.
5. Briefly describe the two types of semaphore
flag. Illustrate/Paste pictures of symbols used to
convey messages using semaphore flags.
6. Describe briefly the Global Maritime Distress
Safety System (GMDSS). Give the function of the
following components of GMDSS:
a. Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
(EPIRB)
b. NAVTEX
c. Inmarsat
7. Different the General Calling from Digital
Selective Calling in GMDSS
B. Standard Regulating Bodies
1. Give the required information on the following
regulating bodies:
Actual name

Logo

Location of Head office

Significant contributions
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
C.

ITU
CCITT
CCIR
FCC
ISO
IEC

g. IEEE
i. ANSI
j. ASTM
k. NTC
l. KBP
m. IECEP

EMI/RFI/EMC
1. Give 3 examples of situation/condition where
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) is present.
2. Describe briefly the effects of the following
factors on EMI:
a. Frequency
b. Wavelength
c. Power
d. Distance between transmitter and receiver

4.

Give at least 3 conditions/situations for each

type of EMI:
a. Continuous Interference
b. Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) or Transient
Disturbance
Describe the Test Methods for Electromagnetic
Compatibility

D. Topic: PEC Vol. 1 Safety

1. Illustrate/Paste Picture of the following
outdoor plants and label the parts.
a. Inside the manhole
b. Wooden pole with crossarm
c. Towers for communication

E.

2.

Illustrate/Paste picture or discuss briefly the

Test Methods for the following:
a. Fiber optic cable
f. Transistor
b. Copper cable
g. IC
c. Soldering iron
h. Diode
d. Resistor
i. Battery
e. Capacitor

3.

Illustrate/Paste 3 pictures of electronic

equipment that emit radiation under the
following categories:
a. X-rays and other ionizing EM radiation,
electrons, neutrons and other
particulate radiation
b. Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared,
Microwave, Radio and Low Frequency
EM radiation
c. Coherent EM radiation produced by
stimulated emission
d. Ultrasonic, Infrasonic and Sonic
vibrations resulting from operation of
an electronic circuit

Additional Topic: Broadcasting

1. Describe briefly and illustrate/paste picture of
the following kinds of TV Services:
a. Broadcast Pay TV
g. LED TV
b. Close-captioned TV
h. IP TV
c. HDTV
i. CATV
d. Plasma TV
j. MATV
e. Digital TV
k. CCTV
f. LCD TV
2.

The following are the latest technologies in

broadcasting. Illustrate/ paste picture and
briefly describe each technology.
a. File based workflow technology
b. Motion capturing technology
c. 3D Scanning technology
d. Augmented Reality technology
e. Cranes technology
f. MAMS Server based technology