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Marine Accident & Incident Investigation - MAI

Name of the candidate: sanjay thapliyal

Rank : _chief officer

Date : __14th june 2016

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PART A: CRITICAL ASSESSMENT (Minimum passing percentage - 100%)

PART B: GENERAL ASSESSMENT
(Minimum over all passing percentage - 60%)

PART A

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1. A proactive analysis is performed
by asking these questions:
A. What did go wrong?
B. What caused these consequences?
C. What are the consequences of
these actions?(Y)
D. What were the consequences of this incident?
2. Examples of false trails in investigation
processes are:
A. Making assumptions(Y)
B. Asking leading questions
C. Causing suspicion among witnesses
D. All the above
3. Best method of analysing people oriented
problems( large acute accidents) :-
A. Fault tree analysis
B. 5-Whys technique
C. Causal factor charting(Y)
D. All of the above
PART B
6. At the start of an witness interview:-
A. Ask a closed ended question
B. Ask for the witness' opinion of incident
C. Ask an open ended question(Y)
D. None of the above
7. A structured approach to Investigations
allows:
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4. Primary means of Data analysis include:
A. Risk Assessment techniques
B. Interviews
C. Causal Factor Charting(Y)
D. None of the above
5. Defining the scope of Incident
analysis will depend on:-
A. How causal factors are stated(Y)
B. How loss event is stated
C. The Client's requirement & report format
D. All the above
10. Disadvantage of using a structured
method of Incident Investigation is:
A. investigator will consider a only a minimum
set of issues
B. does not speed up root cause identification
C. inconsistency in identification &
processing of root causes
D. limit the brainstorming performed
by individual or team(Y)
11. To arrive at root cause in an accident
due severe weather, look at:-
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A. Increasing depth of analysis
B. Increasing level of learning
C. Increasing scope of corrective actions
D. All the above (Y)
8. Chain of Custody is applied to:
A. People to ensure witnesses to incident
are available for later enquiry
B. data to ensure data obtained is valid & true(Y) B. Job / Personal factors
C. valuable piece of evidence to
prevent loss of same
D. Stowaways to prevent them escaping from
Vessel
9. Evaluation of loss potential is governed by:
A. Severity potential & probability
of recurrence of incident (Y)
b. Quantum of negligence involved
C. Insurance company policy on cover
D. Al of the above
14. Incident Investigation methods
are used to identify:
A. How the incident happened(Y)
B. discover underlying reasons for poor
or undesirable performance
C. Whose fault or negligence caused the
Incident
D. None of the above
16. Why do we require Accident Investigation?
A. ISM Code
B. OCIMF TMSA
C. Manage ship board risks better
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A. Faulty weather warning equipment
B. Poor lashing of materials on board
C. Lack of weather monitoring
D. All of the above(Y)
12. Causes of incidents can be categorised
based upon
A. Unsafe Act / Condition
C. Lack of controls
D. All the above(Y)
13. In writing an Incident Investigation Report
following is not a good practice:-
a. Report addresses the needs of audience
B. Sensitive issues are not downplayed
C. Names of Individuals are correctly used(Y).
D. Reports are issued as Controlled
documents
15. A loss event can be described as :
A. Eventual loss of situational awareness
B. An undesirable consequence resulting
from events and/or conditions(Y)
C. events related to Constructive total loss
D. None of the above
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D. Continuous improvememts
E. All the above(Y)

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