ASBA Agent Practice Exam

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• Which abbreviation stands for Diesel oil/Marine Diesel Oil?
• Which term describes the balance between a ship's fore and aft drafts?
• Which term means the charterers have the right of subletting the whole or part of the vessel or of the period, while remaining responsible to the shipowner?
• Which expansion corresponds to the acronym IMO?
• What is the end of a vessel opposite the bow?
• The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act is abbreviated as which?
• What does WS stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• Which abbreviation corresponds to Free on board terminology?
• CPP denotes which type of petroleum products?
• What is the right side of a ship when facing the bow?
• The hull plating of a ship.
• HSFO stands for which fuel oil expansion?
• The ship's capacity to return to its original position after being deflected from it by an outside force is called what?
• In shipping, MT is commonly used as a unit equal to 1,000 kilograms. Which option best matches this definition?
• Which type of ships are described as small bulk carriers that make up the majority of the world’s short-haul fleet?
• NOR stands for which term?
• Which term describes a conditional offer that, if accepted, results in a binding contract when the condition is satisfied?
• All rigging, cranes, etc., utilized on a ship to load or unload cargo.
• Which term is used for vessels that have no regular schedule and seek lucrative cargo opportunities?
• IGS stands for which system?
• Which abbreviation means Sundays and Holidays excluded?
• The Deadweight Scale is also known as which of the following?
• DO/MDO refers to which type of fuel used in ships?
• Which term refers to the individual or firm that employs longshoremen and contracts to load or unload the ship?
• Handysize is used to describe ships in which size range?
• What does FMC stand for?
• What does FEU stand for?
• Which acronym stands for 'Estimated time of completion'?
• LNG stands for?
• What does AA stand for?
• What term is the publication abbreviation for the charges, rates and rules of transportation?
• HSFO stands for which type of fuel oil?
• ROB stands for which term?
• SOLAS stands for?
• The end of a vessel opposite the bow is called what?
• What does MOLOO stand for?
• MARAD stands for?
• Which abbreviation corresponds to Free out; fuel oil; or firm offer (depends context)?
• DEM is the abbreviation for which term commonly used to describe charges for ship delay?
• Which abbreviation indicates Delivery and redelivery?
• A structure attached to land to which a vessel is moored. See also Pier and Dock.
• In maritime security, the abbreviation SSO stands for which term?
• IGS stands for which system?
• In the glossary, what does ABBREVIATIONS introduce?
• Which acronym stands for Emission Control Area?
• What does WW stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• Which acronym indicates that Fridays and Holidays are excluded?
• REDEL stands for which term?
• Which category has a size range starting at 30,000 dwt?
• LSFO stands for?
• BENDS is the abbreviation for which phrase?
• What publication sets forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies?
• VOY is the abbreviation for which term?
• COW in tanker operations refers to which process?
• What term means funds sent by one person to another as payment?
• What term refers to a discount or refund that lowers the tariff price?
• Which size range corresponds to Supermax?
• The acronym ISSC refers to which certificate?
• Which abbreviation asks about whether a vessel is in free pratique or not?
• CBT stands for which ballast condition?
• What does WIFPON stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• What does FIO stand for?
• Which abbreviation stands for Free in and out and free stowed?
• BBL stands for which term?
• Which term captures the concept of a vessel with no fixed schedule that seeks lucrative cargoes?
• Money due to the owner for delay for which the owner is not responsible in loading and/or discharging after the laytime has expired.
• What does IFO stand for?
• What does FAC stand for?
• Which abbreviation represents a gas kept in liquid form for transport?
• A merchant who supplies vessels with all kind of stores.
• DOP stands for which role in piloting and navigation?
• Which abbreviation asks about whether a vessel has cleared customs?
• Which abbreviation stands for 'About'?
• DWT stands for which weight concept on a vessel?
• Which acronym means Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays excluded?
• SS stands for?
• Zulu Time corresponds to which time reference?
• What term describes securing cargo with a double layer of dunnage strapped down with wire rope to prevent shifting?
• Post Panamax size range in the given options?
• Panamax size range?
• Which expression indicates the number of cubic feet actually occupied by one metric ton of a commodity?
• What does FHEX stand for?
• IMO stands for which organization?
• In maritime abbreviations, USG refers to which of the following?
• PANDI stands for which phrase?
• Which abbreviation stands for Dirty petroleum products?
• What term refers to the depth of free space left in tanks above the liquid?
• LOA stands for?
• What does ETD stand for?
• Which category has size range 65,000 dwt - 80,000 dwt?
• Which abbreviation corresponds to the Copenhagen-based Baltic & International Maritime Council?
• TTL stands for which term in charter terminology?
• Mini Cape size range?
• Which option correctly identifies the acronym for the act governing the carriage of goods by sea?
• Mini Cape size range is which of the following?
• Which term is associated with time based on Greenwich Mean Time and called UTC?
• DWAT stands for which phrase describing a ship's carrying capacity?
• What term is defined as the time between a vessel's arrival and its departure?
• Which abbreviation is defined as 'Ship Security Plan'?
• What does ITF stand for?
• Which term refers to a port that can be reached and departed from without danger during the relevant period?
• BIMCO stands for which organization?
• Which term describes the density of a cargo relative to water, used in loading calculations?
• Which charge is for a service performed in a carrier's terminal area?
• The abbreviation SW represents which term?
• Which term refers to a conditional offer that becomes binding only when and if the condition is satisfied, in which case the subject is said to be 'lifted' or 'removed'?
• TIP stands for which term?
• What does ABT stand for?
• What does ABS stand for?
• The net ton (short ton) is defined as how many pounds?
• A unit of weight of 2000 pounds (also known in U.S.A. as 'net ton').
• What does ETC stand for?
• Panamax size range with LOA/beam constraints?
• An embargo imposed by a Government against another country.
• GRT stands for which measurement?
• BCM stands for which term?
• Which term denotes the outermost hull plating of a vessel?
• A scale on which are plotted the deadweight capacities corresponding to the various drafts of water between light and loaded displacements (also called Displacement Scale).
• The abbreviation C and F expands to?
• Which abbreviation corresponds to 'Always Afloat'?
• WCSA stands for which region?
• Which term denotes a merchant who supplies vessels with all kinds of stores?
• Which abbreviation indicates weather working days included?
• A restraint placed on an operation to protect the public against a health hazard. A ship may be quarantined so that it cannot leave a protected point. During the quarantine period, the Q flag is hoisted.
• Which chartering term means that Sundays and Holidays are excluded from laytime?
• A Working Day is best described as which of the following?
• HSS stands for which commodity grouping?
• Which acronym refers to the process of cleaning crude oil tanks using the cargo itself?
• FWAD stands for?
• What term describes the maximum weight a ship can carry, taking into account cargo, fuel, stores, fresh water, and crew on the ship's summer freeboard?
• NCB stands for?
• WS is an abbreviation used to denote which concept?
• TEU stands for which term?
• B/L stands for which document?
• Which term denotes the equipment and gear used on a ship to load or unload cargo?
• Which acronym stands for a port state inspection regime?
• Which term means the daily rise and fall of the water level caused by the sun and moon?
• Which statement correctly describes Wing Tanks?
• MARPOL stands for?
• SWDD stands for which term?
• Post Panamax size range?
• Which option correctly identifies the acronym for the act governing the carriage of goods by sea?
• LT stands for?
• Which term is a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds?
• ULCC stands for which tanker classification?
• UNCTAD is associated with which international body?
• What does API stand for?
• Which abbreviation stands for Deadweight all told?
• OT is commonly abbreviated for which of the following terms?
• Which abbreviation indicates weather working days excluded?
• SBM refers to a facility used for loading tankers offshore; it can also refer to which agricultural product?
• What does FAS stand for?
• Which unit is a measure of volume rather than weight?
• Which term describes a charge for terminal usage?
• DEL/REDEL is the abbreviation for which concept?
• The money payable by the owner if the ship completes loading or discharging before the laytime has expired.
• Which abbreviation designates salt water arrival draft?
• Which term signifies the CIF meaning?
• In a charter arrangement, the formal agreement between owner and charterer is the
• HHDW stands for which term used in ship scrap and deadweight context?
• ISPS Code stands for which security code?
• TC stands for which charter type?
• Which abbreviation stands for Fresh water arrival draft?
• Which abbreviation denotes an Ultra Large Crude Carrier above 320,000 dwt?
• Which term commonly refers to a storage facility for receiving, storing, and distributing goods?
• What does FO stand for?
• What term denotes a place for reception, delivery, consolidation, distribution, and storage of goods?
• CHOPT denotes option in chartering?
• What does eNOA/D stand for?
• BENDS stands for which term?
• L/C stands for what?
• FWDD stands for?
• Which term is used to describe the inner bottom plating of the hull, the flat surface at the bottom of the hold onto which cargo is loaded?
• In the context of impurities in a petroleum cargo, BSW stands for which of the following?
• What is the plating forming the top of the double bottom, also called inner bottom, that serves as the hold's bottom surface for cargo?
• Which abbreviation stands for Fresh water departure draft?
• FONASBA stands for?
• UNCTAD stands for which organization?
• Which term is used to indicate the starboard side of a vessel?
• USAC is the abbreviation for which U.S. coastal region?
• In international transactions, what term is used for money sent to another party as payment?
• WW is used to indicate which of the following in shipping contexts?
• NOR stands for which phrase in marine logistics?
• Which size range falls within the Ultramax category?
• Which abbreviation corresponds to 'Always afloat, always accessible'?
• LPG stands for?
• Which acronym corresponds to 'Estimated time of readiness'?
• Which abbreviation is the U.S. government agency responsible for shipping?
• The metric ton (kilo ton) is equal to how many pounds?
• Which term indicates that the seller must pay for cost, insurance, and freight to the named destination?
• The gross ton (long ton) is equal to how many pounds?
• What term describes the difference between a vessel's drafts forward and aft?
• Mini Cape size range?
• Which term refers to the international framework governing life-saving requirements for ships at sea?
• Which size range defines Ultramax?
• Tanks of vessel for storing residue.
• APIS stands for which system?
• What does ETR stand for?
• Which acronym is used to denote a container size measurement?
• Which term denotes Sundays and Holidays are included in laytime?
• USNH stands for which geographic area?
• VLCC denotes which tanker class?
• BOFFERS or BO stands for which phrase?
• In dry cargo and tanker chartering, what term is used for a ship that is immediately available for employment?
• The abbreviation SSP stands for which term?
• Which term is associated with a mandatory survey of a vessel's condition at specified intervals?
• What does ETA stand for?
• APS stands for which term?
• Wharfage is defined as which of the following?
• DEL is an abbreviation used to denote which of the following?
• DPP is the abbreviation for which category of products?
• USG is a maritime designation referring to which area?
• Which term describes the process of adding cargo in multiple ports to reach the draft limit?
• FIOT stands for which term?
• What does WIBON stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• FIOS stands for what term?
• In Muslim countries Fridays take the place of Sundays; which abbreviation note indicates this?
• OBO refers to what type of marine vessel?
• Which abbreviation stands for Short ton (2000 pounds)?
• LOA stands for which term?
• What does AG indicate?
• Which size range corresponds to the Supermax category?
• Which scale plots deadweight capacities corresponding to various drafts of water between light and loaded displacements?
• A discount or refund that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price
• What does WP stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• Maximum safe lifting capacity of cargo handling gear.
• TBN stands for which term?
• Which term is used to denote Sundays and Holidays are excluded from laytime?
• Tankers which have been carrying crude oil and heavy persistent oils such as fuel oil and dirty diesel oils.
• Which abbreviation denotes salt water?
• In Mohammedan ports, which day is treated as a non-working day for a Working Day?
• What does W/M stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• OBQ is the abbreviation for what cargo measurement?
• Which term describes the condition where the 'subject unfixed' is removed if the vessel is not fixed to others at the specified time or if no time is specified?
• PANDI (P&I) refers to which of the following?
• What does TPI / TPC stand for in ship terminology?
• Which abbreviation means Sundays and Holidays included?
• Which term is used to denote oil-carrying vessels such as those carrying crude oil and heavy oils?
• Which term is used to describe the act of loading more cargo after initial loading to reach available draft?
• WWDSHEX stands for which of the following?
• Which abbreviation stands for 'American Bureau of Shipping'?
• The weight carrying capacity of a vessel expressed in long tons or metric tons for a particular voyage after allowance for fuel, water, stores and crew at a particular draft and water density.
• GO stands for which maritime abbreviation?
• USNH denotes which geographical area?
• ISSC stands for which certificate?
• CQD is an abbreviation used in shipping. Which phrase does CQD expand to?
• Which term refers to the right to sublet while remaining responsible to the shipowner?
• NRT stands for what measurement term?
• A term widely used to refer to cargo availability, thought to derive from 'subject to enough merchandise', is known as what?
• Placement of cargo in a ship in a manner that provides optimum safety of vessel and cargo as well maximizes cargo quantity.
• What does MDO stand for?
• FOB stands for what?
• IFO stands for which fuel oil category?
• Which abbreviation represents Barrel?
• Which term describes loading additional cargo by topping off in another port?
• Which term refers to trimming cargo using the loading spout?
• Which size range corresponds to Handymax?
• DES expands to which term in logistics?
• Which term is defined as the rules for general average?
• MT unit is defined as what in shipping?
• What do the YORK ANTWERP RULES govern?
• Which term describes the individual or firm that contracts to load or unload cargo by employing longshoremen?
• OBO stands for which vessel type?
• Which acronym is associated with exclusion of weekends and holidays when calculating seagoing operations?
• What distinguishes Ultramax from Supermax?
• What term refers to the offer of goods for transportation?
• What term is used for vessels with no regular employment that go where the most lucrative cargo is available?
• During quarantine, which flag is hoisted on a ship?
• BCM stands for which term?
• In shipping measurements, what do TPI and TPC represent?
• ASBA stands for what organization?
• FW stands for?
• Wing tanks are located where on a ship?
• Which acronym corresponds to the term 'Free Alongside'?
• For grain and other bulk cargoes, trimming or leveling of the cargo is accomplished with the loading spout. What is this practice called?
• What does WCCON stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• OBQ stands for which cargo measurement on a vessel?
• ROB is the abbreviation for which concept?
• Which chartering term means that Sundays and Holidays are included in laytime?
• C/P or CP stands for which document in ship chartering?
• LASH stands for what in shipping terms?
• A short ton is equal to how many pounds?
• One cubic meter is equivalent to how many cubic feet?
• A port which, during the relevant period of time, the ship can reach, enter, remain at and depart from without, in the absence of some abnormal occurrence, being exposed to danger which cannot be avoided by good navigation and seamanship.
• What term describes the density of a cargo?
• Which abbreviation refers to weight or measurement?
• What does WRI stand for in shipping abbreviations?
• SWAD stands for which term?
• COP stands for which concept in port operations?
• A berth which, during the relevant period of time, the ship can reach, remain at and depart from without, in the absence of some abnormal occurrence, being exposed to danger which cannot be avoided by good navigation and seamanship.
• Which abbreviation stands for Demurrage?
• BBB stands for which term in shipping?
• Which term is the document that constitutes title to the goods and contract of carriage?
• Which abbreviation is used to denote the unit of container capacity commonly abbreviated as TEU?
• SBT stands for?
• Which term is used to denote the capacity to load as reflected on a Capacity Plan and is associated with the Deadweight Scale?
• What does PSC stand for in maritime regulatory terms?
• What does AAAA stand for?
• WWSHINC stands for which of the following?
• Which convention addresses prevention of pollution from ships?