Topside icing decreases vessel stability because it increases （).

A. Topside icing

B. Running with a following sea

C. Using 35% of the fuel in a full tank

D. Lowering a weight suspended by a boom onto the deck

The characteristic of hyperinflation is ______.

A．prices jump up madly

B．the currency decreases in value

C．there is too much money available

D．all of the above

Life preservers should be stowed in ().

A.the forepeak

B.messrooms

C.convenient protected topside locations

D.locked watertight containers

More important is the value of the deals, which ______.

A．has increased greatly

B．has decreased greatly

C．has remained the same

Jettisoning weight from topside ______.

A.returns the vessel to an even keel

B.reduces free surface effect

C.lowers the center of gravity

D.raises the center of buoyancy

Deballasting a double bottom has what affect on KG？ ______.

A.KG is increased

B.KG is decreased

C.KG is not affected

D.KG increases at light drafts and decreases at deep drafts

In the recent three months, Hong Kong's unemployment rate has

A. increased slowly.

B. decreased gradually.

C. stayed steady.

D. become unpredictable.

The primary barrier of a bulk carrier is formed by ______．

A.the single skin side shell and the inner bottom

B.deck strips，hatch covers and coamings

C.the vertically corrugated transverse watertight bulkheads

D.the single skin side shell between topside and hopper tanks，and the cross deck strips，hatch covers and coamings