🔍 Key Concepts

• Understand the purpose of an intermediate survey in a vessel’s class/flag survey cycle • Recall the normal 5‑year (special) survey cycle and how annual surveys fit into it • Know how an intermediate survey compares in scope to an annual and a special survey

💭 Think About

• First, picture the full 5‑year cycle: where do annual surveys and special surveys normally occur within those 5 years? • Ask yourself: is an intermediate survey closer in timing and scope to an annual survey, or is it intended as a partial check between two major 5‑year special surveys? • Look at which option best matches an intermediate point in the overall 5‑year (special) survey interval, not just a random year.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which surveys are usually done every year versus every 5 years • Check when in that 5‑year period the intermediate survey is intended to give a more detailed check than an annual survey • Eliminate any choices that place the intermediate survey outside the normal 5‑year special survey cycle pattern