🔍 Key Concepts
• Difference between certificates (which prove compliance) and operational guidance documents (which tell you what to do in an emergency)
• What type of document normally explains damage control, watertight integrity, and structural failure response on board
• The usual contents of a stability booklet versus statutory safety certificates
💭 Think About
• Ask yourself: which option is most likely to give step‑by‑step or detailed guidance on how the ship behaves when damaged, including flooding and structural breaches?
• Which documents are mainly proof of compliance with international conventions, and which are designed to be used as calculation/decision tools by the master and officers?
• When dealing with damage control and structural failure, do you need a document about commercial fitness, about safety certification, or about hydrostatics, loading, and flooding effects?
✅ Before You Answer
• Identify which choices are primarily certificates issued by an authority, and which one is a technical manual/booklet carried for the master and officers
• Check which document would include damage stability information, permissible drafts, and flooding calculations, not just a statement that the ship complies with SOLAS
• Verify which option would most directly support emergency decisions about counter‑flooding, ballasting, and structural safety after damage