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Bridge Watchkeeping & Safety
710 questions across 60 papers, 2018 to 2026.
Bridge Watchkeeping & Safety, known to candidates as BWK, appears in 60 2nd Mate papers between 2018 and 2026, and the 710 questions collected here centre on bridge watchkeeping, marine navigation equipment and navigation safety. 75% of them have been asked more than once, so the fastest preparation is the questions that keep returning rather than the syllabus end to end.
710
Questions
60
Papers
75%
Repeat
12×
Most asked
What comes up most
- Bridge watchkeeping87%
- Marine navigation equipment85%
- Navigation safety13%
- Navigation8%
- Ais13%
- Navigation equipment13%
- Search and rescue13%
Share of the 60 papers each topic appears in. No single topic runs away with this paper — the seven commonest each turn up in 8–87% of sittings, so preparation has to stay broad.
Most repeated 2nd Mate BWK questions
Asked 12×
(a) Describe the use of VTS in navigation. (b) Describe the essential elements of Ship Reporting System and the types of reports to be made by the vessel.
Asked 11×
a) Explain the working principle of an echo sounder with the help of a block diagram. b) Describe in brief various errors associated with Doppler log.
Asked 9×
Write notes on the following:- a) Various modules of VDR. b) Difference between AIS & LRIT.
2nd Mate BWK past papers
Latest: September 2026
2nd Mate BWK — September 2026
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2026
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2026
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2026
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2026
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — September 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2025
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2024
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2024
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2024
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2024
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2024
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — Sept 2024
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2023
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2023
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2023
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2023
18 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2023
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — Sept 2023
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — October 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — August 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — June 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — April 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — February 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2022
8 questions
2nd Mate BWK — Sept 2022
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — December 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — October 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — September 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — August 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — April 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2021
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — December 2020
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2020
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — October 2020
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2020
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2020
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — Sept 2019
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — November 2018
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — July 2018
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — May 2018
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — March 2018
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — January 2018
9 questions
2nd Mate BWK — Sept 2018
9 questions
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