The angle to which a floating ship，with a negative initial metacentric height，lies while at rest in still water is the angle of（）.

[单选题]The downflooding angle for a ship is the maximum angle at which（）.A . stability is positiveB . neutral equilibrium existsC . the load line is not submergedD . intact stability curves are valid

[单选题]The amount of freeboard which a ship possesses has a tremendous effect on its（）.A . initial stabilityB . free surfaceC . stability at large angles of inclinationD . permeability

[单选题]The maximum angle at which the intact stability curves are valid for ship’s is the angle for（）.A . the limit of positive stabilityB . the limit of small-angle stabilityC . maximum offsetD . downflooding

[单选题]Which of the following statements is most accurate with regard to floating-

[单选题]A． person on a fixed, or floating platform. engaged in oil exploration, located 10 nautical miles from nearest land MAY discharge( ).A．food wasteB．food, ground to less than 1 inchC．paper, ground to less than 1 inchD．None of the above

[单选题]For a floating vessel，the result of subtracting KG from KM is the（）.A . height of the metacenterB . height of the righting armC . height of the center of buoyancyD . metacentric height

[单选题]For a floating vessel，the center of flotation is the point in the waterplane（）.A . about which the vessel lists and trimsB . which coincides with the center of buoyancyC . which，in the absence of external forces，is always vertically aligned with the

[单选题]A． floating constant consists of an integer part，a decimal point，a fraction part，an e or E，and an optionally signed integer _______．A．exponentB．orderC．superfluousD．SuperiorA．B．C．D．

[单选题]（） is fully floating in both connecting rod small end and the piston skirt.A . The piston rodB . The cross head pinC . The gudgeon pinD . The crank-pi

[单选题]An inverse floating-rate bond:A.may,under certain circumstances,require the