A high-priority DP alarm sounds exactly as the DPO is in the middle of a formal control transfer from one DP computer to another. What should take priority?

A. The outgoing DPO should handle the alarm while the incoming DPO completes the transfer

B. Halt the control transfer immediately and assess the alarm — a high-priority alarm represents a potentially position-critical condition that takes precedence over the administrative process of changing control stations; the transfer can resume once the alarm is diagnosed and resolved or understood

C. Complete the control transfer first since an incomplete transfer creates more risk than responding to the alarm

D. Defer the alarm for 60 seconds while the transfer is completed

A. The classification depends on who set the alarm, not on the severity of the condition

B. All DP alarms are treated equally — they all require the same response

C. DP alarms only have two categories: operational and engineering

D. High-priority (Category 1): requires immediate action — position-critical failure or imminent risk; Medium-priority (Category 2): requires prompt attention — reference degraded, thruster fault; Low-priority (Category 3): advisory — condition monitor, early warning. Each category drives a different urgency of response

A. Alarm flooding occurs when the alarm speaker volume is set too high

B. Alarm flooding only occurs in integrated bridge systems, not standalone DP consoles

C. Alarm flooding is beneficial because it ensures the DPO is alerted to all conditions simultaneously

D. Alarm flooding occurs when multiple alarms activate simultaneously or in rapid succession, overwhelming the operator's ability to diagnose the root cause — in DP, this can mask the critical alarm that actually predicts position loss, causing the DPO to miss the most important signal among the noise