While underway at sea, a mechanical malfunction in one of the ship's service generators operating in parallel, requires that you must secure that gene...

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While underway at sea, a mechanical malfunction in one of the ship's service generators operating in parallel, requires that you must secure that generator.  In order to prevent a possible overload to the remaining generator, which of the following sequential courses of action should be taken?

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Trip the malfunctioning generator's circuit breaker and distribution feeder circuit breakers.

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While underway at sea, a mechanical malfunction in one of the ship's service generators operating in parallel, requires that you must secure that generator. In order to prevent a possible overload to the remaining generator, which of the following sequential courses of action should be taken?

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