| With regard to ballast system operations associated with a dry cargo ship, what is meant by the term "ballasting"? |
| A) Ballasting is the operation associated with draining ballast tanks to compensate for loading cargo. |
| B) Ballasting is the operation associated with re-distributing ballast water to correct for a condition of list. |
| C) Ballasting is the operation associated with filling ballast tanks to compensate for off-loading cargo. |
| D) Ballasting is the operation associated with re-distributing ballast water to correct for a condition of hogging or sagging. |