Lifeboatman Exam Elaborations 2024
1. The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the:: International Maritime
Organization
2. SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the:: recreation
and messrooms
3. The most important reason for taking anti-seasickness pills as soon as possible after entering a
liferaft is to: prevent loss of body moisture by vomiting
4. One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is to: take
an antiseasickness pill
5. When collecting condensation for drinking water,: a sponge used to mop up ad store
condensation must be kept salt free
6. When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be:: poured
overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
7. Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false?: Fresh water may be
obtained from fish
8. You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a liferaft. How much water per day should you
permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours?: 1 pint
9. Once you have established the daily ration of drinking water in a survival situation, how should
you drink it?: One-third the daily ration three times daily
10.Seawater may be used for drinking:: under no conditions
11.Drinking salt water will: dehydrate you
12.After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will: pass through
the body with little absorbed by the system
13.In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel who are:
sick or injured
14.When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?: After 24
hours
15.If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be: extended straight
down and crossed at the ankles
16.When abandoning ship and jumping into the water from a substantial height without a life
jacket, you should: jump feet first, covering your nose and mouth with one hand grasping the
opposing upper arm with the other
17.In evacuation from a MODU, an individual without the option of a survival craft or liferaft should
enter the water on the leeward side, except when: there is burning oil/hydrogen sulfide
present/there is a severe list to the windward side of the MODU
18.If there are a number of survivors in the water after abandoning ship, they should: form a small
circular group to create a warmer pocket of water in the center of the circle
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19.When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat, the other individuals in the boat
should: remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
20.You are involved in an emergency landing of a helicopter on the water. You should inflate your life
jacket: after exiting clear of the helicopter
21.A person has fallen overboard and is being picked up with a lifeboat. If the person appears in
danger of drowning, the lifeboat should make: the most direct approach
22.When a man who is conscious has fallen overboard is being picked up by a lifeboat, the boat
should approach with the wind: just off the bow and the victim to leeward
23.You are approaching a disabled vessel in order to remove survivors from it. If your vessel drifts
faster than the disabled vessel, how should you make your approach?: To windward side of the
disabled vessel
24.You are on 165 foot (50.3 meters) long vessel with a draft of 9 feet (2.7 meters) and twin
screws. Which statement about rescuing a survivor in the water with ship pickup is true?: A pickup
off the weather bow gives maximum maneuverability with the least possibility of injury to the
man
25.When transferring survivors from an enclosed lifeboat to a rescue vessel, personnel on board the
boat should: remain seated inside and make the transfer one person at a time
26.You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the water. Which
statement is true?: An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station
for transfer of survivors from the boats.
27.When a rescue vessel approaches a survival craft in heavy seas, the person in charge of the
survival craft should: wait for calmer weather before transferring personnel
28.You are proceeding to a distress site. The survivors are in liferafts. What will make your ship more
visible to the survivors?: Turning on all available deck lights at night
29. You are proceeding to a distress site where the survivors are in liferafts. Which action will assist
in making your vessel more visible to the survivors?-
: Making smoke in daylight
30.On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?: radial
31.Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?: radial
32.A mechanical davit is designed to: automatically lift the boat off the inboard chocks
33.Your vessel is equipped with mechanical davits. When stowing the lifeboat after a drill while
underway, you should: Ensure the falls are taut
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34.While cranking out a quadrantal davit, slippage of the quadrant due to excessive wear or failure
of the teeth in the quadrant will cause the: davit arm to pivot on the traveling nut and the head to
fall overboard
35.The boat is stowed on the davit rather than on a cradle with which types of davit?: crescent
36.What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit?: crank the crescent out
37.Many sheath-screw davits have markings to indicate the maximum angle to which they should be
cranked out. If the angle is exceeded, the davit: screw may come out of the sheath
38.The lifeboats on your vessel are stowed on cradles on deck and are han- dled by sheath-screw
boom davits. Which of the following statements about launching a boat is true?: The outboard
section of the cradle must be released
39.The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be: periodically removed for
inspection and lubricated
40.the type of davit on which you must turn a crank in order to swing the lifeboat out over the
ship's side is a: sheath-screw davit
41.The most common type of davit found on merchant ships:: gravity
42.Which davit type may be operated by one man?: gravity
43.What could be a result of insufficient lubrication of lifeboat winches and davits?: All the above
44.The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are: gravity davits
45.On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to: support
the manropes
46.Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels?: All lifelines
shall be able to reach the water at the vessel's lightest draft with a 20 degree list
47.Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat gripes?: they may be adjusted by turnbuckle
48.Frapping lines: reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
49.Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are::
frapping lines
50.When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines: with a lead of
about 45 degrees to the boat
51.As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number . See DIA-
GRAM D016SA: 2
52.The purpose of the tricing pendants is to: hold a lifeboat next to the embarka- tion deck while
loading
1. The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the:: International Maritime
Organization
2. SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the:: recreation
and messrooms
3. The most important reason for taking anti-seasickness pills as soon as possible after entering a
liferaft is to: prevent loss of body moisture by vomiting
4. One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is to: take
an antiseasickness pill
5. When collecting condensation for drinking water,: a sponge used to mop up ad store
condensation must be kept salt free
6. When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be:: poured
overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
7. Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false?: Fresh water may be
obtained from fish
8. You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a liferaft. How much water per day should you
permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours?: 1 pint
9. Once you have established the daily ration of drinking water in a survival situation, how should
you drink it?: One-third the daily ration three times daily
10.Seawater may be used for drinking:: under no conditions
11.Drinking salt water will: dehydrate you
12.After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will: pass through
the body with little absorbed by the system
13.In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel who are:
sick or injured
14.When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?: After 24
hours
15.If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be: extended straight
down and crossed at the ankles
16.When abandoning ship and jumping into the water from a substantial height without a life
jacket, you should: jump feet first, covering your nose and mouth with one hand grasping the
opposing upper arm with the other
17.In evacuation from a MODU, an individual without the option of a survival craft or liferaft should
enter the water on the leeward side, except when: there is burning oil/hydrogen sulfide
present/there is a severe list to the windward side of the MODU
18.If there are a number of survivors in the water after abandoning ship, they should: form a small
circular group to create a warmer pocket of water in the center of the circle
, Lifeboatman Exam Elaborations 2024
19.When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat, the other individuals in the boat
should: remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
20.You are involved in an emergency landing of a helicopter on the water. You should inflate your life
jacket: after exiting clear of the helicopter
21.A person has fallen overboard and is being picked up with a lifeboat. If the person appears in
danger of drowning, the lifeboat should make: the most direct approach
22.When a man who is conscious has fallen overboard is being picked up by a lifeboat, the boat
should approach with the wind: just off the bow and the victim to leeward
23.You are approaching a disabled vessel in order to remove survivors from it. If your vessel drifts
faster than the disabled vessel, how should you make your approach?: To windward side of the
disabled vessel
24.You are on 165 foot (50.3 meters) long vessel with a draft of 9 feet (2.7 meters) and twin
screws. Which statement about rescuing a survivor in the water with ship pickup is true?: A pickup
off the weather bow gives maximum maneuverability with the least possibility of injury to the
man
25.When transferring survivors from an enclosed lifeboat to a rescue vessel, personnel on board the
boat should: remain seated inside and make the transfer one person at a time
26.You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the water. Which
statement is true?: An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station
for transfer of survivors from the boats.
27.When a rescue vessel approaches a survival craft in heavy seas, the person in charge of the
survival craft should: wait for calmer weather before transferring personnel
28.You are proceeding to a distress site. The survivors are in liferafts. What will make your ship more
visible to the survivors?: Turning on all available deck lights at night
29. You are proceeding to a distress site where the survivors are in liferafts. Which action will assist
in making your vessel more visible to the survivors?-
: Making smoke in daylight
30.On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?: radial
31.Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?: radial
32.A mechanical davit is designed to: automatically lift the boat off the inboard chocks
33.Your vessel is equipped with mechanical davits. When stowing the lifeboat after a drill while
underway, you should: Ensure the falls are taut
, Lifeboatman Exam Elaborations 2024
34.While cranking out a quadrantal davit, slippage of the quadrant due to excessive wear or failure
of the teeth in the quadrant will cause the: davit arm to pivot on the traveling nut and the head to
fall overboard
35.The boat is stowed on the davit rather than on a cradle with which types of davit?: crescent
36.What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit?: crank the crescent out
37.Many sheath-screw davits have markings to indicate the maximum angle to which they should be
cranked out. If the angle is exceeded, the davit: screw may come out of the sheath
38.The lifeboats on your vessel are stowed on cradles on deck and are han- dled by sheath-screw
boom davits. Which of the following statements about launching a boat is true?: The outboard
section of the cradle must be released
39.The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be: periodically removed for
inspection and lubricated
40.the type of davit on which you must turn a crank in order to swing the lifeboat out over the
ship's side is a: sheath-screw davit
41.The most common type of davit found on merchant ships:: gravity
42.Which davit type may be operated by one man?: gravity
43.What could be a result of insufficient lubrication of lifeboat winches and davits?: All the above
44.The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are: gravity davits
45.On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to: support
the manropes
46.Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels?: All lifelines
shall be able to reach the water at the vessel's lightest draft with a 20 degree list
47.Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat gripes?: they may be adjusted by turnbuckle
48.Frapping lines: reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
49.Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are::
frapping lines
50.When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines: with a lead of
about 45 degrees to the boat
51.As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number . See DIA-
GRAM D016SA: 2
52.The purpose of the tricing pendants is to: hold a lifeboat next to the embarka- tion deck while
loading
