Lifeboatman (2025) EXAM QUESTIONS
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The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the:
International Maritime Organization
SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the:
recreation and messrooms
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
One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is to
take an antiseasickness pill
When collecting condensation for drinking water,
a sponge used to mop up and store condensation must be kept salt free
When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be:
poured overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false?
Fresh water may be obtained from fish
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
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
Seawater may be used for drinking:
,under no conditions
Drinking salt water will
dehydrate you
After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will
pass through the body with little absorbed by the system
In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel who are
sick or injured
When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?
After 24 hours
If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be
extended straight down and crossed at the ankles
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
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
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
When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat or life raft, the other individuals
in the boat should
remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
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
,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
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
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
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
You are picking up an unconscious person that has fallen overboard in a fresh breeze. For safety
reasons a small craft should approach with the
Victim to windward
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
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.
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
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
, 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
On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?
radial
Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?
radial
A mechanical davit is designed to
automatically lift the boat off the inboard chocks
Your vessel is equipped with mechanical davits. When stowing the lifeboat after a drill while
underway, you should
Ensure the falls are taut
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
The boat is stowed on the davit rather than on a cradle with which types of davit?
crescent
What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit?
crank the crescent out
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
The lifeboats on your vessel are stowed on cradles on deck and are handled 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
The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be
periodically removed for inspection and lubricated
AND ALL CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
SOLVED AND GUARANTEED
SUCCESS!! 479 Q&A 2025/2026.
The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the:
International Maritime Organization
SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the:
recreation and messrooms
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
One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is to
take an antiseasickness pill
When collecting condensation for drinking water,
a sponge used to mop up and store condensation must be kept salt free
When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be:
poured overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false?
Fresh water may be obtained from fish
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
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
Seawater may be used for drinking:
,under no conditions
Drinking salt water will
dehydrate you
After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will
pass through the body with little absorbed by the system
In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel who are
sick or injured
When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?
After 24 hours
If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be
extended straight down and crossed at the ankles
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
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
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
When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat or life raft, the other individuals
in the boat should
remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
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
,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
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
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
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
You are picking up an unconscious person that has fallen overboard in a fresh breeze. For safety
reasons a small craft should approach with the
Victim to windward
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
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.
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
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
, 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
On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?
radial
Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?
radial
A mechanical davit is designed to
automatically lift the boat off the inboard chocks
Your vessel is equipped with mechanical davits. When stowing the lifeboat after a drill while
underway, you should
Ensure the falls are taut
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
The boat is stowed on the davit rather than on a cradle with which types of davit?
crescent
What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit?
crank the crescent out
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
The lifeboats on your vessel are stowed on cradles on deck and are handled 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
The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be
periodically removed for inspection and lubricated
