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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
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Lifeboatman Exam- No repeats | 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
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 ad 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, 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
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
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
The most common type of davit found on merchant ships: - ✔✔gravity
Which davit type may be operated by one man? - ✔✔gravity
What could be a result of insufficient lubrication of lifeboat winches and davits? - ✔✔All the above
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