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SOLAS Final Examination 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER
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SOLAS Final Examination 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERWhen should you use distress flares and rockets?
A. Only when there is a chance of their being seen by rescue vessels
B. At half-hour intervals
C. At one-hour intervals
D. Immediately upon abandoning the vessel - answer>>>A
Which item of lifeboat equipment would be most suitable for night signaling to a ship on the horizon?
A. A red parachute flare
B. A red hand-held flare
C. A flashlight
D. A lantern - answer>>>A
A liferaft with a capacity of 8 people used in ocean service is required by regulations to carry
__________.
A. 8 liters of fresh water
B. 12 units of provisions
C. 12 liters of fresh water
D. 24 units of provisions - answer>>>C
How many liters of water per person must be carried in lifeboats on a tankship sailing a coastwise
router?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three - answer>>>D
On an oceangoing vessel, for each person a lifeboat (without desalting kits) is certified to carry, the boat
must be supplied with __________.
,A. 2 pounds of condensed milk
B. a signaling whistle
C. 3 liters of water
D. a life preserver - answer>>>C
The required amount of water for each person in a lifeboat on an ocean going vessel, on an international
voyage, is __________.
A. 1 liter
B. 2 liters
C. 3 liters
D. 4 liters - answer>>>C
For each person it is certified to carry, a lifeboat on an oceangoing passenger vessel must be provided
with all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A. 3 liters of water
B. 1 unit of provisions
C. 1 seasickness kit
D. 1 life preserver - answer>>>D
When the survival craft is supplied with bottles of compressed air they are used for __________.
A. an air supply for personnel
B. additional flotation
C. priming the sprinkler system
D. filling the self righting bags - answer>>>A
What is NOT a function of the air supply of a covered lifeboat?
A. Provides air for engine combustion
B. Pressurizes water spray system
C. Provides air for passenger respiration
,D. Prevents smoke and other noxious fumes from entering craft - answer>>>B
When operating the air supply system in a covered lifeboat the __________.
A. fuel supply valve should be closed
B. hatches, doors, and oar ports should be closed
C. air cylinder shut-off valve should be closed
D. engine should be shut off - answer>>>B
With the air supply on, the air pressure in an enclosed lifeboat will be __________.
A. changing in relation to the speed of the craft
B. less than outside air pressure
C. greater than outside air pressure
D. equal to outside are pressure - answer>>>C
Your vessel is equipped with totally enclosed lifeboats. Which statement is TRUE when the boat is
enveloped in flames?
A. The ventilators will automatically close by the action of fusible links.
B. The motor takes its air supply from outside the lifeboat to prevent asphyxiation of the crew.
C. A water spray system to cool the outside of the boat is operated by a high-volume manual pump.
D. An air tank will provide about ten minutes of air for the survivors and the engine. - answer>>>D
The air cylinder bottles in the survival craft should be refilled with __________.
A. oxygen
B. nitrogen
C. compressed air
D. nitrogen and oxygen - answer>>>C
Why are lifeboats usually double-enders?
A. They are more seaworthy and less likely to be swamped or broach to.
, B. They can go forward and backward more easily.
C. They require less space for stowing aboard ship.
D. There is no particular reason for this. - answer>>>A
In order for the automatic lifeboat drain to operate properly __________.
A. the cap should be removed to drain the boat when it is waterborne
B. the cage must be free of rubbish or the ball may not seat properly
C. there is an automatic ball check located in a siphon tube
D. the small lever to release the rubber ball float must be turned counterclockwise - answer>>>B
Prior to lowering the lifeboat, the most important item to check is the __________.
A. oars
B. sail
C. boat plug
D. life preservers - answer>>>C
Upon hearing the abandon ship signal, you put on your life jacket and report to your station. After the
cover is removed you board your open lifeboat. The FIRST thing to do is to __________.
A. release the gripes
B. release tricing pendants
C. put the cap on the drain
D. lift the brake handle - answer>>>C
Aluminum lifeboats are subject to damage by electrolytic corrosion (the aluminum being eaten away). In
working around boats of aluminum you must be very careful __________.
A. to keep the boats covered at all times
B. not to leave steel or iron tools lying in or near these boats
C. to keep an electric charge on the hull at all times
D. to rinse these boats regularly with salt water - answer>>>B
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