USCG Lifeboatman Exam2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Kapok life preservers must have what? correct answersVinyl- covered pad inserts
What is a sea anchor? correct answersA cone shaped bag used to slow down the wind drift effect.
What is the purpose of the air tanks in a lifeboat? correct answersTo keep the boat afloat if flooded
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Kapok life preservers must have what? correct answersVinyl- covered pad inserts
What is a sea anchor? correct answersA cone shaped bag used to slow down the wind drift effect.
What is the purpose of the air tanks in a lifeboat? correct answersTo keep the boat afloat if flooded
Which data is not painted on the bow of a lifeboat?
a)Number of persons allowed
b)Name of the vessel
c)Weight of the boat
d)Port of registry correct answersc)Weight of the boat
What is the purpose of the limit switch on a gravity davits? correct answersTo cut off power when the
davits are about 12 inches or more from the track safety stops.
When operating gravity davits, when and how far should they be hand cranked? correct answersDavits
should always be hand cranked the last 12 inches into the final stowed position.
When should tricing pendants be released? correct answersAfter loading the passengers
What are the lines that are passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding?
correct answersFrapping lines
What is the most common type of davits found on merchant ships today? correct answersGravity Davits
On which type of davit does the davit head stay at the same height? correct answersRadial Davit
,Which davit type may be operated by one man? correct answersGravity Davit
Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum safety factor of __. correct
answers6, based on the maximum working load.
When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current running parallel to the beach (from
right to left when facing from seaward) what is the recommended procedure? correct answersRig a
drogue with tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue tripped between breakers.
What should you do in order to launch a liferaft by hand? correct answersThrow the liferaft over the side
and pull the operating cord.
When should you operate the Rottmer releasing gear lever? correct answersWhen the lifeboat is
waterborne.
How often must the impulse- projected line throwing appliance be test fired? correct answersAt the
Master's discretion
The capacity of any liferaft on board a vessel can be determined how? correct answersBy examining the
plate on the outside of the raft container.
What is a precaution that should be taken when testing a line throwing gun? correct answersNever
remove the line from the rocket
Improper stowage/use of Kapok lifejackets includes: correct answersStowing them near an open flame
or where smoking is permitted, using them as seats, pillows, or footrests, and leaving them out on open
decks.
Which statement is true concerning life preservers (Type 1 PFD's)?
a) Buoyant vests may be substituted for life jackets.
b) Life preservers are designed to turn an unconscious person's face clear of the water.
, c) Life preservers must always be worn with the same side facing outwards to float properly.
d) Lightly stained or faded lifejackets will fail in the water and should not be used. correct answersb) Life
preservers are designed to turn an unconscious person's face clear of the water.
With the exception of a USCG approved commercial hybrid PFD, which type of life preserver must be
carried for each person on board an uninspected passenger vessel? correct answersType 1
How might an emergency sea anchor be constructed? correct answersIt could be constructed using a
boat bucket, or and air tank filled with water, or an oar and canvas weighted down.
Due to the shape of the sea anchor, what is the best way to haul it back aboard? correct answersBy
hauling it by its trip line.
What is the purpose of the tripping line on a sea anchor? correct answersTo aid in the sea anchor's
recovery.
When a sea anchor for a lifeboat is rigged properly, it will do what? correct answersHelp to prevent
broaching.
When a sea anchor is used in heavy surf, how is sternway checked? correct answersBy slacking the
tripping line and towing the sea anchor by the holding line.
When you stream a sea anchor, you should make sure that the holding line is __. correct answersLong
enough to cause the pull to be more horizontal than downward.
You need to pull the sea anchor back aboard your liferaft. What part of the anchor do you pull on?
correct answersTrip Line
Spreading oil on the open sea has what effect? correct answersIt prevents the wave crests from
breaking.
How is the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit inflated? correct answersIt is inflated by
blowing through an inflation tube.
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