LIFEBOATMAN 2026 EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A red star signal may mean... - ✔✔"slack away, landing here highly dangerous, a
vast hauling or a negative signal"
✔✔green star signal may mean - ✔✔"haul away, this is a good place to land or an
affirmative signal"
✔✔What is the signal a plane makes if it wants you to follow it to someone in distress? -
✔✔1) circles a vessel three times, 2) crosses the vessel's course close ahead while 3)
rocking the wings and 4) heads off in a certain direction
✔✔Compass error - ✔✔the combined variation and deviation
✔✔There are ... degrees and ... points on a compass card and ... degrees in each point
of the compass - ✔✔360, 32, 11.25
✔✔Fire and emergency signal - ✔✔Continuous ringing on the general alarm and one
continuous blast on the ships whistle for not less than 10s
✔✔Abandon ship - ✔✔Greater than 6 short and one long on the ships whistle and the
same on the general alarm 1 shot and one long ('A')
✔✔How often are freefall lifeboats and regular lifeboats required to be lowered to the
water - ✔✔Freefall (1x every 6months)
Regular (Once every 3 months)
✔✔What 3 things painted on each side of the bow - ✔✔Name of parent vessel
Number of persons the boat is equipped to handle
Lifeboat number
✔✔What is required to be painted on the stern of the boat? - ✔✔Name of the port of the
parent vessel
✔✔1 short blast on whistle - ✔✔shows intention to direct course of vessel to own
starboard (right).
✔✔2 short blast on whistle - ✔✔shows intention to direct course of vessel to own port
(left).
✔✔3 short blast on whistle - ✔✔indicates that the vessel's engines are going astern (in
reverse).
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔A red star signal may mean... - ✔✔"slack away, landing here highly dangerous, a
vast hauling or a negative signal"
✔✔green star signal may mean - ✔✔"haul away, this is a good place to land or an
affirmative signal"
✔✔What is the signal a plane makes if it wants you to follow it to someone in distress? -
✔✔1) circles a vessel three times, 2) crosses the vessel's course close ahead while 3)
rocking the wings and 4) heads off in a certain direction
✔✔Compass error - ✔✔the combined variation and deviation
✔✔There are ... degrees and ... points on a compass card and ... degrees in each point
of the compass - ✔✔360, 32, 11.25
✔✔Fire and emergency signal - ✔✔Continuous ringing on the general alarm and one
continuous blast on the ships whistle for not less than 10s
✔✔Abandon ship - ✔✔Greater than 6 short and one long on the ships whistle and the
same on the general alarm 1 shot and one long ('A')
✔✔How often are freefall lifeboats and regular lifeboats required to be lowered to the
water - ✔✔Freefall (1x every 6months)
Regular (Once every 3 months)
✔✔What 3 things painted on each side of the bow - ✔✔Name of parent vessel
Number of persons the boat is equipped to handle
Lifeboat number
✔✔What is required to be painted on the stern of the boat? - ✔✔Name of the port of the
parent vessel
✔✔1 short blast on whistle - ✔✔shows intention to direct course of vessel to own
starboard (right).
✔✔2 short blast on whistle - ✔✔shows intention to direct course of vessel to own port
(left).
✔✔3 short blast on whistle - ✔✔indicates that the vessel's engines are going astern (in
reverse).
