LIFEBOATMAN LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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?
A. To windward of the disable vessel
B. To leeward of the disabled vessel
C. Directly astern of the disabled vessel
D. At three times the drifting speed of the disabled vessel - ✔✔A
✔✔You are on a 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. You should stop to windward of the man and drift down on him.
B. You should stop with the man on your weather beam and twist the ship up to him.
C. A pickup off the weather bow gives maximum maneuverability with the least
possibility of injury to the man.
D. ship pick up should never be used with a shallow draft vessel. - ✔✔C
✔✔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 __________.
A. victim to leeward
B. victim to windward
C. wind on your port side
D. wind on your starboard side - ✔✔B
✔✔You are trying to rescue survivors from a wrecked vessel on fire. You should
approach __________.
A. to leeward of the wrecked vessel
B. at a speed of at most one-half that of the wrecked vessel
C. at a speed of at least that of the wrecked vessel
D. to windward of the wrecked vessel - ✔✔D
✔✔When transferring survivors from an enclosed lifeboat to a rescue vessel, personnel
on board the boat should __________.
A. remove their life preservers to make it easier to climb on board the rescue vessel
B. climb on top of the boat while waiting for their turn to transfer to the rescue vessel
C. remain seated inside and make the transfer one person at a time
D. enter the water and swim over to the rescue vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔When transferring survivors from a survival craft to a rescue vessel, personnel on
board the craft should __________.
A. remove their life preservers to make it easier to climb on board the rescue vessel
B. climb on top of the survival craft while waiting for their turn to transfer to the rescue
vessel
, C. remain seated inside the survival craft and make the transfer one person at a time
D. enter the water and swim over to the rescue vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the
water. Which statement is TRUE?
A. You should stop to windward of the survivors in the water and only use the ship's
boats to recover the survivors.
B. If the survivors are in inflatable rafts you should approach from windward to create a
lee for the survivors.
C. An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station for
transfer of survivors from the boats.
D. Survivors in the water should never be permitted alongside due to the possibility of
injury rom the vessel. - ✔✔C
✔✔When a rescue vessel approaches a survival craft in heavy seas, the person in
charge of the survival craft should __________.
A. tie up to the rescue vessel
B. transfer only those personnel who are not seasick
C. wait for calmer weather before transferring personnel
D. transfer all personnel immediately - ✔✔C
✔✔You are proceeding to a distress site. The survivors are in liferafts. What will make
your ship more visible to the survivors?
A. Steering a sinuous course
B. Steering a zig-zag course
C. Turning on all available deck lights at night
D. Dumping debris over the side to make a trail to your vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔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?
A. Steering a zigzag course with 5 to 10 minutes on each leg
B. Steering a sinuous course
C. Dumping debris over the side to make a trail to your vessel
D. Making smoke in daylight - ✔✔D
✔✔On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?
A. Radial
B. Sheath-screw
C. Quadrantal
D. Gravity - ✔✔A
✔✔Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?
A. Sheath-screw boom
B. Radial
C. Crescent
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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?
A. To windward of the disable vessel
B. To leeward of the disabled vessel
C. Directly astern of the disabled vessel
D. At three times the drifting speed of the disabled vessel - ✔✔A
✔✔You are on a 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. You should stop to windward of the man and drift down on him.
B. You should stop with the man on your weather beam and twist the ship up to him.
C. A pickup off the weather bow gives maximum maneuverability with the least
possibility of injury to the man.
D. ship pick up should never be used with a shallow draft vessel. - ✔✔C
✔✔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 __________.
A. victim to leeward
B. victim to windward
C. wind on your port side
D. wind on your starboard side - ✔✔B
✔✔You are trying to rescue survivors from a wrecked vessel on fire. You should
approach __________.
A. to leeward of the wrecked vessel
B. at a speed of at most one-half that of the wrecked vessel
C. at a speed of at least that of the wrecked vessel
D. to windward of the wrecked vessel - ✔✔D
✔✔When transferring survivors from an enclosed lifeboat to a rescue vessel, personnel
on board the boat should __________.
A. remove their life preservers to make it easier to climb on board the rescue vessel
B. climb on top of the boat while waiting for their turn to transfer to the rescue vessel
C. remain seated inside and make the transfer one person at a time
D. enter the water and swim over to the rescue vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔When transferring survivors from a survival craft to a rescue vessel, personnel on
board the craft should __________.
A. remove their life preservers to make it easier to climb on board the rescue vessel
B. climb on top of the survival craft while waiting for their turn to transfer to the rescue
vessel
, C. remain seated inside the survival craft and make the transfer one person at a time
D. enter the water and swim over to the rescue vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the
water. Which statement is TRUE?
A. You should stop to windward of the survivors in the water and only use the ship's
boats to recover the survivors.
B. If the survivors are in inflatable rafts you should approach from windward to create a
lee for the survivors.
C. An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station for
transfer of survivors from the boats.
D. Survivors in the water should never be permitted alongside due to the possibility of
injury rom the vessel. - ✔✔C
✔✔When a rescue vessel approaches a survival craft in heavy seas, the person in
charge of the survival craft should __________.
A. tie up to the rescue vessel
B. transfer only those personnel who are not seasick
C. wait for calmer weather before transferring personnel
D. transfer all personnel immediately - ✔✔C
✔✔You are proceeding to a distress site. The survivors are in liferafts. What will make
your ship more visible to the survivors?
A. Steering a sinuous course
B. Steering a zig-zag course
C. Turning on all available deck lights at night
D. Dumping debris over the side to make a trail to your vessel - ✔✔C
✔✔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?
A. Steering a zigzag course with 5 to 10 minutes on each leg
B. Steering a sinuous course
C. Dumping debris over the side to make a trail to your vessel
D. Making smoke in daylight - ✔✔D
✔✔On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height?
A. Radial
B. Sheath-screw
C. Quadrantal
D. Gravity - ✔✔A
✔✔Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit?
A. Sheath-screw boom
B. Radial
C. Crescent
