LIFEBOATMAN UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are - ✔✔gravity davits
✔✔On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to -
✔✔support the manropes
✔✔Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels?
- ✔✔All lifelines shall be able to reach the water at the vessel's lightest draft with a 20
degree list
✔✔Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat gripes? - ✔✔they may be adjusted by
turnbuckle
✔✔Frapping lines - ✔✔reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
✔✔Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are: -
✔✔frapping lines
,✔✔When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines -
✔✔with a lead of about 45 degrees to the boat
✔✔As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number ___________. See DIAGRAM
D016SA - ✔✔2
✔✔The purpose of the tricing pendants is to - ✔✔hold a lifeboat next to the embarkation
deck while loading
✔✔When lowering a boat with gravity davits, it will be pulled into the embarkation deck
by the - ✔✔tricing pendants
✔✔In launching a lifeboat, when should the tricing pendants be released? - ✔✔After all
people have been embarked
✔✔What will be released by pulling on line number 5? See DIAGRAM D012SA -
✔✔Tricing pendant
✔✔The mechanism that will release the tricing pendant, as shown, is _______. See
diagram D012SA - ✔✔the McCluney hook
✔✔After the boat is at the top of the davit heads, the davit arms begin moving up the
tracks and are stopped by the - ✔✔limit switch
✔✔Limit switches are used on which davits? - ✔✔gravity davits
✔✔Limit switches - ✔✔cut off power to the winch when the lifeboat nears the final
stowed position
✔✔The limit switches on a MODUs survival-craft winch system - ✔✔stop the winch just
before the craft reaches the final stowage position
✔✔Limit switches on gravity davits should be tested by - ✔✔pushing the switch lever
arm while the winch is running
✔✔The governor brake on a lifeboat winch shall be capable of controlling the speed of
lowering a fully equipped lifeboat from a cargo ship at - ✔✔not more than 120 feet per
minute
✔✔The maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits is controlled by the -
✔✔governor brake
, ✔✔When lifeboat winches with grooved drums are fitted on a vessel the lead sheaves
to the drums shall be located to provide fleet angles of not more than - ✔✔8 degrees
✔✔Winch drums for lifeboat falls shall have a diameter at the base of the groove equal
to at least - ✔✔16 times the diameter of the wire rope
✔✔In launching a covered lifeboat, what would safely lower the lifeboat from the inside
of a lifeboat cabin? - ✔✔Winch remote control wire
✔✔What is the accepted standard for wire rope falls used in connection with the lifeboat
gear? - ✔✔Six by nineteen regular-lay filler wire rope
✔✔The falls on gravity davits are - ✔✔wire
✔✔Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum safety
factor of - ✔✔6, based on the maximum working load
✔✔According to the regulations for lifeboat falls, which action must be taken at 30-
month intervals? - ✔✔End-for-ended
✔✔According to the SOLAS regulations, lifeboat falls must be renewed at intervals of
how many years? - ✔✔5
✔✔Preventer bars are fitted on lifeboat releasing gear to prevent - ✔✔accidental
unhooking when the falls become slack
✔✔On a lifeboat equipped with Rottmer-type releasing gear, turning the releasing lever
releases - ✔✔both falls at the same time even if the boat has not reached the water
✔✔To disengage a survival craft suspended from the cable above the water, you must
pull the safety pin and - ✔✔pull the hook release handle and use the ratchet bar
✔✔An "on-load" release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released -
✔✔at any time
✔✔The "off-load" release system is designed to be activated - ✔✔when there is no load
on the cable
✔✔You operate the lever shown when the lifeboat is _________. See D013SA -
✔✔waterborne
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are - ✔✔gravity davits
✔✔On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to -
✔✔support the manropes
✔✔Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels?
- ✔✔All lifelines shall be able to reach the water at the vessel's lightest draft with a 20
degree list
✔✔Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat gripes? - ✔✔they may be adjusted by
turnbuckle
✔✔Frapping lines - ✔✔reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
✔✔Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are: -
✔✔frapping lines
,✔✔When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines -
✔✔with a lead of about 45 degrees to the boat
✔✔As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number ___________. See DIAGRAM
D016SA - ✔✔2
✔✔The purpose of the tricing pendants is to - ✔✔hold a lifeboat next to the embarkation
deck while loading
✔✔When lowering a boat with gravity davits, it will be pulled into the embarkation deck
by the - ✔✔tricing pendants
✔✔In launching a lifeboat, when should the tricing pendants be released? - ✔✔After all
people have been embarked
✔✔What will be released by pulling on line number 5? See DIAGRAM D012SA -
✔✔Tricing pendant
✔✔The mechanism that will release the tricing pendant, as shown, is _______. See
diagram D012SA - ✔✔the McCluney hook
✔✔After the boat is at the top of the davit heads, the davit arms begin moving up the
tracks and are stopped by the - ✔✔limit switch
✔✔Limit switches are used on which davits? - ✔✔gravity davits
✔✔Limit switches - ✔✔cut off power to the winch when the lifeboat nears the final
stowed position
✔✔The limit switches on a MODUs survival-craft winch system - ✔✔stop the winch just
before the craft reaches the final stowage position
✔✔Limit switches on gravity davits should be tested by - ✔✔pushing the switch lever
arm while the winch is running
✔✔The governor brake on a lifeboat winch shall be capable of controlling the speed of
lowering a fully equipped lifeboat from a cargo ship at - ✔✔not more than 120 feet per
minute
✔✔The maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits is controlled by the -
✔✔governor brake
, ✔✔When lifeboat winches with grooved drums are fitted on a vessel the lead sheaves
to the drums shall be located to provide fleet angles of not more than - ✔✔8 degrees
✔✔Winch drums for lifeboat falls shall have a diameter at the base of the groove equal
to at least - ✔✔16 times the diameter of the wire rope
✔✔In launching a covered lifeboat, what would safely lower the lifeboat from the inside
of a lifeboat cabin? - ✔✔Winch remote control wire
✔✔What is the accepted standard for wire rope falls used in connection with the lifeboat
gear? - ✔✔Six by nineteen regular-lay filler wire rope
✔✔The falls on gravity davits are - ✔✔wire
✔✔Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum safety
factor of - ✔✔6, based on the maximum working load
✔✔According to the regulations for lifeboat falls, which action must be taken at 30-
month intervals? - ✔✔End-for-ended
✔✔According to the SOLAS regulations, lifeboat falls must be renewed at intervals of
how many years? - ✔✔5
✔✔Preventer bars are fitted on lifeboat releasing gear to prevent - ✔✔accidental
unhooking when the falls become slack
✔✔On a lifeboat equipped with Rottmer-type releasing gear, turning the releasing lever
releases - ✔✔both falls at the same time even if the boat has not reached the water
✔✔To disengage a survival craft suspended from the cable above the water, you must
pull the safety pin and - ✔✔pull the hook release handle and use the ratchet bar
✔✔An "on-load" release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released -
✔✔at any time
✔✔The "off-load" release system is designed to be activated - ✔✔when there is no load
on the cable
✔✔You operate the lever shown when the lifeboat is _________. See D013SA -
✔✔waterborne
