LIFEBOATMAN EXAM –EXAM
PREPARATION |2025/2026 LATEST EXAM
|QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the: - answers International
Maritime Organization
SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the: -
answers recreation and messrooms
The most important reason for taking anti-seasickness pills as soon as possible after
entering a liferaft is to - answers prevent loss of body moisture by vomiting
One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is
to - answers take an antiseasickness pill
When collecting condensation for drinking water, - answers a sponge used to mop up
ad store condensation must be kept salt free
When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be: -
answers poured overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false? - answers Fresh
water may be obtained from fish
You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a liferaft. How much water per day
should you permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours? - answers 1 pint
Once you have established the daily ration of drinking water in a survival situation, how
should you drink it? - answers One-third the daily ration three times daily
Seawater may be used for drinking: - answers under no conditions
Drinking salt water will - answers dehydrate you
After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will -
answers pass through the body with little absorbed by the system
In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel
who are - answers sick or injured
,When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft? -
answers After 24 hours
If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be - answers
extended straight down and crossed at the ankles
When abandoning ship and jumping into the water from a substantial height without a
life jacket, you should - answers jump feet first, covering your nose and mouth with one
hand grasping the opposing upper arm with the other
In evacuation from a MODU, an individual without the option of a survival craft or liferaft
should enter the water on the leeward side, except when - answers there is burning
oil/hydrogen sulfide present/there is a severe list to the windward side of the MODU
If there are a number of survivors in the water after abandoning ship, they should -
answers form a small circular group to create a warmer pocket of water in the center of
the circle
When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat, the other individuals in
the boat should - answers remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
You are involved in an emergency landing of a helicopter on the water. You should
inflate your life jacket - answers after exiting clear of the helicopter
A person has fallen overboard and is being picked up with a lifeboat. If the person
appears in danger of drowning, the lifeboat should make - answers the most direct
approach
When a man who is conscious has fallen overboard is being picked up by a lifeboat, the
boat should approach with the wind - answers just off the bow and the victim to leeward
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? -
answers To windward side of the disabled vessel
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? - answers 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 - answers 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? - answers 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 - answers 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? - answers 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? - answers Making smoke
in daylight
On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height? - answers radial
Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit? - answers radial
A mechanical davit is designed to - answers 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 - answers 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 - answers 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? -
answers crescent
What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit? - answers 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 - answers 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? -
answers The outboard section of the cradle must be released
The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be - answers 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 - answers sheath-screw davit
The most common type of davit found on merchant ships: - answers gravity
Which davit type may be operated by one man? - answers gravity
What could be a result of insufficient lubrication of lifeboat winches and davits? -
answers All the above
The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are - answers gravity davits
On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to -
answers support the manropes
Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels? -
answers 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? - answers they may be adjusted
by turnbuckle
Frapping lines - answers reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are: -
answers frapping lines
When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines - answers
with a lead of about 45 degrees to the boat
As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number ___________. See DIAGRAM
D016SA - answers 2
The purpose of the tricing pendants is to - answers 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 - answers tricing pendants
In launching a lifeboat, when should the tricing pendants be released? - answers After
all people have been embarked
What will be released by pulling on line number 5? See DIAGRAM D012SA - answers
Tricing pendant
PREPARATION |2025/2026 LATEST EXAM
|QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
!!
The safety of life at sea convention was developed by the: - answers International
Maritime Organization
SOLAS requires a lifesaving training manual be provided in each crew cabin or in the: -
answers recreation and messrooms
The most important reason for taking anti-seasickness pills as soon as possible after
entering a liferaft is to - answers prevent loss of body moisture by vomiting
One of the first actions to be taken by survivors when they have boarded an inflatable is
to - answers take an antiseasickness pill
When collecting condensation for drinking water, - answers a sponge used to mop up
ad store condensation must be kept salt free
When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be: -
answers poured overboard because of salt washed off the canopy
Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is false? - answers Fresh
water may be obtained from fish
You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a liferaft. How much water per day
should you permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours? - answers 1 pint
Once you have established the daily ration of drinking water in a survival situation, how
should you drink it? - answers One-third the daily ration three times daily
Seawater may be used for drinking: - answers under no conditions
Drinking salt water will - answers dehydrate you
After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will -
answers pass through the body with little absorbed by the system
In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel
who are - answers sick or injured
,When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft? -
answers After 24 hours
If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be - answers
extended straight down and crossed at the ankles
When abandoning ship and jumping into the water from a substantial height without a
life jacket, you should - answers jump feet first, covering your nose and mouth with one
hand grasping the opposing upper arm with the other
In evacuation from a MODU, an individual without the option of a survival craft or liferaft
should enter the water on the leeward side, except when - answers there is burning
oil/hydrogen sulfide present/there is a severe list to the windward side of the MODU
If there are a number of survivors in the water after abandoning ship, they should -
answers form a small circular group to create a warmer pocket of water in the center of
the circle
When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat, the other individuals in
the boat should - answers remain seated inside to provide body weight for stability
You are involved in an emergency landing of a helicopter on the water. You should
inflate your life jacket - answers after exiting clear of the helicopter
A person has fallen overboard and is being picked up with a lifeboat. If the person
appears in danger of drowning, the lifeboat should make - answers the most direct
approach
When a man who is conscious has fallen overboard is being picked up by a lifeboat, the
boat should approach with the wind - answers just off the bow and the victim to leeward
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? -
answers To windward side of the disabled vessel
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? - answers 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 - answers 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? - answers 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 - answers 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? - answers 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? - answers Making smoke
in daylight
On which type davit does the davit head stay at the same height? - answers radial
Which type of davit is not considered to be a mechanical davit? - answers radial
A mechanical davit is designed to - answers 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 - answers 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 - answers 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? -
answers crescent
What is required to launch a boat stowed in a crescent davit? - answers 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 - answers 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? -
answers The outboard section of the cradle must be released
The pivot pin at the base of a sheath-screw boom davit must be - answers 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 - answers sheath-screw davit
The most common type of davit found on merchant ships: - answers gravity
Which davit type may be operated by one man? - answers gravity
What could be a result of insufficient lubrication of lifeboat winches and davits? -
answers All the above
The type davits shown in diagram D008SA are - answers gravity davits
On open lifeboats, the purpose of the wire stretched between the davit heads is to -
answers support the manropes
Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels? -
answers 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? - answers they may be adjusted
by turnbuckle
Frapping lines - answers reduce the swinging of the lifeboat at the embarkation level
Lines passed around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding are: -
answers frapping lines
When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines - answers
with a lead of about 45 degrees to the boat
As shown, a frapping line is indicated by number ___________. See DIAGRAM
D016SA - answers 2
The purpose of the tricing pendants is to - answers 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 - answers tricing pendants
In launching a lifeboat, when should the tricing pendants be released? - answers After
all people have been embarked
What will be released by pulling on line number 5? See DIAGRAM D012SA - answers
Tricing pendant
