KSV #4 - DITCHING AND SEA RESCUE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Opening an exit below the water line during a ditching will: - ANS Allow water to rush in,
causing the aircraft to sink lower
Which statement is false?
- Slide/liferafts are used as a slide during a land evacuation and as a liferaft in a ditching.
- Slide/liferafts automatically inflate when an exit is opened in the armed mode.
- Unlike liferafts, the slide/liferaft must be upright in the water to be fully usable.
- Liferafts and seat cushions designed for flotation are on every aircraft. - ANS - Liferafts and
seat cushions designed for flotation are on every aircraft.
When do you inflate the lifevest?
- At a door exit, inflate as you are approaching the exit
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, - At an overwing exit, inflate lifevest once outside
- In a ditching, inflate your lifevest immediately after you don
- Inflate lifevest once you are in the liferaft - ANS At an overwing exit, inflate lifevest once
outside
Which of the following steps is not included when an FA dons and inflates the lifevest:
- Pull the lifevest over the head with red inflation handle in front
- Wrap strap around your waist and insert the fitting into buckle then pull the strap to tighten
- Pull the orange tab
- If the lifevest does not inflate, blow into the red oral inflation tube - ANS Pull the orange tab
Which of the following raft size and aircraft combination is incorrect?
- 56 Person Raft / A319
- 25 Person Raft / A321R
- 36 Person Raft / A321E
- 56 Person Raft / 737 - ANS 56 Person Raft / A319
Can all seat cushions be used as flotation devices? - ANS No. Some seat cushions are not
removable/certified as flotation devices. If so, a lifevest will be available.
Where are crew lifevests located? - ANS Each Jumpseat
Which of the following are utilized to prepare the crew, passengers and cabin for a ditching? -
ANS Both the Planned Ditching Checklist and Raft/Exit Assignment Chart
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Opening an exit below the water line during a ditching will: - ANS Allow water to rush in,
causing the aircraft to sink lower
Which statement is false?
- Slide/liferafts are used as a slide during a land evacuation and as a liferaft in a ditching.
- Slide/liferafts automatically inflate when an exit is opened in the armed mode.
- Unlike liferafts, the slide/liferaft must be upright in the water to be fully usable.
- Liferafts and seat cushions designed for flotation are on every aircraft. - ANS - Liferafts and
seat cushions designed for flotation are on every aircraft.
When do you inflate the lifevest?
- At a door exit, inflate as you are approaching the exit
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, - At an overwing exit, inflate lifevest once outside
- In a ditching, inflate your lifevest immediately after you don
- Inflate lifevest once you are in the liferaft - ANS At an overwing exit, inflate lifevest once
outside
Which of the following steps is not included when an FA dons and inflates the lifevest:
- Pull the lifevest over the head with red inflation handle in front
- Wrap strap around your waist and insert the fitting into buckle then pull the strap to tighten
- Pull the orange tab
- If the lifevest does not inflate, blow into the red oral inflation tube - ANS Pull the orange tab
Which of the following raft size and aircraft combination is incorrect?
- 56 Person Raft / A319
- 25 Person Raft / A321R
- 36 Person Raft / A321E
- 56 Person Raft / 737 - ANS 56 Person Raft / A319
Can all seat cushions be used as flotation devices? - ANS No. Some seat cushions are not
removable/certified as flotation devices. If so, a lifevest will be available.
Where are crew lifevests located? - ANS Each Jumpseat
Which of the following are utilized to prepare the crew, passengers and cabin for a ditching? -
ANS Both the Planned Ditching Checklist and Raft/Exit Assignment Chart
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