LIFEBOATMAN EVALUATION EXAM TIPS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Spreading oil on the open sea has the effect of ____.
A. Diminishing the height of the seas
B. Lengthening the distance between successive crests.
C. Increasing the height of the seas
D. Preventing the wave crests from breaking - ✔✔D. Preventing the wave crests from
breaking
✔✔The painter on the rigid liferaft must have a length sufficient to reach the lightest
waterline plus an additional ____.
A. 5-meters (16 feet)
B. 10-meters (31 feet)
C. 15-meters (50 feet)
D. 20-meters (66 feet) - ✔✔D. 20-meters (66 feet)
✔✔With the air supply on, the air pressure in an enclosed lifeboat will be ___.
A. Changing in relation to the speed of the craft
B. Less than outside air pressure
C. Greater than outside air pressure
D. Equal to outside air pressure - ✔✔C. Greater than outside air pressure
✔✔A fully loaded motor-propelled lifeboat must be capable of attaining a speed of at
least ___.
A. 3 knots in smooth water
B. 6 knots in smooth water
C. 3 knots in rough water
D. 6 knots in rough water - ✔✔B. 6 knots in smooth water
✔✔When you are firing a pyrotechnic distress signal, it should be aimed at ____.
A. Straight overhead
B. At the vessel whose attention you are trying to get
C. Into the wind
D. About 60 degrees above the horizon - ✔✔D. About 60 degrees above the horizon
✔✔The purpose for the bag or box on top of some survival craft is to ____.
A. Right the craft in case of capsizing
B. Increase area for radar detection
, C. Act as a sail in case of a power loss
D. Steady the craft in heavy seas - ✔✔A. Right the craft in case of capsizing
✔✔What is the purpose of tricing pendants?
A. They have the same function as frapping lines
B. They are safety lines for personnel inside the lifeboat
C. They slow the descent of the lifeboat
D. They hold the lifeboat alongside the embarkation deck - ✔✔D. They hold the lifeboat
alongside the embarkation deck
✔✔The maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits is controlled by the
____.
A. Limit switches
B. Emergency disconnect switch
C. Governor brake
D. Position of the counterweight on the brake handle - ✔✔C. Governor brake
✔✔Which of the following steps should normally be taken first by those who have
boarded a liferaft in an emergency situation?
A. Ration food and water supplies
B. Search for survivors
C. Determine position and closest point of land
D. Check pyrotechnic supplies - ✔✔B. Search for survivors
✔✔The painter on a life float or buoyant apparatus shall _____.
A. Have a minimum breaking strength of 3,000 lbs. If the capacity of the lifesaving gear
is 50 persons or greater
B. Be resistant to ultraviolet sunlight deterioration
C. Be stowed to pay out freely if the vessel sinks
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum safety
factor of _____.
A. 4, based on the breaking strength
B. 5, based on the maximum allowable stress
C. 6, based on the maximum working load
D. 8, based on the normal working load - ✔✔C. 6, based on the maximum working load
✔✔An "on-load" release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released
____.
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Spreading oil on the open sea has the effect of ____.
A. Diminishing the height of the seas
B. Lengthening the distance between successive crests.
C. Increasing the height of the seas
D. Preventing the wave crests from breaking - ✔✔D. Preventing the wave crests from
breaking
✔✔The painter on the rigid liferaft must have a length sufficient to reach the lightest
waterline plus an additional ____.
A. 5-meters (16 feet)
B. 10-meters (31 feet)
C. 15-meters (50 feet)
D. 20-meters (66 feet) - ✔✔D. 20-meters (66 feet)
✔✔With the air supply on, the air pressure in an enclosed lifeboat will be ___.
A. Changing in relation to the speed of the craft
B. Less than outside air pressure
C. Greater than outside air pressure
D. Equal to outside air pressure - ✔✔C. Greater than outside air pressure
✔✔A fully loaded motor-propelled lifeboat must be capable of attaining a speed of at
least ___.
A. 3 knots in smooth water
B. 6 knots in smooth water
C. 3 knots in rough water
D. 6 knots in rough water - ✔✔B. 6 knots in smooth water
✔✔When you are firing a pyrotechnic distress signal, it should be aimed at ____.
A. Straight overhead
B. At the vessel whose attention you are trying to get
C. Into the wind
D. About 60 degrees above the horizon - ✔✔D. About 60 degrees above the horizon
✔✔The purpose for the bag or box on top of some survival craft is to ____.
A. Right the craft in case of capsizing
B. Increase area for radar detection
, C. Act as a sail in case of a power loss
D. Steady the craft in heavy seas - ✔✔A. Right the craft in case of capsizing
✔✔What is the purpose of tricing pendants?
A. They have the same function as frapping lines
B. They are safety lines for personnel inside the lifeboat
C. They slow the descent of the lifeboat
D. They hold the lifeboat alongside the embarkation deck - ✔✔D. They hold the lifeboat
alongside the embarkation deck
✔✔The maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits is controlled by the
____.
A. Limit switches
B. Emergency disconnect switch
C. Governor brake
D. Position of the counterweight on the brake handle - ✔✔C. Governor brake
✔✔Which of the following steps should normally be taken first by those who have
boarded a liferaft in an emergency situation?
A. Ration food and water supplies
B. Search for survivors
C. Determine position and closest point of land
D. Check pyrotechnic supplies - ✔✔B. Search for survivors
✔✔The painter on a life float or buoyant apparatus shall _____.
A. Have a minimum breaking strength of 3,000 lbs. If the capacity of the lifesaving gear
is 50 persons or greater
B. Be resistant to ultraviolet sunlight deterioration
C. Be stowed to pay out freely if the vessel sinks
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum safety
factor of _____.
A. 4, based on the breaking strength
B. 5, based on the maximum allowable stress
C. 6, based on the maximum working load
D. 8, based on the normal working load - ✔✔C. 6, based on the maximum working load
✔✔An "on-load" release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released
____.
