LIFEBOATMAN COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔see an airplane in a liferaft what do you do? - ✔✔visual distress signals with epirb
✔✔abandon ship drill - ✔✔take part
✔✔lifesaving equipment should be stored - ✔✔readily accessible
✔✔enclosed lifeboats engulfed in flames - ✔✔has enough air for 10 minutes
✔✔lifeboats are equipped with - ✔✔unbalanced rudders
✔✔lifeboats are double ended why? - ✔✔most seaworthy design
✔✔lifeboat No. 2 is located - ✔✔forward of lifeboat No. 4 on port side
✔✔bottom row of plating next to the keel - ✔✔garboard strake
✔✔limber holes - ✔✔allow water in the bilge to get to the boat drain
✔✔electrolytic corrosion avoided by - ✔✔not leaving steel or iron tools lying in or near
the boat
✔✔stretchers are fitted in lifeboats to - ✔✔for rowers to put their feet
✔✔grab rail is located - ✔✔along the turn of the bilge
✔✔purpose of air tanks - ✔✔keep boat afloat if flooded
✔✔preventer bars are fitted to prevent - ✔✔accidental unhooking when the falls
become slack
✔✔in order for an automatic lifeboat drain to work properly - ✔✔cage must be free of
rubbish or the ball wont seat
✔✔stern sheets - ✔✔aftermost seating
✔✔engine in a covered lifeboat - ✔✔fueled by diesel oil
✔✔what is NOT painted on lifeboats - ✔✔weight of the boat
✔✔middle boat on STBD side - ✔✔3
, ✔✔Lifeboat color - ✔✔international orange
✔✔rottmer releasing gear - ✔✔releases the falls
✔✔tricing pendants should be released - ✔✔after loading
✔✔lines passes around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding -
✔✔frapping lines
✔✔wire stretched between davit heads - ✔✔support the man ropes
✔✔most common type of davit - ✔✔gravity
✔✔davit could be operated by one man - ✔✔gravity
✔✔most use is getting away from ship - ✔✔sea painter
✔✔prior to lowering, most important thing to do - ✔✔put in boat plug
✔✔pulled to embarkation deck by - ✔✔tricing pendants
✔✔in bad weather launch boat on - ✔✔lee side
✔✔operate the lever shown when lifeboat is - ✔✔waterborne
✔✔picking up painter - ✔✔well forward in lifeboat
✔✔painter attached to the thwart of lifeboat should - ✔✔have a toggle attached to the
thwart lanyard
✔✔thermal protective aids for this % or people on board - ✔✔10%
✔✔visual distress in daylight only - ✔✔orange smoke distress
✔✔who inspects lifeboats - ✔✔approved facility
✔✔prevents the liferaft from being sank in 100 feet depth - ✔✔weaklink
✔✔inflatable raft can be launched by - ✔✔throwing entire container over then operating
cord to inflate the raft
✔✔hydrostatic release removes life raft from the cradle by - ✔✔releasing tie down strap
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔see an airplane in a liferaft what do you do? - ✔✔visual distress signals with epirb
✔✔abandon ship drill - ✔✔take part
✔✔lifesaving equipment should be stored - ✔✔readily accessible
✔✔enclosed lifeboats engulfed in flames - ✔✔has enough air for 10 minutes
✔✔lifeboats are equipped with - ✔✔unbalanced rudders
✔✔lifeboats are double ended why? - ✔✔most seaworthy design
✔✔lifeboat No. 2 is located - ✔✔forward of lifeboat No. 4 on port side
✔✔bottom row of plating next to the keel - ✔✔garboard strake
✔✔limber holes - ✔✔allow water in the bilge to get to the boat drain
✔✔electrolytic corrosion avoided by - ✔✔not leaving steel or iron tools lying in or near
the boat
✔✔stretchers are fitted in lifeboats to - ✔✔for rowers to put their feet
✔✔grab rail is located - ✔✔along the turn of the bilge
✔✔purpose of air tanks - ✔✔keep boat afloat if flooded
✔✔preventer bars are fitted to prevent - ✔✔accidental unhooking when the falls
become slack
✔✔in order for an automatic lifeboat drain to work properly - ✔✔cage must be free of
rubbish or the ball wont seat
✔✔stern sheets - ✔✔aftermost seating
✔✔engine in a covered lifeboat - ✔✔fueled by diesel oil
✔✔what is NOT painted on lifeboats - ✔✔weight of the boat
✔✔middle boat on STBD side - ✔✔3
, ✔✔Lifeboat color - ✔✔international orange
✔✔rottmer releasing gear - ✔✔releases the falls
✔✔tricing pendants should be released - ✔✔after loading
✔✔lines passes around the falls to hold the boat while passengers are boarding -
✔✔frapping lines
✔✔wire stretched between davit heads - ✔✔support the man ropes
✔✔most common type of davit - ✔✔gravity
✔✔davit could be operated by one man - ✔✔gravity
✔✔most use is getting away from ship - ✔✔sea painter
✔✔prior to lowering, most important thing to do - ✔✔put in boat plug
✔✔pulled to embarkation deck by - ✔✔tricing pendants
✔✔in bad weather launch boat on - ✔✔lee side
✔✔operate the lever shown when lifeboat is - ✔✔waterborne
✔✔picking up painter - ✔✔well forward in lifeboat
✔✔painter attached to the thwart of lifeboat should - ✔✔have a toggle attached to the
thwart lanyard
✔✔thermal protective aids for this % or people on board - ✔✔10%
✔✔visual distress in daylight only - ✔✔orange smoke distress
✔✔who inspects lifeboats - ✔✔approved facility
✔✔prevents the liferaft from being sank in 100 feet depth - ✔✔weaklink
✔✔inflatable raft can be launched by - ✔✔throwing entire container over then operating
cord to inflate the raft
✔✔hydrostatic release removes life raft from the cradle by - ✔✔releasing tie down strap
