LIFEBOATMAN EXAM UPDATED SCRIPTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔most important thing to remember when launching inflatable life raft - ✔✔operating
cord attached to ship
✔✔to launch a life raft by hand you should - ✔✔throw over side and pull the operating
cord
✔✔life raft hand launched by - ✔✔throwing over side
✔✔automatically happens once painter trips the CO2 bottles to inflate raft - ✔✔sea
anchor deploys
✔✔inside raft should be kept dry by - ✔✔using bailers and cellulose sponge
✔✔water pockets in life rafts - ✔✔act as stabilizers
✔✔lights on outside of canopy - ✔✔turn on automatically
✔✔operating cord is also - ✔✔painter
✔✔hand holds or straps on the underside of life raft are provided - ✔✔to right the raft
✔✔raft is released from cradle by - ✔✔pushing plunger on center of hydrostatic release
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔most important thing to remember when launching inflatable life raft - ✔✔operating
cord attached to ship
✔✔to launch a life raft by hand you should - ✔✔throw over side and pull the operating
cord
✔✔life raft hand launched by - ✔✔throwing over side
✔✔automatically happens once painter trips the CO2 bottles to inflate raft - ✔✔sea
anchor deploys
✔✔inside raft should be kept dry by - ✔✔using bailers and cellulose sponge
✔✔water pockets in life rafts - ✔✔act as stabilizers
✔✔lights on outside of canopy - ✔✔turn on automatically
✔✔operating cord is also - ✔✔painter
✔✔hand holds or straps on the underside of life raft are provided - ✔✔to right the raft
✔✔raft is released from cradle by - ✔✔pushing plunger on center of hydrostatic release
