LIFEBOATMAN UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who is responsible for lowering the survival craft? - ✔✔Helmsman
✔✔If the survival craft is not loaded to full capacity, the personnel should be _____ -
✔✔loaded equally on both sides with more aft
✔✔In rough weather, when a ship is able to maneuver, it is best to launch a lifeboat
________- - ✔✔on the lee side
✔✔During an abandonment or drill, the first person to arrive at the survival craft should
_________ - ✔✔open the doors and prepare the craft for boarding
✔✔If you must abandon a rig in VERY HEAVY SEAS, in a survival craft, when should
you remove the safety pin and pull the hook release? - ✔✔Immediately upon launching
✔✔Which sequence is correct when launching a lifeboat stowed in gravity davits? -
✔✔Release gripes, lift brake, release tricing pennants
✔✔When operating gravity davits, the ____ - ✔✔davits should always be hand cranked
the last 12 inches into the final stowed position
✔✔While retrieving the survival craft, the engine should be stopped _________ -
✔✔when the craft clears the water
✔✔What is the best procedure for picking up a lifeboat at sea while utilizing the
lifeboat's sea painter? - ✔✔Place the lifeboat ahead and to leeward of your ship with the
wind about broad on the bow of your ship
,✔✔When retrieving the survival craft, the helmsman should instruct the crewman to
_______ - ✔✔check that the hooks are fully locked in place
✔✔When retrieving the survival craft, the winch operator should stop the winch and
check _____ - ✔✔that the cable has not jumped any grooves on the drum
✔✔Enclosed lifeboats which have been afloat over a long period of time require
_________ - ✔✔regular checks of bilge levels
✔✔If water is rising in the bilge of a lifeboat, you should FIRST - ✔✔check the bilge
drain plug
✔✔If help has not arrived in 10-12 hours after you abandon ship in a lifeboat, you
should ___________ - ✔✔shut down the engines and set the sea anchor
✔✔After you activate your emergency position indicating radio beacon, you should
________ - ✔✔leave it on continuously
✔✔What is meant by the term "broaching to" - ✔✔Being turned broadside to the sea
✔✔In which situation could a vessel easily capsize? - ✔✔Running in the trough
✔✔Your vessel is broken down and rolling in heavy seas. You can reduce the danger of
capsizing by - ✔✔rigging a sea anchor
✔✔Usually the most gentle way of riding out a severe storm on a larger vessel is
_________ - ✔✔running out before the seas
✔✔You are steaming in a heavy gale and find it necessary to heave to. Under most
circumstances, this is best done by _________ - ✔✔taking the sea fine on the bow and
reducing the speed to the minimum to hold that position
✔✔Which measure should NOT be taken to reduce the pounding of a vessel in a head
sea? - ✔✔Add ballast in the after peak
✔✔In a following sea, a wave has overtaken your vessel and thrown the stern to
starboard. To continue along your original course, you should ________ - ✔✔use more
right rudder
✔✔If your propeller is racing in rough weather, you should _____ - ✔✔decrease your
engine speed
, ✔✔When running before a heavy sea, moving weights aft will affect the handling of a
vessel by ________ - ✔✔reducing yawing
✔✔With a following sea, a vessel will tend to ________ - ✔✔yaw
✔✔If you must land on a beach with an oar-propelled lifeboat through a heavy surf, the
recommended method is to _________ - ✔✔keep the bow into the seas with the sea
anchor out over the bow, and row to meet the breaking waves
✔✔When a sea anchor is used in landing stern first in a heavy surf, sternway is
checked by __________ - ✔✔slacking the tripping line and towing the sea anchor by
the holding line
✔✔When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current running parallel to
the beach the recommended procedure is to ___________ - ✔✔rig a drogue with
tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue tripped between breakers
✔✔When backing a motor propelled lifeboat (right-hand propeller) with the rudder
amidships, the stern will back - ✔✔to port
✔✔In heavy seas the helmsman should steer the motor lifeboat __________ - ✔✔into
the seas
✔✔You have abandoned ship and find yourself aboard a lifeboat in heavy sea. Your
boat is able to make way through the water. To prevent broaching, you should
____________ - ✔✔head the boat into the swells to take them at a 30 to 40 degree
angle on either bow and run as slow as possible without losing steerage
✔✔Knowing the compass heading that is 90 degrees to the side of a MODU will enable
the operator of a survival craft to initially steer _______________ - ✔✔away in fire and
smoke
✔✔What should be used to steer an open lifeboat if the rudder becomes lost or
damaged? - ✔✔Steering oar
✔✔If you are forced to abandon ship in a lifeboat, you should - ✔✔remain in the
immediate vicinity
✔✔During the towing of a survival craft, a lookout should be on station to _________ -
✔✔release the towline in an emergency
✔✔You are heading into the sea during rough weather. Having too much weight forward
can cause your small boat to_______ - ✔✔plunge into the wave
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who is responsible for lowering the survival craft? - ✔✔Helmsman
✔✔If the survival craft is not loaded to full capacity, the personnel should be _____ -
✔✔loaded equally on both sides with more aft
✔✔In rough weather, when a ship is able to maneuver, it is best to launch a lifeboat
________- - ✔✔on the lee side
✔✔During an abandonment or drill, the first person to arrive at the survival craft should
_________ - ✔✔open the doors and prepare the craft for boarding
✔✔If you must abandon a rig in VERY HEAVY SEAS, in a survival craft, when should
you remove the safety pin and pull the hook release? - ✔✔Immediately upon launching
✔✔Which sequence is correct when launching a lifeboat stowed in gravity davits? -
✔✔Release gripes, lift brake, release tricing pennants
✔✔When operating gravity davits, the ____ - ✔✔davits should always be hand cranked
the last 12 inches into the final stowed position
✔✔While retrieving the survival craft, the engine should be stopped _________ -
✔✔when the craft clears the water
✔✔What is the best procedure for picking up a lifeboat at sea while utilizing the
lifeboat's sea painter? - ✔✔Place the lifeboat ahead and to leeward of your ship with the
wind about broad on the bow of your ship
,✔✔When retrieving the survival craft, the helmsman should instruct the crewman to
_______ - ✔✔check that the hooks are fully locked in place
✔✔When retrieving the survival craft, the winch operator should stop the winch and
check _____ - ✔✔that the cable has not jumped any grooves on the drum
✔✔Enclosed lifeboats which have been afloat over a long period of time require
_________ - ✔✔regular checks of bilge levels
✔✔If water is rising in the bilge of a lifeboat, you should FIRST - ✔✔check the bilge
drain plug
✔✔If help has not arrived in 10-12 hours after you abandon ship in a lifeboat, you
should ___________ - ✔✔shut down the engines and set the sea anchor
✔✔After you activate your emergency position indicating radio beacon, you should
________ - ✔✔leave it on continuously
✔✔What is meant by the term "broaching to" - ✔✔Being turned broadside to the sea
✔✔In which situation could a vessel easily capsize? - ✔✔Running in the trough
✔✔Your vessel is broken down and rolling in heavy seas. You can reduce the danger of
capsizing by - ✔✔rigging a sea anchor
✔✔Usually the most gentle way of riding out a severe storm on a larger vessel is
_________ - ✔✔running out before the seas
✔✔You are steaming in a heavy gale and find it necessary to heave to. Under most
circumstances, this is best done by _________ - ✔✔taking the sea fine on the bow and
reducing the speed to the minimum to hold that position
✔✔Which measure should NOT be taken to reduce the pounding of a vessel in a head
sea? - ✔✔Add ballast in the after peak
✔✔In a following sea, a wave has overtaken your vessel and thrown the stern to
starboard. To continue along your original course, you should ________ - ✔✔use more
right rudder
✔✔If your propeller is racing in rough weather, you should _____ - ✔✔decrease your
engine speed
, ✔✔When running before a heavy sea, moving weights aft will affect the handling of a
vessel by ________ - ✔✔reducing yawing
✔✔With a following sea, a vessel will tend to ________ - ✔✔yaw
✔✔If you must land on a beach with an oar-propelled lifeboat through a heavy surf, the
recommended method is to _________ - ✔✔keep the bow into the seas with the sea
anchor out over the bow, and row to meet the breaking waves
✔✔When a sea anchor is used in landing stern first in a heavy surf, sternway is
checked by __________ - ✔✔slacking the tripping line and towing the sea anchor by
the holding line
✔✔When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current running parallel to
the beach the recommended procedure is to ___________ - ✔✔rig a drogue with
tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue tripped between breakers
✔✔When backing a motor propelled lifeboat (right-hand propeller) with the rudder
amidships, the stern will back - ✔✔to port
✔✔In heavy seas the helmsman should steer the motor lifeboat __________ - ✔✔into
the seas
✔✔You have abandoned ship and find yourself aboard a lifeboat in heavy sea. Your
boat is able to make way through the water. To prevent broaching, you should
____________ - ✔✔head the boat into the swells to take them at a 30 to 40 degree
angle on either bow and run as slow as possible without losing steerage
✔✔Knowing the compass heading that is 90 degrees to the side of a MODU will enable
the operator of a survival craft to initially steer _______________ - ✔✔away in fire and
smoke
✔✔What should be used to steer an open lifeboat if the rudder becomes lost or
damaged? - ✔✔Steering oar
✔✔If you are forced to abandon ship in a lifeboat, you should - ✔✔remain in the
immediate vicinity
✔✔During the towing of a survival craft, a lookout should be on station to _________ -
✔✔release the towline in an emergency
✔✔You are heading into the sea during rough weather. Having too much weight forward
can cause your small boat to_______ - ✔✔plunge into the wave
