DITCHING KSV 2 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔When will you use the flare and the sea dye marker? - ✔✔When rescue is imminent
✔✔What are the 5 Principles of Sea? - ✔✔Flotation
Protection
Medical
Sustenance
Rescue
✔✔How do FAs demonstrate to passengers the location of the lifevests? - ✔✔Point to
the location on the safety card
✔✔What are the rescue principle items? - ✔✔Flares
Sea Dye Marker
Whistle
Flashlight
Signaling Mirror
Raft Manual
✔✔What are the flotation principle items? - ✔✔Raft Manual
Raft Repair Clamp
Hand Pump
Raft Knife
Utility Knife
Sea Anchor
✔✔What are the sustenance principle items? - ✔✔Water collection sleeve, water
storage bag, and water purification tablet
✔✔What is hypothermia? - ✔✔low body temperature, shivering, weakness, fatigue,
poor judgement, confusion, unstable gait, tissue injuries, apathy
✔✔What are the medical principle items? - ✔✔First Aid Kit
Water Packet/Bottle Water
Raft Manual
✔✔What are the protection principle items? - ✔✔Canopy
Sponge
Bailing Bucket
Raft Manual
✔✔During ditching which switch do you activate? - ✔✔Emergency Light Switch
, ✔✔Heaving line is used for rescuing survivors and - ✔✔Tying rafts together
✔✔What is the deck float? - ✔✔Must be manually inflated, serves 2 purposes: prevents
occupants from sliding to the center, keepS steady from rocking associated with rough
seas, and add buoyancy
✔✔What is the preflight check for the survival kit? - ✔✔Present, quantity, if damaged
✔✔The Raft Manual is included in all principles except? - ✔✔Sustenance
✔✔What do you use on inflation and deflation valves to adjust inflation? - ✔✔hand
pump
✔✔What is Test? - ✔✔T- type of emergency
E- evacuation necessary
S- signal to evacuate
T- time remaining
✔✔How do you deploy a flare? - ✔✔downwind
✔✔How do you deploy sea dye marker? - ✔✔Upwind
✔✔When does FA1 put on their lifevest in a planned ditching? - ✔✔Step 2
✔✔What does a canopy do? - ✔✔protects from environment (rain/sun)
✔✔Do openings on canopy need to match boarding ladder? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How would you climb in the raft from the water? - ✔✔Boarding sling/ladder
✔✔Where do most ditching occur? - ✔✔Close to land, just after takeoff or prior to
landing
✔✔What part of the slide/life raft is attached to aircraft? - ✔✔The Girt End
✔✔Where might the Survival kit be? - ✔✔May be on the raft or attached to raft before
opening door
✔✔Where is the raft knife located? - ✔✔In a pouch towards the girt end.
✔✔What is the raft knife used for? - ✔✔To cut the mooring line.
✔✔Is the infant/universal life vest dual or single cell? - ✔✔single cell
GRADED A+
✔✔When will you use the flare and the sea dye marker? - ✔✔When rescue is imminent
✔✔What are the 5 Principles of Sea? - ✔✔Flotation
Protection
Medical
Sustenance
Rescue
✔✔How do FAs demonstrate to passengers the location of the lifevests? - ✔✔Point to
the location on the safety card
✔✔What are the rescue principle items? - ✔✔Flares
Sea Dye Marker
Whistle
Flashlight
Signaling Mirror
Raft Manual
✔✔What are the flotation principle items? - ✔✔Raft Manual
Raft Repair Clamp
Hand Pump
Raft Knife
Utility Knife
Sea Anchor
✔✔What are the sustenance principle items? - ✔✔Water collection sleeve, water
storage bag, and water purification tablet
✔✔What is hypothermia? - ✔✔low body temperature, shivering, weakness, fatigue,
poor judgement, confusion, unstable gait, tissue injuries, apathy
✔✔What are the medical principle items? - ✔✔First Aid Kit
Water Packet/Bottle Water
Raft Manual
✔✔What are the protection principle items? - ✔✔Canopy
Sponge
Bailing Bucket
Raft Manual
✔✔During ditching which switch do you activate? - ✔✔Emergency Light Switch
, ✔✔Heaving line is used for rescuing survivors and - ✔✔Tying rafts together
✔✔What is the deck float? - ✔✔Must be manually inflated, serves 2 purposes: prevents
occupants from sliding to the center, keepS steady from rocking associated with rough
seas, and add buoyancy
✔✔What is the preflight check for the survival kit? - ✔✔Present, quantity, if damaged
✔✔The Raft Manual is included in all principles except? - ✔✔Sustenance
✔✔What do you use on inflation and deflation valves to adjust inflation? - ✔✔hand
pump
✔✔What is Test? - ✔✔T- type of emergency
E- evacuation necessary
S- signal to evacuate
T- time remaining
✔✔How do you deploy a flare? - ✔✔downwind
✔✔How do you deploy sea dye marker? - ✔✔Upwind
✔✔When does FA1 put on their lifevest in a planned ditching? - ✔✔Step 2
✔✔What does a canopy do? - ✔✔protects from environment (rain/sun)
✔✔Do openings on canopy need to match boarding ladder? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How would you climb in the raft from the water? - ✔✔Boarding sling/ladder
✔✔Where do most ditching occur? - ✔✔Close to land, just after takeoff or prior to
landing
✔✔What part of the slide/life raft is attached to aircraft? - ✔✔The Girt End
✔✔Where might the Survival kit be? - ✔✔May be on the raft or attached to raft before
opening door
✔✔Where is the raft knife located? - ✔✔In a pouch towards the girt end.
✔✔What is the raft knife used for? - ✔✔To cut the mooring line.
✔✔Is the infant/universal life vest dual or single cell? - ✔✔single cell
