Ditching KSV Exam Questions And Accurate Answers
What colour are crew lifevest? - Answer Orange
What colour are passenger and infant lifevest? - Answer Yellow
What are the key items that you must demonstrate when showing the lifevest? - Answer
Red inflation tube, Locator light, and inflation tab.
When would you/should passengers inflate your lifevest? - Answer As you're exiting the
aircraft
Baby weighting less than 35lbs but can be used for adults and children as well
Universal lifevest are for? Answer
How long does the battery-powered light locator last when activated? Answer at least 8
hours.
When do you hand out infant/universal lifevest in a planned ditching? Answer During
step 4.
During an inadvertent ditching at what point do you distribute the infant/universal
lifevest? -Answer After the aircraft exits have been opened and one set of orders have
been issued, a FA closest to the site retrieves the universal/infant life vest if time
available.
Are all aircrafts fitted with floatable seat cushions? -Answer No
What could you use as a flotation device for none OWE aircrafts? -Answer Door slides
What is the purpose of slide/liferafts? -Answer The slide may be used during a land
, evacuation and as a liferaft during a ditching.
unlike liferafts the slide/raft must be what? -Answer Up right in water to be useable.
True or false
Is the liferaft dual useable? (capable of being used on both sides). -Answer Yes (True)
What are the three ditching categories? -Answer Non-overwater equipped, partially
overwater equipped, and overwater equipped.
What system is not to be activated in case of a ditching? - Answer The emergency
signaling system
What exits are to be used in a ditching? - Answer Only those above the water line.
Before you open a door in a ditching what should you? - Answer check conditions
outside and look for water seepage.
Before opening an over-wing exit what do you do? -Answer assess conditions, look for
the water line and damaged caused to the wings.
What does determine the time that an aircraft will stay afloat? -Answer Aircraft damage,
Weight of the aircraft, and water conditions.
What are the five principles of sea survival? -Answer Flotation, protection, Medical,
sustenance and rescue.
What are two of the most important of the five principles of sea survival and should be
done in order. - Answer Flotation and protection.
What colour are crew lifevest? - Answer Orange
What colour are passenger and infant lifevest? - Answer Yellow
What are the key items that you must demonstrate when showing the lifevest? - Answer
Red inflation tube, Locator light, and inflation tab.
When would you/should passengers inflate your lifevest? - Answer As you're exiting the
aircraft
Baby weighting less than 35lbs but can be used for adults and children as well
Universal lifevest are for? Answer
How long does the battery-powered light locator last when activated? Answer at least 8
hours.
When do you hand out infant/universal lifevest in a planned ditching? Answer During
step 4.
During an inadvertent ditching at what point do you distribute the infant/universal
lifevest? -Answer After the aircraft exits have been opened and one set of orders have
been issued, a FA closest to the site retrieves the universal/infant life vest if time
available.
Are all aircrafts fitted with floatable seat cushions? -Answer No
What could you use as a flotation device for none OWE aircrafts? -Answer Door slides
What is the purpose of slide/liferafts? -Answer The slide may be used during a land
, evacuation and as a liferaft during a ditching.
unlike liferafts the slide/raft must be what? -Answer Up right in water to be useable.
True or false
Is the liferaft dual useable? (capable of being used on both sides). -Answer Yes (True)
What are the three ditching categories? -Answer Non-overwater equipped, partially
overwater equipped, and overwater equipped.
What system is not to be activated in case of a ditching? - Answer The emergency
signaling system
What exits are to be used in a ditching? - Answer Only those above the water line.
Before you open a door in a ditching what should you? - Answer check conditions
outside and look for water seepage.
Before opening an over-wing exit what do you do? -Answer assess conditions, look for
the water line and damaged caused to the wings.
What does determine the time that an aircraft will stay afloat? -Answer Aircraft damage,
Weight of the aircraft, and water conditions.
What are the five principles of sea survival? -Answer Flotation, protection, Medical,
sustenance and rescue.
What are two of the most important of the five principles of sea survival and should be
done in order. - Answer Flotation and protection.
