BUSA PERRY BINDER GSU EXAM 1
2024/2025
Kapok life preservers must have what? - Precise Answer ✔✔Vinyl-
covered pad inserts
What is a sea anchor? - Precise Answer ✔✔A cone shaped bag used to
slow down the wind drift effect.
What is the purpose of the air tanks in a lifeboat? - Precise Answer
✔✔To keep the boat afloat if flooded
Which data is not painted on the bow of a lifeboat?
a)Number of persons allowed
b)Name of the vessel
c)Weight of the boat
d)Port of registry - Precise Answer ✔✔c)Weight of the boat
What is the purpose of the limit switch on a gravity davits? - Precise
Answer ✔✔To cut off power when the davits are about 12 inches or
more from the track safety stops.
,When operating gravity davits, when and how far should they be hand
cranked? - Precise Answer ✔✔Davits should always be hand cranked
the last 12 inches into the final stowed position.
When should tricing pendants be released? - Precise Answer ✔✔After
loading the passengers
What are the lines that are passed around the falls to hold the boat while
passengers are boarding? - Precise Answer ✔✔Frapping lines
What is the most common type of davits found on merchant ships today?
- Precise Answer ✔✔Gravity Davits
On which type of davit does the davit head stay at the same height? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Radial Davit
Which davit type may be operated by one man? - Precise Answer
✔✔Gravity Davit
Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum
safety factor of __. - Precise Answer ✔✔6, based on the maximum
working load.
When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current
running parallel to the beach (from right to left when facing from
seaward) what is the recommended procedure? - Precise Answer ✔✔Rig
,a drogue with tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue
tripped between breakers.
What should you do in order to launch a liferaft by hand? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Throw the liferaft over the side and pull the operating cord.
When should you operate the Rottmer releasing gear lever? - Precise
Answer ✔✔When the lifeboat is waterborne.
How often must the impulse- projected line throwing appliance be test
fired? - Precise Answer ✔✔At the Master's discretion
The capacity of any liferaft on board a vessel can be determined how? -
Precise Answer ✔✔By examining the plate on the outside of the raft
container.
What is a precaution that should be taken when testing a line throwing
gun? - Precise Answer ✔✔Never remove the line from the rocket
Improper stowage/use of Kapok lifejackets includes: - Precise Answer
✔✔Stowing them near an open flame or where smoking is permitted,
using them as seats, pillows, or footrests, and leaving them out on open
decks.
Which statement is true concerning life preservers (Type 1 PFD's)?
, a) Buoyant vests may be substituted for life jackets.
b) Life preservers are designed to turn an unconscious person's face
clear of the water.
c) Life preservers must always be worn with the same side facing
outwards to float properly.
d) Lightly stained or faded lifejackets will fail in the water and should
not be used. - Precise Answer ✔✔b) Life preservers are designed to turn
an unconscious person's face clear of the water.
With the exception of a USCG approved commercial hybrid PFD, which
type of life preserver must be carried for each person on board an
uninspected passenger vessel? - Precise Answer ✔✔Type 1
How might an emergency sea anchor be constructed? - Precise Answer
✔✔It could be constructed using a boat bucket, or and air tank filled
with water, or an oar and canvas weighted down.
Due to the shape of the sea anchor, what is the best way to haul it back
aboard? - Precise Answer ✔✔By hauling it by its trip line.
What is the purpose of the tripping line on a sea anchor? - Precise
Answer ✔✔To aid in the sea anchor's recovery.
When a sea anchor for a lifeboat is rigged properly, it will do what? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Help to prevent broaching.
2024/2025
Kapok life preservers must have what? - Precise Answer ✔✔Vinyl-
covered pad inserts
What is a sea anchor? - Precise Answer ✔✔A cone shaped bag used to
slow down the wind drift effect.
What is the purpose of the air tanks in a lifeboat? - Precise Answer
✔✔To keep the boat afloat if flooded
Which data is not painted on the bow of a lifeboat?
a)Number of persons allowed
b)Name of the vessel
c)Weight of the boat
d)Port of registry - Precise Answer ✔✔c)Weight of the boat
What is the purpose of the limit switch on a gravity davits? - Precise
Answer ✔✔To cut off power when the davits are about 12 inches or
more from the track safety stops.
,When operating gravity davits, when and how far should they be hand
cranked? - Precise Answer ✔✔Davits should always be hand cranked
the last 12 inches into the final stowed position.
When should tricing pendants be released? - Precise Answer ✔✔After
loading the passengers
What are the lines that are passed around the falls to hold the boat while
passengers are boarding? - Precise Answer ✔✔Frapping lines
What is the most common type of davits found on merchant ships today?
- Precise Answer ✔✔Gravity Davits
On which type of davit does the davit head stay at the same height? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Radial Davit
Which davit type may be operated by one man? - Precise Answer
✔✔Gravity Davit
Blocks and falls used as lifeboat gear must be designed with a minimum
safety factor of __. - Precise Answer ✔✔6, based on the maximum
working load.
When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current
running parallel to the beach (from right to left when facing from
seaward) what is the recommended procedure? - Precise Answer ✔✔Rig
,a drogue with tripping line over the bow, back ashore with drogue
tripped between breakers.
What should you do in order to launch a liferaft by hand? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Throw the liferaft over the side and pull the operating cord.
When should you operate the Rottmer releasing gear lever? - Precise
Answer ✔✔When the lifeboat is waterborne.
How often must the impulse- projected line throwing appliance be test
fired? - Precise Answer ✔✔At the Master's discretion
The capacity of any liferaft on board a vessel can be determined how? -
Precise Answer ✔✔By examining the plate on the outside of the raft
container.
What is a precaution that should be taken when testing a line throwing
gun? - Precise Answer ✔✔Never remove the line from the rocket
Improper stowage/use of Kapok lifejackets includes: - Precise Answer
✔✔Stowing them near an open flame or where smoking is permitted,
using them as seats, pillows, or footrests, and leaving them out on open
decks.
Which statement is true concerning life preservers (Type 1 PFD's)?
, a) Buoyant vests may be substituted for life jackets.
b) Life preservers are designed to turn an unconscious person's face
clear of the water.
c) Life preservers must always be worn with the same side facing
outwards to float properly.
d) Lightly stained or faded lifejackets will fail in the water and should
not be used. - Precise Answer ✔✔b) Life preservers are designed to turn
an unconscious person's face clear of the water.
With the exception of a USCG approved commercial hybrid PFD, which
type of life preserver must be carried for each person on board an
uninspected passenger vessel? - Precise Answer ✔✔Type 1
How might an emergency sea anchor be constructed? - Precise Answer
✔✔It could be constructed using a boat bucket, or and air tank filled
with water, or an oar and canvas weighted down.
Due to the shape of the sea anchor, what is the best way to haul it back
aboard? - Precise Answer ✔✔By hauling it by its trip line.
What is the purpose of the tripping line on a sea anchor? - Precise
Answer ✔✔To aid in the sea anchor's recovery.
When a sea anchor for a lifeboat is rigged properly, it will do what? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Help to prevent broaching.
