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1. Your vessel has 3 lifeboats on each side. The
aftermost boat on the port side is designated as boat number.
a. 6
b. 5
c. 3
d. 3 PORTS
2. After abandoning ship, you should deploy the sea
anchor from a life raft to
a. Keep the life raft from capsizing
b. Navigate against the current
c. Keep personnel from getting seasick
d. Stay in
the general location
3.
The canopy
of an inflatable life raft should.
a. Go into
place as the raft is inflated
b. Be put up after everyone is aboard
c. Be put up only in severe weather
d. Be used as a sail if the wind is blowing
4. The
normal equipment of every rescue boat shall include one
a. Compass
b. One 50-foot line
c. One can opener
5. How many Vhf Survival craft Transceivers are required
aboard passenger ships?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
6. The sea
painter on a rescue boat should be led
a. Forward
and outside of all obstruction
b. Forward and inside of all obstruction
c. Up and down from the main deck
d. To the foremost point on the vessel
7. A cargo ship under a length of 100m shall carry not
less than
a. 8
lifebuoys
b. 12 lifebuoys
c. 18 lifebuoys
d. 24 lifebuoys
8. For passenger ships on voyages less than 24 hours, number of Infant life jackets equal to at least
a. 1.5 % of the number of passengers on board shall be
provided
b. 2.5 % of
the number of passengers on board shall be provided
c. 3.5 % of the number of passengers on board shall be
provided
d. 4.5 % of the number of passengers on board shall be
provided
9. An anti-exposure suit shall permit a person to climb
down a ladder of at least
a. 5m in
length
b. 6m in length
c. 7m in length
d. 8m in length
10.
Immersion suits can be unpacked and donned within
a. 4 min
b. 2 min
c. 3 min
d. Within 5 min
11. With
the immersion suit on, you are expected to climb up and down vertical ladders
at least.
a. 5 met or
16 feet
b. 4 met or 13 feet
c. 4.5 met or 15 feet
12. Wearing
an immersion suit you must be able to jump from a height of 4.5 Met or 15 feet
into the water. Do you agree?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Only in an emergency
d. Only when rescuing someone from water
13. How much time will you take to done the life jacket
correctly?
a. 1 min
b. 2 min
c. 3 min
d. Within a reasonable
time
14. Wearing
a life jacket, what will be a maximum safe height above the water that you can jump
from?
a. 4.5 met
or 15 feet
b. 4 met or 13 feet
c. 3 met or 10 feet
d. 3.6 met or 12 feet
15. Which is TRUE concerning immersion suits and their use?
a. Only a light layer of clothing may be worn underneath
b. They
provide sufficient flotation to do away with the necessity of wearing a life
jacket
c. They should be tight fitting
d. A puncture in the suit will not appreciably reduce its
value
16. Every passenger ship shall carry life jackets
a. For not
less than 5% of the total number of people on board
b. For not less than
10% of the total number of people on
board
c. For not less than
15% of the total number of people on
board
d. For not less than
20% of the total number of people on
board
