National Maritime Center: U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Lifeboatman Q445-Lifeboatman (Sample Examination)
National Maritime Center: U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Lifeboatman Q445-Lifeboatman (Sample Examination)
National Maritime Center: U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam Lifeboatman Q445-Lifeboatman (Sample Examination)
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Q445-Lifeboatman
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1. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND If you saw flames aboard a vessel but could see the vessel
was not on fire, what would this indicate?
o (A) The vessel was attempting to attract the attention of a pilot boat
o (B) The crew was trying to get warm
• (C) The vessel required immediate assistance
o (D) The vessel was being illuminated for identification by aircraft
o (A) A sail
o (B) Canned milk
• (C) A towing connection
o (D) A Very pistol
4. If water is rising in the bilge of a lifeboat, you should take which action FIRST?
5. What could happen if you are steering a lifeboat broadside to a rough sea?
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6. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which signal, other than a distress signal, can be used by a
vessel to attract attention?
o (A) messrooms
• (B) readily accessible locations
o (C) locked watertight containers
o (D) survival craft
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11. Which is the required amount of water for each person in a lifeboat on an oceangoing vessel, on an
international voyage?
o (A) 1 liter
o (B) 2 liters
• (C) 3 liters
o (D) 4 liters
12. If more than one liferaft is manned after the vessel has sunk, which action will aid in your rescue?
14. What does the air spaces in the floor of an inflatable liferaft provide protection against?
15. Which is the most common type of davit found on ocean service merchant vessels today?
o (A) Quadrantal
o (B) Radial
o (C) Sheath-screw
• (D) Gravity
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16. A person is exhibiting signs of hypothermia and starts to shiver, what does this indicate?
17. In illustration D012SA below, what is the mechanism that will release the tricing pendant?
18. Which represents the appropriate time for setting off distress flares and rockets?
19. You are evacuating crew members from a survival craft that has been adrift in the North Atlantic for
several days. What could occur if a person suffering from hypothermia is vertically lifted in a rescue
sling to the helicopter?
20. You board an inflatable liferaft that has been hand launched from a sinking vessel. What should you
do FIRST after everyone is onboard the liferaft?
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22. Which of the following choices best defines EPIRB, ELT, PLBS?
24. Which statement is FALSE concerning precautions during small craft fueling operations?
25. What is the primary advantage of using a sea anchor with the survival craft?
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26. In heavy seas how should the helmsman steer the motor lifeboat?
30. In illustration D014SA below, which item number correctly identifies the ballast bags?
• (A) 13
o (B) 22
o (C) 12
o (D) 2
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33. Which sequence is correct when launching a lifeboat stowed in gravity davits?
o (A) 1
o (B) 12
• (C) 16
o (D) 18
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36. Your vessel is conducting helicopter evacuation operations for an injured crew member. Which of
the following statements is true concerning the hoisting line?
o (A) A tag line is required to be attached to the hoist cable for securing
o (B) As a safety measure wrap the line around the patient before attaching it to the basket
• (C) Allow the line to touch the deck to discharge the static electricity
o (D) Secure the graining line to the deck railings
37. What is the maximum length of time that distress flares are approved for?
o (A) Radial
o (B) Sheath-screw
• (C) Gravity
o (D) Quadrantal
39. Your vessel has 3 lifeboats on each side. The aftermost boat on the port side is designated as which
boat number?
o (A) 5
o (B) 3 PORT
o (C) 3
• (D) 6
40. Puncture leaks in the lower tubes or bottom of an inflatable liferaft should FIRST be stopped by
using which item(s)?
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41. While reading the muster list you see that "3 short blasts on the whistle and three short rings on the
general alarm" is the signal for __________.
44. If you must enter water on which there is an oil fire, you should __________.
o (A) keep both hands in front of your face to break the water surface when diving head first
o (B) wear very light clothing
o (C) protect your life preserver by holding it above your head
• (D) enter the water on the windward side of the vessel
45. If you find an inflatable liferaft container with the steel bands still in place around its case, which
action should you take?
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46. You are proceeding to a distress site and expect large numbers of people in the water. Which
statement is TRUE?
o (A) You should stop to windward of the survivors in the water and only use the ship's boats to
recover the survivors.
• (B) An inflatable liferaft secured alongside can be an effective boarding station for transfer of
survivors from the boats.
o (C) Survivors in the water should never be permitted alongside due to the possibility of injury from
the vessel.
o (D) If the survivors are in inflatable rafts you should approach from windward to create a lee for
the survivors.
47. BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A man aboard a vessel is signaling by raising and lowering his
outstretched arms to each side. What does this indicate?
48. After having thrown the liferaft and stowage container into the water, how is the liferaft inflated?
49. When using a handheld smoke signal in a liferaft, at which location should you activate the signal?
50. If an inflatable liferaft inflates upside down, you can right it by taking which action?
o (A) doing nothing; it will right itself after the canopy supports inflate
o (B) Pushing up on one side of the raft
• (C) Standing on the CO2 bottle, holding the bottom straps, and throwing your weight backwards
o (D) Getting at least three or four men to push down on the side containing the CO2 cylinder
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Adapted for testing purposes only from HAYLER, American Merchant Seaman’s Manual, 7th edition
Copyright © 2003 by Cornell Maritime Press, Inc.
Further reproduction prohibited without permission
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