PSCRB (Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats) (Set 1)

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You are picking up a person who has fallen overboard. A rescue boat should be maneuvered to normally approach the victim with the

Questions in this Practice Set

Q1

You are picking up a person who has fallen overboard. A rescue boat should be maneuvered to normally approach the victim with the

Q2

Which will be the worst of emergencies that you would face, if that happens?

Q3

What is the biggest danger to life when your vessel has collided with another ship?

Q4

If the hydrostatic release mechanism for an inflatable life raft is not periodically serviced and becomes inoperative, it will NOT

Q5

If you reach shore in a life raft, the first thing to do is

Q6

When a person who has fallen overboard is being picked up by a rescue boat, the boat should normally approach with the wind

Q7

A person has fallen overboard and is being picked up with a rescue boat. If the person appears in danger of drowning, the rescue boat should be maneuvered to make

Q8

If the hydrostatic release mechanism for an inflatable life raft is not periodically serviced and becomes inoperable, it will fail to

Q9

If you are forced to abandon ship in a lifeboat, you should

Q10

When making a permanent repair to an inflatable life raft using a repair kit, how long after the repair is made should you hold off 'topping up' the lost air?

Q11

What prevents an inflated liferaft from being pulled under by a vessel which sinks in water over 100 feet in depth?

Q12

What is placed on the underside of an inflatable liferaft to help prevent it from being skidded by the wind or overturned?

Q13

The purpose for the bag or box on top of some survival craft is to

Q14

If your vessel is equipped with inflatable life rafts, how should they be maintained?

Q15

On most makes of inflatable life rafts, the batteries to operate the light on the inside of rafts can be made to last longer by

Q16

The No. 1 lifeboat on a ship would be found

Q17

If your vessel is equipped with inflatable life rafts, how should they be maintained?

Q18

The marine evacuation system shall be capable of transfer of persons from ship within

Q19

The marine evacuation system shall be capable of deployment

Q20

If you must abandon a ship in VERY HEAVY SEAS, in a survival craft, when should you remove the safety pin and pull the hook release?

Q21

Provided every effort is used to produce, as well as preserve body moisture content by avoiding perspiration, how long is it normally possible to survive without stored quantities of water?

Q22

The "off-load" release system on a survival craft is designed to be activated

Q23

A life line must be connected to the life raft

Q24

Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable life raft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Which action should you take?

Q25

Limit switches on gravity davits should be tested by

Q26

The hand brake of a lifeboat winch is

Q27

The sea painter of an inflatable life raft should be

Q28

What is the purpose of the limit switch on gravity davits?

Q29

To turn over an inflatable life raft that is upside down, you should pull on the

Q30

The purpose of the tripping line on a sea anchor is to