CD 87: Survival and Survival Crafts

1. What shall you do when the general alarm sounds?

Meet at the mustering station

2. When you have to board a life raft, it is better to jump in the water, instead of jumping into the
raft?
Correct

3. You witness a person fall overboard. What do you do?

You yell “man overboard”, throw a buoyant article and then alert the bridge

4. Why do we have muster and embarkation stations?

So you can meet at a place that is good for …
So you have a place to meet if there is a …
So you know where to meet if an alarm is sounding

5. You should not abandon the ship until ordered to do so?

Correct

6. What does this symbol mean?

Radar transponder

7. When abandoning the ship, what is the first thing you do?
You put on warm clothes, immersion suits, …

8. Where do you find your lifejacket on board?

In boxes near the mustering station
In your cabin or the bridge

9. Hand flares can reach an altitude of about 300 meters and burn for more than 40 seconds?
Wrong

10. There are at least three portable VHF radios on board your ship. Why do you have them, and
where are they located?
They are for emergency use and located on the bridge …

11. Where do we find the pyrotechnic equipment?

In the lifeboat, life raft and in a locker on the bridge

12. What is a “man overboard” buoy?

A lifebuoy with a distress light and a smoke signal

13. The eprib is usually located in the bridge deck?

Correct

14. Which of the following statements are correct?

Neither the guideline nor the ….
This is a correct position during lifting
15. What is the most important quality when you should stay alive in distress?
Hope and staying power combined with training in emergency procedures

16. What o we not find in a lifeboat?

Lifejackets

17. There are only three liters of drinking water on board the lifeboat so you must not use any of it
for at least one or two days?
Wrong

18. A seasick person may lose heat rapidly if he is inactive?

Correct

19. Why should you let the guideline touch the sea or the ship before you grab the line?
You could be electrocuted

20. The three main causes of death among people in distress are?
Exposure to cold, dehydration and drinking sea water

21. It is not necessary to take on the seat belt in the lifeboat if there is no wind and the sea is calm?
Wrong

22. Experience has shown that certain vital actions must be ….. ?
Marshal – stream – close – maintain

23. If you have to abandon the ship. How do you know what to do with the lifeboat?
You have participated in both familiarization tour and drill

24. In the lifeboat you have some detection equipment already on board, what is it you have to
bring with you from the bridge?
SART and portable VHF radios

25. Is there any first aid kit on board the lifeboat?

Yes

26. There is oil burning on the sea at the ship’s side. You are the lifeboat commander and what is
the first thing you do?
You check directions to safe area