Bridge Navigation & Deck Operations

Lifeboat Safety: Release Mechanism & Procedures

This test focuses on the lifeboat release mechanism (LRM), particularly FASSMER systems widely used on modern vessels. It covers SOLAS and LSA Code requirements, inspection routines, maintenance procedures, and safe launching operations.

Mga Tanong 18

Time Limit 9 min

Wika Ingles

Mga Sample na Tanong

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Tanong 1

An “on-load release mechanism” is defined as one that is designed:

A To be released at any time from any height.

B To be operated when the boat is hanging in the falls at an approximate height of 2-3 metres above the water.

C To be operated when the boat has been lowered and is waterborne, whether or not a load is being applied to it by the action of the ship or the sea.

D To be released when the load applied to them is removed – that is, when the boat has been lowered and is waterborne.

Tanong 2

Where should the lifeboat be located when an operational test on the on-load release mechanism is to be performed?

A Fully in the water, free of all load on the falls and the hydrostatic interlock system having successfully operated.

B Partly in the water, such that the mass of the boat is substantially supported by the falls and the hydrostatic interlock system has not operated.

C Between 4 and 5 metres above the level of the water.

D Fully secured in the davits, with additional retention devices applied.

Tanong 3

All inspections, other than weekly and monthly and any servicing and repair, other than routine, should be conducted by which of the following persons?

A The Master.

B A manufacturer’s representative or a person appropriately trained and certified by the manufacturer for the work to be done.

C A Company Superintendent.

D A Senior Officer of a fitter suitable qualified and holding a certificate in lifeboat maintenance.

Tanong 4

Weekly and monthly inspections and routine maintenance on lifeboats and associated equipment should be conducted under the direct supervision of which of the following persons?

A A Senior Officer.

B The Master.

C A manufacturer’s representative.

D A Junior Officer assigned to safety duties.

Tanong 5

On-load release gear must be overhauled and tested under 1.1× the lifeboat’s full loaded mass at which of the following intervals?

A Weekly.

B Monthly.

C Annually.

D At least once every 5 years.

Lifeboat Safety: Release Mechanism & Procedures

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