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Safety - USCG Exam Questions

Firefighting, lifesaving appliances and survival craft, emergency procedures, first aid, and pollution prevention regulations.

Every question below is a real U.S. Coast Guard exam question with four choices. Answer one and the correct choice is revealed instantly, with the USCG reference and illustration where the question uses one.

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Questions 1,201–1,300 of 3,245 · page 13 of 33

  1. #1318 In launching a lifeboat, when should the tricing pendants be released?
  2. #1319 When lowering a boat with gravity davits, it will be pulled into the embarkation deck by the __________.
  3. #1320 Which sequence is correct when launching a lifeboat stowed in gravity davits?
  4. #1321 Upon hearing the abandon ship signal, you put on your life jacket and report to your station. After the cover is removed you board your open lifeboat....
  5. #1322 In rough weather, when a ship is able to maneuver, it is best to launch a lifeboat __________.
  6. #1323 Prior to lowering the lifeboat, the most important item to check is the __________.
  7. #1324 When lowering lifeboats in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines __________.
  8. #1325 When launching a lifeboat, frapping lines should be rigged __________.
  9. #1326 What is the best procedure for picking up a lifeboat at sea while utilizing the lifeboat's sea painter?
  10. #1327 When hoisting a boat on gravity type davits using an electric motor driven winch, the davit arms should be brought up __________.
  11. #1328 When picking up a lifeboat at sea with way on the ship, the sea painter should be secured __________.
  12. #1329 In launching a covered lifeboat, what would safely lower the lifeboat from inside the lifeboat cabin?
  13. #1330 Which item is of the most use in getting a lifeboat away from a moving ship?
  14. #1331 The sea painter of a lifeboat should be led __________.
  15. #1332 When landing a lifeboat through heavy surf with a strong current running parallel to the beach (from right to left when facing from seaward) the recom...
  16. #1333 If you must land on a beach with an oar-propelled lifeboat through a heavy surf, the recommended method is to __________.
  17. #1334 You have abandoned ship and find yourself aboard a lifeboat in a heavy sea. Your boat is able to make way through the water. To prevent broaching, you...
  18. #1335 An "on-load" release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released __________.
  19. #1336 The "off-load" release system on a survival craft is designed to be activated __________.
  20. #1337 If the survival craft is not loaded to full capacity, the personnel should be __________.
  21. #1338 During an abandonment or drill, the first person to arrive at the survival craft should __________.
  22. #1339 When retrieving the survival craft, the winch operator should stop the winch and check __________.
  23. #1340 While retrieving the survival craft, the engine should be stopped __________.
  24. #1341 When retrieving the survival craft, the helmsman should instruct the crewman to __________.
  25. #1342 Preventer bars are fitted on lifeboat releasing gear to prevent __________.
  26. #1344 If the steersman of your lifeboat gives the command "Way enough", you should __________.
  27. #1346 The boat command that means complete the stroke and level the oars horizontally with the blades trimmed fore and aft is __________.
  28. #1347 The length of the steering oar in a lifeboat is __________.
  29. #1348 If the coxswain of your lifeboat gives the command "Hold water" you should __________.
  30. #1349 The steering oar in a lifeboat is __________.
  31. #1350 A sweep oar is an oar that is __________.
  32. #1351 The steering oar in a lifeboat is usually referred to as the __________.
  33. #1352 What should be used to steer an open lifeboat if the rudder becomes lost or damaged?
  34. #1354 When a sea anchor is used in landing stern first in a heavy surf, sternway is checked by __________.
  35. #1355 You are in a lifeboat in a heavy sea. Your boat is dead in the water and unable to make way. To prevent broaching, you should __________.
  36. #1356 In heavy seas the helmsman should steer the motor lifeboat __________.
  37. #1357 Steering a motor lifeboat broadside to the sea could cause it to __________.
  38. #1358 When backing a motor propelled lifeboat (right-hand propeller) with the rudder amidships, the stern will back __________.
  39. #1359 When using the lifeboat compass, you must be careful to __________.
  40. #1360 If water is rising in the bilge of a survival craft, you should first __________.
  41. #1361 If water is rising in the bilge of a lifeboat, you should FIRST __________.
  42. #1362 A self-righting survival craft will return to an upright position provided that all personnel __________.
  43. #1363 The purpose for the bag or box on top of some survival craft is to __________.
  44. #1364 To disengage a survival craft suspended from the cable above the water, you must pull the safety pin and __________.
  45. #1365 If there are no alternatives for escape, what is the maximum height that the survival craft could be dropped into the water?
  46. #1366 Steering a survival craft broadside to the sea could cause it to __________.
  47. #1367 In heavy seas the helmsman should steer the survival craft __________.
  48. #1368 During the towing of a survival craft, a lookout should be on station to __________.
  49. #1369 Before hydraulic starting of an engine on a covered lifeboat, what need NOT be checked?
  50. #1370 Why are lifeboats usually double-enders?
  51. #1372 Number 3 lifeboat would be __________.
  52. #1373 The number 2 lifeboat on a tanker would be __________.
  53. #1374 The bottom row of plating next to the keel of a lifeboat is known as the __________.
  54. #1375 Your vessel is equipped with totally enclosed lifeboats. Which statement is TRUE when the boat is enveloped in flames?
  55. #1376 Most enclosed lifeboats will right themselves after capsizing IF the __________.
  56. #1382 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  57. #1383 You are testing the external inflation bladder on an immersion suit and find it has a very slow leak. Which action should be taken?
  58. #1384 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  59. #1385 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  60. #1386 Which statement concerning immersion suits is TRUE?
  61. #1387 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  62. #1391 Which is TRUE concerning immersion suits and their use?
  63. #1392 What statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  64. #1393 Which statement concerning immersion suits is TRUE?
  65. #1394 How is the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit inflated?
  66. #1395 The external flotation bladder of an immersion suit should be inflated __________.
  67. #1396 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  68. #1397 Which statement about immersion suits is TRUE?
  69. #1398 An immersion suit must be equipped with a(n) __________.
  70. #1399 An immersion suit must be equipped with a/an __________.
  71. #1400 How is the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit inflated?
  72. #1401 The external inflation bladder on an immersion suit should be inflated __________.
  73. #1402 You are testing the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit and find it has a very slow leak. Which action should be taken?
  74. #1403 The external flotation bladder on an immersion suit should be inflated __________.
  75. #1404 An immersion suit should be equipped with a/an __________.
  76. #1405 Which statement is TRUE concerning life jackets which are severely damaged?
  77. #1406 Which statement is TRUE concerning life jackets which are severely damaged?
  78. #1407 Life jackets should be marked with the __________.
  79. #1408 Kapok life jackets should NOT be __________.
  80. #1409 Which statement is TRUE concerning life preservers?
  81. #1410 Which statement is TRUE concerning life jackets?
  82. #1411 Which statement is TRUE concerning spare charges for portable fire extinguishers on unmanned tank barges?
  83. #1412 Each distress signal and self-activated smoke signal must be replaced not later than the marked date of expiration, or not more than how many months f...
  84. #1413 The governor brake on a lifeboat winch shall be capable of controlling the speed of lowering a fully equipped lifeboat from a cargo ship at __________...
  85. #1414 By regulation, orange smoke distress signals will expire not more than how many months from the date of manufacture?
  86. #1415 What is the maximum length of time that distress flares are approved for?
  87. #1416 Inflatable liferafts are provided with __________.
  88. #1417 The lights on the outside of the canopy on an inflatable liferaft operate __________.
  89. #1418 What size bilge pump is required for a lifeboat which has a capacity of 675 cubic feet?
  90. #1419 Motor-propelled lifeboats are required to have sufficient fuel to operate continuously at 6 knots for how many hours?
  91. #1420 A fully loaded motor-propelled lifeboat must be capable of attaining a speed of at least __________.
  92. #1421 Which statement is TRUE concerning a motor lifeboat?
  93. #1422 When lifeboat winches with grooved drums are fitted on a vessel the lead sheaves to the drums shall be located to provide fleet angles of not more tha...
  94. #1423 Winch drums for lifeboat falls shall have a diameter at the base of the groove equal to at least __________.
  95. #1424 The quantity of fuel required to be carried in a motor lifeboat is __________.
  96. #1425 A motor lifeboat shall carry sufficient fuel to operate continuously for a period of __________.
  97. #1426 Line throwing apparatus aboard ship must contain __________.
  98. #1428 Hand held red flares expire 42 months from the date of manufacture. Floating orange smoke distress signals expire after how many months?
  99. #1429 The service use of pyrotechnic distress signals measured from the date of manufacture shall be limited to a period of __________.
  100. #1430 Each distress signal and self-activated smoke signal must be replaced not later than the marked date of expiration, or, from the date of manufacture,...

Safety questions: what to expect

Q How many Safety questions are in the Deck pool?

There are 3,245 Safety questions on this site, every one released by the U.S. Coast Guard or taken from the National Maritime Center's sample examinations, with its correct answer. The exam draws its Safety module from the same pool.

Q What score do I need to pass the Safety module?

Most USCG exam modules, including Safety, require 70 percent to pass. Rules of the Road modules require 90 percent.

Q Are these the real USCG Safety exam questions?

Yes. They are the published U.S. Coast Guard questions, matched to the National Maritime Center's 2026 sample examinations. Answer any question to see the correct choice, the USCG reference and the illustration where the question uses one.

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