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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 1,301–1,400 of 3,245 · page 14 of 33

  1. #1431 How are lifelines attached to a life float?
  2. #1432 The lifeline of a life float or buoyant apparatus shall __________.
  3. #1433 A rigid lifesaving device designed to support survivors in the water is a __________.
  4. #1434 Which approved lifesaving device is required for each person on board a motor vessel carrying passengers?
  5. #1435 You are at sea in an inflatable liferaft. In high latitudes, the greatest danger is __________.
  6. #1436 Each EPIRB and SART for lifeboats shall be tested __________.
  7. #1437 Which person may command a lifeboat in ocean service?
  8. #1438 Which vessel greater than 100 GT is NOT required to have an EPIRB.
  9. #1439 What is the required minimum length of the painter for a lifeboat in ocean service?
  10. #1440 Which type of EPIRB must each ocean-going ship carry?
  11. #1441 What is the minimum number of deck officers, able seaman or certificated persons required to command each lifeboat on a vessel in ocean service?
  12. #1442 The vessel's Emergency Position Indicating Radio beacon (EPIRB) must be tested __________.
  13. #1443 On every vessel, where must distress signals be stowed?
  14. #1444 How often must the impulse-projected line throwing appliance be test fired?
  15. #1445 The regulations require that inspected vessels on an international voyage, other than small passenger vessels, must carry which of the following distr...
  16. #1446 On a rigid liferaft (SOLAS B pack) which is equipped with all of the required equipment you may NOT find a __________.
  17. #1447 The capacity of any liferaft on board a vessel can be determined by __________.
  18. #1448 According to the regulations, the capacity of a liferaft is required to be marked __________.
  19. #1449 Inflatable liferafts shall be serviced at an approved servicing facility every 12 months or not later than the next vessel inspection for certificatio...
  20. #1451 If your vessel is equipped with inflatable liferafts, how should they be maintained?
  21. #1452 Inflatable liferafts carried on passenger vessels must be annually __________.
  22. #1453 Who should inspect and test an inflatable liferaft?
  23. #1454 Inflatable liferafts must be overhauled and inspected at a U. S. Coast Guard approved service facility every __________.
  24. #1455 Inflatable liferafts on vessels on an international voyage must be able to carry at least __________.
  25. #1456 A liferaft with a capacity of 8 people used in ocean service is required by regulations to carry __________.
  26. #1457 The Master of a fishing vessel must ensure that each crew member participates in at least one fire drill every __________.
  27. #1458 Inflatable liferafts are provided with a __________.
  28. #1459 The knife on an inflatable liferaft will always be located __________.
  29. #1460 Signaling devices required on inflatable liferafts include a(n) __________.
  30. #1461 Which distress signal is required for a liferaft in ocean service and could be effectively used to attract the attention of aircraft at night?
  31. #1462 Up to two thirds of a survival crafts required drinking water may be produced by a manually-powered reverse osmosis desalinator if it can be done in _...
  32. #1463 If a lifeboat is stowed 40 feet above the light water draft and 200 feet from the bow, how long must the sea painter be?
  33. #1464 When launching an open lifeboat by falls, the boathooks should be __________.
  34. #1465 The number of rowing oars that must be carried in a motor-propelled open lifeboat on a cargo vessel is __________.
  35. #1466 A certificated lifeboatman assigned to command the lifeboat should __________.
  36. #1467 All lifeboats, rescue boats, and rigid-type liferafts shall be stripped, cleaned, and thoroughly overhauled at least once every __________.
  37. #1468 The Master of a cargo or tank vessel shall be responsible that each lifeboat, except those free-fall launched, is lowered to the water with crew and m...
  38. #1469 If the OCMI has NOT granted an extension, free-fall lifeboats must be lowered into the water and launched with the assigned crew at least once every _...
  39. #1470 What is required by regulations concerning the stowage of lifeboats on cargo vessels?
  40. #1471 Limit switches, winches, falls, etc. must be thoroughly inspected at least every __________.
  41. #1472 According to the regulations for lifeboat falls, which action must be taken with the falls no later than 5-year intervals?
  42. #1473 "Thermal protective aids" are required for what percentage of the persons a survival craft is equipped to carry?
  43. #1474 For each person it is certified to carry, a lifeboat on an oceangoing passenger vessel must be provided with all of the following EXCEPT __________.
  44. #1475 The required amount of water for each person in a lifeboat on an oceangoing vessel, on an international voyage, is __________.
  45. #1476 On an oceangoing vessel, for each person a lifeboat (without desalting kits) is certified to carry, the boat must be supplied with __________.
  46. #1477 How many liters of water per person must be carried in lifeboats on a tankship sailing a coastwise route?
  47. #1478 The searchlight on a survival craft must be capable of operating 3 hours continuously or 6 hours intermittently if operated in cycles of __________.
  48. #1479 A drill must be conducted in the use of the line throwing appliance at least once in every __________.
  49. #1480 Which vessel is NOT required to carry a rocket-type line throwing appliance?
  50. #1481 Which statement is TRUE concerning the testing of the line-throwing appliance?
  51. #1482 Your vessel is required to have an impulse-projected line throwing appliance. The auxiliary line must __________.
  52. #1483 What is NOT a requirement for testing the line throwing appliance on a vessel?
  53. #1484 What is a FALSE statement concerning the line throwing appliance on a vessel?
  54. #1485 Coast Guard Regulations (46 CFR) require that life jackets shall be __________.
  55. #1486 Lifejackets should be stowed in __________.
  56. #1487 Life preservers must be marked with the __________.
  57. #1488 Immersion suits must be stowed __________.
  58. #1489 What is the minimum number of ring life buoys required on board a 275-foot cargo vessel engaged in coastwise trade, under the alternatives for cargo v...
  59. #1490 How many ring life buoys should a 700 foot cargo vessel, not subject to SOLAS, navigating the Great Lakes carry?
  60. #1491 Your passenger vessel is 130 feet (40 m) long and is alternatively equipped for operating in river service. The number of ring life buoys required for...
  61. #1492 On a passenger vessel, the vessel's name must appear on __________.
  62. #1493 Your 600 GT vessel must carry a line-throwing appliance if it is certificated for what type of service?
  63. #1494 Where should muster lists be posted?
  64. #1495 If a passenger vessel navigating the Great Lakes is required to carry 8 life buoys, what is the allowable minimum number of these buoys that must have...
  65. #1496 Great Lakes vessels, using liferafts, must have sufficient liferaft capacity on each side of the vessel to accommodate at least __________.
  66. #1497 Great Lakes cargo vessels, having a liferaft stowed more than 100 meters from the bow or stern, must have at least how many liferafts?
  67. #1498 Where, due to the arrangement of the vessel, lifejackets may become inaccessible, additional lifejackets shall be carried __________.
  68. #1499 A 750 foot passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes, not subject to SOLAS regulations, is required to carry how many ring life buoys?
  69. #1500 Which statement is TRUE concerning lifeboat installations on Great Lakes vessels?
  70. #1501 Enclosed lifeboats which have been afloat over a long period of time require __________.
  71. #1502 If you reach shore in a liferaft, the first thing to do is __________.
  72. #1503 While adrift in an inflatable liferaft in hot, tropical weather __________.
  73. #1504 When should a tourniquet be used to control bleeding?
  74. #1505 As a last resort, what can a tourniquet can be used for?
  75. #1506 A seaman has a small, gaping laceration of the arm that is not bleeding excessively. What can be done as an alternative to suturing to close the wound...
  76. #1507 What is the appropriate first aid treatment for small cuts and open wounds?
  77. #1508 A person reports to you with a fishhook in his thumb, what procedure should you use to remove it?
  78. #1509 In all but the most severe cases, how should bleeding from a wound be controlled?
  79. #1510 A person has suffered a laceration of the arm. Severe bleeding has been controlled by using a sterile dressing and direct pressure. What should you do...
  80. #1511 How does bleeding from a vein appear?
  81. #1512 How does blood flowing from a cut artery appear?
  82. #1513 Ordinarily, bleeding from a vein may be controlled by what method?
  83. #1514 What is the preferred method of controlling external bleeding?
  84. #1515 A person with diabetes has received a minor leg injury. What symptoms would indicate the onset of a diabetic coma?
  85. #1516 What are symptom(s) of a ruptured appendix?
  86. #1517 What is the primary action when a patient is suspected of having appendicitis?
  87. #1518 What are the symptoms of sugar diabetes?
  88. #1519 What should be given to a diabetic who suffers an insulin reaction and is conscious?
  89. #1521 What should you do if a crew member is having an epileptic convulsion?
  90. #1523 How should the pain be relieved when a patient is suspected of having appendicitis?
  91. #1524 Why are persons who have swallowed a non-petroleum based poison given large quantities of warm soapy water or warm salt water?
  92. #1525 When providing first aid to a victim of gas poisoning, the MOST important symptom to check for is __________.
  93. #1526 What is the major cause of shock in burn victims?
  94. #1527 Why should a person being treated for shock should be wrapped in warm coverings?
  95. #1528 What is the best treatment for preventing traumatic shock after an accident?
  96. #1529 When a person is in shock, how will their skin appear?
  97. #1530 After an accident the victim may go into shock and die. What should be done to help prevent shock?
  98. #1531 EXCEPT when suffering from a head or chest injury a patient in shock should be placed in which position?
  99. #1532 In any major injury, first aid includes the treatment for the injury and what secondary condition?
  100. #1533 What is a treatment for traumatic shock?

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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?

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