PSCRB exit exam questions and answers — Set 6 — Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats
Set 6 of the Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (PSCRB) exit exam bank — 30 of 389 questions, with the correct option marked and a one-line explanation for every one. Read it end to end, jump to a single set, or search it — then sit the same bank as a timed paper. The real DG Shipping exit exam is 30 marks with 15 to pass.
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Set 6 — 30 PSCRB exit exam questions with answers
1. What device inside a lifeboat displays engine cooling water temperature, oil pressure, and battery charging voltage?
- A. Engine instrument gauge panel at the coxswain station
- B. Ship bridge ECR monitor
- C. SART display
- D. Portable multitester
2. What is the primary objective of Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (PSCRB) training?
- A. To take command of a survival craft or rescue boat during and after launch, operate engines, manage survivors, and use location devices
- B. To navigate commercial cargo ships across oceans
- C. To overhaul main engine turbochargers
- D. To conduct port customs clearance
3. The safety knife stowed on an inflatable liferaft will always be located ____.
- A. In one of the equipment bags
- B. In a special pocket near the forward entrance
- C. On a cord hanging from the canopy
- D. In a pocket on the first aid kit
4. After abandoning ship, you should deploy the sea anchor from a liferaft to ____.
- A. Keep the liferaft from capsizing
- B. Navigate against the current
- C. Keep personnel from getting seasick
- D. Stay in the general location
5. Most lifeboats are equipped with ____.
- A. Unbalanced rudders
- B. Balanced rudders
- C. Contra-guide rudders
- D. Spade rudders
6. The canopy of an inflatable liferaft should ____.
- A. Go into place as the raft is inflated
- B. Be put up after everyone is aboard
- C. Be put up only in severe weather
- D. Be used as a sail if the wind is blowing
7. All inflatable liferafts have ____.
- A. Safety straps from the overhead
- B. Built-in seats
- C. Releasing hooks at each end
- D. Water stabilising pockets
8. After abandoning ship, which action should be taken IMMEDIATELY upon entering a liferaft?
- A. Open the equipment pack
- B. Issue anti-seasickness medicine
- C. Get clear of the ship
- D. Dry the liferaft floor and inflate it
9. A feature of an inflatable liferaft which helps keep people stationary in rough weather is ____.
- A. Lashings on the floor of the raft for the occupants' feet
- B. Straps from the overhead
- C. Lifelines on the inside of the raft
- D. Ridges in the floor of the raft
10. The maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits is controlled by the ____.
- A. Limit switches
- B. Emergency disconnect switch
- C. Governor brake
- D. Position of the counterweight on the brake handle
11. Immediately after abandoning a vessel, lookouts should be posted aboard liferafts to look for ____.
- A. Survivors in the water
- B. Food and water
- C. Land
- D. Bad weather
12. The purpose of the four water pockets, located on the underside at each corner of the raft, is to ____.
- A. Stow rainwater so that it will not take up valuable space
- B. Act as stabilisers by filling with sea water as soon as the raft is inflated and upright
- C. Hold the fresh water required by regulation to be provided in the raft when packed
- D. Store the sea anchor and its line when not in use
13. What is the purpose of the limit switch on gravity davits?
- A. To cut off the power when the davits hit the track safety stops
- B. To stop the davits from going too fast
- C. To cut off the power when the davits are about 12 inches (30 cm) from the track safety stops
- D. To release the boat from the falls automatically
14. The number of rocket parachute flares carried in a lifeboat is ____.
- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. 6
15. What is the full form of HRU?
- A. Hydrostatic radar unit
- B. Hydrostatic radio unit
- C. Hydrostatic release unit
- D. None of the above
16. Which of the following requirements regarding life-saving appliances does NOT correspond to present regulations?
- A. All prescribed life-saving appliances shall be resistant to deterioration where exposed to sunlight
- B. All prescribed life-saving appliances shall be made of non-combustible or fire-retardant material
- C. All prescribed life-saving appliances shall be of a highly visible colour on parts where this will assist detection
- D. All prescribed life-saving appliances shall be fitted with retro-reflective material where this will assist in detection
17. In accordance with the present recommendations, a ship in distress should transmit the appropriate alarm signal followed by the distress call and message on one or all of the international distress frequencies, which are
- A. 550 kHz, 2367 kHz and 121.5 MHz
- B. 500 kHz, 2182 kHz and 156.8 MHz
- C. 550 kHz, 2182 kHz and 121.5 MHz
- D. 500 kHz, 2367 kHz and 243 MHz
18. The donning time for an immersion suit is
- A. 2 minutes
- B. 5 minutes
- C. 7 minutes
- D. 9 minutes
19. A radar reflector is provided in
- A. Lifeboats only
- B. Liferafts only
- C. Rescue boats only
- D. Lifeboats, liferafts and rescue boats
20. What colour light does a hand flare burn with?
- A. Bright red
- B. Orange
- C. Bright white
- D. Green
21. Which of the following is an LSA Code requirement for a lifejacket?
- A. It can be correctly donned within 1 minute without assistance
- B. It can be correctly donned within 2 minutes without assistance
- C. It can be correctly donned within 5 minutes without assistance
- D. It can be correctly donned within 10 minutes without assistance
22. Match the term LIFEJACKET with the most suitable answer given below
- A. Davit launch
- B. Whistle and SI light
- C. Protection against cold
- D. HRU
23. Which of the following is/are the SOLAS requirements for buoyant smoke signals?
- A. Emit smoke for a period of not less than 3 minutes when floating in calm water
- B. Not emit any flame during the entire smoke emission time
- C. Continue to emit smoke when submerged in water for a period of 10 seconds under 100 mm of water
- D. All of the above
24. The body loses heat about ____ times faster when immersed in cold water than in air at the same temperature.
- A. 10
- B. 20
- C. 25
- D. 36
25. Which one of the listed statements regarding an immersion suit does NOT correspond to present regulations? The suit
- A. is provided with arrangements to minimize or reduce free air in the legs of the suit
- B. can be unpacked and donned without assistance within 2 minutes
- C. has sufficient built-in buoyancy to avoid the use of a lifejacket
- D. will cover the whole body with the exception of the face
26. Match the term TPA with the most suitable answer given below
- A. Davit launch
- B. Whistle
- C. Protection against cold
- D. Abandon ship
27. The burning duration of a hand flare is
- A. 1 minute
- B. 10 minutes
- C. 15 minutes
- D. 30 minutes
28. Safe lifting signal - arm raised above the horizontal with thumb up means
- A. Do not hoist, not ready
- B. Hoist, ready
- C. Lower the load
- D. Emergency stop
29. The minimum length of a rescue boat is
- A. 3.8 metres
- B. 8.5 metres
- C. 5 metres
- D. 7.3 metres
30. The minimum length of a lifeboat is
- A. 3.8 metres
- B. 8.5 metres
- C. 5 metres
- D. 7.3 metres
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