PSF exit exam questions and answers — Set 8 — Passenger Ship Familiarization
Set 8 of the Passenger Ship Familiarization (PSF) exit exam bank — 30 of 350 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 8 — 30 PSF exit exam questions with answers
1. Which statement is true concerning life jackets?
- A. Buoyant vests may be substituted for life jackets
- B. Life jackets are designed to turn an unconscious person's face clear of the water
- C. Life jackets must always be worn with the same side facing outwards to float properly
- D. Lightly stained or faded lifejackets will fail in the water and should not be used
2. The self-activating smoke signal burns for.
- A. 9 minutes
- B. 15 minutes
- C. 12 minutes
- D. 18 minutes
3. A passenger is every person other than.
- A. A child under ten years of age
- B. A child under eight years of age
- C. A child under four years of age
- D. A child under one year of age
4. A passenger ship shall be subject to a renewal survey every.
- A. 12 months
- B. 18 months
- C. 24 months
- D. 36 months
5. A passenger ship is a ship which carries more than.
- A. 6 passengers
- B. 12 passengers
- C. 18 passengers
- D. 24 passengers
6. Ro-ro passenger ship is a passenger ship with.
- A. Tween decks
- B. Ro-ro spaces
- C. Container cell guides
- D. Hold spaces
7. A passenger ship shall be subject to an initial survey before.
- A. The sea trials
- B. The ship is put into service
- C. The end of the first voyage
- D. Being launched form the yard
8. The orange smoke in the boat burns for.
- A. 4 minutes
- B. 3 minutes
- C. 5 minutes
- D. 6 minutes
9. A line throwing appliance [LTA] is used.
- A. To pick up a survivor in water
- B. To life raft in water close to ship
- C. To make connection between a distressed ship and a safe ship to pass towing line
- D. To connect to lifeboat in water
10. If you are forced to abandon ship in a survival craft you should.
- A. Remain in vicinity of vessel
- B. Head for nearest land
- C. Head for closest sea lanes
- D. Have all hands vote for what to do
11. The purpose of water spray system on an enclosed lifeboat is.
- A. Cool the lifeboat engine
- B. Keeps the lifeboat reaching from combustion temperature while operating in fire
- C. Keep the lifeboat warm in cold temperatures by applying heated water spray from engine to boat
- D. Put out the fire inside lifeboat
12. How are lifelines attached to lifeboat?
- A. By serving
- B. By splicing one end of the line around the apparatus
- C. Securely attached around outside
- D. With an approved safety hook or shackle
13. Signalling devices required on inflatable life raft include a.
- A. Very pistol 3
- B. Orange smoke signal
- C. Air horn
- D. Lantern
14. What is the life saving signal for( you are seen) assistance will be given as soon as possible?
- A. Green star rocket
- B. Red star rocket
- C. Orange smoke signal
- D. Horizontal motion of a flag
15. When firing the line throwing apparatus should be held at?
- A. 30 degrees to the horizontal
- B. 45 degrees to the horizontal
- C. 60 degrees to the horizontal
- D. 75 degrees to the horizontal
16. The locker or space containing the self-contained breathing apparatus must be ____.
- A. Located close to the bridge
- B. Equipped with battery-powered emergency lighting
- C. Marked SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS
- D. Kept locked at all times with the key held by the Master
17. Where would you look to find out what your duties are during a fire?
- A. Ship's articles
- B. Certificate of inspection
- C. Muster list
- D. Oil record book
18. When a sea anchor for a lifeboat is properly rigged, it will ____.
- A. Completely stop the lifeboat from drifting
- B. Help to prevent broaching
- C. Prevent the lifeboat from pitching
- D. Increase the speed of the lifeboat downwind
19. Can a cargo ship carry passengers?
- A. Yes, but not more than 12 passengers
- B. No, never
- C. Only with the permission of the crew
- D. Yes, any number of passengers
20. It is essential to communicate effectively with passengers in an emergency. Which of these statements is incorrect?
- A. Give contrasting individual instructions to group leaders at muster stations
- B. Identify crew members who can communicate in more than one language
- C. Place multilingual crew members in strategic positions such as assembly points
- D. Train personnel to use basic phrases in an emergency that can be easily understood
21. When securing cars on a ro-ro vessel, what is the preferred lashing angle from the lashing point?
- A. 15 degrees
- B. 30 degrees
- C. 45 degrees
- D. 10 degrees either side
22. A line-throwing appliance that meets SOLAS requirements must include not less than four projectiles. What distance must each projectile be capable of carrying the line?
- A. At least 230 m in calm weather
- B. At least 130 m in calm weather
- C. At least 300 m in rough weather
- D. At least 200 m in Beaufort force 5
23. If it were necessary to abandon ship, you would:
- A. Push all the passengers overboard
- B. Assist the passengers to slip into the water or the liferaft
- C. Get all the passengers off before inflating the liferaft
- D. Jump into the water first to encourage passengers to follow you
24. The minimum number of lifebuoys required on a passenger ship depends on ____.
- A. The number of passengers on board
- B. The total amount of emergency equipment on board
- C. The length of the ship
- D. The crew's preference
25. In an abandon ship situation, why must the person in command of the survival craft make it clear to everyone that he or she is in charge?
- A. To preserve food and drinking water
- B. The commander should keep a low profile and stick to steering the boat
- C. To ensure that his or her seat in the boat is reserved
- D. To establish proper leadership, which is vital in any survival situation
26. Which one of the listed requirements regarding means of escape does not correspond to present regulations?
- A. Safe escape routes shall be provided
- B. Lifts shall be considered as forming one of the required means of escape
- C. Additional aids for escape shall be provided as necessary to ensure accessibility, clear marking and adequate design for emergency situations
- D. Escape routes shall be maintained in a safe condition, clear of obstacles
27. On a ro-ro vessel, where will escaping gasoline vapours settle in a cargo space if the forced ventilation system is shut down?
- A. At the top, near the deckhead
- B. At the lowest levels
- C. Gasoline vapours are slightly heavier than air and hover at mid level
- D. Gasoline vapours are very light and will dissipate
28. Which of the following will aid early escape?
- A. Clear alleyways
- B. Clear doors
- C. Directional arrows
- D. All of the above
29. The function of fixed fire detection and alarm systems shall be periodically tested to the satisfaction of the Administration by means of equipment producing:
- A. Hot air at the appropriate temperature
- B. Smoke or aerosol particles of the appropriate range of density or particle size
- C. Other phenomena associated with incipient fires to which the detector is designed to respond
- D. All of the above
30. What arrangement may be installed in passenger ships to reduce unsymmetrical flooding in the damaged condition?
- A. Separate trim tanks
- B. Ballast trimming system
- C. Cross-flooding arrangement
- D. Self-acting ballast trimming arrangement
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