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Lifeboatman Limited, Revision & Practice Exams

Lifeboatman Limited. Built from official USCG NMC sample examinations (public domain).
Content last updated 12 June 2026

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What score do I need to pass the Lifeboatman Limited exam?

You must pass each module separately. Most modules require 70% to pass.

What modules are on the Lifeboatman Limited exam?

The exam covers 1 module: Lifeboat Operator Limited.

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This page includes free sample questions drawn from the official USCG sample examinations, with a full bank of around 44 questions across all modules available with lifetime access.

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Sample Lifeboatman Limited practice questions

A selection of free questions from the official USCG sample examinations. Use the interactive modules above for timed, scored drills.

After having activated the emergency position indicating radio beacon, which is the appropriate action to take?

  1. Leave it on continuously ✓
  2. Turn it off for 5-minutes every half-hour
  3. Turn it off during daylight hours
  4. Turn it off and on at 5-minute intervals

As a last resort, what can a tourniquet be used for?

  1. To hold a victim in a stretcher
  2. To stop uncontrolled bleeding ✓
  3. To restrain a delirious victim
  4. To hold a large bandage in place

Why should a person being treated for shock be wrapped in warm coverings?

  1. To protect the person from injury during transportation
  2. To preserve body heat ✓
  3. To avoid self-inflicted wounds caused by spastic movement
  4. To increase body heat
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A motor lifeboat shall carry sufficient fuel to operate continuously for a period of which duration?

  1. 12 hours
  2. 18 hours
  3. 24 hours ✓
  4. 36 hours

What is the purpose of the hydrostatic release on an inflatable liferaft?

  1. To test the rafts hydrostatically
  2. To release the raft from the cradle automatically as the ship sinks ✓
  3. To inflate the raft automatically
  4. None of the above

Why: If the ship sinks before the raft can be launched, water pressure (typically around 10-15 feet) trips the hydrostatic release, freeing the raft container from its cradle so it floats up; the painter then triggers inflation.

If an inflatable liferaft inflates upside down, you can right it by taking which action?

  1. Getting at least three or four men to push down on the side containing the CO2 cylinder
  2. Standing on the CO2 bottle, holding the bottom straps, and throwing your weight backwards ✓
  3. Pushing up on one side of the raft
  4. doing nothing; it will right itself after the canopy supports inflate

How is the external flotation bladder of an immersion suit inflated?

  1. It is inflated by a small CO2 bottle that is automatically tripped when the front zipper is at the top of the zipper track.
  2. It is inflated by blowing through an inflation tube. ✓
  3. It is inflated by a small CO2 bottle that is manually tripped.
  4. It inflates by sea water bleeding into the flotation bladder and reacting with a chemical therein.

A magnetic compass card is marked in how many degrees?

  1. 90
  2. 180
  3. 360 ✓
  4. 400

Why: A magnetic compass card is graduated through the full circle of 360 degrees, with north at 000°, east 090°, south 180°, and west 270°.

After clearing the vessel, what is one of the FIRST things you would do in an inflatable liferaft?

  1. Post a lookout.
  2. Open equipment pack.
  3. Issue anti-seasickness medicine.
  4. Pick up other survivors. ✓

How should the sea painter of a rescue boat be led?

  1. Forward and inboard of all obstructions
  2. To the foremost point on the vessel
  3. Forward and outboard of all obstructions ✓
  4. Vertically up and down from the main deck