MODULE 2G - COURSEWORK
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1. Cargo ships shall carry at least one (1) rescue boat complying with the requirements of
section 5.1 of the LSA Code. A lifeboat may be accepted as a rescue boat, provided that it
and its launching and recovery arrangements also comply with the requirements for a
rescue boat.
1. ✘ True
2. False
2. All life-saving appliances and arrangements shall comply with the applicable requirements
of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code adopted by the Maritime Safety
Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by resolution MSC. 48(66), as
it may be amended by the IMO.
1. ✘ True
2. False
3. Cargo ships shall carry not less than the number of lifebuoys complying with the
requirements of regulation 7.1 and section 2.1 of the LSA Code prescribed as specified
below:
1. Length under 100m - Minimum number of lifebuoys: 8
2. Length of 100m and under 150m - Minimum number of lifebuoys: 10
3. Length of 150m and under 200m - Minimum number of lifebuoys: 12
4. Length of 200m and over - Minimum number of lifebuoys: 14
5. ✘ All of the above
4. Lights fitted on lifejackets on board cargo ships prior to 1-July-1998 and not complying fully
with paragraph 2.2.3 of the LSA Code may be accepted by the Administration until the
lifejacket light would normally be replaced or until the first periodical survey after 1-July-
2001, whichever is the earliest.
1. ✘ True
2. False
5. An immersion suit, complying with the requirements of section 2.3 of the LSA Code or an
anti-exposure suit complying with section 2.4 of the LSA Code, of an appropriate size, shall
be provided for every person assigned to crew the rescue boat or assigned to the marine
evacuation system party. If the ship is constantly engaged in warm climates where, in the
opinion of the Administration thermal protection is unnecessary, this protective clothing
need not be carried.
1. ✘ True
2. False
6. Cargo ship survival craft embarkation arrangements shall be so designed that lifeboats can
be boarded and launched directly from the stowed position and davit-launched liferafts can
be boarded and launched from a position immediately adjacent to the stowed position or
from a position to which the liferaft is transferred prior to launching.
1. ✘ True
2. False
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7. All ships irrespective of size shall have:
1. a properly adjusted standard magnetic compass, or other means, independent of
any power supply, to determine the ship's heading and display the reading at the main
steering position;
2. a pelorus or compass bearing device, or other means, independent of any power
supply, to take bearings over an arc of the horizon of 360°;
3. means of correcting heading and bearings to true at all times;
4. nautical charts and nautical publications to plan and display the ship's route for the
intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage. An
electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) is also accepted as meeting the
chart carriage requirements;
5. ✘ All of the above
8. All ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards engaged on international voyages and cargo
ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards not engaged on international voyages and
passenger ships irrespective of size shall be fitted with an automatic identification system
(AIS)
1. ✘ True
2. False
9. "A" class divisions are those divisions formed by bulkheads and decks which comply with
the following criteria:
1. they are constructed of steel or other equivalent material;
2. they are suitably stiffened;
3. ✘ All of the above
10. They are insulated with approved non-combustible materials such that the average
temperature of the unexposed side will not rise more than 140°C above the original
temperature, nor will the temperature, at any one point, including any joint, rise more than
180°C above the original temperature, within the time listed below:
1. Class "A-60": 60 min
2. Class "A-30": 30 min
3. Class "A-150": 15 min
4. Class "A-0": 0 min
5. ✘ All of the above
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