Your examiner asks: "How often must a lifeboat actually be launched and manoeuvred in the water with its assigned crew aboard, as distinct from simply being lowered to embarkation level?"

A. Each lifeboat must be launched (put in the water) with its assigned operating crew aboard and manoeuvred in the water AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS during an abandon ship drill. This is a materially more demanding requirement than the monthly drill cycle, because it requires the boat to actually be waterborne and driven, not merely lowered to the embarkation deck level — and it is therefore scheduled less frequently (quarterly) than the monthly drill/lowering cycle.

B. Lifeboats must be fully launched and manoeuvred in the water every month, with no distinction in frequency between full water-launch drills and simple lowering-to-embarkation-level drills.

C. Full water-launch and manoeuvring drills are required only once per year, regardless of the monthly drill cycle for lowering to embarkation level.

D. The requirement to launch and manoeuvre a lifeboat in the water applies only to passenger ships; cargo ships are exempt from ever launching lifeboats into the water during drills.

A. Nothing — a test lift can proceed immediately after repairs

B. Testing should wait until cargo operations begin

C. The area within the grab's swing radius should be cleared of personnel before the lift

D. Only the crane operator needs to be aware the lift is happening

A. Who must remain clear of the exclusion zone while the lift takes place

B. The lunch schedule for the deck team

C. Only the weather forecast for the next watch

D. The cargo manifest for the next port