Question 33 LB01 - Lifeboat Operator

The Correct Answer is B **Explanation for Option B (Correct):** Option B states that "Handheld flares and orange smoke signals are required." This statement is true because international regulations governing survival craft equipment (specifically those related to lifeboats and liferafts, usually codified by SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea) mandate specific types of distress signals. A typical survival craft (like a fully enclosed lifeboat or a required liferaft) must carry buoyant orange smoke signals (for daytime use) and red hand-held flares (for short-range, both day and night use). These devices are essential components of the mandated signaling kit for alerting rescuers to the craft's location. **Explanation for Other Options (Incorrect):** * **A) If hand-held rocket-propelled parachute flares are provided, they are the only distress signals required.** This is incorrect. Parachute flares (rocket flares) are high-altitude, long-range signals, and while they are required (usually 4 or more), they do not substitute for the need for close-range signaling devices like handheld flares and smoke signals. A full signaling kit is required, not just one type. * **C) Two hand-held smoke signals shall be provided.** This is incorrect, although two is the minimum requirement for many types of survival craft. However, stating only two smoke signals are required ignores the mandatory requirement for pyrotechnics like red handheld flares and rocket parachute flares. Option B is a better, broader description of the required components than stating the minimum quantity of only one component. Furthermore, the standard minimum requirement for *buoyant* smoke signals in a liferaft is usually two, but the survival craft also requires flares. * **D) A Very pistol with twelve flares is required.** This is incorrect. A Very pistol is an older type of signaling device that fires pyrotechnics. Modern SOLAS regulations specify that *rocket-propelled parachute flares* (self-contained units that do not require a separate pistol) are required. While some jurisdictions may allow substitutes, requiring a specific *twelve flares* for a Very pistol is not the universal standard for mandatory survival craft distress signaling equipment.