Question 1956 Deck General

The correct answer is A) equipped with individual battery-powered lights. According to the small passenger vessel regulations, if a vessel is not equipped with an automatically-activated emergency lighting system, the vessel must be equipped with individual battery-powered lights. This requirement ensures that the vessel has a reliable source of emergency lighting in the event of a power failure or other emergency situation, allowing passengers and crew to safely navigate and access emergency equipment. The other options are incorrect because: B) providing gasoline or kerosene lights would not be a safe or reliable emergency lighting solution, C) operating the vessel only in daylight hours does not address the need for emergency lighting, and D) luminous tape markings alone do not provide the necessary illumination for an emergency.