🔍 Key Concepts

• Lifeboats on each side of the vessel are usually numbered in a specific pattern based on port (left) and starboard (right) sides. • Odd and even numbering of lifeboats is not random; it follows an international convention for identifying which side of the ship the boat is on. • Think about how lifeboat numbers increase as you move from forward to aft on each side.

💭 Think About

• First, recall which side of the vessel typically gets odd-numbered lifeboats and which gets even-numbered ones. • Then, decide whether Lifeboat No. 2 would be on the port or starboard side based on that numbering rule. • Once you know which side No. 2 is on, see which answer choices correctly match both the side and the relative position (forward/aft) of that boat.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you remember which side is port (left when facing forward) and which is starboard (right when facing forward). • Confirm which numbers (odd or even) are normally assigned to starboard and which to port under international practice (SOLAS/standard shipboard convention). • Check whether all three descriptions given in the options can realistically describe the location of the same single lifeboat on a real ship.