Life Vest Training Videos - Section 2 - Airline Life Vest Maintenance

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* 1. Please enter your name and email.

Name

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* 2. When servicing a life vest, what document should you have on hand?

The life vest operations placard.

The applicable Chilton’s manual.

The applicable Component Maintenance Manual (CMM).

The manufacturer’s detailed drawing package.

None of the above.

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* 3. After removing the life vest from the bag, you should:

Immediately perform a Leakage Test.

Remove the light and test it.

Remove and replace the CO2 cylinders.

Compare the information on the life vest ID block with the information on the bag label.

None of the above.

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* 4. A Switlik life vest has no expiration date.

True.

False.

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* 5. How often is the Leakage Test performed?

Every 2 years, from the date of manufacture, or the next scheduled service.

Every service.

Every time the CO2 cylinders are replaced.

Whenever the servicing technician feels it is necessary to perform.

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* 6. What are the repair limits for a buoyancy chamber (cell)?

No holes larger than 1/4”.

No holes within 1” of a seam.

No more than 3 repairs to any one chamber.

All of the above.

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* 7. What tests must be performed after patching a buoyancy chamber?

An Oral Tube Attachment Test and a Proof Test.

A Proof Test and a Leakage Test.

A Leakage Test.

All of the above.

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* 8. What is the proper procedure to install a CO2 cylinder into an inflator?

Thread the cylinder into the inflator until it contacts the bottom.

Thread the cylinder into the inflator. Once it contacts the bottom, twist as hard as possible.

Thread the cylinder into the inflator until it contacts the bottom, then twist an additional 1/2 turn.

Any of the above are acceptable methods of installing the cylinder.

None of the above.

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* 9. How do you know which life vest bag to use to pack your life vest?

Determine the bag part number from the last 3 digits of the life vest assembly part number.

Use whatever bag is on hand in the shop.

Re-use the bag that the life vest originally came from.

All of the above.

None of the above.

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* 10. How do you know which life vest folding procedure to use?

Any folding procedure will work as long as the life vest fits into the bag.

Use the life vest model and bag part number to locate it in the back of your service manual.

Contact Switlik Survival Products and ask them.

B & C

None of the above.