Life floats and buoyant apparatus used aboard small passenger vessels shall be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers __________.

Correct Answer: Option A — with the parent vessels name and the number of persons allowed

46 CFR 117.71 requires that life floats and buoyant apparatus be clearly marked with the vessel's name and the number of persons the equipment is certified to support. This ensures that in an emergency, survivors can identify the equipment's capacity and its origin vessel.