Free practice tests
Are you ready for your deck modules? Find out quickly by taking a few deck practice tests.
USCGQ.com gathered its questions directly from the U.S. Coast Guard, and over the years we have built one of the most complete databases of USCG questions and answers.
Nothing prepares you better for your exam than testing your knowledge against hundreds of questions covering every deck module. These are the same USCG deck exam questions you will encounter on your final exam. Study hard: the questions are often tricky, and you do not want to be caught out when it counts.
Use the links below to start a deck quiz on any module, or register to generate full practice tests.
Collision regulations, inland and international. Requires 90 percent to pass.
1,025 questions · Start an instant quiz →
Seamanship, cargo handling, stability basics, anchoring, and vessel operations.
5,076 questions · Start an instant quiz →
Charts, aids to navigation, compass error, tides, currents, and publications.
2,138 questions · Start an instant quiz →
Firefighting, survival craft, emergency procedures, and pollution prevention.
2,841 questions · Start an instant quiz →
Chart plotting, set and drift, and time, speed, and distance calculations.
1,708 questions · Start an instant quiz →
The deck question pools serve every deck credential the Coast Guard issues: Able Seaman, OUPV (six-pack), Master or Mate up to 100, 200, 500, and 1,600 gross tons, and unlimited-tonnage Mates and Masters. Higher licenses draw harder questions and more of them, but the subjects are the same five modules above, so the way you study is identical no matter which exam you are sitting.
Start with the module you know least, answer questions until the misses get rare, and finish your prep with generated exam simulations. If you are working toward the OUPV or 100-ton Master specifically, our captains license practice test page maps the modules to those exams.
These are real questions from the U.S. Coast Guard question pool, exactly as they appear in the bank. Click through to any question to answer it and see whether you got it right.
Deck exams combine Rules of the Road, Deck General, Navigation General, Deck Safety, and Navigation Problems. Which modules you sit, and how many questions each contains, depends on the specific license or endorsement.
Rules of the Road requires 90 percent. Most other deck modules require 70 percent.
The current pools are what your exam draws from, so study those first. The older sets remain browsable on this site and can add variety once you have the current material down.