USCG Exam Question Banks - Deck
These websites provide practice question banks for the USCG license exams.
Question banks that are free or have a free version:
- National Maritime Center Examinations pageThe USCG / NMC Examinations page contains a range of useful information. Select "Saaple Examinations" for practice questions.
- U.S. Coast Guard Questions Deck Question BankThese U.S. Coast Guard Questions question banks are divided into areas. To keep score, create a free account.
- Sea Trials USCG Exam Question BanksChoose Deck or Engine practice questions. While there is a paid version, there's also a free one. Has a mobile app.
- SeaSourcesRegistering for a free account provides access to the exam questions.
Question banks that require payment:
- License Advancement Program Software (LAPWARE)More expensive than some options. Many students report exam success with this software.
- Mariner AdvancementPaid exam prep. Some students report success with this software.
Murphy's Deck Officer Study Guides
The Library has Murphy's Deck Officer Study Guides on the shelf for checkout and on Reserve for 2-hour library use. Volume 1 has 3rd and 2nd mate tables of questions broken into sub-questions, and tells you which exam you'll see them on. Licensed faculty tip: scan the tables (the Library has a scanner in the back corner), print them and keep a copy for notes as you study.
All Murphy's guides are located at the Help Desk in Reserves for 2-hours checkout. We have additional copies in the Main Stacks for semester-long checkout, Call No. VK405 .D43 volumes 1-7 (link to search in the catalog - look under Vol. 4 to see other volumes).
- Vol.1: Deck General
- Vol.2: Navigation General
- Vol.3: Deck safety
- Vol.4: Rules of Road
- Vol.5: Navigation Problem
- Vol.6: Deck Illustration Book (the Open Library has an online copy of vol. 6 for checkout)
- Vol 7: Deck Officer Study Guide, Lifeboatmen
If you're looking for study materials not listed here, please ask in the Library!
USCG Exam Reference Resources - Deck
Deck examinations – No references may be used for any Rules of the Road module. The permitted references for other modules which are available in the Library include:
- National Maritime Center list of exam materials (1/10/22) - PDFExamination Reference Materials for engine and deck exams.
Code of Federal Regulations : Title 46 Shipping by Call Number: Reference
Code of Federal Regulations : Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters by Call Number: Reference
Code of Federal Regulations : Title 49 Transportation by Call Number: Reference- American practical navigator : an epitome of navigation. Volume II : Useful tables, calculations, glossary of marine navigation byCall Number: VK 563 B7 1981 v.2Publication Date: 1982
- American Practical Navigator Vol. 2 byPublication Date: 2019The 2019 edition is an option for the 2022 USCG exams, and will be the required edition after that. This link is to the free online PDF.
Chemical Data Guide for Bulk Shipment by Water by Call Number: T55.3.H3 C44 1990ISBN: 0160284252Publication Date: 1991-04-23
Emergency Response Guidebook 2012 by Call Number: Reference : T 55.3 .H3 E43 2012ISBN: 1598046349Publication Date: 2012-06-28
