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Merchant Mariner Information Center - Deck Exam Guide

On this page you will find all available support materials to prepare for the deck license and document exams.

The Deck Exam Guide provides guidance to the proctors in the examination room at the Regional Examination Centers and other personnel who actively monitor merchant marine applicants in the exam room. View the Guide

Additional Resources:
Deck Exam Reference Library
Everything you wanted to know about Deck Questions, but were afraid to ask

Section Title (Book Number)	File Format
Book 1 - Rules of the Road	Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat
Book 2 - General Deck Questions	Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat
Book 3 - General Navigation Questions	Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat
Book 4 - Safety	Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat
Book 5 - Navigation Problems	Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat
Chart Header Text	Adobe Acrobat
Questions with Tables (BL,ST,NP)	Adobe Acrobat

Modified Questions			Questions
Book 2	Book 3	Book 4
Question 1303 Question 1388 Question 1407	Question 2165	Question 1311 Question 2979 Question 3041
Questions with Illustrations
Book 1	Book 2	Book 3	Book 4
Question 177 Question 292 Question 375 Question 4282 Question 4718 Question 4723	Question 1931 Question 2187 Question 2227 Question 4222 Question 4381	Question 329 Question 493 Question 619 Question 1019 Question 1142 Question 1184 Question 1194 Question 1210 Question 1399 Question 2504 Question 2964	Question 1948 Question 2152 Question 2426 Question 5234

Publications
Guidance Manual for Loading MV Grand Haven
Operating Manual for Coastal Driller
Operating Manual for Deep Driller
Stability Data Reference Book
Nautical Almanac - For Deck Examination Purposes Only Full -	Full
Download the Nautical Almanac in one download (Full: 60MB) or in four smaller, easier downloads (Parts 1-4: 15MB each) This revised copy of the Nautical Almanac has had nearly all references to the year 1981 removed. This action precedes the removal of the year 1981 from all celestial navigation questions which will take place in the Summer 2008. All other editions of the 1981 Nautical Almanac used in conjunction with licensed deck examinations can still be used to answer questions and are allowed in the examination room until further notice.	Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

The Coast Guard periodically develops new questions for use on its license and documentation examinations as regulations are developed and/or changed. Other questions are developed, reflecting changes in technology in the maritime industry. Additionally, questions used by the Coast Guard are revised to increase clarity by adding and/or deleting punctuation or through the rewording of the questions and its answers. Periodically, questions as described above will be published in this section as indicated by the month of publication. New questions published in this section will begin to be used on licensing and documentation examinations 30 days following their publication. The public is encouraged to read through all questions and submit comments on specific questions to the National Maritime Center. When questions are developed and/or revised, they will be listed below with the month and year they are made available.

New Questions (July 2008)

Revised Questions (July 2008)

New & Revised Deck Illustrations

Please E-Mail us or send your comments to:

U.S. Coast Guard
National Maritime Center (NMC-2)
100 Forbes Drive
Martinsburg, WV 25404

Section Title	Part #
General Deck Questions	View Part 1 View Part 2
General Navigation Questions	View Part 1 View Part 2
Rules of the Road Questions	View Part 1 View Part 2
General Safety Questions	View
General Sail Questions	View

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