Examinations

The Examination Team develops the questions and illustrations for the examinations required for a national endorsement. The team supports the Regional Examination Centers (RECs) in the administration of the exams, reviews and issues determinations on Challenges, answers questions submitted by the public concerning the exam process, and are the authors of the “Nautical Queries” feature in CG Proceedings magazine.

Training & Assessment Division

Our goal is to ensure credentialed applicants have the necessary knowledge and quality training to safely operate under the authority of their credential in support of the safety of the Marine Transportation System both domestically and internationally.

If the examination code on your Approved to Test Letter is preceded by a Q, the examination module is based on current regulation. If the code is not preceded by a Q, the module is based on previous regulation. All Rules of the Road modules will be preceded by a Q.

Please select the corresponding hyperlink to view the sample exams for each module.

Refreshed: September 2018

Examinations Working Group

Section 315 of the 2015 Coast Guard Authorization Act (CGAA) requires the United States Coast Guard to commission a working group to review existing and new examination questions for accuracy and availability of examination references. To address the tasks to be performed and in keeping with the membership structure of the group as specified in the CGAA, the working group is to include:

Representatives from Coast Guard-approved training providers
A Deck representative from the State Maritime Academies
An Engineering representative from the State Maritime Academies
Credentialed Deck officers or ratings

Credentialed Engineering officers or ratings
A Human Performance Technology representative
A member of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
Members of other Federal Advisory Committees as needed to review industry segment specific subject matter.

Examination review will take place at the National Maritime Center and at some regional locations.

The Coast Guard is continuously seeking applications from interested parties to participate in the Examination Working Group. To be considered, please *email all of the following documents to NMCExamWorkingGroup@uscg.mil:

1. Résumé - Click here for what your resume should include.

2. Non-Disclosure Agreement and Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.

*Email is the preferred method of submission and should not exceed 8MB. If so, they should be sent in separate emails (please put the order of attachments in the Subject line of each email). The system will not accept any compressed (ZIP) files. For other submission methods, please call (304) 433-3720.

For a full legal disclosure, please click here.

The Coast Guard does not currently have appropriations available to support travel expenses for working group members. Participation in the review is voluntary but will provide much needed data to assist in improving the merchant mariner credential examination system.

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