OUPV Six-Pack Practice Test: Great Lakes & Inland

Up to 6 paying passengers on bays, rivers, lakes and the Intracoastal. Coast Guard exam code GLI07.

165 real questions from the Coast Guard National Maritime Center's public sample exams, free. Rules of the Road needs 90%. Every other module needs 70%.

Passing score: Coast Guard pass marks module by module, and the retest rules

What's free: daily rounds, the Brig, the drills and the Pass Meter, for every license. Your first module test is free too. After that, the full Exam Room is $19, once. No subscription.

What's on the test

The Q358 Chart Plot (chart 13205 TR, Block Island Sound) module is done on a paper chart at the exam, so it isn't here. Practice it with the chart and tools.

10 sample questions

1. For the purpose of the Inland Navigation Rules, the term "Inland Waters" includes which of the following?

   • A.The coastline of the United States out to one mile offshore
   • B.The Great Lakes on the United States side of the boundary
   • C.The waters surrounding any islands of the U.S.
   • D.Any lakes within state boundaries
   Show answer

   B. The Great Lakes on the United States side of the boundary

   Q100, Rules of the Road: International & Inland

2. What effect does lifting the shank of a Stockless anchor that is set on the bottom have?

   • A.The probability of fouling the chain increases
   • B.The flukes will break free of the bottom
   • C.The probability of fouling the chain decreases
   • D.The flukes will dig deeper increasing the holding power
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   B. The flukes will break free of the bottom

   Q160, Deck General

3. Which information must automatic identification systems (AIS) automatically provide to appropriately equipped shore stations, vessels and aircraft?

   • A.Vessel's type
   • B.Navigational status
   • C.Vessel's course
   • D.All of the above
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   D. All of the above

   Q171, Navigation General: Near Coastal

4. A law enforcement vessel patrolling a marine regatta may exhibit a flashing blue light or which of the following alternates?

   • A.two amber lights in a horizontal line
   • B.a fixed green light over a red flashing light
   • C.a high intensity flashing white light (strobe)
   • D.an alternately flashing red and yellow light
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   D. an alternately flashing red and yellow light

   Q100, Rules of the Road: International & Inland

5. In fog you observe your radar and determine that risk of collision exists with a vessel which is 2 miles off your port bow. Which action should you take?

   • A.Take avoiding action as soon as possible
   • B.Sound five short and rapid blasts at two-minute intervals
   • C.Hold course and speed until the other vessel is sighted
   • D.Stop your engines
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   A. Take avoiding action as soon as possible

   Q100, Rules of the Road: International & Inland

6. In a following sea, a wave has overtaken your vessel and thrown the stern to starboard. To continue along your original course, which action should you take?

   • A.Use more left rudder
   • B.Decrease speed
   • C.Use more right rudder
   • D.Increase speed
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   C. Use more right rudder

   Q160, Deck General

7. A List of Lights entry (L Fl) is a single flashing light which shows a long flash of not less than which duration?

   • A.1.0 second duration
   • B.1.5 seconds duration
   • C.2.0 seconds duration
   • D.3.0 seconds duration
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   C. 2.0 seconds duration

   Q171, Navigation General: Near Coastal

8. A commercial vessel engaged in public safety activities may display a(n) identity light(s). Which of the following is appropriate for these activities?

   • A.alternately flashing red and yellow light
   • B.flashing yellow light
   • C.alternately flashing blue and red light
   • D.flashing blue light
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   A. alternately flashing red and yellow light

   Q100, Rules of the Road: International & Inland

9. Which is TRUE for a vessel using a traffic separation scheme?

   • A.only anchor in the separation zone
   • B.avoid anchoring in areas near the termination of the scheme
   • C.use the separation zone for navigating through the scheme if she is hindering other traffic due to her slower speed
   • D.avoid crossing traffic lanes, but if obliged to do so, shall cross on as small an angle as is practical
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   B. avoid anchoring in areas near the termination of the scheme

   Q100, Rules of the Road: International & Inland

10. Failure to notify the Coast Guard of an oil spill can carry a prison sentence of what duration?

    • A.Not more than 1 year
    • B.Not more than 2 years
    • C.Not more than 3 years
    • D.Not more than 5 years
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    D. Not more than 5 years

    Q160, Deck General

What the study guide does

• Short daily rounds of 10 questions, with a streak.
• Practice tests built like the real one, scored with the real pass marks (first one free, then $19 once for the full Exam Room).
• The Brig: questions you miss come back until you get them right twice.
• Pass Meter: your chance of passing every module if you sat it today, worked out from your own answers.
• Lights, shapes and sound signal drills (Rules 21-35).