OUPV to 200 Ton Upgrade Practice Test (Near Coastal)

Six-pack captains jumping straight to 200 ton: one 70-question module. Your NMC approval letter lists the exact modules. Coast Guard exam code ONC05.

66 real questions from the Coast Guard National Maritime Center's public sample exams, free. Each module needs 70% to pass.

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

10 sample questions

1. 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
   Show answer

   C. Use more right rudder

   Q160, Deck General

2. A vessel can be termed as either tender or stiff in relation to its rolling period. Which of the following would cause a vessel to be tender?

   • A.The ship has been loaded with minimal weight in the upper decks
   • B.The ship has excessive weight down low and is trimmed by the stern
   • C.The ship has been loaded with excessive weight in the upper decks
   • D.The ship has excessive weight down low and is trimmed by the head
   Show answer

   C. The ship has been loaded with excessive weight in the upper decks

   Q161, Deck Safety

3. What is the difference between net tonnage and gross tonnage?

   • A.Net tonnage is tonnage of cargo compared to tonnage of whole ship.
   • B.There is no difference.
   • C.Net tonnage is the net weight of the ship.
   • D.Net tonnage is the gross tonnage, less certain deductions for machinery and other areas.
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   D. Net tonnage is the gross tonnage, less certain deductions for machinery and other areas.

   Q161, Deck Safety

4. What provides little or no indication that a vessel is dragging anchor?

   • A.The cable alternates between slack and heavy tension
   • B.Changing bearing to a fixed distant object abeam
   • C.Changing range to an object abeam
   • D.Drift lead with the line tending forward
   Show answer

   C. Changing range to an object abeam

   Q347, Deck General

5. How may the change in trim of a vessel be found?

   • A.By dividing the trim moments by MT1
   • B.By subtracting the LCF from the LCB
   • C.By dividing longitudinal moments by the displacement
   • D.By looking at the Hydrostatic Properties Table for the draft of the vessel
   Show answer

   A. By dividing the trim moments by MT1

   Q348, Deck Safety

6. According to the Lifesaving regulations in Subchapter W, fire and abandon ship drills must be held within 24 hours of leaving port if the percentage of the crew that has not participated in drills aboard that particular vessel in the prior month exceeds which percentage?

   • A.5%
   • B.10%
   • C.25%
   • D.40%
   Show answer

   C. 25%

   Q348, Deck Safety

7. Which term defines when a vessel is swinging from side to side off course due to quartering seas?

   • A.Yawing
   • B.Rolling
   • C.Pitchpoling
   • D.Broaching
   Show answer

   A. Yawing

   Q356, Deck General / Safety

8. What is the proper name for the fitting that allows a boom to move freely both vertically and laterally?

   • A.Lizard
   • B.Swivel
   • C.Gooseneck
   • D.Spider band
   Show answer

   C. Gooseneck

   Q451, Deck General / Safety

9. You have orders to load cargoes of carbon disulfide, diisopropylamine and pyridine on your multi-product tankship. Which statement is true?

   • A.Pyridine must be separated from carbon disulfide by two barriers (cofferdams, voids, empty tanks, etc.).
   • B.Carbon disulfide may be carried in NOS. 1 and 2 center tanks and diisopropylamine in NOS. 1 and 2 wing tanks.
   • C.Pyridine and diisopropylamine may not be carried in tanks having a common header vent.
   • D.A tank of diisopropylamine may be used to separate a tank of pyridine from a tank of carbon disulfide.
   Show answer

   C. Pyridine and diisopropylamine may not be carried in tanks having a common header vent.

   Q410, Towing Deck General (Oceans/Near Coastal)

10. When rendering assistance to personnel in the water a SAR helicopter utilizes a rescue sling for most extractions. In which case would the use of a litter be preferred?

    • A.When the person is not trained in the use of the rescue sling
    • B.When the person is suffering from fatigue
    • C.When the person is suffering from hypothermia
    • D.When the person has a pacemaker and static discharge is a concern
    Show answer

    C. When the person is suffering from hypothermia

    Q411, Towing Deck Safety (Oceans/Near Coastal)

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).