Posted:
July 8, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center announced it will remove and will no longer be posting 'actual' mariner examination questions on the NMC Web site. Effective July 12, 2010, the full set of deck and engineering questions and answers will be removed from the NMC Web site and replaced with sample questions.
"Recognizing that many customers use the examination questions to prepare for required mariner examinations, the NMC will post similar sample questions that are published in Coast Guard publications and periodicals," according to the announcement. "The Coast Guard is removing the deck and engine exam questions from the Web site to protect the integrity of the exam and the Coast Guard's regulation of licensed mariners."
Sample deck and engine exam questions can be found on the NMC Web site at:
NMC to remove 'actual' mariner exam questions from public Web site
The U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center announced it will remove and will no longer be posting 'actual' mariner examination questions on the NMC Web site. Effective July 12, 2010, the full set of deck and engineering questions and answers will be removed from the NMC Web site and replaced with sample questions.
"Recognizing that many customers use the examination questions to prepare for required mariner examinations, the NMC will post similar sample questions that are published in Coast Guard publications and periodicals," according to the announcement. "The Coast Guard is removing the deck and engine exam questions from the Web site to protect the integrity of the exam and the Coast Guard's regulation of licensed mariners."
Sample deck and engine exam questions can be found on the NMC Web site at:
- http://uscg.mil/nmc/training/2010q3_sample_deck_questions.pdf
- http://uscg.mil/nmc/training/2010q3_sample_engineering_questions.pdf