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USCG NMC Exam Criteria 100 Ton Near Coastal Master 2025
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1. How is a safety shackle identified?
(A) The design of the pin
(B) The certification stamp
(C) The shape
(D) The color code: (A) The design of the pin
2. For safety reasons, a stage should only be rigged in which location?
(A) Over the flat sides of a vessel
(B) Over the dockside of the vessel
(C) Over the bow or stern of a vessel
(D) Over the open water side of the vessel: (D) Over the open water side of the
vessel
3. Using a safety factor of 6, determine the safe working load of manila line
with a breaking stress of 8 tons?
(A) 0.75 tons
(B) 1.25 tons
(C) 1.33 tons
(D) 8.00 tons: (C) 8/6 = 1.33 tons
4. A natural fiber rope can be ruined by dampness. How is the line ruined?
(A) It begins to rot
(B) It shrinks
(C) It stretches
(D) It will unlay: (A) It begins to rot
5. Which type of line is best able to withstand sudden shock loads?
(A) Nylon
(B) Dacron
(C) Manila
(D) Polypropylene: (A) Nylon
6. You are ordering a new block to use with a 3-inch circumference manila line.
Which represents a proper size block for this line?
(A) 9-inch cheek, 6-inch sheave
(B) 8-inch cheek, any size sheave
(C) 6-inch cheek, 4-inch sheave
(D) At least a 12-inch sheave: (A) 9-inch cheek, 6-inch sheave
7. Which is a predictable result of a vessel nearing a bank or edge of a steep
banked channel?
(A) The vessel continues in a straight line, but with greatly reduced maneuver-
ability
(B) The vessel will be drawn bodily into the bank unless the engines are
stopped
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(C) The bow sheers toward the bank
(D) The stern is drawn to the bank as the bow sheers off: (D) The stern is drawn
to the bank as the bow sheers off.
8. When you enter shallow water, which describes your vessel's rudder re-
sponse and speed variations?
(A) The response will improve and your speed will decrease
(B) The response will improve and your speed will increase
(C) The response will be sluggish and your speed will decrease
(D) The response will be sluggish and your speed will increase: (D) The re-
sponse will be sluggish and your speed will decrease.
9. A vessel traveling down a narrow channel, especially if the draft is nearly
equal to the depth of the water, may set off the nearer side. What is the name
of this effect?
(A) Squatting
(B) Bank cushion
(C) Bank suction
(D) Smelling the bottom: (B) Bank cushion
10. Which statement is TRUE concerning River currents?
(A) The currents pick up speed where the channel widens
(B) The currents run slower in the center of the channel as opposed to the
sides
(C) Currents cause the greatest depth of water on the outside of a bend
(D) A current will hug the inside of a bend: (C) Currents cause the greatest depth
of water on the outside of a bend.
11. What is the main function of the center stud in an anchor chain?
(A) It is designed to aid in the placement of the chain on the wildcat
(B) It is designed to add holding power to the chain
(C) It prevents the links from closing under strain
(D) It prevents the links from fouling on each other: (C) It prevents the links from
closing under strain.
12. You have arrived at your anchorage location. You have put the engines
astern prior to letting go the anchor. How will you know when the vessel has
stopped making way?
(A) The ship's Doppler log reads zero
(B) An azimuth bearing on the beam remains steady
(C) The backwash of the propeller reaches amidships
(D) All of the above: (C) The backwash of the propeller reaches amidships.
13. Which statement is TRUE when using the anchor to steady the bow while
approaching a dock?
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(A) Using an offshore anchor decreases the chances of the anchor holding
(B) Steering control is ineffective in trying to turn to the side opposite to that
of the anchor being used
(C) The vessel will tend to take a large sheer towards the side where the anchor
is down
(D) The anchor cable must never lead under the hull: (A) Using an offshore
anchor decreases the chances of the anchor holding.
14. You are using the anchor to steady the bow while maneuvering. When do
you know you have the proper scope of anchor cable out?
(A) When the cable enters the water at an angle between 60° and 85° from the
horizontal
(B) If the scope is not more than 5 times the depth of the water
(C) When the anchor is just touching the bottom
(D) When the bow is held in position with the engines coming slowly ahead: (D)
When the bow is held in position with the engines coming slowly ahead.
15. You are docking a vessel. When are the wind and current most favorable
in this situation?
(A) When they are crossing your course, both in the same direction
(B) When they are crossing your course, in opposite directions to the other
(C) When they are both setting you on the pier
(D) When they are both parallel to the pier from ahead: (D) When they are both
parallel to the pier from ahead
16. When the period of beam seas equals the natural rolling period of a vessel,
what will most likely occur?
(A) Excessive rolling
(B) Excessive pitching
(C) Excessive yawing
(D) No change should be evident: (A) Excessive rolling
17. When making way in heavy seas you notice that your vessel's screw
is being lifted clear of the water and racing. Which action will correct the
situation?
(A) Shift the rudder back and forth several times o
(B) Increase the vessel's speed
(C) Shift more weight forward
(D) Decrease the vessel's speed: (D) Decrease the vessel's speed
18. Which term defines when a vessel is swinging from side to side off course
due to quartering seas?
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(A) Rolling
(B) Yawing
(C) Pitchpoling
(D) Broaching: (B) Yawing
19. When is the effect of wind on exposed areas of the vessel most noticeable?
(A) When going slow ahead
(B) When turning
(C) When backing
(D) When going full ahead: (C) When backing
20. When turning a ship in restricted space with a strong wind, which is the
BEST action to take?
(A) Go ahead on both engines with the rudder hard to one side, if on a
twin-screw vessel
(B) Back down with the rudder hard to one side, if on a single-screw vessel
(C) Take advantage of the tendency to back to port, if on a twin-screw vessel
(D) Turn so that the tendency to back into the wind can be used, if on a
single-screw vessel: (D) Turn so that the tendency to back into the wind can be
used, if on a single-screw vessel
21. When passing a moored vessel in a narrow channel which actions will help
minimize wake damage?
(A) Reduce speed and make a notation in the bell book
(B) Check the rudder several times while passing the vessel
(C) Stay on outside of channel and make a notation in the logbook
(D) Go half astern when abeam of the moored vessel: (A) Reduce speed and
make a notation in the bell book
22. The possibility of wake damage can be reduced by following which action?
(A) Passing close aboard to the moored vessel
(B) Alternate engine speeds
(C) Apply rudder in both port and starboard directions
(D) Slow down when passing moored vessels: (D) Slow down when passing
moored vessels
23. If you observe any situation which presents a safety or pollution hazard
during fuel transfer operations, what action should you take FIRST?
(A) Sound the fire alarm
(B) Shut down the transfer operation
(C) Close the valves at the transfer manifold
(D) Notify the person in charge of the shore facility: (B) Shut down the transfer
operation
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