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Safety - USCG Exam Questions

Firefighting, lifesaving appliances and survival craft, emergency procedures, first aid, and pollution prevention regulations.

Every question below is a real U.S. Coast Guard exam question with four choices. Answer one and the correct choice is revealed instantly, with the USCG reference and illustration where the question uses one.

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Questions 301–400 of 3,245 · page 4 of 33

  1. #358 The color of the signal flare sent up by a submarine to indicate an emergency is __________.
  2. #359 The color of the signal flares sent up by a submarine about to surface from periscope depth is __________.
  3. #360 The color of the signal flares sent up by a submarine surfacing from periscope depth is __________.
  4. #361 A yellow signal, floating in the air from a parachute, about 300 feet above the water, indicates that a submarine __________.
  5. #362 The color of the signal flare sent up by a submarine coming to periscope depth is __________.
  6. #363 What is the color of the signal flare sent up by a submarine indicating that a torpedo has been fired in a training exercise?
  7. #364 During a training exercise a submarine indicating that a torpedo has been fired will send up smoke from a float. What color will the smoke be?
  8. #365 What is the color of the signal flare sent up by a submarine about to surface due to an emergency condition?
  9. #366 You are on the beach and want to signal to a small boat in distress that your present location is dangerous and that they should land to the left. How...
  10. #367 Which signal would be used by a shore rescue unit to indicate "Landing here highly dangerous"?
  11. #368 Which one of the following signals is made at night by a lifesaving station to indicate "Landing here highly dangerous"?
  12. #369 By day, what does the horizontal motion of a white flag, or arms extended horizontally, by a person on the beach indicate?
  13. #370 What is the signal used with shore lifesaving equipment to indicate, "Affirmative"?
  14. #371 What may the firing of a red star signal mean?
  15. #372 Which is the lifesaving signal for, "This is the best place to land"?
  16. #373 What is the signal to guide vessels in distress, indicating, "This is the best place to land"?
  17. #374 By day, what is the signal meaning, "This is the best place to land"?
  18. #375 Which signal is used by a rescue unit to indicate, "Avast hauling"?
  19. #376 You are preparing to take another vessel in tow. Which signal indicates, "Hawser is made fast"?
  20. #377 What is the lifesaving signal used to indicate, "Landing here is highly dangerous"?
  21. #378 An aircraft has indicated that he wants you to change course and follow him. You cannot comply because of an emergency on board. Which signal should y...
  22. #379 An airplane should NOT send which signal in reply to a surface craft?
  23. #380 You have sent a visual signal to an aircraft. The aircraft then flies over your position on a straight course and level altitude. What should you do?
  24. #381 Provided every effort is made to preserve body moisture content by avoiding perspiration, how long is it normally possible to survive without water?
  25. #382 What should you do, following the launching of the survival craft, in an abandon ship scenario?
  26. #383 If you must jump from a vessel, the correct posture includes __________.
  27. #384 What should you do, if help has not arrived in 10-12 hours, after having abandoned your vessel in a survival craft?
  28. #385 When abandoning ship and jumping into the water from a substantial height without a life jacket, you should __________.
  29. #386 Which step should normally be taken FIRST by those who have boarded a liferaft in an emergency?
  30. #387 If you must enter water on which there is an oil fire, you should __________.
  31. #388 If you have to jump in the water when abandoning ship, your legs should be __________.
  32. #389 If you wear extra clothing when entering the water after abandoning ship it will __________.
  33. #390 When a ship is abandoned and there are several liferafts in the water, one of the FIRST things to be done is __________.
  34. #392 All personnel should be familiar with the lifeboats __________.
  35. #393 The abandon ship signal is __________.
  36. #394 During an abandonment or drill, the first person to arrive at the survival craft should __________.
  37. #395 Provided every effort is used to produce, as well as preserve body moisture content by avoiding perspiration, how long is it normally possible to surv...
  38. #396 If your liferaft is to leeward of a fire on the water, you should FIRST __________.
  39. #397 Your ship is sinking rapidly. A container containing an inflatable liferaft has bobbed to the surface upon functioning of the hydrostatic release. Whi...
  40. #398 You have abandoned ship and are in an inflatable raft that has just inflated. You hear a continuous hissing coming from a fitting in a buoyancy tube....
  41. #399 You have just abandoned ship and boarded a raft. After the raft is completely inflated you hear a whistling noise coming from a safety valve. You shou...
  42. #400 If more than one raft is manned after the vessel has sunk, you should __________.
  43. #401 If you are forced to abandon ship in a liferaft, your course of action should be to __________.
  44. #402 If, for any reason, it is necessary to abandon ship while far out at sea, it is important that the crew members should __________.
  45. #403 If you are forced to abandon ship in a lifeboat, you should __________.
  46. #404 After abandoning ship, you should deploy the sea anchor from a liferaft to __________.
  47. #405 If there are a number of survivors in the water after abandoning ship, they should __________.
  48. #406 To keep injured survivors warm in the water after abandoning ship, they should __________.
  49. #407 When abandoning ship, after launching the motor lifeboat you should __________.
  50. #408 If help has not arrived in 10-12 hours after you abandon ship in a lifeboat, you should __________.
  51. #409 Immediately after abandoning a vessel, lookouts should be posted aboard liferafts to look for __________.
  52. #410 What is one of the FIRST things you would do on boarding an inflatable liferaft?
  53. #412 You have hand launched an inflatable liferaft. What should be one of your FIRST actions after all persons have boarded the liferaft?
  54. #414 You have abandoned ship in rough weather. After picking up other survivors in your liferaft, what should you do next?
  55. #415 What is one of the FIRST actions you should take after abandoning and clearing away from a vessel?
  56. #418 Once you have established the daily ration of drinking water in a survival situation, how should you drink it?
  57. #419 If you must swim through an oil fire, you should NOT __________.
  58. #420 You have abandoned ship in tropical waters. Which procedure(s) should be used during a prolonged period in a raft?
  59. #421 When should you first have any food or water after boarding a lifeboat or liferaft?
  60. #422 After abandoning a vessel, water that is consumed within the first 24 hours will __________.
  61. #423 In the first 24 hours after abandoning a vessel, water should be given only to personnel who are __________.
  62. #424 Which statement concerning the sources of drinking water is FALSE?
  63. #425 When collecting condensation for drinking water, __________.
  64. #427 When using the rain water collection tubes on a liferaft, the first collection should be __________.
  65. #428 Seawater may be used for drinking __________.
  66. #429 Drinking salt water will __________.
  67. #430 You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a liferaft or survival craft. How much water per day should you permit each person to have after the firs...
  68. #432 If you are forced to abandon ship in a rescue boat, you should __________.
  69. #433 The sea painter of a rescue boat should be led __________.
  70. #434 If help has not arrived in 10-12 hours after abandoning a vessel in a rescue boat, you should __________.
  71. #435 When evacuating a seaman by helicopter lift, which statement is TRUE?
  72. #436 When evacuating a seaman by helicopter lift, the vessel should be __________.
  73. #437 When evacuating a seaman by helicopter lift, which course should the ship take?
  74. #438 When evacuating a seaman by helicopter lift, which statement is TRUE?
  75. #439 You must evacuate a seaman by helicopter lift. Which statement is TRUE?
  76. #440 You must medevac a critically injured seaman by helicopter hoist. Which statement is TRUE?
  77. #441 A rescue helicopter's hoist area should have a radius of at least __________.
  78. #442 You are at sea and have received a General Emergency message announcing the outbreak of war in Europe. You are directed to comply with the instruction...
  79. #443 The AMVER system requires __________.
  80. #444 What correctly expresses the time of 1122 (ZD +6) on 6 April 1981, for use in an AMVER report?
  81. #445 Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 49°16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into a...
  82. #446 Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 149°16.3'E at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into...
  83. #447 Your voyage planning indicates you will arrive at a waypoint in longitude 149°16.3'W at 0947 ZT on 3 March 1988. How should this date be entered into...
  84. #449 Which of the following statements relating to AMVER (Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue) is TRUE?
  85. #450 After the initial AMVER Position Report, sent by a vessel sailing foreign, subsequent Position Reports must be sent no less frequently than every ____...
  86. #451 The first AMVER position report must be sent within how many hours of departure?
  87. #452 The Sailing Plan, required by vessels participating in AMVER, must be sent __________.
  88. #453 Which statement about AMVER reports is TRUE?
  89. #454 What entry would NOT be shown on the V line of an AMVER report?
  90. #455 What entry would NOT be shown on the V line of an AMVER report?
  91. #456 How should latitude 54°18.9'N be written when preparing an AMVER report?
  92. #457 How should longitude 116°54.9'E be written when preparing an AMVER report?
  93. #458 How should longitude 119°56.3'W be written when preparing an AMVER report?
  94. #459 How should longitude 116°24.3'W be written when preparing an AMVER report?
  95. #460 How should latitude 51°48.7'S be written when preparing an AMVER report?
  96. #461 What is the report identifier code for an AMVER deviation report?
  97. #462 What is the report identifier code for the first AMVER report sent at the start of a voyage?
  98. #463 AMVER is a system which provides __________.
  99. #464 The AMVER system for vessels in the Gulf of Mexico is administered by the __________.
  100. #465 You are in a survival craft broadcasting a distress message. What information would be essential to your rescuers?

Safety questions: what to expect

Q How many Safety questions are in the Deck pool?

There are 3,245 Safety questions on this site, every one released by the U.S. Coast Guard or taken from the National Maritime Center's sample examinations, with its correct answer. The exam draws its Safety module from the same pool.

Q What score do I need to pass the Safety module?

Most USCG exam modules, including Safety, require 70 percent to pass. Rules of the Road modules require 90 percent.

Q Are these the real USCG Safety exam questions?

Yes. They are the published U.S. Coast Guard questions, matched to the National Maritime Center's 2026 sample examinations. Answer any question to see the correct choice, the USCG reference and the illustration where the question uses one.

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