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Engineering Safety - USCG Exam Questions

Engine room safety: firefighting and fire prevention, confined space entry, pollution regulations, and safe work practices.

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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  1. #1 After measuring the length to which a section of shoring should be cut, you should cut the shoring __________.
  2. #3 Wooden shoring is used in shipboard damage control to __________.
  3. #6 In a compartment that has been completely flooded with water, the greatest pressure will be exerted __________.
  4. #7 Progressive flooding in the engine room may be minimized by securing watertight boundaries and __________.
  5. #8 Your ship has run aground and it is necessary to determine whether or not a compartment has flooded. Therefore, you should __________.
  6. #9 Following a grounding, you can best determine that a SLACK fuel oil tank has been holed by __________.
  7. #10 An acceptable method of temporarily sealing a crack formed in the hull of a vessel is to __________.
  8. #11 It is generally not advisable to drive a wedge into a crack occurring in the hull because wedges __________.
  9. #13 In an emergency, a hole in the hull below the waterline, not over three inches in diameter, can be temporarily sealed by __________.
  10. #15 Before CPR is started on the victim, you should __________.
  11. #16 In order to initiate CPR on a drowning victim, __________.
  12. #17 The MOST important element in administering CPR is __________.
  13. #19 While you are fighting a fire in a smoke-filled compartment one of your shipmates falls sustaining a severe laceration and ceases breathing. Your FIRS...
  14. #20 In managing a situation involving multiple injuries, the rescuer must be able to __________.
  15. #23 You are making a round of the engine room and approaching the motor driven cargo pumps and discover a person laying at the foot of the ladder. What ac...
  16. #24 The rescuer can best provide an airtight seal during mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by pinching the victim's nostrils and __________.
  17. #26 Artificial respiration may be necessary in cases of __________.
  18. #27 If vomiting occurs during a resuscitation effort, the best immediate procedure to follow is __________.
  19. #28 In all but the most severe cases, bleeding from a wound should be controlled by __________.
  20. #29 A tourniquet should be used to control bleeding only __________.
  21. #30 A person has suffered a laceration of the arm. Severe bleeding has been controlled by using a sterile dressing and direct pressure. Which of the follo...
  22. #31 Bleeding from a vein may be ordinarily controlled by __________.
  23. #32 Antiseptics are used principally to __________.
  24. #34 The most effective first aid treatment for chemical burns is to immediately __________.
  25. #36 Basic emergency care for an electrical burn is to __________.
  26. #37 If someone suffers a heart attack and has ceased breathing, you should __________.
  27. #38 If a person gets battery acid in their eye while filling a battery, they should FIRST wash the eye with __________.
  28. #39 If a person gets something in his eye and you observe that it is not embedded, you can __________.
  29. #40 A crew member has suffered possible frostbite to the toes of both feet. You should __________.
  30. #41 Treatment of heat exhaustion should consist of __________.
  31. #43 Physical exertion on the part of a person who has fallen into cold water can __________.
  32. #44 The most effective warming treatment for a crew member suffering from hypothermia is __________.
  33. #45 Persons who have swallowed a non-petroleum based poison are given large quantities of warm, soapy water or warm salt water to __________.
  34. #46 If there is no head injury, extreme physical discomfort or difficulty in breathing, a patient in shock should be placed in which of the positions list...
  35. #47 Which of the following is NOT a treatment for traumatic shock?
  36. #48 Which of the following symptoms may be observed in a victim of cardiac arrest as a result of electric shock?
  37. #49 Which of the following conditions is a symptom of a person in shock?
  38. #50 When treating a person for shock, you should wrap the victim in warm coverings to __________.
  39. #52 First aid treatment for small cuts and open wounds is to __________.
  40. #54 A person reports to you with a fishhook in his thumb. To remove it you should __________.
  41. #55 The bypass valve on a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bypasses __________.
  42. #56 Which unit will provide excellent mobility to the wearer in an unsafe atmosphere and provide oxygen to sustain life?
  43. #57 Why should you wear a self-contained breathing apparatus before entering a closed compartment to fight a fire?
  44. #60 What is the maximum reliable shelf life of a filter gas mask canister if the seal is unbroken?
  45. #63 Clean air standards, referred to as 'Grade D', apply to compressed air for use in __________.
  46. #64 The external flotation bladder on an immersion suit should be inflated __________.
  47. #65 If for any reason it is necessary to abandon ship while far at sea, it is important for the crew members to __________.
  48. #68 The sea painter on a rescue boat should be led __________.
  49. #69 Which of the following conditions represents the appropriate time for setting off distress flares and rockets?
  50. #70 Immediately after abandoning a vessel, lookouts should be posted aboard life rafts to look for __________.
  51. #71 When launching an inflatable life raft, you should make sure that the operating cord is __________.
  52. #73 Most lifeboats are equipped with __________.
  53. #76 While adrift in an inflatable life raft in hot, tropical weather __________.
  54. #77 The purpose of the four water pockets, located on the underside at each corner of the raft, is to __________.
  55. #79 In order to retrieve an inflatable life raft and place it on deck, you should heave on the __________.
  56. #80 The air spaces in the floor of an inflatable raft will provide protection against __________.
  57. #81 The canopy of your life raft should __________.
  58. #82 Using a sea anchor when in a life raft will __________.
  59. #83 You have abandoned ship and are in charge of a life raft. How much water per day should you permit each occupant to drink after the first 24 hours?
  60. #86 Why is an upper limit switch used when raising the lifeboat?
  61. #87 The hand brake of a lifeboat winch is __________.
  62. #88 In order for the automatic lifeboat drain to operate properly __________.
  63. #89 Which of the lifeboat parts listed must be painted bright red?
  64. #91 When lowering lifeboats as the vessel is pitching in heavy seas, a good practice is to rig frapping lines __________.
  65. #92 The purpose of the wire stretched between the lifeboat davit heads is to __________.
  66. #93 When a helicopter is lifting personnel from an enclosed lifeboat, the other individuals in the boat should __________.
  67. #94 Your vessel is equipped with totally enclosed lifeboats. Which of the following statements is correct should the boat be enveloped in flames?
  68. #96 A self-righting survival craft will return to an upright position provided that all personnel __________.
  69. #97 When the survival craft is supplied with bottles of compressed air, they are used for __________.
  70. #98 While retrieving the survival craft, the engine should be stopped __________.
  71. #99 Using a sea anchor with the survival craft will __________.
  72. #100 To activate an air regeneration canister on a survival craft, you __________.
  73. #101 With the sprinkler system and air system on, and all hatches shut, the survival craft will be protected from __________.
  74. #102 When inspecting a survival craft, you should check to make sure that the __________.
  75. #103 When collecting condensation for drinking water, __________.
  76. #104 Provided every effort is used to preserve body moisture content by avoiding perspiration, how long is it normally possible to survive in a survival cr...
  77. #105 When a rescue vessel approaches a survival craft in heavy seas, the person in charge of the survival craft should __________.
  78. #106 The survival craft engine is fueled with __________.
  79. #107 An 'on-load' release system on a survival craft means the cable can be released __________.
  80. #108 Who is responsible for lowering the survival craft?
  81. #110 During fueling operations oil is detected in the water adjacent to your vessel. If however, it is determined to be from some source other than your ve...
  82. #111 When you have completed bunkering operations, the hoses should be __________.
  83. #112 The most critical part of the bunkering operations, which can result in an oil spill, is when the __________.
  84. #113 When the scuppers are plugged and an oil spill occurs on deck, you should __________.
  85. #116 In cleaning up an oil spill, the use of straw or reclaimed paper fibers would be an example of which type of oil removal?
  86. #117 While loading bulk oil, you notice oil on the water near the barge. Which of the following actions should you carry out FIRST?
  87. #118 Small oil spills on deck can be prevented from contaminating any waters by __________.
  88. #119 Where will you find the procedures for the reporting of oil discharge into the water?
  89. #120 During oil transfer operations, who would be responsible to guarantee that the posted transfer procedures are being followed?
  90. #121 The amount of garbage disposed must be entered into the records maintained by each ship and stated in __________.
  91. #123 To prevent oil from escaping into the sea when ballasting through the cargo piping system, you should FIRST __________.
  92. #124 Water ballast placed in a tank that has been crude oil washed, but not water rinsed, shall be regarded as __________.
  93. #127 Which of the following procedures reduces the possibility of an interior ventilation duct fire from rapidly spreading?
  94. #128 When welding or burning aboard a vessel, you must be certain that the space __________.
  95. #129 A fire is considered 'under control' when __________.
  96. #130 The Muster List ("Station Bill") shows each crew lifeboat station, their duties during abandonment, basic instructions, and __________.
  97. #132 In a typical automatic fire alarm system, which of the listed actions will cause an indication of a fire to be given in the annunciator cabinet?
  98. #134 A hand portable CO2 fire extinguisher is effective on burning oil only __________.
  99. #136 If a fire broke out in an automation console, you would first secure the power and then proceed to use which of the listed hand portable fire extingui...
  100. #137 A squeeze-grip type carbon dioxide portable fire extinguisher has been partially discharged. It should be __________.

Engineering Safety questions: what to expect

Q How many Engineering Safety questions are in the Engine pool?

There are 1,109 Engineering 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 Engineering Safety module from the same pool.

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

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

Q Are these the real USCG Engineering 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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