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Master TV to Master < 500 GRT, Revision & Practice Exams

Master TV to Master < 500 GRT. Built from official USCG NMC sample examinations (public domain).
Content last updated 12 June 2026

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What score do I need to pass the Master TV to Master < 500 GRT exam?

You must pass each module separately. Most modules require 70% to pass.

What modules are on the Master TV to Master < 500 GRT exam?

The exam covers 2 modules: Deck Safety – Stability Problems, Navigation and Deck General – Safety.

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Sample Master TV to Master < 500 GRT practice questions

A selection of free questions from the official USCG sample examinations. Use the interactive modules above for timed, scored drills.

Each crewmember has an assigned firefighting station. Where is this assignment listed?

  1. On the firefighting plan
  2. In the shipping articles
  3. On the Certificate of Inspection
  4. On the muster list ✓

Maritime Administration personnel may be allowed in the pilothouse and on the navigation bridge. Who is responsible for these personnel while in these areas of the vessel?

  1. The Chief Officer
  2. The most senior person present from the Maritime Administration
  3. The Navigational Officer
  4. The Master of the vessel ✓

What prevents water running along the shaft of a leaking centrifugal pump from entering the shaft bearing?

  1. Shaft seal
  2. Lantern ring
  3. Drain hole
  4. Water flinger ✓
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Which statement is TRUE concerning a motor lifeboat?

  1. It is propelled by engine or hand-propelling gear.
  2. It must be able to maintain a loaded speed of 6 knots. ✓
  3. It has a sufficient fuel capacity, if motorized, for 48 hours of operation.
  4. All of the above

The SS AMERICAN MARINER is ready to bunker with drafts of FWD 14'-04", AFT 17'-06". After all bunkers are on board, soundings indicate the tonnages shown in table ST-0180 below. Use the white pages of The Stability Data Reference Book to determine the free surface correction.

  1. 1.15 feet
  2. 1.25 feet
  3. 1.31 feet
  4. 1.48 feet ✓

By what means are indications of the master gyrocompass sent to remote repeaters?

  1. by transmitter ✓
  2. by azimuth motor
  3. by phantom element
  4. by follow-up system

A tug should not come alongside a tank vessel in way of its cargo tanks while it is loading grade A, B, or C cargo without the permission of the __________.

  1. cognizant OCMI
  2. person in charge of the transfer ✓
  3. superintendent of the shoreside facility
  4. local fire department

Who must approve the vessel's trim and stability booklet?

  1. Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
  2. National Cargo Bureau
  3. International Maritime Organization
  4. United States Coast Guard ✓

Why: For U.S. inspected vessels the trim and stability booklet must be approved by the Coast Guard, which reviews the stability data and inclining experiment results during plan approval.

What is a system of reservoirs and connecting tubes in a gyro compass called?

  1. The mercury ballistics ✓
  2. The spider element
  3. The rotor
  4. The gyrotron

Why: The mercury ballistic is the gyrocompass system of reservoirs connected by tubes. Mercury flowing between them under gravity applies the torque that makes the gyro precess toward and settle on the meridian.

The Officers Competency Certificates Convention of 1936 applies to all of these vessels operating seaward of the boundary line. Which vessel is exempt?

  1. An uninspected towing vessel of less than 200 gross tons ✓
  2. An inspected towing vessel of 305 gross tons
  3. A passenger vessel of 295 gross tons
  4. An offshore supply vessel over 200 gross tons

You are docking a vessel. Which statement is TRUE?

  1. You should go in with the current
  2. You should pass a mooring line to the dock and let the crew pull the vessel to
  3. You should go in against the current ✓
  4. You should approach the dock at a 90° angle

What is the displacement of a barge which measures 85' x 46' x 13' and is floating in salt water with a draft of ten feet?

  1. 17.5 tons
  2. 500 tons
  3. 1452 tons
  4. 1117 tons ✓

The sailing drafts are: FWD 23'-02", AFT 24'-06" and the GM is 2.8 feet. Use the information in Section 1, the blue pages, of the Stability Data Reference Book to determine the available righting arm at 30° inclination.

  1. 1.3 feet
  2. 2.5 feet ✓
  3. 3.2 feet
  4. 3.7 feet

At all angles of inclination, which is the true measure of a vessel's stability?

  1. Metacentric height
  2. Inclining moment
  3. Displacement
  4. Righting moment ✓

The SS AMERICAN MARINER is loaded with the cargo shown in table ST-0143 below. Use the white pages of The Stability Data Reference Book to determine the amount of liquid loading required in the double bottom tanks to meet a one compartment standard.

  1. 451 tons
  2. 1126 tons ✓
  3. 1451 tons
  4. 1726 tons

Your vessel measures 122 feet long by 18 feet in beam. If the natural rolling period at a draft of 6'-09" is 5 seconds, what is the GM?

  1. 2.1 feet
  2. 2.5 feet ✓
  3. 1.4 feet
  4. 2.9 feet

Using the information in Section 1, the blue pages, of the Stability Data Reference Book, determine the danger angle for permanent list if the KG is 25.0 feet and the drafts are: FWD 15'-04", AFT 15'-08".

  1. 12°
  2. 17°
  3. 20°
  4. 23° ✓

You are loading in a port subject to the winter load line mark and bound for a port subject to the tropical load line mark. You will enter the summer zone after steaming four days, and you will enter the tropical zone after a total of twelve days. You will consume 39 tons of fuel, water, and stores per day. The hydrometer reading at the loading pier is 1.025, and the average TPI is 49. What is the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage? Reference Table BL-0010 below.

  1. 90 inches ✓
  2. 87 inches
  3. 80 inches
  4. 77 inches

Your sailing drafts are: FWD 14'-04", AFT 16'-02" and the GM is 3.0 feet. What will be the angle of list if #5 port double bottom (capacity 195 tons, VCG 2.6 feet, and 18.5 feet off the centerline) is filled with saltwater? (Use the data in Section 1, the blue pages, of the Stability Data Reference Book)

  1. 8° ✓
  2. 13°
  3. 16°