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Engine Exam Questions

On this page you will find all available support materials to prepare for all engineering license and document exams. The Engine Exam Guide provides guidance to the proctors in the examination room at the Regional Examination Centers and other personnel who actively monitor merchant marine applicants in the exam room.
View the Guide - Updated 06/28/2009

Section Title (Book Number)	File Format
General Subjects (Book 11)	Adobe Acrobat	Excel
Electricity (Book 12)	Adobe Acrobat	Excel
Steam Plants (Book 13)	Adobe Acrobat	Excel
Motor Plants and Auxiliary Boilers (Book 14)	Adobe Acrobat	Excel
Engineering Safety (Book 15)	Adobe Acrobat	Excel

Engine Exam Illustrations

Section Title	Part #
General Subject Questions	View All
Motor Plants and Auxiliary Boiler Illustrations	View All
Electrical Illustrations	View All
Steam Generators Illustrations	View All
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Illustrations	View All
Safety Illustrations	View All
Steam Engines Illustrations	View All

New & Revised Exam Questions

The Coast Guard periodically develops new questions for use on its license and documentation examinations as regulations are developed and/or changed. Other questions are developed, reflecting changes in technology in the maritime industry. Additionally, questions used by the Coast Guard are revised to increase clarity by adding and/or deleting punctuation or through the rewording of the questions and its answers. Periodically, questions as described above will be published in this section as indicated by the month of publication. New questions published in this section will begin to be used on licensing and documentation examinations 30 days following their publication. The public is encouraged to read through all questions and submit comments on specific questions to the National Maritime Center. When questions are developed and/or revised, they will be listed below with the month and year they are made available.

New & Revised Engineering Questions - not currently available
New & Revised Engineering Questions - not currently available

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Engineering Exam - Reference Library

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