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Listed below is a table of contents of the questions on this subject as they appear in the new online study. Click on the "Enter Online Study" link above to begin preparing for your exam.

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All New USCG Deck Question Databank 9_20_13
- Navigation Problems
  - Electronic Navigation
    - Time Tick Problems
  - Miscellaneous Navigation Problems
    - Fuel Consumption
      - Direct Ratio - fuel displace.
      - Give Distance, Change Speed
      - No Distance, Change Speed
      - No Distance, Change Fuel
      - Change Distance
    - Speed By Rpm
      - Day's Run
      - Rpm
      - Slip
      - Speed SOA
  - Ocean Track Plotting
    - ETA
    - Great Circle Sailing
      - Initial Course and Distance
      - Longitude of The Vertex
      - Latitude of The Vertex
      - Determine The Parallel of Latitude
    - Mercator Sailing
      - Lat. Long. Course Speed
    - Mid-latitude Sailing
    - Parallel Sailing
      - Lat. Long. arrival - departure
    - Voyage Planning
      - Gnomonic Tracking Chart
  - Terrestrial Navigation
    - Compass Course Problems
      - Compass Error, Leeway
      - Course By Terrestrial Observation
      - Course In Current
      - Deviation Table Construction.
    - Terrestrial Observations
      - Bearing Problems
      - Distance Off
Navigation Problems:
- Chart Plotting
  - Practice Tests
    - 15 Question
      - 22 Practice Tests on Chesapeake Bay Entrance. Chart 12221TR
      - 14 Practice Tests on Long Island Sound - Eastern Part. Chart 12354TR
      - 18 Practice Tests on Block Island Sound. Chart 13205TR
    - 9 Question
      - 6 Practice Tests on Chesapeake Bay Entrance. Chart 12221TR
      - 14 Practice Tests on Long Island Sound - Eastern Part. Chart 12354TR
      - 4 Practice Tests on Block Island Sound. Chart 13205TR
    - Western Rivers
      - 52/10 Question Tests on Western Rivers Chart Problems

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