USCG Exam Preparation provides recreational seafarers and trade seafarers a convenient and accessible platform to study for the US FCC and Coast Guard licensure exams.
Whether you're studying for the FCC Deck, Engine, or Radio licensing exam, seeking limited or unlimited certification, or just refreshing your knowledge, USCG Exam Prep will help you achieve your licensing goals.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) does include meteorology as part of its licensing and certification exams for mariners. The meteorology exam is typically a component of the "Deck General and Navigation General" module for individuals seeking a deck officer license.
The USCG Meteorology exam assesses a mariner's knowledge of meteorological principles, weather patterns, weather hazards, and their ability to interpret weather information for safe navigation. Some of the topics that may be covered in the exam include:
Basic meteorological principles: Understanding weather systems, air masses, fronts, pressure systems, and atmospheric circulation patterns.
Weather hazards: Recognition and response to weather-related hazards such as storms, squalls, fog, hurricanes, and tropical cyclones.
Weather forecasting: Interpretation of weather forecasts, synoptic charts, weather reports, and weather routing information.
Meteorological instruments: Familiarity with meteorological instruments used for onboard weather observation and forecasting.
Meteorological terminology: Understanding and using meteorological terminology and abbreviations.
Practical applications: Applying meteorological knowledge to make informed decisions for safe navigation and route planning.
Exam preparation is divided into 13 parts, each of which has more than 30 questions
Application features : - Includes charts and diagrams that can be zoomed in/out to make it easier to answer related questions - Multiple-choice exercise - There are 2 hints (Hint or Knowledge, Add TIME for answering) - More than 30 questions in one part. - Review the answers for the topic's learning materials. - Setting delay time to answer the questions and it can be on/off. - Setting for the total number of questions that will appear per topic/ exam, the actual number of questions will be selected by the system if it is less than what has been set.
