Coast guard and maritime safety aptitude

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for coast guard and maritime safety aptitude selection in the rail, transit, road transport, maritime, and logistics sector with 5 skill areas: safety judgment, situational judgment, numerical reasoning, map and route reasoning and critical thinking. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Safety judgment — Hazard recognition, safe sequencing, escalation, and risk controls.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Map and route reasoning — Directions, coordinates, schedules, routes, and navigation constraints.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. On a coastal watch, a Mayday from a small craft 8 NM offshore and a routine vessel-traffic query arrive together. Best first priority?

   • A. Answer the traffic query first to keep commercial flow
   • B. Ask the small craft to call back after lunch
   • C. Ignore both until the next scheduled radio check
   • D. Confirm Mayday details, initiate rescue coordination, and defer the routine query

2. A lookout reports a vessel crossing ahead with risk of collision if both hold course. Best educational bridge action?

   • A. Assume the other vessel will alter and keep speed
   • B. Sound five short blasts then leave the bridge
   • C. Assess COLREGS roles early, slow or alter deliberately, and communicate intentions
   • D. Turn hard toward the other vessel without assessing

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.