Part of the MCA orals pass
OOW Part A practice test: 15 questions in 40 minutes
15 questions × 4 test points · 40 minutes · Topic minimums · Mark for review
The Part A format from MIN 690: 15 questions of four test points in 40 minutes, three each on the Collision Regulations, IALA buoyage and navigational procedures and one on each other topic. The result checks every topic against its MCA minimum (90%, 90%, 80% and 50%).
Before you start
- The MCA oral is a spoken interview with an MCA examiner. These are knowledge drills for it, with the model answer an examiner would expect after every question; they are not a simulation of the interview. The timed test copies the format of the OOW Part A computer-based exam.
- Every question has four options and one correct answer. The model answer says why the answer is right and why the most tempting wrong answer is wrong, in the words you would use to an examiner. Lights, shapes and buoys are shown as simple drawings with a written description.
- You can skip questions, go back, change answers and mark questions for review. The clock keeps running in background tabs and reloads; when time runs out, your answers are submitted. The MCA does not publish the on-screen format of its test points, so this test copies the structure and minimums, not the screens.
Original practice questions written from the MCA deck oral exam syllabus (MIN 653), the COLREG 1972 as applied by MSN 1781 and the IALA Maritime Buoyage System; they are not MCA questions or questions reported by candidates. The real oral is a spoken interview with an MCA examiner, and this is knowledge practice for it, not a simulation of the interview. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.