OUPV - NAVIGATION GENERAL (Aids to Navigation) Quiz -

NAVIGATION GENERAL (Aids to Navigation) Quiz

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

On a nautical chart, the height of a light is usually given from:

a) Height of your eyes.

b) Mean high water

c) Fifteen Feet

d) Mean low water

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

How are Preferred Channels marked?

a) Black and red horizontal bands.

b) Black can buoys.

c) Red and green horizontal bands.

d) Black and white vertically striped buoys.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Buoys or Navigational marks used for regulatory purposes or warnings are:

a) Solid yellow.

b) Orange and white horizontally striped.

c) Red and white vertically striped.

d) Green and red horizontally striped.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A Preferred Channel buoy with a top band of green would have what color lights?

a) Red or white lights

b) Green lights only

c) White lights only

d) Green or white lights

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

What period would an occulting light have?

a) A period of light greater than that of dark.

b) A period of light less than that of dark.

c) An equal period of dark and light.

d) A longer period of light than an oscillating light.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A short-long light pattern is on what type of buoy?

a) An obstruction.

b) A safe water marker.

c) A wreck.

d) A range light.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

“Fixed Light” would be abbreviated on a nautical chart:

a) FL.

b) Fi.

c) F.

d) Fx.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

When lit, information markers will display:

a) Yellow lights.

b) Green lights.

c) White lights.

d) Red lights.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which statement is true regarding safe water buoys?

a) Even numbered.

b) Odd numbered.

c) Even numbered or lettered.

d) Not numbered.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

You enter a channel marked with a range and observe the lower section of the range to your left. What should you do?

a) Alter course to the right.

b) Alter course to the left.

c) Continue on course.

d) Check the light list to see if the range is aligned.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A yellow buoy would be:

a) A safe water buoy.

b) A junction buoy.

c) A cardinal mark.

d) A special purpose mark.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

What type of light would be changing color?

a) Changing.

b) Alternating.

c) Reciprocating.

d) Occulting.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

What does the abbreviation AERO RBN stand for?

a) Radar responder beacon

b) Aeronautical Radio beacon

c) Radar Reflector

d) Red Beacon

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

If lighted, what color light would a red buoy would show?

a) White only

b) White or red

c) Red only

d) Would not be lighted

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The Federal Aids to Navigation are maintained by the:

a) Corps of engineers

b) Coast Guard

c) National Ocean Service

d) Maritime Administration

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which of the following is true of a nun buoy?

a) Green in color.

b) Even numbered.

c) Cylindrical in shape.

d) On the left when returning from sea.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

What color would a triangular daymark be?

a) Red.

b) Red and white.

c) Green.

d) Green and white.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

You are entering a channel from seaward. A starboard side daymark will:

a) Show a fixed red light if lighted.

b) Show Morse (A) white light.

c) Be square in shape.

d) Have an even number, if numbered.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A Composite group-flashing light on a buoy would indicate:

a) Preferred Channel.

b) Fish net area.

c) Anchorage area.

d) Dredging area.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

What type of daymark is white with an orange border?

a) A special mark.

b) An information and regulatory mark.

c) A lateral aid on the Intercoastal Waterway.

d) A safe water mark.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Intercoastal Waterways are marked by:

a) The letters ICW after the aid’s number or letter.

b) Yellow stripes, squares, or triangles marked on them.

c) White retroreflective material.

d) The light characteristics and color for lighted aids.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The nominal range listed in column 6 of the light list is in:

a) Nautical miles.

b) Statute miles.

c) Feet.

d) Meters.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The height of a light at mean high water as described in column 5 of the light list is listed in:

a) Meters.

b) Fathoms.

c) Feet.

d) Yards.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

In the light list, the abbreviation “MO” stands for?

a) Miles off shore

b) Morse Code

c) Montana

d) Mooring Facility

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

In the IALA (International Association of Lighthouse Authorities), what is the RRR Rule?

a) Red Right Reversing

b) Three red buoys in a row

c) Red Right Returning

d) Three ranges

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Information regarding the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico would be found in which Light List volume?

a) Volume I

b) Volume II

c) Volume III

d) Volume IV

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

If lit, what color light would an isolated danger buoy have?

a) White

b) Red

c) Green

d) Yellow

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

An octagonal (eight-sided) daymark with red and white vertical stripes would indicate:

a) Safe Water.

b) Preferred Channel.

c) Special Purpose.

d) Starboard Marker.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A buoy with a green light flashing two plus one would indicate:

a) Starboard side buoy

b) Port side buoy

c) Safe water marker

d) Preferred channel

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which of the following statements is not true regarding safe water marks?

a) They may have white reflective material.

b) They may be lettered.

c) If lit they will always flash a morse code A white light.

d) They may be odd or even numbered.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which of the following lights would indicate a safe water mark as you are returning home at night?

a) Red occulting light

b) Green isophase light

c) White light flashing Morse Code A

d) Yellow fixed light

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Starboard buoys can’t have which of the following light characteristics?

a) Morse Code A

b) Flashing

c) Occulting

d) Quick flashing

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Port side buoys can’t have which of the following light characteristics?

a) Flashing twice

b) Fixed

c) Isophase

d) Flashing

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

If lit, what color light would a special purpose mark have?

a) Red

b) Yellow

c) Green

d) White

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which of the following characteristics would a special purpose mark with a yellow light have?

a) Fixed

b) Occulting

c) Isophase

d) Morse Code A

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The Local Notice to Mariners are published by:

a) NOAA

b) NMF

c) GPO

d) Each Coast Guard District

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A red spherical topmark designating the middle of the channel would be:

a) Starboard buoys

b) Port daymarks

c) Safe water marks

d) Special purpose marks

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The preferred channel through a bridge is:

a) Marked by three white lights in a vertical line above the green light.

b) Marked by 3 red lights in a vertical line.

c) Painted reflective yellow.

d) Not marked.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

In the Light List, Radar Beacons would be abbreviated as:

a) RBN

b) RACONS

c) R

d) RA REF

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A world-wide three-dimensional navigation system utilizing satellites is:

a) RBN

b) GPS

c) RACON

d) ODAS

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

The symbol “Oc” on a nautical chart would indicate:

a) Occasional

b) Eclipse

c) Occulting

d) None of the above

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which of the following is/are true regarding a nun buoy?

a) Even numbered

b) Red in color

c) Red reflective material

d) All of the above

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

A white buoy with a blue band would be a:

a) Safe water mark.

b) Special Purpose Mark.

c) Isolated danger.

d) Mooring buoy.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

On a nautical chart, what does the abbreviation PA stand for?

a) Position approximate

b) Position accurate

c) Possible atoll

d) Possible alternate

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Glare from a town in the background may affect the range a light may be seen. It is likely:

a) Considerably reduced.

b) Increased slightly due to extra lighting.

c) Unchanged.

d) Increased if the light is red and white due to contrast with the red.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Why should you allow for sufficient clearance when navigating under bridges or cables?

a) Wave action

b) Arcing

c) Tidal anomalies

d) Construction repairs

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Vertical clearances of draw bridges marked on charts and found in Coast Pilots are shown in which position?

a) Closed

b) Open

c) 45 degrees open

d) 90 degrees open

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Where would bridge clearance gauges be located?

a) Left side pier

b) Center of bridge

c) Right side on both the upstream and downstream piers

d) All of the above

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

Which statement is true regarding red and green drawbridge lights?

a) Red lights are visible in the open position.

b) Green lights are visible in the closed position.

c) Red lights are visible on the upstream side; green lights are visible on the downstream side.

d) Red lights are visible when closed and green lights are visible when open.

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Category: OUPV – NAVIGATION GENERAL – Aids to Navigation

How often are Local Notice to Mariners published?

a) Daily

b) Weekly

c) Monthly

d) Yearly

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