Navigation Aid Review


1. Identify this navigation aid.

A starboard hand daybeacon.
B port hand daybeacon.
C junction daybeacon.
D range daybeacon.
 
 
2. You are travelling upstream and you see this navigation aid ahead. What navigation aid is it, and what should you do ?




 
A Port hand daybeacon. Keep it close to the starboard side of the vessel.
 
B Starboard hand daybeacon. Keep it close to the starboard side of the vessel.
 
C Junction daybeacon. Keep it close to the port side of the vessel.
 
D Port hand daybeacon. Keep it close to the port side of the vessel.
 
 
 3. Name the navigation aid displayed.
 


A east cardinal buoy.
 
B south cardinal buoy.
 
C starboard hand buoy.
 
D west cardinal buoy.
 
 
 4. What is this navigation aid ?
 


A keepout buoy.
B cautionary buoy.
C hazard buoy.
D scientific buoy.
 
 
 
 5. Identify this navigation aid.
 


A information buoy.
B swimming buoy.
C junction buoy.
D scientific buoy.
 
 
 
 6. What is this navigation aid ?
 


A starboard hand daybeacon.
B cautionary buoy.
C diving buoy.
D hazard buoy.
 
 
 
 7. Identify this navigation aid.
 


A hazard buoy.
B cautionary buoy.
C keepout buoy.
D diving buoy.
 
 
 
 8. Name this navigation aid.
 


A diving flag.
B hazard flag.
C diving support vessel "A" flag.
D swimming flag.
 
 
 
 9. Identify this navigation aid.
 


A keep out buoy.
B cautionary buoy.
C scientific buoy.
D hazard buoy.
 
 
 
10. Name the navigation aid displayed.
 

A east cardinal buoy.
B south cardinal buoy.
C starboard hand buoy.
D west cardinal buoy.
 
 
 
11. Which is a correct light flash pattern for a south cardinal buoy ?
 

 
A 3 flashes every 10 seconds
B 6 flashes, 1 long flash in 15 seconds.
C 9 flashes every 15 seconds.
D continuous flashes, 1 per second.
 
 
 
12. Select the "topmark" for an west cardinal buoy.
 

 
A  
 
B  
 
C  
 
D  
 
 
 
13. The safest location, if you see a north cardinal buoy is:
 

 
A   to the south.
B   to the north.
C   at least 10 meters away.
D   at least 50 meters away.
 
 
 
14. What are the colours, from top to bottom, for an east cardinal buoy ?
 

 
A   black - red - black.
B   black - yellow.
C   black - yellow - black.
D   yellow - black - yellow.
 
 
 
15. Which is the light flash pattern for a west cardinal buoy ?
 



A 6 very quick flashes and 1 long flash
at intervals of 10 seconds
 (VQ(6) + LFl) 10s .
 
B 3 very quick flashes every 5 seconds
 VQ(3) 5s .
 
C 9 very quick flashes every 10 seconds
 VQ(9) 10s .
 
D continuous very quick flashes
 (VQ) .5s .
 
 
 
16. Name the navigation aid displayed.
 


A starboard hand lateral buoy.
B fairway buoy.
C isolated danger buoy.
D port hand lateral buoy.
 
 
 
17. The shape of the top of a starboard hand spar buoy is:
 
 
A cone, pointed upwards.
B flat.
C rounded.
D zig-zag saw pattern.
 
 
 
18. Identify this navigation aid.


 
A control buoy.
 
B scientific buoy.
 
C information buoy.
 
D mooring buoy.
 
 
 
 
19. When heading downstream, a vessel shall:
 
 
A keep the green port hand buoy close and to the starboard side of the vessel.
 
B keep the red starboard hand buoy close and to the starboard side of the vessel.
 
C keep the green port hand buoy close and to the port side of the vessel.
 
D keep the red starboard hand buoy close and to the port side of the vessel.
 
 
 
 
20. Identify this navigation aid.


 
A control buoy.
 
B scientific buoy.
 
C information buoy.
 
D mooring buoy.
 
 
 
 
21. Starboard hand lateral buoys are:
 
 
A green and even numbered.
 
B green and odd numbered.
 
C red and even numbered.
 
D red and odd numbered.
 
 
 
22. Identify this navigation aid.


 
A control buoy.
 
B mooring buoy.
 
C scientific buoy.
 
D information buoy.
 
 
 
 
23. What navigation aid is shown ?



 
A information buoy.
 
B scientific buoy.
 
C control buoy.
 
D mooring buoy.
 
 
 
 
24. What is this navigation aid ?


 
A anchorage buoy.
 
B mooring buoy.
 
C control buoy.
 
D information buoy.
 
 
 
 
25. Identify the navigation aid shown.


 
A scientific buoy.
 
B mooring buoy.
 
C construction buoy.
 
D anchorage buoy.