102 Chapter Two
12. What two placards are required on boats 26 feet and
longer?
a. No smoking and USCG Required Equipment list
b. Prohibited Discharge of Oil and Discharge of
Garbage
c. Boat registration or documentation and Use of
VHF Radio
d. Location of safety equipment and Waterways
Watch Phone Number
13. When entering a marked channel from the sea, you
observe red and green colored buoys. How do you
steer the boat with regard to these navigation aids?
a. Keep the red markers on your starboard side.
b. Keep the green markers to starboard.
c. Observe the green markers and evenly numbered
markers only.
d. Keep the red markers to port.
14. What is the defi nition of the term “iso” as used on
lighted aids to navigation?
a. The light is on except for a short dark period.
b. The light has equal amounts of light and dark.
c. The light has a long pause, followed by a short
fl ash.
d. The light has a short pause, followed by a long
fl ash.
15. What is the signifi cance of a buoy with red and white
vertical stripes and red topmark?
a. part of a range
b. a safe water mark indicating the center of a channel
c. a special anchorage mark
d. a special purpose mark installed by the military
16. What is the signifi cance of a buoy with horizontal
bands of both red and green colors?
a. This is an isolated range mark.
b. This is a special mark; consult your chart.
c. This is a preferred channel mark; the preferred
channel is indicated by the color of the top band.
d. This marks a special anchorage.
17. What equipment is required on your boat to operate
at night?
a. a spotlight
b. a VHF radio
c. proper navigation lights for your vessel
d. RADAR
18. You are overtaking a boat and give two short blasts. He
responds with fi ve short blasts. What is he indicating?
a. It is OK to pass on my port side.
b. It is OK to pass on my starboard side.
c. I disagree, do not pass.
d. Pass but be alert.
19. You are in a 28 foot powerboat entering a fog bank.
After slowing to safe speed, what sound signals do you
make?
a. One prolonged blast followed by two short blasts
every two minutes
b. Two prolonged blasts every two minutes
c. One prolonged blast every two minutes
d. One prolonged blast every fi ve minutes
20. Where will the marks in the lateral system of navigation
aids be placed?
a. the best locations to anchor
b. obstructions in the channel
c. the port and starboard sides of the channel
d. the sides of the vessel
21. What is the function of “ranges” as used in navigable
waters?
a. are seldom lighted
b. always contain three marks
c. indicate the centerline of a channel
d. if lighted, are lighted with a white light