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MARINE NAV IGATION 207

STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS CRITICAL THINKING

1. A. \·Vhat arc the four main categories of constructed 1. List the attributes of an ideal night navigation aid.
navigational aids?
2. \Vbat are the similarities between land navigation aids, such as
B. \·Vhat is their purpose? signs alongside a highway, to navigation aids along a channel
through water?
2. A. What are light lists?
B. What is their purpose?
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3. \'Vhat are the three principal characteristics of navigational
lights? Briefl)' describe each.
light tower Intracoastal '·Vaterway
4. What is the visibility of a light? daybeacon chart s),mbols
5. What is the purpose of a lighthouse? da)lmark spar buoy
6. \·Vhat is a light tower? period (of light) can buoy
light characteristic nun buoy
7. What is the purpose ofbuo)'s?
buo)' combination buoy
8. Why must buo)'s alone not be depended upon for piloting?
9. What are the eight main types ofbuo)'s'
10. A. How are buo)'s colored in the United States?
13. \·Vhat is the jingle used as a reminder for red buoys?
11. A. How are buo)'s numbered?
B. How are channel buo),s lighted?
12. What is a da)'beacon?
13. A. \·Vhat is a range on a channel?
B. Where are ranges used a great deal for piloting?
14. A. What is the name of the inland channel in which Iight-
draft vessels can navigate from the Chesapeake Bay almost
to the ~vlexica n border without going into the ocean?
B. What is the significant color identi~'ing all buo)'s,
daymarks, or light structures along this channel?