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HARBOR PILOT – STATE MARITIME PILOT EXAM
ACTUAL VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE.pdf
Which navigational mark may only be lettered?
A. An unlighted green, can buoy
B. A spherical buoy
C. A red buoy
D. A port side dayshape - Answer-A spherical buoy
A white buoy with a blue band is...
A. An isolated danger mark
B. A hydrographic data collection buoy
C. A mooring buoy
D. Marking a restricted area - Answer-A mooring buoy
Under the IALA-B Buoyage System, a conical buoy will
be...
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A. Red in color
B. Numbered with an odd number
C. Left to port when entering from seaward
D. All of the above - Answer-Red in color
Chart legends printed in capital letters show that the
associated landmark is...
A. Inconspicuous
B. Conspicuous
C. A government facility or station
D. A radio transmitter - Answer-Conspicuous
What feature(s) of a daymark is (are) used to identify the
beacon upon which it is mounted?
A. Color and shape
B. Size
C. Method of construction
D. Signal characteristics - Answer-Color and shape
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Under IALA-B buoyage system, when entering from
seaward, a buoy that should be left to port will be...
A. Black
B. Red
C. Green
D. Yellow - Answer-Green
In which source could you find the number of a chart for a
certain geographic area?
A. Chart No. 1
B. Catalog of Charts
C. American Practical Navigator
D. U.S. Coast Guard Light List - Answer-Catalog of
Charts
What daymark shape is used in the lateral system?
A. Semicircle
B. Triangle
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C. Pentagon
D. Diamond - Answer-triangle
Mariners are first warned of serious defects or important
changes to aids to navigation by means of...
A. Marine broadcast notice to mariners
B. Weekly Notice to Mariners
C. Corrected editions of charts
D. Light Lists - Answer-Marine broadcast notice to
mariners
The light rhythm of Morse (A) is shown on...
Preferred-channel buoys
Starboard or port-side buoys
Special marks
Safe water buoys - Answer-Safe water buoys
What are the colors of a mid-channel daymark?
A. Black and red
HARBOR PILOT – STATE MARITIME PILOT EXAM
ACTUAL VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE.pdf
Which navigational mark may only be lettered?
A. An unlighted green, can buoy
B. A spherical buoy
C. A red buoy
D. A port side dayshape - Answer-A spherical buoy
A white buoy with a blue band is...
A. An isolated danger mark
B. A hydrographic data collection buoy
C. A mooring buoy
D. Marking a restricted area - Answer-A mooring buoy
Under the IALA-B Buoyage System, a conical buoy will
be...
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A. Red in color
B. Numbered with an odd number
C. Left to port when entering from seaward
D. All of the above - Answer-Red in color
Chart legends printed in capital letters show that the
associated landmark is...
A. Inconspicuous
B. Conspicuous
C. A government facility or station
D. A radio transmitter - Answer-Conspicuous
What feature(s) of a daymark is (are) used to identify the
beacon upon which it is mounted?
A. Color and shape
B. Size
C. Method of construction
D. Signal characteristics - Answer-Color and shape
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Under IALA-B buoyage system, when entering from
seaward, a buoy that should be left to port will be...
A. Black
B. Red
C. Green
D. Yellow - Answer-Green
In which source could you find the number of a chart for a
certain geographic area?
A. Chart No. 1
B. Catalog of Charts
C. American Practical Navigator
D. U.S. Coast Guard Light List - Answer-Catalog of
Charts
What daymark shape is used in the lateral system?
A. Semicircle
B. Triangle
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C. Pentagon
D. Diamond - Answer-triangle
Mariners are first warned of serious defects or important
changes to aids to navigation by means of...
A. Marine broadcast notice to mariners
B. Weekly Notice to Mariners
C. Corrected editions of charts
D. Light Lists - Answer-Marine broadcast notice to
mariners
The light rhythm of Morse (A) is shown on...
Preferred-channel buoys
Starboard or port-side buoys
Special marks
Safe water buoys - Answer-Safe water buoys
What are the colors of a mid-channel daymark?
A. Black and red
