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1

Getting Underway

2

Anchoring

3

Aids to Navigation

4

Lateral System

5

State System

6

Intracoastal Waterway

7

Western Rivers

8

Chapter Review

Chapter 3 Review Questions

You have reached the end of Chapter 3. The questions below are for practice only. They have been selected to help you study and highlight some important information.

Select an answer by clicking on the radio button to the left of your choice. When you have finished, click Check Answers. If an answer is incorrect, the correct answer will be marked in red. Good luck!

1) As the boat operator, the best way to ensure you have explained safety information to new guests is to use a:


2) The best way to approach a dock when mooring is to note the direction of the wind and the current and operate the boat at this speed:


3) Boaters do this when they want to hold the boat in a given position on the water


4) Boaters should always anchor from this location on the boat


5) The amount of line you let out to firmly anchor your boat should be at least this many times the depth of the water you are anchoring in.


6) These items are moored to the seabed by concrete sinkers with chain or synthetic rope of various lengths and assist mariners in determining position on the water


7) When returning from sea, or traveling upstream in a river, these color buoys are on your right side


8) A uniform state waterway marker (buoy) showing a diamond shape in the center indicates


9) On the intra-coastal waterway, yellow triangles [] indicate aids should be passed by keeping them on which side of the vessel


10) Mooring Buoys are this color.


11) When heading down-stream or away from a dam, green buoys are kept


12) This marking indicates buoys that are authorized by your State:



   
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