Question 2 - Under the IALA cardinal system, a mark with a quick light showing 9 flashes every 15 seconds indicates that the safest water is on the ...
) north side of the mark
) west side of the mark
) east side of the mark
) south side of the mark

Question 3 - Which buoy may be even numbered?
) Mid-channel buoy
) Unlighted nun buoy
) Lighted green buoy
) All of the above

Question 4 - If a magnetic compass is not affected by any magnetic field other than the Earth's, which statement is TRUE?
) Compass error and variation are equal.
) Compass north will be true north.
) Variation will equal deviation.
) There will be no compass error.

Question 5 - What is a lighted safe water mark fitted with to aid in its identification?
) A spherical topmark
) Red and white retroreflective material
) A sequential number
) A red and white octagon

Question 6 - Information about currents on the Pacific Coast of the U. S. are found in the ...
) Tidal Current Tables
) Nautical Almanac
) Tide Tables
) Ocean Current Tables

Question 7 - If it is impossible to avoid a hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere, the most favorable place to be when the storm passes is in ...
) the dangerous semicircle
) the eye (center) of the storm
) that half of the storm lying to the right of the storm's path
) that half of the storm lying to the left of the storm's path

Question 8 - The steady current circling the globe at about 60° S is the ...
) Prevailing Westerly
) Sub-Polar Flow
) West Wind Drift
) Humboldt Current

Question 9 - Spring tides are tides that ...
) have lows lower than normal and highs higher than normal
) have lows higher than normal and highs lower than normal
) are unpredictable
) occur in the spring of the year

Question 10 - You are enroute to Jacksonville, FL, from San Juan, P.R. There is a fresh N'ly wind blowing. As you cross the axis of the Gulf Stream you would expect to encounter ...
) smoother seas and warmer water
) steeper waves, closer together
) long swells
) cirrus clouds