Boater Education Card Exam (NASBLA-approved boating safety course)
Aids to navigation and security zones: practice questions
Our Boater Education Card (U.S.) bank has 33 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
An orange circle on a white marker means:
- Boats keep out
- A controlled area, such as a speed limit or no-wake zone
- Danger
- Fuel and food ahead
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B. A controlled area, such as a speed limit or no-wake zone — 33 CFR 62.33(a)(3): a circular shape indicates that certain operating restrictions are in effect.
Question 2
Red lateral aids to navigation carry which kind of numbers?
- Even numbers
- Odd numbers
- Letters only
- No numbers
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A. Even numbers — 33 CFR 62.43: red aids bear even numbers, green aids odd numbers, increasing in the conventional direction of buoyage.
Question 3
On the Intracoastal Waterway, a yellow square on an aid means:
- Keep it on your starboard (right) side
- Keep it on your port (left) side
- Safe water all around
- No anchoring
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B. Keep it on your port (left) side — 33 CFR 62.49(a)(2): yellow squares mean keep the aid on the port side.