NAV IALA
NAV IALA Quiz
Test your knowledge on the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) with our engaging quiz! This quiz is designed for anyone interested in maritime navigation standards and buoyage systems.
- 72 multiple-choice questions
- Learn about cardinal marks and buoy colors
- Explore regional navigation rules
WHAT REGION AND PREFERRED CHANNEL IN THE PICTURE 1
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
WHAT REGION AND PREFERRED CHANNEL IN THE PICTURE 2
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
WHAT REGION AND PREFERRED CHANNEL IN THE PICTURE 3
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
WHAT REGION AND PREFERRED CHANNEL IN THE PICTURE 4
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION A | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO STARBOARD
REGION B | PREFFERED CHANNEL TO PORT
WHAT CARDINAL MARK IN THE PICTURE 5
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
WHAT CARDINAL MARK IN THE PICTURE 6
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
WHAT CARDINAL MARK IN THE PICTURE 7
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
WHAT CARDINAL MARK IN THE PICTURE 8
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
WHATS THE MEANING OF IALA
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
Internal Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Blackhouse Authorities
International Company of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
(IALA), previously known as
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
International Association of Lighthouse To Navigation
IALA, What year when an intergovernmental organization founded in ___ to collect and provide nautical expertise and advice.
1957
1958
1959
1960
Is a non-governmental body which brings together representatives from the aids to navigation services in order to exchange information and recommend improvements to navigational aids based on the latest technology.
IALA
SOLAS
MARPOL
STCW
WHAT YEAR WHEN when a system was drawn up under the League of Nations at Geneva. It established a Cardinal system, and a Lateral system, with the principle that red buoys should be used on the port hand and black buoys on the starboard hand.
1936
1937
1938
1939
In 1936 what system was drawn up under the League of Nations at Geneva. It established a _____
Cardinal system, and a Lateral system,
Cardinalism system, and a Lateralism system,
What year when was this disaster which gave rise to the development and implementation of the IALA Maritime Buoyage System.
1936
1957
1971
1889
What year when when certain countries agreed to mark the port hand side of channels with black can buoys and the starboard hand with red conical buoys.
1889
1957
1971
1936
Are generally used for well-defined channels, in conjunction with a Conventional Direction of Buoyage. They indicate the port and starboard hand sides of the route to be followed.
Lateral Marks
Cardinal Marks
Isolated Danger Marks
Safewater Marks
What year when IALA decided that agreement could not be achieved immediately, but concluded that the use of only two alternative systems was practicable by dividing the world into two Regions.
1973
1971
1957
1936
RECITE THE SIX TYPES OF MARKS | PRESS GO IF U RECITE THEN PRESS STOP IF U CANT RECITE
GO
STOP
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF REGION A LATERAL PORT HAND MARKS
GREEN
RED
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF REGION A LATERAL STARBOARD HAND MARKS
RED
GREEN
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF REGION B LATERAL STARBOARD HAND MARKS
RED
GREEN
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF REGION B LATERAL PORT HAND MARKS
GREEN
RED
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF LATERAL PORT HAND MARKS
GO
STOP
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF LATERAL STARBOARD HAND MARKS
GO
STOP
WHAT IS THE LIGHT RYTHM OF LATERAL MARKS
COMPOSITE GROUP FLASH (2+1)
COMPOSITE GROUP (3+1)
Used in conjunction with the compass to indicate where the Mariner may find the best navigable water. They are placed in one of the four quadrants.
Lateral Marks
Cardinal Marks
Isolated Danger Marks
Safe Water Marks
COLOR: BLACK ABOVE YELLOW
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
COLOR: BLACK WITH A SINGLE HORIZONTAL YELLOW BAND
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
COLOR: YELLOW ABOVE BLACK
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL AMARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
COLOR: YELLOW WITH A SINGLE HORIZONTAL BLACK BAND
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL AMARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF CARDINAL MARKS
GO
STOP
2 BLACK CONES POITING UPWARDS
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
2 BLACK CONES, BASE TO BASE
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
2 BLACK CONES POINTING DOWNWARDS
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
2 BLACK CONES POINTING EACH OTHER
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
LIGHT RYHTM : VQ OR Q (UNINTERRUPTED)
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
LIGHT RYHTM : VQ (3) OR Q (3)
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
LIGHT RYHTM : VQ (6) OR Q (6)
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
LIGHT RYHTM : VQ (9) OR Q (9)
NORTH CARDINAL MARK
EAST CARDINAL MARK
SOUTH CARDINAL MARK
WEST CARDINAL MARK
Quick flashing light (Q) has a flash frequency of
50 to 60 flashes every minute
100 to 120 flashes every minute.
Very Quick flashing light (VQ) has a flash frequency of
100 to 120 flashes every minute.
50 to 60 flashes every minute
We usually find this mark installed as a landfall buoy, mid-channel mark, centerline mark or to point to the best area of passage in a fixed bridge.
Lateral Marks
Cardinal Marks
Safe Water Marks
Isolated Danger Marks
WHAT IS THE TOP MARK OF SAFE WATER MARKS
SINGLE RED SPHERE
2 BLACK BALL
WHAT IS THE COLOR OF THE BUOY OF SAFE WATER MARKS
RED AND WHITE VERTICAL STRIPES
BLUE AND YELLOW VERTICAL STRIPES
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF SAFE WATER MARKS
GO
STOP
LIGHT COLOR OF SAFE WATER MARKS
WHITE
YELLOW
RECITE THE LIGHT RYTHM OF SAFE WATER MARKS
GO
STOP
It indicates a hidden danger to ships like shoals, wrecks, submerged rocks, or any obstruction which has navigable water around it.
Lateral Marks
Cardinal Marks
Safewater Marks
Isolated Danger Marks
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF ISOLATED DANGER MARKS
GO
STOP
WHAT IS THE TOP MARK OF ISOLATED DANGER MARK
2 BLACK SPHERES VERTICALLY
1 RED SPHERE VERTICALLY
WHAT IS THE LIGHT COLOR OF THE ISOLATED DANGER MARK
WHITE
YELLOW
RECITE THE LIGHT RYTHM OF ISOLATED DANGER MARKS
GO
STOP
Indicate an area in the sea with specific purposes, the nature of which is displayed on the relevant charts. These features include military exercise zones, recreation zones, ODAS buoys, spoil grounds, and many others.
Cardinal Marks
Safe Water Marks
Isolated Danger Marks
Special Marks
COLOR OF THE BUOY OF SPECIAL MARKS IS
SOLID YELLOW
RED AND WHITE VERTICALLY
RECITE THE BUOY SHAPE OF SPECIAL MARKS
GO
STOP
RECITE THE TOP MARK OF SPECIAL MARK
GO
STOP
LIGHT COLOR OF THE SPECIAL MARK
YELLOW
WHITE
RECITE THE LIGHT RYTHM OF SPECIAL MARKS
GO
STOP
Initially indicate newly-discovered dangers which are not yet shown on nautical documents. This buoy is clear, unambiguous, and highly conspicuous. We can find them positioned as close to the hazard as possible. It is deployed within the first 72 hours of the wreckage. One of its features is blue and yellow stripes with an upright yellow cross top mark. On top of that, it has an alternating blue and yellow light.
Safe water marks
Isolated danger marks
Special marks
Emergency wreck marking buoy
Recite the top mark of emergency wreck marking buoy
Go
Stop
Recite the buoy shape of emergency wreck marking buoy
Go
Stop
Light color of emergency wreck marking buoy
Yellow and blue
Red black
Recite the light rythm of emergency wreck marking buoy
Go
Stop
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