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Navigational Aids Quiz
Test your knowledge on international aids to navigation, including lighthouses and beacons. This quiz covers their history, fun
Key topics include:
- Formation and development of IALA
- Differences between lighthouses and beacons
- Navigational fun
ctions of various aids
1. When the IALA was formed?
A. In the first half of the twentieth century
B. In 1980
C. In 2006
D. After the second world war
2. When the IALA MBS was created?
A. In 2006
B. In 1980
C. In 1957
D. In 2010
3. When the further development of e-AtoNs was decided?
A. In 2010 because of new danger mark creation.
B. After the 2006 IALA Conference in Shanghai.
C. In 1957 because of MBS formation.
D. In 1980 because of IALA creation.
4. Describe a lighthouse in general
A. A conspicuous manned facility acting as a daymark and also providing a marine signaling light.
B. A conspicuous automated facility acting as a daymark and also providing a marine signaling light.
C. A conspicuous manned or automated facility acting as a daymark.
D. A conspicuous manned or automated facility acting as a daymark and also providing a marine signaling light.
5. Describe a beacon in general.
A. A small moving visual mark.
B. A large fixed visual mark.
C. A small fixed visual mark.
D. A large moving visual mark.
6. What elements often define the visual characteristics of a beacon?
A. A landfall position
B. daymarks, topmarks and by numbers.
C. An obstruction or a danger.
D. The lateral limits of a channel or navigable waterway.
7. List the typical navigational functions of a lighthouse.
A. Marking only a turning point or a junction in a waterway;
B. Only forming part of a range line;
C. Marking a landfall position, obstruction or a danger, the lateral limits of a channel or navigable waterway;
D. Marking only the lateral limits of a channel or navigable waterway
8. List the typical navigational functions of a beacon.
A. Marking a landfall position, obstruction or a danger, the lateral limits of a channel or navigable waterway;
B. Marking only a turning point or a junction in a waterway;
C. Only forming part of a range line;
D. Marking only the lateral limits of a channel or navigable waterway;
9. List possible forms of floating aids.
A. A buoy, a lightship/a lightvessel, light float
B. A buoy, a lightship/a lightvessel, light float, LANBY.
C. A lightship/a lightvessel, light float, LANBY.
D. A buoy, light float, LANBY.
10. What are other purposes, for which a lighthouse can be used?
A. Only support of VTS functions
B. Provision of base for audible (fog) signals, collection of meteorological and oceanographic data; radio and telecommunication facilities; VTS functions;
C. Only collection of meteorological and oceanographic data;
D. Only provision of radio and telecommunication facilities;
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