Q361 - Navigation General, USCG prep certification 2026

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1. A magnetic compass card is marked in how many degrees?Not learned 2. As a vessel changes course to starboard, which is TRUE concerning the compass card in a magnetic compass?Not learned 3. What does the lubber's line on a magnetic compass indicate?Not learned 4. Which would influence a magnetic compass?Not learned 5. Which are associated with Cumulonimbus clouds?Not learned 6. What does a barometer showing falling pressure indicate?Not learned 7. What is the basic principle of the magnetic compass?Not learned 8. What benefit is a weather bulletin to a mariner?Not learned 9. Which defines the height of tide?Not learned 10. How are buoys which mark isolated dangers painted?Not learned 11. Which buoy may be even numbered?Not learned 12. Which buoy may be odd numbered?Not learned 13. What is the color scheme of navigational marks used for informational or regulatory purposes?Not learned 14. When considering currents, which defines the term set?Not learned 15. If you count 20 seconds between seeing lightning and hearing the thunder, how far is the storm away from you?Not learned 16. What do cumulus clouds that have undergone vertical development and have become cumulonimbus in form indicate?Not learned 17. The difference between the heights of low and high tide is the __________.Not learned 18. How is the draw span of a floating drawbridge marked?Not learned 19. As you enter a channel from seaward in a U.S. port, which is TRUE of the numbers on the starboard side buoys?Not learned 20. When entering from seaward, what does a buoy displaying a single-flashing red light indicate?Not learned 21. Fog is formed when which condition exists?Not learned 22. Fog generally clears when the __________.Not learned 23. You are heading out to sea in a buoyed channel and see a quick flashing green light on a buoy ahead of you. In U.S. waters, how should you leave the buoy?Not learned 24. As a high-pressure system approaches, which is TRUE concerning the barometer reading?Not learned 25. What indicates a buoy that should be left to port when entering from seaward? (U.S. Aids to Navigation System)Not learned 26. When observing a rapid rise in barometric pressure, what may you expect?Not learned 27. Which refers to the period at high or low tide during which there is no change in the height of the water?Not learned 28. What is the proper name given to the movement of water away from the shore or downstream?Not learned 29. What does a slow rise in the barometric pressure forecast?Not learned 30. What is the standard atmospheric pressure as measured in inches of mercury?Not learned 31. Which is TRUE concerning static crashes on your AM radio?Not learned 32. Which is TRUE as the temperature of the air reaches the dew point?Not learned 33. Which term defines the difference between the heights of low and high tides?Not learned 34. Which term is given to a tornado that moves out over the water from land?Not learned 35. Which term refers to the direction a current is flowing?Not learned 36. Which topmark shown in illustration D023NG below identifies an isolated danger?Not learned 37. Which is TRUE concerning Hot air?Not learned 38. Which is TRUE concerning weather information?Not learned 39. Which type of cloud is the classic "thunderhead"?Not learned 40. Which type of cloud formation should be of immediate concern to small craft operators?Not learned 41. From which type of cloud can a tornado or waterspout develop?Not learned 42. Weather information provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) advisories should be used along with which other source of information?Not learned 43. In a weather report, which defines the term "visibility"?Not learned 44. Weather warnings such as gale, storm and hurricane warnings are based on which criteria?Not learned 45. What does a white buoy with an orange circle marked on it indicate?Not learned