Question 114Rules of the Road90% to pass
INLAND ONLY While underway you sight the lights shown in illustration D081RR below with the yellow lights flashing. The lights displayed indicate which of the following?
AI Explanation
The correct answer is B) dredge pipeline.
The flashing yellow lights displayed in illustration D081RR indicate a dredge pipeline, which is a submerged pipeline used for dredging operations. According to the U.S. Coast Guard regulations, vessels engaged in dredging or underwater operations are required to display these flashing yellow lights to warn other vessels in the area of the obstruction.
The other answer choices are incorrect because they do not match the visual cue provided in the illustration. A vessel aground would display different lights, a mine clearance vessel would have different signaling requirements, and a vessel not under command would display different configurations of red and white lights.
Related Questions
#112 INLAND ONLY When shall whistle signals be exchanged by power-driven vessels in sight of one another? #113 INLAND ONLY A power-driven vessel proceeding downstream in a narrow channel on the Western Rivers sights another power-driven vessel moving upstream. Which vessel has the right of way? #115 INLAND ONLY Two power-driven vessels are crossing within a half a mile of each other as shown in illustration D042RR below. Vessel "A" sounds one short blast on the whistle, what does this signal mean?#116 BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND The Rules make which statement about a seaplane? #117 BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are watching another vessel approach and her compass bearing is not changing. What does this indicate?