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Which instrument uses a plumb-line?

The astrolabe
The quadrant
The back-staff
The cross-staff
What is the easiest way to find the latitude? By measuring the elevation of:
The moon
The sun
Venus
The Pole star
What made finding the longitude by lunar transit inaccurate?
The ships motion
The lack of an accurate almanac
The lack of a sextant
The lack of a reliable chronometer
How long would one degree of latitude be at a latitude of 30 degrees North?
30 NM
45 NM
22.5 NM
60 NM
How do you find the Nautical Mile scale on the chart?
By measuring one minute of Latitude
By measuring one minute of Longitude
By measuring one degree of Longitude
By measuring the cosine of one degree of Latitude
How long would 15 minutes of longitude be at a latitude of 60 degrees North?
15 NM
30 NM
7.5 NM
60 NM
What does the Doppler log measure?
The Speed Made Good
The speed through the Water
The Speed Over Ground
The depth of water
What can you find from a single aeronautical RDF
Your speed
A bearing
A hyperbolic LOP
A range
Who ran the Decca system?
The IMO
The U.S. Department of Defence
An independent U.S. company
A British company
What was the advantage of the Omega system over its predecessors?
It is more accurate
It has worldwide coverage
It works in any weather conditions
It is cheap to install and to use
What does a Racon help with?
Measuring the distance
Measuring the relative speed
Identifying a vessel
Identifying a seamark

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A method of finding a more accurate position

The selection of satellites available over the horizon
A reduction in the systems accuracy
A range measuring device
How do you take a running fix?
By measuring the angle between two fixed landmarks and finding the sine of the
angle.
By taking bearings from a landmark at time intervals and finding the sine of the
angles.
By taking bearings from a landmark at time intervals and measuring the distance
covered in the intervals.
By taking the relative bearings from 2 sets of landmarks and plotting the difference.
Who has right of way in a Traffic Separation Scheme?
The inbound vessel
The outbound vessel
The vessel coming from the starboard side
The vessel coming from the port side
What would be the colour of an IALA starboard hand lateral buoy, as seen when sailing
toward land, in Europe?
Green
Red
Red and green stripes
Black and yellow stripes
On a route from Santander, Spain, (43 36 N, 005 38 W) to Brest, France (48 15 N, 004
46 W) would a Great Circle navigation bring you:
To the West of the Rhumb Line navigation?
To the East of the Rhumb Line navigation?
About the same as the Rhumb Line navigation?
Exactly the same as the Rhumb Line navigation?
What is a Gnomonic chart?
A chart where Great Circle lines can be drawn as a straight line.
A chart giving true bearings.
A chart where Rhumb Lines can be drawn as a straight line.
Another type of Mercator projection.
Which Beaufort Force is defined as a gale?
Force 7
Force 8
Force 9
Force 10
If your timepiece is correct to within 1 minute of an hour, what would be your margin of
error in estimating your Longitude at Latitude 60 degrees North?
Within 7.5 NM
Within 15 NM
Within 6 NM
Within 0.5 NM
If you sight the suns meridian in the Southern Hemisphere in August, would you then:
Subtract the elevation from 90 degrees and add the declination?
Subtract the elevation from 90 degrees and subtract the declination?
Subtract 90 degrees from the elevation and add the declination?
Subtract 90 degrees from the elevation and subtract the declination?
Would you take the morning suns azimuth in order to:
Find a Line of Position (LOP)?
Find the suns declination?
Find the true North?
Find your latitude?

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A white light flashing for 3 seconds then 1 second up to a total of 12 seconds and
having a range of 25 Nautical Miles?
A red light flashing for 12 seconds, having a range of 25 Nautical Miles?
A red light flashing for 3 seconds then occulting once and having a range of 12
Nautical Miles?
A white light flashing for 12 seconds and having a range of 12 Nautical Miles?
If you spot a Racon on the radar and try to visually identify its light, would you look for:
Probably a quick flashing red light?
Probably a white isophase light?
Probably a sector light?
It doesnt matter
The average time between two High Waters is 12 hours and 25 minutes because this is
the time it takes for:
The sun to be at the opposite side of the moon
The moon to be at the opposite side of the earth
The moon to be at its apogee
The sun and the moon to be on the same side
What is the tidal Height?
Twice the tide amplitude
The range of the tide
The water above the Lowest Astronomical Tide
The water above or under the Mean Level (ML)
If there were suddenly an immediate danger for both the vessel and its crew, would you
send a MAYDAY on:
Channel 06 with Dual Watch?
Channel 06 with 25 Watts output?
Channel 16 with 1 Watt output?
Channel 16 with 25 Watts output?
In the unlikely event that a distress situation allows you to send only a very short
message, after MAYDAY would you first say:
Your name and callsign?
Your callsign and position?
The number of persons on board?
The nature of the distress situation?