METEO ITOT REVIEWER

1.If ice navigation is inevitable, right angle should be made to the leeward edge where the ice is

loose.

2. In beam and quartering winds, ice accumulates more quickly on the windward side of the vessel.

3. The presence of sea ice does not requires a ship to exercise caution, for example by avoiding

icebergs, slowly sailing through a lead, or by working with an icebreaker to follow a course through the

ice to a destination. FALSE

8. Heavy concentration of ice is to be avoided when anchoring in ice covered water.

11. Windward side should icebergs be passed.

12. Water sky is that dark patches on low clouds, sometimes almost black in comparison with the

clouds?

13. Growlers are the most hazardous form of ice at sea.

14.Ice nonograms are the diagrams used to estimate this rate of ice accumulation as functions of wind

speed and surrounding air Temperature.

15. Manual removal of ice is the best method of preventing a ship to capsize during severe icing

conditions?

16. Water temp. of above 6°C. factor may Not cause ice accretion on ships.

17. The most intensive ice formation takes place when wind and sea come from: ahead

18. The deck/bulkheads are part of the ship do ice accumulate last.

19. Reduce speed can the effects of freezing sea sprays on ships be minimized.

20. Moderate icing may result if the wind of force 7 blows and the air temperature is -2.2°C or less.

21. Heater is less effective in removing large amount of ice on ships.

22. Iceberg’s speed/direction is an additional information when reporting icebergs sightings.

23. Sunlight zone extends from the surface down to about 700 feet.
24. Current is the cohesive streams of seawater that circulate through the ocean.

25. Horizontal movement of the water refer to currents at sea.

26. Thermohaline Circulation refers to the type of Ocean currents in deep water.

27. West wind drift is the only ocean surface current that joins the waters of all the oceans.

28. Southwesterly direction the Brazilian current generally flows.

29. Wind generate largely the surface currents.

30. The geostrophic oceanic current in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis

effect.

31. Near the equator warm ocean currents originate.

32. Vector mean current is shown in the chart as arrows towards the set and the speed is according to

the length and thickness of the arrow.

33. Current rose is most useful to navigators.

34. Clockwise is the current circulation in the north Atlantic ocean.

35. Drift current is the current generated by the prevailing winds.

36. Wind rose shows the average wind direction and force, and calm condition in different parts of the

ocean.

37. Ocean passages of the world contains wealth of information on ocean voyage for commonly used

shipping routes.

38. The number in the center of a wind rose represents the number of calms.

39. Significant wave height is defined as the mean of the highest one third of the waves present in the

sea at any given time.

40. Wind speed is the first factor that affects wave height and direction.

41. Monthly is often use of Routing chart on board ships.

42. 1958 was the Optimum Track Ship Routing started to provide tailored safety and cost saving

routing services to all ships.

43. Least time track is the predicted track that the vessel should take to complete the voyage in the

shortest possible time.

44. Speed decreases will happen when the waves enter shallow water.

45. Wave refraction means the slowing and bending of waves in shallow water.

46. Dorrenstein Nomogram is used to forecast wave heights.

47. Sea waves is the type of waves that is formed by generating wind.

48. Swell waves is the waves that is formed when the wind changes its direction after the storm or

typhoon.

49. Higher highs, lower lows is the type of tides are produced when the sun, moon, and earth are in

line with each other.

50. Lagging is the periodic retardation in time of occurrence of high and low waters.

51. Routing charts are used in passage planning for ocean voyages.

52. Apogean tides is the type of tides occur when the moon is at the point in its orbit farthest from the

earth

53. Easterly is the direction do Equatorial counter current .

54. Four volumes consist the Admiralty Tide Tables.

55. Mixed type of tide is characterized by a large inequality in high water heights, low water heights or

both.

56. Tidal currents tables contain the lists of daily predictions of the times and strength of flood and

ebb currents.

57. Higher than normal is the effect to the water level at sea when the atmospheric pressure is low.

58. Range of tide is the difference in height between consecutive high and low waters.

59. Seismic waves are the result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, magma movement, large landslides

and large man-made explosions.

60. Semi diurnal type of tide when there are two high and two low waters each tidal day.
61. Bore tide is the tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of

water that travels up a river against the direction of the river’s current.

62. Spring tides occur when the moon and the sun are in line and pulling together at new and full

moon.

63. Tide means is the periodic rise and fall of water in the ocean.

64. Rise of tide is that vertical distance from the chart datum to a high tide reference point.

65. Tidal Stream Atlas is the Nautical Publication used to predict the direction and speed of tidal

currents.

66. Tidal current charts shows graphically the hourly current movement, which covered a number of

important harbors and waterways.

67. Tidal current table contain lists of daily predictions of the times and strength of flood and ebb

currents.

68. Tidal stream atlas can you find a quick and visual way of getting a good understanding of water

you are passing through.

69. Reference part of a tide table contains predictions of the time and height of each high and low

water everyday for many important ports.

70. Six hours and 12.5 minutes takes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to

high

Met-O 2 - Meteorology and Oceanography 2

1. Which of the following signs indicate that an ice field is within the vicinity?

Ice blink

2. Which of the following are almost impossible to detect by radar?

Growlers

3. What is the first principle of successful ice navigation?

Maintain freedom of maneuver

4. How far can a growler be detected visually from the vessel under good weather

condition?

Two to three n.m.

5. Which side should iceberg be passed?

Windward

6. If ice navigation is inevitable, what angle should be made to the leeward edge where

the ice is loose?

Right angles

7. In beam and quartering winds, ice accumulates more quickly on what side of the vessel?

The windward side

8. What coatings can be applied to the ship to repel water and prevent ice build-up?

Ice-phobic

9. What is the process by which a layer of ice (icing) builds up on solid objects that are

supposed to freezing precipitation or to supercooled fog or cloud droplets?

Ice accretion

10. What is the best method of preventing a ship to capsize during severe icing

conditions?

Manual removal of ice

11. The most intensive ice formation takes place when wind and sea come from

Ahead

12. Which part of the ship do ice accumulate last?

Deck / bulkheads

13. Which of the following is less effective in removing large amount of ice on ships?

Heaters

14. What do you call that periodic retardation in time of occurrence of high and low

waters?

Lagging

15. Which of the following contains wealth of information on ocean voyage for

commonly used shipping routes?

Ocean passages of the world

16. Which of the following are used in passage planning for ocean voyages?

Routing Charts

17. Which type of tide is characterized by a large inequality in high water heights, low water

heights or both?

Mixed type

18. Which is defined as the mean of the highest one third of the waves present in the sea at

any given time?

Significant wave height

19. How can the effects of freezing sea sprays on ships be minimized?

Reduce speed
20. Which of the following refer to currents at sea?

horizontal movement of the water

21. What do you call the oceanic current in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the

Coriolis effect?

geostrophic current

22. Where do warm ocean currents originate?

near the equator

23. What is the current circulation in the north Atlantic Ocean?

clockwise

24. Which of the following is the current generated by the prevailing winds?

drift current

25. Which of the following shows the average wind direction and force, and calm

condition in different parts of the ocean?

wind rose

26. Which of the following contains wealth of information on ocean voyage for

commonly used shipping routes?

Ocean passages of the world

27. Which is defined as the mean of the highest one third of the waves present in the sea at

any given time?

significant wave height

28. What is the first factor that affects wave height and direction?

wind speed

29. What is the predicted track that the vessel should take to complete the voyage in the

shortest possible time? Least time track

30. Which of the following contain lists of daily predictions of the times and strength of

flood and ebb currents?

Tidal current table

31. What is that vertical distance from the chart datum to a high tide reference point?

rise of tide

32. What tides occur when the moon and the sun are in line and pulling together at new

and full moon?

spring tides

33. What tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a

wave of water that travels up a river against the direction of the river’s current?

bore tide

34. How many hours it takes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to

high?

six hours and 12.5 minutes

35. What will happen when the waves enter shallow water?

speed decreases

36. Which of the following means the slowing and bending of waves in shallow

water?

wave refraction

37. Which of the following is used to forecast wave heights?

Dorrestein Nomogram

38. Which type of waves that is formed by generating wind?

sea waves
39. What do you call the waves that is formed when the wind changes its direction after

the storm or typhoon?

swell waves

40. How often is the use of Routing chart onboard ships?

Monthly

41. When was the Optimum Track Ship Routing started to provide tailored safety and cost

saving routing services to all ships?

1958

42. What will happen when the waves enter shallow water?

speed decreases

43. Which type of waves that is formed by generating wind?

sea waves

44. What type of tides are produced when the sun, moon, and earth are in line with each

other? higher highs, lower lows