NAVIGATION 3 PRELIM QUIZ (Terrestrial and Coastal Nav.

2)

01. What kind of course is plotted on the navigational chart?

TRUE COURSE

02. When is the degrees and minutes of latitude ascending upward, therefore your ship is sailing in what hemisphere?
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

03. How many meters is two nautical miles?

3704 METERS

04. Which of the following terms refers to the direction of the current?
SET

05. How are radar bearings obtained?

BY THE USE OF ELECTRONIC BEARING LINE (EBL)

06. Your vessel sails on course 000° T from latitude 10° 10' N to latitude 20° 10’ N. How far did she sail?
600 N.m.

07. What kind of position is the intersection of two or more LOPS?

FIX

08. You plot an observed position/fix using three lines of position and found that they intersect in a triangle. How would you plot
the position of the vessel on chart?.
IN THE GEOMETRIC CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE

09. You are steering on a pair of range lights and found that the upper light is above the lower light. Which of the following is your
best action to take?
CONTINUE ON THE PRESENT STEERED COURSE

10. When a fix is a symbol of an enclosed or concentric small circle, a D.R. position should be labeled by?
SEMI – CIRCLE

11. Visual bearings of shore objects are taken by which of the following instruments?
BEARING CIRCLE

12. When your ship is five miles south of the breakwater in a rough seas, which is the most reliable aid to navigation?
MOUNTAIN PEAK

13. Which position includes the effects of the wind and underwater current?
ESTIMATED POSITION (EP)

14. When possible, A DR Position should always be started from where?

A KNOWN OBSERVED POSITION

15. While sailing from Sydney to Panama Canal your vessel's true course is 071°. Variation is 14° E, Deviation is 4°W. A North
breeze causes 2° leeway. What course would you steer PSC in order to make good the true course?
059°PSC

16. What radar control switch is used to measure the range of a charted object from the vessel?
VARIABLE RANGE MARKER
17. What do you call the bearing obtained through two objects which are in line even without the aid of the compass?
TRANSIT BEARING

18. What position is obtained by advancing the last well-known position and taking into account the effects of wind and current?
ESTIMATED POSITION

19. When the chart you are using has six equally spaced horizontal lines on the latitude scale from the bottom to the top which is
equal to one mile, which line does measuring 0.5 mile of latitude should be counting from the first line?
THIRD LINE

20. What position are being assessed to identify a chart symbol such as a circle with a dot at the middle, what does it mean?
FIX POSITION

21. How would you name the bearing of an object when it is a right angle to the fore & aft line of the vessel?
BEAM BEARING

22. What table tells you how much the tide stands above or below the chart datum at various times?
TIDE TABLES

23. What do you call the bearing obtained through two objects which are in line even without the aid of the compass?
TRANSIT BEARING

24. How many meters is two nautical miles?

3704 METERS

25. How would you name an angle measured in degrees which the ship’s bow makes with reference to Magnetic north?
MAGNETIC HEADING

26. What will result if the three position lines or LOPs obtained do not cross at a single point because one of the LOPS HAS AN
ERROR?
COCKED HAT FIX
27. What is a single observation that does not establish a fix and that somewhere along that line is the position of the ship?
POSITION LINE

28. What indicates direction on the chart, true north, magnetic north and magnetic variation for a given year?
COMPASS ROSE

29. What is the true course for S 30° W?

210° T

30. Which of the following is the formula for finding the True Beam Bearing on the Starboard Side?
SHIP’S TRUE HEADING +90

31. A vessel’s course is 169° PGC. The variation for the locality is 22° E and deviation is 4° W. The gyro error is 3°E. What is the true
course?
172° T

32. What chart information like, ‘INTERNATIONAL CHART SERIES UNITED STATES’, refers to?
CHART SCALE

33. Which of the following is made up of graduated lines at the border of the chart that is used for determining latitude and
longitude scale?
CHART BORDER
34. What is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian and measured from 0 to 180”?
LONGITUDE

35. What results when the direction of one object from another is measured between the heading (fore & Aft line) of the ship and
the observed object?
RELATIVE BEARING

36. Your true course is 232°. The variation for the locality is 4° E. What is the deviation of the compass when the compass course
is 235°?
7° W

37. The chart indicates that the true bearing of a range is 355° T. When your vessel is lined up on the range and steady, you note
that your compass 000°. What is the compass error?
5° W

38. What term is used to denote the direction of movement or the intended movement of a vessel?
COURSE

39. The path followed over the ground which also known as the course made good of the ship is:
GROUND TRACK

40. A vessel sails N 45° W. What is her true course?

315° T

41. Most radars the ship’s heading information from the gyrocompass. The gyro errors must be before the radar can be plotted
on chart as;
TRUE BEARINGS

42. Your vessel is heading 223° PGC. The variation of the locality is 13° W and deviation is 3° E. Gyro error is 2° E Wind is NW,
leeway is 2°. What is the true course made good?
227° T

43. While sailing from Sydney to Panama Canal your vessel’s true course is 071. Variation is 14 E. Deviation is 4 W. A North breeze
causes 2 leeway. What course would you steer PSC in order to make good the true course?
059° PSC

44. Where should a DR point of reference start?

FROM A KNOWN POSITION

45. What is the direction of an object from the observer?

BEARING

46. Which among the choices is a chart scale projection.

1: 100,000 at Lat. 54 deg. 00’

47. What is the equivalent of 1 cable in nautical mile?

0.1 MILE

48. The route, passage or path a ship follows or intends to follow between any two positions is known as:
TRACK OR COURSE

49. A range in line is observed bearing 178° PGC. The charted bearing of the range is 175° T. What course would you steer per gyro
compass to head directly on the range?
178°

50. In chart reading, what is the term for a word written in bold and capital letters such as ‘HOOK VAN HOLLAND’, on the chart?
CHART TITLE

51. What is the reference point in measuring the longitude?

PRIME MERIDIAN

52. In what quadrant would the course be if the difference of latitude is north and the difference of longitude is east?
1ST

53. In what quadrant would the course be if the difference of latitude is north and the difference of longitude is west?
4TH

54. It is a significant number pertaining to chart affected placed and can be found in the lower left bottom corner after the chart
had been corrected.
CHART CORRECTION NUMBER

55. Which of the following is used to determine distances on the chart?

LATITUDE SCALE

56. What is the intended horizontal direction of travel through the water?
COURSE

57. What is the angular distance north or south of the equator and measured from 0 to 90”?
LATITUDE

58. How many ranges/distances off charted objects is taken to obtain a fix by radar?
THREE

59. Which of the following is engraved or drawn on a chart to determine course and bearings?
CHART COMPASS

60. Sailing from 20° E to 40” E will produce a difference of longitude of how many miles?
1200 NM

61. The simplest technique for fixing a ship’s position is to plot the latitude and longitude obtained from which of the following?
GPS Receiver

62. Which of the following results if you fix your position on chart using your ship’s course and speed through the water?
DR POSITION

63. A line of position formed by sighting two charted objects in line is called a/an:
RANGE LINE

64. How are radar ranges plotted on a navigational chart?

THROUGH COMPASS DIVIDER

65. How are distances taken using a compass divider?

BY THE USE OF LATITUDE SCALE

66. What radar control switch shall operate to take the range/distance of one charted object?
VARIABLE RANGE MARKER
67. If the gyrocompass has no error, the bearing taken is expressed in
TRUE BEARINGS

68. Which of the following is not included in the formation of a Cocked Hat on chart?
USE OF CHARTED SHORE OBJECTS FOR POSITION FIXING

69. A DR Position:
SHOULD COMMENCE EACH TIME THE VESSEL’S POSITION IS FIXED

70. A true bearing of charted object when plotted on a chart will result a:
POSITION LINE OR LOP

71. What would be the result if deviation is added to the compass bearing?
MAGNETIC BEARING

72. What is the reference point in measuring the latitude?

EQUATOR

73. What bearing is referenced from the compass north?

COMPASS BEARING

74. If the height of a light on chart is 270 meters and the vertical sextant angle measured is 3˚ 20’, find the Distance in Nautical
Miles of the object.
2.5 NM

75. How would you name a Position fixing Method (PFM) that uses a bearing circle during daytime?
VIS FIX

76. Which of the following is the simplest way of establishing a Position Line?
OBSERVE A RANGE

77. Which of the following results if you fix your position on chart using the range and bearing of a tilted navigational mark?
ESTIMATED POSITION (EP)

78. What position will result when you consider the effect of the set and rate of the tide and leeway?
ESTIMATED POSITION (EP)

79. What position on chart results when you took the ranges and/or bearings of charted objects?
FIX

80. What refers to objects on chart constructed for marking channel centerline such as radio tower against a smoke stack?
INCIDENTAL RANGES

81. Which of the following does not belong to the criteria of an Estimated Position (EP) on chart?
THE RANGE AND BEARING WERE TAKEN FROM THE NATURAL AID TO NAVIGATION

82. These are light pairs that indicate a specific line of position when they are in line.
RANGE LIGHTS

83. Which of the following is the correct location of the navigator when he sees the charted higher rear light to be placed behind
the charted front light?
HE IS ON THE RANGE LINE OF RANGE LIGHTS
84. Course is 178° T, variation is 11° E, deviation 2° W, the wind is WSW, leeway 3°. What PSC course would you steer to make
good the true course?
166° T

85. If the speed of your vessel is 15.5 knots, how far will it travel in 4 hours?
62 NM

86. What is the direction in which the vessel’s fore and aft is aligned at any time?
HEADING

87. What do you call the change in the water track due to the effect of the wind?
LEEWAY

88. A true bearing of charted object is determined by using which of the following?
OUTER RING OF THE CHART COMPASS

89. When the front light appears to the right of the rear light of the range lights, the navigator is _______ of the range line.
LEFT

90. A radar range to small charted object such as a light will provide a line of position in what form?
POSITION CIRCLE OF ARC

91. The courses plotted on the navigational chart are always:

TRUE

92. What will result if the three position lines or LOPs obtained do cross at a SINGLE POINT?
FIX

93. How would you name an angle measured in degrees which the ship’s bow makes with reference to compass north?
COMPASS HEADING

QUIZ 1 NAV
1. How many meters is two nautical miles?
3704 meters

2. While sailing from Sydney to Panama Canal your vessel’s true course is 071deg. Variation is 14deg E, Deviation is 4deg
W. A North breeze causes 2deg leeway. What course would you steer PSC in order to make a good the true course?
059°PSC

3. Which position includes the effects of the wind and underwater current?
Estimated Position (EP)

4. What position are being assessed to identify a chart symbol such as a circle with a dot at the middle, what does it mean?
Fix Position

5. When the chart you are using has six equally space horizontal lines on the latitude scale from the bottom to the top which
is equal to one mile, which line does measuring 0.5 mile of latitude should be counting from the first line?
Third Line

6. When a fix is a symbol of an enclosed or concentric small circle, a D.R. position should be labeled by?
A semi – circle

7. How are visual bearing of shore objects taken?

BEARING CIRCLE
 8. When possible, A DR position should always be started from where?
A KNOWN OBSERVED POSITION

9. When the degrees and minutes of longitude is ascending upward, therefore your ship is sailing in what hemisphere?
EASTERN HEMISPHERE

10. What do you call the bearing obtained through two objects which are in line even without the aid of the compass?
TRANSIT BEARING

QUIZ 2 NAV
1. Most radars receive the ship’s heading information from the gyrocompass. The gyro errors must be corrected before
the radar bearings can be plotted on chart as;
TRUE BEARINGS

2. You plot an observed position/fix using three lines of position and found that they intersect forming a triangle. How
would you interpret the position of the vessel?
IN THE GEOMETRICAL CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE

3. How are visual bearings of shore objects taken?

BEARING CIRCLE

4. What kind of course is normally plotted on the navigational chart?

TRUE COURSE

5. What position are being assessed to identify a chart symbol such as a circle with a dot at the middle, what does it
mean?
FIX POSITION

6. How are radar bearings obtained?

BY THE USE OF ELECTRONIX BEARING LINE (EBL)

7. What kind of position is the intersection of two or more LOPs?

FIX

8. What radar controls switch is used to measure the range of a charted object from the vessel?
VARIABLE RANGE MARKER

9. Your vessel sails on course 000degT from latitude 10deg10min N to latitude 20deg10min N. How far did she sail?
600 NM

QUIZ 3 NAV
1. How would you name an angle measured in degrees which the ship’s bow makes with reference to Magnetic north?
MAGNETIC HEADING

2. A vessel sails N 45deg W. What is her true course?

315°T

3. The chart indicates that the true bearing of a range is 355deg T. When your vessel is lined up on the range and steady,
you note that your compass heading is 000deg. What is the compass error?
5° W
 4. What results when the direction of one object from another is measured between the heading (fore & aft line) of the
ship and the observed object?
RELATIVE BEARING

5. The route, passage or path of a ship follows or intends to follow between any two positions is known as?
TRACK OR COURSE

6. How would you name the bearing of an object when it is a right angle to the fore & aft line of the vessel?
BEAM BEARING

7. What is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian and measured from 0deg to 180deg?
LONGITUDE

8. Your true course is 232deg. The variation for the locality is 4deg E. What is the deviation of the compass when the
compass is 235deg?
7° W

9. Which of the following is the formula for finding the true beam bearing on the starboard side?
SHIP’S TRUE HEADING +90deg

10. What indicates direction on the chart, true north, magnetic north and magnetic variation for a given year?
COMPASS ROSE

QUIZ 4 NAV
1. What is the equivalent of 1 cable in nautical mile?
0.1 MILE

2. Which among the choices is a chart scale projection?

1: 100,000 at Lat. 54 deg. 00’

3. Which of the following is used to determine distances on the chart?

LATITUDE SCALE

4. A vessel’s course is 169deg PGC. The variation for the locality is 22deg E and deviation is 4deg W. The gyro error is 3deg
E. What is the true couse?
187° T

5. Which of the following is engraved or drawn on a chart to determine course and bearings?
CHART COMPASS

6. Which of the following is made up of graduated lines at the border of the chart that is used for determining latitude and
longitude scale?
CHART BORDER

7. What do you call the bearing obtained through two objects which are in line even without aid of the compass?
TRANSIT BEARING

8. While sailing from Sydney to Panama Canal your vessel’s true course is 071deg. Variation is 14deg E, Deviation is 4deg
W. A North breeze causes 2deg leeway. What course would you steer PSC in order to make a good the true course?
059° PSC

9. Sailing from 20degE to 40degE will produce a difference of longitude of how many miles?
1200 NM