A position obtained by applying only your vessel’s course and speed to a known position is a __________.?
A) dead-reckoning position B) fix C) probable position D) running fix E)NULL
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Vessels required to have an Automatic Radar Plotting Aid must have a device to indicate the __________.?
A) distance to the next port B) speed of the vessel over the ground or through the water C) time of the next navigational satellite pass D) None of the above E)NULL
Most GPS receivers use the doppler shift of the carrier phase to compute __________.?
A) Latitude B) Longitude C) Speed D) Time E)NULL
A buoy bears 176°T at 3000 yards. What is the course to make good to leave the buoy 100 yards to port?
A) 174°T B) 176°T C) 178°T D) 180°T E)NULL
While taking weather observations, you determine that the wind is blowing from the northeast. You would record the wind direction in the weather log as __________.?
A) 045° B) 090° C) 135° D) 225° E)NULL
In order to utilize the capacity of a lock to its maximum, pleasure craft are locked through with all of the following EXCEPT __________.?
A) coal barges B) oil barges C) sand barges D) cement barges E)NULL
For an accurate barometer check, you would __________.?
A) check it with a barometer on another vessel B) take readings from several barometers and average them C) check it with the barometer at the ship chandlery D) check it against radio or National Weather Service reports of the…
You are enroute to assist vessel A. Vessel A is underway at 4.5 knots on course 233°T, and bears 264°T at 68 miles from you. What is the course to steer at 13 knots to intercept vessel A?
A) 249° B) 256° C) 262° D) 268° E)NULL
You are steaming west in the South Atlantic in an extratropical cyclonic storm, and the wind is dead ahead. According to the law of Buys Ballot, the center of low pressure lies __________.?
A) to the north of you B) to the south of you C) dead ahead of you D) dead astern of you E)NULL
You are on course 027°T and take a relative bearing to a lighthouse of 220°. What is the true bearing to the lighthouse?
A) 113° B) 193° C) 247° D) 279° E)NULL