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OFFICER IN CHARGE OF NAVIGATIONAL WATCH

INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION

CLASS ACTIVITY

1) What is a nautical mile

a) A nautical mile is the length of one minute of latitude---------Answer
b) A nautical mile is 8,232 feet
c) A nautical mile is the length of one minute of longitude
d) A nautical mile is the length of one minute of latitude added to one minute of
longitude

2) LOP in navigation stands for:

a) Latitude of position
b) Longitude of position
c) Length of portion
d) Line of Position--------Answer

3) What does ECDIS stand for?

a) Electronic Chart Display and information services
b) Electronic Chart Display and Information System ---------Answer
c) Electric chart display and information system
d) None of the above

4) The shortest track between two points is known as

a) Great circle track----------Answer
b) Rhumbline track
c) Coastal navigation
d) Mixed line navigation

5) The only line of latitude on the surface of the earth which is a great circle is
a) Greenwich meridian
b) The arctic circle
c) The equator----------Answer
d) None of the above

6) A circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes through the center of the sphere
is known as a
a) Small circle
b) Parallel of latitude
c) Great circle--------Answer
d) Declination circle
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INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION

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7) A circle on a surface of a sphere, whose plane doesn't pass through the center of the
sphere is known as a
a) Small circle----------Answer
b) Great circle
c) Declination circle
d) None of the above

8) A triangle which is formed on the surface of the earth by the intersection of three great
circles is known as a
a) Spherical angle
b) Spherical triangle----------Answer
c) Isosceles triangle
d) None of the above

9) The points where the earth's axis of rotation meets the surface of the earth are called
a) North and south geographic poles---------Answer
b) North and south magnetic poles
c) Poles of a great circle
d) Celestial poles

10) How is latitude measured on the surface of the earth?

a) In a North/ South direction
b) From 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles
c) It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west,
parallel to the Equator.
d) All of the above----------Answer

11) The line which passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180
degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth is the
a) Greenwich meridian
b) International date line----------Answer
c) Equator
d) GHA

12) Today the international nautical mile is defined as exactly

a) 1.852km---------answer
b) 1609m
c) 1852 ft
d) 1609 ft
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OFFICER IN CHARGE OF NAVIGATIONAL WATCH
INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION

CLASS ACTIVITY
13) A vessel travelled at a speed of 12 knots for 2.5 hrs. What was the distance covered by
the vessel?
a) 24 miles
b) 30 miles------ answer
c) 12 miles
d) None of the above

14) A cable is equivalent to

a) 1/10 of a nautical mile------ answer
b) 185.2 meters
c) Approximately 100 fathoms
d) All of the above

15) The d.lat between 43° 15.5’N and 31° 37.7’ N is

a) 11° 37.8’ N
b) 11° 37.8’ S------ Answer
c) 74° 53.2’ N
d) 74° 53.2’ S
16) A vessel sets sail heading north at 6 knots. After 1 hour she turns east and sails at 8
knots for one more hour. How many miles did she sail in two hours?
a) 14nm------- Answer
b) 2nm
c) 48nm
d) 1.3nm

17) A vessel sets sail heading north at 10 knots. After 1 hour she turns east and sails at 12
knots for one more hour. How many miles did she sail in two hours?
a) 14nm
b) 22nm-------Answer
c) 12nm
d) 10nm
18) Number of the chart consists of five figures. The second figure means:
a) the name of the ocean or part of it.
b) the scale of the chart.
c) ordinal number of the chart within the region.------Answer
d) the region of the sea within the chart borders.
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INTRODUCTION TO NAVIGATION

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19) You are the OOW and you do not understand some chart symbol displayed on your
chart. Where would you find the information required?
a) In the Symbols and Abbreviations used on paper charts--------Answer
b) Guide to ENC symbols used in ECDIS
c) Leave the interpretation for another Officer or Master
d) International Collision Regulations

20) What is the meaning of the following chart symbol?

a) Wreck, least depth known obtained by sounding only--------Answer

b) Danger line in general
c) Wreck, least depth known, swept by wire drag or diver
d) None of the above

21) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of ECDIS over paper charts?
a) One can obtain a more accurate ETA
b) Charts can be interrogated for detailed information
c) All in all, it enhances the safety of navigation
d) Charts cannot be oriented as per requirement--------Answer

22) Which of the following information is not included on Navigation charts?

a) information about magnetic variation in the charted area------Answer
features of land
b) Dangers
c) Buoyage system
d) None of the above

23) A miniature representation of a portion of the Earth’s navigable waters on a plane

surface and in accordance with some definite system of projection and development is
a
a) Globe
b) A Map
c) A Navigational Chart--------Answer
d) All of the above

24) A chart covering a large area is known as a

a) Small scale chart------Answer
b) Large scale chart
c) Lattice chart
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d) None of the above

25) How is a great circle represented on a Mercator chart?

a) As a straight line------Answer
b) As a curve
c) Cannot be represented
d) None of the above

26) How is a Rhumbline represented on a Mercator Chart?

a) As a straight line
b) As a curve-------Answer
c) Cannot be represented
d) None of the above

27) One degree of latitude is equivalent to

a) 60 nautical miles-------Answer
b) 120 nautical miles
c) 1 nautical mile
d) 1852 meters

28) If the speed of your vessel is 12knots, approximately how long would it take for that
vessel to travel 160 nautical miles
a) 13 hours and 18 minutes
b) 13 hours and 3 minutes------Answer
c) One day
d) None of the above

29) What is the meaning of the following chat symbol?

a) Offshore installation
b) Limit of safety zone around offshore installation
c) Buoy with light------Answer
d) None of the above

30) What is the meaning of the following chart symbols?

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a) Single colored buoys other than green and black: Y = Yellow; R = Red
b) Green or black buoys------Answer
c) Multiple colors in horizontal bands, the color sequence is from top to bottom
d) None of the above