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Navigation Fundamentals Knowledge

This test covers key aspects of navigation, including the fundamentals of orientation, determining directions at sea, working with compasses, courses and bearings, as well as units of length measurement, ship speed, and the principles of their calculation.

Questions 15

Time Limit 9 min

Language English

Sample Questions

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Question 1

What is a relative bearing?

A The angle between the forward part of the vessel's centerline plane and the direction to the observed object.

B A direction perpendicular to the vessel's centerline plane.

C A direction parallel to the vessel's centerline plane.

Question 2

What are the lines formed by the intersection of the Earth's ellipsoid surface with planes passing through the Earth's axis called?

A Meridians.

B Parallels.

C Agones.

D Isobaths.

Question 3

What is the difference in latitude?

A The arc of a meridian enclosed between the parallels of these points.

B The nearest parallel enclosed between the meridians of these points.

Question 4

What is the ray AW, indicating the observer's direction to the west (Fig. 1), called?

A Western part of the prime vertical line.

B Prime vertical line.

C Eastern part of the prime vertical line.

D Observer's prime vertical plane.

Question 5

What is the largest parallel, whose plane passes through the Earth's center, called?

A Equator.

B Agone.

C Meridian line.

D Prime vertical line.

Navigation Fundamentals Knowledge

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