```` COMPETENCE 1 DECK

1. What is the position obtained by applying only your vessel's course and speed to a known position?
A. Applied position
B. Dead-reckoning
C. Fix
D. Probable position
2. Where can the data relating to the direction and velocity of rotary tidal currents be found?
A. Tidal Current Tables
B. Tide Tables
C. Mariner's Guide
D. Nautical Almanac
3. The dividing meridian between zone descriptions +4 and +5 is _____.
A. 75 00 E
B. 60 30 W
C. 60 00 E
D. 67 30 W
4. What do you call the altitude after applying the Dip and index
error?
A. Sextant altitude
B. Computed altitude
C. Apparent altitude
D. Observed Altitude
5. When relieving the helm, the new helmsman should know the
__________.
A. Maximum rudder angle previously used
B. Gyro error
C. Variation
D. Course per magnetic steering compass
6. On an echo sounder, which of these is used to draw a line on the
paper to mark a specific time of an occurrence?
A. Event marker
B. Range switch
C. Unt selector switch
D. Timing device
7. Your ship is steaming at night with the gyro-pilot engaged when
you notice that the vessel's course is slowly changing to the right. What action should you take
FIRST?
A. call the Master
B. shift steering to the emergency steering station
C. switch to hand steering
D. notify the engine room

8. What is the speed of sound in the water?

A. 1.5 kilometers per second
B. 0.8 kilometer per second
C. 1.1 kilometers per second
D. 1.3 kilometers per second
9. This Chart covers a large area
A. Large scale chart
B. Small scale chart
C. Coastal chart
D. General chart
10. While voyage planning and navigating, a mariner must refer to
both texts and tables. Tables includes the following EXCEPT:
A. Light Lists
B. Sight Reduction
C. Almanac
D. Sailing Directions
11. The compass rose on a nautical chart indicates both variation
and __________ .
A. precession
B. Compass error
C. Annual rate of variation change
D. Deviation
12. How many degrees north or south of the Tropic of Cancer is the
Arctic Circle?
A. 23 27 South
B. 23 27 North
C. 44 06 South
D. 44 06 North
13. When the water salinity increases, what happens to the speed
of sound?
A. It increases.
B. It decreases.
C. It fluctuates.
D. It remains the same.
14. What is the position obtained by applying estimated current
and wind to your vessel's course and speed?
A. Estimated position
B. Estimated position
C. Dead-reckoning position
D. Assumed position
15. The shortest distance between any two points on earth defines
a __________.
A. Mercator
B. Great circle
C. Rhumb line
D. Small cirle

16. A Mercator Chart is a

A. Rectangular projection
B. Cylindrical projection
C. Polyconic projection
D. Simple conic projection
17. Which of these is an echo sounder transducer type?
A. Magnetostriction
B. Diesel-electric
C. Piezo-hydraulic
D. Blue-diode
18. In the IALA Buoyage System, what is the color of an East
Cardinal Mark?
A. Black band with above and below yellow band
B. Black band above yellow band
C. Black band below yellow band
D. Black band above and below yellow band
19. The bending of a wave as it passes an obstruction is called
_________.
A. refraction
B. attenuation
C. persistence
D. diffraction
20. Which of these may cause false echoes in an echo sounder?
A. Protruding rocks from the seabed
B. Turbulence from the interaction of tidal streams with solid
particles In suspension
C. Schools of big fish
D. Bioluminescent microorganisms in the water
21. The interval between the suns upper limb being in the horizon
and its center being 12 below is called:
A. Astronomical twilight
B. Observational twilight
C. Civil twilight
D. Nautical twilight
22. What publication contains ocean current information for
voyage planning from Tokyo to San Francisco?
A. Guide to port entry
B. Coast pilot
C. Sailing Directions
D. World port index
23. The angle between the grid and magnetic meridians is called
grid variations or __________ .
A. Deviation
B. Variation
C. Grivation
D. Declination

24. What is the frequency of the low frequency pulse of the echo
sounder?
A. 24 kHz
B. 18 kHz
C. 27.5 kHz
D. 33.3 kHz
25. Which chart symbol indicates that the bottom is coral?
A. Cl
B. Sh
C. Co
D. R
26. Physical checks of gyro, azimuth circle and pelorus are the
following EXCEPT:
A. synchronize gyro repeaters with master gyro
B. ensure azimuth circle and peloruses are in good condition
C. alignment of the compass north to the fore and aft line of the
ship
D. alignment of peloruses with fore and-aft line of the ship
27. When navigating using DGPS, you may expect your position to
be accurate to within a radius of __________ meters.
A. 50 m
B. 100 m
C. 10 m
D. 20 m
28. Apparent altitude is sextant altitude corrected for __________.
A. inaccuracies in the reading and reference level
B. double-second difference
C. chronometer error and dip
D. difference in assumed latitude and actual latitude
29. What is an error in a gyrocompass caused by rapid changes in
course, speed and latitude causing deviation before the gyro
can adjust itself?
A. Rapid error
B. Stream error
C. Parallax error
D. Error of collimation
30. What is the length of a nautical mile?
A. 1,850 meters
B. 5,280 meters
C. 1,760 yards
D. 6,076 feet

31. A navigational instrument used to indicate direction. It is

designed to measure course and bearing.
A. Azimuth circle
B. Sextant
C. Compass
D. Pelorus
32. The visibility of lights indicated in the charts is in nautical miles
for
A. height of the observer's eye 15 feet above the water
B. Charted range of the light
C. Luminous range of the light
D. Geographic range of the light
33. Your vessel's heading is 330pgc and 345psc with a 2E gyro
error. What is the deviation on this heading?
A. 0
B. 3W
C. 4E
D. 7W
34. When using GPS, you may expect your position to be accurate
95% of the time within a radius of __________ meters.
A. 20 m
B. 10 m
C. 100 m
D. 50 m
35. Isogonic lines are lines on a chart indicating
A. Ponits of Zero variation
B. Points of equal variation
C. the Magnetic Latitude
D. Magnitic dip
36. Who is responsible for the voyage plan?
A. The owner
B. The person who has done the planning
C. The Master
D. The navigation officer
37. A barometric pressure reading of 29.92 inches of mercury is
equivalent to __________.
A. 1013.25 millibars
B. 1012.35 millibars
C. 1015.25 millibars
D. 1010.35 millibars
38. The revision of a chart is printed on what area of the chart?
A. any clear area around the neat line
B. Lower left center
C. Top center
D. part of the title

39. Which statement about the Flinders bar on a magnetic compass

is correct?
A. It corrects the semi-quadrantal error at intercardinal headings.
B. It compensates for the error caused by the vertical component
of the earth's magnetic field.
C. It reduces the deviation into half.
D. It allows the magnetic compass to move freely in the fluid.
40. A phase correction is applied to observations of:
A. The Moon
B. Stars
C. Planets
D. The sun
41. The standard Atmospheric pressure in millimeters of Mercury
is:
A. 29.92
B. 23.25
C. 760
D. 1013.25
42. What is the nature of the beam transmitted by echo sounder?
A. Directional
B. Parabolic
C. Hyperbolic
D. Linear
43. The reaction of a gyro compas to an applied force is known as:
A. Earth rate
B. Gravity effect
C. Precession
D. Gyroscopic inertia
44. Automatic device for steering a vessel by means of control
signals received from a gyro compass is called _____.
A. gyro repeater
B. automatic pilot
C. gyroscopic steering
D. gyropilot
45. What is a phenomenon in which the axis of an object wobbles
when torque is applied?
A. Gyroscopic inertia
B. Torque-induced precession
C. Wobble parallax
D. Equinoctial eccentricity
46. In a microbarograph, the pen should be checked and the
inkwell filled __________.
A. each time the chart is changed
B. once per month
C. once per week
D. daily

47. What is correct UTC in this example? Approx. Pos: N4951'

W3523', zone +2, Local Time 0900.
A. 11 00
B. 07 00
C. 23 00
D. 19 00
48. An amplitude of the Sun in high latitudes _____________?
A. is most accurate before sunrise
B. is most accurate after sunset
C. should only be observed when the Sun's lower limb is above
the horizon
D. is most accurate when the Sun's center is observed on the
visible horizon
49. A lighted buoy to be left to starboard, when entering a U.S. port
from seaward, shall have a __________.
A. red light
B. white light
C. green light
D. light characteristic of Morse (A)
50. The moon is said to be "waning" during the period from
______________.
A. full moon to new moon
B. new moon to full moon
C. last quarter to first quarter
D. first quarter to last quarter
51. Cumulus clouds that have undergone vertical development and
have become cumulonimbus in form, indicate __________.
A. clearing weather
B. that a warm front has passed
C. probable thunderstorm activity
D. an approaching hurricane or typhoon
52. It is angular distance measured westerly from the observer's
meridian to the hour circle passing to the body
A. intercept
B. GHA
C. SHA
D. LHA
53. The lunar day is also known as the __________.
A. lunitidal interval
B. vulgar establishment of the port
C. nodal day
D. tidal day

54. In high latitudes, celestial observations can be made over a

horizon covered with pack ice by bringing the sun tangent to
the ice and __________.
A. adding 30 of arc to the sight
B. using a dip correction based on the height of eye above the ice
C. doubling the semi diameter correction
D. using a dip correction from table 22 in Bowditch Vol. II
55. The date is the same all over the world at __________.
A. 0000 GMT
B. 1200 GMT
C. 0000 LMT for an observer at 90E longitude
D. no time
56. A single barometric pressure reading of 28.60 indicates
__________.
A. rapidly improving weather
B. deteriorating weather
C. a severe low pressure system
D. fair weather and calm
57. The recording fathometer produces a graphic record of the
_________
A. bottom contour only up to depths of 100 fathoms
B. depths underneath the keel against a time base
C. contour of the bottom against a time base
D. depth of water against a distance base
58. It is in the yellow pages of the Nautical Almanac which is used
for the interpolation of the difference of GHA and declination
A. Increment corrections
B. Logarithmic table
C. Haversine table
D. Altitude correction table
59. The alternative sailing in lieu of Great Circle to limit the latitude
of vertex.
A. Mercator sailing
B. Parallel Sailing
C. Great circle sailing
D. Composite sailing
60. In a river subject to tidal currents, the best time to dock a ship
without the assistance of tugs is __________.
A. at high water
B. when there is a following current
C. at slack water
D. at flood

61. At latitude 19 degrees 33'N, the rising sun was observed to

have an amplitude of E 13 degrees 58.2'S. Find the declination
of the sun.
A. 18 degrees 29'N
B. 13 degrees 09'S
C. 13 degrees 09'N
D. 18 degrees 29'S
62. The line joining the points of zenith and nadir.
A. Prime vertical
B. zenith distance
C. declination
D. quadrature
63. At evening stars, the first stars that should be observed are
those with an azimuth in what quadrant?
A. Southern
B. Western
C. Northern
D. Eastern
64. Isogonic lines are lines on a chart indicating __________.
A. points of equal variation
B. points of zero variation
C. the magnetic latitude
D. magnetic dip
65. A slow rise in the barometric pressure forecasts __________.
A. rainy weather for the next 48 hours
B. high seas
C. improving weather conditions
D. deteriorating weather conditions