American Pilots’ Association; Portable Pilot Units: Best Pracitices Flashcards
What is NAVTECH?
A working group of the American Pilots’ Association’s Navigation and Technology Committee
This can be generally described as a portable, computer-based system that pilots bring aboard a vessel to use as a decision-support tool for navigating in confined waters.
A PPU Portable Pilot Unit
This is a System that is comprised of a constellation of satellites orbiting the earth at a very high altitude. The accuracy is +/- 7.8 meters 95% of the time.
A. GNSS
B. GPS
C. GBAS
D. WAAS
B. GPS
This refers to any of the global positioning satellite systems such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou.
A. GNSS
B. DGPS
C. GBAS
D. WAAS
A. GNSS
This is a terrestrial based differential correction system and is used in the U.S. is the U.S. Coast Guard Beacon System.
A. GNSS
B. GPS
C. GBAS
D. WAAS
C. GBAS
This uses a surveyed position and compares it with the GPS position. The difference indicates the GPS error, which is then broadcast to capable receivers.
A. GNSS
B. DGPS
C. GBAS
D. WAAS
B. DGPS
This Satellite Based Augmentation System is a satellite based differential correction system. The system used in the U.S. is the Federal Aviation Administration operated Wide Area Augmentation System.
A. GNSS
B. DGPS
C. SBAS
D. WAAS
C. SBAS
This system is satellite based, elevated accuracy system that was initially developed for commercial aviation. It requires a position accuracy of 7.6 meters 95% of the time.
A. GNSS
B. GPS
C. GBAS
D. WAAS
D. WAAS
This is a utility within the hardware and / or software to alert the operator that the threshold for position integrity has been exceeded.
A. Integrity Alert System
B. Threshold Monitoring
C. Integrity Monitoring
D. Position Accuracy Alert System
C. Integrity Monitoring
What is the most common interface with PPUs?
PC/Tablet
This uses the same frequency as WiFi but is more flexible and provides lesser throughput of data at generally shorter distances.
Bluetooth
True or False: PPU is a navigation and decision-support tool that can be used by the entire bridge team of a piloted vessel.
False, It should be used by the pilot alone.
When did the development of PPU systems start?
A. 1975
B. 1980
C. 1995
D. 2005
B. 1980
What year and groups became the first to equip all its pilots with PPUs?
A. 1985 Maryland Pilots
B. 1990 Savannah Pilots
C. 1994 Bay and River Delaware Pilots
D. 1999 Columbia River Pilots
C. 1994 Bay and River Delaware Pilots
What is the most common configurations of PPUs? (Name 4)
- (D)GPS/Charting Program
- (D) GPS/Charting Program/Self-contained AIS receiver
- (D)GPS/Charting Program/AIS input via Pilot Plug
- Charting Program/AIS input via Pilot Plut
True/False Charting programs, whether supplied by the system integrator or commercially obtained, should be tailored to the specific needs of the pilot group and area of operation.
True
When it comes to standardization of PPUs used in an organization what statement is false?
A. It is essencial that within a pilotage area general routes are the same.
B. It is essential that within a pilotage area all aids to navigation are the same.
C. It is essential that within a pilotage area individual pilots have the ability to alter or add to the waypoints.
D. None of the above.
C. It is essential that within a pilotage area individual pilots have the ability to alter or add to the waypoints.
True or False: Visual warnings accompanied by an audible alarm advising the user of positioning errors or problems in the system should be incorporated where practical.
True
When should Pilots be trained on their PPUs?
A. prior to their first use of a PPU
B. Anytime their hardware configuration has an appreciable change
C. Anytime their software has an appreciable change.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
What are some connectivity methods of PPU equipment?
A. Wired
B. Wi-Fi
C. Bluetooth
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
What should training topics include for PPUs?
A. Extensive hardware and Software orientation.
B. Principles and use of Electronic Navigational Charts.
C. Principles and use of AIS and integration of the equipment into the pilots Bridge Resource Management practices.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
What two manners do Pilot Organizations generally deploy their PPUs?
- Acquire a system for each pilot in the organization and issue each pilot a unit for his or her exclusive use
- Acquire a number of systems sufficient to cover the anticipated vessel movements at a given moment and provide each pilot assigned to a vessel a means of taking a system to the vessel.
True or False: Pilot organizations deploying a PPU should work with the supplier of their system to enact measures that ensure the systems their pilots carry are maintained in good working order.
True
