Position, Course and Speed

Question 1

How do we measure things on the surface?

Answer 1

Angular Management

Question 2

How many minutes is one degree?

Answer 2

60 minutes

Question 3

What is the line between two points called?

Answer 3

A great circle

Question 4

What Latitude is the equator?

Answer 4

0º

Question 5

What is one tenth of a minute called?

Answer 5

A cable

Question 6

How many nautical miles is one minute?

Answer 6

One nautical mile

Question 7

Is distance measured with Latitude or Longitude?

Answer 7

Latitude

Question 8

What is a Meridian?

Answer 8

They are great circles which start at one pole and cut the equator at right angles and carry on to the other pole

Question 9

What is the International Date Line?

Answer 9

This is where Meridians meet at 180º East or West

Question 10

True or False?

The Date Line is at 180º East so West only goes up to 179º

Answer 10

True

Question 11

How wide are Marine Time Zones?

Answer 11

15º except at 180ºW around the Date Line where are two zones of 7.5º

Question 12

True or False?

The zone number tells you what to do to get UT

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What does UT stand for?

Answer 13

Universal Time

Question 14

What does GMT stand for?

Answer 14

Greenwich Mean Time

Question 15

True or False?

Latitude is given in North and South and Longitude is given in East and West

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What is Navigation Distance measured in?

Answer 16

Miles

Question 17

What does the Log record?

Answer 17

How far a ship has gone through water

Question 18

True or False?

Nautical Miles per hour is the Knot

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Name the two fundamental types of Logs

Answer 19

The towed variety

The through hull fitting

Question 20

True or False?

Direction is referred to using 360º notation

Answer 20

True