COMPETENCE 1 – Plan and Conduct a Passage and Determine Position
#1. The distance between the surface of the water and the tidal datum is the:
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#2. A tropical storm is building strength some distance from your vessel. Waves are coming from the east, with periods increasing from 5 seconds to 15 seconds. The swell is from the east. Where was the storm when these new swells were generated?
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#3. What kind of weather would you expect to accompany the passage of a tropical wave?
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#4. Normal pool elevation is the height in feet of the section of river above a dam. This height is measured from:
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#5. Capella is found in what constellation?
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#6. Information on search and rescue procedures and special, local communications used in Mexican waters will be found in the:
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#7. As a licensed Merchant Marine Officer you are expected to:
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#8. A revised print of a chart is made:
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#9. In low latitudes, the low(s) of the diurnal variation of pressure occur(s) at:
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#10. A sign of thunderstorm development is a cumulus cloud:
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#11. What is a chart that covers a large area?
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#12. Sidereal time is used by navigators when:
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#13. Error may be introduced into a magnetic compass by:
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#14. The numeral in the center of a wind rose circle on a pilot chart indicates the:
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#15. A slow rise in the barometric pressure forecasts:
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#16. Which condition will occur after a cold front passes?
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#17. How many degrees north or south of the Tropic of Cancer is the Arctic Circle?
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#18. What is the definition of height of tide?
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#19. If it is impossible to avoid a hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere, the most favorable place to be when the storm passes is in:
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#20. 90 degrees subtracted from Ho is:
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#21. If you count 20 seconds between seeing lightning and hearing the thunder, how far is the storm away from you?
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#22. In shallow water, waves that are too steep to be stable, causing the crests to move forward faster than the rest of the wave, are called:
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#23. Which type of cloud formation should be of immediate concern to small craft operators?
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#24. A phase correction is applied to observations of:
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#25. Weather patterns in the Gulf Coast area of the United States are:
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#26. The small circle of the celestial sphere parallel to the celestial equator, and transcribed by the daily motion of the body, is called the:
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#27. A dead reckoning (DR) plot:
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#28. Opposition occurs when:
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#29. What benefit is a weather bulletin to a mariner?
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#30. The Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) contain information on all of the following EXCEPT:
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#31. Which is a characteristic of the weather preceding an approaching warm front?
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#32. You are on a vessel at 0400 ZT on 3 July, and the ZD for your position is -8. What is the GMT?
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#33. The height of tide is the:
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#34. Which list of clouds is in sequence, from highest to lowest in the sky?
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#35. A line connecting all possible positions of your vessel at any given time is a:
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There are 35 questions for the actual examination for Competence 1 for OIC-NW with a passing rate of 70%. This means that you are only allowed to make 10 mistakes.
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