COMPETENCE 1 – Plan and Conduct a Passage and Determine Position
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#1. When taking an amplitude, the Sun's center should be observed on the visible horizon when:
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#2. What is a characteristic of a rhumb line?
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#3. The prime vertical is the reference point from which the angle of which type of observation is measured?
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#4. A chart with a scale of 1:45,000 is a:
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#5. The dew point is reached when the:
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#6. The permanent magnetism of a vessel may change in strength due to:
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#7. Which of these sextant errors is nonadjustable?
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#8. On November 1st the zone time is 1700 EST (ZD +5) in LONG 75deg. W. What is the corresponding zone time and date in LONG 135deg. E?
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#9. You are on course 355deg. T and take a relative bearing of a lighthouse of 275deg.. What is the true bearing of the lighthouse?
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#10. The angle measured eastward from the vernal equinox along the celestial equator often expressed in time units is the:
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#11. A line on the Earth parallel to the equator is a:
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#12. Which compensates for errors introduced when the vessel heels over?
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#13. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency) would produce a chart of the coast of:
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#14. Tropical cyclones are classified by form and intensity. Which system does not have closed isobars?
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#15. When correcting the sextant altitude to apparent altitude you are correcting for inaccuracies in the reading and:
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#16. What publication has information on the climate, distances, navigation regulations, outstanding landmarks, channels and anchorages of Long Island Sound?
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#17. The drift and set of tidal, river, and ocean currents refer to the:
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#18. The vertex of a great circle track is in LONG 109deg. E. An eastbound vessel would cross the equator in LONG:
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#19. What would you adjust in an attempt to eliminate index error of a sextant?
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#20. The lunar day is:
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#21. The navigational triangle uses parts of two systems of coordinates, one of which is the celestial equator system, the other system is the:
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#22. Where would you obtain data on currents for areas of the world not covered by the U.S. National Ocean Service?
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#23. You take a bearing of 086deg. of a lighthouse. What bearing of another object would give the best fix?
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#24. The direction of prevailing winds in the Northern hemisphere is caused by the:
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#25. What is true about a front?
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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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