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ASA 105 COASTAL NAVIGATION EXAMINATION
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Allied Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) has been
established. Which statement is TRUE? - Answer-After
Naval Control of Shipping has been established,
permission to sail must come from local Naval authorities
of consular officers.
Your ship is in a neutral port when full Naval Control of
Shipping is established. You may expect to be boarded
and instructed by a(n) __________. - Answer-Any of the
above
Time signals broadcast by WWV and WWVH are
transmitted __________. - Answer-Continuously
throughout the day
Yesterday you took a time tick using the 1200 GMT
broadcast, and the chronometer read 11h 59m 59s. Today
at the 1200 GMT time tick the chronometer read 00h 00m
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01s. What is the chronometer error? - Answer-Fast 1
second
A marine chronometer should be rewound once every
__________. - Answer-day
When using a mechanical (windup type) marine
chronometer, how often should it be reset? - Answer-Only
when it is overhauled
Yesterday your chronometer read 11h 59m 59s at 1200
GMT time tick. Today the chronometer reads 12h 00m 01s
at the 1200 GMT tick. What is the chronometer rate? -
Answer-+2s
When using an Electronic Plotting Aid (EPA), what should
you consider in order to evaluate the information
displayed? - Answer-Navigational constraints may require
a target vessel to change course
If a hurricane several hundred miles away is moving in
your general direction your barometer would __________.
- Answer-Start to fall gradually
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A line of position formed by sighting by sighting two
charted objects in line is called a n - Answer-range line
When is the rhumb line distance the same as the great
circle distance? - Answer-Course 180 when you cross the
equator
The velocity of the current in large coastal harbours is -
Answer-Predicted in Tidal Current Tables
Where would you find information about the time of high
tide at a specific location on a particular day of the year? -
Answer-Tide Tables
When daylight savings time is kept the times of tide and
current calculations must be adjusted. One way of doing
this is to __________. - Answer-Add one hour to the times
listed under the reference stations
The time meridian that is used when computing the
currents for Pensacola Bay, Florida, is __________. -
Answer-90 W
ASA 105 COASTAL NAVIGATION EXAMINATION
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Allied Naval Control of Shipping (NCS) has been
established. Which statement is TRUE? - Answer-After
Naval Control of Shipping has been established,
permission to sail must come from local Naval authorities
of consular officers.
Your ship is in a neutral port when full Naval Control of
Shipping is established. You may expect to be boarded
and instructed by a(n) __________. - Answer-Any of the
above
Time signals broadcast by WWV and WWVH are
transmitted __________. - Answer-Continuously
throughout the day
Yesterday you took a time tick using the 1200 GMT
broadcast, and the chronometer read 11h 59m 59s. Today
at the 1200 GMT time tick the chronometer read 00h 00m
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01s. What is the chronometer error? - Answer-Fast 1
second
A marine chronometer should be rewound once every
__________. - Answer-day
When using a mechanical (windup type) marine
chronometer, how often should it be reset? - Answer-Only
when it is overhauled
Yesterday your chronometer read 11h 59m 59s at 1200
GMT time tick. Today the chronometer reads 12h 00m 01s
at the 1200 GMT tick. What is the chronometer rate? -
Answer-+2s
When using an Electronic Plotting Aid (EPA), what should
you consider in order to evaluate the information
displayed? - Answer-Navigational constraints may require
a target vessel to change course
If a hurricane several hundred miles away is moving in
your general direction your barometer would __________.
- Answer-Start to fall gradually
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A line of position formed by sighting by sighting two
charted objects in line is called a n - Answer-range line
When is the rhumb line distance the same as the great
circle distance? - Answer-Course 180 when you cross the
equator
The velocity of the current in large coastal harbours is -
Answer-Predicted in Tidal Current Tables
Where would you find information about the time of high
tide at a specific location on a particular day of the year? -
Answer-Tide Tables
When daylight savings time is kept the times of tide and
current calculations must be adjusted. One way of doing
this is to __________. - Answer-Add one hour to the times
listed under the reference stations
The time meridian that is used when computing the
currents for Pensacola Bay, Florida, is __________. -
Answer-90 W
