ASA 105 COASTAL NAVIGATION CERTIFICATION UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ASA 105 COASTAL NAVIGATION
CERTIFICATION UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

●● Prime Meridian (Greenwich)
Answer: Baseline for longitude at 0 degrees.


●● Parallels
Answer: Alternate name for latitude.


●● North Pole
Answer: 90 degrees north latitude.


●● South Pole
Answer: 90 degrees south latitude.


●● 60
Answer: 1 degree latitude equals how many minutes?


●● 1 Nautical Mile
Answer: Equal to 1 minute latitude.

,●● Meridians
Answer: Alternate name for longitude lines.


●● International Date Line
Answer: 180 degrees longitude.


●● Degrees, Minutes, tenths of minutes
Answer: Longitude is measure in these three increments.


●● Distance
Answer: Longitude is never used to measure this.


●● Mercator Projection
Answer: Used to make flat charts for direction measurements.


●● Small Scale
Answer: Used to map large areas.


●● Large scale
Answer: Used to map small areas.

, ●● Harbor, Coastal
Answer: Two types of charts that use large scale.


●● General, Sailing
Answer: Two types of charts that use small scale


●● Navigation
Answer: Answers the questions: Where am I? How to I get to my
destination safely?


●● Direction, speed, distance
Answer: Three primary nautical measurements.


●● Speed
Answer: Must be derived, calculated, or read.


●● Distance
Answer: Measured in nautical miles.


●● Direction
Answer: Measured in relation to north.