Navigation 1 Practice Exam 1 With Answers

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Navigation 1
Practice Exam 1
Answer Key
Name: _______________________
Section: __________
Part A – Multiple Choice (2 points each)
1.
The direction in which a vessel should be steered between two points is the ___.
a. course
b. heading
c. bearing
d. course over the ground
2.
A position that is obtained by using two or more intersecting lines of position taken at
nearly the same time is a (n) ____.
a. fix
b. running fix
c. estimated position
d. dead-reckoning position
3.
The path that a vessel is expected to follow, represented on a chart by a line drawn from
the point of departure to the point of arrival, is the ____.
a. DR plot
b. track line
c. heading
d. estimated course
4. A dead reckoning (DR) plot ____.
a. ignores the effect of surface currents
b. is most useful when in sight of land
c. must be plotted using magnetic courses
d. may be started at an assumed position
5.
A chart position enclosed by a square is a (n) ____.
a. fix
b. estimated position
c. dead reckoning position
d. running fix
6.
The shortest distance between any two points on earth defines a ____.
a. small circle
b. great circle
c. rhumb line
d. hyperbola
7.
On a nautical chart, the inner ring of a compass rose indicates ____.
a. true directions
b. compass error
c. deviation
d. magnetic directions

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