Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 138 views

    Block Island Sound Chart Plot Qualifier

    Uploaded by

    rosendied
    This document contains a multiple choice exam on navigation topics related to Chart 13205TR of Block Island Sound. It includes 15 questions testing knowledge of lights, soundings, tide and current information, and position fixing. Specific questions ask about the visibility range of lights, characteristics of geographic features, calculating speed made good from bearings, setting courses, estimating close quarters situations from closing bearings, and reading soundings from a chart.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Block Island Sound Chart Plot Qualifier

    Uploaded by

    rosendied
    138 views3 pages
    This document contains a multiple choice exam on navigation topics related to Chart 13205TR of Block Island Sound. It includes 15 questions testing knowledge of lights, soundings, tide and current information, and position fixing. Specific questions ask about the visibility range of lights, characteristics of geographic features, calculating speed made good from bearings, setting courses, estimating close quarters situations from closing bearings, and reading soundings from a chart.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document contains a multiple choice exam on navigation topics related to Chart 13205TR of Block Island Sound. It includes 15 questions testing knowledge of lights, soundings, tide and current information, and position fixing. Specific questions ask about the visibility range of lights, characteristics of geographic features, calculating speed made good from bearings, setting courses, estimating close quarters situations from closing bearings, and reading soundings from a chart.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    138 views3 pages

    Block Island Sound Chart Plot Qualifier

    Uploaded by

    rosendied
    This document contains a multiple choice exam on navigation topics related to Chart 13205TR of Block Island Sound. It includes 15 questions testing knowledge of lights, soundings, tide and current information, and position fixing. Specific questions ask about the visibility range of lights, characteristics of geographic features, calculating speed made good from bearings, setting courses, estimating close quarters situations from closing bearings, and reading soundings from a chart.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 3

    Q115 Chart 13205 TR

    U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam


    Second/Third Mate of Unlimited Tonnage
    Illustrations: 0

    Choose the best answer for the following multiple choice questions.

    1. The following questions are based on Chart 13205TR, Block Island Sound, and the supporting publications.
    Information provided in the stem of a test supersedes any other reference information.

    Your vessel has a draft of 15’


    Your height of eye is 20’

    Gyro Error is 3° W
    Variation is 14.5° W

    “per standard magnetic compass” is abbreviated “psc”


    “per gyrocompass” is abbreviated “pgc”

    “nautical miles” is abbreviated “nm”

    DEVIATION TABLE
    MAGNETIC
    DEVIATION
    HEADING
    030° 2.0° E
    060° 1.0° E
    090° 1.0° W
    120° 1.0° W
    150° 2.0° W
    180° 3°W
    210° 1.5° W
    240° 1.0° W
    270° 0.0°
    300° 1.0° E
    330° 2.0° E
    360° 3.0° E

    If visibility is 5.5 nm, at what range will you see New London Harbor Light?
    A. 15.9 nm
    B. 12.0 nm
    C. 9.2 nm
    D. 5.5 nm
    2. Plum Island is __________.
    A. Under U.S. Inland Rules of the Road
    B. U.S. government own and closed to the public
    C. Surrounded by fish traps
    D. Hilly and populated with conifer trees
    3. At 0430, you took the following bearings:
    Bartlett Reef Light 034.5° pgc
    Race Rock Light 090° pgc
    Little Gull Island Light 128° pgc
    What is your 0430 position?
    A. 41° 14.3’ N, λ 072° 10.0’ W
    B. 41° 14.2’ N, λ 072° 10.2’ W
    C. 41° 14.5’ N, λ 072° 11.0’ W
    D. 41° 14.5’ N, λ 072° 09.8’ W

    1
    Q115 Chart 13205 TR
    U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam
    Second/Third Mate of Unlimited Tonnage
    Illustrations: 0

    4. From 0430 position you steer a course to leave Race Rock Light abeam to port at 0.5 nm, if you are turning for
    12 knots, at what time will you cross the COLREGS Demarcation Line?
    A. 0448
    B. 0450
    C. 0452
    D. 0455
    5. The current is at max ebb at the race. The set of 100° is at a drift of 3.5 knots. What course should you steer to
    keep your vessel on track?
    A. 090° T
    B. 093.5° pgc
    C. 107° psc
    D. 094.5° T
    6. At 0451, Race Rock Light bears due north at 0.5 nm. What was your speed made good from 0430?
    A. 15.2 knots
    B. 15.4 knots
    C. 15.6 knots
    D. 16.8 knots
    7. What course per standard compass should you steer to reach a point where Montauk Point bears 247° T at 5.4
    nm?
    A. 135°
    B. 134.5°
    C. 133°
    D. 132°
    8. As you change course to transit Block Island Sound you increase revs for an engine speed of 15 knots. At 0500
    you spot an inbound vessel 5 nautical miles on your port bow bearing 356° relative. After observation you
    notice she is moving on a reciprocal course to you. Your calculations show she is moving at 12 knots, at what
    time will your vessels come abeam?
    A. 0509
    B. 0510
    C. 0511
    D. 0512
    9. At 0530 Montauk Point is at a range of 5.1 nm, Montauk Light bears 190.5° T, and Southeast Point Light bears
    091° T. What set and drift are you experiencing?
    A. Set 092° T, Drift 1.10 nm
    B. Set 092° T, Drift 1.75 nm
    C. 272° T, Drift 1.10 nm
    D. 272° T, Drift 1.75 nm
    10. If the visibility remains the same, at what time will yo u lose Race Rock Light?
    A. 0536
    B. 0538
    C. 0541
    D. 0549
    11. Southwest Ledge __________.
    A. is fully submerged at all levels of the tide
    B. breaks in heavy weather
    C. is dry at mean lower low water
    D. marks a wreck

    2
    Q115 Chart 13205 TR
    U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine Exam
    Second/Third Mate of Unlimited Tonnage
    Illustrations: 0

    12. From your 0530 position, you make for the waypoint off of Montauk Point turning for 15 knots. At 0536
    Montauk Point Light bears 213° pgc. At 0550, Montauk Point Light bears 251° pgc. What is your 0550 running
    fix latitude and longitude?
    A. L 41° 06.4’ N, λ 071° 44.2’ W
    B. L 41° 06.6’ N, λ 071° 44.6’ W
    C. L 41° 06.6’ N, λ 071° 44.4’ W
    D. L 41° 06.8’ N, λ 071° 44.4’ W
    13. The radio beacon at Montauk Point emits what Morse Code signal?
    A. -… ..
    B. -- .--.
    C. … -.
    D. .-- ….
    14. The sea floor near your 0550 position is __________.
    A. sand and shale
    B. soft mud
    C. hard sand
    D. boulders
    15. At 0609 you are in position L 41° 01.7’ N, λ 071° 42.8’ W. What is your depth under your keel?
    A. 117 feet
    B. 115 feet
    C. 107 feet
    D. 102 feet

    You might also like