Here’s a point-blank test on charting & related, to take you back to the days of the boat license exam! Let us know how many right answers you totaled with a nice comment: and it is not valid to document on the web, be honest!
1 – The instrument that measures the speed of the boat is called:
A) solcometer;
B) speedometer;
(C) countails.
2 – Mercator projection allows for nautical charts in which, compared to the reality on the earth’s surface, are preserved:
A) the proportions between the sea areas crossed;
B) the distances between points that are at different latitudes;
C) the same value as the angles between meridians and parallels.
3 – To one degree of latitude correspond:
(A) 60 nautical miles;
B) 1852 meters;
C) 18,518 meters, or 10 miles.
4 – The meridians in total are:
A) 180;
B) 360;
C) 90.
5 – The Breton rapporteur allows:
A) determine routes and surveys;
B) help in the calculation of boat speed;
C) establish the relationship between 1° longitude on the map and the actual distance traveled.
6 – Without consulting the map, but by simple reasoning, could you tell which of these coordinates locate the closest point to Rome:
(A) 12° 18′ N – 43° 17′ W;
(B) 14° 02′ S – 32° 48′ E;
(C) 40° 12′ N – 16° 35′ E.
7 – Coastal maps have a scale of approx:
A) 1:1.000.000;
B) 1:100.000;
C) 1:10.000.
8 – How the bottom within the 10-meter bathymetry is highlighted on nautical charts:
A) in continuous blue color;
B) with a thin hatching;
C) in pale purple color.
9 – Given a ship point P, the latitude is determined on the plane:
A) on which lies the parallel passing through P;
B) on which lies the meridian passing throughP;
C) on the plane passing through Greenwich.
10 – On nautical charts, distances shall be determined on the scales shown:
A) on the left and right sides;
B) on the top and bottom sides;
C) on the graduated rose.
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