EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● 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.