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ASA 105 COSTAL NAVIGATION EXAM QUESTIONS
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Equator - (answer)Baseline for latitude at 0 degrees.
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.
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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.
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Direction - (answer)Measured in relation to north.
Magnetic - (answer)Inner degree circle on the compass rose.
Geographic (True) - (answer)Outer degree circle on the compass rose.
Variation - (answer)Difference between geographic and magnetic north.
Red, right, return - (answer)Basic rule for piloting your boat into any US harbor.
Intercostal waterway (ICW) - (answer)When traveling here "returning" is
considered traveling south and west along the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
Color, shape, number - (answer)Three elements used in the buoy or marker
system.
Red - (answer)Color of markers that are shaped like cones or triangles with even
numbers.
Green - (answer)Color of markers that are cylindrical or square with odd
numbers.
ASA 105 COSTAL NAVIGATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Equator - (answer)Baseline for latitude at 0 degrees.
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.
,2|Page
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.
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Direction - (answer)Measured in relation to north.
Magnetic - (answer)Inner degree circle on the compass rose.
Geographic (True) - (answer)Outer degree circle on the compass rose.
Variation - (answer)Difference between geographic and magnetic north.
Red, right, return - (answer)Basic rule for piloting your boat into any US harbor.
Intercostal waterway (ICW) - (answer)When traveling here "returning" is
considered traveling south and west along the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
Color, shape, number - (answer)Three elements used in the buoy or marker
system.
Red - (answer)Color of markers that are shaped like cones or triangles with even
numbers.
Green - (answer)Color of markers that are cylindrical or square with odd
numbers.
