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Which of these is NOT an advantage of weather routeing?
Safety of crew and cargo
Reduce fuel consumption
More time on passage
Safety of the ship
Should recommended route information be used together with weather routeing?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Only if recommended by weather routing
Initial route recommendation takes into account EXCEPT for
Speed capability
Cargo and loading conditions
Total number of crew
Type of vessel
If you would want to know the facilities of a certain port you wish to avail, the best publication you will refer to is
Notice to Mariners
Sailing Directions
World Port Index
 
What agency publishes the Light List?
U.S Coast Guard
Hydrographic Office
National Ocean Service
Corps of Engineer
What defines a great circle?
A curved line is drawn on a Mercator Chart
A course line that inscribes a loxodromic curve
The shortest distance between any two points on the Earth
The smallest circle that can be drawn on the face of a sphere
When should voyage planning be done?
During the sailing
Prior to sailing
After sailing
Before the pilot is leaving
Who is responsible for the voyage plan?
The person who has done the planning
The Master
The navigation officer
The owner
When should operational checks on navigation equipment be done?
Regularly, when preparing for sea and entering port
As often as possible
When errors are indicated
When time allows
A vessel using a traffic separation scheme is described as:
Lane designed for outgoing vessel
Keeping your proper lane as designated
Lane assigned to an incoming vessel
Lane used by a power-driven vessel
Voyage planning consists of how many stages?
1
2
3
4
What is the purpose of voyage planning?
To satisfy STCW regulations
To support the bridge team
To meet company regulations
To satisfy IMO regulations
Charts which give in the graphic form information on average winds, currents, barometric pressure, presence of ice and derelicts, and the recommended routes for low and high-powered vessels are called:
Plotting charts
Sailing charts
Mercator charts
Pilot charts
Notice to Mariners is issued for correcting:
Charts and publications
Sailing Directions
World Port Index
Radio Navigational Aids
A chart on which all tidal currents data are graphically depicted is called ____________.
Tidal atlas
Pilot chart
Tidal chart
Current chart
Before getting the ship underway, the navigator should make a/an:
Minimum chart preparation
Navigational checklist
Inventory of navigational equipment
Approved track
Which of the following is the most accurate position?
Radar bearing and range of buoy
Radar range and bearing of land feature
Radar range of floating objects
Radar ranges of land features
The best objects to use for bearings to obtain a fix are ____________.
Stationary objects on shore
Vessel in the area
Charted Buoy
Charted fixed objects onshore
The official document where all pertinent entries are recorded every hour and whenever an even or unusual incident occurs is _______.
Master’s Night Order Book
ISM Checklist
Engine Record Book
Ship’s Official Logbook
Records of navigational activities and daily reporting is under what SOLAS Regulation?
Regulation IV-2
Regulation V-28
Regulation V-23
Regulation IV-28
During the voyage, the details related to the voyage should be recorded EXCEPT:
Position fixings
Details of pilot’s embarkation
Manning and provisioning
Courses steered
What is the main purpose of frequently recording deviation of the ship's magnetic compass in a log or compass deviation book?
To provide for accurate planning of courses in passage plans
To provide evidence in the event of a collision, grounding, or other such incidents
To enable unforeseen changes to deviation to be quickly detected
To enable the compass adjusted to calculate the sizes and locations of the correctors
It is the method of navigation used by mariners that use landmarks as reference points, ship’s stability, fuel consumption, and ship’s speed along with tides and currents.
Celestial Navigation
Electronic Navigation
Terrestrial Navigation
Inertial Navigation
A position that is obtained by using two or more LOPs from known fixed objects at about the same time is the:
DR position
Estimated position
Fix
Running fix
What is the meaning of this chart symbol?
Causeway
Pier
Breakwater
Lock
The direction of an object from the observer is known as bearing while the direction of movement of the observer is called _____.
Course
Running fix
Range
Bearing
Which publications give the time and velocity of the current?
Tide Tables
Sailing Directions
The Coast Pilot
Tidal Current Tables
A building or some conspicuous point of the coast, a pier or jetty, an island or rock, from which light is exhibited at night as an aid to navigation is called______.
Light buoy
Light house
Light vessel
Light float
A recording fathometer records which of the following?
The contour of bottom against a distance base
The Depth below keel against a time base
The Depth of water against a time base
The Contour of bottom against a time base
The description RACON beside an illustration on a chart would mean a:
Radar conspicuous beacon
Radar calibration beacon
Circular radio beacon
Radar transponder beacon
The determination of the depth of water by measuring the time interval between the emission of a sonic or ultrasonic signal and the return of its echo from the bottom is called _______.
Echo sounding
Echo ranging
Echo measurement
Echo meter
What ship lost off Okinawa in 1980 due Typhoon ORCHID despite having been supplied with weather routeing advice?
OBO Carrier Derbyshire
R.M.S. Titanic
MV Doña Paz
MS Estonia
Which of the following factors is not to be considered for an optimum route?
Shortest distance
Currents
Prevailing Winds
Number of crew
Which of these factors reduced the vessel’s speed?
Wave resistance to ship’s progress
The pitching and rolling reduces the ship’s speed and also causes severe stresses on the ship
Wind can produce direct resistance on the hull especially superstructure
All of the above
Which of the following is not a weather routeing service?
C-Map
Seaware
ARPA
SPOS
Which of the following statements about weather routeing is correct?
A master’s confidence in the advice being offered may be increased if that advice does not reflect the conditions that are evident at the ship’s location
The advice provided by weather routeing services is formulated at a location remote from the ship but may be regarded by some in the ship owning or chartering community as providing better information than the weather forecasts/warnings which are available to a master at the scene
Confidence may be further diminished by weather routeing services that are sufficiently interactive to allow feedback from the master and updating of the initial advice in reaction to feedback
The commercial expedience of the voyage can sometimes place undue pressure on masters to follow routes that introduce risks that may prove acceptably high
What is the meaning of this chart symbol?
Zone of confidence
Depths
Nature of Seabed
Rocks, Wrecks and Obstruction
The provisions state that the objective of ________ is to "improve the safety of navigation in converging areas and in areas where the density of traffic is great or where freedom of movement of shipping is inhibited by restricted searoom, the existence of obstructions to navigation, limited depths or unfavourable meteorological conditions".
Weather Routeing
Ships’ Routeing
Vessel Traffic Services
Ship Reporting System
It is a routeing measure aimed at the separation of opposing streams of traffic by appropriate means and by the establishment of traffic lanes?
Traffic separation scheme
Separation zone or line
Recommended route
Precautionary area
It is an area within defined limits in which either navigation is particularly hazardous or it is exceptionally important to avoid casualties and which should be avoided by all ships, or by certain classes of ships?
A precautionary area
Anchorage area
Areas to be avoided
Inshore traffic zone
Rule 10 of the COLREGs prescribes the conduct of vessels when navigating through _______ adopted by IMO.
Narrow channel
Traffic Separation schemes
Pilotage area
Canal
An inshore traffic zone is a:
Designated area between the landward boundary of a traffic separation scheme and the adjacent coast
A route of undefined width, for the convenience of ships in transit, which is often marked by centerline buoys
A separation point or circular separation zone and a circular traffic lane within defined limits
A route within defined limits which has been accurately surveyed for clearance of sea bottom and submerged articles
Designated by United Nations Convention on Law of The Sea (UNCLOS) as "the competent international organization" in matters of navigational safety, the safety of shipping traffic and marine environmental protection.
MARINA
IMO
AMSA
USCG
Deals with managing ship traffic on marine routes, suggesting best routes for a vessel and ensuring no two vessels run into each other on congested routes.
Rescue Coordination Center
Land Earth Station
Vessel Traffic Service
International Seaway Patrol
It includes the transmission of marine information in form of radio waves of certain frequencies. These frequencies can be read to determine size and speed on any incoming object to a distance of several miles.
Radar system
Automatic Identification System
VHF system
Radio Direction Finder
It helps in improving the safety and efficiency of navigation. This system makes use of a broadcast system that helps in updating data on connected vessels automatically. This is a speedy system which can update information ever two seconds.
Radar system
Automatic Identification System
VHF system
Radio Direction Finder
_________ (Safety of Navigation) states that governments may establish VTS when, in their opinion, the volume of traffic or the degree of risk justifies such services.
SOLAS Chapter V
SOLAS Chapter IV
SOLAS Chapter VI
SOLAS Chapter III
A ________ is a series of nine digits which are sent in digital form over a radio frequency channel in order to uniquely identify ship stations, ship earth stations, coast stations, coast earth stations, and group calls.
Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI)
IMO Number
INMARSAT Number
FAX Number
It is a worldwide voluntary ship reporting system operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to promote the safety of life and property at sea. Its mission is to quickly provide SAR authorities, on-demand, accurate information on the positions and characteristics of vessels near a reported distress.
American Vessel Emergency Reporting System
Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
US Coast Guard Ship Reporting System
International Maritime Reporting System
Reef VTS is a mandatory ship reporting system which monitors and communicates with vessels for safer navigation throughout the ________.
Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
Tubbataha Reef and Tañon Strait
Dover Strait and Griz-Nez
Juan de Fuca Strait and Magellan Strait
A routing measure aimed at the separation of opposing streams of traffic by appropriate means and by the establishment of traffic lanes.
A) traffic separation scheme
B) traffic control plan
C) traffic divergence strategy
D) traffic flow optimization
Any system of one or more routes or routing measures aimed at reducing the risk of casualties and incidents.
A) safety route network
B) risk reduction plan
C) routing system
D) incident avoidance scheme
A sea area with particularly sensitive and diverse marine life in which passage is usually restricted.
A) restricted marine zone
B) sensitive sea passage
C) environmentally restricted area
D) environmentally sensitive sea area (essa)
These are routes that are intended for use by ships with a deep draught.
A) deepwater navigation paths
B) deep sea routes
C) ship draft lanes
D) deep water routes
The term used in weather routing that means the most conducive to a favorable outcome.
A) optimal course
B) weather advantage path
C) optimum route
D) meteorological efficiency track
A separation point or circular separation zone and a circular traffic lane within Defined limits
A) circular traffic zone
B) circular safety lane
C) roundabout
D) intersection circle
The system used to develop an optimum track for ocean voyages based on forecasts Of weather and other sea conditions.
A) ocean navigation forecasting
B) sea route planning
C) weather pathfinding
D) weather routing
It is an area provided in ships' routing with defined limits in which either navigation is Particularly hazardous and which should be avoided by all ships, or by certain classes Of ships.
A) danger zone
B) restricted waters
C) prohibited passage
D) areas to be avoided
A specialized agency of the united nations responsible for regulating shipping.
A) world maritime authority
B) united nations maritime council
C) international shipping commission
D) international maritime organization
A path with an arbitrary width that is marked by centerline buoys for the convenience Of passing ships.
A) navigational corridor
B) safe passage lane
C) recommended route
D) maritime highway
Routes that are not mandatory, but are recommended by the international maritime Organization (IMO).
A) suggested routes
B) voluntary passages
C) recreational tracks
D) recommended tracks
A zone separating the traffic lanes in which ships are proceeding in opposite or nearly Opposite directions.
A) division zone
B) traffic separation zone
C) transition area
D) separation zone
Is a recommendation for slowing or increasing the ship’s speed as much as Practicable, to try and avoid an adverse weather condition.
A) weather speed adjustment
B) speed alteration advice
C) wind response maneuver
D) adjustment of soa
What is the system used to determine the safest and most efficient route across Oceans, seas, or any body of water.
A) ocean passage planning
B) maritime route optimization
C) nautical path selection
D) weather routing
Is a continual process of tracking the vessel's progress along the pre-planned track Including a continuous risk assessment.
Navigational plotting
Course adjustment
Monitoring
Tracking progression
This component of vts helps to obtain maritime information through triangulation That help locate the direction from which radio frequencies are coming.
A) sonar beacon
B) radio direction finder
C) vessel radar
D) ais transponder
The placement of waypoints on the proper charts and the recording of necessary Data.
A) chart annotation
B) data collection
C) route calculation
D) planning
What is one of the critical role played by a vts?
A) weather forecasting
B) port management
C) navigation aid
D) acts as a vessel finder
What is the best way to contact a vts control centre if the ship's vhf radio is Defective.
A) fax
B) ship's e-mail
C) signal flares
D) satellite phone
A ship reporting system that deals with the management of ship traffic on sea routes.
A) vessel traffic management
B) ship traffic control
C) navigational route system
D) vessel traffic service
A system whose original design is to reduce radio traffic.
A) nautical communication network
B) ship positioning system
C) vessel traffic management
D) automatic identification system
What are some of the static information that can be found in the ais.
A) ship's location history
B) ship's crew information
C) ship's name, call sign, mmsi number, vessel type
D) ship's cargo manifest
What report will you send in a ship reporting system indicating any changes in course, Speed or destination?
A) route update
B) voyage adjustment notice
C) deviation report (dr)
D) navigational correction report
What does "dr" mean in ship reporting system?
A) data record
B) destination routing
C) deviation report
D) directional revision
The stage of voyage planning wherein the master considers special circumstances Which may arise, such as changes in weather, which may require the plan to be Reviewed or altered.
A) voyage assessment
B) pre-execution evaluation
C) execution
D) revision review
Is the process of compiling all essential data for the prospective voyage, including Identifying hazards and evaluating its key areas.
A) maritime appraisal
B) navigation assessment
C) voyage compilation
D) appraisal
What are the purposes of ship reporting system?
A) ship documentation, navigation assistance, security enhancement
B) cargo inspection, crew training, route optimization
C) search and rescue, environmental protection, efficiency, safety of navigation
D) emergency response, weather forecasting, cargo management
Is a marine management mechanism developed to augment safety, security, and Efficiency within the domain of maritime transportation; though its main purpose is Improved search and rescue and environmental protection.
A) vessel tracking system
B) maritime security protocol
C) maritime risk management
D) ship reporting system
Is a process for creating a thorough account of a ship's journey from beginning to End.
A) nautical journaling
B) maritime documentation
C) voyage planning
D) voyage log
What report will you send in a srs upon arrival in your port of destination?
A) arrival notification
B) port entry report
C) final report (fr)
D) destination arrival update
Is the part of ship reporting system wherein you indicate your vessel's pod, next Port, etd, eta and major waypoints.
A) navigation plan (np)
B) port call manifest (pcm)
C) maritime itinerary (mi)
D) sailing plan (sp)
A port area or approaches with high congestion of traffic may allocate vessel Monitoring by __________.
A) by assigning specific radio frequencies
B) by establishing no-sail zones
C) by dividing the area into different vts sectors
D) by implementing strict speed limits
A report sent to a ship reporting system updating your position, course and speed Which is sent 24 to 48 hours from the previous report.
A) navigational update report (nur)
B) speed and course adjustment report (scar)
C) position report (pr)
D) maritime progress update (mpu)
Appraisal is where you layout the planned voyage.
True
False
During route planning; a thorough analysis of navigational charts with respect to Water depths, potential hazards and navigational aids must be carried out.
True
False
A completed voyage plan is required only to be signed by the navigating officer and The master.
True
False
Abort position is a predetermined position in the voyage plan where you can still Safely turn your vessel around and cancel entry into a narrow waterway in case of Emergency.
True
False
An admiralty publication used as a guide in voyage planning when crossing oceans.
A) oceanic routes handbook
B) navigational atlas
C) ocean passages for the world
D) global navigational almanac
A crucial step in marine navigation is the planning stage of voyage planning, which Entails plotting a ship's course from one location to another.
True
False
Which ALRS volume is basically useless for navigators and is purchased only because It is mandatory.
A) ALRS volume 1
B) ALRS volume 3
C) ALRS volume 4
D) ALRS volume 6
The vertical separation between the seabed and the ship's keel is also checked to Ensure safe passage. What do you call this separation?
A) depth margin
B) draft depth
C) under keel clearance
D) waterline measurement
In this stage, the intended courses of the ships are actually laid out on the charts of Suitable scale and all additional information is marked.
A) appraisal
B) execution
C) navigational plotting
D) planning
Is a crucial stage in the voyage planning process where a thorough evaluation of all Variables that potentially affect the voyage is carried out.
A) appraisal
B) execution
C) monitoring
D) revision
The planning stage is where you gather all information related to the voyage.
True
False
Provide essential information to support port entry and coastal navigation for all Classes of ships at sea.
A) nautical almanac
B) sailing instructions
C) admiralty sailing directions
D) maritime regulations
Which information can be found in alrs vol.3 which we use to set up our navtex And information received in egc through inmarsat.
A) navigational charts
B) weather forecasts
C) maritime safety information services
D) port procedures
Which information can be found in ALRS vol.6
A) shipping company directories
B) maritime legislation
C) pilots and port operations
D) seafarer training programs
Locations where the water is deep enough to allow for safe passage.
A) deep waters
B) navigable channels
C) restricted areas
D) safe water
A publication used in the appraisal stage who's main objective is to improve safety of Navigation in converging areas and areas of dense traffic.
A) navigational handbook
B) ship's route planner
C) vessel traffic guidelines
D) ship's routing
In a practical sense; having a margin of safety in your route does not ensure that your Vessel have room for error and unexpected changes.
True
False
Which volume of ALRS contains maritime radio stations?
A) ALRS volume 1
B) ALRS volume 3
C) ALRS volume 5
D) ALRS volume 7
Devising several alternative routes if, for any reason, the vessel's designated route Cannot be followed.
A) route optimization
B) contingency planning
C) route redundancy
D) route flexibility
These areas are marked to assist watch officers to identify dangerous waters, Prohibited areas and protect important marine habitat.
A) restricted zones
B) maritime zones
C) navigational boundaries
D) no-go areas
Is renowned for providing the most accurate and comprehensive port data available.
A) port pilot's handbook
B) nautical harbor guide
C) port authority directory
D) guide to port entry
Is a fully comprehensive reference in graphical and textual form detailing the Worldwide inventory of all admiralty charts and publications available for purchase.
A) navigation guide
B) maritime atlas
C) admiralty catalog
D) chart catalogue
An admiralty publication that contains emergency contact details of mrcc, rcc, Coast guards which we can contact in times of emergency. This one book has "worldwide coverage".
A) ALRS volume 2
B) ALRS volume 4
C) ALRS volume 5
D) ALRS volume 7
The vital component of marine navigation that guarantees the efficiency and safety Of a ship's voyage between ports.
A) nautical charting
B) route optimization
C) maritime forecasting
D) voyage planning
Is a guideline to be followed throughout the voyage that may include ukc, speed in Relation to fuel consumption, constants etc.
A) navigational directives
B) voyage metrics
C) operational standards
D) voyage parameters
The process of planning and recommending specific routes for ships to follow during their voyages.
A) Maritime Navigation
B) Nautical Cartography
C) Ship Routing
D) Oceanography Guidance
What are some of the benefits of weather routeing?
Search and rescue , environmental protection , efficiency , safety of navigation
Improves Safety , Low Carbon Emmisions (SoX, NoX) , Reduces Costs
Traffic Separation Scheme , Recommended Tracks , Deep Water Routes , Precautionary Areas
Dividing the area into different VTS Sectors
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