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USCG General Navigation (Set 15)
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How is variation indicated on a small-scale nautical chart?
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30 MCQs #1 How is variation indicated on a small-scale nautical chart? #2 On a nautical chart, the inner ring of a compass rose indicates __________. #3 The revision date of a chart is printed on which area of the chart? #4 A chart has extensive corrections to be made to it. When these are made and the chart is again printed, the chart issue is a __________. #5 What information is found in the chart title? #6 The survey information upon which a chart is based is found __________. #7 What information is NOT found in the chart title? #8 The value of sixty nautical miles per degree of geodetic latitude is most correct at __________. #9 What is the length of a nautical mile? #10 NGA (NIMA) charts are adopting the metric system. In order to change a charted depth in meters to feet you may use the conversion table found __________. #11 The compass rose on a nautical chart indicates both variation and __________. #12 The navigation regulations applicable to a U.S. inland waterway can be found in the __________. #13 On the Mississippi River, gage zero is the gage reading measured from the __________. #14 At McAlpine L & D, normal upper pool elevation is 420.0 feet (130.8 meters) MSL, equal to 12.0 feet (3.7 meters) on the upper gage. The vertical clearance at the Clark Memorial Highway bridge is 72.6 feet (22.1 meters) above normal pool. What is the clearance if the gage reads 10.6 feet (3.2 meters)? #15 Navigation charts of the Upper Mississippi River are published by __________. #16 The Light List shows a lighted aid to navigation on the left bank. This means that the light can be seen on the starboard side of a vessel __________. #17 The Light List shows a lighted aid to navigation on the right bank. This means that the light can be seen on the port side of a vessel __________. #18 The Light List shows a lighted aid to navigation on the right bank. This means that the light can be seen on the starboard side of a vessel __________. #19 In which source could you find the vertical clearance of a bridge on the Ohio River? #20 When utilizing a Pacific Coast chart, the reference plane of soundings is __________. #21 Mean lower low water is the reference plane used for __________. #22 Charted depth is the __________. #23 The shoreline on charts generally represents the mean __________. #24 Mean high water is used __________. #25 The description "Racon" beside an illustration on a chart would mean a __________. #26 Which of the buoy symbols shown in illustration D032NG below indicates a safe water mark? #27 Which statement concerning the chartlet in illustration D010NG below is true? (Soundings and heights are in meters) #28 Chart legends which indicate a conspicuous landmark are printed in __________. #29 Which aid is NOT marked on a chart with a magenta circle? #30 Entering from sea, a daymark on the port side of the channel would be indicated on a chart by a __________.
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