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Navigation General Practice Test

Charting, plotting, fixes, currents, tides, magnetic variation, and basic celestial. Every OUPV and Master candidate also sits the separate, dedicated Chart Plot module.

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Piloting is the primary method of navigation used in confined waters primarily because it relies on which of the following?

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A towing vessel master determines that the gyrocompass reads 090° and the magnetic compass reads 093°C. The charted variation for the area is 4°W. What is the deviation of the magnetic compass on this heading?

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Piloting is best described as navigation by reference to:

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Sample Navigation General questions

A few from each topic — each opens the full question with the correct answer and a citation to the rule it tests. Drill the complete set in the app.

Compass variation and deviation; T-V-M-D-C

Aids to Navigation — IALA-B (US) buoyage

Chart symbols and abbreviations (Chart No. 1)

Dead reckoning — DR plot maintenance

GPS and electronic navigation

Visual piloting — three-bearing fixes, danger bearings

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Navigation General Practice Test

Answer one — see the cited explanation

Piloting is the primary method of navigation used in confined waters primarily because it relies on which of the following?

A towing vessel master determines that the gyrocompass reads 090° and the magnetic compass reads 093°C. The charted variation for the area is 4°W. What is the deviation of the magnetic compass on this heading?

Piloting is best described as navigation by reference to:

Sample Navigation General questions

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