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USCG Exam Practice · Three-bearing fix and cocked-hat triangle

When two or more lines of position are taken simultaneously and plotted on a chart, the result is called a:

  1. ARunning fix
  2. BDead reckoning position
  3. CFix✓ correct
  4. DEstimated position

Why C is correct

A fix is the intersection of two or more LOPs taken simultaneously. A running fix, by contrast, is used when LOPs cannot be taken simultaneously and requires advancing the first LOP along the DR track.

Cited:Bowditch Ch. 7 §701

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