Fundamentals of Sea Navigation
A short quiz designed to reinforce essential concepts for navigating vessels on open water.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
What does the abbreviation 'N' on a compass stand for?
- 2
Which line on a nautical chart indicates a constant depth?
- 3
When a vessel is heading directly into the wind, it is said to be sailing what?
- 4
What color buoy marks the starboard side of a channel when returning from sea?
- 5
A chart symbol showing a dashed line with numbers represents what?
- 6
The term 'lead line' refers to what equipment?
- 7
If a ship's bearing to a lighthouse is 045°, what is the direction relative to true north?
- 8
What does a green buoy with a vertical stripe indicate?
- 9
The magnetic declination at a location is 10° east. How should a compass reading be corrected to obtain true heading?
- 10
Which term describes the distance a ship travels along a straight line between two points?
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