Mid Test of Nautical Smester 7
Mid Test of Nautical Smester 7
Mid Test of Nautical Smester 7
Nautical 7
May 07, 2020
2. If the angle at the pole between the observer meridian and the hour circle passing through the
heavenly body is called:
a. Siderial Hour Angle
b. Local hour angle
c. Greenwich hour angle
d. Right ascension
8. What is the internal in time between two successive meridian passage called :
a. a minute
b. an hour
c. a day
d. a second
9. The period of the day between the time when the sun center is 6o below the horizon and
sunrise or between the time of sunset and that when the Sun center is 6o below the horizon is
called :
a. nautical twilight
b. civil twilight
c. astronomical twilight
d. paralax twilight
10. The arc of the rational horizon or the angle of the observer zenith contained between the
observer prime vertical and the vertical circle passing through that body when the body is on
the observer’s rational horizon is called :
a. amplitude
b. horizon sextant angle
c. vertical sextant angle
d. azimuth
11. The period of time taken by the moon to completed one revolution of 360o around the Earth
is called :
a. Rotational period of the moon
b. Revolutionary period of the moon
c. Synodic period of the moon
d. Siderial period of the moon
12. What is the westerly hour angle of the first point of aries measured from the obsever
meridian called :
a. Greenwich siderial time
b. Local mean time
c. Siderial hour angle
d. Greenwich apparent time
13. What is the angle at the center of the earth contained between the center of the sun and the
center of the body ?
a. Elongation of celestial body
b. Altitude of celestial body
c. Horizontal paralax
d. Parallax altitude
15. What is the observation of celestial body taken to ascertain the latitude shortly before and
after it has it has crossed the meridian :
a. Longitde by chronometer
b. Intercept
c. Ex -meridian passage
d. Latitude by meridian altitude
16. At the first point of aries and first point of libra the sun declination is :
a. 23.5o
b. 15o
c. 0o
d. 23,5o
20. What is the the imaginer roughly following the 180o meridian is called :
a. Equator
b. Rhumb line
c. International date line
d. Composite track
21. Passing east bound crossing meridian 180o the date and day will
a. Constant
b. Added 1 day
c. Substract 1 day
d. Substract 1 hour
23. Longitudinal zones of earth surface each 15o in extent measured eastward and westward from
0o are called :
a. Zone description
b. Time zone
c. Zone time
d. Fixed zone
26. Where can be the correction for altitude of celestial bodies be obtained from :
a. Sight Reductio table
b. Nautical almanac
c. Tide tables
d. Reeds distance table
29. When the index mirror is not perpendicular to the plane of the sextant it is called :
a. Error of perpendicularity
b. Index mirror
c. Index error
d. Error collimination
30. What instrument is used for taking bearing of celestial bodies /object ?
a. Refletor plotter
b. Cursor
c. Sextant
d. Azimuth circle
31. What is the phenomenon when the sun has reached it’s maximum north declination and all
nothern latitudes will experiences the longest day and shortest night and vise versa in the
southern hemisphere ?
a. Vermal equinox
b. Winter solstice
c. Autumal equinox
d. Summer solstice
32. What is the internal in time between two succesive meridian passage of true sun over the
same meridian ?
a. Mean solar day
b. Siderial day
c. None of other option
d. Apparent solar day
35. What is the phenomenon if the sun is reached its celestial and vernal equinox, the day and
night in equator is:
a. Day is the same as Night
b. Day longer than night
c. Day shorter than night
d. None of above
36. What is the day gained in crossing the180o meridian when sailing westward called:
a. Astronomical day
b. Solar day
c. Antipodean day
d. Siderial day
37. The siderial hour of the earth is
a. 24 hours
b. 23 hours 56 min
c. 365 day
d. 23 hours
38. What is the imaginary body assume to moue along the equinox at a constant rate equal to the
average rate of motion of the true sun on the ecliptic called :
a. Mean sun
b. True sun
c. Apparent sun
d. All of above
40. When the Sun paralel with the Earth, and Moon Perpendicular with the Earth, the tide will be
a. Neap Tide
b. High tide
c. Spring Tide
d. Low tide
41. When the Sun, Moon and Earth is parallel, the tide will be :
a. Low tide
b. High tide
c. Spring tide
d. Neap tide
44. Dip merupakan satu koreksi tinggi dalam almanak nautika terhadap ?
a. Penundukan tepi langit sejati
b. Penundukan tepi langit maya
c. Lengungan sinar astronomi
d. Lengkungan sinar bumiawi
49. Setiap 4 tahun kalender yang dipakai akan menjadi 366 hari disebut:
a. Tahun masehi
b. Tahun Hijriah
c. Tahun Kabisat
d. Tahun China