Question 1
On a Mercator chart, the rhumb-line track between two positions plots as a straight line, while the great circle track between the same two positions (away from the equator or a meridian) plots as a:
Correct Answer:
Curve concave towards the nearer pole
Question 2
On a great circle track between two positions in the same hemisphere, the point at which the track reaches its highest latitude is called the:
Correct Answer:
Vertex
Question 3
A composite great circle track is used when a direct great circle route between two positions would carry the ship:
Correct Answer:
Beyond a chosen limiting latitude, such as to avoid ice
Question 4
To obtain the Local Hour Angle (LHA) of a heavenly body from its Greenwich Hour Angle (GHA), the observer's longitude is:
Correct Answer:
Subtracted if west, added if east
Question 5
The 'Sun-Run-Sun' method of obtaining a noon position involves running up a morning sun position line to noon and combining it with:
Correct Answer:
The latitude obtained by meridian altitude at local apparent noon
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