ASSIGNMENT 1
Textbook Assignment:
Surface Navigation Systems, chapter 1, pages 1-1 through 1-19; and
Tactical Air Navigation, chapter 2, pages 2-1 through 2-9.
1-1.
12.
13.
14.
1-5.
Tactical navigation is directly
concerned with maneuvering the ship
in navigable waters.
1.
True
2.
False
Estimating ships position between
known navigational points or fixes
is known as
1.
ship maneuvering
2.
dead reckoning
3.
ship reckoning
4.
dead maneuvering
Radio navigation consists of which
of the following categories?
1.
Sub-space systems
2.
Spacebased systems
3.
Terrestrial systems
4.
Both 2 and 3 above
One of the characteristics of dead
reckoning is that the accuracy of
the estimated position never
exceeds the navigation method used
to obtain the last fix.
What
happens to the accuracy of the
estimated position over time?
1.
It increases
2.
It decreases
3.
It stays the same
4.
It fluctuates
Referring to landmarks with known
positions on earth describes which
one of the following navigation
methods?
1.
Celestial
2.
Charting
3.
Dead reckoning
4.
Piloting
1
1-6.
1-7.
1-8.
19.
1-10.
Which of the following actions
required to determine position in
piloting is/are not required in
electronic navigation?
1.
Seeing the landmarks
2.
Determining the ships heading
3.
Having the ship on a dead
reckoned course
4.
Both 2 and 3 above
According to the 1992 Federal Radio
Navigation Plan, which of the
following systems will become the
primary reference navigation system
for surface ships?
1.
LORAN
2.
OMEGA
3.
NAVSTAR
4.
TACAN
LORAN takes advantage of what radio
signal characteristic?
1.
Constant amplitude
2.
Constant velocity
3.
Constant phase
4.
Constant volume
OMEGA is a hyperbolic phase
difference measuring system that
compares the phase angle of two or
more radio signals synchronized to
what device or factor?
1.
A common receiver
2.
A common signal shift
3.
A common time base
4.
A common transmitter
Which navigation system continually
computes the latitude and longitude
of a ship by sensing acceleration?
1.
NAVSTAR
2.
OMEGA
3.
MILSTAR
4.
SINS