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Pacific tides occur almost at the same time each day due
to the influence by the:
A. Sun
B. Moon
C. Planets in conjunction
D. Regression of the nodes
ANSWER: A

Tropic tides are caused by:

A. Moon being at its maximum declination north or south
B. Moon crossing the equator
C. Sun and moon are in line
D. Sun and moon are at quadrature with the earth
ANSWER: A

How many high waters usually occur each day on the East coast of the United States?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
ANSWER: B

What does the term “TIDE “ refer to?

B. Horizontal movement of the water
B. Vertical movement of the water
C. Mixing tendency of the water
D. Salinity content of the water
ANSWER: B

Currents refer to the:

A. Vertical movement of the water
B. Horizontal movement of the water
C. Density changes in the water
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B

The set of the current is the:

A. Speed of the current at a particular time
B. Maximum speed of the current
C. Direction from which the current flows
D. Direction to which the current flows
ANSWER: D

Slack water occurs when there is:

A. No horizontal motion of the water
B. No vertical motion of the water
C. A weak ebb or flood current
D. Neither a vertical nor a horizontal motion
ANSWER: A

The movement of water away from shore or downstream is called what type of current?
A. Reversing
B. Ebb
C. Flood
D. Slack
ANSWER: B

Which of the following describes an ebb current?

A. Horizontal movement of water away from the land following low tide
B. Horizontal movement of water towards the land following low tide
C. Horizontal movement of water away from land following high tide
D. Horizontal movement of water towards the land following high tide
ANSWER: C

Priming of the tide occurs:

A. At times of new and full moon
B. Between new and first quarter
C. Between first quarter and full moon
D. Between third quarter and new moon
ANSWER: B

Neap tides or the tides that have lower highs and higher lows occur when the moon
is at?
A. Opposition with the earth and sun
B. Conjunction with the earth and sun
C. Quadrature with the earth and sun
D. Apogee
ANSWER: C

Spring tides or tides that have higher highs and lower lows occur when the moon is
at?
A. Opposition or in conjunction with the earth and sun
B. Quadrature with the earth and sun
C. Apogee
D. Perigee
ANSWER: A

Mean low water is correctly defined as the average height of?

A. The two daily low tides
B. The high and low tides
C. All low waters
D. The lower low tides
ANSWER: C

The diurnal inequality of tides is caused by?

A. The moon being at perigee
B. The declination of the moon
C. Changing weather conditions
D. The moon being at apogee
ANSWER: B

In certain areas of the world there is often a slight fall of tide during the
middle of the high water period. The practical effect is to create a longer period
of stand at high water. This special feature is called?
A. Double high water
B. Perigean tide
C. Apogean tide bore
D. bore
ANSWER: A

When a strong current sets over an irregular bottom or meets an opposing current
which of the following may occur?
A. Tide rips
B. Bore
C. Ebb current
D. Slack water
ANSWER: A
The period at high or low water during which there is no change in the height of
the water is called?
A. Range of the tide
B. Plane of the tide
C. Stand of the tide
D. Reversing tide
ANSWER: C

Stand of the Tide is that time when?

A. The vertical rise or fall of the tide has stopped
B. Slack waters occur
C. Tidal current is at maximum
D. The actual depth of water equals the charted depth
ANSWER: A

An important lunar cycle affecting the tidal cycle is called the modal period. How
long is this cycle?
A. 16 days
B. 19 years
C. 6 years
D. 18 moths
ANSWER: B

The reference datum used in determining the heights of land features on most
charts is?
A. Mean high water
B. Half tide level
C. Mean sea level
D. Mean low water
ANSWER: A

The average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of the tide over the 19
years period is called?
A. Mean low water
B. Mean high water
C. Mean sea level
D. Half tide level
ANSWER: C

The datum from which the predicted heights of tides are reckoned in the tide tables
is?
A. Given in the table 3 of the tide tables
B. The highest possible level
C. Mean low water
D. The same as that used for the charts of the locality
ANSWER: D

The interval of the average elapsed time from the meridian transit of the moon
until the next high tidies called the?
A. Harmonic constant
B. Tide cycle
C. Establishment of the port
D. Half tide level
ANSWER: C

Which of the following is a reference datum used for determining the depth of water
as shown on an east coast chart?
A. Half tide level
B. Mean high water
C. Mean low water
D. Mean sea level
ANSWER: C

The term “flood current” refers to that time when the water level is?
A. Moving towards the land
B. Not changing
C. Falling
D. Falling because of a rapid change in the wind
ANSWER: A

How many slack tidal currents usually occur each day?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
ANSWER: D

In a river subject to tidal currents, the best time to dock a ship without the
assistance of tugs is?
A. When the slack water and stand coincide
B. At high water
C. At stand
D. At slack water
ANSWER: D

When utilizing a Pacific coast chart the reference plane of sounding is?
A. Mean low water
B. Mean low water
C. Mean lower low water
D. Lowest normal low water
ANSWER: C

The drift and set of tidal stream river and ocean currents refer to the?
A. Position and area of the current
B. Speed and direction toward which the current flows
C. Type and characteristic of the current flow
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B

The velocity of a rotary tidal current will be decreased when the moon is?
A. At apogee
B. At perigee
C. New
D. Full
ANSWER: A

Which statement is true concerning apogean tide?

A. They occur only at quadrature
B. They occur when the moon is nearest to the earth
C. They caused diurnal tides to become mixed
D. They have decreased from normal
ANSWER: D

The velocity of current in large coastal harbours is?

A. Unpredictable
B. Predicted in the tidal current tables
C. Generally constant
D. Generally too week
ANSWER: B

A tidal current which flows alternately in approximately in approximately opposite

derections with a slack water at each reversal of direction is called?
A. Reversing or rectilinear
B. Bore
C. Tide rips
D. Hydraulic
ANSWER: A

A current in a channel caused by a difference in the surface level at the two ends
is called?
A. Reversing
B. Bore
C. Eddies
D. hydraulic
ANSWER: D

The shoreline shown on nautical charts of waters subject to large tidal

fluctuations is usually the line of mean?
A. Lower low water
B. High water
C. Low water
D. Tide level
ANSWER: A

Which of the following statements regarding currents is/are correct? I.In general
the speed of tidal currents are less along straight coasts than indented coasts.
II.Stronger sets towards or away from the shore can be expected when passing a
straight coast than an indented one.
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I or II
ANSWER: A

Regarding tides and currents, which of the following is/are correct? I.The time of
slack water does not generally coincide with the time of high or low water. II.The
time of maximum velocity of the current does not usually coincide with the time of
the most rapid change in the vertical height of the tide.
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I or II
ANSWER: C

What is the effect of climate change on sea levels?

A. Earths warming
B. Winds
C. Sea temperature
D. Earths in line with moon and sun
ANSWER: A

What is the level of water that charted depths displayed on a nautical chart are
measured from and is always refers to the date at which the soundings were taken
regardless of method?
A. Chart datum
B. Tidal levels
C. Sounding depth
D. Tidal heights
ANSWER: A
What is the tide level for a given area is calculated by averaging the height of
all of the lowest tides for that area over a certain period of time?
A. Chart datum
B. Tidal heights
C. Tidal levels
D. Zero tide level
ANSWER: D