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Question 1
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A part of a sextant which is a spring actuated clamp which keeps the tangent screw engaged with the teeth of the limb. by
applying pressure on the legs of the release, one can disengaged the tangent screw.
a. trigger mechanism
b. all choices are correct 
c. release lever
d. locking device
Question 2
Correct
The construction of sextant is based on the following laws of reflection of light:
a.
when the ray of light is reflected twice in the same plane by two plane mirrors, then the angle formed by the first
and second direction of the ray is twice the angle between the plane of the mirrors.
b. All of the choices 
c. the incident ray and reflected ray both occur on the same plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the
reflecting mirrors
d. reflected angle is equal to the angle of incidence
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Question 3
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A part of a sextant which is adjacent to the micrometer drum and fixed on the index arm which aids in reading fraction of a
minute
a. graduated arc
b. limb
c. micrometer drum
d. Vernier scale 
Question 4
Correct
See image 1 if you close your one eye, made a fist holding your hand at arms length with the back of your hand facing you,
the width of your fist is approximately how many degrees from the horizon?
a. 25°
b. 10° 
c. 15°
d. 1°
Question 5
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A part of a sextant which enables the user to get an amplified view of an object, screws into an adjustable collar then
beparallel to the plane of the instrument
a. handle
b. Telescope 
c. Horizon glass filters

d. frame
Question 6
Correct
It was a tool widely used by navigators around the 16th century, it is used to measure the altitude, the navigator could then
determine the latitude and eventually longitude. It is typically made of wood about 3 feet (36 inches) long with four
different-sized movable cross pieces called transoms.
a. Cross-staff 
b. Quadrant
c. Astrolabe
d. Back staff
Question 7
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It was a tool an improvement on the design of the cross-staff widely used by navigators for 200 years sailors were so
grateful that the Davis Strait, between Baffin Island and Greenland, was named in honor of its inventor. There was no glare
to contend with because the user stood facing away when measuring the altitude suns altitude.
a. Quadrant
b. Astrolabe
c. Back staff 
d. Cross-staff
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Question 8
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A part of a micrometer drum sextant which is a movable bar made of brass or aluminum, it is pivoted about the center of
curvature of the limb.
a. Index Arm 
b. Index shades
c. Index mirror
d. Horizon glass
Question 9
Correct
It was a tool used by navigators a few centuries B.C. to find the time of rising, setting and altitude of the sun and other
selected stars. It is a two-dimensional model of the celestial sphere with elaborately inscribed brass discs, usually about 6
inches in diameter. its name has origins in the Greek words "Astron" and "Lambanien" meaning " the one who catches the
heavenly bodies"
a. Back staff
b. Quadrant
c. Cross-staff
d. Astrolabe 
Question 10
Correct
A part of a sextant which is made or wood or plastic, batteries are fitted inside a recess. Commonly designed to be held by
the hand.
a. frame
b. graduated arc
c. Handle 
d. index mark
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Question 1
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It is the angle at the observer's eye between the plane of the sensible horizon and a line joining the observer's eye and the
visible horizon and it's always negative if applied to a calculation
a. Dip 
b. Semi-diameter
c. Parallax
d. Refraction
Question 2
Correct
What is the dip if the H.E. of the observer is 32.0 Meters?
a. + 9.9
b. + 5.5
c. - 9.96 
d. - 5.5
Question 3
Correct
An instrumental observation of the sun or other heavenly bodies for determining the position of the vessel at sea is called:
a. Sight entry
b. Sight Edge
c. Sight 
d. Sight vane
Question 4
Correct
A sextant error which is caused by faulty marking of the limb on vernier is known as:
a. Index error
b. Prismatic error
c. Graduation Error 
d. Eccentric error
Question 5
Correct
Which of the following choices defined as the plane which is tangent to the earth?
a. Geoidal horizon 
b. Celestial or rational horizon
c. Visible or apparent horizon
d. Sensible horizon
Question 6
Correct
A correction applied to a sextant altitude to obtain the altitude of the center of the body. Positive to an observation of the
lower Limb and negative to an observation of the upper limb is called:
a. semi diameter 
b. parallax
c. augmentation
d. refraction
Question 7
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Which of the following choices, defined as the the plane which passes through the observer's eye and is at right angles to
the vertical of the observer
a. Refracted horizon
b. Celestial or rational horizon
c. Sensible horizon 
d. Geoidal horizon
Question 8
Correct
The best heavenly body to observe for longitude is:
a. Sun 
b. star
c. moon
d. venus
Question 9
Correct
In order to remove index error from the sextant, you should adjust the:
a. Index mirror and the horizon glass to make it parallel when index error arm is set to zero 
b. telescope to make it parallel to the index arm

c. adjust shades glasses and mirror to make it parallel
d. horizon glass to makeit parallel to the sextant frame
Question 10
Correct
What is Error of perpendicularity?
a. error in the reading of a sextant due to telescope not parallel to the plane of the instrument
b. error in the reading of a sextant due to non-perpendicularity of the index mirror to the frame 
c. error in the reading of a sextant due to non-perpendicularity of the horizon glass to the frame
d. error in the reading of a sextant due to lack of parallelism of the index mirror and the horizon glass at zero reading
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Question 1
Correct
See image_1 you have taken a sight, what is the celestial body's Sextant Altitude (hs)?
a. 08° 12.6’ 
b. 08° 17.6’
c. 08° 12.8’
d. 12° 17.6’
Question 2
Correct
Image 10_You have set the sextant at 0° and looked through the sextant's telescope and noticed a step in the horizon, you
have adjusted the micrometer drum to make the horizon continuous, and the sextant reads (see image_10) which of the
following statement is correct?
a. I.E. is 01° 03.0’ on the arc

b. I.E. is 04° 03.0’ off the arc
c. I.E. is 04° 03.0’ on the arc
d. I.E. is 01° 03.0’ off the arc 
Question 3
Correct
a. 25° 42.0’ 
b. 26° 04.0’
c. 25° 46.0’
d. 25° 44.0’
Question 4
Correct
a. 64° 40.4’
b. 64° 40.6’
c. 55° 39.4’ 
d. 55° 40.6’
Question 5
Correct
a. 40° 52.0’
b. 40° 50.0’
c. 39° 56.0’
d. 39° 52.0’ 
Question 6
Correct
Image 9_You have set the sextant at 0° and looked through the sextant's telescope and noticed a step in the horizon, you
have adjusted the micrometer drum to make the horizon continuous, and the sextant reads (see image_9) which of the
following statement is correct?
a. I.E. is 00° 43.6’ on the arc 
b. I.E. is 00° 43.6’ off the arc

c. I.E. is 00° 46.5’ on the arc
d. I.E. is 00° 46.5’ off the arc
Question 7
Correct
a. 25° 09.8’
b. 15° 01.8’
c. 25° 00.8’
d. 15° 00.8’ 
Question 8
Correct
a. 44° 53.4’ 
b. 55° 56.4’
c. 45° 53.4’
d. 55° 54.6’
Question 9
Correct
a. 95° 54.4’
b. 84° 54.6’ 
c. 95° 55.6’
d. 85° 54.6’
Question 10
Correct
a. 45° 46.4’
b. 45° 45.2’ 
c. 54° 46.4’
d. 54° 44.4’
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Question 1
Correct
A position obtained by observation of celestial body is called:
a. Observed Position 
b. DR position
c. Estimated Position
d. Assumed Position
Question 2
Correct
Micrometer drum rotates to make fine adjustments when measuring angles and indicates a minute of a degree of angle,
one complete rotation moves the index arm 1° along the arc scale, therefore micrometer drum has how many graduations
and how much each graduation represent?
a. 60 graduations and each representing 1' of arc 
b. 120 graduations and each representing 1' of arc

c. 120 graduations and each representing 1° of arc
d. 60 graduations and each representing 1" of arc
Question 3
Correct
Which of the following choices is the position used to simplify the work of computing H.C. (Calculated Altitude)and
azimuth. It is the geographical position in Latitude and Longitude chosen, to facilitate sight reduction.
a. Estimated Position
b. Assumed Position 
c. Fix Position
d. Observed Position
Question 4
Correct
Under which of the following condition will the sun rise bearing true east?
a. when the observer is in Latitude N 23° 27.0' and the sun's declination is N 23° 27.0'
b. when the observer is exactly on the equator and the sun's declination is N 23° 27.0'
c. when the observer is exactly on the equator and the sun's declination is S 23° 27.0'
d. when the observer is exactly on the equator and the sun's declination is 0° 
Question 5
Correct
The navigator observed the planet Venus at 90° altitude, declination is 22°37.6N and the GHA is 208° 14.3’Which of the
following choices you think is the Observer's Longitude?
a. E 151° 54.7'
b. E 151° 45.7' 
c. E 151° 46.0'
d. E 151° 43.0'
Question 6
Correct
When two LOPs intersect we can construct a position fix however, when a third LOP is added and a triangle occurs what
this indicates?
a. Running Fix
b. errors are involved in at least one of the bearings taken. 
c. In practice, we call this a perfect triangle

d. Snellius construction
Question 7
Correct
18th December, 2017, in D.R. position N22° 00' , W154° 20', the sextant altitude of the sun's L.L. on the meridian was 44°
20.8', index error 0.4' off the arc, height of eye 15.3 metres. What is your calculated latitude?
a. N 38° 00.0
b. N 25°05.0
c. N 41°00.0
d. N 22° 05.2 
Question 8
Correct
The Circle bounding the observer’s view at sea is the:
a. Visible horizon 
b. Rational horizon
c. Celestial Horizon
d. Twilight
Question 9
Correct
What do you call that method of establishing a line of position from observation of the altitude of a celestial body by using
an assumed position, the difference between the observed and computed altitudes, and the azimuth, that was named after
a French naval officer who devised it in 1874?
a. low latitude method

b. Asynchronous method
c. Marcq St. Hilaire method 
d. Summer Method
Question 10
Correct
What do you call that line drawn perpendicular to the azimuth of the intercept when plotting in the sight reduction
plotting sheet?
a. Intercept
b. Zn
c. line of position (LOP) 
d. Z
Question 11
Correct
Which of the following corrections corrects a sighted sextant angle (Hs) from the visible to the sensible horizon?
a. refraction
b. equinoxes
c. Dip 
d. Index error
Question 12
Correct
The position decided by the point of intersection of two position lines derived from astronomical observations of a number
of such position lines is known as
a. estimated position
b. Probable position
c. observed position 
d. Actual position
Question 13
Correct
The navigator observed the planet Venus at 90° altitude,declination is 22°37.6N and the GHA is 208° 14.3’ Compute the
latitude of the Observer
a. N 22°37.6' 
b. N 41°00.0'
c. N 25°05.0'
d. N 22°37.8'
Question 14
Correct
Find the geographic longitude of a body at meridian transit whose GHA is 215° 15.0'
a. E 35° 15.0'
b. W 35° 15.0'
c. W 144° 45.0'
d. E 144° 45.0' 
Question 15
Correct
The DR longitude is N 46° 11.3'. When Assuming a position, the latitude to be selected is:
a. N 46° 30.0'
b. N 47° 00.0'
c. N 46° 11.3'
d. N 46° 00.0' 
Question 16
Correct
When the observer is at the equator, the sun’s declination is 12°N, The approximate bearing of the sun when rising is
a. 012°
b. 078° 
c. 168°
d. 102°
Question 17
Correct
Which of the following method in which you observe the true altitude of the sun and subtract from 90° to get your ZX then
applying your declination either plus or minus to get your observe latitude is
a. Meridional zenith distance

b. Longitude factor
c. Latitude by meridian altitude 
d. none of the choices
Question 18
Correct
Solve for the observed altitude 48° 55.0’; Dip (-3.8’) main correction (+15.4’); I.E. =1.0’ on the arc
a. 49° 05.6' 
b. 48° 05.6'
c. 40° 05.6'
d. 49° 06.6'
Question 19
Correct
An Altitude of center of a heavenly body when measured from the sensible horizon is called?
a. Azimuth
b. Twilight
c. Apparent Altitude 
d. Parallax
Question 20
Correct
What do you call that difference in minutes of arc between the computed altitude (Hc) and the observed altitude (Ho) ,or
between precomputed and sextant altitudes. It is labeled T (toward)or A (away) as the observed (or sextant) altitude is
greater or smaller than the computed (or precomputed) altitude?
a. LOP
b. Intercept 
c. Zn
d. Z
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Question 1
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See image 6.4, if you are to label the highlighted line in the image which of the following choices would you choose?
a. LOP-Line of Position 
b. ITP-Intercept Terminal Point
c. Zn-Azimuth
d. Z- Azimuth Angle
Question 2
Correct
a. Observed Position
b. DR Position
c. Assumed Position 
d. Estimated Position
Question 3
Correct
a. LOP-Line of Position
b. Intercept, Towards
c. Intercept, Away 
d. ITP-Intercept Terminal Point
Question 4
Correct
a. Z- Azimuth Angle
b. ITP-Intercept Terminal Point
c. Zn- Azimuth of a celestial body 
d. LOP-Line of Position
Question 5
Correct
a. LOP-Line of Position
b. ITP-Intercept Terminal Point 
c. Z- Azimuth Angle
d. Intercept
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5/18/22, 7:14 AM Semi-Final Quiz No.1_MCQ_04.May.

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The construction of sextant is based on the following laws of reflection of light:

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Non-adjustable errors of the SEXTANT ►

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What is the dip if the H.E. of the observer is 32.0 Meters?

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The best heavenly body to observe for longitude is:

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b. telescope to make it parallel to the index arm

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What is Error of perpendicularity?

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Semi-Final Quiz No.3_MCQ_04.May.2022 ►

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a. I.E. is 01° 03.0’ on the arc

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a. I.E. is 00° 43.6’ on the arc 

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SEXTANT ALTITUDE CORRECTION - Celestial navigation ►

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A position obtained by observation of celestial body is called:

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a. 60 graduations and each representing 1' of arc 

b. 120 graduations and each representing 1' of arc

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c. In practice, we call this a perfect triangle

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The Circle bounding the observer’s view at sea is the:

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