MLC Exam 2016

Your vessel is at the equator at midnight on 1 January, and a star is observed rising. At what time will this same star rise on 1 February, assuming your vessel's location is still at the equator?

What is a known position obtained by applying only your vessel's course and speed?

Your longitude is 179°59'W. The LMT at this longitude is 23h 56m of the 4th day of the month. Six minutes later your position is 179°59'E longitude. Your LMT and date is now __________.

The LMT of sunrise on the standard meridian is 0552. Your longitude is 99°15'E. What is your ZT of sunrise?

While steering a course of 150°T, you wish to observe a body for a latitude check. What would the azimuth have to be?

It is desirable that a vessel encountering hurricane or typhoon conditions sends weather reports to the closest meteorological service at least every __________.

The upper vertex of a great circle track is in LONG 156°00'E. Sailing eastward, the great circle track will cross the equator in LONG __________.

At 0530 zone time, on 20 December, you depart Cape Town (ZD -1). You are bound for New York (ZD +5), and you estimate your speed of advance at 25 knots. The distance is 6,762 miles. What is your estimated zone time of arrival at New York?

You take a bearing of 313° and 076° of two objects. Which bearing of a third object will give the best fix?

You are on course 138°T. To check the latitude of your vessel you should observe a celestial body on which bearing?

You take a bearing of 176° of a lighthouse. Which bearing of another object would give the best fix?

The vertex of a great circle track is in LONG 109°E. An eastbound vessel would cross the equator in LONG __________.

You are on course 061°T. To check the longitude of your vessel you should observe a celestial body on which bearing?

You wish to measure the distance on a Mercator chart between a point in latitude 43°30'N and a point in latitude 40°30'N. To measure 30 miles at a time, you should set the points of the dividers at __________.