1. A chart has the scale 1:1 000 000. From A to B on the chart measures 1.
5 inches chart
Measures 1.5 inches (one inch equals 2.54 centimeters), the distance from A to B in NM is:
a. 38.1
b. 44.5
c. 20.6
d. 54.2
2. A straight line drawn on a chart measures 4.63 cm and represents 150 NM. The chart
scale is:
a. 1 : 3 000 000
B. 1: 5 000 000
C. 1: 1 000 000
D. 1: 6 000 000
3. A Mercator chart has a scale at the equator = 1:3704 000. What is the scale at latitude
60° S?
A. 1: 7 408 000
B. 1: 1 852 000
C. 1: 3 208 000
D. 1: 185 200
4. On a direct Mercator projection, at latitude 45° North, a certain length represents70 NM.
At
Latitude 30° north, the same length represents approximately:
a. 57 NM
b. 86 NM
c. 70 NM
d. 81 NM
5. A Mercator chart has a scale at the equator = 1:3704 000. What is the scale at latitude
60°S?
A. 1: 7 408 000
B. 1: 3 208 000
C. 1: 1 852 00
D. 1: 185 200
6. On a direct Mercator projection, the distance measured between two meridians spaced
5°
Apart at latitude 60°N is 8 cm. The scale of this chart at latitude 60°N is approximately:
A. 1: 3 500 000
B. 1: 4 750 000
C. 1: 7 000
D. 1: 6 000
7. The distance measured between two points on a navigation map is 42 mm (millimeters).
The
Scale of the chart is 1:1600 000. The actual distance between these two points is
approximately:
a. 36.30 NM
b. 370.00 NM
c. 67.20 NM
d. 3.69 NM
8. In a navigation chart a distance of 49 NM is equal to 7 cm. The scale of the chart is
Approximately:
A. 1: 1 300 000
B. 1: 700 000
C. 1: 130 000
D. 1: 7 000
9. At 60° N the scale of a direct Mercator chart is 1: 3 000 [Link] is the scale at the
equator?
A. 1: 6 000
B. 1: 3 000
C. 1: 3 500 000
D. 1: 1 500 000
10. The chart distance between meridians 10° apart at latitude 65° north is 3.75 inches. The
chart
Scale at this latitude approximates:
A. 1: 5 000 000
B. 1: 6 000 000
C. 1: 2 500 000
D. 1: 3 000 000
11. What is the chart distance between longitudes 179°E and 175°W on a direct Mercator
Chart?
With a scale of 1: 5 000 000 at the equator?
A. 133 mm
B. 106 mm
C. 167 mm
D. 72 mm
12. The total length of the 53°N parallel of latitude on a direct Mercator chart is 133 cm.
What is?
The approximate scale of the chart at latitude 30°S?
a. 1 : 25 000 000
b. 1 : 30 000 000
c. 1 : 18 000 000
d. 1 : 21 000 000
13. At 47° North the chart distance between meridians 10° apart is 5 inches. The scale of
the chart
at 47° North approximates:
a. 1 : 6 000 000
b. 1 : 8 000 000
c. 1 : 3 000 000
d. 1 : 2 500 000
14. Approximately how many nautical miles correspond to 12 cm on a map with a scale of
1: 2 000
000?
a. 130
b. 150
c. 329
d. 43
15. On a chart, the distance along a meridian between latitudes 45°N and 46°N is 6 cm.
The scale
of the chart is approximately:
a. 1 : 1 850 000
b. 1 : 1 000 000
c. 1 : 185 000
d. 1 : 18 500 000
16. On a Direct Mercator chart at latitude 15°S, a certain length represents a distance of
120 NM
on the earth. The same length on the chart will represent on the earth, at latitude 10°N, a
distance of:
a. 122.3 NM
b. 117.7 NM
c. 124.2 NM
d. 118.2 NM
17. Given: Chart scale is 1 : 1 850 000. The chart distance between two points is 4
centimeters.
Earth distance is approximately:
a. 40 NM
b. 74 NM
c. 100 NM
d. 4 NM
18. On a Direct Mercator chart at latitude of 45°N, a certain length represents a distance of
90 NM
on the earth. The same length on the chart will represent on the earth, at latitude 30°N, a
distance of:
a. 110 NM
b. 73.5 NM
c. 78 NM
d. 45 NM
19. On a Mercator chart, at latitude 60°N, the distance measured between W002° and
E008° is 20
cm. The scale of this chart at latitude 60°N is approximately:
a. 1 : 2 780 000
b. 1 : 278 000
c. 1 : 5 560 000
d. 1 : 556 000
20. At latitude 60°N the scale of a Mercator projection is 1: 5 000 000. The length on the
chart
between 'C' N60° E008° and 'D' N60° W008° is:
a. 17.8 cm
b. 16.2 cm
c. 35.6 cm
d. 19.2 cm
21. Assume a Mercator chart. The distance between positions A and B, located on the
same
parallel and 10° longitude apart, is 6 cm. The scale at the parallel is 1: 9 [Link] is the
latitude of A and B?
a. 60° N or S
b. 30° N or S
c. 0°
d. 45° N or S