CY Test 3, Madrid (Ministerio de Transportes) 2021

Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · Convocatoria de julio · 40 questions

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• The crossing of the apparent horizon by the Sun’s upper limb as it ascends is the definition of:
• Using Orion’s Belt (“Las Tres Marías”) as a reference and extending its line toward the Southern Hemisphere, we can easily recognize:
• In celestial navigation, the “nocturnal arc” (“arco nocturno”) is defined as the:
• Regarding the Bayer designation of stars within a constellation, identify the CORRECT statement:
• The “International Date Line” (“línea de cambio de fecha”) is defined as the:
• Is it possible to determine and correct the index error in a sextant reading?
• Determine the true altitude of the star Vega given sextant altitude = 40º 20', Ci = -4', and height of eye = 5 m.
• In the northern hemisphere the trade winds blow:
• The Swedish oceanographer Ekman deduced that surface currents diverge from the wind direction:
• The Coriolis effect makes a wind blowing from the south:
• The layer of the atmosphere where jet streams are mainly found is the:
• In the South Atlantic is the current called:
• In what layer of the atmosphere are the radio waves used for communications reflected?
• Elija la traducción correcta de: “Check the slip gear in the lifeboats and report”.
• Elija la traducción correcta de: “The bearing to the vessel in … degrees is constant”
• Conforme a frases normalizadas de la OMI para las comunicaciones marítimas el número 9 se ha de pronunciar: