PY Test 1, Madrid (Ministerio de Transportes) 2023
Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · Convocatoria de abril · 40 questions
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- A boat is in unstable equilibrium when:
- If you have to be rescued by helicopter:
- On an upright boat, a weight is moved a distance “d” straight up:
- If you have to use pyrotechnics as visual distress signals:
- Before abandoning the boat you must:
- If the boat has been abandoned and you have a portable VHF, on which channel do you make a distress call?
- A boat’s displacement acts at the:
- Fog is naturally dispersed, as a rule, by:
- How many thermometers, and of what type, make up a psychrometer?
- Knowing only the true and compass bearings of a transit:
- On notices to mariners publications, mark the INCORRECT statement.
- Which abbreviation refers to bearings on a radar set?
- The total correction:
- On AIS:
- When transferring the GNSS position to a paper chart, it is vital to:
- On 13 March 2023 at 14:15 in 36° 13.0' N, 005° 13.0' W in a current setting N20W at 2.4 knots with a South wind causing 2° leeway (Ra = 215°, dev +1°, dm 1° W), find the engine speed needed to reach Punta Europa at 14:45:
- On 4 March 2023 at 10:15 in 36° 05.6' N, 006° 09.0' W in a current setting S45E at 4 knots, you steer Ra = 115° (deviation –3°, variation for 2023) at 6 knots. Find your effective course and speed:
- Located on the leading line of Punta Paloma lighthouse and Isla de Tarifa lighthouse while observing Punta Cires lighthouse at a distance of 3 miles, find your position:
- On 1 February 2023 at 04:45 in 35° 51.0' N, 006° 11.0' W steering Ra = 083° (dev +2°, dm 1° W) at 4.5 knots in an unknown current, at 07:05 Da Punta de Gracia = 035° and Da Spartel = 150°. Find the current's set and drift:
- Sailing at a point with a charted sounding of 6 metres, and reading from the tide tables: High water 06:10, height 5.65 m. Low water 12:29, height 2.15 m. Which answer is closest to the sounding at 09:09?
- A motor boat is at point A) 35º40´N; 007º15´W, and from there, at 6.5 knots, heads for point B) 35º41´N; 006º15´W. Which answer is closest to the course and distance from A) to B)?