Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. Conning does NOT involve:

   1.   ?    navigating
   2.   ?    plotting
   3.   ?    a compass
   4.   ?    a boat

2. If your true course is 242 degrees, and yoru variation is 24 degrees W, what is the magnetic compass reading?

   1.   ?    266C
   2.   ?    242C
   3.   ?    222C
   4.   ?    262C

3. If your compass reads 028, and your chart tells you that your variation if 27E, what number would you put on your course line?

   1.   ?    028
   2.   ?    055
   3.   ?    299
   4.   ?    001

4. If you plot a course of 271 degrees on your chart and you know that your variation is 21E what heading would you take?

   1.   ?    250
   2.   ?    292
   3.   ?    21
   4.   ?    271

5. If you plot a course of 342 on your chart and the variation is 19W, what is your compass reading?

   1.   ?    342
   2.   ?    323
   3.   ?    361
   4.   ?    001

6. If you know that the variation in your area is 14W and you are on a compass heading of 062, what would your course line read?

   1.   ?    048
   2.   ?    062
   3.   ?    076
   4.   ?    110

7. If you bring a point of land and a buoy into line with the bow of your boat, you know you are on what?

   1.   ?    a range
   2.   ?    a collision course
   3.   ?    a line of position
   4.   ?    a fix

8. If you are exactly on a range, the 2 markers will be:

   1.   ?    invisible
   2.   ?    in line
   3.   ?    out of line
   4.   ?    one behind the other

9. If you are to the left of a range on which you wish to be, the lower marker will be:

   1.   ?    invisible
   2.   ?    in line with the top marker
   3.   ?    to the right of the top marker
   4.   ?    to the left of the top marker

10. If you used a hand bearing compass to get a reading of 192 and your variation is 9W what value would you plot on your course line?

    1.   ?    183
    2.   ?    192
    3.   ?    021
    4.   ?    003

11. If you used a hand bearing compass to obtain a reading of 192 and your variation is 9W, what is the Reciprocal Bearing?

    1.   ?    183
    2.   ?    201
    3.   ?    021
    4.   ?    003

12. What is the easiest way to obtain a fix?

    1.   ?    take two bearings then plot them and obtain your latitude and longitude from a chart
    2.   ?    get yourself on a line of position then plot it on a chart
    3.   ?    position yourself close aboard a charted navigational aid
    4.   ?    ask the Coast Guard to identify your location on radar