ECDIS Review

WGS stands for World Geodetic

____.
A.Satellite
B. Scheme
C. System
D. Science

The World Geodetic System (WGS) is a standard for use in

cartography, geodesy, and navigation including GPS.
 The initial ECDIS stands for:

A. Electronic Chart Display Information System

B. Electronic Charted Display Information
Satellite
C.Electronic Chart Display Information
Situation
D.Electronic Charted Display Information
System
An Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) is a
geographic information system used for nautical navigation that
complies with International Maritime Organization (IMO)
regulations as an alternative to paper nautical charts.
 The initial RCDS stands for:

A. Radar Chart Display System

B. Raster Chart Display System
C. Raster Chart Digital System
D. Radar Charted Digital System
 Who publish ARCS ?

A. British Admiralty

B. Australian Charts
C. American Admiralty
D. Namria
ADMIRALTY Raster Chart Service (ARCS) is an electronic raster chart service
provided by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), for use in the
Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). ARCS charts are
exact digital copies of British ADMIRALTY paper charts used for marine
navigation
 The initial ENC stands for:

A. Electric Nautical Chart

B. Electric Navigation Chart
C. Electronic Nautical Chart
D. Electronic Navigation Chart
An electronic navigational chart or ENC is an official database created by a
national hydrographic office for use with an Electronic Chart Display and
Information System (ECDIS).
 The ECDIS chart updating could
be done by means of ____.
A. Manual update
B. Email
C. Sensor input
D. All of these
 Which of the following are chart
format for ECDIS?
A. Raster
B. Vector
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 What is the official chart types
supported in ARCS?
A. Electronic Navigation Chart
B. ENDC
C. Raster Charts from British
D. American Raster Charts
 The initial ECS stands for
Electronic Chart _____.
A. Services
B. Stations
C. Systems
D. Symbols
All systems, which are not tested to show compliance with the
ECDIS Performance Standards, can be generically designated
as ”Electronic Chart Systems” (ECS).
 A Raster chart data is a:

A. Digitized picture

B. Separate file or layer
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 A Vector chart data is a:

A. Digitized picture

B. Separate file or layer
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 Which of the following can
replace paper chart?
A. Electronic Navigation Chart Data Base
B. System Electronic Navigation Chart
C. Electronic Navigation Chart Data Base
D. Electronic Chart Display Information
System
 The initial SENC stands for:

A. Sea Electronic Nautical Chart

B. Ship Electric Nautical Chart
C. Ship Electronic Nautical Chart
D. System Electronic Navigation Chart

SENC is an internal system format of ENC's that is

unique for each ECDIS vendor (e.g. Transas, Furuno,.
Kelvin Hughes) and has its own SENC format.
 This refers to the display of electronic
chart data that is too large or too small a
scale:
A. Overscale
B. Underscale
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 The warnings and alarms for Ecdis
includes:
A. Exceeding cross track limits
B. Deviation from route
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 An indication alarm is required for the:

A. Chart overscale

B. Larger scale ENC
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
 The initial IHO stands for :

A. Inter Hydrographic Organization

B.Interisland Hydrographic Office
C. International Hydrographic Organization
D. International Hydrographic Office

A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas,

oceans and navigable waters are properly surveyed and
charted.
 The initial IBS stands for Integrated
Bridge:
A. Standards
B. Systems
C. Science
D. Scheme

An Integrated Bridge System (IBS) is a combination of

systems, which are interconnected to allow a centralized
monitoring of various navigational tools.
 An ECDIS is required to display which
information?
A. Sounding
B. Waypoints
C. Meteorological data
D. Radar target
 It is an electronic chart system not designed
to satisfy the regulatory requirements of the
IMO SOLAS convention.
A. ENC
B. ECS
C. ECDIS
D. None of these
 A Navigational and meteorological warnings,
metrological forecast, distress alerts
and other urgent safety related messages
broadcast to ships
A. Maritime Safety Information
B. Navigational Safety Identifications
C. Maritime Warnings
D. Navigational Warnings
The Maritime Safety Information (MSI) service is an internationally co-
ordinated network of broadcasts of Maritime Safety Information. This
information contains: Navigational warnings; Meterological information
(forecasts and warnings) Distress alerts.
 What is the number of the IMO resolution
concerning ECDIS?

A. IMO res. A 572

B. IMO res. A 827
C. IMO res. A 817
D. IMO res. A 782
 It is the science concerned with the exact
positioning of points on the surface of the
Earth.
A. Ellipsoid
B. Geodesy
C. Foci
D. Spheroid
 Which of the following projection is an
example of a chart presentation where any
angle on the chart is exactly the same on the
Earth?
A. Mercator
B. Lambert
C. Azimuthal
D. Gnomonic
Which of the following projection
is an example of a chart
presentation where the ratio
between any area on the chart
and the corresponding area on
the Earth is correct?

A. Mercator
B. Lambert
C. Azimuthal
D. Gnomonic
A chart made by using
the Lambert projection
can be considered to
present?
A. Correct areas
B. Correct angles
C. Correct area and
angles
D. None of the
choices are correct
Which of the following
projection is an example of a
chart presentation where any
angle on the chart is exactly
the same on the Earth?

A. Tranverse
B. Lambert
C. Azimuthal
D. Gnomonic
A surface along which gravity is
always equal and to which the
direction is always perpendicular is
known as _____.

A. Geoid
B. Ellipsoid
C. Polaroid
D. Spheroid
The Earth “flattening” at
the pole is
approximately?

A. 1/3000
B. 1/300
C. 1/500
D. 1/5000
In worst case, how many can
the difference be expected to
be between local datum and
satellite datum?

A. up to 100 m
B. up to 500 m
C. up to 1000 m
D. up to several
nautical miles
How is an ellipsoid
formed?

 A. By rotating an ellipse
about its minor axis
 B. By rotating an ellipse
about its larger axis
 C. By moving a circle
about its north/south axis
 D. By moving a circle
about its east/west axis
 The surface of an
ellipsoid is?

A. Uneven
B. Regular
C. Regular in direction
N/S
D. Regular in direction
E/W
The first satellite
datum was based on:

A. Russian Glonass

B. American GPS
C. American NNSS
D. American DGPS

The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS was the

first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.
The first satellite datum
was established in ____

A. 1968
B. 1983
C. 1972
D. 1991

The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS was the

first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.
The worlds first satellite
based datum was named?

A. WGS
B. WGS-72
C. WGS-84
D. GGS-72

The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS was the

first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.
What is the reference
datum for GPS?

A. WGS
B. WGS-72
C. WGS-84
D. GGS-72
It is a commonly used as surrogates for
geoids so as to simplify the mathematics
involved in relating a coordinate system
grid with a model of the Earth's shape.

A. Ellipsoid
B. Geodesy
C. Foci
D. Spheroid