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What is the relative bearing of an object sighted dead ahead?

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What is the relative bearing of an object sighted dead ahead?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Relative bearing vs true bearing vs magnetic bearing • How the relative bearing scale is numbered around the ship (from the bow, clockwise 0°–360°) • What "dead ahead" means in relation to the ship’s heading

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: on a relative bearing system, what angle is assigned to the exact direction of the ship’s bow? • Visualize standing on the bridge—if something is directly in line with your heading, how many degrees to the right or left is it? • Compare each answer choice and think: which one represents "no angle" off the ship’s heading?

✅ Before You Answer

• Make sure you are using relative bearing, measured from the ship’s bow, not compass north • Confirm that dead ahead means there is zero angle to starboard or port from your heading • Check which option in the list corresponds to zero degrees off the bow on a 0°–360° relative scale

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What is the relative bearing of an object sighted dead ahead?

A

180°

B

090°

C

015°

D

000°

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Question 1 / 2707066636ee928f7522a1c519fd3

Question 1 of 2707066636ee928f7522a1c519fd3

What is the relative bearing of an object sighted dead ahead?

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Question 1 of 27070

Q

What is the relative bearing of an object sighted dead ahead?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Relative bearing vs true bearing vs magnetic bearing • How the relative bearing scale is numbered around the ship (from the bow, clockwise 0°–360°) • What "dead ahead" means in relation to the ship’s heading

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: on a relative bearing system, what angle is assigned to the exact direction of the ship’s bow? • Visualize standing on the bridge—if something is directly in line with your heading, how many degrees to the right or left is it? • Compare each answer choice and think: which one represents "no angle" off the ship’s heading?

✅ Before You Answer

• Make sure you are using relative bearing, measured from the ship’s bow, not compass north • Confirm that dead ahead means there is zero angle to starboard or port from your heading • Check which option in the list corresponds to zero degrees off the bow on a 0°–360° relative scale