NAV-5 Reviewer

TRANSMITTER – Is a radar components that generates the radio frequency energy in the form of a short
powerful pulses?
CATHODE RAY TUBE – Is known as the heart of the indicator?
RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING – Is an acronym for the word “RADAR”?

REFRACTION – What do you call the radar rays when it passes obliquely from one medium into another
then speed and its direction will be changed?
IT DISSIPATES THROUGH ATMOSPHERE – What would be the result to the traveling radio waves if no
hits occur during several scan?

DUE TO PERSISTENCE – What makes the pips or blips to light up in the radar screen?
RELATIVE MOTION – Radar motion display portrays the movement of a contact relative to the
movement of the observing vessel?

PULSE REPETITION RATE – Is known as the number of cycles completed per second?

SURFACE – This factor has an ability of various substances to reflect radar pulses?
SATELLITE -Device is used for detection and ranging of contact?
TOO MUCH GAIN/BRILLIANCE – When the target is lost on the PPI, what do you think the cause of it?
GAIN – Is a radar control to adjust so that a speckled background appear on the PPI?
TO REDUCE THE RANGES WHICH CONTACT CAN BE DETECTED – Is the usual effect of weather on the
radar reception when the radar wave propagate along the atmosphere and experiencing unstable
weather?
CLUTER – The unwanted radar echoes reflected from heavy rain, snow and wave, which may obscure
relatively large areas on the radar scope is called?

SHAPE – When the antenna rotation is synchronized with the sweep in order to paint what contact
presentations?
PROPAGATION – What do you call the process where in the radio wave travel on the atmosphere with
its frequency involved on it?

DIFFRACTION – What do you call the bending of a radar wave as it passes an obstruction and causes
some illumination of the region behind the target?
SIZE & HEIGHT OF THE TARGET – The following are the Internal factors that affect radar reception,
except?

SUB-REFRACTION – Is the term given for the upward bending of the radar rays due to a layer of cold
moist air overrides a shallow layer of warm, dry air?
WAVELENGTH – what do you call the distance along the direction of propagation between successive
crests or troughs?
DUCTING – What do you call phenomena wherein the radio signals are reflected downward or upward
of not more than 10 degrees or trapped in the layer of the atmosphere?

DETECTING TARGETS – Is the main function of the directional antenna?

WAVE GUIDE – What do you call the common path of an electrical conductor and having a dimension
according to the wavelength or carrier frequency?
FEED HORN & REFLECTOR – which of the following is not needed in a Slotted Wave guide Antenna?

ANTENNA – A radar components system that takes frequency energy from the transmitter and radiates
it in a highly directional beam?

CARRIER FREQUENCY – What do you call the frequency at which the radio frequency is generated?

STC – what radar control is used for reducing or elimination interference from sea – return and
weather?
DUCTING – What do you call a phenomenon wherein the radio waves are reflected downward/upward
or trapped in the Layer of the atmosphere?
PROPAGATION – Is the process wherein the radio wave travel on the atmosphere with its frequency
Involved on it?
HEAD UP – What type of RADAR display at which the heading flasher is always at the top of the indicator
regardless of the ship course?

CHECK IF THE POWER IS SUFFICIENT – Is the first step adapt in operating the radar?

A/C rain/snow control – Which of the following radar control to adjust in order to minimize or eliminate
the false echo that appears on the radar display as blurred cause by rain, snow and hail?

TR Tube – What components on the RADAR system permits the returning echoes to pass to the
receiver?
SWEEP – What do you call the radial movement of the stream of an electrons impinging on the face of
the CRT?

SRM - What speed is determined using distance from 1 st observation to the last observation?

STABALIZED NORTH UPWARD DISPLAY – What RADAR orientation is when the radar contact are pip/s
and painted at their measured distances in true direction from own ship?

UN-STABALIZED NORTH UPWARD DISPLAY - What orientation is when the radar contacts are pips and
painted at their measured distances in direction relative to own ship’s heading?

3,000,000,000 m – How many meters per microsecond the radar wave travels on the atmosphere?

3,000 – 5,200 – is the frequency of 10 cm radar in megahertz (Mhz)?

MODULATOR – Which Radar component responsible for the sending a synchronizing signal to trigger
the transmitter and the indicator sweep?

GAIN – which radar control needs to be adjusted in order to trace and rotating sweep is visible on the
indicator?

RECEIVER - Radar components that amplifies the weak radio frequency energy?

SUPER-REFRACTION – The downward bending of the radar rays and it increases the ranges at which
target may detected?

AMPLITUDE – Is the height of a wave measured from the center of the undisturbed material to the
highest or lowest point of the wave?

S-BAND – What is the designation band of a radar using 10 cm wavelength?

PERSISTENCE – What do you call the measure of time that the radar indicator retains its images of echo?

ATTENUATION - What is the term when there Is a decrease in echo strength of the radar beam caused
by scattering of the energy as it passes through the atmosphere?
X-BAND – is the designation band for the radar using 3 cm wavelength?
TILTD PARABOLIC – Type of radar antenna which has a reflector and feed horn and it is positioned so
that it will not obstruct to the reflected beam?

TUNING – Radar controls that needs to adjust for obtaining the best reception of echoes for the radar
without AFC?

CARRIER FREQUENCY – Where does the radio frequency of the RADAR is generated?
PEAK POWER – Name the useful power of the RADAR?

STRENGHTEN THE WEAK RADIO FREQUENCY PULSES - Which of the following statement is not
applicable to the antenna system of the RADAR?

MODULATOR – It produces synchronizing signals that trigger the transmitter required number of time
per second.

MODULATOR – It coordinates the other associated circuits and trigger’s the indicator sweep on the
radar?

“OPERATOR” Knob - What is next control to be switch after a couple of minutes period, in order to
warm up the electronic parts of the radar?

CHECK IF THE POWER IS SUFFICIENT – What should be done before radar operation?

SWEEP – Describes as the radial movement of the stream of electron on the face of the CRT.

BLOCKS THE PASSAGE OF THE TRANSMITTED PULSES INTO THE RECEIVER – What is the used of the TR-
tube on the radar component system?

RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY GENERATION – What is the purpose of the transmitter on the radar
operation?
POWER SUPPLY – What part of the RADAR capable of giving 440 volts energy to the system?

CATHODE RAY TUBE – What part of the indicator composed of phosphorescent accelerating anode lead
cathode etc.?

SWEEP – It describes as an electrical beam movement on the radar indicator?

SWEEP – It is being describes as an electrical beam movement on the radar indicator?

WAVE MOTION – What makes the contact lost on the radar indicator?
TRANSMITTER – It being identified as the RADAR component produces frequency energy generator in
the form of short power pulses.
HORIZONTAL BEAM WIDTH – Identify the factor that affects RADAR bearing resolution?
PULSE LENGTH – It is the main factor that affects the RADAR range resolution.

SHORT PULSE LENGTH – Which among the following gives better range resolution?