Genaral Navigation Book
Genaral Navigation Book
Genaral Navigation Book
8. The angle between True North and Magnetic north is known as:
a) deviation
b) variation
c) alignment error
d) dip
9. The value of magnetic variation on a chart changes with time. This is due to:
a) Movement of the magnetic poles, causing an increase
b) Increase in the magnetic field, causing an increase
c) Reduction in the magnetic field, causing a decrease
d) Movement of the magnetic poles, which can cause either an increase or a decrease
15(07-09)NAVIGATION DEPARTURE
15.7 QUESTIONS
14. An aircraft is flying around the Earth eastwards along the 60N parallel of
latitude at a groundspeed of 240 knots.
At what groundspeed would another aircraft have to fly eastwards along the
Equator to fly once round the Earth in
the same journey time?
a) 600 knots
b) 240 knots
c) 480 knots
d) 120 knots
22(10-12)NAVIGATION LAMBERTS CONFORMAL
22.8 QUESTIONS
5. Scale on a Lambert's conformal conic chart
a) is constant
b) is constant along a meridian of longitude
c) varies slightly as a function of latitude and longitude
d) is constant along a parallel of latitude
7. Scale on a Lambert conformal chart is:
a) constant along a line of latitude
b) constant along a line of longitude
c) constant everywhere
d) correct at the parallel of origin
39. Airfield elevation is 1000 feet. The QNH is 988. Use 27 feet per hectopascal.
What is pressure altitude?
a) 675 feet
b) 325 feet
c) 1675 feet
d) 825 feet
43. By what amount must you change your rate of descent given a 10 knot increase in headwind on a
3 glideslope ?
a) 50 feet per minute increase
b) 30 feet per minute increase
c) 50 feet per minute decrease
d) 30 feet per minute decrease
44. You are on an ILS 3-degree glideslope which passes over the runway threshold at 50 feet. Your
DME range is 25 nm from the threshold. What is your height above the runway threshold elevation?
(Use the 1 in 60 rule and 6000 feet = 1 nautical mile).
a) 8010 feet
b) 7450 feet
c) 6450 feet
d) 7550 feet
52. On a Mercator chart, a Rhumb Line appears as a:
a) small circle concave to the nearer pole
b) curve convex to the nearer pole
c) complex curve
d) straight line
53. Mercator charts use _____ Projections ?
a) cylindrical
b) conical
c) plane/azimuthal
d) complex
56. By what amount must you change your rate of descent given a 10 knot increase in headwind on a
3 glideslope?
a. 50 feet per minute increase
b. 30 feet per minute increase
c. 50 feet per minute decrease
d. 30 feet per minute decrease
81. The term drift refers to the wander of the axis of a gyro in?
a. any plane
b. the horizontal plane
c. the vertical plane
d. the vertical and horizontal plane
86. How does scale change on a normal Mercator chart?
a. Expands as the secant z (2 co-latitude)
b. Expands directly with the secant of the latitude
c. Correct on the standard parallels, expands outside them, contracts within them
d. Expands as the secant of the E/W great circle distance
116. The value of magnetic variation on a chart changes with time. This is due to:
a. Movement of the magnetic poles, causing an increase
b. Increase in the magnetic field, causing an increase
c. Reduction in the magnetic field, causing a decrease
d. Movement of the magnetic poles, which can cause either an increase or a decrease
147. What is the reason for seasonal changes in climate?
a. Because the Earth's spin axis is inclined to the plane of its orbit round the Sun
b. Because the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies over a year
c. Because the Earth's orbital speed round the Sun varies according to the time of the year
d. Because of the difference between the Tropical Year and the Calendar Year
164. If variation is West; then:
a. True North is West of Magnetic North
b. Compass North is West of Magnetic North
c. True North is East of Magnetic North
d. Magnetic North is West of Compass North
189. How do Rhumb lines (with the exception of meridians) appear on a Polar Stereographic chart?
a. concave to the nearer pole
b. convex to the nearer pole
c. an ellipse round the pole
d. straight lines
205. Lines of latitude on a chart are always:
a. Great Circles
b. Small Circles except for the Equator
c. Vertices
d. Meridians
212. On the Polar Stereographic projection, a Great Circle appears as:
a. a straight line
b. a curve which becomes more near to a straight line as the latitude increases
c. a curve convex to the nearer pole
d. a curve which can be concave or convex to the nearer pole, depending on the latitude
231. On a Transverse Mercator projection, a parallel of latitude other than the equator is:
a. an ellipse
b. parabolic
c. hyperbolic
d. a straight line
238. From the departure point, the distance to the point of equal time is:
a. proportional to the sum of ground speed out and ground speed back
b. inversely proportional to the total distance to go
c. inversely proportional to ground speed back
d. inversely proportional to the sum of ground speed out and ground speed back
39 (01-19) GENERAL NAVIGATION SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
11. What is the definition of magnetic variation?
a. The angle between the direction indicated by a compass and Magnetic North.
b. The angle between True North and Compass North.
c. The angle between Magnetic North and True North.
d. The angle between Magnetic Heading and Magnetic North.
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SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
70. Your pressure altitude is FL55, the QNH is 998, and the SAT is +30C. What is
Density Altitude?
a. 6980 feet
b. 7750 feet
c. 8620 feet
d. 10020 feet
39 (01-19) GENERAL NAVIGATION SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
100. A Rhumb line is:
a. the vertex of a conformal polyformic projection
b. a straight line on a Lambert's conformal chart
c. a line on the Earth which cuts all meridians at the same angle
d. the shortest distance between two points on the Earth's surface
39 (01-19) GENERAL NAVIGATION SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
129. Which of the following equipments does not use information from external
sources in flight?
a. INS / IRS
b. pressure altimeter
c. slaved gyro compass
d. VOR
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SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
176. What is the definition of EAT?
a. Estimated on-blocks arrival time
b. Estimated time overhead the destination airfield
c. Estimated initial approach fix time
d. Estimated final approach fix time
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SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
222. Given:
IAS 120 kt
FL 80
OAT +20C
What is the TAS?
a. 141 kt
b. 102 kt
c. 120 kt
d. 132 kt
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SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
224. Given:
True Course 300 Drift 8R Variation 10W Deviation -4 Calculate the compass
heading.
a 322
b 306
c 278
d 294
18. On a Lambert Conformal Conic chart, earth convergence is most accurately represented at the:
a) north and south limits of the chart
b) standard parallels
c) Equator
d) parallel of origin
19. An Oblique Mercator projection is used specifically to produce:
a) radio navigation charts in equatorial regions
b) topographical maps of large east/west extent
c) plotting charts in equatorial regions
d) charts of the great circle route between two points
20. On the Transverse Mercator chart, scale is correct along the:
a) equator, parallel of origin and prime vertical
b) prime meridian and equator
c) datum meridian and the meridian perpendicular to it
d) meridian of tangency
21. Which of the following describes the appearance of Rhumb lines, except meridians, on a Polar
Stereographic chart?
a) Ellipses around the Pole
b) Straight lines
c) Curves concave to the Pole
d)Curves convex to the Pole