Air Navigation — Sample Paper 2
50 questions · pass mark 70% · answer at your own pace, then submit for the full key.
Given: TAS = 480 kt HDG (oT) = 040° W/V = 090/60 kt Calculate the Track (oT) and GS?
What is the name given to an Inertial Reference System (IRS) which has the gyros and accelerometers as part of the units fixture to the aircraft structure?
The maximum difference between geocentric and geodetic latitude occurs at about:
In Question 7, what is the direction of the great circle track from Khartoum to Turin?
A VOR operates in the frequency band:
Given: Airport elevation is 1000 ft QNH is 988 hPa What is the approximate airport pressure altitude? (Assume 1 hPa = 27 FT)
A line drawn on a chart which joins all points where the value of magnetic variation is zero is called an:
An aircraft at latitude 10° North flies south at a groundspeed of 445 km/hr. What will be its latitude after 3 hrs?
An aircraft is flying with the aid of an inertial navigation system (INS) connected to the autopilot. The following two points have been entered in the INS computer: WPT 1: 60°N 030°W WPT 2: 60°N 020°W When 025°W is passed the latitude shown on the display unit of the inertial navigation system will be:
On a triple-fit IRS system, present positions on the CDU:
An aeroplane flies from A (59°S 142°W) to B (61°S 148°W) with a TAS of 480 kt. The autopilot is engaged and coupled with an Inertial Navigation System in which AB track is active. On route AB, the true track:
Given: Half way between two reporting points the navigation log gives the following information: TAS 360 kt W/V 330°/80 kt Compass heading 237° Deviation on this heading -5° Variation 19°W What is the average ground speed for this leg?
What is the chart distance between longitudes 179°E and 175°W on a direct Mercator chart with a scale of 1:5 000 000 at the equator?
CHT (Cylinder Head Temperature) is used to:
The Airspeed Indicator (ASI) measures:
What indication, if any, is given in the B737-400 Flight Management System if radio updating is not available?
Given: Track 198°, Heading 184°, TAS 427 kt and GS 453kt, what are the W/V and Drift Angle?
The resultant of the first integration from the north/south accelerometer of an inertial navigation system (INS) in the NAV MODE is:
When it is 0600 Standard Time in Queensland, Australia, what is the Standard Time in Hawaii, USA? (Disregard Summer Time)
What is the longitude of a position 6 NM to the east of 58o42N 094o00W?
The appearance of a rhumb line on a Mercator chart is:
Given: Distance A to B 1973 NM Groundspeed OUT 430 kt Groundspeed BACK 385 kt The time from A to the Point of Equal Time (PET) between A and B is:
(Refer to Jeppesen Student Manual – chart E(LO)1 or figure 061-11) Your radial from the SHA VOR (5243N 00853W) is 120° M. From CRK VOR (5151N 00830W) 033° M. What is your position?
When does perihelion (Earth closest to the Sun) occur?
The lines on the earth's surface that join points of equal magnetic variation are called:
(Refer to figure 061-01) What is the symbol for an unlighted obstacle?
Given: Maximum allowable tailwind component for landing 10 kt Planned runway 05 (047° magnetic) The direction of the surface wind reported by ATIS 210° Variation is 17°E Calculate the maximum allowable windspeed that can be accepted without exceeding the tailwind limit?
What is the rhumb line distance, in nautical miles, between two positions on latitude 60°N, that are separated by 10° of longitude?
Within the platform levelling loop of an earth-vertical referenced INS:
You are heading 080°T when you get a range and bearing fix from your AWR on a headland at 185 nm 30° left of the nose. What true bearing do you plot on the chart?
How long will it take to travel 284 nm at a speed of 526 KPH?
Drift is defined as:
(Refer to figure 061-01) Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a compulsory reporting point?
A standard rate turn is:
Concerning a Direct Reading Compass in the Northern Hemisphere, it can be said:
Given: TAS = 132 kt HDG (T) = 053° W/V = 205/15 kt Calculate the track (oT) and GS?
G/S = 240 knots, Distance to go = 500 nm. What is time to go?
In a remote indicating compass system the amount of deviation caused by aircraft magnetism and electrical circuits may be minimised by:
At 0020 UTC an aircraft is crossing the 310° radial at 40 NM of a VOR/DME station. At 0035 UTC the radial is 040° and DME distance is 40 NM. Magnetic variation is zero. The true track and ground speed are:
Given that the value of ellipticity of the Earth is 1/297 and that the semi-major axis of the Earth, measured at the axis of the Equator is 6378.4 km, what is the semi- minor axis of the Earth measured at the axis of the Poles?
A line which cuts all meridians at the same angle is called a:
The initial great circle track from A to B is 080° and the rhumb line track is 083°. What is the initial great circle track from B to A and in which Hemisphere are the two positions located?
(Refer to figure 061-01) Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a Waypoint?
Given: A polar stereographic chart whose grid is aligned with the zero meridian. Grid track 344° Longitude 115o00W Calculate the true course?
(Refer to figure 061-01) Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a group of lighted obstacles?
If the Compass Heading is 265° variation is 33°W and deviation is 3°E, what is the True Heading?
A North Polar Stereographic chart is overprinted with a standard grid (aligned with the Greenwich meridian). At position 80°N 135°E, the grid track is 235°. What is the true track?
True Heading of an aircraft is 265° and TAS is 290 kt. If W/V is 210°/35kt, what is True Track and GS?
Given: TAS = 140 kt True HDG = 302° W/V = 045o(T)/45 kt Calculate the drift angle and GS?
An aeroplane is flying at TAS 180 kt on a track of 090°. The W/V is 045°/50 kt. How far can the aeroplane fly out from its base and return in one hour?