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Radio Navigation — Sample Paper 1

50 questions · pass mark 70% · answer at your own pace, then submit for the full key.

Q1.

ILS false glideslope strongest at:

Q2.

Max beacon spacing for airway with ±5 NM half-width, VOR error 5°:

Q3.

When flying over the sea and using an inland NDB to fix position with a series of position lines, the plotted position in relation to the aircraft's actual position will be:

Q4.

DME accuracy standard (en-route) is:

Q5.

ILS CAT IIIB minima:

Q6.

Best action to insert accurate IRS position using POS INIT page (Appendix A):

Q7.

GPS L1 frequency:

Q8.

Frequency band and scan rate of Airfield Surface Movement radars:

Q9.

Class 'B' VHF DF bearings are accurate to within:

Q10.

The BFO facility on ADF equipment should be used as follows when an NDB having N0NA1A type emission is to be used:

Q11.

The main advantage of continuous wave (CW) radars is:

Q12.

An aircraft is intending to track from NDB 'A' to NDB 'B' on a track of 050°(T), heading 060°(T). If the RBI shows the relative bearing of 'A' to be 180° and the relative bearing of 'B' to be 330° then the aircraft is:

Q13.

ILS receivers showing predominant 90 Hz on both localizer and glide slope; runway QDM 264°. Aircraft is:

Q14.

Two NDBs — 20 NM from coast vs 50 NM inland. Greatest coastal refraction error?

Q15.

Positions input to FMC using maximum 5 alphanumerics:

Q16.

4D RNAV adds to 3D capability:

Q17.

DME transponder offset:

Q18.

The upper and lower limits of an ILS glide path transmitter having a 3.5° glide slope are:

Q19.

SSR transponder receives on ___, replies on ___:

Q20.

Radial resolution improved by:

Q21.

ILS outer marker: tone and light:

Q22.

An aircraft on a heading of 235°(M) shows an RMI reading of 090° with respect to an NDB. Any quadrantal error which is affecting the accuracy of this bearing is likely to be:

Q23.

VORTAC provides:

Q24.

When a DME is operating in the TRACKING phase, it interrogates at approximately:

Q25.

Aircraft on radial 270°, heading 090° inbound to VOR, OBS set to 090°. TO/FROM indicator shows:

Q26.

Squawk 7700:

Q27.

The principal propagation path employed in an NDB/ADF system is:

Q28.

Most significant ADF error:

Q29.

ILS CAT IIIC minima:

Q30.

Middle marker approximately:

Q31.

DME frequency band:

Q32.

GPS time accuracy (SPS, 95%):

Q33.

PDOP (Position Dilution of Precision) — best geometry:

Q34.

The frequency band containing the frequency corresponding to 29.1 cm is:

Q35.

A category II ILS installation in the UK:

Q36.

A radio wave is:

Q37.

VORTAC differs from VOR/DME in that:

Q38.

ILS glidepath accuracy requirement:

Q39.

The range promulgated in the AIP and flight guides for all NDBs in the UK is the range:

Q40.

ELS (Elementary Surveillance) provides:

Q41.

RAIM — what does it detect?

Q42.

The phenomenon of coastal refraction which affects the accuracy of ADF bearings:

Q43.

The DOC of a VOR is valid:

Q44.

GLONASS orbital period:

Q45.

ADF action for bearing — which aerials?

Q46.

VOR scalloping caused by:

Q47.

A VOR/DME pairing applies in a TMA when the equipment is within:

Q48.

DVOR advantage over CVOR:

Q49.

En-route VOR DOC:

Q50.

VOT should indicate on any radial:

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