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Exam simulation General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Exam simulation ATPL General Navigation 120 questions on 120 minutes

1 - What is the time required to travel along the parallel of latitude 60° N between meridians 010° E and 030° W at a groundspeed of 480 KT?
2 - The full alignment of the stable platform of an Inertial Navigation System:
3 - Given: CON VOR (N5354.8 W00849.1) DME 30 NM, CRN VOR (N5318.1 W00856.5) DME 25 NM, Aircraft heading 270°(M), Both DME distances decreasing. What is the aircraft position?
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4 - Which of the following statements concerning the alignment procedure for Inertial Navigation Systems(INS)/Inertial Reference Systems (IRS) at mid-latitudes is correct?
5 - The International Nautical Mile defined by ICAO is equivalent to:
6 - Given: TAS = 270 kt, True HDG = 270°, Actual wind 205°(T)/30kt, Calculate the drift angle and GS?
7 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a Flight Information Region (FIR) boundary?
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8 - When approaching the International Date line from the East, you:
9 - When accelerating on an easterly heading in the Northern hemisphere, the compass card of a direct reading magnetic compass will turn:
10 - 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?
11 - Given: true track 070° variation 30°W deviation +1° drift 10°R. Calculate the compass heading?
12 - How long will it take to fly 5 NM at a groundspeed of 269 Kt?
13 - 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:
14 - Given: Magnetic heading 311° Drift angle 10° left, Relative bearing of NDB 270°. What is the magnetic bearing of the NDB measured from the aircraft?
15 - Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time):
16 - What is the rhumb line (RL) direction from 45°N 14°12'W to 45°N 12°48'E?
17 - 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:
18 - When an aircraft on a westerly heading on the northern hemisphere accelerates, the effect of the acceleration error causes the magnetic compass to:
19 - Contour lines on aeronautical maps and charts connect points:
20 - Given: True course 300° drift 8°R variation 10°W deviation -4°. Calculate the compass heading.
21 - The principle of 'Schuler Tuning' as applied to the operation of Inertial Navigation Systems/ Inertial Reference Systems is applicable to:
22 - Using the given coordinates, what are the radial and DME distance from CRK VOR/DME (N5150.4 W00829.7) to position N5140 W00730?
23 - Given: Runway direction 083°(M) Surface W/V 035/35 KT. Calculate the effective headwind component?
24 - The outer marker of an ILS with a 3° glide slope is located 4.6 NM from the threshold. Assuming a glide slope height of 50 FT above the threshold, the approximate height of an aircraft passing the outer marker is:
25 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a lightship?
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26 - One purpose of compass calibration is to determine the deviation:
27 - Given: True course A to B = 250° Distance A to B = 315 NM TAS = 450 kt. W/V = 200°/60kt. ETD A = 0650 UTC. What is the ETA at B?
28 - ATT Mode of the Inertial Reference System (IRS) is a back-up mode providing:
29 - Which component of the modern transport aircraft Flight Management System (FMS) is used to enter flight plan routing and performance parameters?
30 - Given: True HDG = 233°, TAS = 480 kt, Track (T) = 240°, GS = 523 kt. Calculate the W/V?
31 - Using the given coordinates, what are the radial and DME distance from CON VOR/DME (N5354.8 W00849.1) to position N5340 W00820?
32 - The automatic flight control system is coupled to the guidance outputs from an inertial navigation system. Which pair of latitudes will give the greatest difference between initial track read-out and the average true course given, in each case, a difference of longitude of 10°?
33 - Using the given coordinates, what are the average true track and distance between SLG NDB (N5416.7 W00836.0) and CFN NDB (N5502.6 W00820.4)?
34 - On a Lambert Conformal Conic chart great circles that are not meridians are:
35 - Given: Distance 'A' to 'B' is 100 NM, Fix obtained 40 NM along and 6 NM to the left of course. What heading alteration must be made to reach 'B'?
36 - Using the given coordinates, what are the radial and DME distance from SHA VOR/DME (N5243.3 W00853.1) to position N5220 W00810?
37 - A Lambert's conical conformal chart has standard parallels at 63°N and 41°N. What is the constant of the cone?
38 - On a Lambert chart (standard parallels 37°N and 65°N), with respect to the straight line drawn on the map between A ( N49° W030°) and B (N48° W040°), the:
39 - Two places on the parallel of 47°S lie 757,8 km apart. Calculate the difference in longitude.
40 - Given: True track 180° Drift 8°R, Compass heading 195°, Deviation -2°. Calculate the variation.
41 - How many feet are equivalent to 9,5 km?
42 - At 0422 an aircraft at FL370, GS 320 KT, is on the direct track to VOR 'X' 185 NM distant. The aircraft is required to cross VOR 'X' at FL80. For a mean rate of descent of 1800 fpm at a mean GS of 232 KT, the latest time at which to commence descent is:
43 - Given: SHA VOR (N5243.3 W00853.1) radial 143°, CRK VOR (N5150.4 W00829.7) radial 050°. What is the aircraft position?
44 - On a polar stereographic projection chart showing the South Pole, a straight line joins position A (70°S 065°E) to position B (70°S 025°W). The true course on departure from position A is approximately:
45 - Route 'A' (44°N 026°E) to 'B' (46°N 024°E) forms an angle of 35° with longitude 026°E. Variation at A is 3°E. What is the initial magnetic track from A to B?
46 - 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?
47 - Given: TAS = 465 kt, HDG (T) = 124°,W/V = 170/80kt. Calculate the drift and GS?
48 - Which of the aeronautical chart symbols indicates a DME?
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49 - Given: FL 350,Mach 0.80, OAT -55°C. Calculate the values for TAS and local speed of sound (LSS)?
50 - You are flying from A (30°S 20°E) to B (30°S 30°W). What is the approximate final GC track?
51 - The horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field:
52 - What is the radial and DME distance from BEL VOR/DME (N5439.7 W00613.8) to position N5410 W00710?
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53 - What are, in order of highest priority followed by lowest, the two levels of message produced by the CDU of the modern transport aircraft Electronic Flight Instrument System?
54 - Complete the following statement regarding magnetic variation. The charted values of magnetic variation on Earth normally change annually due to:
55 - Isogonic lines connect positions that have:
56 - Given: Required course 045° (M); Variation is 15° E; W/V is 190° (T)/30 kt; CAS is 120 kt at FL 55 in standard atmosphere. What are the heading (° M) and GS?
57 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates an unlighted obstacle?
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58 - Given: GS = 122 KT. Distance from A to B = 985 NM What is the time from A to B?
59 - Given: Distance 'A' to 'B' is 90 NM, Fix obtained 60 NM along and 4 NM to the right of course. What heading alteration must be made to reach 'B'?
60 - The reported surface wind from the Control Tower is 240°/35 kt. Runway 30 (300°). What is the cross-wind component?
61 - Given: Distance 'A' to 'B' 3623 NM Groundspeed 'out' 370 kt Groundspeed 'back' 300 kt The time from 'A' to the Point of Equal Time (PET) between 'A' and 'B' is:
62 - The diameter of the Earth is approximately:
63 - What is the validity period of the 'permanent' data base of aeronautical information stored in the FMC In the modern transport aircraft Flight Management System?
64 - Consider the following statements on the shape of the Earth:
65 - What is the correct definition of latitude of a position on the Earth?
66 - On a Direct Mercator chart, meridians are:
67 - On which of the following chart projections is it NOT possible to represent the north or south poles?
68 - Magnetic compass calibration is carried out to reduce:
69 - Calculate the D lat from 001°15'N 090°00'E to 090°00'S 090°00'W:
70 - Standard time for some areas is listed in the Air Almanac as UTC +13 instead of UTC -11. The reason for this is:
71 - An aircraft at latitude 02°20'N tracks 180°(T) for 685 km. On completion of the flight the latitude will be:
72 - What is the approximate distance from A to B, given: Direct mercator chart with a scale of 1:200.000 at the Equator. Chart length from A to B, in the vicinity of the Equator = 11cm.
73 - An island appears 30° to the left of the centre line on an airborne weather radar display. What is the true bearing of the aircraft from the island if at the time of observation the aircraft was on a magnetic heading (MH) of 020° with the magnetic variation (VAR) 25°W?
74 - The constant of cone of a Lambert conformal conic chart is quoted as 0.3955. At what latitude on the chart is earth convergency correctly represented?
75 - The automatic flight control system (AFCS) in an aircraft is coupled to the guidance outputs from an inertial navigation system (INS) and the aircraft is flying from waypoint No. 2 (60°00'S 070°00'W) to No. 3 (60°00'S 080°00'W). Comparing the initial track (T) at 070°00'W and the final track (T) at 080°00'W, the difference between them is that the initial track is approximately:
76 - The automatic flight control system (AFCS) in an aircraft is coupled to the guidance outputs from an inertial navigation system (INS). The aircraft is flying between inserted waypoints No. 3 (55°00'N 020°00'W) and No.4 (55°00'N 030°00'W). With DSRTK/STS selected on the CDU, to the nearest whole degree, the initial track read-out from waypoint No. 3 will be:
77 - The local hour angle of the mean sun at 1200 LMT is:
78 - An aircraft is in the position (86°N, 020°E). When following a rhumb line track of 085°(T) it will:
79 - 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:
80 - When decelerating on a westerly heading in the Northern hemisphere, the compass card of a direct reading magnetic compass will turn:
81 - Given: TAS = 132 kt, HDG (T) = 053°,W/V = 205/15kt. Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?
82 - On an oblate spheroid representing the Earth's shape:
83 - (Refer to almanac). What is the duration of morning civil twilight at 66°48'N, 095°26'W) on 27th of January?
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84 - The compression factor of the Earth:
85 - An aircraft was over 'Q' at 1320 hours flying direct to 'R'. Given: Distance 'Q' to 'R' 3016 NM True airspeed 480 kt Mean wind component 'out' -90 kt Mean wind component 'back' +75 kt The ETA for reaching the Point of Equal Time (PET) between 'Q' and 'R' is:
86 - Seasons are due to the:
87 - The main reason for usually mounting the detector unit of a remote indicating compass in the wingtip of an aeroplane is to:
88 - Atmospheric refraction:
89 - An aircraft is over position HO (55°30'N 060°15'W), where YYR VOR (53°30'N 060°15'W) can be received. The magnetic variation is 31°W at HO and 28°W at YYR. What is the radial from YYR?
90 - What is the ratio between the litre and the US-GAL?
91 - What is the initial great circle direction from 45°N 14°12'W to 45°N 12°48'E?
92 - Given: TAS = 370 KT True HDG = 181°W/V = 095°(T) / 35 kt. Calculate the true track and GS?
93 - The following information is displayed on an Inertial Navigation System: GS 520 kt, True HDG 090°, Drift angle 5° right, TAS 480 kt. SAT (static air temperature) -51°C. The W/V being experienced is:
94 - Given: Waypoint 1. 60°S 030°W Waypoint 2. 60°S 020°W. What will be the approximate latitude shown on the display unit of an inertial navigation system at longitude 025°W?
95 - An aircraft at latitude 10N flies south at a groundspeed of 445 kph. What will be its latitude after 3 h?
96 - An island appears 30° to the right of the centre line on an airborne weather radar display. What is the true bearing of the aircraft from the island if at the time of observation the aircraft was on a magnetic heading (MH) of 355° with the magnetic variation (VAR) 15°E?
97 - On 28 June, sunrise is at 0239 UTC and sunset is at 2127 UTC at a given latitude. What is the most likely latitude?
98 - An aircraft at FL390 is required to descend to cross a DME facility at FL70. Maximum rate of descent is 2500 FT/MIN, mean GS during descent is 248 kt. What is the minimum range from the DME at which descent should commence?
99 - Given: True HDG = 133°, TAS = 225 kt, Track (T) = 144°, GS = 206 kt. Calculate the W/V?
100 - On a Direct Mercator chart at latitude 15°S, a certain length represents a distance of 120 NM on the earth. The same length on the chart will represent on the earth, at latitude 10°N, a distance of:
101 - A course of 120°(T) is drawn between 'X' (61°30'N) and 'Y' (58°30'N) on a Lambert Conformal conic chart with a scale of 1: 1 000 000 at 60°N. The chart distance between 'X' and 'Y' is:
102 - The first law of Kepler states:
103 - The angle between the plane of the ecliptic and the plane of equator is approximately:
104 - Given: GS = 120 kt. Distance from A to B = 84 NM. What is the time from A to B?
105 - Given: true HDG = 145°, TAS = 240 kt, Track (T) = 150°, GS = 210 kt. Calculate the W/V?
106 - What is the local mean time, position 65°25'N 123°45'W at 2200 UTC?
107 - The constant of the cone, on a Lambert chart where the convergence angle between longitudes 010°E and 030°W is 30°, is:
108 - An Agonic line is a line that connects:
109 - The exact equation for calculating the convergence between two meridians running through two different positions: Note: GCTTin = Great Circle True Track Initial GCTTfin = Great Circle True Track Final
110 - The main reason for the occurrence of season on The Earth is
111 - The convergence of meridians:
112 - With reference to inertial navigation systems, a TAS input is:
113 - Given: TAS = 470 kt, True HDG = 317°, W/V = 045°(T)/45kt. Calculate the drift angle and GS?
114 - A rhumb line from a position 86°N 30°W has an initial track of 085°T is it:
115 - An aircraft is flying at FL180 and the outside air temperature is -30°C. If the CAS is 150 kt, what is the TAS?
116 - The poles on the surface of The Earth may be defined as:
117 - Refer to Student Pilot Route Manual E(LO)1. What is the radial and DME distance from CRK VOR/DME (N5150.4 W00829.7) to position N5210 W00920?
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118 - Given: value for the flattening of the Earth is 1/298. Earth's semi-major axis, as measured at the equator, equals 6378.4 km. What is the semi-minor axis (km) of the earth at the axis of the poles?
119 - Latitude may be defined as:
120 - Which statement is correct about the apparent solar day?