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Exam simulation General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Exam simulation ATPL Question Bank in English General Navigation 120 questions on 120 minutes

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1 - Using the attached historical training chart, an aircraft passes STORNOWAY (STN, 58°12.4'N 006°11'W) at 11:15 UTC. Its original estimate for GLASGOW (GOW, 55°52.2'N 004°26.7'W) was 11:38 UTC. At 11:21 UTC it is exactly over RONAR. Assuming the groundspeed achieved from STN to RONAR is maintained for the remaining charted route, which listed revised estimate for GOW is closest?
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2 - 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.
3 - At a moderate northerly magnetic latitude, an aircraft with a conventional direct-reading magnetic compass makes a steady, coordinated rate-one turn with a shallow bank angle within the compass operating limits to the right from 135 degrees magnetic. Disregarding other compass errors, what indication is normally expected after 30 seconds, while the turn is still continuing?
4 - 265 US-GAL equals? (Specific gravity 0.80)
5 - The resultant of the first integration from the north/south accelerometer of an inertial navigation system (INS) in the NAV MODE is:
6 - 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?
7 - Which one of the following, concerning great circles on a Direct Mercator chart, is correct?
8 - A chart has the scale 1: 1 000 000. From A to B on the chart measures 1.5 inches (one inch equals 2.54 cm), the distance from A to B in NM is:
9 - The distance between the parallel of latitude 17°23'S and 23°59'N IS:
10 - CRK VOR/DME is at 51°50.4'N, 008°29.7'W. What are the radial and DME distance to 52°20'N, 008°10'W? For this exercise, use WGS84 and assume station declination 7°W; neglect DME slant-range height effects. Round the final radial and distance to the nearest degree and nautical mile.
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11 - An aircraft is planned to fly from position 'A' to position 'B', distance 480 NM at an average GS of 240 kt. It departs 'A' at 1000 UTC. After flying 150 NM along track from 'A', the aircraft is 2 MIN behind planned time. Using the actual GS experienced, what is the revised ETA at 'B'?
12 - On a Lambert Conformal Conic chart earth convergency is most accurately represented at the:
13 - Given: TAS 487kt, FL 330,Temperature ISA + 15. Calculate the MACH Number?
14 - An aircraft maintains a true TRACK of 040 degrees with TAS 120 kt. For a wind speed of 30 kt, which true wind direction gives the largest required wind-correction angle?
15 - In a navigation chart a distance of 49 NM is equal to 7 cm. The scale of the chart is approximately:
16 - The parallels on a Lambert Conformal Conic chart are represented by:
17 - An aircraft flies a great circle track from 56° N 070° W to 62° N 110° E. The total distance travelled is?
18 - Using latitude and longitude for a place:
19 - Given: A is N55° 000° B is N54° E010°The average true course of the great circle is 100°. The true course of the rhumbline at point A is:
20 - In the ideal Schuler-tuned inertial-navigation model, neglecting external aiding and damping, the equivalent pendulum has approximately which oscillation characteristics?
21 - Using the given coordinates and a variation of 7.5°W, what are the radial and DME distance from BEL VOR/DME (N5439.7 W00613.8) to position N5500 W00700?
22 - Using the given coordinates and a variation of 8.5°W, what are the radial and DME distance from CON VOR/DME (N5354.8 W00849.1) to position N5330 W00930?
23 - The maximum difference between geocentric and geodetic latitude occurs at about:
24 - An aircraft departs Brioude (elevation 1483 ft, QFE 963 hPa, temperature 32°C). Passing an indicated height of 5000 ft on an altimeter set to QFE, what will a second altimeter set to 1013 hPa indicate approximately? For this exercise use 28 ft per hPa; calculate indicated pressure altitude, without a true-height temperature correction.
25 - A line drawn on a chart which joins all points where the value of magnetic variation is zero is called an:
26 - Using the standard UTC offsets in the attached Air Almanac training table, when it is 0600 standard time in Queensland, Australia, what is the standard time in Hawaii, USA?
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27 - In a conventional transport-aircraft FMS, which crew interface is used to enter route and performance data?
28 - A ground feature was observed on a relative bearing of 325° and five minutes later on a relative bearing of 280°. The aircraft heading was 165°(M), variation 25°W, drift 10° Right and GS 360 kt. When the relative bearing was 280°, the distance and true bearing of the aircraft from the feature was:
29 - 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?
30 - Which of the following statements concerning Earth magnetism is completely correct?
31 - At latitude 40°N on the Greenwich meridian on 23 February, sunrise is 06:44 UTC and sunset is 17:44 UTC. At 12:00 Central European Time (UTC+1), which statement is approximately correct for the same latitude, neglecting the small change of solar declination during the day?
32 - Given: True HDG = 035°, TAS = 245 kt, Track (T) = 046°, GS = 220 kt. Calculate the W/V?
33 - An island is observed to be 15° to the left. The aircraft heading is 120°(M), variation 17°(W). The bearing °(T) from the aircraft to the island is:
34 - Given: True HDG = 054°, TAS = 450 kt, Track (T) = 059°, GS = 416 kt. Calculate the W/V?
35 - Given SHA VOR/DME (N5243.3 W00853.1), radial 025°, distance 49 NM and magnetic variation 8°W, what is the aircraft position?
36 - On a direct Mercator projection, at latitude 45° North, a certain length represents 70 NM. At latitude 30° North, the same length represents approximately:
37 - Given: GS = 105 kt. Distance from A to B = 103 NM. What is the time from A to B?
38 - The equivalent of 70 m/sec is approximately:
39 - Given: TAS = 250 kt, HDG (T) = 029°,W/V = 035/45kt. Calculate the drift and GS?
40 - 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?
41 - Given: GS = 95 kt. Distance from A to B = 480 NM. What is the time from A to B?
42 - What is the local mean time, position 65°25'N 123°45'W at 2200 UTC?
43 - For a distance of 1860 NM between Q and R, a ground speed 'out' of 385 kt, a ground speed 'back' of 465 kt and an endurance of 8 HR (excluding reserves) the distance from Q to the point of safe return (PSR) is:
44 - 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?
45 - The scale on a Lambert conformal conic chart:
46 - Approximately how many nautical miles correspond to 12 cm on a map with a scale of 1: 2 000 000?
47 - For radio-only position fixing with adequate station geometry and valid signals, which method normally provides greater accuracy than a VOR/DME fix?
48 - The great circle distance between position A (59°34.1'N 008°08.4'E) and B (30°25.9'N 171°51.6'W) is:
49 - Given: SHA VOR (N5243.3 W00853.1) radial 143°, CRK VOR (N5150.4 W00829.7) radial 050°. Assume a magnetic variation of 8°W. What is the aircraft position?
50 - Given: TAS = 375 kt, True HDG = 124°, W/V = 130°(T)/55kt. Calculate the true track and GS?
51 - The rhumb line track between position A (45°00'N, 010°00'W) and position B (48°30'N, 015°00'W) is approximately:
52 - When the time is 2000 UTC, it is:
53 - A great circle track joins position A (59°S 141°W) and B (61°S 148°W). What is the difference between the great circle track at A and B?
54 - The International Date Line is located:
55 - What is the longitude of a position 6 NM to the east of 58°42'N 094°00'W?
56 - 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:
57 - Given: FL250, OAT -15 °C, TAS 250 kt. Calculate the Mach No.?
58 - Given: TAS = 135 kt, HDG (°T) = 278, W/V = 140/20kt. Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?
59 - Two places on the parallel of 47°S lie 757,8 km apart. Calculate the difference in longitude.
60 - The circumference of the parallel of latitude at 60°N is approximately:
61 - A ground feature appears 30° to the left of the centre line of the CRT of an airborne weather radar. If the heading of the aircraft is 355° (M) and the magnetic variation is 15° East, the true bearing of the aircraft from the feature is:
62 - The distance measured between two points on a navigation map is 42 mm (millimetres). The scale of the chart is 1:1 600 000. The actual distance between these two point is approximately:
63 - Which statement about meridians is correct?
64 - Permanent magnetism in aircraft arises chiefly from:
65 - A negative (westerly) magnetic variation signifies that:
66 - Given: TAS = 197 kt, True course = 240°, W/V = 180/30kt. Descent is initiated at FL 220 and completed at FL 40. Distance to be covered during descent is 39 NM. What is the approximate rate of descent?
67 - The Sun moves from East to West at a speed of 15° longitude an hour. What ground speed will give you the opportunity to observe the Sun due South at all times at 60°00'N?
68 - Complete line 2 (C to D) of the attached flight navigation log. Convert CAS to TAS using subsonic compressible-flow relations and ISA pressure at the flight level, with the stated OAT. What magnetic heading and ETA are obtained, rounding only the final results to the nearest degree and minute?
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69 - Where on a Direct Mercator projection is the chart convergency correct compared to the earth convergency?
70 - In the spherical navigation approximation, the eastward departure along the 60 degrees N parallel from 160 degrees E to longitude x is 900 NM. What is longitude x?
71 - Given: The coordinates of the heliport at Issy les Moulineaux are N48°50' E002°16.5'. What are the coordinates of the position directly on the opposite side of the earth?
72 - Which statement is correct about the apparent solar day?
73 - A is at 55°00'N 151°00'W and B at 45°00'N 162°53'W. What is the departure?
74 - If an aeroplane was to circle around the Earth following the parallel 60°N at a ground speed of 480 KT. In order to circle around the Earth along the equator in the same amount of time, it should fly at a ground speed of:
75 - Coefficient B, as used in aircraft magnetism, presents:
76 - 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)?
77 - Given: TAS = 132 kt, True HDG = 257°W/V = 095°(T)/35kt. Calculate the drift angle and GS?
78 - Given: Great circle from P to Q measured at P = 095° Southern hemisphereConversion angle P - Q = 7°. What is the rhumb line track P - Q?
79 - According to FAA AC 43.13-1B, paragraph 12-37, which condition calls for a compass swing?
80 - In the spherical Earth model, an INS-coupled autopilot follows the shortest great-circle arc from 60 degrees S 30 degrees W to 60 degrees S 20 degrees W. At 25 degrees W, what latitude is shown, rounded to the nearest whole minute?
81 - Given: TAS = 230 kt, HDG (T) = 250°, W/V = 205/10kt. Calculate the drift and GS?
82 - SHA VOR is at 52°43.3'N, 008°53.1'W and CRK VOR is at 51°50.4'N, 008°29.7'W. The aircraft is on SHA radial 205° and CRK radial 317°. Using WGS84 and an assumed station declination of 7°W at both stations, which listed position is closest to the intersection?
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83 - Using WGS84 coordinates, CRK VOR/DME is at 51°50.4'N, 008°29.7'W and Kerry aerodrome at 52°10.9'N, 009°31.4'W. For this exercise, assume VOR station alignment with 7°W declination and negligible height difference. What are the approximate CRK radial and DME distance overhead Kerry, rounded to the nearest degree and nautical mile?
84 - 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:
85 - What is the ratio between the litre and the US-GAL?
86 - Given: Runway direction 305°(M), Surface W/V 260°(M)/30 kt. Calculate the cross-wind component?
87 - Given: Chart scale is 1: 1 850 000. The chart distance between two points is 4 centimetres. Earth distance is approximately:
88 - Fuel flow per h is 22 US-GAL, total fuel on board is 83 IMP GAL. What is the endurance?
89 - When approaching the International Date line from the East, you:
90 - At mid-latitudes, approximately 40 degrees to 50 degrees north or south, near which seasonal events are both the daily change in the length of daylight and the daily change in solar declination greatest in magnitude?
91 - An approximate equation for calculating the convergence between two meridians is:
92 - If you want to follow a constant true track value:
93 - Given: Pressure altitude 9000 FT, OAT -32°C, CAS 200 kt. What is the TAS?
94 - In flight, the pilot switches off a conventional INS/IRS that cannot perform full navigation realignment in flight, then switches it back on. Which statement is correct?
95 - The distance between two waypoints is 200 NM. To calculate compass heading, the pilot used 2°E magnetic variation instead of 2°W. Assuming that the forecast W/V applied, what will the off track distance be at the second waypoint?
96 - A straight line on a Lambert Conformal Projection chart for normal flight planning purposes:
97 - Which of the following statements concerning the aircraft positions indicated on a triple fit Inertial Navigation System (INS)/ Inertial Reference System (IRS) on the CDU is correct?
98 - One purpose of compass calibration is to determine the deviation:
99 - The angle between the plane of the ecliptic and the plane of equator is approximately:
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 - An aircraft at latitude 10°S flies North at a groundspeed of 444 kph. What will be its latitude after 3 h?
102 - For a landing on runway 23 (227° magnetic) surface W/V reported by the ATIS is 180/30kt. VAR is 13°E. Calculate the cross wind component?
103 - Which statement about full static gyro-compassing alignment of a conventional, unaided civil-aircraft INS is correct?
104 - An aircraft is 2500 ft above runway threshold elevation. For a straight 3° ILS glide path with a threshold crossing height of 50 ft, at what distance before the threshold does this height intersect the path, rounded to the nearest tenth of a nautical mile?
105 - The following waypoints are entered into an inertial navigation system (INS): WPT 1: 60N 30W WPT 2: 60N 20W WPT 3: 60N 10WThe inertial navigation is connected to the automatic pilot on the route WP1 - WP2 - WP3. The track change on passing WPT 2:
106 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a group of unlighted obstacles?
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107 - The term drift refers to the wander of the axis of a gyro in:
108 - A chart has the scale 1:1.000.000. From A to B on the chart measures 3,8 cm. The distance from A to B in NM is:
109 - Given: True HDG = 206°, TAS = 140 kt, Track (T) = 207°, GS = 135 kt. Calculate the W/V?
110 - The north and south magnetic poles are the only positions on the Earth's surface where:
111 - On a Lambert conformal conic chart based on a spherical Earth, consider the parallel at latitude φ = arcsin(n), where n is the cone constant. Which statement about that parallel is correct?
112 - An aircraft is descending down a 6% slope whilst maintaining a GS of 300 KT. The rate of descent of the aircraft is approximately:
113 - 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?
114 - Given: Position 'A' is N00° E100°, Position 'B' is 240°(T), 200 NM from 'A'. What is the position of 'B'?
115 - 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?
116 - Among the four candidate drawings, which figure actually shows the geocentric latitude of P, rather than the geodetic latitude proposed in the caption?
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117 - Some inertial reference and navigation systems are known as strapdown. This means that:
118 - Given: Magnetic heading = 255° VAR = 40°WGS = 375 kt, W/V = 235°(T) / 120 kt. Calculate the drift angle?
119 - What is the meaning of the term 'standard time'?
120 - Given: M 0.80, OAT -50°C, FL 330, GS 490 kt, VAR 20°W, Magnetic heading 140°, Drift is 11° Right. Calculate the true W/V?
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