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Exam simulation General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Exam simulation ATPL General Navigation 120 questions on 120 minutes

1 - The diameter of the Earth is approximately:
2 - The polar Stereographic projection is:
3 - Which statement about the duration of daylight is true?
4 - Consider the following statements on "departure":
5 - Using the given coordinates, what are the SHA radial and DME distance when overhead Birr aerodrome (N5304 W00754), given SHA VOR/DME (N5243.3 W00853.1)?
6 - The rhumb line track between position A (45°00'N, 010°00'W) and position B (48°30'N, 015°00'W) is approximately:
7 - Refer to Student Pilot Route Manual E(LO)1 Given: SHA VOR (N5243.3 W00853.1) radial 120°, CRK VOR (N5150.4 W00829.7) radial 033°. What is the aircraft position?
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8 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a non-compulsory reporting point?
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9 - A small circle:
10 - Permanent magnetism in aircraft arises chiefly from:
11 - Given: Distance A to B is 360 NM. Wind component A - B is -15 kt, Wind component B - A is +15 kt, TAS is 180 kt. What is the distance from the equal-time-point to B?
12 - During the initial alignment of an inertial navigation system (INS) the equipment:
13 - At latitude 60°N the scale of a Mercator projection is 1: 5 000 000. The length on the chart between 'C' N60° E008° and 'D' N60° W008° is:
14 - Given: True Heading = 180° TAS = 500 kt, W/V 225° / 100 kt Calculate the GS?
15 - What is the rhumb line (RL) direction from 45°N 14°12'W to 45°N 12°48'E?
16 - Given: ILS GP angle = 3.5 DEG, GS = 150 KT. What is the approximate rate of descent?
17 - The angular difference, on a Lambert conformal conic chart, between the arrival and departure track is equal to:
18 - By the term "transit" of a heavenly body it is understood that:
19 - What is the initial great circle direction from 45°N 14°12'W to 45°N 12°48'E?
20 - Given: GS = 120 kt. Distance from A to B = 84 NM. What is the time from A to B?
21 - Given: TAS = 132 kt, HDG (T) = 053°,W/V = 205/15kt. Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?
22 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a Control Zone boundary?
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23 - The circumference of The Earth is approximately:
24 - 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:
25 - The maximum difference between geocentric and geodetic latitude occurs at about:
26 - How many feet are equivalent to 9,5 km?
27 - Given: TAS = 125 kt, True HDG = 355°, W/V = 320°(T)/30kt. Calculate the true track and GS?
28 - After alignment of the stable platform of an Inertial Navigation System, the output data from the platform is:
29 - Given: TAS = 270 kt, True HDG = 270°, Actual wind 205°(T)/30kt, Calculate the drift angle and GS?
30 - What is the average track (°T) and distance between CON VOR (N5354.8 W00849.1) and BEL VOR (N5439.7 W00613.8)?
31 - The resultant of the first integration from the north/south accelerometer of an inertial navigation system (INS) in the NAV MODE is:
32 - An aircraft is flying at FL180 and the outside air temperature is -30°C. If the CAS is 150 kt, what is the TAS?
33 - Given: TAS = 205 kt, HDG (T) = 180°, W/V = 240/25kt. Calculate the drift and GS?
34 - An aircraft is in the position (86°N, 020°E). When following a rhumb line track of 085°(T) it will:
35 - Given: True HDG = 035°, TAS = 245 kt, Track (T) = 046°, GS = 220 kt. Calculate the W/V?
36 - The angle between the true great-circle track and the true rhumb-line track joining the following points: A (60° S 165° W) B (60° S 177° E), at the place of departure A, is:
37 - 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°?
38 - On 28 June, sunrise is at 0239 UTC and sunset is at 2127 UTC at a given latitude. What is the most likely latitude?
39 - Given: TAS = 485 kt, True HDG = 226°,W/V = 110°(T)/95kt. Calculate the drift angle and GS?
40 - Given: True HDG = 206°, TAS = 140 kt, Track (T) = 207°, GS = 135 kt. Calculate the W/V?
41 - How does the convergency of any two meridians on the Earth change with varying latitude?
42 - Given: True track 180° Drift 8°R, Compass heading 195°, Deviation -2°. Calculate the variation.
43 - With reference to inertial navigation systems, a TAS input is:
44 - The nominal scale of a Lambert conformal conic chart is the:
45 - Given: CRK VOR/DME (N5150.4 W00829.7) Kerry aerodrome (N5210.9 W00931.4). What is the CRK radial and DME distance when overhead Kerry aerodrome?
46 - When an aircraft on a westerly heading on the northern hemisphere accelerates, the effect of the acceleration error causes the magnetic compass to:
47 - A flight is to be made from 'A' 49°S 180°E/W to 'B' 58°S, 180°E/W. The distance in kilometres from 'A' to 'B' is approximately:
48 - Given: Compass Heading 090 Deviation 2W Variation 12E, TAS 160 KT Whilst maintaining a radial 070 from a VOR station, the aircraft flies a ground distance of 14 NM in 6 MIN. What is the W/V (T)?
49 - In a Flight Management System (FMS), control Display Units (CDUs) are used pre-flight to
50 - An aircraft takes-off from an airport 2 hours before sunset. The pilot flies a track of 090°(T), W/V 130°/ 20 kt, TAS 100 kt. In order to return to the point of departure before sunset, the furthest distance which may be travelled is:
51 - What is the final position after the following rhumb line tracks and distances have been followed from position 60°00'N 030°00'W?South for 3600 NM, East for 3600 NM, North for 3600 NM, West for 3600 NM. The final position of the aircraft is:
52 - One purpose of a compass calibration is to reduce the difference, if any, between:
53 - On a Direct Mercator chart, meridians are:
54 - On a chart, 49 NM is represented by 7 cm. What is the scale?
55 - The great circle bearing of position B from position A in the Northern Hemisphere is 040°. If the conversion angle is 4°, what is the great circle bearing of A from B?
56 - An aircraft flies a great circle track from 56° N 070° W to 62° N 110° E. The total distance travelled is?
57 - An aircraft at latitude 02°20'N tracks 180°(T) for 685 km. On completion of the flight the latitude will be:
58 - Given: TAS = 440 kt, HDG (T) = 349° W/V = 040/40kt. Calculate the drift and GS?
59 - Given: TAS 487kt, FL 330,Temperature ISA + 15. Calculate the MACH Number?
60 - Which of the following alternatives is correct when you cross the international date line?
61 - Given: TAS = 200 kt, Track (T) = 073°, W/V = 210/20kt. Calculate the HDG (°T) and GS?
62 - Standard time is:
63 - Given: FL120,OAT is ISA standard, CAS is 200 kt, Track is 222°(M), Heading is 215°(M), Variation is 15°W. Time to fly 105 NM is 21 MIN. What is the W/V?
64 - Kepler's second law states that:
65 - On a lambert conformal chart the distance between two parallels of latitude having a difference of 2°, is measured to be 112mm. The distance between two meridians, spaced 2° longitude, is accordance to the chart 70 NM. What is the scale of the chart, in the middle of the square described?
66 - 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?
67 - Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates a lightship?
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68 - When turning right from 330°(C) to 040°(C) in the northern hemisphere, the reading of a direct reading magnetic compass will:
69 - Given CRN VOR (N5318.1 W00856.5) DME 18 NM and SHA VOR (N5243.3 W00853.1) DME 30 NM, with aircraft heading 270°M and both DME distances decreasing, what is the aircraft position?
70 - In a navigation chart a distance of 69 NM is equal to 17 cm. The scale of the chart is approximately:
71 - Given: TAS = 90 kt, HDG (T) = 355°, W/V = 120/20kt. Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?
72 - What is the change in longitude (in degrees and minutes) from A (45°N 165°30'E) to B (45°N 155°40'W)?
73 - A Lambert's conical conformal chart has standard parallels at 63°N and 41°N. What is the constant of the cone?
74 - Given: TAS = 480 kt, HDG (°T) = 040°, W/V = 090/60kt. Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?
75 - On which of the following chart projections is it NOT possible to represent the north or south poles?
76 - On the 27th of February, at 52°S and 040°E, the sunrise is at 0243 UTC. On the same day, at 52°S and 035°W, the sunrise is at:
77 - Geodetic latitude and geocentric latitude coincide
78 - An aircraft is on final approach to runway 32R (322°); The wind velocity reported by the tower is 350°/20 kt.; TAS on approach is 95 kt. In order to maintain the centre line, the aircraft's heading (°M) should be:
79 - Given: AD = Air distance GD = Ground distance TAS = True Airspeed GS = Groundspeed. Which of the following is the correct formula to calculate ground distance (GD) gone?
80 - Given: TAS = 290 kt, True HDG = 171°, W/V = 310°(T)/30kt. Calculate the drift angle and GS?
81 - Given: True HDG = 307°, TAS = 230 kt, Track (T) = 313°, GS = 210 kt. Calculate the W/V?
82 - The direct reading magnetic compass is made aperiodic (dead beat) by:
83 - A "landing compass' is:
84 - Given: A NORTHERN polar stereographic chart whose grid is aligned with the zero meridian. Grid track 344°, Longitude 115°00'W, Calculate the true course?
85 - Deviation applied to magnetic heading gives:
86 - Given: Runway direction 210°(M), Surface W/V 230°(M)/30kt. Calculate the cross-wind component?
87 - What is the convergence at 50°00'N between the meridians 105°00'W and 145°00'W on the Earth?
88 - The compression factor of the Earth:
89 - On a Lambert conformal chart, the distance between two parallels of latitude (difference of latitude = 2°), is measured to be 112 mm. The distance between two meridians, spaced 2° longitude, according to the chart is 70 NM. What is the latitude in the centre of the described square?
90 - At what approximate latitude is the length of one minute of arc along a meridian equal to one NM (1852 m) correct?
91 - 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?
92 - Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time):
93 - When approaching the International Date line from the East, you:
94 - An island appears 45° 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 215° with the magnetic variation (VAR) 21°W?
95 - 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 wind speed that can be accepted without exceeding the tailwind limit?
96 - Two positions plotted on a polar stereographic chart, A (80°N 000°) and B (70°N 102°W) are joined by a straight line whose highest latitude is reached at 035°W. At point B, the true course is:
97 - Given: TAS = 375 kt, True HDG = 124°, W/V = 130°(T)/55kt. Calculate the true track and GS?
98 - Consider the following statements on rhumb lines:
99 - The circumference of the parallel of latitude at 60°N is approximately:
100 - A great circle track crosses the equator at 30°W has an initial track of 035°T. Its highest or lowest North/South point is:
101 - Given: FL 350,Mach 0.80, OAT -55°C. Calculate the values for TAS and local speed of sound (LSS)?
102 - An island appears 60° 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 276° with the magnetic variation (VAR) 10°E?
103 - An aircraft at FL120, IAS 200kt, OAT -5° and wind component +30kt, is required to reduce speed in order to cross a reporting point 5 MIN later than planned. Assuming flight conditions do not change, when 100 NM from the reporting point IAS should be reduced to:
104 - 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:
105 - Given: ETA to cross a meridian is 2100 UTC GS is 441 kt. TAS is 491 kt. At 2010 UTC, ATC requests a speed reduction to cross the meridian at 2105 UTC. The reduction to TAS will be approximately:
106 - The data that needs to be inserted into an Inertial Reference System in order to enable the system to make a successful alignment for navigation is:
107 - Consider the following statements on the great circle and the rhumb line running through the same two positions:
108 - 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?
109 - When is the magnetic compass most effective?
110 - An aircraft is maintaining a 5.2% gradient is at 7 NM from the runway, on a flat terrain; its height is approximately:
111 - Given: Half way between two reporting points the navigation log gives the following information: TAS 360 kt, W/V 330°/80kt, Compass heading 237°, Deviation on this heading -5°, Variation 19°W. What is the average ground speed for this leg?
112 - Some inertial reference and navigation systems are known as strapdown. This means that:
113 - A Lambert conformal conic chart has a constant of the cone of 0.75. The initial course of a straight line track drawn on this chart from A (40°N 050°W) to B is 043°(T) at A; Course at B is 055°(T). What is the longitude of B?
114 - On a Direct Mercator chart a great circle will be represented by a:
115 - An aircraft at FL350 is required to commence descent when 85 NM from a VOR and to cross the VOR at FL80. The mean GS for the descent is 340 kt. What is the minimum rate of descent required?
116 - Given: TAS = 190 kt, True HDG = 085°, W/V = 110°(T)/50kt. Calculate the drift angle and GS?
117 - In order to maintain an accurate vertical using a pendulous system, an aircraft inertial platform incorporates a device:
118 - Where on a Direct Mercator projection is the chart convergency correct compared to the earth convergency?
119 - Standard time for some areas is listed in the Air Almanac as UTC +13 instead of UTC -11. The reason for this is:
120 - Given: TAS = 227 kt, Track (T) = 316°,W/V = 205/15kt. Calculate the HDG (°T) and GS?