General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

23°18'

Answer

68°25'

Answer

66°42'

Answer

21°35'

Question 2

The angle between Magnetic North and Compass North is called:

Accepted Answer

Compass deviation

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Magnetic variation

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Compass error

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Alignment error

Question 3

Which is the highest latitude listed below at which the sun will rise above the horizon and set every day?

Accepted Answer

66°

Answer

68°

Answer

72°

Answer

62°

Question 4

What is the meaning of the term 'standard time'?

Accepted Answer

It is the time set by the legal authorities for a country or part of a country

Answer

It is the time zone system applicable only in the USA

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It is another term for UTC

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It is an expression for local mean time

Question 5

During the initial alignment of an inertial navigation system (INS) the equipment:

Accepted Answer

VOR: DME: NDB: non-compulsory reporting point

Answer

VOR: DME: NDB: compulsory reporting point

Answer

Civil airport: NDB: DME: compulsory reporting point

Answer

Civil airport: VOR: DME: non-compulsory reporting point

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

220°

Answer

160°

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190°

Answer

130°

Question 7

Grid heading is 299°, grid convergency is 55° West and magnetic variation is 90° West. What is the corresponding magnetic heading?

Accepted Answer

084°

Answer

334°

Answer

154°

Answer

264°

Question 8

Given:An aircraft is flying a track of 255°(M),2254 UTC, it crosses radial 360° from a VOR station, 2300 UTC, it crosses radial 330° from the same station.At 2300 UTC, the distance between the aircraft and the station is:

Accepted Answer

The same as it was at 2254 UTC

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Greater than it was at 2254 UTC

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Less than it was at 2254 UTC

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Randomly different than it was at 2254 UTC

Question 9

How many NM would an aircraft travel in 1 MIN 45 SEC if GS is 135 kt?

Accepted Answer

3.94

Answer

2.36

Answer

3.25

Answer

39.0

Question 10

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?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

7

Answer

1

Answer

3

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