General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

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'?

Accepted Answer

15° Right

Answer

9° Right

Answer

6° Right

Answer

18° Right

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

229°

Answer

099°

Answer

049°

Answer

279°

Question 3

Waypoints can be entered in an INS memory in different formats. In which of the following formats can waypoints be entered into all INS's?

Accepted Answer

geographic coordinates

Answer

hexadecimal

Answer

bearing and distance

Answer

by waypoints name

Question 4

An aeroplane flies from A (59°S 142°W) to B (61°S 148°W) with a TAS of 480 KT. The autopilot is engaged and coupled with an Inertial Navigation System in which AB track is active. On route AB, the true track:

Accepted Answer

Increases by 5°

Answer

Varies by 4°

Answer

Decreases by 6°

Answer

Varies by 10°

Question 5

Using the given coordinates, what are the average true track and distance between BAL VOR (N5318.0 W00626.9) and CRN NDB (N5318.1 W00856.5)?

Accepted Answer

270° - 90 NM

Answer

278° - 89 NM

Answer

272° - 89 NM

Answer

268° - 91 NM

Question 6

A direct reading compass should be swung when:

Accepted Answer

There is a large, and permanent, change in magnetic latitude

Answer

The aircraft is stored for a long period and is frequently moved

Answer

There is a large change in magnetic longitude

Answer

The aircraft has made more than a stated number of landings

Question 7

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:

Accepted Answer

203°

Answer

023°

Answer

247°

Answer

305°

Question 8

An aircraft follows a great circle in the Northern Hemisphere. At a certain moment the aircraft is in the position on the great circle where the great circle direction is 270°(T). Continuing on the great circle the:

Accepted Answer

Track angle will decrease and the latitude will decrease.

Answer

Track angle will increase and the latitude will decrease.

Answer

Track angle will decrease and the latitude will increase.

Answer

Track angle will increase and the latitude will increase.

Question 9

The countries having a standard time slow on UTC:

Accepted Answer

Will generally be located at westerly longitudes.

Answer

Will often experience sunrise earlier than the sunrise occurs at the greenwich meridian.

Answer

Will generally be located at easterly longitudes.

Answer

Will often have an earlier standard date than the UTC date.

Question 10

An aircraft is planned to fly from position 'A' to position 'B', distance 250 NM at an average GS of 115 kt. It departs 'A' at 0900 UTC. After flying 75 NM along track from 'A', the aircraft is 1.5 MIN behind planned time. Using the actual GS experienced, what is the revised ETA at 'B'?

Accepted Answer

1115 UTC

Answer

1050 UTC

Answer

1044 UTC

Answer

1110 UTC

Exam questions General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

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