Navigation - Quiz BPL Gas - Balloon Pilot License

Question 1

Given: TC: 179°; WCA: -12°; VAR: 004° E; DEV: +002° What are MH and MC?

Accepted Answer

MH: 163°. MC: 175°.

Answer

MH: 167°. MC: 175°.

Answer

MH: 167°. MC: 161°.

Answer

MH: 163°. MC: 161°.

Question 2

Where does the inclination reach its lowest value?

Accepted Answer

At the magnetic equator

Answer

At the geographic equator

Answer

At the magnetic poles

Answer

At the geographic poles

Question 3

Which are the official basic units for horizontal distances used in aeronautical navigation and their abbreviations?

Accepted Answer

Nautical miles (NM), kilometers (km)

Answer

Feet (ft), inches (in)

Answer

Yards (yd), meters (m)

Answer

Land miles (SM), sea miles (NM)

Question 4

A distance of 7.5 cm on an aeronautical chart represents a distance of 60.745 NM in reality. What is the chart scale?

Accepted Answer

1 : 1500000

Answer

1 : 500000

Answer

1 : 1 000000

Answer

1 : 150000

Question 5

The circumference of the Earth at the equator is approximately... See figure (NAV-002) Siehe Anlage 1

Accepted Answer

21600 NM.

Answer

40000 NM

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12800 km

Answer

10800 km.

Question 6

With Central European Time (CET) given as UTC+1, what UTC time corresponds to 1700 CET?

Accepted Answer

1600 UTC

Answer

1800 UTC.

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1500 UTC.

Answer

1700 UTC.

Question 7

Which are the properties of a Lambert conformal chart?

Accepted Answer

The chart is conformal and nearly true to scale

Answer

Great circles are depicted as straight lines and the chart is an equal-area projection

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Rhumb lines are depicted as straight lines and the chart is conformal

Answer

The chart is conformal and an equal-area projection

Question 8

The rotational axis of the Earth runs through the...

Accepted Answer

Geographic North Pole and on the geographic South Pole.

Answer

Magnetic north pole and on the magnetic south pole.

Answer

Geographic North Pole and on the magnetic south pole.

Answer

Magnetic north pole and on the geographic South Pole

Question 9

What is the difference in latitude between A (12°53'30''N) and B (07°34'30''S)?

Accepted Answer

20°28'00''

Answer

05°19'00''

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20,28°

Answer

05,19°

Question 10

What distance corresponds to one degree difference in latitude along any degree of longitude?

Accepted Answer

60 NM

Answer

60 km

Answer

30 NM

Answer

1 NM

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