Navigation - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

Question 1

(Refer to figure 23.) On what course should the VOR receiver (OBS) be set to navigate direct from Hampton Varnville Airport (area 1) to Savannah VORTAC (area 3)?

Accepted Answer

195°

Answer

215°

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015°

Question 2

On a turn from south:

Accepted Answer

The compass exaggerates the rate of turn

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The compass will lag behind the airplane

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The compass will match the exact heading

Question 3

(Refer to Figure 59) You depart from Wood Co. airport (1G0 - area 5) and head northbound. You level off at 1,600' MSL under the Toledo Class C airspace to circle your house. The ADS-B system on your airplane was marked inoperative in the maintenance log. Is this flight legal?

Accepted Answer

Yes - ADS-B Out is not required for this operation

Answer

No - ADS-B Out equipment is required for flights under Class C airspace

Answer

No - ADS-B Out equipment must be operational for all flights in the U.S.

Question 4

In the Northern Hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate initially a turn toward the west if

Accepted Answer

a right turn is entered from a north heading

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an aircraft is accelerated while on a north heading

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a left turn is entered from a north heading

Question 5

What should you do if your GPS database is out of date?

Accepted Answer

The flight plan waypoints should be verified against a current official source, like a VFR Sectional Chart or Chart Supplement U.S.

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Avoid flying into IMC conditions

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You cannot legally fly with a GPS if its navigation database is out of date

Question 6

In order to determine your distance flown, you would multiply time by:

Accepted Answer

Groundspeed

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Indicated airspeed

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Equivalent airspeed

Question 7

In order to check your progress when using dead reckoning with no radio instrumentation, make corrections by:

Accepted Answer

Using pilotage and keep track of your checkpoints

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Determining position using the wind triangle

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Using the magnetic compass and the airspeed indicator

Question 8

If your GPS receiver is equipped with WAAS—Wide Area Augmentation System—your position accuracy is:

Accepted Answer

Less than three meters

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Twelve meters

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Five meters

Question 9

A global positioning system will give your exact geographical position

Accepted Answer

at any point on the globe

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only in the northern hemisphere

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only at any point in the contiguous States

Question 10

Which is true regarding the benefits of using GPS for navigation?

Accepted Answer

While GPS has many benefits to the VFR pilot, care must be exercised to ensure that system capabilities are not exceeded

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GPS eliminates the need for the pilot to verify their location through other navigation sources or charts

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Pilots can depend on GPS signals being available 100% of the time for navigation

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FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane: Navigation 10 Questions no time limit

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