Vayudoot Aviation

1.
Given: Pressure Altitude 29000 FT, OAT -55°C. Calculate the Density Altitude?

26000 FT

33500 FT

31000 FT

27500 FT

2.
Which of the following lists all the methods that can be used to enter 'Created Waypoints' into the CDU of a B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

Identifier bearing/distance, place bearing/place bearing, latitude and longitude, waypoint name

Identifier bearing/distance, place bearing/place bearing, along-track displacement, latitude and longitude

Identifier bearing/distance, place distance/place distance, along-track displacement, latitude and longitude

Identifier bearing/distance, place bearing/place distance, along/across-track displacement, latitude and longitude

3.
Given: True HDG = 035°,TAS = 245 kt,Track (T) = 046°,GS = 220 kt.Calculate the W/V?

335/45kt

340/50kt

340/45kt

335/55kt

4.
An aircraft is planned to fly from position 'A' to position 'B',distance 320 NM, at an average GS of 180 kt. It departs 'A' at 1200 UTC.After flying 70 NM along track from 'A', the aircraft is 3 MIN ahead of planned time.Using the actual GS experienced, what is the revised ETA at 'B'?

1333 UTC

1401 UTC

1347 UTC

1340 UTC

5.
Given:TAS = 370 kt,True HDG = 181°,W/V = 095°(T)/35kt.Calculate the true track and GS?

186 - 370 kt

189 - 370 kt

192 - 370 kt

176 - 370 kt

6.
On a Transverse Mercator chart, scale is exactly correct along the

prime meridian and the equator

Equator, parallel of origin and prime vertical

datum meridian and meridian perpendicular to it

meridian of tangency

7.
The equivalent of 70 m/sec is approximately

145 kt

35 kt

210 kt

136 kt

8.
A direct Mercator graticule is based on a projection that is

cylindrical

conical

spherical

concentric

9.
Given: GS = 236 kt.Distance from A to B = 354 NMWhat is the time from A to B?

1 HR 10 MIN

1 HR 40 MIN

1 HR 30 MIN

1 HR 09 MIN

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'?

1050 UTC

1115 UTC

1044 UTC

1110 UTC

11.
What is the time required to travel along the parallel of latitude 60° N between meridians 010° E and 030° W at a groundspeed of 480 kt?

1 HR 45 MIN

1 HR 15 MIN

2 HR 30 MIN

5 HR 00 MIN

12.
How is the radio position determined by the FMC in the B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

DME ranges and/ or VOR/ADF bearings

VOR/DME range and bearing

DME/DME or VOR/DME

DME/DME

13.
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

59°00'N 090°00'W

60°00'N 090°00'W

60°00'N 030°00'E

59°00'N 060°00'W

14.
The parallels on a Lambert Conformal Conic chart are represented by

hyperbolic lines

parabolic lines

arcs of concentric circles

straight lines

15.
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

370.00 NM

3.69 NM

67.20 NM

36.30 NM

16.
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?

23°18'

21°35'

66°42'

68°25'

17.
The north and south magnetic poles are the only positions on the earth's surface where

isogonals converge

the value of magnetic variation equals 90°

a freely suspended compass needle will stand horizontal

a freely suspended compass needle will stand vertical

18.
Given:true track 070°variation 30°Wdeviation +1°drift 10°RCalculate the compass heading?

100°

101°

089°

091°

19.
Given: True HDG = 074°,TAS = 230 kt,Track (T) = 066°,GS = 242 kt.Calculate the W/V?

180/35kt

180/30kt

185/35kt

180/40kt

20.
Given:TAS = 235 kt,HDG (T) = 076°W/V = 040/40kt.Calculate the drift angle and GS?

5L - 255 kt

7R - 204 kt

5R - 207 kt

7L - 269 kt

21.
The chart distance between meridians 10° apart at latitude 65° North is 3.75 inches. The chart scale at this latitude approximates

1 : 2 500 00

1 : 3 000 000

1 : 5 000 000

1 : 6 000 000

22.
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

0743 UTC

0243 UTC

0523 UTC

2143 UTC

23.
Parallels of latitude on a Direct Mercator chart are

straight lines converging above the pole

arcs of concentric circles equally spaced

parallel straight lines unequally spaced

parallel straight lines equally spaced

24.
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?

226°

086°

046°

026°

25.
Which of the following statements concerning the aircraft positions indicated on a triple fit Inertial Navigation System (INS)/ Inertial Reference System (IRS) on the CDU is correct?

The positions will only differ if an error has been made when inputting the present position at the departure airport

The positions will be the same because they are an average of three different positions

The positions will only differ if one of the systems has been decoupled because of a detected malfunction

The positions are likely to differ because they are calculated from different sources

26.
An aircraft at latitude 10° South flies north at a GS of 890 km/HR. What will its latitude be after 1.5 HR?

02°00'N

12°15'N

22°00'N

03°50'N

27.
What indication, if any, is given in the B737-400 Flight Management System if radio updating is not available?

A warning message is displayed on the IRS displays

A warning message is displayed on the EHSI and MFDU

A warning message is displayed on the Flight Director System

No indication is given so long as the IRS positions remain within limits

28.
On a Direct Mercator chart, meridians are

inclined, equally spaced, straight lines that meet at the nearer pole

parallel, equally spaced, vertical straight lines

inclined, unequally spaced, curved lines that meet at the nearer pole

parallel, unequally spaced, vertical straight lines

29.
At 47° North the chart distance between meridians 10° apart is 5 inches. The scale of the chart at 47° North approximates

1 : 8 000 000

1 : 6 000 000

1 : 3 000 000

1 : 2 500 000

30.
The lines on the earth's surface that join points of equal magnetic variation are called

isogonals

isogrives

isoclines

isotachs

31.
Given: GS = 510 kt.Distance A to B = 43 NMWhat is the time (MIN) from A to B?

5

7

4

6

32.
Which of the following lists, which compares an Inertial Reference System that utilises Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLG) instead of conventional gyroscopes, is completely correct?

It does not suffer from 'lock in' error and it is insensitive to gravitational ('g') forces

The platform is kept stable relative to the earth mathematically rather than mechanically but it has a longer 'spin up' time

There is little or no 'spin up' time and it is insensitive to gravitational ('g') forces

33.
Which FMC/CDU page normally appears on initial power application to the B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

IDENT

POS INIT

INITIAL

PERF INIT

34.
At the magnetic equator, when accelerating after take off on heading West, a direct reading compass

overreads the heading

underreads the heading

indicates a turn to the south

indicates the correct heading

35.
A direct reading compass should be swung when

there is a large change in magnetic longitude

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

the aircraft has made more than a stated number of landings

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

36.
The direct reading magnetic compass is made aperiodic (dead beat) by

keeping the magnetic assembly mass close to the compass point and by using damping wires

using long magnets

pendulous suspension of the magnetic assembly

using the lowest acceptable viscosity compass liquid

37.
A Lambert conformal conic projection, with two standard parallels

the scale is only correct along the standard parallels

shows lines of longitude as parallel straight lines

shows all great circles as straight lines

the scale is only correct at parallel of origin

38.
The automatic flight control system (AFCS) in an aircraft is coupled to the guidance outputs from an inertial navigation system (INS) and the aircraft is flying from waypoint No. 2 (60°00'S 070°00'W) to No. 3 (60°00'S 080°00'W).Comparing the initial track (°T) at 070°00'W and the final track (°T) at 080°00'W, the difference between them is that the initial track is approximately

5° greater than the final one

5° less than the final one

9° greater than the final one

9° less than the final one

39.
Given: Magnetic track = 210°,Magnetic HDG = 215°,VAR = 15°E,TAS = 360 kt,Aircraft flies 64 NM in 12 MIN.Calculate the true W/V?

300°/30 kt

195°/50 kt

265°/50 kt

235°/50 kt

40.
Given: course required = 085° (T),Forecast W/V 030/100kt,TAS = 470 kt,Distance = 265 NM.Calculate the true HDG and flight time?

095°, 31 MIN

096°, 29 MIN

075°, 39 MIN

076°, 34 MIN

41.
Given:FL 350,Mach 0.80,OAT -55°C. Calculate the values for TAS and local speed of sound (LSS)?

461 kt , LSS 296 kt

237 kt, LSS 296 kt

490 kt, LSS 461 kt

461 kt , LSS 576 kt

42.
An aircraft was over 'Q' at 1320 hours flying direct to 'R'.Given:Distance 'Q' to 'R' 3016 NMTrue airspeed 480 ktMean wind component 'out' -90 ktMean wind component 'back' +75 ktThe ETA for reaching the Point of Equal Time (PET) between 'Q' and 'R' is

1752

1756

1742

1820

43.
Which component of the B737-400 Flight Management System (FMS) is used to enter flight plan routeing and performance parameters?

Inertial Reference System

Flight Director System

Flight Management Computer

Multi-Function Control Display UnitMulti-Function Control Display Unit

44.
Given: FL250, OAT -15 ºC, TAS 250 kt.Calculate the Mach No.?

0.39

0.40

0.44

0.42

45.
An aircraft travels 2.4 statute miles in 47 seconds. What is its groundspeed?

183 kt

160 kt

209 kt

131 kt

46.
Given:AD = Air distance GD = Ground distanceTAS = True AirspeedGS = GroundspeedWhich of the following is the correct formula to calculate ground distance (GD) gone?

GD = (AD - TAS)/TAS

GD = TAS/(GS X AD)

GD = (AD X GS)/TAS

GD = AD X (GS -TAS)/GS

47.
In the B737-400 Flight Management System the CDUs are used during preflight to

manually initialize the Flight Director System and FMC with dispatch information

automatically initialize the IRSs and FMC with dispatch information

manually initialize the IRSs, FMC and Autothrottle with dispatch information

manually initialize the IRSs and FMC with dispatch information

48.
Given: Distance 'A' to 'B' is 475 NM,Planned GS 315 kt,ATD 1000 UTC,1040 UTC - fix obtained 190 NM along track.What GS must be maintained from the fix in order to achieve planned ETA at 'B'?

300 kt

320 kt.

340 kt

360 kt.

49.
Given: TAS = 480 kt,HDG (°T) = 040°,W/V = 090/60kt.Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?

036 - 435 kt

032 - 425 kt

028 - 415 kt

034 - 445 kt

50.
The great circle distance between position A (59°34.1'N 008°08.4'E) and B (30°25.9'N 171°51.6'W) is

10 800 km

5 400 NM

2 700 NM

10 800 NM

Question Bank

Questions for Indigo gen NAV 4090-4604

Given: Pressure Altitude 29000 FT, OAT -55°C. Calculate the Density Altitude?

Which of the following lists all the methods that can be used to enter 'Created Waypoints' into the CDU of a B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

Given: True HDG = 035°,TAS = 245 kt,Track (T) = 046°,GS = 220 kt.Calculate the W/V?

An aircraft is planned to fly from position 'A' to position 'B',distance 320 NM, at an average GS of 180 kt. It departs 'A' at 1200 UTC.After flying 70 NM along track from 'A', the aircraft is 3 MIN ahead of planned time.Using the actual GS experienced, what is the revised ETA at 'B'?

Given:TAS = 370 kt,True HDG = 181°,W/V = 095°(T)/35kt.Calculate the true track and GS?

On a Transverse Mercator chart, scale is exactly correct along the

The equivalent of 70 m/sec is approximately

A direct Mercator graticule is based on a projection that is

Given: GS = 236 kt.Distance from A to B = 354 NMWhat is the time from A to B?

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'?

What is the time required to travel along the parallel of latitude 60° N between meridians 010° E and 030° W at a groundspeed of 480 kt?

How is the radio position determined by the FMC in the B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

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

The parallels on a Lambert Conformal Conic chart are represented by

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

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?

The north and south magnetic poles are the only positions on the earth's surface where

Given:true track 070°variation 30°Wdeviation +1°drift 10°RCalculate the compass heading?

Given: True HDG = 074°,TAS = 230 kt,Track (T) = 066°,GS = 242 kt.Calculate the W/V?

Given:TAS = 235 kt,HDG (T) = 076°W/V = 040/40kt.Calculate the drift angle and GS?

The chart distance between meridians 10° apart at latitude 65° North is 3.75 inches. The chart scale at this latitude approximates

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

Parallels of latitude on a Direct Mercator chart are

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?

Which of the following statements concerning the aircraft positions indicated on a triple fit Inertial Navigation System (INS)/ Inertial Reference System (IRS) on the CDU is correct?

An aircraft at latitude 10° South flies north at a GS of 890 km/HR. What will its latitude be after 1.5 HR?

What indication, if any, is given in the B737-400 Flight Management System if radio updating is not available?

On a Direct Mercator chart, meridians are

At 47° North the chart distance between meridians 10° apart is 5 inches. The scale of the chart at 47° North approximates

The lines on the earth's surface that join points of equal magnetic variation are called

Given: GS = 510 kt.Distance A to B = 43 NMWhat is the time (MIN) from A to B?

Which of the following lists, which compares an Inertial Reference System that utilises Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLG) instead of conventional gyroscopes, is completely correct?

Which FMC/CDU page normally appears on initial power application to the B737-400 Electronic Flight Instrument System?

At the magnetic equator, when accelerating after take off on heading West, a direct reading compass

A direct reading compass should be swung when

The direct reading magnetic compass is made aperiodic (dead beat) by

A Lambert conformal conic projection, with two standard parallels

Given: Magnetic track = 210°,Magnetic HDG = 215°,VAR = 15°E,TAS = 360 kt,Aircraft flies 64 NM in 12 MIN.Calculate the true W/V?

Given: course required = 085° (T),Forecast W/V 030/100kt,TAS = 470 kt,Distance = 265 NM.Calculate the true HDG and flight time?

Given:FL 350,Mach 0.80,OAT -55°C. Calculate the values for TAS and local speed of sound (LSS)?

An aircraft was over 'Q' at 1320 hours flying direct to 'R'.Given:Distance 'Q' to 'R' 3016 NMTrue airspeed 480 ktMean wind component 'out' -90 ktMean wind component 'back' +75 ktThe ETA for reaching the Point of Equal Time (PET) between 'Q' and 'R' is

Which component of the B737-400 Flight Management System (FMS) is used to enter flight plan routeing and performance parameters?

Given: FL250, OAT -15 ºC, TAS 250 kt.Calculate the Mach No.?

An aircraft travels 2.4 statute miles in 47 seconds. What is its groundspeed?

Given:AD = Air distance GD = Ground distanceTAS = True AirspeedGS = GroundspeedWhich of the following is the correct formula to calculate ground distance (GD) gone?

In the B737-400 Flight Management System the CDUs are used during preflight to

Given: Distance 'A' to 'B' is 475 NM,Planned GS 315 kt,ATD 1000 UTC,1040 UTC - fix obtained 190 NM along track.What GS must be maintained from the fix in order to achieve planned ETA at 'B'?

Given: TAS = 480 kt,HDG (°T) = 040°,W/V = 090/60kt.Calculate the Track (°T) and GS?

The great circle distance between position A (59°34.1'N 008°08.4'E) and B (30°25.9'N 171°51.6'W) is