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1. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a VOR TAC?

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4.

14.

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2. The scale on a Lambert's conformal conic chart?

Varies slightly as a function of longitude and latitude.

Is constant along a parallel of latitude.

Is constant.

Is constant along a meridian of longitude.

3. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for an unlighted obstacle?

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10.

11.

9.

4. Please refer diagram .What is the chart symbol for a lightship?

15.

6.

13.

8.

5. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a group of obstacles?

11.

15.

9.

10.

6. On a Direct Mercator chart, a rhumb line appears as a?

Curve convex to the equator.

Curve conjvex to the nearest pole.

Curve concave to the nearest poles.

Straight line.

7. Please refer diagram. Which of the following is the symbol for a lighted obstacle?

12.

10.

9.

11.

8. The scale is correct on a Transverse Mercator chart?

Along the datum meridian and meridians at 90° to it.

At the prime meridian.

Along the great circle of tangency.

At the poles and the equator.

9. On a Direct Mercator chart, meridians are?

Parallel, equally spaced, horizontal straight lines.

Parallel, equally spaced, vertical straight lines.

Diverging curved lines.

Conveging curved lines.

10. How do rhumb lines, (other than meridians), appear on Polar Stereographic charts?

As lines convex to the nearer pole.

As straight lines.

As lines concave to the nearer pole.

As ellipses around the pole.

11.
How is an uncontrolled route marked on an aeronautical chart?

A

D

B

C

12. Please refer diagram. Which of the following is the symbol for an exceptionally high (over 300m above terrain) lighted obstruction?

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10.

15.

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13. On a Lambert Conformal Conic chart earth convergency is most accurately represented at the?

Parallel of origin.

At all points between the standard parallels.

Outside the standard parallels.

Standard parallels.

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

Standard latitudes.

Meridial of tangency.

latitude of origin.

Prime meridian.

15. Please refer diagram. Which of the following is the symbol for a TACAN?

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5.

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14.

16. Which one of the following, concerning great circles on a Direct Mercator chart, is correct?

Straight lines.

With the exception of meridians and the equator, as curves convex to the equator.

Curves concave to the nearest pole.

With the exception of meridians and the equator, they are curves concave to the equator.

17. Parallels of latitude, except the equator, are?

Great circles.

Curves concave to the nearest pole

Curves convex to the nearest pole.

Rhumb lines.

18. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a lighted group of obstacles?

11.

9.

12.

10.

19. Where is the convergency correct on a Transverse Mercator chart?

At the Parallel of Origin.

Only at the Equator and Poles.

Only at the datum meridian.

At the datum meridian and the Equator.

20. What type of projection is generally used for charts used for navigation in North and South polar areas?

Polar Stereographical projection.

Oblique Mercator.

Direct Mercator.

Lanbert's Conformal.

21. On a Lambert conformal conic chart the convergence of the meridians is?

The same as earth convergency at the parallel of origin.

Most accurate at the standard parallets.

The same as the scale.

Least accurate at the parallel of origin.

22. On which of the following chart projections is it not possible to represent the north or south poles?

Lambert's Conical.

Polar Stereographic.

Direct Mercator.

Transverse Mervator.

23. The angular difference, on a Lambert conformal conic chart, between the arrival and departure track is equal to ?

Departure angle.

Secant of ½ latitude.

Map convergence.

Secant of longitude.

24. The nominal scale f a Lambert conformal conic chart is the?

Everywhere on the chart.

Scale at the Equator.

Scale at the standard parallels.

Scale at the midway point between the two standard parallels.

25. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the appearance of great circles, with the exception of meridians, on a Polar Stereographic chart whose tangency is at the pole?

The higher the latitude the closer they approximate to a straight line.

Always approximate to straight lines.

The lower the latitude the closer they approximate to straight lines.

Never approximate to straight lines.

26. A negative (westerly) magnetic variation signifies that?

True North is East of Magnetic North.

True North is West of Magnetic North.

Magnetic North is West of Compass North.

Magnetic North is East of Compass North.

27. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a lighted group of obstacles?

12.

10.

11.

6.

28. What is the value of the convergence factor on a Polar Stereographic chart?

0.5.

1.5.

2.0.

1.0.

29. A positive (easterly) magnetic variation signifies that?

Magnetic North is West of Compass North.

Magnetic North is East of Compass North.

True North is West of Magnetic North.

True North is East of Magnetic North.

30. A perfectly straight line on a Lamberts chart is?

A rhumb line.

A great circle.

A meridian of longitude.

A parallel of latitude.

31. Please refer diagram What is the symbol for an unlighted obstacle?

13.

15.

14.

1.

32. The nominal scale of a Lambert conformal conic chart is the?

Scale at the standard parallels.

Scale at the poles.

Scale at the parallel of origin.

Constant at all points on the chart.

33. Please refer diagram. Which of the following is the symbol for an NDB?

1.

4.

2.

3.

34. The chart that is generally used for navigation in polar areas is based on a?

Transverse Mercator.

Stereographical projection.

Lambert's Conformal.

Direct Mercator.

35. Please refer diagram Which is the symbol for a VOR?

13.

15.

8.

6.

36. In which of the following projections will a plane surface touch the reduced earth at one of the Poles?

Transverse Mercator.

Direct Mercator.

Lambert's.

Stereographic.

37. Which one of the following describes the appearance of rhumb lines, except meridians, on a Polar Stereographic chart?

Curves closer to the pole than the equivalent Great Circle.

Curves concave to the Pole.

Approximately straight lines.

Straight lines.

38. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a VOR DME?

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5.

4.

14.

39. Please refer diagram Which of the following is the symbol for a DME?

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14.

7.

5.

40. Please refer diagram Which of the aeronautical chart symbols indicates a VORTAC?

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41. What is the symbol for a Control Zone (CTR) on an aeronautical chart.

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42. On a Lambert conformal conic projection, with two standard parallels the scale is?

Correct only along the parallel of origin.

Correct only along the standard parallels.

Correct only at the poles.

Correct at all points on the chart.

43. On a Direct Mercator, rhumb lines are?

Straight lines.

Curves convex to the nearest pole.

Curves concave to the nearest pole.

Curves concave to the Equator.

44. What is the symbol for an FIR boundary?

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45. Which of the following statements best describes how scale varies on a Mercator chart?

Expands as the secant of the East/West great circle distance.

Expands directly with the secant of the latitude.

It is correct on standard parallels, but expands outside them, and contracts within them.

Expands as the secant (½ x co-latitude).

46. On a Direct Mercator chart a great circle will be represented by a ?

Curves concave to the nearest pole.

Straight lines.

Curves convex to the equator.

Curve convave to the equator.

47. How are great circles shown on a direct Mercator chart?

Curves convex to the nearest pole.

Rhumb lines.

Straight lines.

Curves concave to the nearest pole.

48. On a Lambert conformal conic chart, the distance between parallels of latitude spaced the same number of degrees apart?

Is constant outside of the standard parallels.

Increases between and reduces outside of the standard parallels.

Reduces between, and expands outside, the standard parallels.

Is constant between the standard parallels.

49. Please refer diagram . Which aeronautical chart symbol indicates an aeronautical ground light?

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15

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50. On a Lambert conformal conic chart, with two standard parallels, the quoted scale is correct?

Only at the parallel of origin.

Only along the two standard parallels.

Only at the centre of the chart.

Midway between the two standard parallels.

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