Question Bank

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

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

3. Given: Position A 45° N, ?°E, Position B 45°N, 45° 15'E Distance A-B =200 NM, B is to the East of A, What is the longitude of position A?

4. An aircraft autopilot is coupled to the INS steering from Waypoint 1 at 60°N 050°W. to Waypoint 2 at 60°N 020°W. What is the approximate latitude of the aircraft on passing 35°W?

5. Given: The coordinates a position are N48° 50' E002° 16.5'. The coordinates of the antipodes of that position are?

6. An aircraft travels from point A to point B, using the autopilot connected to the aircraft's inertial system. The coordinates of A (45° S 010°W) and B (45° S 030°W) have been entered. The true course of the aircraft on its arrival at B, to the nearest degree, is?

7. On a Polar Stereographic chart, the initial great circle course fro A 70° N 060° W to B 70° N 060° E is approximately?

8. The following points are entered into an inertial navigation system (INS), WPT 1: 60° N 30°W, WPT 2 : 60°N 20°W, WPT 3: 60° N 10°W. The inertial navigation system is connected to the automatic pilot on route (1-2-3). The track change when passing WPT 2 will be approximately?

9. An aircraft at position 60° N 005° W tracks 090°(T) for 315 km. On completion of the flight the longitude will be?

10. An aircraft with its autopilot connected to its inertial system, files from point A at 45°S 010°W, to point B at 45°S 030°W. What is the true course of the aircraft (to the nearest degree) when it arrives at B?

11. An aircraft passes position A (60° 00'N 120° 00'W) on route to position B (60° 00'N 140°c 00'W). What is the great circle track on departure from A?

12. An aircraft is flying with the aid of an inertial navigation system (INS) connected to the autopilot. The following points have been entered in the INS computer: WPT 1: 60°N 030°W, WPT 2: 60° N 020°W has been passed, the latitude shown on the display unit of the inertial navigation system will be?

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

14. A straight line on a Lambert Conformal Projection chart for normal flight planning purposes?

15. A Lambert conformal conic chart has a constant of the cone of 0.80. A straight line course drawn on this chart from A (53°N 004°W) to B is 075° at A Course at B is 095°(T). What is the longitude of B?

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

17. Given: A is N55° 000° B is N54°E010°. The average true course of the great circle is 100°. The true course of the rhumb line at point A is?

18. A Lambert conformal conic chart has a constant of the cone of 0.75. The initial course of a straight-line track drawn on this chart from A (40°N 050°W) to B is 043°(T) at A; course at B is 055°(T). What is the longitude of B?

19. In order to fly from position A (10° 00'N, 030° 00'W) t position B (30° 00'N, 050° 00'W) maintaining a constant true course, it is necessary to fly?

20. What is the final position after the followin rhumb line tracks and distances have been followed from position 60°00'N 030° 00'W? South for 360 NM, East for 360 NM, North for 360 NM, West for 360 NM?

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

22. Given: The coordinates of the heliport at Issy les Moullneaux are N48° 50' E002° 16.5'. The coordinates of the antipodes are?

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

24. On a polar stereographic projection chart showing the South Pole, a straight line joints position A (75°S 045°E) to position B (75°S 025°W). The true course on departure from position A is approximately?

25. Two positions plotted on a polar stereographic chart, A (80°N 000°) and (70°N 102°W) are joined by a straight lie whose highest latitude is reached at 035°W. At point B, the true course is?

26. An aircraft files the following rhumb line tracks and distances from position 04°00'N 030° 00'W: 600 NM South, then 600 NM East, then 600 NM North, then 600 NM West. The final position of the aircraft is?

27. Which of the following is true of all parallels of latitude?

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

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

30. An aircraft is flying with the aid of an inertial navigation system (INS) connected to the autopilot. The following two points have been entered in the INS computer: WPT 1: 60°S 030°W WPT 2: 60°S 020°W. When 025°W is passed the latitude shown on the display unit of the inertial navigation system will be?

31. Given: The autopilot is coupled to the Inertial Navigation System steering from Waypoint 1 at 60°N 040°W, to Waypoint 2 at 60°N 030°W, to Waypoint 3 at 60°N 020°W. What is the approximate track change on passing WPT 2?

32. On a Lambert Conformal Conic great circles that are not meridians are?

33. 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?

34. An aircraft files the following rhumb line tracks and distances from position 04° 00'N 030° 00'W; 700 NM South, then 700 NM East, then 700 NM North, then 700 NM West. The final position of the aircraft is?

35. Given: Waypoint 1.60° S 030°W, Waypoint 2,60° S 020°W. What will be the approximate latitude shown on the display unit of an inertial navigation system at longitude 025°W?

36. 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 (60° 00'S 070° 00'W) 00'W and the final track (°T) at 080° 00'W, the difference between them is that the initial track is approximately?

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

38. An aircraft at position 60°N 005°W tracks 090°(T) for 350 km. On completion of the flight the longitude will be?

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

40. What is the great circle track (measured from the starting position) from 70°S 035°W, to 70°S 065°E?

41. On a polar stereographic projection chart showing the South Pole, a straight line joins position A (70° S 065° E) to position B (70° S 025° W). The true course on departure from position A is approximately?

42. An aircraft passes position A (75°00'N 120° 00'W) on route to position B (75°00'N 140° 30'W). What is the great circle track on departure from A?

43. The automatic flight control system (AFCS) in an aircraft is coupled to the guidance outputs from an inertial navigation system (INS). The aircraft is flying between inserted waypoints No.3 (65° 00'N 020° 00'W) and No.4 (65° 00'N 030° 00'W). With DSRTK/STS selected on the CDU, to the nearest whole degree, the initial track read-out from waypoint No. 3 will be?

44. What is a rhumb line?

45. The INS position of the departure aerodrome, coordinates 45° 32.7'N 139° 46.3'W are input instead of the correct coordinates, 45° 332.7'N 139 46.3'E. When the aircraft subsequently passes point 52° N 180°W, the longitude value shown on the INS will be?

46. Position A is 55°N 030°W and B is 54°N 020°W. What is the rhumb line bearing from A to B, if the great circle track from A to B, measured at A, is 100°T?

47. A Lambert conformal conic chart has a constant of the cone of 0.80. A straight line course drawn on this chart from A (53°N 004°W) to B is 080° at A Course at B is 092°(T). What is the longitude of B?

48. What is a rhumb line?

49. On a polar stereographic projection chart showing the South Pole, a straight line joins position A (75°S 065°E) to position B (75°S 025°W). The true course on departure from position A is approximately?

50. How do rhumb lines, other than meridians appear on Polar Stereo charts?