16 Lp Basic Nav

Question 1

What are the imaginary reference lines on the earth

Answer 1

Parallels of latitude, meridians of longitude

Question 2

How do the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude run?

Answer 2

Parallels of latitude run east and west meridians of longitude run north and south

Question 3

A circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that passes through the center of the sphere

Answer 3

A great circle

Question 4

What is the great circle

Answer 4

The equator

Question 5

Parallels of latitude are a series of smaller east to west circles referred to as what

Answer 5

Small circles

Question 6

What is the degree of latitude on the equator

Answer 6

0°

Question 7

What is the degree of latitude for the north and south pole

Answer 7

90° North latitude, 90° South latitude

Question 8

The reference line used to measure longitude, in Greenwich

Answer 8

The prime meridian 0°

Question 9

This Describes the positions of a navigational point on the earths surface consisting of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude

Answer 9

Coordinates

Question 10

What do coordinates consist of

Answer 10

Parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude

Question 11

Parallels and meridians are divided into what

Answer 11

Degrees, minutes, and seconds
Example: 129°, 40 minutes, 16 seconds
129°40’16”

Question 12

The reference line for measuring north to south distance is the

Answer 12

Equator

Question 13

1° equals how many minutes

Answer 13

60 minutes

Question 14

To determine any location on any US chart, latitude readings increase from ________ and longitude readings increase from ______

Answer 14

Bottom to top, right to left

Question 15

Longitude _______ be used as a scale to measure distance except at the equator

Answer 15

Cannot

Question 16

When coordinates are used to define position, is latitude or longitude stated first?

Answer 16

Latitude before longitude

Question 17

What is a great circle route

Answer 17

The shortest distance between two points on a sphere

Question 18

A line which makes the same angle with each Meridian and longitude, and is greater than a great circle route

Answer 18

Rhumb line

Question 19

One nautical mile is equal to how many feet, how many statute miles, and how many minutes of latitude

Answer 19

6076 feet, or 6080 feet,
1.15 statute miles,
one minute of latitude

Question 20

One statute miles equal to how many feet and how many nautical miles

Answer 20

5280 feet,

.87 nautical miles

Question 21

Which mile is always greater? Statute or nautical

Answer 21

Statute miles will always be greater than nautical miles

Question 22

What is the formula to convert nautical miles to statute and vice versa

Answer 22

Nautical miles X 1.15 = statute,

statute miles X .87 = nautical

Question 23

The unit of measurement which equals 1 mile is ______ statute miles

Answer 23

1.15

Question 24

A time zone is established for every_____.

Answer 24

15° of longitude

Question 25

What is the conversion factor for Eastern standard time from the Zulu

Answer 25

+5 hours

Question 26

Shown on the aircraft airspeed indicator, used in pilot controller communications

Answer 26

Airspeed indicator, IAS

Question 27

Relative to undisturbed air mass, used in flight planning and en route portion of flight

Answer 27

True airspeed, TAS

Question 28

The speed of an aircraft relative to the surface of the earth is true airspeed corrected for the effects of wind

Answer 28

Ground speed, GS

Question 29

Ratio of true airspeed to the speed of sound, expressed in decimal form

Answer 29

Mach number, MACH

Question 30

Indicated airspeed ________ with increases in altitude and temperature

Answer 30

Decreases

Question 31

At ________an aircraft indicated airspeed is significantly lower than it's true airspeed

Answer 31

High-altitude's

Question 32

True or false, increase in temperature has the same effect on speed as an increase in altitude

Answer 32

True

Question 33

What is the formula for time speed and distance

Answer 33

Time equals distance divided by speed Speed equals distance divided by time Distance equals speed times time

Question 34

Wind is stated to include what

Answer 34

Direction and velocity in knots

Question 35

Does wind affect true airspeed

Answer 35

No

Question 36

Does wind affect ground speed

Answer 36

Yes

Question 37

Represents the indicated path of the aircraft over the earth surface

Answer 37

True course

Question 38

The actual path the aircraft has flown over the earth surface

Answer 38

Track

Question 39

What any free object will do as the air moves down wind with the speed of the wind

Answer 39

Drift angle

Question 40

What is the formula for true heading

Answer 40

TH=TC+\-WCA True heading equals true course plus or minus wind correction angle

Question 41

It is the controller's responsibility to compensate for wind speed and direction when

Answer 41

Formulating estimates, issuing radar vectors

Question 42

The magnetic north pole is located at ______ miles from the true north pole and is ______

Answer 42

1300, always moving

Question 43

Connect points of zero variation

Answer 43

Agonic line | There is only one.

Question 44

Connect points of equal difference between true and magnetic north

Answer 44

Isogonic line

Question 45

For east variation and West variation do you subtract or add the degrees of variation?

Answer 45

East is least and West is best, | East you subtract west you add

Question 46

What is the formula for magnetic heading

Answer 46

MH=TH+\-VAR Magnetic heading is true heading plus or minus variation

Question 47

Which north is wind and weather reports referencing

Answer 47

True North

Question 48

What is the Compass heading formula

Answer 48

CH=MH+\-DEV Compass heading equals magnetic heading plus or minus a deviation

Question 49

The air of a magnetic compass due to the magnetic influence in the structure and equipment of the aircraft

Answer 49

Deviation

Question 50

The angular difference between true North and magnetic north at any given place is called

Answer 50

Variation

Question 51

A line of equal magnetic variation is often called a_____ line

Answer 51

Isogonic

Question 52

A magnetic compass air that is caused by materials with an aircraft which possess magnetic properties

Answer 52

Deviation

Question 53

True heading is true Course corrected for the effects of____.

Answer 53

Wind

Question 54

Compass heading is the magnetic heading corrected for the

Answer 54

Deviation

Question 55

Magnetic heading is true heading corrected for

Answer 55

The variation

Question 56

Navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, Course, heading, wind direction and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time

Answer 56

Dead reckoning

Question 57

Apply one correction to true Course to determine

Answer 57

True heading and groundspeed

Question 58

Aviation charts are used to plot and determine:

Answer 58

True course, distance, variation

Question 59

The determination of position by identification correction of landmarks from their representation chart

Answer 59

Pilotage

Question 60

Can you use pilotage in IFR weather

Answer 60

No, useful only in VFR weather

Question 61

Navigation by reference to visible landmarks is called

Answer 61

Pilotage

Question 62

What method of navigation requires find a predetermined course taking into account the facts of wind?

Answer 62

Dead reckoning