4. Reading Sectional Charts

Question 1

4.2
Which statement about longitude and latitude is true?

A) Lines of longitude are parallel to the Equator.
B) Lines of longitude cross the Equator at right angles.
C) The 0° line of latitude passes through Greenwich, England.

Answer 1

B) Lines of longitude cross the Equator at right angles.

Question 2

Lines of longitude run

Answer 2

up and down the Earth parallel to the prime meridian

Question 3

4.3
Why would the small flag at Lake Drummond of the sectional chart be important to a remote pilot?

A) This is a VFR check point for manned aircraft, and a higher volume of air traffic should be expected there.
B) This is a GPS check point that can be used by both manned and remote pilots for orientation.
C) This indicates that there will be a large obstruction depicted on the next printing of the chart.

Answer 3

A) This is a VFR check point for manned aircraft, and a higher volume of air traffic should be expected there.

Question 4

Anytime you see a small magenta colored flag:

A) outer boundaries of Savannah Class C airspace.
B) airports with special traffic patterns.
C) this indicates a visual reporting checkpoint or waypoint for manned VFR aircraft.

Answer 4

C) this indicates a visual reporting checkpoint or waypoint for manned VFR aircraft.

Question 5

4.5
On a Sectional Chart, all of the numbers you see that denote altitudes are denoted in:
A) MSL
B) AGL

Answer 5

A) MSL, unless they are in parentheses.

Question 6

If you see a number in parentheses, that denotes:
A) MSL
B) AGL

Answer 6

B) AGL

Question 7

4.6
The CTAF frequency is always going to be to the left of the circle C icon.
A) True
B) False

Answer 7

A) True

Question 8

The control tower frequency is always going to be to the right of the CT text.
A) True
B) False

Answer 8

A) True

Question 9

The radio frequency that sUAS operators can tune into to listen to manned aircraft chatter from incoming or outgoing pilots is called

Answer 9

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF).

Question 10

4.7
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 20) What does the magenta dashed line labelled 11°W indicate?

A) A military training route
B) A common airspace route for manned aircraft
C) The magnetic variation for this area of the Sectional Chart

Answer 10

C) The magnetic variation for this area of the Sectional Chart

Question 11

4.8
A Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF) is the minimum altitude that you can fly in a given quadrangle and still be able to clear all obstacles in that quadrangle, including terrain and obstructions.

Answer 11

The maximum elevation is rounded up and then 100 ft. is added, and then that’s the MEF within the quadrangle.

Question 12

The maximum Elevation Figures factor in both natural terrain AND man-made obstructions like towers.
A) True
B) False

Answer 12

True

Question 13

4.9
A Victor Airway is a straight-line segment that’s used to depict

Answer 13

low-altitude civilian air traffic.

Question 14

Victor Airway lines on a Sectional Chart, show up as thick, faded blue lines

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Victor Airways are identified by a number, similar to an interstate highway

Answer 15

Ex: V 15

Question 16

Victor Airways lines, you have low-altitude civilian pilots flying from ______ AGL to _____ ft. MSL.

Answer 16

1,200 ft. AGL to 18,000 ft.