Electronic Navigation

Question 1

At least 4 satellites provide

Answer 1

latitude, longitude, altitude, time solution.

Question 2

Without RAIM (Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring)

Answer 2

GPS position accuracy is not assured.

Question 3

WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System)

Answer 3

More accurate. Don’t need to be concerned with RAIM. Correction system through communicating with ground locations.

Question 4

How many satellites make up the Global Positioning System? (GPS)

Answer 4

24

Question 5

What is the minimum number of GPS satellites that are observable by a user anywhere on earth?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

If RAIM capability is lost in-flight,

Answer 6

the pilot has no assurance of the accuracy of the GPS position.

Question 7

A GPS with an expired database may be used

Answer 7

under VFR flight for situational awareness.

Question 8

Can a GPS be used as an altimeter?

Answer 8

No.

Question 9

VOR navigation

Answer 9

VHF(Very High Frequency) Omni(All Direction) Range(Different signal for every direction)

Question 10

What symbol would indicate a VORTAC location on an airport?

Answer 10

A runway configuration with a dot.

Question 11

To use a VOR

Answer 11

• Tune frequency on navigation receiver
• Set radial (OBS)
• Observe TO-FROM indicator
• Observe (CDI) needle

Question 12

VOT

Answer 12

VHF Omni Test

Question 13

When the course deviation indicator (CDI) needle is centered using a VOR test signal (VOT), the omnibearing selector (OBS) and the TO/FROM indicator should read

Answer 13

0 degrees from or 180 degrees to, regardless of the pilots position from the VOT.