GPS System Flashcards

1
Q

To select a specific waypoint at a waypoint page, you can enter the waypoint identifier directly, scan through identifiers alphabetically, or enter the waypoint ____

A

Name

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2
Q

To put the cursor over the first character in the airport identifier at the top of the screen, you should press which button?

A

CRSR

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3
Q

The waypoint scan list consists of two sublists. What are they?

A

Nearest and complete

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4
Q

The nearest waypoint display replaces the ____ of a complete waypoint display with the bearing and distance to the waypoint

A

Latitude and longitude

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5
Q

To find a VOR by name, turn the right outer knob to what position?

A

VOR

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6
Q

There are eight airport pages (APT 1-8) for every airport in which database?

A

Published

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7
Q

The only type of remarks that can be created, stored, and displayed into the APT 5 page are ____ remarks up to three lines of eleven characters each.

A

Airport-related

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8
Q

On a VOR page, a “D” after the VOR identifier indicates what?

A

The VOR has associated DME

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9
Q

True or false: The NAV 2 page displays the aircraft’s present position as latitude and longitude, and as a distance and bearing from a NDB

A

False, it’s a distance and radial from a VOR

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10
Q

On the NAV 5 page, you can move the cursor to the lower right field and set the range scale, which indicates the distance from the aircraft’s position to what in nautical miles?

A

Top of the screen

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11
Q

Super NAV 5 displays adds an AUTO scale position that will automatically choose the smallest scale that will display the active waypoint and what?

A

The waypoint after the active waypoint

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12
Q

By pressing the right CRSR button on the Super NAV 5 page, you can bring up a menu that allows you to add what symbols?

A

VOR, NDB, and APT

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13
Q

True or false: The Direct To feature of the GPS allows you to navigate directly from your present position to your destination via published routings

A

False

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14
Q

If the active waypoint is a Missed Approach Point and the aircraft is on the “from” side of the waypoint, the display will show what?

A

The first waypoint of the missed approach procedure

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15
Q

To cancel Direct To operation at any time, press the Direct To button, followed by the CLR button, followed by what button?

A

ENT

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16
Q

About 36 seconds before you reach a Direct To waypoint, the waypoint identifier on a Super NAV 5 page will do what?

A

Flash

17
Q

Three ways to select a waypoint on the GPS is to use direct entry, scanning, or by what?

A

Name

18
Q

The five waypoint types used by the GPS system are what?

A

APT, VOR, INT, NDB, and SUP

19
Q

To find an airport closest to your position in an emergency situation, you would press which button on the GPS panel?

A

NRST

20
Q

About ____ before you reach a Direct To Waypoint, the arrow in front of the waypoint identifier on the page for the active waypoint will start to flash

A

36 seconds

21
Q

To navigate directly from your present position to your destination rather than via published routes, you would first select what?

A

Direct To button