Bob Tait CPL Navigation exam 1

1. Refer to the Bourke WAC. You plan to fly from Narrabri (YNBR, 30S 19’, 149E 50’)
direct to St. George (YSGE, 28S 03’, 148E 36’). To avoid clouds after departing
YNBR, you divert left of planned track along the YNBR – Walgett railway line. At Wee
Waa township (approximately 20nm WNW YNBR), you decide to track direct to
YSGE. Select a feature that would provide the most accurate ground speed check
between Wee Waa and YSGE:
a. Crossing the Moonie River
b. Abeam Rose Hill homestead
c. Crossing the Gwyder Highway
d. Abeam Moree

2. The following details refer to a planned charter flight to an airport which requires an
alternate due weather.

Time interval to destination: 150 min

Time interval to alternate: 30 min

Assume cruise conditions throughout

Cruise fuel flow: 120L/h

Fixed reserve: 45 minutes at cruise rate
Variable reserve: 10% of the flight fuel
Taxi allowance: 15L
Use cruise fuel flow to calculate fixed fuel reserve.

Determine the minimum fuel required at start up:

a. 520L
b. 430L
c. 500L
d. 470L
3. The duration of daylight experienced by the occupants of an aircraft is less than that
experienced at the departure point or destination for a flight which travels:
a. South
b. North
c. West
d. East

4. Your present heading is 150M. The OBS of your VOR shows 120. The flag shows TO
and the CDI is centred. ATC requests that you report your present radial. You should
report that you are on the:
a. 330 radial
b. 120 radial
c. 300 radial
d. 150 radial

5. Refer to the figure below. Given that: p = 4nm, q = 8nm, D 1 = 80nm and D2 = 40nm. A
constant HDG of 115M has been maintained since 0300 at A. The HDG required at
the time 0330 at B to intercept track at X is:
a. 124M
b. 127M
c. 130M
d. 133M

6. If the heading held is 218M and the drift is 6L, the track made good is:
a. 212M
b. 224M
c. 218M
d. 206M
7. If B is due east of A in the southern hemisphere:
a. A flight which followed the rhumb line track from A to B would diverge to the
right of the straight line drawn on a WAC chart
b. The straight line drawn from A to B would also be a rhumb line
c. A flight which followed the rhumb line track from A to B would diverge to the
left of the straight line drawn on a WAC chart
d. The great circle track from A to B would lie to the north of the rhumb line
track

8. If the track made good is 314M and the heading held is 303M, the drift is:
a. 14L
b. 3R
c. 11R
d. 11L

9. The technique of reading from the ground to the map should be used:
a. When uncertain of your position
b. When map reading at night
c. Only when using a VTC
d. When navigating at low level

10. Given:
Useable fuel (excluding reserves): 115L
Fuel flow: 28L/h
Ground speed: 95kts

The maximum distance which can be covered is closest to:

a. 205nm
b. 350nm
c. 155nm
d. 390nm
11. Given:
Useable fuel (excluding reserves): 115L
Fuel flow: 28L/h
Ground speed: 95kts
The maximum distance which can be covered is closest to:
a. 205nm
b. 350nm
c. 155nm
d. 390nm

12. Two adjacent WAC charts can always be joined exactly east/west because:
a. They are projections from the same cone
b. The parallels of latitude are straight lines on each chart
c. The scale is the same on each chart
d. The meridians are parallel

13. For a flight which travels south in the southern hemisphere on the autumn equinox,
the LMT of EoD would occur:
a. Later at the destination than at the departure point
b. Earlier at the destination than at the departure point
c. At the same time at the destination as at the departure point
d. Later at the departure point than at the destination

14. Refer to the Sydney WAC. The following details pertain to a direct flight from
Bathurst (YBTH, 33S 25’, 140E 39’) to Dubbo (YSDU, 32S 13’, 148E 34’). You
depart YBTH at 2305UTC and at 2317UTC you obtain a pinpoint over Hill End
township (approximately 25nm from YBTH). Using this data, the estimate for YSDU is
closest to:
a. 2348UTC
b. 2400UTC
c. 2342UTC
d. 2355UTC

15. A PVT flight takes off which 65USG of useable fuel. For a planned flight time of two
hours and 40 minutes at a fuel consumption rate of 14USG/h, the margin of fuel
available at the destination assuming the 45-minute fixed reserve remains intact is:
a. 38USG
b. 48USG
c. 27USG
d. 17USG
16. Refer to the Bourke WAC. You plan to fly from Narrabri (YNBR, 30S 19’, 149E 50’)
direct to St. George (YSGE, 28S 03’, 148E 36’). To avoid clouds after departing
YNBR, you divert left of planned track along the YNBR – Walgett railway line. At Wee
Waa township (approximately 20nm WNW YNBR), you decide to track direct to
YSGE. The GPWT wind for your cruise level is 100/20kts, and your TAS is 140kts. The
HDG (M) to steer to YSGE is closest to:
a. 331M
b. 340M
c. 145M
d. 338M

17. Refer to the Bourke WAC. You are on a flight from St. George (YSGE, 28S 03’, 148E
36’) to Walgett (YWLG, 30S 02’, 148E 07’). You departed YSGE at 0308UTC. At
0324UTC you crossed the railway line (approximately 35nm SE of YSGE) and fixed
your position between Bonathorne railway station and Noondoo township. Using
track error lines, you estimate that the track error from YSGE to the 0324UTC
position is 8R. You now alter HDG 16L to intercept the planned track. The aircraft
should intercept the planned track at time:
a. 0355UTC
b. 0330UTC
c. 0335UTC
d. 0340UTC

18. Your flight planned track is 090M. The present heading and ADF reading
respectively are 085M and 175R. Your present bearing from the station is:
a. 260M
b. 080M
c. 175M
d. 085M
19. Refer to the figure below. Given that: p = 3nm, q = 2nm, D 1 = 30nm and D2 = 30nm. A
constant HDG of 100M has been maintained since departing A. The HDG required
after B to intercept track at X is closest to:
a. 096M
b. 090M
c. 086M
d. 092M

20. An acceptable method of obtaining a radio fix is to use:

a. A VOR and a DME tuned to the same station
b. A VOR and a DME tuned to different stations
c. A VOR and an ADF tuned to the same station
d. An RMI and a VOR tuned to the same station

21. Refer to the Sydney WAC. The following details pertain to a direct flight from
Bathurst (YBTH, 33S 25’, 140E 39’) to Dubbo (YSDU, 32S 13’, 148E 34’). ATD YBTH
at 2305UTC, 2317UTC over Hill End town (approximately 25nm from YBTH), constant
HDG maintained since departure YBTH. The alteration of HDG required to regain
planned track to YSDU abeam Wellington town is closest to:
a. 16L
b. 10L
c. 16R
d. 7L
22. If the wind is 220M at 20kts and the runway to be used is runway 16, the crosswind
component is:
a. 17kts from the left
b. 10kts from the left
c. 10kts from the right
d. 17kts from the right