1) What is the angle of inclination of the Earth’s orbit to its orbital plane?

a. 231⁄2 °
b. 661⁄2 °
c. 90°
d. 331⁄2 °
2) The meridian passing through Greenwich is known as?
a. Main meridian
b. Equator
c. Prime meridian
d. Great meridian
3) A Rhumb line is?
a. A regularly curved line on the Earth’s surface which represents the shortest distance between
two points
b. A line showing True North
c. A line on the surface of the Earth whose centre and radius are those of the Earth
d. A regularly curved line on the Earth’s surface which cuts all meridians at the same angle
4) What type of line will always be the shortest distance between two points on the Earth?
a. A Rhumb line
b. A Great Circle ·
c. A Small Circle
d. A parallel of latitude
5) What item identifies the difference between True North and Magnetic North?
a. A Rhumb line
b. A meridian of Longitude
c. Degrees magnetic
d. Magnetic variation
6) The angle between the horizontal and vertical components of the Earth's magnetic field is known as:
a. Angle of Inclination
b. Magnetic angle
c. Angle of Dip
d. Angle of Incidence
7) Magnetic Variation is the angle between:
a. True North and the nearest line of Longitude
b. True North and Magnetic North
c. Magnetic North and the aircraft’s magnetic heading
d. Magnetic North and the aircraft’s true heading
8) Which of these statements is correct?
a. Variation best - magnetic west: variation least - magnetic east
b. Variation west - magnetic best: variation east - magnetic least
c. Variation west - magnetic least: variation east - magnetic best
d. Variation least - magnetic west: variation best - magnetic east
9) An Isogonal is a line joining points of:
a. Equal magnetic deviation
b. Zero magnetic variation
c. Equal magnetic variation
d. Zero magnetic deviation
10) An Agonic line joins points of:
a. Equal magnetic deviation
b. Zero magnetic deviation
c. Equal magnetic variation
d. Zero magnetic variation
11) Compass Deviation is the angle between:
a. True North and the heading indicated by the compass needle
b. Magnetic beading and the heading indicated by the compass needle
c. The heading indicated by the compass needle and the Earth’s magnetic field
d. The indications of the aircraft's main and standby compasses
12) Which of these statements is correct?
a. Deviation west - compass best: deviation east - compass least
b. Deviation west - compass least: deviation east - compass best
c. Deviation west - true heading best: deviation east - true heading least
d. Deviation best- compass west: deviation least - compass east
13) With a calculated heading of 246° True, a local magnetic variation of 5°W and a compass deviation
of 1 °E, the compass heading is:
a. 252°
b. 242°
c. 241°
d. 250°
14) With a compass heading of 110°, a compass deviation of -3° and magnetic variation of 6°W, what is
the True heading?
a. 107°
b. 113°
c. 101°
d. 119°
15) Which of the following statements is not correct?
a. A Turning error are maximum when turning through North and South
b. Acceleration errors are maximum on East/West headings
c. Turning errors are maximum when turning through East and West
d. Acceleration errors are minimum on North/South headings
16) Which of the following statements is correct?
a. During a turn through the pole which is physically nearer the aircraft the compass will be
sluggish. It is therefore necessary to roll out late on the indication given by the direct reading
compass
b. During a turn through the pole which is physically further from the aircraft the compass will be
sluggish. It is therefore necessary to roll out early on the indication given by the direct reading
compass
c. During a turn through the pole which is physically further from the aircraft the compass will be
lively. It is therefore necessary to roll out early on the indication given by the direct reading
compass
d. During a turn through the pole which is physically nearer the aircraft the compass will be
sluggish. It is therefore necessary to roll out early on the indication given by the direct
reading compass
17) A direct-reading compass in an aircraft executing a level turn, at a constant rate, in the Northern
Hemisphere, will be subject to the largest turning error as the aircraft turns through:
a. East and West
a. North and South
b. Northeast and Northwest
c. Southeast and Southwest
18) When turning anti-clockwise onto a southerly heading in the Northern Hemisphere the
turn should be stopped:
a. Before the required heading is indicated
b. When the compass slows down
c. After the required heading is indicated
d. Exactly on the required heading is indicated
19) Which of the following is the correct practical definition of a kilometer?
a. It is 1 /15 000th of the average distance on the Earth between the equator and either pole
b. It is 1/20 000th of the average distance on the Earth between the equator and either pole
c. It is 1/10 000th of the average distance on the Earth between the equator and either pole
d. It is 1/000th of the average distance on the Earth between the equator and either pole
20) Approximately how long would an aircraft whose groundspeed was 100 knots take to fly 100
kilometres?
a. Approximately 1 hour
b. Approximately 33 minutes
c. Approximately 45 minutes
d. Approximately 100 minutes
21) If the groundspeed of an aircraft is 90 knots, how far will it fly in 20 minutes?
a. 1800 nautical miles
b. 41⁄2 nautical miles
c. 30 nautical miles
d. 45 nautical miles
22) What is the definition of a nautical mile?
a. The nautical mile is the length on the Earth’s surface, measured along a great circle, of an arc
subtended by an angle of one degree at the centre of the Earth
b. The nautical mile is the length on the Earth’s surface, measured along a great circle, of an arc
subtended by an angle of one minute at the centre of the Earth
c. The nautical mile is the length on the Earth's surface, measured along any line of latitude, of an
arc subtended by an angle of one minute at the centre of the Earth
d. The nautical mile is the length on the Earth’s surface, measured along a great circle, of an arc
subtended by an angle of one second at the centre of the Earth
23) What is the groundspeed of an aircraft which has taken 10 minutes to cover 20 nautical miles?
a. 200 nautical miles per hour
b. 200 kilometres per hour
c. 180 knots
d. 120 knots
24) How long would it take for an aircraft whose groundspeed was 80 knots to cover 20 nautical miles?
a. 4 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 4 hours
25) What distance would an aircraft travelling at a groundspeed of 116 knots cover in 45 minutes? .
a. 87 nautical miles
b. Approximately 21⁄2 nautical miles
c. 116 nautical miles
d. 75 nautical miles
26) The distance of the first leg of a cross country flight is 40 nautical miles. Your calculated
groundspeed is 100 knots. How long should it take you to complete the leg?
a. About 21⁄2 hours
b. About 15 minutes
c. 24 minutes
d. About 40 minutes
27) What is the ICAO definition of night?
a. From half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise
b. The period between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight,
or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be described by the appropriate authority
c. From sunset to sunrise
d. Any period decided upon by a national aviation authority
28) What is the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority's definition of night?
a. From half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise
b. The period between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight,
or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be described by the appropriate authority
c. From sunset to sunrise
d. Any period decided upon by a national aviation authority.
29) Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Flight at night in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules is not permitted in the United
Kingdom
b. Flight at night in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules is permitted in the United Kingdom, but
only in VMC
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c. Flight at night in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules is permitted in the United Kingdom, but
only if the pilot holds a valid Instrument Rating
d. Flight at night in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules is permitted in the United Kingdom, but
only if the pilot holds a valid Instrument Rating or IMC Rating
30) What is the cause of annual seasonal change on the Earth and the changing lengths of the periods of
daylight and darkness throughout the year?
a. The fact that the Earth completes one rotation on its axis in 24 hours
b. The tilt of the Earth’s axis at 23~0 to its orbital plane and the fact that the Earth spins on its own
axis
c. The fact that the Earth completes one orbit of the Sun every 365.2422 days
d. The tilt of the Earth’s axis at 66W to its orbital plane, the fact that the Earth completes one
rotation on its axis in 24 hours, and one orbit of the sun every 365.2422 days
31) What determines the local mean time of sunrise and sunset at any location on Earth?
a. The time of year and the longitude and elevation of the location
b. The time of year only
c. The time of year, the location's latitude and the elevation of the location
d. The latitude only
32) Which of the following statements is correct?
a. At any given spot-on Earth, the Sun will sink below the horizon earlier at sea-level than at
altitude
b. Sunrise and sunset will occur at the same local mean time at all locations of the same elevation
along a given meridian of longitude
c. At any given spot-on Earth, the Sun will sink below the horizon later
d. at sea-level than at altitude
e. The local mean time of sunrise and sunset at any location along a parallel of latitude is
independent of elevation