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An aircraft at position 60°N 005°W tracks 090°(T) for 315 km. On completion of the flight the longitude will be:

• 000°40'E
• 000°15'E
• 002°10'W
• 005°15'E

The meridian passing through Greenwich is known as the:

• Main meridian.
• Equator.
• Prime meridian.
• Great meridian.

Assume two arbitrary points A and B on the same parallel of latitude, but not on the equator. Point A is located on 010°E and point B on 020°E. The rhumb line distance between A and B is always...

• more than 600 NM.
• less than 600 NM.
• more than 300 NM.
• less than 300 NM

What is the only great circle that is a parallel of Latitude?

• Prime meridian
• Anti-meridian
• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer

1° of Latitude is equal to?

• 100nm
• 60nm
• 10nm
• 1nm

1 nm is equal to:

• 6080ft
• 6086ft
• 7080ft
• 1000ft

Parallels of latitude, except the equator, are:

• Great circles
• both Rhumb lines and Great circles
• Rhumb lines
• are neither Rhumb lines nor Great circles

The shortest distance between two points on Earth is represented by a part of...

• a great circle.
• a small circle.
• a rhumb line.
• a parallel of latitude.

What is the difference in latitude between A (12°53'30''N) and B (07°34'30''S)?

• 20°28'00''
• 05,19°
• 20,28°
• 05°19'00''

A Rhumb line is:

• the shortest distance between two points on a Polyconic projection
• a line on the surface of the Earth cutting all meridians at the same angle
• a line convex to the nearest pole on a Mercator projection
• any straight line on a Lambert projection