Is the Equator a great circle?

• YES

• NO

What linear distance is equal to 1° of latitude change North or South measured on a meridian?

• 1 nm

• 60 nm

• 15 nm

• 24 nm

What is a ‘rhumb line’?

• a line on the surface of the Earth that crosses all lines of latitude at the same angle

• the shortest distance between two points

• a line on the surface of the Earth that crosses all lines of longitude at the same angle

• the shortest distance between Magnetic North and the Geographic South Pole

Convert 2345 kilometers (km) to nautical miles (nm)

(DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS IN YOUR ANSWER)

What is the magnetic direction, given an aircraft is heading 100°T and the local variation is 10°E? –––ºM

(DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS IN YOUR ANSWER)

What navigation word or term is used to name a line on a chart joining places of equal magnetic variation?

• isobar

• isogonal

• isograph

• isotach

• agonic line

Which of the following is a property of the Lambert Projection Chart?

• Rhumb lines are curved lines concave to the nearer pole

• Rhumb lines are straight lines

• Rhumb lines are curved lines convex to the nearer pole

Where on a Lambert's Conformal Chart is the scale compressed?

• within/between the standard parallels

• through the entire chart

• outside the standard parallels

• this is not applicable to Lambert's Conformal Charts

The solid line A to B indicated by the arrow in this diagram is ….

• the equator

• small circle

• rhumb line

• great circle

What is the Magnetic Heading of an aircraft in the following circumstance?

VARIATION is 22°E, and

the RELATIVE Bearing of an object from the aircraft is 030°, and

the TRUE Bearing of the same object is 268°T

• 036°M

• 216°M

• 078°M

• 222°M