NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter that corresponds to your
answer.
1. An area directly above a radio range station where
practically no signal is heard.
selectivity
sensitivity
detector
demodulator
radio range
cone of silence
coverage area
RDF area
echosounder
SONAR
Compandor
Hydrophone
duty cycle
doppler shift
blind speed
tracking error
a.
b.
c.
d.
hazard
range
weather
direction
heading
bearing
relative bearing
true bearing
LORAN
TACAN
DME
VOR
a.
b.
c.
d.
LF
HF
VHF
UHF
grayline
zoom
sensitivity
ASP
transom
cavitation
thru-hull
shoot thru
crystal
transducer
localizer
transceiver
phase difference
azimuth
latitude
longitude
4800 m/sec
1463 m/sec
4800 miles/sec
5000 ft/sec
TACAN
VOR
ILS
DME
reference signal
variable signal
ID signal
voice modulation
2
4
8
16
20. After a target has been acquired, the best scanning system
for tracking is
a.
b.
c.
d.
nodding
spiral
conical
helical
intermediate frequency
transmitted frequency
received frequency
pulse repetition frequency
22. If the target cross section is changing , the best system for
accurate tracking is
a.
b.
c.
d.
lobe switching
sequential lobing
conical scanning
monopulse
PRR
pulse train
pulse width
duty cycle
tunnel effect
doppler effect
gunn effect
end effect
radio beacons
DME
ILS
LORAN
duplexer
diplexer
combiner
translator
dynatron
twystron
magnetron
cyclotron
CRT
PPI
D-scope
periscope
4.85
11.2
9.7
7.9
0.01%
5.5%
31%
97%
distance
speed
size of target
azimuth
dipoles
broadside array
horn and parabolic antenna
discone
localizer
glide slope
markers
goniometer
LORAN
DECCA
OMEGA
TACAN
d. VOR
37. An agency of the United Nations, that formulates standards
and recommended practices for all civil aviation.
a.
b.
c.
d.
ICAO
CAA
IATA
ATO
Polarization effect
Land effect
Skin effect
Luxembourg effect
DME
VOR
TACAN
ILS
a.
b.
c.
d.
RIMPATT
TRAPATT
Magnetron
IMPATT
LORAN
SHORAN
Gee
TCAS
SHORAN
DECCA
OMEGA
Gee
Gee
LORAN
OMEGA
All are correct
triangulation
hyperbolic
elliptic
pilotage
2
4
6
8
2
4
6
8
2
3
5
7
Gee
VOR
TCAS
LORAN
Gee
VOR
TCAS
LORAN
are
are
LORAN
LORAN A
LORAN C
LORAN D
LORAN
LORAN A
LORAN C
LORAN D
LORAN
LORAN A
LORAN C
LORAN D
61. In LORAN, if the ship moves a path such that every pulse
from two ground stations arrive at the ship at exactly the
same time, the ship is moving on
a. a circular course
b. a hyperbolic course
c. a perpendicular course bisecting the transmitters
baseline
d. a straight course joining the two transmitters
baseline
62. In LORAN, if the pilot flies such a path that his equipment
interrogates a ground transponder and receives return
pulses which have a constant time delay between
transmission and reception, the aircraft is flying
a.
b.
c.
d.
in circular path
in parabolic path
in hyperbolic path
in straight and level flight
a.
b.
c.
d.
VOR
DME
ADF
TACAN
LF
MF
VHF
UHF
10
25
50
100
a.
b.
c.
d.
100 nmiles
200 nmiles
400 nmiles
600 nmiles
a. ADF
b. Compass
c. VOR
d. LORAN
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63
126
252
a.
b.
c.
d.
Barometric-altimeter
Radio altimeter
LORAN
DME
0.1 MHz
1.0 MHz
30 MHz
63 MHz
at 1.0 MHz
at 63 MHz
at 99 MHz
at 150 MHz
magnetic North
magnetic South
magnetic West
magnetic East
10 sec
25 sec
50 sec
100 sec
Morse code
ASCII
BCD
EBCDEC
bilateral ranging
dual ranging
RHO-RHO navigation
RHO-THETA navigation
ground to ground
ground to surface only
air to surface only
air to air only
Radio altimeter
TACAN
DME
ADF
standby frequency
harmonics
image frequency
reflected frequency
RHO-RHO
RHO-RHO-RHO
RHO-THETA
THETA-THETA
RHO-RHO
RHO-RHO-RHO
RHO-THETA
THETA-THETA
ADF
VOR
LORAN
DME
LORAN
DECCA
FMS
GPS
VORTAC
VOR/TACAN
VOR/DME
TACVOR
DME
ATC
LORAN
VOR
93. With 200 watts power output VOR station, it can provide a
service range up to
a.
b.
c.
d.
25 NM
200 NM
600 NM
5000 NM
altitudes
distance
air speed
slant distance
9960 Hz
30 Hz
60 Hz
108 MHz
50 W
200 W
50 kW
50 MW
a.
b.
c.
d.
97. System that enables navigator or pilot to determine its timeto-station (TTS) or time-to-go (TTG).
a.
b.
c.
d.
VOR
DME
ADF
TCAS
interrogator
transceiver
duplexer
transponder
interrogator
transceiver
duplexer
transponder
100.
Equipment such as interrogator or transponder are
actually a
a.
b.
c.
d.
receiver
transmitter
transceiver
any of these