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Avionics Navigation Principles Quiz

Enhance your understanding of avionics and navigation with this comprehensive quiz! Test your knowledge on key principles such as latitude, track, waypoints, and superheterodyne receivers. Designed for students and aviation enthusiasts alike, this quiz covers essential topics that every aviator should be familiar with.

Topics covered include:

Navigation Techniques
Aircraft Heading and Direction
Superheterodyne Receiver Functions
Track and Angle Errors

37 Questions9 MinutesCreated by NavigatingSky100

L1 CLO 6. Explain Principles of Navigation

Latitude lines

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Are not evenly spaced

Are referenced in Greenwich, England

Are parallel to the equator

Are perpendicular to the equator

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Waypoints

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Are specific to models of aircraft

Are checklists used in navigation

Are specific positions along a flight plan

Are installed at most major airports

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

An aircraft which is on a heading of 90° is facing which direction?

IDC203053

East

West

South

North

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

In a superheterodyne receiver the demodulator

IDC203087

Produces a pure sine wave

Encodes a carrier with audio information

Mixes audio frequencies with RF (Radio Frequency) carrier frequencies

Extracts the audio from the modulated IF (Intermediate frequency)

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The difference between the desired track and the actual track is the

IDC203058

Track angle error

Cross track

Drift Angle

Actual track

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Track

IDC203080

Is the path of the aircraft over the ground

Is the angle used to correct for wind

Is the distance between the magnetic heading and the true heading

Is the desired path of the aircraft

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The Angle between Magnetic North and Compass North is called

IDC203061

Deviation

Variation

True North

Aviation

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The direction in which the nose of the aircraft is pointed is

IDC203059

Track angle error

True Heading

Relative Heading

Magnetic Heading

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Relative bearing

IDC203078

Is used to reduce friction of the armature

Is the direction of an object in relation to another object from magnetic north

Is the same as magnetic north

Is the direction of an object in relation to another object from the aircraft heading

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

When two frequencies are mixed

IDC203064

Both are rendered useless

The result is several frequencies

Filters cannot be applied

They combine to form one frequency

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The difference between True North and Magnetic North is

IDC203073

Deviation

Track angle

Compass North

Declination

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Declination

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Is a permanent deviation between True North and Magnetic North

Must be calculated every week

Changes over time at varying rates

Is a constant that is built into maps

L1 CLO 3. Explain superheterodyne receivers

The antenna of a superheterodyne receiver

IDC203066

Is powered by a battery

Is used to filter out unwanted frequencies

Receives only one frequency

Receives all RF waves in the range it is suitable for

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

Heterodyning is the process of

IDC203063

Eliminating unwanted frequencies

Selecting desired frequencies

Mixing frequencies

Rejecting RF interference

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

An RF amplifier in a superheterodyne receiver

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Transmits RF carrier waves

Tunes a circuit to a specific RF frequency

Rejects frequencies that are not desired

Increases the amplitude of radio frequency signals

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Cross track

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Is the path of the aircraft over the ground

The distance of the aircraft from the Desired Track

Is the difference between the heading and track

The difference between the desired track and the actual track

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

An aircraft which is on a heading of 180° is facing which direction?

IDC203054

East

North

West

South

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

The prefix “super” in superheterodyne

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Indicates that the frequency ranges involved are supersonic

Is a registered trademark

Indicates it is better than the old heterodyne technology

Indicates the process of double heterodyning

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Lines running East-West parallel to the Equator are called.

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Longitude lines.

True North lines

Latitude lines

Magnetic lines.

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Drift Angle

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Is the difference between the heading and track

Is the angle of the incoming wind

Is the angle of attack when going downwind

Is the difference between the desired track and the actual track

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

An aircraft which is on a heading of 270° is facing which direction?

IDC203055

North

East

South

West

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

A deviation card

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Is the result of a compass swing

Indicates the difference between True North and Magnetic North

Is included in all aviation charts

Electrically compensates for magnetic interference

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

The first place we have audio in a superheterodyne receiver is after this block:

IDC203088

Demodulator

Local Oscillator

Mixer

RF Amplifer

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

In a superheterodyne receiver, the mixer block

(RF = Radio Frequency, LO = local oscillator)

IDC203086

Mixes the RF from the IF and the LO

Mixes the RF from the Antenna and the LO

Mixes the IF from the RF and the Modulated LO

Mixes all frequencies to ensure even distribution

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

An aircraft which is on a heading of 0° is facing which direction?

IDC203056

East

South

North

West

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

The difference between the incoming RF and the output of the oscillator is called the

IDC203062

Intermediate Frequency

Audio Frequency

Radio Frequency

Image Frequency

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Track angle error is

IDC203083

The difference between the desired track and the actual track

The distance of the aircraft from the Desired Track

Is the difference between the heading and track

Is the path of the aircraft over the ground

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The difference between the heading and track is the

IDC203085

Cross track

Track angle error

Drift Angle

Actual track

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The 0° reference for latitude is

IDC203068

The south pole

The north pole

The equator

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

L1 CLO 3. Explain Superheterodyne receivers

Beat Frequencies

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Can be created at whatever frequency desired

Are used to time circuitry

Are undesirable side effects of mixing frequencies

Are completely random

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Canada’s latitude would be expressed in “Degrees….”

IDC203057

North

East

West

South

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Bearing

IDC203076

Is the desired track

Is the direction between two objects

Is the direction the aircraft’s nose is pointed

Is the direction between north and the aircraft

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Lines of longitude

IDC203071

Are referenced to the equator

Meet at the poles

Run parallel to the equator

Run parallel to each other

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

Magnetic bearing

IDC203077

Is used to reduce friction of the armature

Is the direction of an object in relation to another object from the aircraft heading

Is the direction of an object in relation to another object from magnetic north

Is the same as magnetic north

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The prime meridian

IDC203070

Is the reference for lines of longitude

Is the reference for lines of latitude

Is the result of mixing two frequencies

Is another term for the equator

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

A compass

IDC203072

Measures EMF from the earth’s magnetic field

Is adjusted to point to magnetic north

Measures the magnetic polarity of the earth

Measures angular displacement clockwise from north

L1 CLO 6. Explain principles of navigation

The distance of the aircraft from the Desired Track is the

IDC203058

Drift Angle

Actual track

Track angle error

Cross track

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