REVISION NO.

: INITIAL MAY 4, 2010

PPL Exam

PPL - NAVIGATION

1. The meaning of VOR is:

a. very high range

b. very high frequency omni directional range
c. omni directional

2. The frequency allotted for the VOR:

a. 118.00 MHz – 135 MHz

b. 108 MHz – 111 MHz
c. 108 MHz – 117.95 MHz

3. VOR station transmit radio beams called:

a. bearings
b. magnetic bearings
c. radials

4. What are the three (3) kinds of VOR stations?

a. Short, medium and long

b. Terminal, low and high altitude
c. Enroute VOR, approach VOR and station VOR

5. You should always identified the VOR before using by checking:

a. morse code Identifier

b. errors
c. accuracy

6. What is an advantage of the VHF frequency used for VOR

navigation?

a. You can received AM radio broadcast over your VOR on this

frequencies.
b. VHF frequencies are not limited by mountains or curvature of the
earth.
c. VHF radio waves are less susceptible to the interference than
low frequency radio waves

7. What navigation capability does a VOR/DME provide?

a. Position and distance

b. Position only
c. Distance only

8. Why is it important to set your VOR indicator to generally agree with

your intended course?

a. To avoid being drifted

b. To avoid reverse sensing
c. To proceed the VOR station
 9. If the CDI is deflected 3 dots to the right of your VOR indicator and
heading indicator are in general agreement, where is your desired
course:

a. 6° left
b. 3° right
c. 6° right

Refer to the following figures to answer questions 10-12.

10. Maximum error of VOR on ground:

a. 2°
b. 4°
c. 6°

11. Maximum error of VOR in flight or IFR navigation:

a. 2°
b. 4°
c. 6°

12. A procedure to find your position in the air by using 2 VOR:

a. cross fixing
 b. intersection
c. cross checking

13. What is the ADF frequency range?

a. 190 – 535 kHz

b. 535 – 1605 kHz
c. 190 – 106 kHz

14. What is the meaning of ADF?

a. Automatic Direction Frequency

b. Automatic Direction Finder
c. Automatic Direction Fix

15. NDB means?

a. Non-directional beacon
b. Non-directional Beam
c. Non-direction Broadcast

16. ADF requires two antennas:

a. directional antenna and sense antenna

b. beacon antenna and sense antenna
c. beacon antenna and directional antenna

17. A kind of ADF where the nose of the aircraft is always 0°:

a. movable Card
b. fixed Card
c. radio magnetic Card

18. A heading that will bring the aircraft to the NDB stations:

a. relative Bearing
b. magnetic Heading
c. magnetic Bearing

19. The angular difference between the nose and the NDB station
measure clockwise.

a. Relative Bearing
b. Magnetic Heading
c. Magnetic Bearing

20. A heading based on the Magnetic Compass.

a. Relative Bearing
b. Magnetic Heading
c. Magnetic Bearing

21. Magnetic heading plus relative bearing equals.

 a. Relative Bearing
b. Magnetic Heading
c. Magnetic Bearing

22. A technique in flying the NDB by keeping the needle of the ADF on
the aircraft nose:

a. tracking
b. homing
c. bracketing

23. ADF equipment is capable of receiving signals from what type of

facility?

a. Any FM radio stations

b. NDB and AM commercial broadcast station
c. Specially equipped VOR stations

24. It is the horizontal direction from 1 point to another; it can be

measured clockwise in degrees from any reference point.:

a. bearing
b. heading
c. relative Bearing

31-40 (Refer to Figure 22.) What is the estimated en route from Mercer
Country Regional Airport (area 3) to Minot International (area 1)?
The wind is from 330° at 25 knots and the true airspeed is 100
knots. Add 3-1/2 minutes for departure and climb-0.

(10 points - please show your computation/solution)

a. 44 minutes
b. 52 minutes
c. 48 minutes

Solution:
1. Measure the distance between Mercer County Regional Airport and Minot International (59NM)
2. Determine the True Course (TC) (012°)
3. Determine the groundspeed using your flight computer.
a. Enter the wind direction and speed (330° True at 25 Kts.)
b. Enter the TC (012°)
c. Enter the True Air Speed (TAS) (100 Kts.)
d. GS = 80 Kts
4. Determine the time enroute using your flight computer
(59 NM at 80 NM/hr. = 44 min. 15 sec.)
5. Add departure and climb-out time (3 min. 30 sec. + 44 min. 15 sec. = 47 min. 45 sec.) This is
rounded to 48 min.