IFT Academic Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
GPS Consists of three segments: - CORRECT ANSWER - -Space Segment
- User Segment
- Control Segment
▪ Monitors and maintains the satellite system
charts - CORRECT ANSWER - Revised every 6 months. They are also Topography maps
based on contour lines and shading from Northwest. Max elevation figure in grid notifies highest
object or terrain (125
is 12,500')
Sectional Aeronautical Charts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Charts: 1:500,000 scale (1 inch =
6.86 nm).
Most commonly used.
VFR Terminal Area Charts: - CORRECT ANSWER - VFR Terminal Area Charts:chart
1:250,000 scale (1 inch = 3.43 nm)
Navigation - CORRECT ANSWER - -Starting point (point of departure)
▪ Ending point (final destination)
▪ Distance to travel
▪ Wind
▪ Aircraft speed
▪ Aircraft fuel capacity/ burn rate
▪ Aircraft load (people and equipment)
,With this information, flight planning can
▪ commence and the flight crew will determine:
▪ Direction of travel
▪ Time enroute
▪ Fuel burned
▪ Aircraft weight and balance-
VFR Cruising Altitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - Apply when flying at or above 3,000
feet AGL.
◦ Magnetic Course 000° to 179°, fly at odd thousands plus 500 feet
Example: 5,500', 9,500' and 13,500'
◦ Magnetic Course 180° to 359°, fly at even thousands plus 500 feet
Example: 6,500', 8,500' and 12,500'
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): - CORRECT ANSWER - The prime meridian
represented by
Zulu written 1500Z. To convert:
◦ Eastern Standard Time..........Add 5 hours
◦ Central Standard Time..........Add 6 hours
◦ Mountain Standard Time...... Add 7 hours
, ◦ Pacific Standard Time.......... Add 8 hours
▪ For Daylight Saving Time, 1 hour should be subtracted from the
calculated times.
magnetic to true Conversion: - CORRECT ANSWER - - Subtract easterly variation, or add
westerly variation
◦ "East is least, west is best."
◦ Magnetic Course (MC) = True Course (TC) ± Variation (VAR)-
Magnetic Course (MC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Course with respect to magnetic north
True Course (TC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Course measured with respect to true north
(using lat.
and long.)
Agonic line - CORRECT ANSWER - Points where magnetic north and true north are the
same
Isogonic lines (equal variation) - CORRECT ANSWER - Depicted on sectional charts
using dashed magenta colored lines
North Variation - CORRECT ANSWER - -True North
◦ Magnetic North
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
GPS Consists of three segments: - CORRECT ANSWER - -Space Segment
- User Segment
- Control Segment
▪ Monitors and maintains the satellite system
charts - CORRECT ANSWER - Revised every 6 months. They are also Topography maps
based on contour lines and shading from Northwest. Max elevation figure in grid notifies highest
object or terrain (125
is 12,500')
Sectional Aeronautical Charts: - CORRECT ANSWER - Charts: 1:500,000 scale (1 inch =
6.86 nm).
Most commonly used.
VFR Terminal Area Charts: - CORRECT ANSWER - VFR Terminal Area Charts:chart
1:250,000 scale (1 inch = 3.43 nm)
Navigation - CORRECT ANSWER - -Starting point (point of departure)
▪ Ending point (final destination)
▪ Distance to travel
▪ Wind
▪ Aircraft speed
▪ Aircraft fuel capacity/ burn rate
▪ Aircraft load (people and equipment)
,With this information, flight planning can
▪ commence and the flight crew will determine:
▪ Direction of travel
▪ Time enroute
▪ Fuel burned
▪ Aircraft weight and balance-
VFR Cruising Altitudes - CORRECT ANSWER - Apply when flying at or above 3,000
feet AGL.
◦ Magnetic Course 000° to 179°, fly at odd thousands plus 500 feet
Example: 5,500', 9,500' and 13,500'
◦ Magnetic Course 180° to 359°, fly at even thousands plus 500 feet
Example: 6,500', 8,500' and 12,500'
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): - CORRECT ANSWER - The prime meridian
represented by
Zulu written 1500Z. To convert:
◦ Eastern Standard Time..........Add 5 hours
◦ Central Standard Time..........Add 6 hours
◦ Mountain Standard Time...... Add 7 hours
, ◦ Pacific Standard Time.......... Add 8 hours
▪ For Daylight Saving Time, 1 hour should be subtracted from the
calculated times.
magnetic to true Conversion: - CORRECT ANSWER - - Subtract easterly variation, or add
westerly variation
◦ "East is least, west is best."
◦ Magnetic Course (MC) = True Course (TC) ± Variation (VAR)-
Magnetic Course (MC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Course with respect to magnetic north
True Course (TC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Course measured with respect to true north
(using lat.
and long.)
Agonic line - CORRECT ANSWER - Points where magnetic north and true north are the
same
Isogonic lines (equal variation) - CORRECT ANSWER - Depicted on sectional charts
using dashed magenta colored lines
North Variation - CORRECT ANSWER - -True North
◦ Magnetic North
