JEPPESEN PRIVATE PILOT FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED STUDY SHEET

JEPPESEN PRIVATE PILOT FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED STUDY SHEET

●● equator
Answer: imaginary line which circles the earth midway between the
north and south poles; 0 degrees latitude


●● longitude lines
Answer: imaginary lines which extend from the north to the south poles;
also called meridians


●● prime meridian
Answer: 0 degrees longitude; passes through Greenwich, England


●● latitude lines
Answer: imaginary lines that extend horizontally around the earth; also
called parallels


●● projection
Answer: used for transferring a section of the earth's surface onto a flat
chart

, ●● mercator projection
Answer: usually used as wall charts; distortion increases as you move
away from the equator


●● lambert conformal conic projection
Answer: frequently used to create aeronautical charts because it
minimizes distortion


●● sectional chart
Answer: each covers 6° to 8° of longitude and approximately 4° of
latitude and is given the name of a primary city within its coverage


●● world aeronautical chart (WAC)
Answer: symbols are basically the same as those found on sectionals,
but some of the detail is omitted due to the smaller scale


●● legend
Answer: tool for deciphering symbols and decoding aeronautical chart
information


●● airport elevation
Answer: the highest part of usable runway surface, measured in feet
above mean sea level