AVSC 3400 study guide questions and
answers
Signed on October 12, 1922, the Warsaw Convention has become one of the most
important documents in international commercial air transpiration. - answer-
✔False
The United Kingdom and the United States met and negotiated a bilateral
understanding of the development of international air transport. - answer-✔The
Bermuda Agreement
The US has been a party to what convention since 1934? - answer-✔The Warsaw
Convention
The ICAO is composed of how many member states? - answer-✔152
The rules and regulations of which convention were adopted by the principal
European nations? - answer-✔NOT The Havana Convention
ICAO Annex 18 contains the general rules about how dangerous goods should be
packed and transported and the responsibilities of various parties involved with
their transportation. - answer-✔True
Since the early days among international jurist, two principal theories of national
sovereignty of air-space have existed. These two theories include: 1. Individual
states have the right of sovereignty over the airspace over their soil and 2. Air is
free and states have no authority over it. - answer-✔True
,How high should registration marks be painted or otherwise permanently affixed
on the wings of an aircraft? - answer-✔50 cm
The ICAO council members are composed of how many contracting states? -
answer-✔33
The Headquarters for ICAO are in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. - answer-✔False
The direction of the great circle route makes an angle of about _____ with the
meridian of New York, about _____ with the meridian of Iceland, and still greater
angle with the meridian of London. - answer-✔About 50° with the meridian of
New York; About 90° with the meridian of Iceland
This projection is neither perspective, equal area, nor conformal. - answer-
✔Azimuthal Equidistant Projection
The term knots is used to express "statute miles per hour" and MPH is used for
"nautical miles per hour". - answer-✔False
The only cylindrical projection used for navigation is the Mercator. - answer-
✔True
This projection is a perspective-conformal projection of the sphere. - answer-
✔Stereographic Projection
Choose the term(s) which are used to express the horizontal direction of one
terrestrial point from another. - answer-✔All of the terms
, A projection can be defined as a systematic construction of lines on a plane surface
to represent the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude of the earth or a
section of the earth. - answer-✔True
Classified according to the point of tangency of the plane of projection. - answer-
✔Gnomonic Projections
Azimuth is the true direction to a point in space. - answer-✔True
The two methods of projection used are called _____ and _____. - answer-
✔Mathematical and perspective
A gyrocompass error caused by forces applied to the axis of the gyro wheel. -
answer-✔Precession
The Doppler Effect applies to which of the following wave motion? - answer-✔All
of the answers are correct
The intended horizontal direction of travel over the surface of the earth, expressed
as an angle measured clockwise from true north through 360°. - answer-✔True
Course
The horizontal component of the actual path of the aircraft over the surface of the
earth. - answer-✔Track
The angle formed at any point between the magnetic meridian and the geographic
meridian is called? - answer-✔Magnetic Variation
answers
Signed on October 12, 1922, the Warsaw Convention has become one of the most
important documents in international commercial air transpiration. - answer-
✔False
The United Kingdom and the United States met and negotiated a bilateral
understanding of the development of international air transport. - answer-✔The
Bermuda Agreement
The US has been a party to what convention since 1934? - answer-✔The Warsaw
Convention
The ICAO is composed of how many member states? - answer-✔152
The rules and regulations of which convention were adopted by the principal
European nations? - answer-✔NOT The Havana Convention
ICAO Annex 18 contains the general rules about how dangerous goods should be
packed and transported and the responsibilities of various parties involved with
their transportation. - answer-✔True
Since the early days among international jurist, two principal theories of national
sovereignty of air-space have existed. These two theories include: 1. Individual
states have the right of sovereignty over the airspace over their soil and 2. Air is
free and states have no authority over it. - answer-✔True
,How high should registration marks be painted or otherwise permanently affixed
on the wings of an aircraft? - answer-✔50 cm
The ICAO council members are composed of how many contracting states? -
answer-✔33
The Headquarters for ICAO are in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. - answer-✔False
The direction of the great circle route makes an angle of about _____ with the
meridian of New York, about _____ with the meridian of Iceland, and still greater
angle with the meridian of London. - answer-✔About 50° with the meridian of
New York; About 90° with the meridian of Iceland
This projection is neither perspective, equal area, nor conformal. - answer-
✔Azimuthal Equidistant Projection
The term knots is used to express "statute miles per hour" and MPH is used for
"nautical miles per hour". - answer-✔False
The only cylindrical projection used for navigation is the Mercator. - answer-
✔True
This projection is a perspective-conformal projection of the sphere. - answer-
✔Stereographic Projection
Choose the term(s) which are used to express the horizontal direction of one
terrestrial point from another. - answer-✔All of the terms
, A projection can be defined as a systematic construction of lines on a plane surface
to represent the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude of the earth or a
section of the earth. - answer-✔True
Classified according to the point of tangency of the plane of projection. - answer-
✔Gnomonic Projections
Azimuth is the true direction to a point in space. - answer-✔True
The two methods of projection used are called _____ and _____. - answer-
✔Mathematical and perspective
A gyrocompass error caused by forces applied to the axis of the gyro wheel. -
answer-✔Precession
The Doppler Effect applies to which of the following wave motion? - answer-✔All
of the answers are correct
The intended horizontal direction of travel over the surface of the earth, expressed
as an angle measured clockwise from true north through 360°. - answer-✔True
Course
The horizontal component of the actual path of the aircraft over the surface of the
earth. - answer-✔Track
The angle formed at any point between the magnetic meridian and the geographic
meridian is called? - answer-✔Magnetic Variation
