Land Navigation/Map Reading (Army Board Study Guide) Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers |2025/2026

Land Navigation/Map Reading (Army Board Study Guide) Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers |2025/2026 What is the Field Manual for map reading and land navigation? - answer-FM 3-25.26 What are the basic colors of a map, and what does each color represent? - answer-Black - Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels. Red-Brown - The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non-surveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red-light readable maps. Blue - Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage. Green - Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards. Brown - Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps. Red - Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps. Other - Occasionally other colors may be used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule. What are military symbols? - answer-Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations, and activitiesWhere is the Legend of the map found? - answer-Lower left margin What are contour lines? - answer-Imaginary lines on the ground connecting equal elevation, they represent high and low ground elevation What are 3 types of contour lines? - answer-1. Index 2. Intermediate 3. Supplementary How many Mils are in one Degree? - answer-17.7 mils How many North's are there on a military map? - answer-1. True north 2. Magnetic north 3. Grid north What shape are the contour lines that indicate a hill? - answer-A hill is shown on a map by contour lines forming concentric circles. The inside of the smallest closed circle is the hilltop. What shape are the contour lines that indicate a saddle? - answer-A saddle is normally represented as an hourglass What shape are the contour lines that indicate a valley? - answer-Contour lines forming a valley are either U-shaped or V-shaped.