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NIFE NAV EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025\26.
1. What are the three types of naviagation?: Dead Reckoning Navigation, Visual
Navigation, Electronic Navigation
2. What is the primary type of navigation? What are the secondary?: Dead
Reckoning
Visual and Electronic Navigation
3. What is Dead Reckoning?: Directing an aircraft and determining its position by
the application of direction and speed
4. What are the components of DR?: PTSD
Position
Time
Speed
Direction
5. Which way do lines of latitude run? Which way are they measured?: Run
East and West
Measured North and South
6. Which way do lines of longitude run? Which way are they measured?: Run
north to south
Measured East and West
7. Where do lines of longitude start and what is it called?: 0 degrees. Prime
meridian
8. Where do lines of longitude end and what is it called?: 180 degrees. Interna-
tional Date Line
9. What is direction?: Angular distance from a reference
10. Lines of latitude are also called what?: Parallels
11. Lines of Longitude are also called what?: Meridians
12. What is the primary instrument to determine direction?: Remote gyro com-
pass card
AKA BDHI
EHSI
13. What are the two ways to express time and what are their formats?: Elapsed
time (ETE) and ETD
14. How is Elapsed time written?: Hours + minutes + seconds
15. How is ETD written?: Four digit time of day format
