SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Map/UTM/Question bank

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#	Question	Answer
1	What does "ZEN" stand for?	Zone Easting Northing
10	An abbreviated UTM gives a location to the nearest how many meters?	100m
11	How many digits of a UTM does a GPS show you?	14: 7 for easting and 7 for northing. (Plus zone)
12	What is the easting of the central meridian of every UTM zone?	500,000m
2	How far apart are UTM grid lines on a 1:50,000 map?	1 km
3	What are the 3 parts of of UTM you need to give to locate a point anywhere on the globe?	Zone, Easting, Northing
4	Which did you state first, the Easting or the Northing?	Easting.
5	What does a Northing represent?	The number of meters north of the equator.
6	What does an Easting represent?	Meters relative to a center meridian (500,000) of the zone.
7	How many digits are there in a full northing?	7
8	How many digits are there in a full easting?	6 or 7 (with leading 0)
9	How many digits of the abbreviated easting and northing do you give for a location on a topo map?	3 of each