Bearings, Scale Drawing & Constructions Quiz

1. What is the correct way to write a bearing of 8 degrees?

• A. $8^\circ$
• B. $08^\circ$
• C. $008^\circ$
• D. $800^\circ$

2. In which direction are all bearings measured?

• A. Anticlockwise from North
• B. Clockwise from North
• C. Clockwise from East
• D. Anticlockwise from South

3. The bearing of Y from X is $310^\circ$. What is the bearing of X from Y?

• A. $130^\circ$
• B. $490^\circ$
• C. $050^\circ$
• D. $230^\circ$

4. A map has a scale of $1\text{ cm} : 2.5\text{ km}$. Two towns are $6\text{ cm}$ apart on the map. What is the real distance between them?

• A. $2.4\text{ km}$
• B. $8.5\text{ km}$
• C. $15\text{ km}$
• D. $150\text{ km}$

5. A ship sails from port P on a bearing of $128^\circ$ to point Q, then wants to sail directly back. Using ruler-and-compasses construction only, which method correctly locates all points equidistant from two towns A and B marked on the chart, so the crew can decide which town to sail to?

• A. Draw a circle centred at the midpoint of AB
• B. Construct the perpendicular bisector of AB using compass arcs from A and B
• C. Construct the angle bisector at A between AB and North
• D. Draw a straight line joining A and B