04 General RT Phraseology

Question 1

Altitude?

Answer 1

Altitude is the vertical distance of the aircraft from sea level, expressed in feet.

Question 2

Flight Level?

Answer 2

The vertical distance of the aircraft above the standard pressure setting (SPS) datum of 1013.2 hPa

Question 3

Height?

Answer 3

Height is the vertical distance of the aircraft above a fixed point, expressed in feet

Question 4

Q-codes?

Answer 4

Q-codes relating to vertical distance:
* QNH: Vertical distance referenced as an altitude.
* QFE: Vertical distance referenced as a height above an airfield

Question 5

Emergency SSR codes?

Answer 5

7700: Emergency.
7600: Radio Failure.
7500: Unlawful interference.

Question 6

When is readback manditory?

Answer 6

• ATC route clearances.
• Anything to do with a runway, including clearances and conditional clearances (e.g., instructions to enter, land on, take off from, hold short of, cross, taxi, and backtrack on any runway).
• Altimeter settings such as QNH, QFE, or a change to the standard pressure setting.
• Runway in use.
• Level instructions, including altitudes and heights.
• Transponder SSR codes and modes.
• Speed instructions.
• Heading instructions.
• Frequency changes.
• VHF direction finding information.
• Type of air traffic service being provided (e.g., radar control).

Question 7

What happens if you are told to change to a new frequency and standby?

Answer 7

You don’t need to contact the new frequency, you just need to monitor the new frequency.

Question 8

RVSM?

Answer 8

Reduced vertical seperation minima.

Question 9

RAIM?

Answer 9

Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring.

Question 10

Use of unable?

Answer 10

Can be used to specifiy that you are unable to RVSM due to turbulence.

Question 11

important when using ‘to’?

Answer 11

to has to be used before FL or altitude.

Question 12

important when climbing and descending?

Answer 12

Report leaving, and then arriving at new flight level.

Question 13

Mode-C?

Answer 13

Displays pressure altitude

Question 14

Mode-S

Answer 14

Also transmits AC identification infomation
Other infomation about the AC flight path.

Question 15

STBY?

Answer 15

Stops responding.

Question 16

IDENT?

Answer 16

Symbol on the screen is highlighted?

Question 17

Transponder failure?

Answer 17

On the ground - ATC must be informed. New route may be needed.

Question 18

Transponder squark codes?

Answer 18

7700 - Distress - Mayday
7700 - Urgency - Pan Pan
7600 - Lost Comms
7500 - Unlawful interference

Question 19

International VHF emergency frequency?

Answer 19

121.5kHz

Question 20

Mandatory readbacks?

Answer 20

Route Clearances:
* Taxi, Take Off, Landing, Departure, En-route, Approach. All navigation information.

Any Runway related clearences:
* Clearences to enter
* Cross, Land Take-off
* Backtrack

Question 20

What doesn’t need to be read back?

Answer 20

Wind, runway state, traffic confliction

Question 20

When reading back frequency?

Answer 20

Just need to read frequency.

Question 21

How should numbers be transmitted?

Answer 21

(a) Transmission of numbers

(1) All numbers used in the transmission of aircraft call sign, headings, runway, wind direction and speed shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit separately.

(i) Flight levels shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit separately, except for the case of flight levels in whole hundreds.

Question 22

Phrase used to speak slower?

Answer 22

Speak slower

Question 23

In AC voice comms, what language and phrase ology is recomended?

Answer 23

ICAO standard phraseology or plain language?