A106

Question 1

What color lights are white?

Answer 1

Runway lights

Question 2

What lights are colored blue?

Answer 2

Taxi lights

Question 3

What do hazard lights look like?

Answer 3

Red or strobe white

Question 4

What are conditions if a beacon is used during the day?

Answer 4

Ground visibility is less than 3 sm and/or the ceiling is less than 1000 feet. (These conditions prohibit VFR flight)

Question 5

When do beacon lights operate under normal conditions?

Answer 5

Sunset to sunrise

Question 6

What color are beacon lights at civil airports?

Answer 6

Rotating green and white

Question 7

What do beacon lights look like at military airfields?

Answer 7

Two white lights alternating with a green light

Question 8

What does a steady green light gun signal mean?

Answer 8

Ground—cleared for takeoff

Air—cleared to land

Question 9

What does a flashing green light gun signal mean?

Answer 9

Ground—cleared for taxi

Air—return for landing (followed by a steady green)

Question 10

What does a steady red light gun signal mean?

Answer 10

Ground—stop

Air—give way to other aircraft and continue circling

Question 11

What does a flashing red light gun signal mean?

Answer 11

Ground—taxi clear of the runway in use

Air—airport unsafe, do not land

Question 12

What does a flashing white light gun signal mean?

Answer 12

Ground—return to starting point on airport

Air—not applicable

Question 13

What does an alternating red and green light gun signal mean?

Answer 13

Ground—exercise extreme caution

Air—exercise extreme caution

Question 14

What is a Notam d?

Answer 14

Distant. Coordinated by the airport for advisory purposes

Contain info concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any:

• aeronautical facility
• en route NAVAIDS
• services
• procedures
• hazards

Ex: runway closure or obstruction

Question 15

What is an FDC NOTAM?

Answer 15

Flight Data Center—regulatory in nature

Changes to IFR charts
IFR procedures
Airspace usage

Ex: changes to an instrument approach procedure or airway; or temporary flight restrictions

Question 16

What is proper spacing for large aircraft according to the syllabus?

Answer 16

No closer than 3000 ft horizontally or 3 minutes behind large/heavy aircraft

Question 17

According to the syllabus, what is the airspeed limits

Answer 17

+/- 10 KIAS

Question 18

When within 4NM of the primary airport in class C or D airspace, what must your speed be at or below?

Answer 18

200kts max, or below 2500’ AGL

Question 19

What is the max speed when flying under class B airspace?

Answer 19

200kts

Question 20

When flying over a congested area, what precautions should you take?

Answer 20

1000ft above the highest obstacle, horizontal radius of 2000ft

Question 21

What precautions should you take in an uncongested area?

Answer 21

500ft above the surface

Question 22

What precautions should you take over sparsely populated areas or open water?

Answer 22

500ft of any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure

Question 23

What aircraft documents are required to be on board while operating an aircraft?

Answer 23

Airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, operating limitations, weight and balance data (AROW)

Question 24

What are the AGL heights for Class C airspace?

Answer 24

Surface to 4000, 1200-4000 AGL

Question 25

How high does class D airspace go?

Answer 25

Surface to 2500

Question 26

What are the four special use airspace categories?

Answer 26

Prohibited areas
Restricted areas
Military operation areas
Alert areas

Question 27

What is a restricted area?

Answer 27

Denote existence of unusual, often invisible hazards (artillery firing, aerial, gunnery, or guided missiles

Question 28

What is the purpose of a Military Operating Area?

Answer 28

Separates military training activity from IFR traffic

There is no restriction for VFR flying in an MOA—just be cautious

Question 29

Where can you find information on MOA operating times?

Answer 29

In the Special Use Airspace table