ATT1810 Chapter 5

Question 1

What are primary and secondary radar?

Answer 1

Primary radar - skin paint (echo of radar)

Secondary radar - transponder return

Question 2

What are the 3 methods of establishing radar WITHOUT a transponder?

Answer 2

1 mile from end of runway (with a tower)
position correlation
30 degree turns

Question 3

What are the 4 methods of establishing radar using a transponder?

Answer 3

Squawk code
Ident
Squawk standby
Auto acquire

Question 4

What is the phraseology for letting a pilot know when their radar status changes?

Answer 4

Radar contact
Radar contact lost
Radar service terminated (not on slide)

Question 5

What is Mode C?

Answer 5

Altitude readout capability

Question 6

What is an RCAG?

Answer 6

Radio located at a remote site accessed by dedicated telephone line

Question 7

What is the phraseology used to transfer identification and communication on an aircraft?

Answer 7

Handoff

Radar Contact

Question 8

What are the 3 methods of making a handoff?

Answer 8

Physical
Landline
Automated

Question 9

What is the phraseology used to transfer identification, but NOT communication on an aircraft?

Answer 9

Point out

Point out approved

Question 10

What does the receiving controller say to change a handoff into a point out instead of point out approved?

Answer 10

Radar Contact

Question 11

What does the receiving controller say if they have traffic they need to show to approve a handoff or point out? What is the response by the first controller if they will miss the traffic?

Answer 11

Traffic

Traffic observed

Question 12

What are vertical separation minima in radar?

Answer 12

Same as non-radar:
1000 feet below FL290
1000 feet FL290-FL410 if RVSM equipped
2000 feet FL290-FL410 if NOT RVSM equipped
2000 feet FL410-FL600

Question 13

What is the vertical separation required on radar?

Answer 13

Mosaic radar - 5 miles
Single site radar - 3 miles within 40NM
- 5 miles 40NM and beyond

Question 14

What are the two types of visual separation?

Answer 14

Tower - controller gives instructions to aircraft he can see that will keep them apart
Pilot - Pilot sees another aircraft and will miss them

Question 15

What do we call the terminal method of arrivals and departures that use standardize routes in and out?

Answer 15

Box and cornerpost

Question 16

What is proper phraseology for a vector?

Answer 16

Fly heading one zero zero, or
Turn left heading two six zero, or
Fly present heading, or
Turn twenty degrees left.

Question 17

What 2 things must be told to the pilot when issuing a vector?

Answer 17

Why are they getting the vector.

What should they expect after the vector.

Question 18

What do we call the lowest altitude a controller can vector an aircraft at for a given airspace?

Answer 18

Minimum vectoring altitude.

Question 19

On an ILS approach, what is the maximum angle an aircraft can be vectored to join the approach gate if they join by 2NM before the approach gate?
By the gate?

Answer 19

30 degrees if 2NM before the approach gate.

20 degrees if by the approach gate.

Question 20

How would you issue traffic for an aircraft if the other plane is a Cheyenne 2 miles off the right wing going north at 13,000 feet?

Answer 20

Traffic three o’clock, two miles, a north bound Cheyenne at one three thousand.

Question 21

What are the two types of safety alerts on radars?

Answer 21

Low altitude alerts (MSAW)
Traffic alerts (conflict probe)