Block 7 - Airfield and Flight Deck Familiarization

Question 1

What is essential to personal learning how to perform their duties for their personal safety and the safety of the aircrew?

Answer 1

Airfield familiarization

Question 2

What are the required Flightline protective equipment?

Answer 2

Flightdeck (steel-toed) Safety Shoes
Cranial impact helmet
Protective eye goggles
Leather gloves

Question 3

What are paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and Landing?

Answer 3

Runways

Question 4

What are parallel stripes on the ends of the runways that are 12 ft wide by 150 ft long and designate the landing area?

Answer 4

Threshold markings

Question 5

What is a paved or unpaved section on the ends of the runways that provide a reasonably effective deceleration area for aborting or overshooting aircraft?

Answer 5

Overrun area

Question 6

What is designed to stop tricycle landing gear recorded aircraft not equipped with tail hooks?

Answer 6

MA - 1 series overrun barrier

Question 7

What is always in a standby status, in case there is an aborted takeoff or an emergency overrun Landing?

Answer 7

MA - 1A

Question 8

What is used during in-flight emergencies that require stopping the aircraft during Landing in the shortest distance possible to minimize the chance of injury to Pilot or aircrew and damage to the aircraft?

Answer 8

Emergency shore-based recovery equipment

Question 9

What are paved areas for aircraft to move between parking aprons, runways, and Air Field Services?

Answer 9

Taxiways

Question 10

What are open paved areas adjacent to hangers, Fuel, Services often called the flight line and use for parking, servicing and loading aircraft they are connected to The Runaways by taxiways?

Answer 10

Parking apron

Question 11

What is a paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft Compass is calibrated?

Answer 11

Compass calibration pad (compass rose)

Question 12

These are normally numbered in relation to their magnetic heading rounded off to the nearest 10 degrees

Answer 12

Runway numbering system

Question 13

When the aircraft is below VFR weather conditions, day or night, what is used to identify the airport’s location?

Answer 13

Airfield rotating Beacon

Question 14

What are the required Flight Deck protective equipment?

Answer 14

Flightdeck (steel-toed) Safety Shoes
Protective Jersey
Cranial impact helmet
Protective eye goggles
Leather gloves

Question 15

Who wears yellow jerseys?

Answer 15

Air handling officer
Flight Deck officer
Catapult officer
Air BOSN 
Arresting gear officer
Plane directors

Question 16

Who wears white jerseys?

Answer 16

Safety department
Air transport officer
Landing signal officer
Squadron plane inspectors (troubleshooters)
Medical

Question 17

What color jersey is used by plane captains?

Answer 17

Brown jerseys

Question 18

Who wears blue jerseys?

Answer 18

Aircraft handling
Chock crewman (chocks, chains and tractors)
Elevator operators

Question 19

Who wears green jerseys?

Answer 19

Catapulting and arresting gear personnel
Squadron aircraft maintenance personnel
Helicopter landing signal enlisted man
Photographers

Question 20

Who wears red jerseys?

Answer 20

Crash & Salvage
Explosive Ordnance disposal
Ordnance handling personnel

Question 21

What color jersey is used by the aviation fuel crew?

Answer 21

Purple jerseys

Question 22

What firefighting agent is identified by a 12in wide red stripe with a white 3in high letters stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?

Answer 22

Purple K powder (PKP)

Question 23

What is identified by an 18in wide red stripe with a yellow 3in high W stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?

Answer 23

Saltwater stations

Question 24

What is identified by a 12-inch red stripe with a white 3 inch high letters settled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?

Answer 24

CO2 bottle stowage

Question 25

What is identified by an 18 in wide Green Stripe with white 3 inch high letters stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?

Answer 25

AFFF station

Question 26

What are ramps designated to eliminate loose ordinance will have a yellow stripe painted up and over the deck Edge at both ends of the ramp opening?

Answer 26

Bomb jettison ramp

Question 27

What is identified by an 18 inch black stripe with a 3-inch White STEAM stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming?

Answer 27

Steam smothering