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Question 1

Which of the following are positions in a center?

Answer 1

Flight Data
Radar
Radar Associate
Coordinator

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT delegated airspace by a control center?

Answer 2

FSS

Question 3

What is the acronym for the current radar display in a center?

Answer 3

ERAM

Question 4

What does the EDST do for the controller?

Answer 4

Provide electronic strips

Question 5

What is the acronym for a control center?

Answer 5

ARTCC

Question 6

What are the 2 items that can be displayed in the 4th line of the data block?

Answer 6

Destination

Type aircraft

Question 7

Which of the following are TMU programs to space aircraft?

Answer 7

Miles in trail

Metering

Question 8

Control Centers are broken up into smaller parts called

Answer 8

sectors

Question 9

Which of the following is an agreement between an FAA facility and another entity, usually another FAA facility?

Answer 9

Letter of Agreement

Question 10

The term for routings published by the FAA for Major Airport city pairs is

Answer 10

preferred routing

Question 11

Which of the following headings would be proper at an odd altitude like 7000 or FL230 ?

Answer 11

020
150
080

Question 12

Which of the following is an internal document for an FAA facility to describe how that agency operates?

Answer 12

Facility Directive

Question 13

What frequency is used for oceanic ATC?

Answer 13

HF

Question 14

Which of the following are problems for trans-polar flights?

Answer 14

No alternate NAVAIDs
 Fuel icing
 No alternate airports
Need several types of radios
 Magnetic compass is unreliable
Latitude-longitude navigation does not work well there

Question 15

What three countries are exceptions to the ICAO airport identifier format?

Answer 15

USA
China
Canada

Question 16

In ICAO format, the second letter of an airport identifier is usually the

Answer 16

country

Question 17

In ICAO format, the first letter of an airport identifier is the

Answer 17

world region

Question 18

ICAO was formed near the end of what war?

Answer 18

world war two

Question 19

The ICAO equivalent to an ARTCC is a

Answer 19

area control center

Question 20

The Canadian equivalent to the FAA is

Answer 20

Transport Canada

Question 21

ICAO recognizes three classes of air traffic control, IFR, VFR, and CVFR which is not used in the USA. What does the C in CVFR stand for?

Answer 21

controlled

Question 22

When ICAO gives control of airspace over the ocean to a specific country, that country also has political control over that part of the ocean. T/F

Answer 22

f

Question 23

The transition altitude (where the altimeter gets set to 2992) for oceanic flights is what altitude?

Answer 23

5500

Question 24

Standard MINUTES in trail for oceanic traffic in MNPS is

Answer 24

5

Question 25

ICAO airport identifiers have how many letters?

Answer 25

4

Question 26

ICAO has split up the world into areas to be controlled by different countries. These areas are called

Answer 26

Flight Information Regions

Question 27

In ICAO format, what two letters begin airports in
Alaska
Hawaii

Answer 27

PA

PH

Question 28

he name of the ATC facility for Europe is

Answer 28

Eurocontrol

Question 29

The largest part of northern Pacific Oceanic airspace is controlled out of

Answer 29

oakland

Question 30

What does ATC do for CVFR and what is required of the pilot?

Answer 30

Pilot not have to be IFR rated, but is separated as if was IFR.