Chapter 4.5 - Exam Review

Question 1

What does a double white cross displayed next to the primary wind direction indicator at a non-towered Aerodrome?

Answer 1

Gliding is in progress.

Question 2

What is the significance of a horizontal white dumb-bell displayed adjacent to the primary wind direction indicator at a non-towered Aerodrome?

Answer 2

Restricted Operations.

Question 3

True or False. If an Aerodrome is completely unserviceable, a single white cross will be displayed adjacent to the primary wind direction indicator at a non-towered Aerodrome?

Answer 3

True.

Question 4

What is the significance of red flashes directed at an Aircraft on the ground at a Controlled Aerodrome?

Answer 4

The Aircraft must taxi clear of the landing area.

Question 5

If an Aircraft is taxiing at an Aerodrome and a steady red light is directed at it from the tower, what action must the Pilot take?

Answer 5

Stop.

Question 6

What is the significance of red flashes directed at an Aircraft on approach to land at an Aerodrome?

Answer 6

The Aerodrome is unsafe and the Pilot must not land.

Question 7

If a sealed area beyond the end of the runway is not suitable for normal use by Aircrafts, its entire length is marked by (white/yellow) ‘vee bars’?

Answer 7

Yellow.

Question 8

What type of markers indicate the limits of the movement area?

Answer 8

Cone/Gable Boundary Markers.

Question 9

What is the meaning of a single white cross displayed on a runway or any other part of a movement area?

Answer 9

The Runway/Movement Area is unserviceable.

Question 10

True or False. An Aerodrome apron can be left unmarked when the surface contrast defines the boundary?

Answer 10

True.

Question 11

(Yellow/White) cones or gables are used to show the edges of any ill-defined taxiways or aprons?

Answer 11

Yellow.

Question 12

On some larger runways, the beginning of that portion of the runway usable for landing, the (permanent threshold/centre-line) of the runway, is marked with (a dashed line/white piano key markings)?

Answer 12

• Permanent Threshold.

- White Piano Key Markings.

Question 13

White ‘V’ markings or Vee-Bar markers are used to indicate that the runway threshold is (permanently/temporarily) displaced?

Answer 13

Temporarily.

Question 14

Holding bay markings are painted (white/yellow)?

Answer 14

Yellow.

Question 15

What is the purpose of ‘taxi-holding position markings’ at the taxiway/runway intersection and what colour are they (2)?

Answer 15

• Aircraft must stop short of the markings until cleared to proceed.
• Yellow.

Question 16

An enlargement or special arrangement of a taxiway, positioned near the end of a runway, where Aircraft may hold without obstructing other Aircraft from using the taxiway is called a (holding bay/apron)?

Answer 16

Holding Bay.

Question 17

When approaching to land at a non-towered Aerodrome, on which three legs of the circuit is a non-RPT flight recommended to join the traffic pattern?

Answer 17

• Upwind.
• Crosswind.
• Downwind.

Question 18

What is the ‘standard’ circuit height for medium performance Aircrafts?

Answer 18

1000 feet AGL.

Question 19

A runway is aligned along the magnetic direction of 169/349. What is the number normally given to the northern and southern ends of this runway (2)?

Answer 19

• 17 to the Northern end.

- 35 to the Southern end.

Question 20

What is the only exception to getting permission from the owner/occupier prior to using a landing area?

Answer 20

In an emergency situation.

Question 21

Who is responsible for assessing the suitability of a landing area prior to use for VFR private operations?

Answer 21

The Pilot.

Question 22

True or False. VHF radio and qualification to use it are mandatory at registered and certified Aerodromes in Class G Airspace and in de-activated Control Zones?

Answer 22

True.

Question 23

In de-activated Control Zones, what frequency normally becomes the CTAF frequency?

Answer 23

The Tower Frequency.

Question 24

What boundary markers, when used to delineate aprons or taxiways at Aerodromes, are spaced at not more than (15/30) metres apart?

Answer 24

15.