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COMMS PROCEDURE Flashcards

1
Q

All information pertaining to airports such as categories, hours of operations, runway lengths, aerodrome categories can be found in what document?

A

AIP

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2
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The messages accepted for transmission by the aeronautical telecommunications service where those messages specified in the ____________.

A

Categories of message

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3
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Hindrances to communications may be in the form of noise, interference, language barrier, and media failure. What is/are other hindrances may affect effective communication?

A

Power Failure

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4
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A one-way communication from aircraft to stations or locations on the surface of the earth.

A

Air-Ground communication

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5
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To what category of message do Flight Plan, Departure and Arrival messages belong?

A

Flight Safety Messages

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6
Q

Distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting the phrase - _______________.

A

“Distress traffic ended”

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7
Q

The phase of an aircraft considered to be in a state of emergency when an aircraft fails to arrive thirty (30) minutes to its destination is called _______________.

A

INCERFA

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8
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The interpilot air-to-air communication shall be established on the air-to-air channel frequency which is:

A

123.45 MHz

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9
Q

The factor to be considered in determining the approximate wind direction of an aerodrome wherein no available wind direction instrument in an aerodrome advisory service.

A

Trees

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10
Q

The transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations is called

A

Blind Transmission

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11
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The transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations called

A

Blind Transmission

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12
Q

What is the readability scale of the aircraft transmission if a pilot requests a ‘Radio Check’ to an aeronautical station and receives a reply of two (2)?

A

Readable now and then

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13
Q

The international AFTN station directly connected to the Manila AFTN is
a. Ho Chi Minh AFTN Station
b. Bangkok AFTN Station
c. Singapore AFTN Station
d. Hong Kong AFTN Station

A

Ho Chi Minh AFTN station

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14
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A notification distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning aeronautical facilities, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.

A

NOTAM

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15
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The third letter in the assignment of Location Indicator shall be:

A

Assigned within the State or territory where the communication center is situated

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16
Q

Who can terminate distress communications and silence conditions?

A

Pilot-in-Command

17
Q

How should flight level FL280 be transmitted?

A

flight level two eight zero

18
Q

The distress communications have absolute priority over all other communucations; and a station aware of them shall not transmit on the frequency concerned, unless
a. the distress is cancelled or the distress traffic is terminated;
b. all distress traffic has been transferred to other frequencies;
c. the station controlling communications gives permission;
d. all of the above

A

ALL OF THE ABOVE

19
Q

What is the three-letter aircraft designator for ‘ETIHAD’?

A

ETD

20
Q

Which State or Territory is classified according to ICAO AFSRA for letter ‘A’?

A

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

21
Q

The addressee line must be limited to a maximum ________ addressees per one aeronautical message to be transmitted.

A

21

22
Q

True or False. To establish contact with an aeronautical station, the procedure on call and reply shall commence.

A

True

23
Q

True or False. Simultaneous calls made by several aircraft stations shall be decided by the aeronautical station in the order of priority in which aircraft shall communicate.

A

True

24
Q

True or False. QSO means ‘Communicate or contact’.

A

True

25
Q

True or False. BIRDS can be considered as a factor in determining the approximate wind direction at an aerodrome wherein no available wind direction instrument in an aerodrome advisory service.

A

False

26
Q

True or False. The first letter of the location indicator shall be the letter assigned by the ICAO body according to its continent.

A

False

27
Q

True or False. The letter ‘N’ cannot be assigned as 2nd, 3rd and 4th letter in the assignment of location indicator because the AFTN computer system rejects duplication of characters.

A

False

28
Q

True or False. Letter ‘R’ in the AFSRA represents State within the West Pacific area.

A

True

29
Q

True or False. A station shall continue listening watch for 2 minutes after transmitting his intention of closing down the station and may close down if it has received no calls during the period.

A

True

30
Q

True or False. In voice communications, transmission of long messages is not allowed provided that the messages to be transmitted be divided into parts and accepted by the receiver.

A

False

31
Q

True or False. Movement and control messages will fail under the flight safety messages categorization.

A

True

32
Q

What information shall be entered in written logs?

A

What information shall be entered in written logs?

a. the name of the agency operating the station;
b. the identification of the station;
c. the date;
d. the time of opening and closing the station;
e. the signature of each operator, with the time the operator assumes and relinquishes a watch;
f. the frequencies being guarded and type of watch (continuous or scheduled) being maintained on each frequency:
g. except at intermediate mechanical relay stations where the provisions of this paragraph need not be complied with, a record of each communication, test transmission, or attempted communication
showing text of communication, time communication completed, station(s) communicated with, and frequency used. The text of the communication may be omitted from the log when copies of the
messages handled are available and form part of the log;
h. all distress communications and action thereon;
i. a brief description of communication conditíons and difficulties, including harmful interference. Such entries should include, whenever practicable, the time at which interference was experienced, the
character, radio frequency and identification of the interfering signal;
j. a brief description of interruption to communications due to equipment
failure or other troubles, giving the duration of the interruption and action taken;
k. such additional information as may be considered by the operator to be of value as a part of the record of the station’s operations.

33
Q

Information provided to departing/arriving aircraft which are in radio communication with the Flight Service Station are as follows:

A

a. wind direction and velocity;
b. favored runway;
c. altimeter setting;
d. pertinent known traffic; and
e. pertinent known aerodrome conditions.

CATS-18 (26 decks)

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