CPL added definition of terms

Question 1

Approach Control

Answer 1

ATC service for arriving or departing controlled flights.

Question 2

Area Control Centre

Answer 2

A unit established to provide Air Traffic Control
Service to controlled flights in control areas

Question 3

Fix

Answer 3

Waypoints defined by radial & distance from a navaid, or an intersection between two radials/bearings

Question 4

Airway

Answer 4

A control area or portion thereof established in the form of a corridor equipped with radio navigation aids

Question 5

Approach

Answer 5

a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing

Question 6

Final Approach

Answer 6

Segment of an instrument approach in which alignment and descent for landing are made

Question 7

Missed Approach Procedure

Answer 7

the procedure to be followed if the approach cannot be continued.

Question 8

Decision Altitude/Height

Answer 8

Altitude or height in a precision approach at which a missed approach must be initiated if negative visual of the runway

Question 9

Radar Vectoring

Answer 9

Navigational guidance to an aircraft in the form of specific headings, based on the use of radar.

Question 10

Clearance

Answer 10

an authorization by air traffic control for the purpose of preventing collision between known aircraft, for an aircraft to proceed under specified traffic conditions within controlled airspace.

Question 11

Clearance limit

Answer 11

the point up to which the aircraft has been granted
clearance in a controlled space

Question 12

Flight level

Answer 12

surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to a specific pressure datum 1013.2 hPa

Question 13

Maximum Authorized Altitude (MAA)

Answer 13

A published altitude representing
the maximum usable altitude

Question 14

Minimum Enroute Altitude (MEA)

Answer 14

Guarantees full navaid coverage for the route.

Question 15

Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)

Answer 15

The lowest altitude that an aircraft can be assured of receiving signals from a navaid.

Question 16

Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude (MOCA)

Answer 16

Lowest published altitude in effect between radio aids on VOR airways, off airway routes, or route segments which meets obstacle clearance requirements for the entire route segment, and radio coverage within 22nm of a VOR .