Exam#1

Question 1

Flight Information Service includes the provision of information concerning collision
hazards to aircraft in airspace classes C, D E, F and G.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

When aircraft use air traffic advisory service, the unit will deliver :

Answer 2

Advisory information

Question 3

Which unit is responsible for promoting efficient organisation of search and rescue
services and for coordinating the conduct of search and rescue operations?

Answer 3

The Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC)

Question 4

When you received information indicating that the operating efficiency of the aircraft
has been impaired to the extent that a forced landing is likely, what is the state of
emergency?

Answer 4

Distress phase

Question 5

A surveillance radar system which uses reflected radio signal is a

Answer 5

Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR)

Question 6

What SSR squawk should be set in an emergency

Answer 6

A7700

Question 7

Is 7528 a SSR code (mode A)?

Answer 7

false

Question 8

There are two types of radar used in ATC. What are they?

Answer 8

PSR and SSR

Question 9

What is the tolerance factor of Mode C derived Height information within RVSM
airspace

Answer 9

+/- 200 f

Question 10

What is the name of the procedure by which an aircraft is given headings to fly by a
radar controller to achieve positioning of an aircraft to start an instrument approach or
avoid other contacts etc …?

Answer 10

Radar vectoring

Question 11

What is the common radar separation minima used by an area control unit?

Answer 11

5 Nm (9.3 Km)

Question 12

Observation of compliance with an instruction to squawk IDENT is a PSR
identification procedure.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

You are IFR and you are flying in VMC. You suffer a communication failure. What
are you required to do?

Answer 13

Continue to fly VMC and land at the nearest suitable aerodrome

Question 14

What is the basic presumption about VFR flight?

Answer 14

That the flight will be flown in Visual Meteorological Conditions

Question 15

Without special permission, what is the highest flight level that VFR flight can fly?

Answer 15

FL195

Question 16

In controlled airspace where Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) is applied,
what is the highest FL that VFR flight is permitted at?

Answer 16

Even with special permission, not above FL290

Question 17

Except for take off and landing, what is the lowest that an aeroplane flying VFR may
fly over a town or city?

Answer 17

1000ft above the highest obstacle within 600m radius of the aeroplane

Question 18

You are flying in class G airspace, what is the lowest you are permitted to fly in VFR
when well away from towns etc…

Answer 18

500ft above ground level

Question 19

What is the VMC criteria in class C airspace above FL100

Answer 19

Flight visibility 8Km or more, 1000ft (300m) vertically and 1500m
horizontally clear of the cloud

Question 20

You are flying IFR outside of controlled airspace. Are you required to maintain a radio
watch?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

An IFR flight operating in level cruising flight outside of controlled airspace shall be
flown at:

Answer 21

A cruising level appropriate to its track

Question 22

When separation minima bases on ATS surveillance system are being applied at the
time of transfer of control, the transfer of air-ground communications of an aircraft
from the transferring to the accepting ATC unit shall be made immediately after the
accepting ATC unit has agreed to assume control.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Is the interception of civilian aircraft permitted?

Answer 23

Yes, each state has the sovereign right to intercept and identify aircraft flying
over its territory

Question 24

When is a controlled flight required to make position reports

Answer 24

When not advised by ATC to cease position reports

Question 25

You are about to take off from an aerodrome within a control zone. What cloud ceiling and flight visibility limitations apply to VFR flights in this situation?

Answer 25

Ceiling at least 1500ft and visibility not less than 5Km

Question 26

What defined a controlled aerodrome

Answer 26

An aerodrome where Air Traffic Control is provided for aerodrome traffic

Question 27

. What is the international Aeronautical VHF Distress and Calling frequency?

Answer 27

121.500MHz

Question 28

An IFR approach procedure is composed of these segments:

Answer 28

Arrival segment, initial segment, intermediate segment, final segment, missed approach segment

Question 29

Where timing is specified, the outbound leg length for holding procedure below 14000ft is:

Answer 29

1 minute

Question 30

For Category I precision approach, the Decision Height (DH) is:

Answer 30

DH ≥ 200ft

Question 31

How does ATC provide separation between controlled flights under IFR

Answer 31

By issuing clearances

Question 32

Vertical or horizontal separation between 2 IFR flights shall be provided in:

Answer 32

A, B, C, D, and E airspace classes

Question 33

What does the abbreviation ATIS stand for?

Answer 33

Automatic Terminal Information Service

Question 34

What is a “STAR”?

Answer 34

A pre-determined arrival route flown by IFR flights to the point at which an instrument approach can begin

Question 35

. In a flight plan, if the flight rules field is filed with Y, it means:

Answer 35

The flight is IFR first then VFR

Question 36

The submission of a flight plan is compulsory when aircraft cross international borders

Answer 36

True

Question 37

An flight plan for a flight to be provided with air traffic control service shall be submitted at least:

Answer 37

60 minutes before departure

Question 38

The airborne warning system to avoid collision between aircraft is:

Answer 38

TCAS

Question 39

Find the right answer:

Answer 39

ATM = ATS + ATFCM + ASM

Question 40

FUA is linked to:

Answer 40

ASM

Question 41

Which document contains the ICAO Rules of the Air?

Answer 41

ICAO Annex 2

Question 42

To which aircraft do the ICAO rules of the air apply?

Answer 42

Aircraft bearing an ICAO contracting state registration mark

Question 43

When an aircraft is flying, under what flight rules must the flight be conducted?

Answer 43

Either IFR or VFR

Question 44

An area Control Centre ACC provides

Answer 44

Air traffic control service, flight information service and alerting service

Question 45

UTA is a controlled airspace managed by

Answer 45

An area control center

Question 46

In class G airspace, a VFR flight flies heading 060. What could be the flight level?

Answer 46

095

Question 47

Is it possible to have a vertical distance of 500ft between two aircraft?

Answer 47

Yes, if there is no separation to be provided by an air traffic control unit

Question 48

QFE is

Answer 48

The atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation

Question 49

. Altimetry: QNH = 1020 hPa, QFE = 1010 hPa, 28ft/hPa. What is the altitude of the aerodrome

Answer 49

280 ft

Question 50

What is a standard

Answer 50

Any specifications, the uniform application of which is recognized as necessary in the interests of safety, regularity or efficiency of international navigation and to which contracting states will conform in accordance with the convention; in the event of impossibility of compliance, notification to the council is compulsory

Question 51

Aerodrome control service prevents collision on the movement area?

Answer 51

False

Question 52

When two aircraft are approaching head on, what are they expected to do?

Answer 52

Each shall alter its heading to the right

Question 53

Which of the following are the three basic Air Traffic Services?

Answer 53

Air Traffic Control, Flight information Service, Alerting Service

Question 54

What is the basic Air traffic service provided in a FIR?

Answer 54

Flight Information Service

Question 55

What does define a controlled aerodrome?

Answer 55

An aerodrome where air traffic control is provided for aerodrome traffic

Question 56

What are Air Traffic Control Units required to provide?

Answer 56

Air traffic services within CTAs, CTRs and at controlled aerodrome

Question 57

By what/whom is area control provided?

Answer 57

An ACC or by Approach control unit

Question 58

How does ATC provide separation between controlled flights under IFR?

Answer 58

By issuing clearances

Question 59

What is the name of the CTA located over FL195

Answer 59

UTA

Question 60

The aerodrome controller is responsible for preventing collision on the apron?

Answer 60

False

Question 61

The vertical separation in a RVSM airspace between two approved RVSM aircraft is

Answer 61

1000 ft

Question 62

What is the vertical distance between these two aircraft if the first flight is at 2280ft/QNH and the second flight at 1000ft / QFE? QFE = 1010 hPa, QNH = 1020 hPa, 28ft/hPa

Answer 62

1000 ft

Question 63

What are the two different kinds of air traffic?

Answer 63

GAT-OAT

Question 64

When the meteorological conditions are VMC:

Answer 64

The pilot can fly in VFR or IFR

Question 65

What SSR squawk should be set in a radio failure?

Answer 65

A7600

Question 66

What is the common radar separation minima used by an area control unit?

Answer 66

5Nm