instruments exam 1

Question 1

contains all information for north and South American nations area planning procedures

Answer 1

AP1 (area planning)

Question 2

AP/1 publication cycle

Answer 2

24 weeks

Question 3

OROCA

Answer 3

off route obstruction clearance altitude; 1000 foot clearance in non mountainous terrain, 2000 ft mountainous

Question 4

basis for helicopter control during instrument flight

Answer 4

proper instrument interpretation

Question 5

aircraft performance is achieved by controlling the aircraft’s: (2)

Answer 5

attitude and power.

elements of aircraft control

Question 6

aircraft control instruments

Answer 6

attitude indicator and torque indicator (first limit indicator)

Question 7

3 categories of flight instruments

Answer 7

control (immediate update)
performance (slight lag in update)
navigation (slight lag in update)

Question 8

pitch instruments

Answer 8

airspeed indicator
attitude indicator
altimeter
vertical speed indicator

Question 9

bank instruments

Answer 9

attitude indicator
heading indicator
magnetic compass
turn and slip indicator

Question 10

power

Answer 10

airspeed indicator

torque indicator

Question 11

3 fundamental pilot skills

Answer 11

instrument cross check, interpretation, and aircraft control

Question 12

3 crosscheck errors

Answer 12

fixation
omission
emphasis

Question 13

standard rate turn

Answer 13

3 degrees per second

Question 14

2 types of turns

Answer 14

normal (standard rate/ half standard) or steep (anything greater than standard rate/ greater than 30 degrees)

Question 15

formula for standard rate turn

Answer 15

TAS / 10 + half of the result

Question 16

GPS segments

Answer 16

space (satellites)
control (stations and ground antennas)
user (avionics, gps receivers)

Question 17

reception limits of naviads:
terminal
low altitude
high altitude

Answer 17

T- 25 NM up to 12000 feet AGL
L- 40 NM up to 18000 feet AGL
HA- 40 NM below 14500, 100 NM 14500 to 60k AGL, 130 NM 18k-45k agl

Question 18

IFR flight will not be attempted without correcting source of error if it is in excess of ____ degrees indicated through ground check of _____ degrees using airborne check or _____ degree for VOR sending signal

Answer 18

4 ground
6 airborne
1 VOR

Question 19

on FSS stations (R) or T mean

Answer 19

FSS can RECIEVE only or TRANSMIT only on that station respectively

Question 20

airspace depictions on IFR map: B and C, mode C veil

Answer 20

B: shaded light blue with solid blue line around it
C: shaded light blue with dashed line around it
mode C veil: white space outlined in solid blue

Question 21

what tells you if you are inbound or outbound

Answer 21

to/from indicator

Question 22

flight toward a navaid, without corrective ting for wind, by adjusting the aircraft heading to maintain a relative bearing of zero degrees

Answer 22

homing

Question 23

what controls affect attitude?

Answer 23

cyclic and pedals

Question 24

types of NAVAIDS used by army aviators

Answer 24

ground based (VOR) and space based (GPS)

Question 25

T/F when filing a flight plan you must notify ATC of highest navigational capability

Answer 25

true

Question 26

signal that VOR emits

Answer 26

RADIALS (1 for each degree on compass rose)

Question 27

DOD FLIP that will give you definitions of aviation terms

Answer 27

General Planning

Question 28

_____________ gives you definitions form terms found in other DOD flips

Answer 28

General Planning

Question 29

_____________ gives you definitions form terms found in other DOD flips

Answer 29

General Planning

Question 30

FLIP for approach information

Answer 30

TLA (DOD) / TPP (FAA)

Question 31

airport specific information for planning is found in what flip

Answer 31

FIH (flight information handbook

Question 32

is every airport in IFR supplement also in AP1?

Answer 32

no

Question 33

FLIP reference for NOTAMS

Answer 33

FIH (flight information handbook)

Question 34

is 2 way radio failure an emergency? and what DOD FLIP would tell you what to do in that situation?

Answer 34

yes. FIH

Question 35

flip that tells you whether a VOR is low or high altitude

Answer 35

IFR Supplement

Question 36

underlined VOR frequency means ________

Answer 36

no comms available

Question 37

brown, blue and green airports, which ones have ifs approach procedures available?

Answer 37

blue and green

Question 38

HSI

Answer 38

horizontal situation indicator

Question 39

RMI

Answer 39

radial magnetic indicator

Question 40

CDI

Answer 40

course deviation indicator

Question 41

bearing pointer refers to which indicator

Answer 41

RMI

Question 42

wind drift correction

Answer 42

under 90 kts: 30 degrees
over 90 its: 20 degrees

then apply half of initial correction

too little correction: repeat first trial

too much correction: parallel, wait to be pushed back then decrease correction on next trial

Question 43

MEA vs MOCA

Answer 43

Minimum enroute altitude covers entire route, minimum obstacle clearance altitude (22NM/ 25 SM from VOR)