Lesson 3

Question 1

ATS personnel provide four distinctive types of services to pilots, vehicle operators, and other types of air and ground traffic. What are they?

Answer 1

Information Services
Advisory Services
Control Services
Alerting Services
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Question 2

What type of services do all ATS personnel provide?

Answer 2

All ATS personnel provide INFORMATION and ALERTING services.

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Question 3

What type of service is particular to Air traffic controllers?

Answer 3

Air traffic controllers provide CONTROL services.

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Question 4

What type of service is particular to Flight Service Specialists?

Answer 4

FSS provide advisory services but also provide control services to vehicles only.
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Question 5

What type of information is included in INFORMATION SERVICES? (name 2)

Answer 5

Traffic and advisory services
Adverse Weather conditions
Unserviceability of navigation aids
Alerting services
Flight hazards
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Question 6

Under the umbrella of INFORMATION SERVICES are the Flight information service enroute (FISE) and pilot briefing service (PBS). What is the main difference between both and who provides this service?

Answer 6

FISE includes the provision of information about conditions - ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT - that are likely to make operations unfeasible or hazardous.
PBS is to ensure that pilots receive all pertinent aeronautical and meteorological information prior to flight.

Both are provided by Flight Service Specialists working in FICs.
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Question 7

What type of information is included with Advisory Service? (give 2 examples)

Answer 7

Airport Advisory Service (AAS) includes information on local weather and traffic, runway conditions, wind, and altimeter, as well as emergency assistance.
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Question 8

What is the difference between Airport advisory service (AAS) and Remote Airport Advisory service (RAAS)?

Answer 8

RAAS is similar to AAS, the difference being that RAAS is provided remotely.

Question 9

Define Control Services

Answer 9

Control services ensure separation between aircraft in the air, vehicles on the ground, or both.

Question 10

The objective of control services is to maintain a _____, _____, and _____ flow of traffic that is under control of their unit.

Answer 10

The objective of control services is to maintain a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic that is under control of their unit.

Question 11

Other than ATC or ground controllers who else can provide Vehicle Control Services (VCS)?

Answer 11

Flight Service Specialists at airport advisory sites

Question 12

Control Services are divided into 4 subcategories. What are they?

Answer 12

Vehicle Control Service is meant to eliminate the potential for collision between ground traffic and aircraft on the manoeuvering area.
Airport Control Service is provided by controllers working at airport control towers.
Terminal Control Service provided by terminal controllers
Area Control Service is provided by enroute controllers

Question 13

Define Alerting Services

Answer 13

Alerting services are provided by ATS units to notify the appropriate safety services organizations about aircraft in need of search and rescue aid, and to assist such organizations as required.

Question 14

Define FIC

Answer 14

Flight Information Center (FIC) - There are 7 throughout Canada each providing services to a very large area. An FIC is not associated with a single airport or a specific flight information region (FIR).

Question 15

Define FSS

Answer 15

Flight Service Station (FSS) is usually located at a smaller airport with a lower density of traffic. Similar to a FIC, it is also staffed by flight service specialists.

Question 16

A flight service specialist working at an FSS or a FIC is identified as what when communicating on a frequency?

Answer 16

A flight service specialist working at an FSS or FIC is identified as RADIO when communicating on a frequency

Question 17

Canada is divided into seven flight information regions. What are they?

Answer 17

Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal. Moncton and Gander.

Question 18

Define ACC

Answer 18

Area Control Center

Question 19

Each ACC is divided into smaller sections, called _____.

Each specialty is divided into even smaller units, called _____.

Answer 19

Each ACC is divided into smaller sections, called specialties.
Each specialty is divided into even smaller units, called sectors.

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