R Reviewer Flashcards by Loren Bendana

A radio service between specified fixed points provided primarily for the safety of air navigation and operation is called—

Aeronautical Fixed Service

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Aircraft stations are allowed to contact—

Aeronautical Ground Stations

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Aircraft stations are not allowed to carry—

Commercial Messages

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An instrument used to determine the range, altitude, direction or speed of an aircraft

Radar

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It is established to provide safe, orderly, expeditious flower of traffic in vicinity of an airport.

Air Traffic Control / Control Tower

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Equipment that automatically alerts Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities through the COSPAS SARSAT system. It provides accurate, timely, and reliable distress alert and location information to help SAR authorities assist persons in distress.

Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT)

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Critical link between the aircraft and the control tower is known as—

Radio Communication

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To minimize and avoid interference, an operator must—

Listen first before transmitting

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In a noisy environment, how do you call through radio?

Cup microphone and speak normally

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What is the radio equipment capable of giving horizontal preference to guide an aircraft before and after landing?

Instrument Landing System (ILS)

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Which is not a radio navigational aid?

Volt Ohmmeter

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Stations can be identified through its—

Callsign

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In radio phraseology, this means you have received the last transmission from the transmitting station.

ROGER

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In radio phraseology, this means your instructions were received, understood, and will be complied with.

WILCO

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Spoken at the end of transmission which indicated that you expect a response from the other station.

OVER

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A certificate used to describe whether an aircraft has been certified as suitable for safe flight is called—

Certificate of Airworthiness

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The Republic Act 3846 as amended is better known as the—

Radio Control Law

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What is the provision of the radio control law which states that the comment of any radio should be divulged only to the addressee?

Secrecy of Communications

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Secrecy of communication must be observed by operators or stations except?

Broadcast Stations

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What is the minimum requirement in order to qualify for RROC examination?

Holder of Aircraft Pilot License (SPL)

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Where should an operator certificate be placed?

Must be carried along by radio operator at all times

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During flight, one of the cabin crew becomes seriously ill. In order to land promptly and obtain medical assistance, the aircraft captain should prefix the message with?

PAN PANPAN

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In as serious aircraft system failure that require immediate change in route or altitude, what is the initial communication?

PAN PANPAN

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Transmission from one station in another station in circumstances where two-way communication cannot be established but it is believed that the call station is able to receive the information

Blind Transmission

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The key to communication at airport without an operating control tower is—

Selection of correct common frequency

Is the international expression to indicate that silence has been imposed on the frequency due to a distress situation. The aeronautical phrase is “stop transmitting”

SEELOENCE

International expression to indicate the distress situation has ended.

SeelonceFenee

Expression to be used by the station ins distress when imposing silence to any station causing interference.

SeelonceMayday

Priority of radio messages

Distress Urgent communications (relating to direction finding) Flight Safety Meteorology Flight regularity message

By means of a transmitter, this beacon serves to identify a particular location in the space along an airway or on the approach to an instrument.

Marker

A system that supports wide-area or regional augmentation through the use of additional satellite broadcast message.

Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

A point to point system that received sensor inputs and computes the best track between points.

Area Navigation (RNAV)

Determines the relative bearing from the aircraft to a ground-based transmitter

Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)

A radio receiver that is issued in new satellite-based system such as GNSS give today’s aircraft an unprecedented ability for high precision navigation and landing

Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR)

Tower response “with perfectly readable”

Signal Strength – 5

Tower response “with readable”

Signal Strength – 4

Tower response “with difficulty”

Signal Strength – 3

Tower response “with readable now and then”

Signal Strength – 2

Tower response “with unreadable”

Signal Strength – 1

Very Low Frequency

3 – 30 KHz

Low Frequency

30 – 300 KHz

Medium Frequency

300 – 3000 KHz

High Frequency

3 – 30 MHz

Very High Frequency

30 – 300 MHz

Ultra High Frequency

300 – 3000 MHz

Super High Frequency

3 – 30 GHz

Extremely High Frequency

30 – 300 GHz

Steady Green - Ground

Cleared for TO

Steady Green - Air

Cleared to Land

Flashing Green - Ground

Cleared for Taxi

Flashing Green - Air

Return for Landing

Steady Red - Ground

STOP

Steady Red - Air

Give way to other aircraft and continue circling

Flashing Red - Ground

Taxi clear from the landing area / Runway in use

Flashing Red - Air

Airport unsafe, do not land

Flashing white - ground

Return to starting point of the airport

Flashing white - air

n / a

Flashing red and green

Exercise Extreme Caution

What control should be adjusted to reduce the noise while the receiver is at standby?

Squelch

What controls are allowed to be adjusted by the aircraft radio operator?

On/Off Switch and Volume Control switch

The band ideal for short distance terrestrial communication is?

30-300Mhz

Pilot who was born on April 30, 1970 need to renew his license which expire on 2006. When should he file his license under the provision of Radio Laws and Regulations?

March 30, 2006

The Civilian Aircraft Emergency frequency for voice distress alert is?

121.5 MHz

What frequency band is not allowed for Aeronautical Service?

200-216 MHz

The frequency range for audio frequency signal is?

30 Hz – 30 kHz

What is the international radiotelephony urgency call?

Pan

The Extreme High Frequency runs the range of frequencies in?

30 – 300 GHz

The Control Law is commonly called?

RA 3846

What is the international Radiotelephony safety signal?

Securite

It is the number and/or letter combination assigned by the NTC to provide positive identification to radio stations?

Call Sign

A condition of being threatened by grave and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance is?

Distress

The spoken word for the distress relay signal is?

MAYDAY RELAY

A certificate used to describe whether an aircraft has been certified as suitable for flight is called?

Airworthiness

One of the basic components of the radio stations that converts electrical energy to sound energy is?

Speaker

An instrument used to determine range, altitude, or speed of an aircraft is known as?

Radar

If it is 2:00 om in Manila, what is the Universal Standard Time?

6:00 AM

A surcharge equivalent to ___% shall be imposed for the renewal of an operator license or permit if the application is filed 365 days beyond it expiration date

100%

The key to communication at an airport without an operating control tower is?

Selection of the correct common frequency

The military aircraft emergency frequency for voice distress alerting is?

243 Mhz

What is the penalty for a corporation who violates the provision of the central law “thrice”?

Php 15,000

High Frequency band is?

3-30 Mhz

The call to a station shall be made on a designated?

Calling Frequency

For every year that a Radio Operator License had expired and filed for renewal, a surcharge equivalent to ___ shall be charged in addition to the regular annual license.

100%

A service used for navigation, obstruction warning, instrument landing, and measurement of altitude and range

Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service

What is the provision of Radio Control Law which states that the content of the radio message shall not be divulged to any unauthorized person?

Secrecy of Communication

The National Telecommunication Commission of the Philippines is headed by?

Director

What should be done before transmitting over a radio to avoid interference?

Listen before transmitting

Any specifications for physical characteristics, configurations, performance, personnel or procedure, the uniform application of which recognized as desirable on the interest of safety, regularity, or efficient international navigation is called?

Rules and Regulation

What is the specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate is to ensure the safety, efficient, and orderly evolution of International Civil Aviation?

ICAO

The decameter band, known as sky wave propagation is?

3-30 Mhz

Aircraft PR123 is requesting a signal check from manila Tower. How should Manila Tower respond if the signal is readable?

PAPA ROMEO WUN TOO TREE. THIS IS MANILA TOWER READING YOU, STRENGTH FOUR. OVER

Aircraft PR123 is requesting a signal check from manila Tower. How should Manila Tower respond if the signal is readable but with difficulty?

PAPA ROMEO WUN TOO TREE. THIS IS MANILA TOWER READING YOU, STRENGTH THREE. OVER

VHF Band for International Distress Frequency is?

121.5 MHz

When operations are of different time zone, how should the date and the time of the day be expressed if it is 4:20pm (EST) of the 16th day of the month?

161620E

An aircraft station that is not in distress should transmit the distress message only when?

The person in command of the station unit in distress believes further help is necessary

UHF Band is?

300-3000 Mhz

In the condition concerning the safety or the aircraft/vehicle/person on-board but does not require immediate assistance is?

Urgency

How to pronounce 121.5?

WUN TOO WUN DAY- SEE-MAL FIFE

What is the correct priority of radio messages in the aeronautical service?

Distress, Urgent communications (relating to direction finding), Flight safety, Meteorology, Flight regularity message

What is normally used for ATIS broadcast?

Discrete VHF Frequency and/or VOR

When making initial contact with air control tower, the pilot of the aircraft CESSNA – NBZQ should say this?

NOVEMBER BRAVO ZULU QUEBEC

If your transmission has ended and a reply is expected from a ground station, the last word of your transmission is?

Over

What do you call when we are experiencing distress?

MAYDAY 3x

What do you call when you get a weather report?

AIREP

keyword: “air collision”

Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System / Airborne Collision Avoidance System (TCAS/ACAS)

Upon a distress call, all stations should :

Cease all transmission interfering with distress traffic

What should be done to the radio transmission before ditching an aircraft?

Set for continuous emission

What is the agreed upon frequency where stations attempt to contact each other?

Calling Frequency

What is the frequency move onto once the contact is established?

Working Frequency

What is the International Distress Frequency?

2182 KHz (IDF)

What is the international organization which coordinates and formulates telecommunication?

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

What is the agency responsible of all radio stations and radio operation in the Philippines?

National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

What should a radio license holder do if his original operator certificate is lost?

File immediately an application for duplicate in NTC

Which case may be grounds for the revocation of radio operator certificate?

Willful false statement made in the application for

The regulatory agency was formed in _____ through former president Ferdinand Marcos’ Executive Order No. 546.

July 1979

Primarily responsible for the regulation and quasijudicial functions relative to the supervision, adjudication, and control of the country’s radio communications, telecommunications, and broadcast, including cable television (CATV) facilities and services.

National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

The NTC is headed by a commissioner appointed by the–

President of the Philippines

The Commissioner of NTC as of Feb. 2023 is

Ella Blanca Lopez

NTC is led by–

A commissioner and two deputy commissioners

NTC is under the administrative supervision of–

Department of Information and Communications Technology (DITC)

NTC’s powers are more defined in two major laws–

Radio Control Law / RA. 3846 ; Public Telecommunications Policy Act of 1995.

Radio service intended for the transmission of information relating to air navigation, preparation for, and safety of flight is called

Aeronautical Fixed Service

Radio communication between an aircraft and ground station is normally limited to:

Operational messages

Aircraft instrument that guides the aircraft horizontal alignment

Horizontal situation indicator

A radio station, ground or aircraft operated in the aeronautical communications service is called

Aeronautical Public Service Station

How should an aircraft flying over the sea signal its position

By latitude and longitude

After passing the exam, within what period of time is it required to file the application for operator’s certificate or permit?

1 year or 12 months