RADAR SYMBOLS

Question 1

VOR, VORTAC

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Answer 1

EMPTY CIRCLE

Question 2

RADIO BEACON

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Answer 2

SLANTED SKINNY OVAL

Question 3

FIX, INTERSECTION

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Answer 3

CROSS

Question 4

MAJOR AIRPORT

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Answer 4

EMPTY SQUARE

Question 5

MINOR AIRPORT

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Answer 5

LOOKS LIKE HALF A BOX OR UPSIDE DOWN L

Question 6

EMERGENCY AIRPORT

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Answer 6

SQUARE WITH A FORWARD SLANT THROUGH IT

Question 7

TACAN

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Answer 7

CIRCLE WITH SMALLER CIRCLE INSIDE

Question 8

FIXED OBSTRUCTION

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Answer 8

X WITH A LINE OVER THE TOP

Question 9

UNPAIRED PRIMARY

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Answer 9

DOT OR + SIGN

Question 10

PAIRED PRIMARY

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Answer 10

X

paired means it has flight plan info we can pull up

Question 11

UNPAIRED BEACON

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Answer 11

/

unable to see type of aircraft or route of flight

Question 12

PAIRED BEACON

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Answer 12

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Question 13

IDENTING BEACON

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Answer 13

AN EQUALS SIGN WITH A THIRD LINE

Question 14

MODE C INTRUDER
(MCI) UNPAIRED TRACK ELIGIBLE FOR CONFLICT ALERT

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Answer 14

LOOKS LIKE A CURSOR SYMBOL

Question 15

CODE 1200 BEACON

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Answer 15

V

Question 16

REDUCED SEPARATION (3 mile)

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Answer 16

SOLID BLACK CIRCLE

Question 17

FLAT TRACK

(FLIGHT PLAN AIDED TRACKING)

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Answer 17

DIAMOND

5x12 BOUNDARY

Question 18

FREE TRACK

(USE OF RADAR DATA WITHOUT THE USE OF FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION)

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Answer 18

TRIANGLE

INDICATES OUTSIDE THE 5X12 PARAMETER

Question 19

COAST TRACK

(TRACKING PROGRAM HAS LOST CONTACT WITH THE RADAR TARGET)

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Answer 19

#

Question 20

FROZEN DATA BLOCK

(A/C’s TRACK IS FROZEN AT ITS PRESENT POSITION)

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Answer 20

SAND CLOCK SHAPE

Question 21

HOLD AT A FIX OR PRESENT POSITION HOLD

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Answer 21

H

Question 22

WHAT IS MEANT BY “PAIRED” AND “UNPAIRED” TARGET SYMBOLS?

Answer 22

TARGET IS CONSIDERED PAIRED WHEN THE COMPUTER CORRELATES THE PREDICTED POSITION, SPEED AND HEADING WITH THE ACTUAL RADAR RETURN USING THE FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION.

UNPAIRED: NOT CORRELATING THE AIRCRAFT WITH A FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION AND IS USING DATA ONLY.

FOR UNPAIRED TARGETS: A DOT INDICATES A WEAK TARGET AND A PLUS INDICATES A STRONG TARGET.

Question 23

AN UNPAIRED BEACON TARGET IS DISPLAYED AS

Answer 23

/

Question 24

THE SYMBOL FOR A PAIRED PRIMARY TARGET IS

Answer 24

X

THERE IS NO MODE C

Question 25

THE SYMBOL FOR A PAIRED BEACON TARGET IS

Answer 25

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