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Radio Exam Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 8 priority of communication over radio?

A 
Distress communication
Urgency communications 
Radio direction finding 
Flight safety
Weather related 
Flight regularity
United Nations 
Government
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2
Q

Who is the controlling station between an aircraft station and a ground station?

A

Ground station

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3
Q

Who is the controlling station between aircraft?

A

The aircraft being called in the controlling station

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4
Q

What time format is used over radio?

A

24 hour

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5
Q

What time zone is used over radio?

A

Zulu (AKA UTC or GMT)

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6
Q

How is the following expressed over radio?

Noon (EST) of the 16th day of the month

A

161200 E

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7
Q

How is the following expressed over radio?

2:45 a.m. (PST) of the 24th day of the month

A

240245 P

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8
Q

What are the alphabets called over radio from A to Z

A

…

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9
Q

How do we say 9 over radio?

A

niner

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10
Q 
How to say the following numbers over radio?
10
75
100
5000
5400
11000
68009
A 
10 = one zero 
75 = sever five 
100 = one zero zero 
5000 = five thousand 
5400 = five four zero zero 
11000 = one one thousand 
68009 = six eight zero zero nine
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11
Q

How do we report ASL 2400ft over radio

A

Two thousand four hundred

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12
Q

How are aircraft numbers/flight numbers, wind, and cloud formation height reported?

Flight 320
DC10
34BKN
Wind 270/10

A

Flight three twenty
DC ten
thirty four hundred broken
Wing two seventy at ten

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13
Q

How do we report time?
0920Z
09

A

Zero niner two zero Zulu

nine minutes past the hour

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14
Q

How do we report aerodrome elevations?
150ft
3500ft

A

One five zero

Three thousand five zero zero

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15
Q

What must the operator hearing reply to indicate they are ready to receive a message?

A

Go ahead

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16
Q

What must the operator hearing reply to indicate that they are not yet ready to receive?

A

Stand by

17
Q

what must the station operator do if they are unsure of the called is intended for them?

A

They should not reply until the call has been repeated and understood.

18
Q

What must be done if a correction is to be made?

A

If corrections are required, “Correction” followed by the last correct word or phrase, then the correct version

19
Q

What is the key word required for a message to be repeated?

A

Say again

20
Q

What are the 4 say agains?

A

Say again
Say again before ___
Say again ___ to ____
Say again after ____

21
Q

What is the scale used to measure the quality for radio communication?

A

1 - 5

5 being the best

22
Q

What are the 3 types of signal check?

A

Signal check
Preflight check
Maintenance check

23
Q

What is the difference between distress and urgency call?

A

Distress: A condition of being threatened by grave and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate
assistance.

Urgency: A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of someone on board or
within sight, but which does not require immediate assistance.

24
Q

What frequency must the distress call be made?What is there is no acknowledgement

A

Air to ground frequency in use at the time

121.5 Mhz

25
Q

Who is the distress called addressed to?

A

Nobody

26
Q

What must a distress message contain? (8 elements)

A 
Distress signal (Mayday)
Call sign 
What happened 
Intentions
Airspeed, altitude, heading 
Number of souls on board 
Assistance required 
Call sign
27
Q

What must be done if the distress acknowledgment inst received?

A

Repeat the message in intervals or until no long feasible

28
Q

What must a station do that has heard an unacknowledged distress message, and is not in a position to render
assistance?

A

Take all possible steps to attract the attention of other stations that are in a position to
assist.

29
Q

What are the five steps that must be taken by the aircraft sending the distress call?

A
  1. transmit the distress call;
  2. transmit the distress message;
  3. listen for acknowledgment of receipt;
  4. exchange further distress traffic as applicable;
  5. activate automatic emergency equipment (i.e. emergency locator transmitter (ELT)) if available and
    when appropriate.
30
Q

Aircraft station that is not in distress should transmit the distress message when?

A
  • The station in distress cannot transmit its message
  • The person in command of the station not in distress believes that further help is necessary
  • Not in a position to render assistance, the aircraft station has heard a distress message which
    has not been acknowledged.
31
Q

What is the experession used by the controlling station or station in distress to silence other radio comms?

A

Seelonce Mayday

32
Q

What is the experession used to silience other near stations?

A

Seelonce Distress

33
Q

Who issues resumption of normal operations once the distress is cancelled?

A

The station controlling the distress station

34
Q

What must be spoken at the beginning of the first urgency communication?

A

PanPan three times

35
Q

After when must other normal operation commence?

A

After at least three minutes on the frequency

which the signal was heard.

36
Q

Who cancels the pan pan ?

A

Station responsible for transmission

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