Radio Telephony License Flashcards

1
Q

Every pilot operating a radio must hold a ____________________________.

A

Restricted Radio Operator Certificate (RROC)

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2
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This must be carried along by the operator at all times while on duty

A

Radio Operator License

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3
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Signal frequency and acronym of Very Low Frequency

A

VLF, 3 kHz - 30 kHz

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4
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Signal frequency and acronym of Low Frequency

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LF, 30kHz - 300 kHz

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5
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Signal frequency and acronym of Medium Frequency

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MF, 300 kHz - 3 MHz

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6
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Signal frequency and acronym of High Frequency

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HF, 3 MHz - 30 MHz

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7
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Signal frequency and acronym of Very High Frequency

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VHF, 30 MHz - 300 MHz

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8
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Signal frequency and acronym of Ultra High Frequency

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UHF, 300 MHz - 3 GHz

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9
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Signal frequency and acronym of Super High Frequency

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SHF, 3 GHz - 30 GHz

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10
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Signal frequency and acronym of Extremely High Frequency

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EHF, 30 GHz - 300 GHz

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11
Q

This is associated with VOR/DME or vortac, tells distance, ground speed and time (UHF)

A

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

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12
Q

This is a condition of being threatened by grave and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance

A

Distress

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13
Q

State the three characteristics of a distress call

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  1. Threatened by grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance
  2. Aware that an aircraft, ship or other vehicle is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance; Passengers aboard
  3. The distress call shall not be addressed to a particular station and acknowledgement of receipt shall not be given before the distress message is sent.
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14
Q

What is the distress signal?

A

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

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15
Q

What is the urgency communications?

A

PAN PAN PAN

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16
Q

What is needed for possible assistance needed?

A

Urgency Call

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17
Q

What is the international expression?

A

SEELONCE

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18
Q

What expression should the station in distress, or the station in control shall use?

A

SEELONCE MAYDAY

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19
Q

This is spoken at the end of the transmission to indicate to other station that it is their turn to transmit ‘my transmission is ended and i expect a response from you

A

OVER

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20
Q

This is acknowledging that message has been received?

A

ROGER

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21
Q

Will comply at the earliest possible time - instructor received, understood and will comply with

A

WILCO

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22
Q

This is the actual weather conditions report encountered by aircraft while in flight

A

AIREP (aircraft report or air report)

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23
Q

What are the information found on AIREP?

A
  • Position Information
  • Operational Information
  • Meteorological Information
  • Routine Met Observations
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24
Q

This is normally used in ATIS Broadcast

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VOR (Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range)

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25
Q

What does ATIS mean?

A

Automatic Terminal Information Service

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26
Q

Convert 4:20 pm 16th day of the month to Eastern Standard Time (EST)

A

161620E (DAY-TIME 24H - DIRECTION)

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27
Q

State the readability scale/ radio strength

A
  1. Unreadable - Scarcely perceptible
  2. Readable now and then - Weak
  3. Readable but with difficulty - Fairly good
  4. Readable - Good
  5. Perfectly readable - Very good
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28
Q

How to read 121.5 and Cessna NBQZ?

A

WUN TOO TUN DAY SEE MAL FIVE AND NOVEMBER BRAVO QUEBEC ZULU

29
Q

This is when a pilot is uncertain whether his radio transmissions are being received, but continues to make radio calls

A

Blind Transmission

30
Q

A pilot would do this if he were in distress in a remote area and unable to make contact with ATC, or if he were in controlled airspace with a malfunctioning radio

A

Blind Transmission

31
Q

This is ICAO requirements relating to the implementation of safety management systems (SMS) require that aviation service providers develop and maintain a formal process for effectively collecting, recording, acting on and generating feedback about hazards in operations, based on a combination of reactive, proactive and predictive methods of safety data collection

A

MOR (Mandatory Occurence Reporting)

32
Q

The station in distress or the station in control of distress traffic, may impose silence on all stations in the area or on any station that interferes with the distress traffic. It shall address that instructions to “all stations”, or to one station only as appropriate

A

SEELONCE DISTRESS

33
Q

Announced when distress is over and normal radio working can be resumes; Silence is no longer required; Distress traffic ended; Emergency situation has been concluded and the channel may now be used normally

A

SEELONCE FEENEE or SEEONCE PRUDENCE

34
Q

This is a safety signal used as a preface to announce a navigation safety message. This may be an approaching storm, a navigation light failure, a submerged log in a harbor entrance or military gunnery practice in the area

A

Sécurité

35
Q

What is the distress frequency for International Maritime Distress and Calling Frequency for Radio Telephony?

A

2182 kHz

36
Q

What is the distress frequency for International Aeronautical Emergency Frequency?

A

121.5 MHz

37
Q

What is the frequency for NATO (National Atlantic Treaty Org.), combined distress and emergency frequency, military emergency frequency

A

243.0 MHz

38
Q

When should an aircraft station that is not in distress transmit the distress message?

A

First: The station in distress is not in a position to transmit the message; or

Second: The person in command of the station not in distress believes that further help is necessary

Third: Although not in a position to render assistance, the aircraft station has heard a distress message which has not been acknowledged

39
Q

State the priority of traffic/ radio call

A
  1. Distress
  2. Urgency
  3. Direction Finding
  4. Flight Safety
  5. Meteorological
  6. Flight Regularity
40
Q

This may be sent from the vessel in distress

A

SEELONCE MAYDAY

41
Q

This may only be sent from a station which is not participating in the emergency traffic

A

SEELONCE DISTRESS

42
Q

This is when distress traffic ended. Emergency situation has been concluded and the channel may now be used

A

SEELONCE FEENEE

43
Q

This is a radio service intended for the transmission of information relating to air navigation preparation for and safety of flight

A

Aeronautical Fixed Service

44
Q

Aircraft station are allowed to contact

A

Aeronautical Ground Station

45
Q

The VHF universal simplex channel for emergency and distress communication

A

121.5 MHz

46
Q

Controls that are allowed to be adjusted by an aircraft radio operator

A

Channel Selector Switch Volume Control, and On and Off Switch

47
Q

The international radio telephone urgency signal

A

PAN PAN PAN

48
Q

What is the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) frequency?

A

121.5 MHz / 243 MHz

49
Q

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

A

Selection of the correct common frequency

50
Q

What is the minimum requirement set by the NTC to qualify for RROC- Aircraft Examination

A

An Aircraft Pilot Student License

51
Q

An alternating red and green light from the control tower indicates?

A

Exercise extreme caution

52
Q

It is established to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic on and in the vicinity of an airport

A

Control Tower

53
Q

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

A

Marker Beacon

54
Q

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

A

Satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS)

55
Q

Equipment that automatically alert 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

A

Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT)

56
Q

The international expression to indicate that silence has been imposed on the frequency due to distress situation is

A

MAYDAY

57
Q

Radio receiver that is used as a precision runway-approach aid based on two radio beams which together - - provide pilots with both vertical and horizontal guidance during the landing approach

A

Instrument Landing System (ILS)

58
Q

Aircraft PR123 is requesting a signal check from Manila Tower, How should Tower respond if the signal is unreadable

A

Papa Romeo wun too tree. This is Manila Tower reading you Strength One Over

59
Q

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

A

Listen before transmitting

60
Q

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

A

PAN PAN PAN

61
Q

A radio receiver that is used in new satellite-based system such as GNSS give todays aircraft an unprecedented ability for high precision navigating and landing

A

Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR)

62
Q

Determines the relative altitude and proximity of surrounding aircraft and provides warning if the risk of mid-air collision is present

A

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

63
Q

An umbrella term for a range of technologies that can help airspace users to be more aware of other airspace users of other aircraft in the same airspace

A

Electronics Conspicuity Device

64
Q

During a flight, the aircraft station to contact should be

A

Radio Station

65
Q

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

A

PAN PAN PAN

66
Q

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

A

Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)

67
Q

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

A

Secrecy of radio message

68
Q

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

A

Airworthiness

69
Q

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

A

Area Navigation (AREA NAV or RNAV)