Test Review Questions Flashcards
What conditions are conducive to the formation of rime ice on an airfoil?
1) Low temperatures, 2)lesser amounts of liquid 3) water, low velocities, and small droplets.
What conditions are conducive to the formation of clear ice on an airfoil?
1) Temperatures close to the freezing point, 2) large amounts of liquid water, 3) high aircraft velocities, 4) and large droplets.
What is a VFR Way Point?
predetermined geographical point depicted on a chart for transitioning and/or circumventing controlled
Can you file the VFR waypoints into your IFR flight plan?
VFR waypoints may not be used on IFR flight plans.
What obstacle clearance and navigation signal coverage is a pilot assured with the Minimum Sector Altitudes depicted on the IAP charts?
1,000 feet within a 25 NM radius of the navigation facility but not acceptable navigation signal coverage.
What is FDC NOTAM?
1) disseminate regulatory information
2) temporary flight restrictions
3) Amendments to published IAPs and other current aeronautical charts.
Which weather phenomenon signals the beginning of the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
The start of rain at the surface.
What 4 actions to take if an airplane starts to accumulate ice?
- Move to an altitude with significantly colder temperatures;
- Move to an altitude with temperatures that are above freezing;
- Fly to an area clear of visible moisture
- Change heading and fly to an area of known nonicing conditions.
Before beginning any flight under IFR, the pilot in command must become familiar with all available information concerning that flight including:
including runway lengths at airports of intended use and the takeoff and landing distance information.
Maximum downdrafts in a microburst encounter may be as strong as
The downdrafts in a microburst can be as strong as 6,000 feet per minute.
Thrust is managed to maintain IAS, and glide slope is being flown. What characteristics should be observed when a headwind shears to be a constant tailwind?
PITCH ATTITUDE: Decreases; REQUIRED THRUST: Increased, then reduced; VERTICAL SPEED: Increases; IAS: Decreases, then increases to approach speed.
What is the follwoing?
MSA Minumum Sector Altitude
What are the mendotry airport signs?
The primary purpose of runway end identifier lights, installed at many airfields, is to provide
rapid identification of the approach end of the runway during reduced visibility.
What is the purpose of an ILS critical area marking sign?
That you are clear of the ILS critical area.
What is chevron marks?
show pavement areas aligned with the runway that are unusable for landing, takeoff, and taxiing.
Chevrons are yellow
Which runway marking indicates a displaced threshold on an instrument runway?
White arrows are located along the centerline in the area between the beginning of the runway and displaced
Which type of runway lighting consists of a pair of synchronized flashing lights, one on each side of the runway threshold?
REIL.
The MALSR (Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights) is
a medium approach intensity lighting system (ALS) installed in airport runway approach zones along the extended centerline of the runway.
High Intensity Runway Lights HIRL
like other runway edge light systems, are used to outline the edges of runways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions.
Which approach and landing objective is assured when the pilot remains on the proper glidepath of the VASI?
The visual glide path of the VASI provides safe obstruction clearance within plus or minus 10° of the extended runway centerline and to 4 NM from the runway threshold.
If an approach is being made to a runway that has an operating 3 bar VASI and all the VASI lights appear red as the aircraft reaches the MDA, the pilot should
level off momentarily to intercept the proper approach path.
What colors are runway holding position signs?
Runway holding position signs are mandatory instruction signs which have a red background with a white inscription.
pilot becomes a bit high on the glide path, 2 bars VASI will be
the far bar will start a turn from red to white.
If on the glide path, the near bars will appear _______, and the far bars will appear ______
If on the glide path, the near bars will appear white, and the far bars will appear red.
Explain the following
