COMMS PROCEDURE

Question 1

All information pertaining to airports such as categories, hours of operations, runway lengths, aerodrome categories can be found in what document?

Answer 1

AIP

Question 2

The messages accepted for transmission by the aeronautical telecommunications service where those messages specified in the ____________.

Answer 2

Categories of message

Question 3

Hindrances to communications may be in the form of noise, interference, language barrier, and media failure. What is/are other hindrances may affect effective communication?

Answer 3

Power Failure

Question 4

A one-way communication from aircraft to stations or locations on the surface of the earth.

Answer 4

Air-Ground communication

Question 5

To what category of message do Flight Plan, Departure and Arrival messages belong?

Answer 5

Flight Safety Messages

Question 6

Distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting the phrase - _______________.

Answer 6

“Distress traffic ended”

Question 7

The phase of an aircraft considered to be in a state of emergency when an aircraft fails to arrive thirty (30) minutes to its destination is called _______________.

Answer 7

INCERFA

Question 8

The interpilot air-to-air communication shall be established on the air-to-air channel frequency which is:

Answer 8

123.45 MHz

Question 9

The factor to be considered in determining the approximate wind direction of an aerodrome wherein no available wind direction instrument in an aerodrome advisory service.

Answer 9

Trees

Question 10

The transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations is called

Answer 10

Blind Transmission

Question 11

The transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations called

Answer 11

Blind Transmission

Question 12

What is the readability scale of the aircraft transmission if a pilot requests a ‘Radio Check’ to an aeronautical station and receives a reply of two (2)?

Answer 12

Readable now and then

Question 13

The international AFTN station directly connected to the Manila AFTN is
a. Ho Chi Minh AFTN Station
b. Bangkok AFTN Station
c. Singapore AFTN Station
d. Hong Kong AFTN Station

Answer 13

Ho Chi Minh AFTN station

Question 14

A notification distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning aeronautical facilities, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.

Answer 14

NOTAM

Question 15

The third letter in the assignment of Location Indicator shall be:

Answer 15

Assigned within the State or territory where the communication center is situated

Question 16

Who can terminate distress communications and silence conditions?

Answer 16

Pilot-in-Command

Question 17

How should flight level FL280 be transmitted?

Answer 17

flight level two eight zero

Question 18

The distress communications have absolute priority over all other communucations; and a station aware of them shall not transmit on the frequency concerned, unless
a. the distress is cancelled or the distress traffic is terminated;
b. all distress traffic has been transferred to other frequencies;
c. the station controlling communications gives permission;
d. all of the above

Answer 18

ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 19

What is the three-letter aircraft designator for ‘ETIHAD’?

Answer 19

ETD

Question 20

Which State or Territory is classified according to ICAO AFSRA for letter ‘A’?

Answer 20

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Question 21

The addressee line must be limited to a maximum ________ addressees per one aeronautical message to be transmitted.

Answer 21

21

Question 22

True or False. To establish contact with an aeronautical station, the procedure on call and reply shall commence.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or False. Simultaneous calls made by several aircraft stations shall be decided by the aeronautical station in the order of priority in which aircraft shall communicate.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True or False. QSO means ‘Communicate or contact’.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False. BIRDS can be considered as a factor in determining the approximate wind direction at an aerodrome wherein no available wind direction instrument in an aerodrome advisory service.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

True or False. The first letter of the location indicator shall be the letter assigned by the ICAO body according to its continent.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

True or False. The letter 'N' cannot be assigned as 2nd, 3rd and 4th letter in the assignment of location indicator because the AFTN computer system rejects duplication of characters.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

True or False. Letter 'R' in the AFSRA represents State within the West Pacific area.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or False. A station shall continue listening watch for 2 minutes after transmitting his intention of closing down the station and may close down if it has received no calls during the period.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or False. In voice communications, transmission of long messages is not allowed provided that the messages to be transmitted be divided into parts and accepted by the receiver.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

True or False. Movement and control messages will fail under the flight safety messages categorization.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

What information shall be entered in written logs?

Answer 32

What information shall be entered in written logs? a. the name of the agency operating the station; b. the identification of the station; c. the date; d. the time of opening and closing the station; e. the signature of each operator, with the time the operator assumes and relinquishes a watch; f. the frequencies being guarded and type of watch (continuous or scheduled) being maintained on each frequency: g. except at intermediate mechanical relay stations where the provisions of this paragraph need not be complied with, a record of each communication, test transmission, or attempted communication showing text of communication, time communication completed, station(s) communicated with, and frequency used. The text of the communication may be omitted from the log when copies of the messages handled are available and form part of the log; h. all distress communications and action thereon; i. a brief description of communication conditíons and difficulties, including harmful interference. Such entries should include, whenever practicable, the time at which interference was experienced, the character, radio frequency and identification of the interfering signal; j. a brief description of interruption to communications due to equipment failure or other troubles, giving the duration of the interruption and action taken; k. such additional information as may be considered by the operator to be of value as a part of the record of the station's operations.

Question 33

Information provided to departing/arriving aircraft which are in radio communication with the Flight Service Station are as follows:

Answer 33

a. wind direction and velocity; b. favored runway; c. altimeter setting; d. pertinent known traffic; and e. pertinent known aerodrome conditions.