General Knowledge ATM Written

Question 1

What is RIL stands for?

Answer 1

Runway Intersection Lights
Lets pilot know that there is another high speed traffic on the intersecting runway.
Color is RED

Question 2

uninhabited region

Answer 2

is a place where no people live permenantly

Question 3

circadian low meaninng

Answer 3

the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m
consistent and restorative sleep.
without: sleeping problems, including insomnia

Question 4

supplemental operations

Answer 4

usually a for-hire operation that doesn’t fall under the normal operations of the 121 carrier and are generally unscheduled operations.

Question 5

deadhead operations

Answer 5

one who is traveling to a destination to be repositioned as part of an on-duty assignment.

Question 6

pyrotecnic signal

Answer 6

payroteknik
visual distress signal which is widely used even amidst today’s highly advanced ship navigation and communication systems.

Question 7

unaugmented flight crew

Answer 7

unagmentet
Extra flight crew in flight
flightcrew members to work in shifts and rest during the flight.

Question 8

What is the following?

Answer 8

Take off Hold Light (THL)

Question 9

Difference between RIL and THL?

Answer 9

Takeoff Hold Lights (THL): Red unidirectional lights in a double-longitudinal row, located parallel to runway centerline lighting.

Runway Intersection Lights (RIL): Similar to THLs, but located on a runway, prior to intersection with another runway.

Question 10

What is FAROS System

Answer 10

Aircraft or vehicle on a runway, PAPI will start flash to let the pilot on approach know

Question 11

For the line check requirements, do you need to fly the different types of the planes?

Answer 11

No, One is good.

Question 12

What does ETOPS stand for?

Answer 12

Extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards

Question 13

CRM includes:

Answer 13

All resources; Hardware; information, human

Question 14

what us FOD?

Answer 14

Foreign Object Damage

Question 15

What is (RVSM)

Answer 15

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum

Question 16

What is the use of RVSM?

Answer 16

reduces the vertical separation of aircraft from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet from FL290 to FL410

Question 17

(TODA)

Answer 17

Takeoff distance available

Question 18

(TORA),

Answer 18

Takeoff run available

Question 19

ASDA

Answer 19

Accelerate-Stop Distance Available

Question 20

LDA

Answer 20

Landing Distance Avaliable

Question 21

REIL

Answer 21

Runway End Identifier Lights

Question 22

Question 23

CFIT

Answer 23

Controlled Flight Into Terrain

Question 24

Braking Action Advisories are in affect meaning?

Answer 24

When tower controllers receive runway braking action reports which include the terms “medium,” “poor,” or “nil,” or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS broadcast the statement,

Question 25

What is RWSL?

Answer 25

a series of red in-pavement lights that warn pilots of high-speed aircraft or vehicles on runways

Question 26

What is RwyCC

Answer 26

RUnway condition code

Question 27

HYPERNVENTALIATION

Answer 27

increase of CO2 in blood

Question 28

SOP

Answer 28

Standard operating procedures

Question 29

Speed in Class B

Answer 29

250

Question 30

ILS Category 2 Minimums

Answer 30

DH 100 RVR 1200

Question 31

Procedure turn Speed

Answer 31

200

Question 32

What is Gate Hold Procedures?

Answer 32

Procedures at selected airports to hold aircraft at the gate or other ground location

Question 33

How can you start the engines if gate hold is in affect?

Answer 33

contact ground before starting engines for sequencing

Question 34

When does the hold gate process start?

Answer 34

departure delays exceed or are anticipated to exceed 15 minutes

Question 35

HUD

Answer 35

Head-Up Display

Question 36

W is for?

Answer 36

WAAS outage may accord daily

Question 37

DRY line

Answer 37

A boundary separating moist and dry air masses, | Bad weather

Question 38

VGSI

Answer 38

Visual Glide Slope Indicator

Question 39

Pilot don’t have 100 hours in SIC. Regulation?

Answer 39

100  hour  requirement  by  as  much  as  50%,   down  to  50 hours  If you have  100  hours  PIC  in  another  Part  121  plane--- subtract  1  hour  from  the 100  hour  requirement  for  each  landing  up to 50

Question 40

Don;t have 100 hour and can't apply the 50 % reduction. Regulation?

Answer 40

Increase DA: +100 Visibility: 1/2

Question 41

What is cruise control?

Answer 41

Flying the plane to meet the long range cruise condition

Question 42

What are the factors need adjustments for cruise control?

Answer 42

Airspeed, Altitude, Power and Weight

Question 43

Explain the long term cruise control as the fuel is burned:

Answer 43

Weigh goes down as we burn fuel. Airspeed and power setting may decrease as a result  altitude may increase Specific range will increase Pilots need to make the adjustment to keep the optimum conditions

Question 44

What is EPR?

Answer 44

Engine Pressure Ratio

Question 45

What is FPD?

Answer 45

Freezing Point Depressant

Question 46

Compare water and ICE FPD

Answer 46

FPD is very soluble in water but ICE absorbs it slow and slow to melt when it is contacted

Question 47

What is TDZ?

Answer 47

Touchdown Zone Lighting

Question 48

Where do you find the string windhsear?

Answer 48

On the low pressure side of a 100 knot jet stream core

Question 49

Highest wind-shear occur ?

Answer 49

near tropopause on the pollard side

Question 50

METAR "VV" is for

Answer 50

Vertical Visibility

Question 51

What is Glidepath Qualification Surface?

Answer 51

limits the height of obstructions between DA and runway threshold (RWT). When obstructions exceeds, Glide slope is not authorized

Question 52

How many FT in 1 NM

Answer 52

6080

Question 53

Fly by vs Fly Over

Answer 53

Question 54

window of circadian low,”

Answer 54

2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. for individuals adapted to a usual day-wake/night-sleep schedule.

Question 55

Physiological nights rest

Answer 55

10 hours rest between 1am to 7am

Question 56

15 bank::: induced drag?

Answer 56

7%

Question 57

Force Divergence Number Drag Rise Drag Divergence

Answer 57

Same meaning

Question 58

30 degrees bank:::: induced Drag?

Answer 58

33 %

Question 59

SOP

Answer 59

Standard Operating Procedures

Question 60

What is Vmcg speed?

Answer 60

Vmcg minimum speed to maintain directional controls using aerodynamic controls during take off Vmcg must not be greater than V1.