Lesson 1

Question 0

Air Traffic Services (AJT)

Answer 0

provides safe, secure, and efficient management for the National Airspace System and international airspace assigned to US control

Question 1

Who is in charge of the ATO?

Answer 1

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Question 2

ATO ATC facilities are under one of the ________ service areas. (name the service areas as well)

Answer 2

3; Western, Central, Eastern

Question 3

Under VFR whom is responsible for maintaining seperation?

Answer 3

PILOTS

Question 4

Under IFR whom is responsible for maintaining seperation?

Answer 4

ATC

Question 5

What is the Primary Purpose of the ATC System?

Answer 5

prevent collision between aircraft operating in the system and to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic, and to provide support for National Security and Homeland Defense

Question 6

First Priority is given to __________ and ___________.

Answer 6

separating aircraft; issuing safety alerts

Question 7

Second Priority is to provide _____________________________.

Answer 7

support to national security and homeland defense

Question 8

_______________ shall be used in ______ all other duties based on the requirements of the situation at hand, or when encountering situations for which there is no ___________.

Answer 8

Good Judgement; prioritizing; written procedure

Question 9

Automation procedures are used in preference to __________ when workload, communications, and equipment capabilities permit.

Answer 9

non automation procedures

Question 10

Radar separation is used in preference to nonradar separation when it will be to an __________, and workload, communications, and equipment permit.

Answer 10

operational advantage

Question 11

Non radar separation is used in preference to radar separation when ___________.

Answer 11

an operational advantage will be gained

Question 12

Air Traffic Control service to aircraft is provided on a _______________ basis as circumstances permit, except for the following reasons (list all 7).

Answer 12

“first come, first served”

Aircraft in Distress, MEDEVAC (civilian air ambulance flights), Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft performing a SAR mission, Presidential Aircraft, Flight Check Aircraft, Special military and civilian operations, Diverted Flights (((Don’t Make Stupid People Fly Stupid & Drunk)))

Question 13

Aircraft in distress have the __________ over all other traffic.

Answer 13

right of way

Question 14

_______________ are air traffic facilities which have NO direct control authority over either IFR or VFR traffic.

Answer 14

Flight Service Stations (FSSs)

Question 15

Inflight

FSS Position

Answer 15

issues airport advisories, relays ATC clearances, advisories, or requests to pilots, monitors and restores NAVAIDs, activates and closes flight plans, assists pilots of lost aircraft

Question 16

Flight Data/ NOTAM/ Coordinator

FSS Position

Answer 16

Disseminates IFR and VFR flight plans, initiates search and rescue, disseminates NOTAMs, performs Customs notification

Question 17

Broadcast

FSS Position

Answer 17

makes recordings of weather and flight information, such as hazardous inflight weather advisory Service (HIWAS)

Question 18

Preflight

FSS Position

Answer 18

briefs pilots on weather, NOTAMs, and restrictions along proposed route; applies VFR not recommended (VNR) procedures

Question 19

En Route Flight Advisory Service; EFAS

FSS position

Answer 19

provides en route aircraft with timely and pertinent weather data; uses radio call sign “Flight Watch”

Question 20

Name the types of terminal facilities

Answer 20

ATCT; TRACON

Question 21

Name the 6 positions in the tower (ATCT).

Answer 21

flight data, clearance delivery, local control, ground control, tower coordinator, tower associate

Question 22

Flight Data

ATCT Position

Answer 22

complies statistical data, processes and forwards flight plan information, reports weather information

Question 23

Clearance Delivery

ATCT Position

Answer 23

issues clearances and ensures accuracy of pilot readback

Question 24

Ground Control | ATCT Position

Answer 24

initiates control instructions, has responsibility control of aircraft and vehicles on taxiways and runways that are not active, ensures seperation, one of the two "Tower positions"

Question 25

Local Control | ATCT Position

Answer 25

initiates control instructions, has responsibility for control of active runways, ensures seperation, one of the two "tower positions"

Question 26

Tower Coordinator | ATCT Position

Answer 26

performs interfacility/intrafacility coordination, advises the tower positions of actions required to accomplish objectives

Question 27

Tower Associate | ATCT Position

Answer 27

assists the tower positions by performing coordination and helps to ensure separation by maintaining awareness of tower traffic

Question 28

Name the 4 basic positions in the TRACON.

Answer 28

flight data, radar associate, radar controller, radar coordinator

Question 29

Radar Flight Data | TRACON position

Answer 29

processing and forwarding flight plan information; compile statistical data

Question 30

Radar Associate | TRACON position

Answer 30

provides assistance to the radar position by relieving them of duties that are a distraction from the radar situation and communication with the pilots

Question 31

Radar Position | TRACON Position

Answer 31

uses the radar display and air to ground frequencies to separate and sequence all aircraft in the sector's airspace

Question 32

Radar Coordinator | TRACON Position

Answer 32

perform interfacility/sector/position coordination of traffic actions

Question 33

Name the 4 basic positions in the ARTCC.

Answer 33

Radar Flight Data, Radar Associate, Radar, Radar Coordinator

Question 34

Radar Flight Data "A - side" (ARTCC Position)

Answer 34

receive, process, and distribute flight progress strips; compiling statistical data and forwarding flight plan data; request receive and disseminate weather, NOTAM, NAS status, traffic management, and Special Use Airspace status messages

Question 35

Radar Associate "D - Side" (ARTCC Position)

Answer 35

responsible for ensuring seperation, initiating control instructions, managing flight strip information, and assisting the radar position with coordination (doesn't talk to a/c)

Question 36

Radar "R - Side" (ARTCC Position)

Answer 36

direct communication with the aircraft and uses radar information as the primary means of seperation

Question 37

Radar Coordinator "Tracker , or Handoff Coordinator" (ARTCC Position)

Answer 37

inter/intrafacility coordination

Question 38

The mission of the Traffic Management (TM) System is to _______ with _________.

Answer 38

balance air traffic demand; system capacity

Question 39

Traffic Management Units (TMUs) ______ and ______ traffic flows within their area of responsibility in accordance with traffic management directives.

Answer 39

monitor; balance

Question 40

Where are TMUs located?

Answer 40

all ARTCCs and busier terminal facilities

Question 41

Traffic Management Initiatives (TMIs) are ________.

Answer 41

techniques used to manage demand with capacity in the NAS

Question 42

Name the 6 TMI's.

Answer 42

Departure sequencing program (DSP); En Route Sequencing Program (ESP); Arrival Sequencing Program (ASP); Ground Delay Program (GDP); Reroutes; Ground Stops (GS)

Question 43

The operation of the TM system is the responsibility of the _________.

Answer 43

ATCSCC

Question 44

Departure Sequencing Program (DSP)

Answer 44

assigns departure times to achieve a constant flow of aircraft departing from several airports and flying over the same point

Question 45

En Route Sequencing Program (ESP)

Answer 45

assigns departure times that will facilitate integration into the en route traffic stream

Question 46

Arrival Sequencing Program (ASP)

Answer 46

assigns times for aircraft inbound to the same airport to cross an arrival fix for that airport

Question 47

Ground Delay Program (GDP)

Answer 47

aircraft are held on the ground until a specified time

Question 48

reroutes

Answer 48

routings other than the filed flight plan; designed to keep aircraft clear of special use airspace, congested airspace, or weather areas

Question 49

Ground Stop (GS)

Answer 49

overrides all other TM system programs, aircraft remain on the ground until the program is terminated

Question 50

The _____ includes every person and thing required to successfully get a plane from one location to another.

Answer 50

NAS (national airspace system)

Question 51

The NAS is a common network of ........

Answer 51

airspace and ATS routes; NAVAIDs; airports or landing areas; aeronautical charts; rules, regulations, and procedures; personnel and equipment; air traffic facilities

Question 52

_____________ are the primary NAVAIDs for the nation's airways.

Answer 52

VORs and VORTACs

Question 53

What are used for navigation between FL180 and FL450?

Answer 53

jet routes, and RNAV "Q" routes

Question 54

What are used for navigation below 18,000 feet MSL?

Answer 54

VOR airways, also called "Victor" airways, and RNAV "Tango" routes

Question 55

______ can be ground based or satellite based.

Answer 55

NAVAIDs