Lesson 3

Question 0

Movement Areas are controlled by ______.

Answer 0

ATC

Question 1

Name the 2 areas at an Airport.

Answer 1

Movement and Non Movement

Question 2

What areas of Airport Pavement are painted White?

Answer 2

Runways and landing areas (including heliports)

Question 3

Taxiways, closed and hazardous areas, and holding positions are painted __________.

Answer 3

yellow

Question 4

What is the Runway Designator for 003 degrees?

Answer 4

36

Question 5

____________ consist of a line of uniformly spaced stripes and gaps.

Answer 5

Runway centerlines

Question 6

Runway Centerlines

Answer 6

identify the physical center of the runway and provides alignment guidance to pilots during takeoffs and landings operations (painted white)

Question 7

Runway threshold markings

Answer 7

closely identifies the actual beginning point of the runway threshold used for landings; consist of a pattern of longitudinal stripes of uniform dimensions spaced symmetrically about the runway centerline

Question 8

Runway aiming point markings

Answer 8

provide a visual aiming point for landing operations (white)

Question 9

How far from the landing threshold are runway aiming point markings located?

Answer 9

approximately 1,000 ft

Question 10

runway touchdown zone markings

Answer 10

identify the touchdown zone along a PRECISION runway (white)

Question 11

What consists of symmetrically arranged pairs of rectangular bars in groups of 1, 2, and 3 along the runway center line? How far are they spaced?

Answer 11

Runway Touchdown zone markings; 500 ft increments

Question 12

What runway markings are displayed on a runway with no instrument approach (visual runway)?

Answer 12

centerline, designation marking, aiming point marking (if the runway is 4000 ft or longer used by jet aircraft)

Question 13

What markings are displayed on a runway with a non precision instrument approach?

Answer 13

threshold markings, designation markings, aiming point marking, centerline

Question 14

What markings are displayed on a runway with a precision instrument approach?

Answer 14

threshold markings, designation markings, touchdown zone markings, aiming point marking, centerline

Question 15

How far do runway edge markings extend?

Answer 15

the full length of the runway

Question 16

Displaced Threshold

Answer 16

a threshold located at a point on the runway other than the designated beginning of the runway; reduces the length of runway available for landings

Question 17

T/F:

A displaced threshold is a non landing portion of the runway available for takeoffs and landing rollouts.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What runway marking consists of 4 to 16 longitudinal white stripes of uniform dimensions arranged symmetrically on either side of the runway centerline?

Answer 18

Threshold markings

Question 19

What delineates a runway with a displaced threshold from a blast pad, stopway, or an aligned taxiway that precedes the runway?

Answer 19

Demarcation Bar (yellow in color)

Question 20

________ is a surface adjacent to the ends of a runway provided to reduce the erosive effect of jet blast and propeller wash.

Answer 20

Blast Pad

Question 21

_________ is an area beyond the takeoff runway able to support the airplane during an aborted takeoff.

Answer 21

Stopway

Question 22

EMAS (engineered materials arresting systems)

Answer 22

constructed of high energy-absorbing materials of selected strength, are located in the safety area beyond the end of the runway

Question 23

What areas are marked with large yellow chevrons pointing in the direction of the threshold?

Answer 23

blast pad, stopway and EMAS areas

Question 24

How do you identify a permanently closed runway?

Answer 24

lighting circuits are disconnected; yellow crosses are painted at each end of the runway and in 1,000 ft intervals; threshold, runway designation, and touchdown zone markings are obliterated

Question 25

What type of runway has yellow crosses at the ends only?

Answer 25

A temporarily closed runway

Question 26

What consists of four yellow lines (2 solid, 2 dashed) extending across the width if the taxiway or runway?

Answer 26

Runway Holding Position Markings

Question 27

What have a black background with yellow inscriptions and a yellow border?

Answer 27

Runway Location Signs (yellow on black is where you're at)

Question 28

__________ have a black background with white inscriptions and inform the pilot of the distance (in thousands of feet) of landing runway remaining.

Answer 28

Runway distance remaining sign

Question 29

_________ have a red background with a white inscription and are used to denote an entrance to a runway of critical area, and areas where an aircraft is prohibited from entering.

Answer 29

Mandatory Instruction Signs (white on red, stop or you're dead)

Question 30

Taxiway location signs are marked by a ______________.

Answer 30

black background with a yellow inscription and a yellow border (yellow on black is where you're at)

Question 31

________ are marked by a yellow background with a black inscription and always have an arrow.

Answer 31

Taxiway direction signs (black on yellow, follow a fellow)

Question 32

The centerline of a taxiway is marked with a ________ line.

Answer 32

continuous yellow

Question 33

A runway with a non-precision approach doe NOT have which of the following runway markings: threshold, designator, touchdown zone, aiming point

Answer 33

touchdown zone

Question 34

Name the following heliport markings: - civil heliports - hospital heliports - closed heliports

Answer 34

- civil: white H - hospital: red H inside a large red outlined cross - closed: yellow X through the H

Question 35

Name the airport beacon colors for the following: - lighted land airport - lighted water airport - lighted heliport - military airport

Answer 35

- land: flashing white and green - water: flashing white and yellow - heliport: flashing white yellow and green - military: two quick white flashes followed by a green flash

Question 36

When is the rotating beacon turned on?

Answer 36

at night or during restricted weather conditions (surface visibility is less than 3 statutes miles and/or the ceiling is less than 1,000 ft

Question 37

_______ consist of a pair of synchronized white flashing strobe lights located laterally on each side of the runway threshold facing the incoming traffic.

Answer 37

Runway End Identifier Lights (REILs)

Question 38

Threshold Lights marking the ends of the runway emit what colors?

Answer 38

Red and Green

Question 39

For runways with approved instrument approaches, runway edge lights are white except.......

Answer 39

yellow replaces white on the last 2,000 ft or half of the runway length, whichever is less

Question 40

_______ consists of two rows of lights; one on either side and parallel to the runway centerline lights.

Answer 40

Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZL)

Question 41

Runway Centerline Lighting System (RCLS)

Answer 41

consists of lights spaced at 50-ft intervals; white until last 3,000 ft, then white alternating with red for the next 2,000 ft, all red the last 1,000 ft

Question 42

________ are a system of lights arranged to provide visual descent guidance (glideslope information) during the approach to a runway; also provides safe obstruction clearance.

Answer 42

Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASIs)

Question 43

______ provide the basic means to transition from instrument flight to visual flight for landing by radiating light beans in a directional pattern.

Answer 43

Approach Light Systems (ALSs)

Question 44

Taxiway edge lights are what color?

Answer 44

blue

Question 45

Taxiway centerline lights emit a steady _____ light.

Answer 45

green

Question 46

________ are used to confirm the ATC clearance to enter or cross the active runway in low visibility conditions.

Answer 46

Stop Bar Lights