mid term Flashcards
100 (107 cards)
1
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Who is the current administrator of the FAA?
A
Daniel Elwell
2
Q
What is the normal length of an appointment for the Administrator?
A
5 years
3
Q
What are the 3 basic objectives of ATC?
A
safe orderly expeditious
4
Q
What is the radius in miles of a control tower?
A
5 miles
5
Q
What are the acronyms for Approach Control & Center,?
A
TRACON and ARTCC
6
Q
What are the 4 main positions in a tower?
A
local,ground,clearance delivery and flight data
7
Q
You must be hired as a controller before what birthday?
A
31st
8
Q
What is checked in a physical for ATC?
A
Hearing, vision , diabetes ,substance abuse dependency,heart and general medical
9
Q
What is checked in a background check?
A
felony,dui,credit history
10
Q
When does pay begin at the FAA?
A
once you start training in okc
11
Q
What is the range of the AT pay scale?
A
5 to 12
12
Q
Name 2 types of visual navigation.
A
pilotage and dead reckoning
13
Q
What is primary use of each: sectional, low and high charts?
A
IFR use low (below 18,000’) and high (18,000’ and up) charts
VFR use sectional
14
Q
What do you call the difference between true and magnetic north?
A
MAGNETIC VARIATION
15
Q
What are isogonic lines?
A
an imaginary line or a line on a map joining points on the earth’s surface at which the magnetic declination is the same
16
Q
Name 2 gyroscopic instruments?
A
turn and bank indicator
attitude indicator
17
Q
How many courses does the VOR transmit?
A
infinity
18
Q
What are the 3 types of VORs?
A
High,low and terminal
19
Q
Terminal VOR range
A
25 miles
20
Q
Low VOR range
A
40 miles
21
Q
High VOR below 14,500 range
A
40 miles
22
Q
High VOR 14,500-180 range
A
100 miles
23
Q
High VOR 180-450 range
A
130 miles
24
Q
How are airways designated?
A
v are low altitude
j are high altitude
25
What altitude do Jay routes begin at?
FL180
26
What is the margin of error on a VOR?
6 degrees
27
What causes the difference in GPS and DME distances?
DME radio waves shoot at angle
28
Instead of VOR, the military system is called
TACAN
29
What does RNAV do?
VORTAC is being replaced by satellite based RNAV
30
Future navigation will be based on
GPS
31
What is the main drawback of inertial navigation?
GPS is better
32
Charts are oriented to what?
True north
33
What are the 4 segments of an instrument approach?
initial,intermediate,final and missed
34
Which of the above segments can have more than one point?
initial
35
What is a procedure turn?
Maneuver performed in designated area to align aircraft with runway direction
36
A procedure turn is normally made within how many miles?
10
37
What differs between precision & non-precision approaches?
precision has vertical nav guidance
38
Standard glide path on the ILS is
3 degrees
39
A T shaped GPS approach usually has how many IAFs?
3
40
What are the 3 marker beacons on an ILS called?
Localizer
Glide Slope
Marker Beacons
41
What is a Back Course?
Mirror image of front course serving opposite runway
42
What is a critical area?
ILS Glide Slope
43
What are the categories of ILS approaches?
LS CAT I
ILS CAT II
ILS CAT IIIa, IIIb, IIIc
44
What color are edge lights for the runway and taxiways?
taxiways are blue and runways are white
45
What color are threshold lights?
green and red
46
How does a pilot turn on lights at an airport without an active tower?
Pilot uses tower/CTAF frequency
3, 5, or 7 microphone clicks
47
Last 1000 feet of embedded centerline runway lights are what color?
Red lights are installed in the last 1,000 foot portion
48
What are VASI & PAPI?
Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
2 to 3 rows of lights
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
singe row of 4 lights
49
Know the 6 classes of airspace.
Controlled airspace: Class A, B, C, D, and E
50
What altitude do Flight Levels start?
FL180
51
What seven (7) items (in order) must an IFR clearance contain?
Aircraft ID
Clearance Limit
Route of flight
Altitude
When to expect requested altitude
Transponder code
Departure control frequency
52
What seven (7) items (in order) must an IFR clearance contain?
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Aircraft ID
Clearance Limit
Route of flight
Altitude
When to expect requested altitude
Transponder code
Departure control frequency
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53
Runways are numbered in reference to their
Numbered 1 to 36 (magnetic heading rounded to the nearest 10 – 5s round up).
54
Warning area
3 NM outward from the coast of the United States
| Identified by a W-xx or W-xxx
55
Restricted area
Non-participants not permitted to enter when active
Identified by a R-xxxx
Located on land
56
Prohibited area
No aircraft permitted
Identified by a P-xx
White House, Camp David, King’s Bay Submarine Base, etc…
57
Prohibited area
No aircraft permitted
Identified by a P-xx
White House, Camp David, King’s Bay Submarine Base, etc…
58
Alert area
Depicted on charts
High volume of pilot training or unusual type of aerial activity.
Think Pensacola, Ft. Rucker, DAB
Depicted on charts
High volume of pilot training or unusual type of aerial activity.
Think Pensacola, Ft. Rucker, DAB
59
Military operating area
Separate certain military training activities from IFR traffic
Aerobatics, Air Intercepts, etc…
IFR aircraft rerouted
VFR aircraft assume own risk
60
Temporary flight restriction
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Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
Imposed by FAA around accident, incident, or event to prevent flight hazards or interference with emergency ops.
For Security (Events, VIP)
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61
Controlled firing area
(CFA)
Contain activities hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft.
Not charted
All activities cease immediately when nonparticipating aircraft approaches area.
62
VR & IR routes
IFR Military Training Routes-(IR).
| VFR Military Training Routes-(VR).
63
What 4 items are pronounced in group form?
Air carriers
airways
aircraft models
Degree to turn by (relative turns)
64
How do you say 4PM?
16:00
65
What is a handoff?
transfer of Aircraft Identification from Transferring to Receiving Controller followed by transfer of communication.
66
Marine call sign
VM
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Navy call sign
VV
68
Army call sign
R
69
Air Force call sign
A
70
Air Evac call sign
E
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Coast Guard call sign
C
72
National Guard
G
73
What are the 5 radar components
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Transmitter
Receiver
Duplexer
Antenna
Display
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74
The location of the radar site on the display is called the
Main bang
75
What are primary and secondary radar?
Primary – reflection from object, “skin paint”
| Secondary –transponder reply
76
What are ASR, ARSR, and ASDE?
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)
Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR)
Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE)
77
What causes wake turbulence?
Created whenever wing is producing lift
78
When is wake turbulence worst?
HEAVY and SLOW
79
What are the weight categories?
Small under 41,000 pounds
large 41,000 to 300,000
heavy 300,000 and up
super Airbus(A380) and Antonov(A225)
80
What are the departure delays for wake turbulence?
study
81
Know arrival spacing between Small, Large, and Heavy.
study
82
How do wake turbulence vortices move
down and out
83
The calm wind runway is used when the wind is less than how many knots?
5
84
What word is not used by ground?
NEVER use the word CLEARED
85
Know helicopter taxi methods.
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Ground taxi
like aircraft taxi
Hover taxi
Above surface, less than 50 feet
Below 20 knots
Faster, most air turbulence
Air taxi
Below 100 feet
Above 20 knots
Fastest
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86
phraseology for stop
hold position
87
If you were contacting the Local Controller at the Jacksonville International Airport Control
Tower, you would call “Jacksonville .”
tower
88
What is the NRS?
(Navigation Reference System) Grid of waypoints overlying USA
89
What are the equipment qualifiers for VOR only
utx
90
What are the equipment qualifiers for DME
ABD
91
What are the equipment qualifiers for TACAN
PNM
92
What are the equipment qualifiers for RNAV
ICY
93
What are the equipment qualifiers for GNSS
GSV
94
What are the equipment qualifiers for RSVM
HWZL
95
Phraseology for take off
cleared for take off
96
Aircraft speeds, like wind speeds, are always measured in.
knots
97
What is the program to minimize noise near an airport called?
Noise Abatement Policy
98
How can you space arrivals at a tower?
put in pattern and tell to go around
99
What are the legs of the pattern?
Upwind, Crosswind, Downwind, Base, Final
100
What is the general rule for intersection separation?
Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)
101
What is the ATIS?
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Service
102
What does the ATIS contain?
Continuous tape loop of weather and other information
Updated every hour - more often if weather conditions changing rapidly
Strictly scripted
Always in specific order
103
What is usually the first position trained on?
Flight data
104
What is TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)
| Military wanted a smaller system than the VOR
105
What are the positions in a center?
Radar Controllers
Radar Associates/Non-Radar Controllers
Assistant Controller (Flight Data) mostly replaced by EDST
Tracker (Coordinator, Handoff)
106
what is TRACON
Approach Control: provides control between tower and ARTCC
Usually divided up into sectors
Often near or in same building as a tower
107
What is RAPCON
Military approach control
| military Tracon
