Navigation + Communication + Runway Lighting

Question 1

VHF is used for _____.

Answer 1

Air traffic control communication, and communication between aircraft.

Question 2

A transmitter that automatically begins transmitting any time it is triggered by a severe impact:

Answer 2

ELT (emergency location transmitter)

Question 3

At what megahertz does an ELT operate on?

Answer 3

121.5 MHz.
243 MHz
406.025 MHz.

Question 4

Which navigation device is used to detect the directional location of a ground base relative to the nose of the aircraft?

Answer 4

Automatic direction finder.
(ADF)

Question 5

This navigation instrument determines the exact distance between the aircraft and ground station:

Answer 5

Distance measuring equipment. (DME)

Question 6

What nav system indicates the location of the aircraft directionally in relation to the ground station?
(Direction from the station)

Answer 6

Very high frequency Omni range navigation.
(VOR)

Question 7

Which two navigation systems are used to provide a specific fix on a ground station?

Answer 7

VOR and DME

Question 8

Which instrument combines a remote indicating compass with indicators from the ADF and the VOR?

Answer 8

Radio magnetic indicator.
(RMI)

Question 9

What color tower light indicates “cleared for takeoff”?

Answer 9

Steady green

Question 10

What color tower light indicates “cleared to taxi”?

Answer 10

Flashing green

Question 11

What color tower light indicates “stop”?

Answer 11

Steady red

Question 12

What color tower light indicates “taxi clear of the runway”?

Answer 12

Flashing red

Question 13

What color tower light indicates “return to airport starting point”?

Answer 13

Flashing white

Question 14

What color tower light indicates “use caution”?

Answer 14

Alternating red and green

Question 15

Airport location is indicated by what?

Answer 15

Green/white or blue/white rotating beacon.

Question 16

What color are runway taxiing lane lights?

Answer 16

Blue or green

Question 17

VHF operates at what frequency range?

Answer 17

30-300MHz

Question 18

AM and FM are acronyms for _______.

Answer 18

Amplitude modulation.
Frequency modulation.

Question 19

What type of cable is used to connect antennas?

Answer 19

Shielded coaxial cables

Question 20

What type of antenna is used to determine the heading to a station?

Answer 20

ADF fixed loop.
(Automatic direction finder)

Question 21

What type of antenna uses the localizer instrument and indicates current location to find a heading?

Answer 21

VOR/LOC

Question 22

What equipment identifies an aircraft?

Answer 22

Transponder

Question 23

How often should a transponder be checked?

Answer 23

Every 24 months

Question 24

What nav equipment is required by FAA?

Answer 24

Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast.
(ADS-B out)

Question 25

What system indicates the distance to a ground station?

Answer 25

Distance measuring equipment. (DME)

Question 26

This equipment uses multiple radio station to plot a course:

Answer 26

LORAN

Question 27

This system alerts the pilot of terrain conditions:

Answer 27

Terrain awareness warning system. (TAWS)

Question 28

Where is an aircraft’s radar located?

Answer 28

In the nose of the plane behind the radome.

Question 29

What detects lightning/thunderstorms/static discharge?

Answer 29

Storm scope

Question 30

What type of locational navigation system does not require ground stations?

Answer 30

GPS

Question 31

What equipment replaces the need for a transponder and altitude encoder?

Answer 31

Automatic dependent surveillance broadcast. (ADS-B out)

Question 32

What is radar used to detect?

Answer 32

Terrain. Altitude. Weather.

Question 33

What instrument is used to test ohms of static wicks?

Answer 33

Megohmeter. (Megger)

Question 34

Flashing green light =

Answer 34

Cleared to taxi

Question 35

Steady red light =

Answer 35

Stop

Question 36

Steady green light =

Answer 36

Cleared for takeoff

Question 37

Flashing red light =

Answer 37

Taxi clear of the runway

Question 38

Flashing white light =

Answer 38

Return to starting point

Question 39

Alternating red and green light =

Answer 39

Use caution