Radio Exam

Question 1

What are the 8 priority of communication over radio?

Answer 1

Distress communication
Urgency communications 
Radio direction finding 
Flight safety
Weather related 
Flight regularity
United Nations 
Government

Question 2

Who is the controlling station between an aircraft station and a ground station?

Answer 2

Ground station

Question 3

Who is the controlling station between aircraft?

Answer 3

The aircraft being called in the controlling station

Question 4

What time format is used over radio?

Answer 4

24 hour

Question 5

What time zone is used over radio?

Answer 5

Zulu (AKA UTC or GMT)

Question 6

How is the following expressed over radio?

Noon (EST) of the 16th day of the month

Answer 6

161200 E

Question 7

How is the following expressed over radio?

2:45 a.m. (PST) of the 24th day of the month

Answer 7

240245 P

Question 8

What are the alphabets called over radio from A to Z

Answer 8

…

Question 9

How do we say 9 over radio?

Answer 9

niner

Question 10

How to say the following numbers over radio?
10
75
100
5000
5400
11000
68009

Answer 10

10 = one zero 
75 = sever five 
100 = one zero zero 
5000 = five thousand 
5400 = five four zero zero 
11000 = one one thousand 
68009 = six eight zero zero nine

Question 11

How do we report ASL 2400ft over radio

Answer 11

Two thousand four hundred

Question 12

How are aircraft numbers/flight numbers, wind, and cloud formation height reported?

Flight 320
DC10
34BKN
Wind 270/10

Answer 12

Flight three twenty
DC ten
thirty four hundred broken
Wing two seventy at ten

Question 13

How do we report time?
0920Z
09

Answer 13

Zero niner two zero Zulu

nine minutes past the hour

Question 14

How do we report aerodrome elevations?
150ft
3500ft

Answer 14

One five zero

Three thousand five zero zero

Question 15

What must the operator hearing reply to indicate they are ready to receive a message?

Answer 15

Go ahead

Question 16

What must the operator hearing reply to indicate that they are not yet ready to receive?

Answer 16

Stand by

Question 17

what must the station operator do if they are unsure of the called is intended for them?

Answer 17

They should not reply until the call has been repeated and understood.

Question 18

What must be done if a correction is to be made?

Answer 18

If corrections are required, “Correction” followed by the last correct word or phrase, then the correct version

Question 19

What is the key word required for a message to be repeated?

Answer 19

Say again

Question 20

What are the 4 say agains?

Answer 20

Say again
Say again before ___
Say again ___ to ____
Say again after ____

Question 21

What is the scale used to measure the quality for radio communication?

Answer 21

1 - 5

5 being the best

Question 22

What are the 3 types of signal check?

Answer 22

Signal check
Preflight check
Maintenance check

Question 23

What is the difference between distress and urgency call?

Answer 23

Distress: A condition of being threatened by grave and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate
assistance.

Urgency: A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of someone on board or
within sight, but which does not require immediate assistance.

Question 24

What frequency must the distress call be made?What is there is no acknowledgement

Answer 24

Air to ground frequency in use at the time

121.5 Mhz

Question 25

Who is the distress called addressed to?

Answer 25

Nobody

Question 26

What must a distress message contain? (8 elements)

Answer 26

``` Distress signal (Mayday) Call sign What happened Intentions Airspeed, altitude, heading Number of souls on board Assistance required Call sign ```

Question 27

What must be done if the distress acknowledgment inst received?

Answer 27

Repeat the message in intervals or until no long feasible

Question 28

What must a station do that has heard an unacknowledged distress message, and is not in a position to render assistance?

Answer 28

Take all possible steps to attract the attention of other stations that are in a position to assist.

Question 29

What are the five steps that must be taken by the aircraft sending the distress call?

Answer 29

1. transmit the distress call; 2. transmit the distress message; 3. listen for acknowledgment of receipt; 4. exchange further distress traffic as applicable; 5. activate automatic emergency equipment (i.e. emergency locator transmitter (ELT)) if available and when appropriate.

Question 30

Aircraft station that is not in distress should transmit the distress message when?

Answer 30

- The station in distress cannot transmit its message - The person in command of the station not in distress believes that further help is necessary - Not in a position to render assistance, the aircraft station has heard a distress message which has not been acknowledged.

Question 31

What is the experession used by the controlling station or station in distress to silence other radio comms?

Answer 31

Seelonce Mayday

Question 32

What is the experession used to silience other near stations?

Answer 32

Seelonce Distress

Question 33

Who issues resumption of normal operations once the distress is cancelled?

Answer 33

The station controlling the distress station

Question 34

What must be spoken at the beginning of the first urgency communication?

Answer 34

PanPan three times

Question 35

After when must other normal operation commence?

Answer 35

After at least three minutes on the frequency | which the signal was heard.

Question 36

Who cancels the pan pan ?

Answer 36

Station responsible for transmission