Communication

Your reply to the message 'REPORT FLIGHT CONDITIONS' should be: Correct answer : VMC / IMC Your action on receipt of the message 'STANDBY ON 118.9 FOR TOWER' is to: Correct answer : change to freq 118.9 and wait for TOWER to initiate communications You would use the phrase 'WORDS TWICE'when you: Correct answer : want each word repeated twice You would set 7700 on the transponder when you: Correct answer : are in an emergency condition Word for the expression 'Permission not granted' is: Correct answer : NEGATIVE When the readback of instructions is correct, the phrase used is: Correct answer : CORRECT When can you not readback a route clearance? Correct answer : Never What is the last thing you say in the readback of a flight clearance? Correct answer : Your callsign What does RNAV stand for? Correct answer : Area Navigation What do you say in a distress situation? Correct answer : MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY What cannot be left out from a position report? Correct answer : Callsign, Position and Time The words proceeding an URGENCY message should be: Correct answer : Pan PanPan PanPan Pan The word for the expression 'Have I correctly received the following.' is: Correct answer : CONFIRM The VHF frequency band for aeronautical communications covers the range of frequencies: Correct answer : 118.0 to 136.975 MHz The transponder code for unlawful interference is: Correct answer : 7500 The transponder code for radio failure is: Correct answer : 7600 The term 'Verify' means: Correct answer : check and confirm with originator The term 'RECLEARED' means that: Correct answer : a change has been made to your last clearance and this new clearance supersedes your previous clearance The term 'DISREGARD' means: Correct answer : Consider the last message as not sent The term 'CORRECTION' is used when: Correct answer : an error has been made in the transmission and the correct version is. The term 'CANCEL' means: Correct answer : annul the previously transmitted clearance The term 'BROADCAST' means that the information: Correct answer : is not addressed to a specific station The state of urgency is defined as a condition: Correct answer : concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle or of some person on board but does not require immediate assistance The Squawk code for radio failure is: Correct answer : 7600 The signal that is used to identify an urgency call is: Correct answer : PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN

The response to general call from ATC is for the aircraft to: Correct answer : give no response The readback from an aircraft that is cleared to change level from FL100 to FL80 is: Correct answer : LEAVING FL100 DESCENDING TO FL80 The radiotelephony call for a Distress condition is: Correct answer : MaydayMaydayMayday The procedure to be followed in the event of communications failure after departure for an aircraft that is receiving radar vectors is to: Correct answer : maintain the cleared level for 3 minutes and then to continue in accordance with the current flight plan The procedure for an aircraft that suffers communications failure during an IFR flight in visual met conditions, should: Correct answer : land at the nearest suitable airfield The procedure for an aircraft suffering RT failure during an IFR departure in IMC within Europe is to: Correct answer : hold cleared level for 3 minutes and then continue in accordance with the current flight plan The procedure for a radio failure during an IFR departure is to: Correct answer : maintain the last cleared level for 3 minutes and then to continue in accordance with the current flight plan The priority of message 'REQUEST QDM' is: Correct answer : greater than for 'TURN LEFT' The priority for an urgency call is: Correct answer : higher than for everything else but less than for distress The prefix for distress call by an aircraft is: Correct answer : MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY The phrase used to separate portions of a message is: Correct answer : BREAK The phrase used by ATC to instruct you to listen out on a frequency is: Correct answer : MONITOR The phrase used by ATC to impose radio silence during an emergency situation is: Correct answer : STOP TRANSMITTING MAYDAY OUT The phrase 'BREAK BREAK' used to indicate: Correct answer : separation between messages to different aircraft in a very busy environment The phrase 'BRAKING CO-EFFICIENT 20' from ATC means that the braking action is: Correct answer : poor The minimum frequency separation between VHF channels is: Correct answer : 8.33 kHz The message 'READABILITY 3' means: Correct answer : Readable but with difficulty The message 'CHECK' to an aircraft means that you should: Correct answer : examine a system or procedure The meaning of 'WILCO' is: Correct answer : I understand your message and will comply with it The meaning of QNH is the: Correct answer : altimeter sub-scale setting that gives the elevation when on the ground The meaning of 'CORRECT' is: Correct answer : that is correct The international emergency frequency is: Correct answer : 121.500 MHz The instruction from ATC to an aircraft to abondon its take off includes the phrase: Correct answer : STOP IMMEDIATELY The initial frequency for a blind transmission is: Correct answer : the frequency currently in use The initial call from an aircraft, callsign FASTAIR 285 weighing more than than 136 tonnes would be: Correct answer : FASTAIR 285 HEAVY

The initial call by the aircraft FASTAIR 345 with MTOW of 136 tonnes should be: Correct answer : FASTAIR 345 HEAVY The information in a message from ATC that has to be readback includes: Correct answer : QNH, runway in use The full range of VHF frequencies used for communications is: Correct answer : 118.0 to 136.975 MHz The frequency to use in the event of a Distress condition is the: Correct answer : air-ground frequency currently in use The frequency to transmit on first for an urgency call is the: Correct answer : frequency in use The frequency 121.5 KHz is the: Correct answer : international emergency frequency The expected approach time (EAT) means the time at which: Correct answer : ATC expects that an arriving aircraft, following a delay, will arrive at the holding point to complete its approach for landing The definition of the instruction 'MONITOR' is: Correct answer : listen out on frequency.. The definition of the distress condition is that: Correct answer : the aircraft is in imminent danger and requires immediate assistance The definition of the DISTRESS condition is that: Correct answer : the aircraft is in imminent danger and requires imminent danger and requires immediate assistance The definition of a distress condition is that: Correct answer : the aircraft is being threatened by serious or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance The correct readback of the frequency 123.725 on 25 kHz spacing is: Correct answer : 123.72 The content of an urgency message should include: Correct answer : aircraft callsign, nature of emergency, intentions, position, level, heading The condition that described the state of an aircraft I serious and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance is: Correct answer : Distress The condition that defines the state of Urgency is that: Correct answer : there is concern about the safety of the aircraft or a person on board but it does not require immediate assistance The condition that defines the state of an aircraft in imminent danger is: Correct answer : Distress The callsign suffix of an area control centre without radar is: Correct answer : CONTROL The callsign suffix of a station providing clearance delivery would be: Correct answer : DELIVERY The callsign suffix for an airfield without radar would be: Correct answer : APPROACH The callsign of the station that you would be communicating with when receiving a radar service on departure would be: Correct answer : DEPARTURE The callsign for a radar station (general) would be: Correct answer : RADAR The callsign FASTAIR 1234 can be abbreivated to: Correct answer : No abbreviation The Call 'TRANSMITTING BLIND DUE TO RECEIVER FAILURE' is made by: Correct answer : an aircraft The call 'PAN PAN MEDICAL' indcates that: Correct answer : the flight is concerning a protected medical transport pursuant to 1949 Geneva Convention The call from an aircraft in imminent danger is: Correct answer : MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY The band for frequencies between 118.0 to 136.975 MHz is known as the:

Correct answer : VHF band The ATC message 'DISTRESS TRAFFIC ENDED' signifies that: Correct answer : normal ATC is resumed after an emergency The abbreviation SSR stands for: Correct answer : Secondary surveillance radar The abbreviation SAR stands for: Correct answer : Search and Rescue The abbreviation RVR stands for: Correct answer : Runway Visual Range The abbreviation IMC means: Correct answer : Instrument met conditions The abbreviation AIS stands for: Correct answer : Aeronautical Information Service Setting a Squawk of 7700 indicates that you: Correct answer : have an emergency SAR stands for: Correct answer : Search and rescue Runway surface condition for which braking action would be unreliable is: Correct answer : wet snow and slush Readability 2 means that your transmission is: Correct answer : readable now and then READABILITY 1 means: Correct answer : Unreadable Part of the procedure for an aircraft suffering radio failure IMC en route is to: Correct answer : commence descent from the navigation aid at the holding point as close as possible to the EAT last received or the ETA resulting from the current flight plan and to land within 30 minutes of this time PAPI stands for: Correct answer : Precision approach path indicators On what frequency do you transmit your first MAYDAY call? Correct answer : The frequency in use On hearing the message 'ALL STATIONS STEPHENVILLE RADAR STOP TRANSMITTING MAYDAY' you should: Correct answer : not interfere with the distress traffic On hearing an Urgency message a pilot should: Correct answer : maintain a listening watch to see if you can assist in any way In order to request for a readability check in flight you should use the phrase: Correct answer : HOW DO YOU READ In an urgency condition the frequency to use first is: Correct answer : the air-ground frequency currently in use If you wish to backtrack then your transmission should be: Correct answer : REQUEST BACKTRACK If you make a mistake in transmission you should use the phrase: Correct answer : CORRECTION If you hear the message 'FASTAIR 345 STANDBY ON 118.9 FOR TOWER' you should: Correct answer : change frequency to 118.9 and wait for TWOER to call you If you are repeating a word or a message for clarity then you should use the phrase: Correct answer : I SAY AGAIN If the rate of speech from the ground station is high, then you should say: Correct answer : SPEAK SLOWER If a transponder is unserviceable before an IFR deparure, then the pilot: Correct answer : many proceed with the flight with ATC permission How does ATC report RVR? Correct answer : In metres at touchdown, mid-point and stop-end of runway

Clearance limit is defined as: Correct answer : the point to which aircraft is granted ATC clearance 'APPROVED' means: Correct answer : Permission for proposed action granted An urgency message should include the following information: Correct answer : name of station addressed, aircraft callsign, nature of emergency condition, intention of commander, position, level, heading An altitude of 13,500 feet would be spoken as: Correct answer : ONE THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET An aircraft under IFR in IMC has radio failure. If not EAT has been received the pilot should aim to start descent over the Navaid serving the approach to the airfield: Correct answer : at or as close as possible to the flight plan ETA An aircraft that wishes to end a MAYDAY situation would transmit the message: Correct answer : CANCEL DISTRESS An aircraft is on an IFR approach to an aerodrome in VMC. This approach can be defined as: Correct answer : an IFR approach Air-ground communication is a: Correct answer : two-way comm between an aircraft and a station on the surface A waypoint is: Correct answer : a geographical location relating to area navigation (RNAV) A waypoint is defined as: Correct answer : a geographical location used in relation to RNAV systems A protected medical transport is identified by the prefix: Correct answer : PAN PAN MEDICAL A high aspect ratio wing: Correct answer : decreases induced drag A broadcast is a transmission of: Correct answer : information that is not addressed to specific aircraft Within the European Region, an aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR departure has to squawk 7600 and: Correct answer : Maintain the level last assigned by the ATC for a period of 3 minutes and then climb in accordance with the flight plan Which word shall be used to indicate that an error has been made in a transmission or message ? Correct answer : Correction. Which word shall be used to ask a station whether you have correctly received a message, clearance, instruction, etc ? Correct answer : Confirm. Which word or phrase shall be used when giving authorization to proceed under specified conditions ? Correct answer : Cleared. Which word or phrase shall be used to indicate that a change has been made to your last clearance and this new clearance supersedes your previous clearance or part thereof ? Correct answer : Recleared. Which word or phrase shall be used to indicate a separation between portions of a message ? Correct answer : Break. Which word or phrase shall be used in order to repeat for clarity or emphasis ? Correct answer : I say again . Which word or phrase shall be used if you want to say : "Wait and i will call you"? Correct answer : Standby. Which word or phrase shall be used if you want to say : "Reduce your rate of speech" ? Correct answer : Speak slower. Which Q-code is used to report altitude ? Correct answer : QNH Which phraseology shall a pilot use if he receives an instruction from ATC which he cannot carry out: Correct answer : Unable to comply

Which phraseology is to be used to ask the control tower for permission to taxi on a runway in the direction opposite to thaht in use ? Correct answer : "Request bactrack on runway". Which phrase should a pilot use to inform ATC that he is initiating a missed approach procedure: Correct answer : Going around Which phrase shall be used to confirm that a message has been repeated correctly: Correct answer : Correct Which phrase shall be used if you want to say:"I understand your message and will comply with it": Correct answer : Wilco Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "Yes": Correct answer : Affirm Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "Pass me the following information...": Correct answer : Report Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "I should like to know..." or "I wish to obtain..."? Correct answer : Request Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is ...": Correct answer : QNH 1017, correction QNH 1016 Which phrase shall be used if you want to say : ''Communication is difficult. Please send every word or group of words twice'' ? Correct answer : Words twice Which phrase shall be used if the repetition of an entire message is required: Correct answer : Say again Which phenomena will normally influence the reception of VHF transmission ? Correct answer : Level of aircraft and terrain elevations Which of these statements best describes the meaning of the phrase "Standby" ? Correct answer : Wait and I will call you Which of these phrases is used to inform the control tower that a pilot perform a missed approach: Correct answer : Going around Which of these phrases is used if you want to communicate that a message: "Consider that transmission as not sent": Correct answer : Disregard Which of the messages listed below shall not be handled by the aeronautical mobile service? Correct answer : Radio teletype messages. Which of the following statements is correct ? Correct answer : The urgency communications have priority over all the other communications, except distress Which of the following messages shall a station in control of distress use to impose silence ? Correct answer : Stop transmitting, MAYDAY Which of the following messages sent by ATC to an aircraft in flight must be read back? 1 - "descend to (altitude) 3.000 feet" 2 "wind 240, 15 knots, gusts 30 knots" 3 - "turn right heading 210" 4 - "reduce speed to 160 knots" 5 - "squawk 1723" 6 - "braking action poor";";2002-01-25 37325;090 09 00 00;"The expression " transmitting blind due to receiver failure" implies that no answer is expected. It shall be used by: Correct answer : 1, 3, 4, 5 Which of the following frequencies is an international emergency frequency: Correct answer : 121.500 MHz Which of the following calls is a "general call" ? Correct answer : ALL STATIONS Stephenville CONTROL. Which of the following abbreviated call signs of Cherokee XY-ABC is correct: Correct answer : Cherokee BC Which of the following abbreviated call signs of aircraft XY-ABC is correct: Correct answer : X-BC Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 50: Correct answer : About 85 NM Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 100: Correct answer : About 120 NM Which is the frequency separation between consecutive frequencies in the VHF band:

Correct answer : 25 KHz Which is the frequency band containing frequencies of the Aeronautical Mobile Service? Correct answer : 118.000 - 136.975 MHZ Which information can aircraft in flight obtain by VOLMET: Correct answer : Aviation routine weather reports (METAR) of specific airports Which frequency shall be used for the first transmission of an urgency call: Correct answer : The air-ground frequency in use at the time Which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back ? Correct answer : Runway-in-use, altimeter settings, SSR codes, level instructions, heading and speed instructions Which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back ? Correct answer : SSR code, QNH, take-off clearance, speed instructions Which elements of a position report cannot be omitted ? Correct answer : Aircraft identification, position, time Which abbreviation is used for the term "control zone"? Correct answer : CTR. Which abbreviation is used for "Co-ordinated universal time"? Correct answer : UTC. When transmitting time, which time system shall be used? Correct answer : Co-ordinated universal time (UTC) When transmitting runway visual range (RVR) for runway 16 ATC will use the following phrase: Correct answer : RVR runway 16 touchdown ... metres, mid-point ... metres, stop end ... metres When transmitting a message preceded by the phrase "Transmitting blind due to receiver failure" during an en-route flight, the aircraft station shall also: Correct answer : Advise the time of its next intended transmission When the term "Scattered" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : Half or less than half (3 or 4 octas) When the term "Overcast" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : 100% When the term "CAVOK" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the values of visibility and clouds are: Correct answer : Visibility 10 km or more, no clouds below 5000 feet/GND When the term "Broken" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : 5 to 7 octas When the auto-pilot is engaged; the role of the automatic trim is to: Correct answer : relieve the A.P. servo motor and return the aircraft in-trim at A.P. disconnect When shall the pilot of an aircraft experiencing communications failure keep a watch for instructions passed by visual signals ? Correct answer : When the aircraft is forming part of the aerodrome traffic at a controlled aerodrome When shall the phrase "Take-off" be used by a pilot : Correct answer : To acknowledge take-off clearance only When shall an aircraft in the heavy-wake-turbulence category include the word "Heavy" immediately after its call sign e.g. Fastair 345 heavy: Correct answer : In the initial call to the aerodrome control tower and the approach control unit When operating two AC generators unparalleled, the phase relationship of each generator: Correct answer : is unimportant. When may the name of the location or the call sign suffix in the call sign of an aeronautical station be omitted ? Correct answer : When satisfactory communication has been established and provided it will not be confusing to do so When is an aircraft station allowed to use its abbreviated call sign ? Correct answer : After it has been addressed in this manner by the aeronautical ground station When flying in accordance with IFR, which of the following best describes the term "Visual approach" ? Correct answer : An approach by an IFR flight when either part or all of an instrument approach procedure is not completed and the approach is executed in visual reference to terrain When an aircraft station receives the call "ALL STATIONS Stephenville RADAR, stop transmitting MAYDAY" it is requested : Correct answer : Not to interfere with the distress communication.

When an aircraft station receives the call "ALL STATIONS Stephenville RADAR, distress traffic ended" it is requested : Correct answer : To resume normal communication with Stephenville RADAR. When an aircraft is no longer in distress, it shall transmit a message cancelling the distress condition. Which words shall this message include ? Correct answer : ... cancel distress What, if any, is the abbreviated call sign of Fastair 2345 ? Correct answer : No abbreviated form What shall the pilot's readback be for "Climb to FL 280": Correct answer : Climbing to flight level two eight zero What shall the pilot's readback be for "climb to 2500 feet": Correct answer : Climbing to two thousand five hundred feet What phrase shall be used when asking for the readability of a transmission ? Correct answer : How do you read ? What percentages of the headwind and tailwind components are taken into account when calculating the take-off field length required? Correct answer : 50% headwind and 150% tailwind. What is the transponder code for radio communication failure: Correct answer : 7600 What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station providing radar service (in general) ? Correct answer : RADAR. What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station indicating clearance delivery ? Correct answer : DELIVERY. What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station indicating aerodrome control service: Correct answer : TOWER What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing surface movement control of aircraft on the manoeuvring area: Correct answer : GROUND What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing flight information service: Correct answer : INFORMATION What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing approach control (no radar service) ? Correct answer : APPROACH What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating area control centre (no radar): Correct answer : ...CONTROL What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating approach control radar departures: Correct answer : ...DEPARTURE What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating approach control radar arrivals: Correct answer : ...ARRIVAL What is the Q-code for "true bearing from the station"? Correct answer : QTE What is the Q-code for "magnetic heading to the station (no wind)? Correct answer : QDM. What is the Q-code for "magnetic bearing from the station"? Correct answer : QDR What is the minimum spacing for VHF? Correct answer : 8.33kHz What is the correct way to transmit and read back frequency 120.375 MHz (VHF channel separated by 25 KHz): Correct answer : One two zero decimal three seven What is the correct way of transmitting the number 3500 when indicating an altitude or an height ? Correct answer : three thousand five hundred What is the correct way of transmitting the number 13500 ? Correct answer : one three thousand five hundred What is the correct way of transmitting the number 118.1 to indicate a frequency ? Correct answer : one one eight decimal one

What is the correct way of transmitting 1001 as a QNH ? Correct answer : QNH one zero zero one What is the correct way of spelling out HB-JYC in a radio message? Correct answer : Hotel Bravo Juliett Yankee Charlie What is the correct way of expressing visibility ? Correct answer : Visibility 1200 metres What is the correct way for the pilot to acknowledge that ATIS Information Golf has been received: Correct answer : Information Golf What is the correct call sign of Fastair 345 in the initial call to the aerodrome control tower and the approach control unit, if the aircraft has a maximum take-off weight of more than 136 tonnes: Correct answer : Fastair 345 heavy What is the consequence of a microphone button stuck on transmit (switched "on") ? Correct answer : The frequency can not be used by others. What is normally used for ATIS broadcasts ? Correct answer : Discrete VHF frequency or/and VOR What is meant by the phrase "readability 2"? Correct answer : Readable now and then. What is meant by the phrase " readibility 4"? Correct answer : Readable. What is meant by good microphone technique ? Correct answer : Use a normal conversation tone, speak clearly and distinctly. What does the word "wilco" mean ? Correct answer : I understand your message and will comply with it. What does the word "report" mean ? Correct answer : Pass me the following information. What does the word "recleared" mean ? Correct answer : A change has been made to your last clearance. What does the word "negative" mean ? Correct answer : Permission not granted. What does the word "negative" mean ? Correct answer : That is not correct. What does the word "Monitor" mean: Correct answer : Listen out on (frequency). What does the word "disregard" mean ? Correct answer : Consider that transmission as not sent. What does the word "correct" mean ? Correct answer : That is correct. What does the word "contact" mean ? Correct answer : Establish radio contact with ... . What does the word "check" mean ? Correct answer : Examine a system or procedure. What does the word "approved" mean ? Correct answer : Permission for proposed action granted. What does the word "acknowledge" mean ? Correct answer : Let me know that you have received and understood this message. What does the term "Expected Approach Time" mean: Correct answer : The time at which ATC expects that an arriving aircraft, following a delay, will leave the holding point to complete its approach for a landing What does the term "clearance limit" mean: Correct answer : The point to which an aircraft is granted an air traffic control clearance What does the term "broadcast" mean? Correct answer : A transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations.

What does the term "blind transmission" mean? Correct answer : A transmission from one station to another station in circumstances where two-way communication cannot be established but it is believed that the called station is able to receive the transmission. What does the term "air-ground communication" mean? Correct answer : Two-way communication between aircraft and stations or locations on the surface of the earth What does the phrase "Verify" mean: Correct answer : Check and confirm with originator What does the phrase "Squawk 1234" mean: Correct answer : Select code 1234 on the SSR transponder What does the phrase "Roger" mean: Correct answer : I have received all of your last transmission What does the phrase "Read back" mean: Correct answer : Repeat all, or the specified part, of this message back to me exactly as received What does the phrase "Go ahead" mean: Correct answer : Proceed with your message What does the phrase "break break" mean ? Correct answer : It indicates the separation between messages transmitted to different aircraft in a very busy environment. What does the instruction: "Fastair 345 standby 118.9 for TOWER" mean: Correct answer : Fastair 345 should listen on frequency 118.9 on which TOWER will initiate further communications What does the instruction "Vacate left" mean ? Correct answer : Turn left to leave the runway What does the instruction "Orbit right" mean ? Correct answer : Make 360 turns to the right What does the instruction "Go around" mean ? Correct answer : Carry out a missed approach What does the abbreviation "SAR" mean? Correct answer : Search and rescue. What does the abbreviation "IMC" mean? Correct answer : Instrument meteorological conditions. What does the abbreviation "HX" mean? Correct answer : No specific working hours. What does the abbreviation "HJ" mean? Correct answer : Sunrise to sunset. What does the abbreviation "H24" mean? Correct answer : Continuous day and night service. What does the abbreviation "FIR" mean? Correct answer : Flight information region. What does the abbreviation "ATIS" mean? Correct answer : Automatic terminal information service. What does the abbreviation "AIS" mean? Correct answer : Aeronautical information service. What does the abbreviation "AFIS" mean? Correct answer : Aerodrome flight information service. What does the abbrevation "SSR" mean: Correct answer : Secondary surveillance radar What does the abbrevation "RVR" mean: Correct answer : Runway visual range What does the abbrevation "RNAV" mean: Correct answer : Area navigation What does the abbrevation "MLS" mean: Correct answer : Microwave landing system

What does the abbrevation "INS" mean: Correct answer : Inertial navigation system What does QTE mean? Correct answer : True bearing from the station. What does QDR mean? Correct answer : Magnetic bearing from the station What does QDM mean? Correct answer : Magnetic heading to the station (no wind) What does "SELCAL" mean: Correct answer : A system which permits the selective calling of individual aircraft over radiotelephone channels linking a ground station with the aircraft What does "Friction coefficient 45" in a runway report mean: Correct answer : Braking action good What does "Friction coefficient 20" in a runway report mean: Correct answer : Braking action poor What do the spoken words '' PAN PAN MEDICAL '' mean ? Correct answer : The message which follows concerns a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to medical transportation What are the propagation characteristics of VHF: Correct answer : Practically straight-line similar to light waves What action is required by the pilot of an aircraft station if he/she is unable to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station ? Correct answer : Try to establish communication with other aircraft or aeronautical stations Urgency is defined as: Correct answer : A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft other vehicles or of a person on board, but which does not require immediate assistance Under which of the following circumstances shall an aircraft station squawk 7600 ? Correct answer : In case of radio communication failure Under which of the following circumstances may you expect a solid reception of theTOWER frequency 118.2 MHz: Correct answer : Aircraft at high level in the vicinity of the ground station Under what runway conditions is the braking action reported to be "Unreliable": Correct answer : Runway covered with wet snow and slush To which frequency bands do the frequencies 118.000 - 136.975 MHz of the Aeronautical Mobile Service belong ? Correct answer : Very high frequency To indicate that he is no longer occupying the active runway a pilot shall report to the controller : Correct answer : Runway vacated. The wavelength of a radio transmitted on frequency 121.95 MHz is: Correct answer : 2.46 m The VHF direction finder uses the following wavelengths: Correct answer : metric. The vertical speed indicator VSI is fed by: Correct answer : static pressure The urgency message to be sent by an aircraft reporting an urgency condition shall contain at least the following elements/details : Correct answer : Aircraft call sign, nature of the urgency condition, pilot's intention, present position, level and heading The time is 9:20 A.M. What is the correct way of transmitting this time if there is no possibility of confusion about the hour ? Correct answer : Two zero. The time is 4:15 P.M. What is the correct way of transmitting this time if there is any possibility of confusion about the hour ? Correct answer : One six one five The TCAS 1 (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) provides : 1- traffic information 2- horizontal resolution (RA: Resolution Advisory) 3- vertical resolution (RA: Resolution Advisory) 4- ground proximity warning The combination regrouping all the correct statements is: Correct answer : 1 The TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) gives avoidance resolutions : Correct answer : only in the vertical plane

The so-called "hot buses" or "direct buses" are: Correct answer : directly connected to the battery. The reason for using inverters in an electrical system is .. Correct answer : To change DC into AC. The purpose of the vibrating device of an altimeter is to: Correct answer : reduce the effect of friction in the linkages The purpose of the automatic trim is to: 1- reduce to zero the hinge moment of the entire control surface in order to relieve the load on the servo-actuator 2- ensure the aeroplane is properly trimmed when the autopilot is disengaged 3- maintain the same stability/manoeuverablity trade-off within the whole flight envelope The combination regrouping all the correct statements is: Correct answer : 1, 2, 3. The purpose of static wick dischargers is to : Correct answer : dissipate static charge of the aircraft inflight thus avoiding radio interference as a result of static electricity. The priority of the instruction "taxi to runway 05" is: Correct answer : Same as "line-up runway 07 and wait". The pitot tube supplies: Correct answer : Impact pressure. The order of priority of the following messages in the aeronautical mobile service is: Correct answer : Flight safety message, meteorological message, flight regularity message. The order of priority of the following messages in the aeronautical mobile service is: Correct answer : Distress message, urgency message, direction finding message. The most widely used electrical frequency in aircraft is : Correct answer : 400 Hz. The most commonly used circuit protecion device in modern aircraft is a Correct answer : push and pull circuit breaker. The most common overload protection device used in aircraft is: Correct answer : Circuit breakers The message to an aeronautical ground station "please call a taxi-cab for us. We will arrive at 1045" is: Correct answer : An unauthorized message. The message addressed to an Area Control Center "request radar vectors to circumnavigate adverse weather" is: Correct answer : A flight safety message. The limits of the green scale of an airspeed indicator are : Correct answer : VS1 for the lower limit and VNO for the upper limit The heading reference unit of a three axis data generator is equipped with a gyro which has: Correct answer : 2 degrees of freedom and horizontal spin axis. The frequency used for the first transmission of a "MAYDAY" call shall be: Correct answer : The frequency currently in use The frequency 121.500 MHz is designated as: Correct answer : An international emergency frequency The fields affecting a magnetic compass originate from: 1. magnetic masses 2. ferrous metal masses 3. non ferrous metal masses 4. electrical currents The combination of correct statements is: Correct answer : 1, 2, 4 The Fan Markers uses the following wavelengths: Correct answer : metric. The error introduced in geostrophic or gradient wind calculations when the pressure is changing rapidly is the: Correct answer : isallobaric effect. The distress signal and the distress message to be sent by an aircraft in distress be on: Correct answer : The air-ground frequency in use at the time The distress message shall contain as many as possible of the following elements/details: Correct answer : Aircraft call sign, nature of distress, pilot's intention, present position, level and heading The distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting a message. Which words shall this message include ? Correct answer : Distress traffic ended The data supplied by a radio altimeter:

Correct answer : indicates the distance between the ground and the aircraft. The clearance : "cleared for immediate take-off runway 03" is: Correct answer : A flight safety message. The calibrated airspeed (CAS) is obtained by applying to the indicated airspeed (IAS) : Correct answer : an instrument and position/pressure error correction. The angle between Magnetic North and Compass North is called: Correct answer : compass deviation The advantages provided by an air data computer to indicate the altitude are : 1. Position/pressure error correction 2. Hysteresis error correction 3. Remote data transmission capability 4. Capability of operating as a conventional altimeter in the event of a failure The combination of correct statements is : Correct answer : 1,3,4 Shall an ATC route clearance always be read back: Correct answer : Yes, unless authorized otherwise by ATS authority concerned Refer to the following TAF extract: BECMG 1821 2000 BKN004 PROB30 BECMG 2124 0500 FG VV001 What does the abbreviation "VV001" mean? Correct answer : Vertical visibility 100 FT. Radio silence can be imposed by an aeronautical station in case of : Correct answer : Distress traffic. RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC squawk standby ". What does this mean? Correct answer : X-BC is requested to switch to standby position RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC squawk ident". What does this mean: Correct answer : X-BC shall operate the IDENT button RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC recycle 1015". What does this mean: Correct answer : X-BC is requested to reselect SSR code 1015 RADAR informs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC identified". What does this mean: Correct answer : Radar identification has been achieved R1 and R2 resistances are connected in parallel. The value of the equivalent resistance (Req) so obtained is given by the following formula: Correct answer : 1/Req = 1/R1 + 1/R2 QNH is the Q-code to indicate: Correct answer : The altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the ground. One advantage of a movable-stabilizer system compared with a fixed stabilizer system is that: Correct answer : it is a more powerful means of trimming On the readability scale what does "Readability 5" mean: Correct answer : Perfectly readable On the readability scale what does "Readability 3" mean: Correct answer : Readable but with difficulty On the readability scale what does "readability 1" mean ? Correct answer : Unreadable. On the ground, during a left turn, the turn indicator indicates : Correct answer : needle to the left, ball to the right On hearing an urgency message a pilot shall: Correct answer : Monitor the frequency to ensure assistance if required My message will be more effective and understandable if I : Correct answer : Maintain the speaking volume at a constant level Must a "general call" be acknowledged"? Correct answer : No. In the event that a pilot is required to make a blind transmission, this should be made: Correct answer : Twice on the designated frequency In case the transponder fails before the departure for an IFR flight, the pilot shall: Correct answer : Obtain prior permission by ATC to conduct the flight In case of a SSR transponder failure occuring after departure of an IFR flight, the pilot shall: Correct answer : Inform the competent ATC unit immediately

In a turn indicator, the measurement of rate of turn consists for: Correct answer : low bank angle, in measuring the yaw rate If you are requested to report your height, to which Q-code-setting would you refer ? Correct answer : QFE If you are requested to "Report flight conditions", what does that mean: Correct answer : Indicate whether you are flying in IMC or in VMC If two constant frequency AC generators are operating independently, then the phase relationship of each generator: Correct answer : is unimportant. If one of the 12 cells of a lead-acid battery is dead, the battery: Correct answer : is unserviceable. If all attemps to establish radio contact with a ground station fail, the pilot of an airplane shall transmit messages preceded by the phrase: Correct answer : Transmitting blind. If a ground D/F controller passes a bearing thus: "your true bearing is 256, class alpha." This means:Correct answer : QTE accurate to 2 How should aircraft XY-ABC call Stephenville TOWER on initial call ? Correct answer : Stephenville TOWER XY-ABC How should a pilot terminate the read-back of an ATC clearance? Correct answer : With his own aircraft call sign. How shall a pilot inform the control tower that he is prepared for take-off: Correct answer : Ready for departure or ready How shall a pilot inform the control tower that he has to abandon the take-off manoeuvre: Correct answer : Stopping How shall a pilot inform a radar control unit that the aircraft is not equipped with transponder: Correct answer : Negative transponder How is the visibility in an aviation routine weather report (METAR) expressed in plain language: Correct answer : Up to 5000 m in metres, above in kilometres How can spatial disorientation in IMC be avoided? By Correct answer : maintaining a good instrument cross check. How can aviation routine weather reports (METAR) of specific airports be obtained by aircraft in flight: Correct answer : VOLMET Generator paralleling through busbars is done to assure that Correct answer : different consumers can be fed from different sources. Flight safety messages are: Correct answer : Air traffic control messages. Fastair 345 has been instructed to contact Stephenville ARRIVAL on frequency 118.0. What is the correct way to indicate it will follow this instruction: Correct answer : 118.0 Fastair 345 Electrical bonding of an aircraft is used to: 1. protect the aircraft against lightning effects. 2. reset the electrostatic potential of the aircraft to a value approximating 0 volt 3. reduce radio interference on radiocommunication systems 4. set the aircraft to a single potential The combination regrouping all the correct statements is: Correct answer : 1, 3, 4 During the transmission of numbers containing a decimal point : Correct answer : The term DECIMAL must always be transmitted. During the approach, a crew reads on the radio altimeter the value of 650 ft. This is an indication of the true: Correct answer : height of the lowest wheels with regard to the ground at any time. During radar vectoring, the controller asks the pilot of XY-ABC to turn on to heading 360. The correct read back of this instruction is : Correct answer : Heading three six zero, X-BC. During an automatic landing, from a height of about 50 ft the: Correct answer : autopilot maintains an angle of attack depending on the radio altimeter height. During a Category II automatic approach, the height information is supplied by the : Correct answer : radio altimeter.

Distress is defined as: Correct answer : A condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance Compared with a conventional gyro, a laser gyro : Correct answer : has a longer life cycle Cherokee XY-ABC receives the following instruction: "X-BC climb straight ahead until 2500 feet before turning right, wind 270 degrees 6 knots, cleared for take-off".What is the correct read back: Correct answer : Straight ahead, at 2500 feet right turn, cleared for take-off, X-BC Blind transmission shall be made: Correct answer : On the designated frequency (frequency in use) Before transmitting the pilot should...: Correct answer : Listen out on the frequency to ensure no interference with another station already transmitting will occur. ATC clears Fastair 345 to descend from FL 100 to FL 80. What is the correct readback by the pilot: Correct answer : Leaving flight level 100 descending to flight level 80, Fastair 345 At a constant Mach number, the calibrated air speed (CAS) : Correct answer : decreases when the altitude increases As regards three-phase AC generators, the following conditions must be met for paralleling AC generators: 1. Equal voltage 2. Equal current 3. Equal frequencies 4. Same phase rotation 5. Voltages of same phase The combination regrouping all the correct statements is : Correct answer : 1, 3, 4, 5 As regards the Generator Contol Unit (GCU) of an AC generator, it can be said that: 1. The GCU controls the AC generator voltage 2. Modern GCUs are provided with a permanent indication to record the failure 3. All the commands originating from the control panel are applied via the GCU, except dog clutch release 4. The Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) provides the excitation of the AC generator as soon as the APU starts up The combination regrouping all the correct statements is : Correct answer : 2, 3 An urgency message shall be preceded by the radiotelephony urgency signal: Correct answer : PAN PAN, spoken three times An automatic pilot is a system which can ensure the functions of: Correct answer : piloting and guidance of an aircraft in both the horizontal and vertical planes. An aircraft station fails to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station on the designated frequency.What action is required by the pilot: Correct answer : Attempt to establish contact with the station on an alternative frequency An aircraft squawking 7700 indicates to the ground station that: Correct answer : The aircraft is in distress An aircraft on an IFR flight in VMC experiences radio communication failure. The aircraft is assumed to : Correct answer : Land at the nearest suitable aerodrome An aircraft is squawking 7600. This indicates: Correct answer : It is unable to establish communication due to radio equipment failure An aircraft is instructed to hold short of the runway-in-use. What is the correct phraseology to indicate it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : Holding short An aircraft is flying north-east at 2500 feet.TOWER requests heading and level. What is the correct response: Correct answer : Heading 045 at 2500 feet An aircraft in state of emergency shall squawk: Correct answer : 7700 An aircraft in distress shall send the following signal by radiotelephony: Correct answer : MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY An aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC is assumed to: Correct answer : Proceed in accordance with the current flight plan to the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in VMC is assumed to: Correct answer : Continue to fly in VMC, land at the nearest suitable aerodrome, report its arrival An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to land, if possible, within: Correct answer : 30 minutes after ETA or the last EAT, whichever is later An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to hold over the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome:

Correct answer : Until the expected approach time last received and acknowledged An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to commence descent over the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome (no EAT received): Correct answer : At, or as close to, the ETA resulting from the current flight plan An aeroplane is in a steady climb. The autothrottle maintains a constant Mach number. If the total temperature remains constant, the calibrated airspeed : Correct answer : decreases. An "Automatic Terminal Information Service" provides: Correct answer : Routine information to arriving and departing aircraft by means of continuous and repetitive broadcast . Air-driven gyro rotors are prevented from spinning too fast by the Correct answer : vacuum relief valve Aircraft XY-ABC is making a test transmission with Stephenville TOWER on frequency 118.7. What is the correct phrasing for this transmission: Correct answer : Stephenville TOWER XY-ABC radio check 118.7 Aircraft X-BC has been instructed to listen on ATIS frequency 123.25, on which information are being broadcast. What is the correct response to indicate that it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : Monitoring 123.25 X-BC Aircraft X-BC has been instructed to contact Stephenville TOWER on frequency 118.7. What is the correct response to indicate that it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : 118.7 X-BC Air traffic control messages (clearances, instructions, etc.) belong to the category of: Correct answer : Flight safety messages. A transport airplane has to be equipped with an altitude warning device. This system will warn the crew about : 1 - getting close to the preselected altitude, during both climb and descent. 2 - getting close to the preselected altitude, during climb only. 3 - the loss of altitude during take-off or missed approach. 4 - a wrong landing configuration. 5 - a variation higher or lower than a preselected altitude. The combination regrouping the correct statements is: Correct answer : 1,5 A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken words PAN PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN means: Correct answer : The aircraft has a very urgent message to transmit concerning the safety of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, but immediate assistance is not required A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY means: Correct answer : Imminent danger threatens the aircraft and immediate assistance is required A resolution advisory is represented on the display system of the TCAS 2 by a: Correct answer : red full square. A rectifier is a unit that Correct answer : produces a DC output from AC input. A pilot wishes to turn left on to a southerly heading with 20 bank at a latitude of 20 North. Using a direct reading compass, in order to achieve this he must stop the turn on an approximate heading of : Correct answer : 160 A pilot has to carry out a single pilot IFR flight on a light twin aircraft for cargo transport. The purpose of the automatic pilot should be at least to hold: Correct answer : heading and altitude. A pilot engages the control wheel steering (CWS) of a conventional autopilot and carries out a manoeuvre in roll. When the control wheel is released, the autopilot will : Correct answer : maintain the flight attitude obtained at that moment. A message preceded by the phrase "Transmitting blind due receiver failure" shall be transmitted: Correct answer : On the frequency presently in use A message concerning an aircraft being threatened by grave and imminent danger, requiring immediate assistance is called: Correct answer : Distress message. A message concerning aircraft parts and material urgently required is: Correct answer : A flight regularity message. A message concerning a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to medical transportation shall be preceded by the signal: Correct answer : PAN PAN MEDICAL A departing aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR flight under radar vectors has to: Correct answer : Squawk 7600 and thereafter return to the route indicated in the current flight plan in the most direct manner

Given the following forecast for EHAM, the most likely conditions for an arrival at 0900Z are: EHAM 231043Z 231812 26009KT 4000 BR -DZ SCT006 BKN012 BECMG 1922 2500 BKN004 BECMG 2201 VRB03KT 0800 BCFG BKN003 PROB40 0308 0300 FG VV001 BECMG 0709 3500 BR SCT004 BKN006 BECMG 0912 10008KT 9999 NSW SCT018 SCT025= Correct answer : 3500m in mist, scattered cloud at 400ft., broken at 600ft Which of the following sequences shows the correct elements of a position report in the correct order? (i) callsign (ii) reported position (iii) heading (M) (iv) level or altitude (v) next position (vi) ETA of the next position (vii) aircraft type (viii) time of reported position Correct answer : (i) (ii) (viii) (iv) (v) (vi) IFR Your action in repsonse to the instruction from ATC to 'RECYCLE SQUAWK' is to: Correct answer : reselect the numbers on the control unit You would set 7700 on the transponder when you: Correct answer : are in an emergency condition 'WILCO' means Correct answer : I understand your message and will comply with it Who do you talk to on the manoeuvring area? Correct answer : GROUND When told 'RE-CYCLE SQUAWK 1015' you should: Correct answer : reselect the digits on the transponder mode A When told by ATC to listen for ATIS on 123.45, you should reply with: Correct answer : MONITORING 123.45 When reporting a frequency the use of the word 'DECIMAL' can be omitted: Correct answer : Never When referring to a frequency the word 'DECIMAL' can be dropped: Correct answer : Never When reading back a route clearance what do you say last? Correct answer : Your callsign When flying on a SW heading at 3500 feet you would report your heading and level as: Correct answer : HEADING 225 AT THREE THOUASAND FIVE HUNDRED When asking for a repeat of a message, you should say: Correct answer : SAY AGAIN What is the correct readback of the ATC clearance X/BC climb straight ahead. At 2500 feet turn right. Wind 270E 10kts. Cleared for take-off.? Correct answer : Climb straight ahead. At 2500 feet turn right. Cleared for take off. X-BC What information does VOLMET broadcast (on VHF)? Correct answer : METARs for various aerodromes What do you say in a distress situation? Correct answer : MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY The words proceeding an URGENCY message should be: Correct answer : Pan Pan Pan Pan Pan Pan The VOLMET broadcasts include information about: Correct answer : METARs for selected airfields The VHF range for an aircraft at FL 50 is: Correct answer : 85 nm The true bearing from a station is: Correct answer : QTE

The time given in aeronautical communications is: Correct answer : UTC The theoretical VHF range that you can obtain at FL50 is: Correct answer : 85 nm The term 'STANDBY' means: Correct answer : wait and I will call you The term 'BROADCAST' means that the information: Correct answer : is not addressed to a specific station The suffix in the callsign of an aerodrome control service would be: Correct answer : TOWER The Squawk code for radio failure is: Correct answer : 7600 The radiotelephony call for a Distress condition is: Correct answer : MaydayMaydayMayday The Q code on which height is based on: Correct answer : QFE The Q code for TRUE BEARING from a station is: Correct answer : QTE The Q code for the magnetic bearing from a station is: Correct answer : QDR The Q code for height is: Correct answer : QFE The Q code for altitude is: Correct answer : QNH The Q code for a magnetic bearing from a station is: Correct answer : QDR The priority of the message 'TAXI TO HOLDING POINT ALPHA AND WAIT' is: Correct answer : the same as 'CLEARED TO LAND' The priority of the message 'REQUEST QDM' is: Correct answer : greater than for 'TURN RIGHT' The priority of the message 'LINE UP' is: Correct answer : same as 'TAXI TO HOLDING POINT RUNWAY 20' The priority of message 'REQUEST QDM' is: Correct answer : higher than for 'TURN LEFT 180 DEGREES' The prefix for distress call by an aircraft is: Correct answer : MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY The phrase to use when you want to say 'yes' is: Correct answer : AFFIRM The phrase STANDBY means: Correct answer : wait and I will call you The name or suffix on the callsign of an aeronautical station may be omitted: Correct answer : once satisfactory comms have been established and providing there will be no confusion The minimum content of a readback of the message from ATC 'X-CD CHANGE FREQUENCY TO STEPHENVILLE TOWER 118.7' is: Correct answer : 118.7 X-CD The message 'REQUIRE SPARE PARTS URGENTLY' is a: Correct answer : flight regularity message The message 'READABILITY 3' means: Correct answer : Readable but with difficulty The message from ATC saying 'VISIBILITY 1200' means that the visibility is: Correct answer : 1200 metres The maximum VHF range when flying at FL100 would be:

Correct answer : 120 nm The international emergency frequency is: Correct answer : 121.500 MHz The instruction 'AFTER THE LANDING CESSNA LINE UP' is an example of a: Correct answer : conditional clearance The information that must be included in the readback of a message include: Correct answer : heading, altimeter setting, runway in use, type of radar service The highest to lowest priority of message catergories are: Correct answer : Emergency / DF / Flight Safety / Met / Flight Regularity The frequency to use in the event of a Distress condition is the: Correct answer : air-ground frequency currently in use The frequency to transmit on first for an urgency call is the: Correct answer : frequency in use The frequency on which ATIS can be found is Correct answer : Discrete VHF or VOR freqency The definition of the phrase 'STANDBY' is: Correct answer : wait and I will call you The definition of the distress condition is that: Correct answer : the aircraft is in imminent danger and requires immediate assistance The definition of a distress condition is that: Correct answer : the aircraft is being threatened by serious or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance The correct reply ot the instruction 'HOLD SHORT AT RUNWAY' is: Correct answer : HOLDING SHORT The correct phrase to use when you want some information or approval for an actionis: Correct answer : REQUEST The correct call to make asking for radio check on the ground is: Correct answer : STEPHENVILLE TOWER G-ABCD RADIO CHECK 118.7 The condition that defines the state of Urgency is that: Correct answer : there is concern about the safety of the aircraft or a person on board but it does not require immediate assistance The condition that defines the state of an aircraft in imminent danger is: Correct answer : Distress The callsign suffix of an aeronautical station providing control of surface traffic on the movement area would be: Correct answer : GROUND The callsign suffix of a station giving flight information is: Correct answer : INFORMATION The callsign suffix for the ATC unit controlling aircraft and vehicles on the manoeuvring area is: Correct answer : GROUND The callsign suffix for an aeronautical station supplying only flight information service is: Correct answer : INFORMATION The callsign of a station controlling surface vehicles in the manoeuvring area would be: Correct answer : GROUND The callsign location or suffix of an aeronautical station can be dropped: Correct answer : when there is no possibility of confusion after communications have been established The callsign for a station providing flight information service is: Correct answer : INFORMATION The call from an aircraft for a missed approach is: Correct answer : GOING AROUND The best signals for VHF communications are obtained when the position of the aircraft is at: Correct answer : high altitude and in the vicinity of the aerodrome The band for frequencies between 118.0 to 136.975 MHz is known as the: Correct answer : VHF band

The action that you carry out in response to the instruction 'SQUAWK IDENT' is to: Correct answer : press the special identification (Ident) button on the control unit The abbreviation SAR stands for: Correct answer : Search and Rescue The abbreviation of an aircraft callsign XY-ABC is: Correct answer : X-BC The abbreviation HX in the column for aerodrome operating hours, means that the aerodrome: Correct answer : has unspecified opening hours The abbreviation HX in operating hours of an aerodrome means that the airfield: Correct answer : opening hours are not specified The abbreviation HJ in the operating hours column for an aerodrome means that the aerodrome: Correct answer : is open from sunrise to sunset The abbreviation H J means that the aerodrome is: Correct answer : open between sunrise and sunset The abbreviation for the callsign CHEROKEE XY-ABC would be: Correct answer : CHEROKEE BC The abbreviation for a control zone is: Correct answer : CTR The abbreviation AFIS stands for: Correct answer : Aerodrome flight information service Setting a Squawk of 7700 indicates that you: Correct answer : have an emergency Report of altitude based on: Correct answer : QNH READABILITY 5 means: Correct answer : Perfectly readable Readability 3 means that your transmission is: Correct answer : readable but with diffuculty QDM stands for: Correct answer : magnetic bearing to station QDM means Correct answer : magnetic bearing to the station On what frequency do you transmit your first MAYDAY call? Correct answer : The frequency in use On a METAR 'BROKEN' means a cloud cover of: Correct answer : 5-7 octas In METARs 'SCATTERED' means cloud cover of: Correct answer : 3-4 octas If your readback of a clearance is correct ATC will say: Correct answer : CORRECT If you wish to say 'Wait and I will call you' the corect phrase to use is: Correct answer : STANDBY If you wish to backtrack then your transmission should be: Correct answer : REQUEST BACKTRACK If you are told to 'SQUAWK 1250' you should Correct answer : setcode 1250 on SSR transponder (mode A) If you are flying an aircraft without a transponder then the reply to an instruction to SQUAWK should be: Correct answer : NEGATIVE TRANSPONDER If flying on a north-easterly heading at 2500 feet and you are asked to report your heading and level, then you should reply with the message: Correct answer : HEADING 045 AT TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET If a radar station says 'B-LOGG IDENTIFIED' it means that aircraft callsign B-LOGG:

Correct answer : has been identified on radar If a controller would like to say to you 'Pass me the following information', he would use the expression: Correct answer : REPORT How is the time 9.20 am reported on RT if there is no possibility of confusion about the hour? Correct answer : TWO ZERO How do you report a level of 3500 feet Correct answer : THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET How do you inform ATC of the fact that you are in an aircraft with no transponder? Correct answer : Negative transponder CAVOK means that the values of visability and cloud are: Correct answer : >10 km and no cloud below 5000 feet ATIS can be obtained on: Correct answer : a discrete VHF / VOR frequency An example of a Flight Safety message is: Correct answer : an ATC instruction An example of a Conditional clearance is: Correct answer : AFTER THE LANDING LEARJET LINE UP An aircraft would be in a position for best reception of radio signals from the Tower if it is: Correct answer : high and in vicinity of the aerodrome An aircraft can abbreviate its callsign: Correct answer : only after the aeronautical station has first used the abbreviation An aircraft at FL100 over flat terrain on a clear day will have a maximum VHF communications range of about: Correct answer : 120 nm A Flight Safety message is one that: Correct answer : is of immediate concern to an aircraft in flight or preparing to depart A FIR is defined as: Correct answer : a portion of airspace where flight information and alerting service is provided A controller would say 'BREAK BREAK' when he: Correct answer : is in a busy environment and has communications with more than one aircraft A 'BLIND TRANSMISSION' Is a transmission: Correct answer : from one station to another when there is no communication but where it is believed that the caller station is able to receive the transmission Within the European Region, an aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR departure has to squawk 7600 and: Correct answer : Maintain the level last assigned by the ATC for a period of 3 minutes and then climb in accordance with the flight plan Which word shall be used to indicate that an error has been made in a transmission or message ? Correct answer : Correction. Which word shall be used to ask a station whether you have correctly received a message, clearance, instruction, etc ? Correct answer : Confirm. Which word or phrase shall be used when giving authorization to proceed under specified conditions ? Correct answer : Cleared. Which word or phrase shall be used to indicate that a change has been made to your last clearance and this new clearance supersedes your previous clearance or part thereof ? Correct answer : Recleared. Which word or phrase shall be used to indicate a separation between portions of a message ? Correct answer : Break. Which word or phrase shall be used in order to repeat for clarity or emphasis ? Correct answer : I say again . Which word or phrase shall be used if you want to say : "Wait and i will call you"? Correct answer : Standby. Which word or phrase shall be used if you want to say : "Reduce your rate of speech" ? Correct answer : Speak slower.

Which Q-code is used to report altitude ? Correct answer : QNH Which phraseology shall a pilot use if he receives an instruction from ATC which he cannot carry out: Correct answer : Unable to comply Which phrase should a pilot use to inform ATC that he is initiating a missed approach procedure: Correct answer : Going around Which phrase shall be used to confirm that a message has been repeated correctly: Correct answer : Correct Which phrase shall be used if you want to say:"I understand your message and will comply with it": Correct answer : Wilco Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "Yes": Correct answer : Affirm Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "Pass me the following information...": Correct answer : Report Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "I should like to know..." or "I wish to obtain..."? Correct answer : Request Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: "An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is ...": Correct answer : QNH 1017, correction QNH 1016 Which phrase shall be used if you want to say : ''Communication is difficult. Please send every word or group of words twice'' ? Correct answer : Words twice Which phrase shall be used if the repetition of an entire message is required: Correct answer : Say again Which of these statements best describes the meaning of the phrase "Standby" ? Correct answer : Wait and I will call you Which of these phrases is used to inform the control tower that a pilot perform a missed approach: Correct answer : Going around Which of these phrases is used if you want to communicate that a message: "Consider that transmission as not sent": Correct answer : Disregard Which of the messages listed below shall not be handled by the aeronautical mobile service? Correct answer : Radio teletype messages. Which of the following statements is correct ? Correct answer : The urgency communications have priority over all the other communications, except distress Which of the following messages shall a station in control of distress use to impose silence ? Correct answer : Stop transmitting, MAYDAY Which of the following messages sent by ATC to an aircraft in flight must be read back? 1 - "descend to (altitude) 3.000 feet" 2 "wind 240, 15 knots, gusts 30 knots" 3 - "turn right heading 210" 4 - "reduce speed to 160 knots" 5 - "squawk 1723" 6 - "braking action poor";";2002-01-25 37325;090 09 00 00;"The expression " transmitting blind due to receiver failure" implies that no answer is expected. It shall be used by: Correct answer : 1, 3, 4, 5 Which of the following frequencies is an international emergency frequency: Correct answer : 121.500 MHz Which of the following calls is a "general call" ? Correct answer : ALL STATIONS Stephenville CONTROL. Which of the following abbreviated call signs of Cherokee XY-ABC is correct: Correct answer : Cherokee BC Which of the following abbreviated call signs of aircraft XY-ABC is correct: Correct answer : X-BC Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 50: Correct answer : About 85 NM Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 100: Correct answer : About 120 NM Which is the frequency separation between consecutive frequencies in the VHF band:

Correct answer : 25 KHz Which is the frequency band containing frequencies of the Aeronautical Mobile Service? Correct answer : 118.000 - 136.975 MHZ Which information can aircraft in flight obtain by VOLMET: Correct answer : Aviation routine weather reports (METAR) of specific airports Which frequency shall be used for the first transmission of an urgency call: Correct answer : The air-ground frequency in use at the time Which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back ? Correct answer : SSR code, QNH, take-off clearance, speed instructions Which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back ? Correct answer : Runway-in-use, altimeter settings, SSR codes, level instructions, heading and speed instructions Which elements of a position report cannot be omitted ? Correct answer : Aircraft identification, position, time Which abbreviation is used for the term "control zone"? Correct answer : CTR. Which abbreviation is used for "Co-ordinated universal time"? Correct answer : UTC. When transmitting time, which time system shall be used? Correct answer : Co-ordinated universal time (UTC) When transmitting runway visual range (RVR) for runway 16 ATC will use the following phrase: Correct answer : RVR runway 16 touchdown ... metres, mid-point ... metres, stop end ... metres When transmitting a message preceded by the phrase "Transmitting blind due to receiver failure" during an en-route flight, the aircraft station shall also: Correct answer : Advise the time of its next intended transmission When the term "Scattered" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : Half or less than half (3 or 4 octas) When the term "Overcast" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : 100% When the term "CAVOK" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the values of visibility and clouds are: Correct answer : Visibility 10 km or more, no clouds below 5000 feet/GND When the term "Broken" is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is: Correct answer : 5 to 7 octas When shall the pilot of an aircraft experiencing communications failure keep a watch for instructions passed by visual signals ? Correct answer : When the aircraft is forming part of the aerodrome traffic at a controlled aerodrome When shall the phrase "Take-off" be used by a pilot : Correct answer : To acknowledge take-off clearance only When shall an aircraft in the heavy-wake-turbulence category include the word "Heavy" immediately after its call sign e.g. Fastair 345 heavy: Correct answer : In the initial call to the aerodrome control tower and the approach control unit When may the name of the location or the call sign suffix in the call sign of an aeronautical station be omitted ? Correct answer : When satisfactory communication has been established and provided it will not be confusing to do so When is an aircraft station allowed to use its abbreviated call sign ? Correct answer : After it has been addressed in this manner by the aeronautical ground station When flying in accordance with IFR, which of the following best describes the term "Visual approach" ? Correct answer : An approach by an IFR flight when either part or all of an instrument approach procedure is not completed and the approach is executed in visual reference to terrain When an aircraft station receives the call "ALL STATIONS Stephenville RADAR, stop transmitting MAYDAY" it is requested : Correct answer : Not to interfere with the distress communication. When an aircraft station receives the call "ALL STATIONS Stephenville RADAR, distress traffic ended" it is requested : Correct answer : To resume normal communication with Stephenville RADAR. When an aircraft is no longer in distress, it shall transmit a message cancelling the distress condition. Which words shall this message include ? Correct answer : ... cancel distress

What, if any, is the abbreviated call sign of Fastair 2345 ? Correct answer : No abbreviated form What shall the pilot's readback be for "Climb to FL 280": Correct answer : Climbing to flight level two eight zero What shall the pilot's readback be for "climb to 2500 feet": Correct answer : Climbing to two thousand five hundred feet What phrase shall be used when asking for the readability of a transmission ? Correct answer : How do you read ? What is the transponder code for radio communication failure: Correct answer : 7600 What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station providing radar service (in general) ? Correct answer : RADAR. What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station indicating clearance delivery ? Correct answer : DELIVERY. What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing surface movement control of aircraft on the manoeuvring area: Correct answer : GROUND What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing flight information service: Correct answer : INFORMATION What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing approach control (no radar service) ? Correct answer : APPROACH What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating area control centre (no radar): Correct answer : ...CONTROL What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating approach control radar departures: Correct answer : ...DEPARTURE What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station indicating approach control radar arrivals: Correct answer : ...ARRIVAL What is the Q-code for "true bearing from the station"? Correct answer : QTE What is the Q-code for "magnetic heading to the station (no wind)? Correct answer : QDM. What is the Q-code for "magnetic bearing from the station"? Correct answer : QDR What is the minimum spacing for VHF? Correct answer : 8.33kHz What is the correct way to transmit and read back frequency 120.375 MHz (VHF channel separated by 25 KHz): Correct answer : One two zero decimal three seven What is the correct way of transmitting the number 3500 when indicating an altitude or an height ? Correct answer : three thousand five hundred What is the correct way of transmitting the number 13500 ? Correct answer : one three thousand five hundred What is the correct way of transmitting the number 118.1 to indicate a frequency ? Correct answer : one one eight decimal one What is the correct way of transmitting 1001 as a QNH ? Correct answer : QNH one zero zero one What is the correct way of spelling out HB-JYC in a radio message? Correct answer : Hotel Bravo Juliett Yankee Charlie What is the correct way of expressing visibility ? Correct answer : Visibility 1200 metres What is the correct way for the pilot to acknowledge that ATIS Information Golf has been received: Correct answer : Information Golf

What is the correct call sign of Fastair 345 in the initial call to the aerodrome control tower and the approach control unit, if the aircraft has a maximum take-off weight of more than 136 tonnes: Correct answer : Fastair 345 heavy What is the consequence of a microphone button stuck on transmit (switched "on") ? Correct answer : The frequency can not be used by others. What is normally used for ATIS broadcasts ? Correct answer : Discrete VHF frequency or/and VOR What is meant by the phrase "readability 2"? Correct answer : Readable now and then. What is meant by good microphone technique ? Correct answer : Use a normal conversation tone, speak clearly and distinctly. What does the word "wilco" mean ? Correct answer : I understand your message and will comply with it. What does the word "report" mean ? Correct answer : Pass me the following information. What does the word "recleared" mean ? Correct answer : A change has been made to your last clearance. What does the word "negative" mean ? Correct answer : That is not correct. What does the word "negative" mean ? Correct answer : Permission not granted. What does the word "Monitor" mean: Correct answer : Listen out on (frequency). What does the word "disregard" mean ? Correct answer : Consider that transmission as not sent. What does the word "correct" mean ? Correct answer : That is correct. What does the word "contact" mean ? Correct answer : Establish radio contact with ... . What does the word "check" mean ? Correct answer : Examine a system or procedure. What does the word "cancel" mean ? Correct answer : Annul the previously transmitted clearance. What does the word "approved" mean ? Correct answer : Permission for proposed action granted. What does the word "acknowledge" mean ? Correct answer : Let me know that you have received and understood this message. What does the term "way point" mean: Correct answer : A specified geographical position used to define an area navigation route or the flight path of an aircraft employing area navigation What does the term "Expected Approach Time" mean: Correct answer : The time at which ATC expects that an arriving aircraft, following a delay, will leave the holding point to complete its approach for a landing What does the term "clearance limit" mean: Correct answer : The point to which an aircraft is granted an air traffic control clearance What does the term "broadcast" mean? Correct answer : A transmission of information relating to air navigation that is not addressed to a specific station or stations. What does the term "blind transmission" mean? Correct answer : A transmission from one station to another station in circumstances where two-way communication cannot be established but it is believed that the called station is able to receive the transmission. What does the term "air-ground communication" mean? Correct answer : Two-way communication between aircraft and stations or locations on the surface of the earth What does the phrase "Verify" mean:

Correct answer : Check and confirm with originator What does the phrase "Roger" mean: Correct answer : I have received all of your last transmission What does the phrase "Read back" mean: Correct answer : Repeat all, or the specified part, of this message back to me exactly as received What does the phrase "Go ahead" mean: Correct answer : Proceed with your message What does the phrase "break break" mean ? Correct answer : It indicates the separation between messages transmitted to different aircraft in a very busy environment. What does the instruction: "Fastair 345 standby 118.9 for TOWER" mean: Correct answer : Fastair 345 should listen on frequency 118.9 on which TOWER will initiate further communications What does the instruction "Vacate left" mean ? Correct answer : Turn left to leave the runway What does the instruction "Orbit right" mean ? Correct answer : Make 360 turns to the right What does the instruction "Go around" mean ? Correct answer : Carry out a missed approach What does the abbreviation "SAR" mean? Correct answer : Search and rescue. What does the abbreviation "IMC" mean? Correct answer : Instrument meteorological conditions. What does the abbreviation "HX" mean? Correct answer : No specific working hours. What does the abbreviation "H24" mean? Correct answer : Continuous day and night service. What does the abbreviation "FIR" mean? Correct answer : Flight information region. What does the abbreviation "ATIS" mean? Correct answer : Automatic terminal information service. What does the abbreviation "AIS" mean? Correct answer : Aeronautical information service. What does the abbreviation "AFIS" mean? Correct answer : Aerodrome flight information service. What does the abbrevation "SSR" mean: Correct answer : Secondary surveillance radar What does the abbrevation "RVR" mean: Correct answer : Runway visual range What does the abbrevation "RNAV" mean: Correct answer : Area navigation What does the abbrevation "MLS" mean: Correct answer : Microwave landing system What does the abbrevation "INS" mean: Correct answer : Inertial navigation system What does QTE mean? Correct answer : True bearing from the station. What does QDR mean? Correct answer : Magnetic bearing from the station What does QDM mean? Correct answer : Magnetic heading to the station (no wind) What does "SELCAL" mean: Correct answer : A system which permits the selective calling of individual aircraft over radiotelephone channels linking a ground station with the aircraft

What does "Friction coefficient 45" in a runway report mean: Correct answer : Braking action good What does "Friction coefficient 20" in a runway report mean: Correct answer : Braking action poor What do the spoken words '' PAN PAN MEDICAL '' mean ? Correct answer : The message which follows concerns a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to medical transportation What are the propagation characteristics of VHF: Correct answer : Practically straight-line similar to light waves What action is required by the pilot of an aircraft station if he/she is unable to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station ? Correct answer : Try to establish communication with other aircraft or aeronautical stations Urgency is defined as: Correct answer : A condition concerning the safety of an aircraft other vehicles or of a person on board, but which does not require immediate assistance Under which of the following circumstances shall an aircraft station squawk 7600 ? Correct answer : In case of radio communication failure Under which of the following circumstances may you expect a solid reception of theTOWER frequency 118.2 MHz: Correct answer : Aircraft at high level in the vicinity of the ground station Under what runway conditions is the braking action reported to be "Unreliable": Correct answer : Runway covered with wet snow and slush To which frequency bands do the frequencies 118.000 - 136.975 MHz of the Aeronautical Mobile Service belong ? Correct answer : Very high frequency To indicate that he is no longer occupying the active runway a pilot shall report to the controller : Correct answer : Runway vacated. The urgency message to be sent by an aircraft reporting an urgency condition shall contain at least the following elements/details : Correct answer : Aircraft call sign, nature of the urgency condition, pilot's intention, present position, level and heading The time is 9:20 A.M. What is the correct way of transmitting this time if there is no possibility of confusion about the hour ? Correct answer : Two zero. The time is 4:15 P.M. What is the correct way of transmitting this time if there is any possibility of confusion about the hour ? Correct answer : One six one five The priority of the instruction "taxi to runway 05" is: Correct answer : Same as "line-up runway 07 and wait". The order of priority of the following messages in the aeronautical mobile service is: Correct answer : Distress message, urgency message, direction finding message. The order of priority of the following messages in the aeronautical mobile service is: Correct answer : Flight safety message, meteorological message, flight regularity message. The message to an aeronautical ground station "please call a taxi-cab for us. We will arrive at 1045" is: Correct answer : An unauthorized message. The message addressed to an Area Control Center "request radar vectors to circumnavigate adverse weather" is: Correct answer : A flight safety message. The frequency used for the first transmission of a "MAYDAY" call shall be: Correct answer : The frequency currently in use The frequency 121.500 MHz is designated as: Correct answer : An international emergency frequency The distress signal and the distress message to be sent by an aircraft in distress be on: Correct answer : The air-ground frequency in use at the time The distress message shall contain as many as possible of the following elements/details: Correct answer : Aircraft call sign, nature of distress, pilot's intention, present position, level and heading The distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting a message. Which words shall this message include ? Correct answer : Distress traffic ended The clearance : "cleared for immediate take-off runway 03" is:

Correct answer : A flight safety message. Shall an ATC route clearance always be read back: Correct answer : Yes, unless authorized otherwise by ATS authority concerned Radio silence can be imposed by an aeronautical station in case of : Correct answer : Distress traffic. RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC squawk standby ". What does this mean? Correct answer : X-BC is requested to switch to standby position RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC squawk ident". What does this mean: Correct answer : X-BC shall operate the IDENT button RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC recycle 1015". What does this mean: Correct answer : X-BC is requested to reselect SSR code 1015 RADAR informs aircraft X-BC: "X-BC identified". What does this mean: Correct answer : Radar identification has been achieved On the readability scale what does "Readability 5" mean: Correct answer : Perfectly readable On the readability scale what does "Readability 3" mean: Correct answer : Readable but with difficulty On the readability scale what does "readability 1" mean ? Correct answer : Unreadable. On hearing an urgency message a pilot shall: Correct answer : Monitor the frequency to ensure assistance if required My message will be more effective and understandable if I : Correct answer : Maintain the speaking volume at a constant level Must a "general call" be acknowledged"? Correct answer : No. In the event that a pilot is required to make a blind transmission, this should be made: Correct answer : Twice on the designated frequency In case the transponder fails before the departure for an IFR flight, the pilot shall: Correct answer : Obtain prior permission by ATC to conduct the flight In case of a SSR transponder failure occuring after departure of an IFR flight, the pilot shall: Correct answer : Inform the competent ATC unit immediately If you are requested to report your height, to which Q-code-setting would you refer ? Correct answer : QFE If you are requested to "Report flight conditions", what does that mean: Correct answer : Indicate whether you are flying in IMC or in VMC If all attemps to establish radio contact with a ground station fail, the pilot of an airplane shall transmit messages preceded by the phrase: Correct answer : Transmitting blind. If a ground D/F controller passes a bearing thus: "your true bearing is 256, class alpha." This means:Correct answer : QTE accurate to 2 How should aircraft XY-ABC call Stephenville TOWER on initial call ? Correct answer : Stephenville TOWER XY-ABC How should a pilot terminate the read-back of an ATC clearance? Correct answer : With his own aircraft call sign. How shall a pilot inform the control tower that he is prepared for take-off: Correct answer : Ready for departure or ready How shall a pilot inform the control tower that he has to abandon the take-off manoeuvre: Correct answer : Stopping How shall a pilot inform a radar control unit that the aircraft is not equipped with transponder: Correct answer : Negative transponder How is the visibility in an aviation routine weather report (METAR) expressed in plain language: Correct answer : Up to 5000 m in metres, above in kilometres

How can aviation routine weather reports (METAR) of specific airports be obtained by aircraft in flight: Correct answer : VOLMET Flight safety messages are: Correct answer : Air traffic control messages. Fastair 345 has been instructed to contact Stephenville ARRIVAL on frequency 118.0. What is the correct way to indicate it will follow this instruction: Correct answer : 118.0 Fastair 345 During the transmission of numbers containing a decimal point : Correct answer : The term DECIMAL must always be transmitted. During radar vectoring, the controller asks the pilot of XY-ABC to turn on to heading 360. The correct read back of this instruction is : Correct answer : Heading three six zero, X-BC. Distress is defined as: Correct answer : A condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and requiring immediate assistance Cherokee XY-ABC receives the following instruction: "X-BC climb straight ahead until 2500 feet before turning right, wind 270 degrees 6 knots, cleared for take-off".What is the correct read back: Correct answer : Straight ahead, at 2500 feet right turn, cleared for take-off, X-BC Blind transmission shall be made: Correct answer : On the designated frequency (frequency in use) Before transmitting the pilot should...: Correct answer : Listen out on the frequency to ensure no interference with another station already transmitting will occur. ATC clears Fastair 345 to descend from FL 100 to FL 80. What is the correct readback by the pilot: Correct answer : Leaving flight level 100 descending to flight level 80, Fastair 345 An urgency message shall be preceded by the radiotelephony urgency signal: Correct answer : PAN PAN, spoken three times An aircraft station fails to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station on the designated frequency.What action is required by the pilot: Correct answer : Attempt to establish contact with the station on an alternative frequency An aircraft squawking 7700 indicates to the ground station that: Correct answer : The aircraft is in distress An aircraft on an IFR flight in VMC experiences radio communication failure. The aircraft is assumed to : Correct answer : Land at the nearest suitable aerodrome An aircraft is squawking 7600. This indicates: Correct answer : It is unable to establish communication due to radio equipment failure An aircraft is instructed to hold short of the runway-in-use. What is the correct phraseology to indicate it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : Holding short An aircraft is flying north-east at 2500 feet.TOWER requests heading and level. What is the correct response: Correct answer : Heading 045 at 2500 feet An aircraft in state of emergency shall squawk: Correct answer : 7700 An aircraft in distress shall send the following signal by radiotelephony: Correct answer : MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY An aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC is assumed to: Correct answer : Proceed in accordance with the current flight plan to the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in VMC is assumed to: Correct answer : Continue to fly in VMC, land at the nearest suitable aerodrome, report its arrival An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to land, if possible, within: Correct answer : 30 minutes after ETA or the last EAT, whichever is later An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to hold over the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome: Correct answer : Until the expected approach time last received and acknowledged

An aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in IMC has to commence descent over the designated navigation aid serving the destination aerodrome (no EAT received): Correct answer : At, or as close to, the ETA resulting from the current flight plan An "Automatic Terminal Information Service" provides: Correct answer : Routine information to arriving and departing aircraft by means of continuous and repetitive broadcast . Aircraft XY-ABC is making a test transmission with Stephenville TOWER on frequency 118.7. What is the correct phrasing for this transmission: Correct answer : Stephenville TOWER XY-ABC radio check 118.7 Aircraft X-BC has been instructed to listen on ATIS frequency 123.25, on which information are being broadcast. What is the correct response to indicate that it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : Monitoring 123.25 X-BC Aircraft X-BC has been instructed to contact Stephenville TOWER on frequency 118.7. What is the correct response to indicate that it will follow this instruction ? Correct answer : 118.7 X-BC Air traffic control messages (clearances, instructions, etc.) belong to the category of: Correct answer : Flight safety messages. A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken words PAN PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN means: Correct answer : The aircraft has a very urgent message to transmit concerning the safety of a ship, aircraft or other vehicle, but immediate assistance is not required A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY means: Correct answer : Imminent danger threatens the aircraft and immediate assistance is required A message preceded by the phrase "Transmitting blind due receiver failure" shall be transmitted: Correct answer : On the frequency presently in use A message concerning an aircraft being threatened by grave and imminent danger, requiring immediate assistance is called: Correct answer : Distress message. A message concerning aircraft parts and material urgently required is: Correct answer : A flight regularity message. A message concerning a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to medical transportation shall be preceded by the signal: Correct answer : PAN PAN MEDICAL A departing aircraft experiencing radio communication failure on an IFR flight under radar vectors has to: Correct answer : Squawk 7600 and thereafter return to the route indicated in the current flight plan in the most direct manner