Chapter 1 International Air Law
1.
What did the Wright brother achieve that no one in human history did before them?
A) Flight
B) Controlled flight
C) Controlled
powered heavier
than air flight
D) Vertical take-off
flight
E) All of these
answers are correct
2.
What events in history have often been the catalysts to innovation in aviation?
A) World’s Fairs
B) Air shows
C) University aviation
courses
D) Natural disasters
E) Wars
3.
Which of these aviators definitely did NOT fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Charles Lindburgh
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Manfred Von
Richthofen
D) Trick question –
they all did
E) Trick question –
none of them did
4.
What was a development of a meeting in Paris in 1919?
A) 37 states signed
an agreement with
43 articles related to
aircraft regulation in
civil aviation
B) ICAO was created
C) The International
Air Transit
Association was
disbanded
D) All three of these
events took place
E) None of these
events took place
5.
What term refers to a type of a treaty that is sponsored by an international organization – typically signed by
many States?
A) Regulation
B) Ratification
C) Annex
D) Convention
E) Standard
6.
Which of the following did the Chicago Convention NOT accomplish?
A) Defined rules for
navigation
B) Defined rules for
sovereignty of air
space
C) The creation of
ICAO
D) Finalized the Nine
Freedoms of the Air
E) Created SARPS
7.
A) The Convention on
International Civil
Aviation
B) The International
Air Services Transit
Agreement
C) Draft of the 19
Technical Annexes
D) A Standard Form
of Bilateral
Agreement
E) These are all main
instruments of the
Chicago Convention
8.
A) First Freedom
B) Third Freedom
C) Fifth Freedom
D) Seventh Freedom
E) Ninth Freedom
9.
A) The Assembly of
ICAO, which is a
branch of the UN,
meets at least once
every three years
B) The Secretary
General of ICAO
answers to the
Council
C) There are five
major bureaus in
ICAO, including Air
Navigation and Air
Transport
D) ICAO maintains 5
regional offices
around the world
(one in each
continent), including
in Bangkok, Paris
and Lima
E) All of these
statements are
correct
10.
A) SARPs
B) PANS
C) SUPPs
D) CARs
E) They are all
acronyms directly
from ICAO standards
11.
A) Technical and
Non-Technical
Groups write
recommendations
B) The ANC
comments on the
recommendation,
then passes in on to
the general
assembly for final
review
C) States have the
chance to comment
on written
recommendations
D) Some
international
organizations have
the chance to
comment on written
recommendations
E) None of these
things happen
12.
A) Annex 1: Personal
Licensing specifies
the requirements
for training and
licensing of pilots
B) Annex 6:
Personal
Licensing specifies
the requirements
for training and
licensing of pilots
C) Annex 3:
Personal Licensing
specifies the
requirements for
training and
licensing of pilots
D) Annex 6:
Operation of Aircraft
outlines safe
operating practices
for aircraft involved
in international air
transport
E) A & D are both
correct
13.
A) Air Service
Agreement
B) Bilateral Aviation
Accords
C) Air Navigation and
Regulation
Agreements
D) Aviation Service
Accords
E) An Open Skies
Policy
14.
What is part of the role of a CAA?
A) Licensing
B) Legislative
C) Case by case
Authorization
D) A & B
E) A, B & C
15.
The Wright Brother were the first humans to achieve…
A) Flight
B) Flight over 100
feet
C) Sustained
heavier-than-air,
powered and
controlled flight
D) Flight, doing so
in 1904
E) All of the above
16.
_________ is a freedom of the air that allows an air carrier to transport passengers between two
points within a foreign country.
A) Sky Freedom
B) Cabotage
C) Deregulation
D) Regional
Freedom
E) Air Freedom
17.
Carrying passengers from a foreign destination to an air carrier’s home is which freedom of the
air?
A) First
B) Second
D) Ninth
18.
Which of these statements is NOT true of the structure of ICAO?
A) The Air Transit
Bureau advises
ICAO on issues
related to law
B) There are five
bureaus that
report to the
Secretary General
C) The Secretary
General reports to
the ICAO Council
D) The ICAO
Assembly meets
at least once
every three years
E) ICAO is a
branch of the
United Nations
19.
Which of these are not created by ICAO?
A) SARPs
B) PANS
C) Guidance
materials
D) SUPPs
E) ICAO creates
all of these
20.
Which of ICAO policies are managed by the Air Navigation Bureau (ANB)?
A) Economics of
Air Transport
B) Air Navigation
Safety and
Infrastructure
C) Protection of
the Environment
D) None of these
E) All of these
21.
Which of these statements is true of Air Navigation Commission (ANC)?
A) Can be
considered an
independent
advisory board to
the ICAO Council
B) ANC members
are nominated by
ICAO member
States
C) ANC members
appointed by the
Council to one-
year terms
D) Focused on air
navigation
matters
E) All of these
22.
Which of these is an example of supra-state?
A) European
Union
B) USA
C) Canada
D) ICAO
E) United Nations
23.
The Chicago, Paris and Havana Conventions were all milestones in international aviation
regulations. Which response lists conventions in chronological order?
A) Paris/
Chicago/Havana
B) Chicago/
Paris/Havana
C) Havana/
Chicago/Paris
D) Paris/
Havana/Chicago
E) Havana/
Paris/Chicago
24.
International organizations play important roles within international air law. Organizations fall
under three main categories. Which of these are matched correctly?
A) ICAO-IGO/
IATA-INGO/
Transport
Canada-CAA
B) IATA-IGO/
ICAO-NGO/
Transport Canada-
CAA
C) IATA-INGO/
ICAO-INGO/
Transport Canada-
IGO
D) IATA-IGO/
ICAO-IGO/
Transport
Canada-IGO
E) IATA-CAA/
ICAO-IGO/
Transport
Canada-CAA
25.
All member States are welcomed into the __________, ICAO’s sovereign body with decision–
making power for the organization, which currently includes 191 States that meet at least once
every three years.
A) Council
B) Assembly
C) Secretariat
D) Transport
Bureau
E) Navigation
Bureau
Chapter 1 International Air Law
Case Study
1.
The Accident Investigation of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
A) Was conducted
by ICAO as a
result of
international
conflict
B) Was led by the
FAA as the crash
happened at
O’Hare
International
Airport in Chicago
C) Was led by France
as the plane that
crashed in Korea was
an Airbus A320
D) Led to anti-
Soviet sentiment in
the UK due to the
Kremlin blaming the
UK for the crash
E) Flew out of LAX and
crashed near Honolulu,
Hawaii
2.
There were series of factors led to the shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
Which of these might NOT be included in the series of factors?
A) The aircraft
deviated from its
intended path
B) The flight of
American spy
aircraft near KAL
007’s track
C) The autopilot was
in an incorrect mode
D) The aircraft had
a single engine
failure
E) The crew on board KAL
007 was not monitoring
that channel
3.
Which of these is TRUE about the KAL 007 case?
A) The accident
investigation was
completed in one
year
B) Soviets
announced that
their action was
simply a response
to a provocation
by the USA
C) KAL 007 was shot
down in the airspace
of USA
D) Pilots deviated
from their intended
path to save fuel
E) Americans had
deliberately sent KAL 007
into the airspace of Soviet
Union
4.
What is the primary factor led to the tragedy of KAL 007?
A) Weather
B) Maintenance
C) Human Factors
D) Fuel
E) None of these