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Chapter 4 Navigation

Which of these is a primary job of Air Traffic Controllers?

A) Separate aircraft

B) Separate aircraft

from ground-based

obstructions

C) Assign aircraft to

fly in designated

airspace boundaries

D) B & C are correct,

A is not

E) A, B & C are all

correct

If a plane is on approach to San Francisco Airport, 8 km out and flying over the Pacific Ocean, the ATC team in

charge of that plane’s guidance would be

A) Aerodrome

control

B) Area control

C) Oceanic control

D) Approach control

E) Pacific control

Traditionally, when flying over the Pacific Ocean, aircraft separation is ensured through:

A) Visual reference

B) Procedural

separation

C) Surveillance radar

D) Nav com

E) Blind luck

Which of the following is NOT required by ICAO in a flight plan?

A) Pilot birthdate

B) Flight rules

C) Desired routing of

flight

D) Aircraft type

E) They are ALL

required

I am flying at night over Lake Ontario and it is foggy outside. I am flying under:

A) VFR

B) IFR

C) QVC

D) HBO

E) CNN

Which of the following is true of aviation radio communication?

A) They operate

primarily in HF and

UHF spectrums only

B) English is the

unofficial

international

language of aviation

communication

C) They operate in

VHF radio spectrums

only

D) English must be

used in all domestic

radio communication

E) None of these

statements are true

Which of the following is NOT a technological tool used to assist aircraft to ground communication?

A) ADS

B) ACARS

C) Primary radar

D) Secondary radar

E) CARS

Which of these is NOT a valuable suggestion in maintaining good communication in aviation?

A) Use redundancy to

ensure

understanding

B) Clarify when

unsure

C) Try to send one

radio message at a

time

D) Use a MAYDAY

call when you are

unsure of your

location

E) These are all

excellent and sound

suggestions

Using the phonetic alphabet, AIRCRAFT would be spelled

A) Alfa – India –

Romeo – Charlie –

Romeo – Alfa –

Foxtrot – Tango

B) Alfa – Igloo –

Romeo – Chuck –

Romeo – Alfa –

Foxtrot – Tango

C) Alfa – India –

Romeo – Charlie –

Romeo – Alfa –

Foxtrot – Toledo

D) Aardvark – India –

Romeo – Charlie –

Romeo – Ardvark –

Fantom- Tango

E) Alfa – India –

Romeo – Christmas–

Romeo – Alfa –

Foxtrot – Tango

10.

Which of the following statements is true of airspace?

A) They are further

separated by FIRs

B) They are further

separated by Classes

C) FIRs usually follow

country borders

D) A and C are

correct, B is not

E) A, B & C are

correct

11.

If no clearance is required to fly in the airspace, then

A) You are in

controlled airspace

B) You are for sure

flying using only

Avionics

C) You are in

uncontrolled

airspace

D) You are likely in

an airspace with high

levels of traffic

E) You are possibly

flying in Class E

Airspace

12.

Which of these statements is true of Primary radar?

A) Can calculate

ground speed

B) It receives

information from the

Aircraft’s

transponder

C) Has a continually

spinning antenna

located on the

ground

D) Greatly enhances

a controller’s

situational

awareness compared

to Secondary Radar

E) Is a stronger signal

than secondary radar

13.

ADS-B is a key to future aircraft surveillance technology because:

A) It will send

information

automatically

B) It works with a

GPS

C) It allows for the

most precise tracking

of aircraft available

D) The data is sent to

anyone with

receiving equipment

E) All of these are

true

14.

If I am proceeding with an SID, I am

A) About to fly away

from an airport

B) On approach to an

airport

C) Definitely in

uncontrolled

airspace

D) Requiring a PAN

PAN PAN call

E) None of these

statements are true

15.

What is NOT a component of an IAP?

A) Initial approach

B) Communication

C) Intermediate

approach

D) Final approach

E) Missed approach

procedures

16.

Ground based NAVAIDS that transmit very-high-frequency signals in 360 degrees are called:

A) Radials

B) NAVs

C) VORs

D) DMEs

E) MLBs

17.

In theory, what is an advantage of Global Navigation Satellite Systems?

A) Increased flight

times

B) Decreased fuel

consumption per

flight

C) More congestion

around NAVAIDS

D) Less direct routing

E) These are all

advantages of GNSS

18.

A flight over an ocean with no land nearby would be under the guidance of:

A) Oceanic

control

B) The control

tower

C) Area control

D) Approach

control

E) Aerodrome

control

3a.

Traditionally, separation of aircraft over oceans was done through:

A) Visual

separation

B) Visual flight

rules

C) ACARS data

analysis

D) Radar

surveillance

E) Procedural

separation

20.

In which of these situations would a pilot be most likely flying under VFR?

A) A general

aviation flight,

clear day, within

visual distance of

the airport

B) Flying through

dense cloud cover

C) At night over

Lake Ontario

within dense fog

D) In a severe hail

storm on

approach to

landing

E) All of the above

21.

The ACARS system

A) Automatically

detects and

reports each

major phase of

flight

B) Was

responsible for

the loss of

Malaysia Airlines

Flight 370

C) Is a system that

allows aircraft to

transmit and

receive voice, text

and pictorial

information

D) Uses standard

phraseology

E) Ensures

redundancy in

radio

communications

22.

Which is not an Airspace Class?

A) Class A

B) Class B

C) Class G

D) Class E

E) They are all

classes of airspace

23.

In aviation, which system receives information from an aircraft’s onboard transponder?

A) Primary radar

B) Secondary

radar

C) ACARS

D) Galileo

E) GPS

24.

are geographic areas with clear borders in which a country is assigned responsibility for air

navigation services. Which of these fits in the blank?

A) Class A

airspaces

B) FIRs

C) FSSs

D) Class B

airspaces

E) Control zones

Chapter 4 Navigation

Case Study

Our best guess as to the final location of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is based on:

A) Radio

communications

with the first

officer prior to the

disappearance

B) ACARS data

transmitted after

the point at which

communication

with ATC stopped

C) VOR tracking of the

flight in the Indian

Ocean

D) Cell phone calls

from the

passengers of the

flight

E) Eye witness accounts of

the plane from local

fishermen in the area

The Tenerife disaster demonstrated:

A) The need for

standard

phraseology in

aviation

communication

B) The need to use

English as the

standard language

of international

aviation

communication

C) The need to

maintain a sterile

cockpit

D) That if

maintenance

schedules are not

adhered to, systems

can fail

E) That Captains generally

always listen to others in

the cockpit and ATC, and

never rely on their own

judgement

In the Tenerife accident, for the miscommunication disaster of KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, which

instrument would be critical to prevent this accident?

A) Digital VHF

radio

B) Ground radar

C) Navigation lights

D) Landing lights

E) None of these

For the crash of Malaysia Airlines 370 as a modern aviation mystery, debates have arisen about pilot access to

on-board surveillance technology: sophisticated surveillance technology on an aircraft is rendered useless if

pilots are able to turn it off. Which of these systems cannot be turned off from the cockpit?

A) ACARS

B) Transponder

C) Radio

D) B & C

E) A & C

In the Tenerife accident, when the KLM flight released brakes, increased engine power for take-off, and began

its roll down the runway, The Pan Am was still taxiing down the centre of the runway, directly towards the

departing aircraft. Why was the Pan Am using the main runway for taxiing?

A) This was the

routine procedure

before take-off

B) The taxiway was

occupied by other

aircraft

C) To expedite taxi

speed and shorten

the ground time

D) Although not

cleared, the Pan Am

used the main

runway

E) There was no taxiway

and the runway was the

only option for taxiing