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REVISION QUESTIONS CHAPTER 12

1.

Who is responsible for the issuing of clearance to achieve the safe and expeditious flow of air
traffic to aircraft on the manoeuvring area and to prevent collisions between aircraft and
obstructions on the movement area?
a.
b.
c.
d.

2.

A light on the aerodrome is unserviceable. Is Aerodrome Control required to pass this

information to pilots?
a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

3 mins
5 mins
30 mins
45 mins

Who may NOT suspend VFR operations at an aerodrome on safety grounds?

a.
b.
c.
d.

5.

Yes
No
Yes, but only at night
Yes, but only if that light is used for the guidance of aircraft

If an aircraft is handed over from Approach to Tower but does not make contact or land
within a certain time, a report is to be made to the ACC or FIC. How long is this time?
a.
b.
c.
d.

4.

The Approach Controller

The Aerodrome Controller
The Ground Controller
The Apron Manager

The Approach Controller

The Aerodrome Controller
The local Area Control Centre (ACC)
The appropriate ATS authority

Which of the following defines 'runway in use'?

a.
b.
c.
d.

A runway into wind

A concrete area of the manoeuvring area defined and marked as such for current takeoff and landing operations of aircraft
The most suitable runway for the time being for use by aircraft using the aerodrome
The defined landing/take off portion of an aerodrome

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6.

Is the 'duty runway' always to be into wind?

a.
b.
c.
d.

7.

If ATC has nominated runway 28 as the duty runway but a pilot wishes to use runway 33, is
he permitted to use that runway?

a.
b.
c.
d.
8.

Zulu time
Local time
Co-ordinated Universal Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

How is the time check given by ATC?

a.
b.
c.
d.

11.

Prior to an aeroplane taxiing for take off

When engine start requested
When take off clearance requested
A time check is part of the ATIS broadcast

What time does ATC use?

a.
b.
c.
d.

10.

No. To use another runway would jeopardise other air traffic

Yes, a pilot may request to use any runway at an aerodrome
Yes, but only if all the pilots flying in the local area agree to the use of runway 33
Yes, but only after the signals square has been altered to show the use of runway 33

When is ATC required to pass the time to a pilot of an aircraft?

a.
b.
c.
d.

9.

Yes, or as near as the physical position of the runway permits

No, the wind direction is variable
Yes, unless safety, runway configuration or air traffic considerations favour another
direction
No, the pilots using the aerodrome decide what runway to use

To the nearest minute

Plus or minus 30 seconds
Always the next minute counted down from 5
To within 10 seconds

What changes in the aerodrome met conditions are to be passes by A TC to departing

aeroplanes?
a.
b.
c.
d.

All changes
Only significant changes
Only changes to QNH and RVR
On hazardous conditions i.e windshear; icing; turbulence; volcanic activity etc.

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When you join the circuit the Aerodrome Controller is required to pass wind! What wind?
a.
b.
c.
d.

13.

Emergency services on the aerodrome (fire, ambulance etc .. )

SAR aircraft and air ambulances
Commercial Air Transport aircraft
Traffic to which separation should be applied but has not yet been applied

Which of the following statements is true?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a.
b.
c.
d.
16.

The pilots of the aeroplanes

The aerodrome controller
The aerodrome controller in VMC or the Approach controller in IMC
It depends upon the class of airspace

What is essential traffic?

a.
b.
c.
d.

15.

Spot wind
Forecast wind
Actual wind
Mean wind

Where traffic is flying in an established traffic pattern at an aerodrome where ATC is

provided (a controlled aerodrome), who is responsible for collision avoidance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

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Landing aircraft have priority over all other traffic

Aircraft taxiing give way to aircraft being towed
Departures are cleared in the order they request taxy clearance
Unless cleared for an immediate take-off, you are required to line up and stop on the
runway prior to commencing the take off run
A clearance to 'line-up and hold' can be given and complied with even if an
aeroplane is short final.
None of the above
Only statement 1
1 and 2 only
1,2 and 4 only

An aeroplane has a basic mass of 96 000 Kg and a certificated max take off mass of 220 000
Kg. For a particular flight the fuel and passenger load give a ramp mass of 129 000 Kg.
What is the wake turbulence category of this aeroplane?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Heavy
Medium
Light
Medium/Heavy

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17.

Which of the following statements are correct concerning Special VFR (SVFR)?
1.
2.
3.
4.

18.

5.

SVFR is only applicable to flights in, into or out of a CTR.

SVFR must be requested by you. The ATCO cannot instruct you to fly SVFR
SVFR can be flown in class A airspace
SVFR will not normally be granted to aircraft involved in Commercial Air Transport
with a certificated take off mass greater than 5700 Kg
The minimum ground visibility for a SVFR take off is 1500m

a.
b.
c.
d.

All the above

None of the above
All except 3
All except 3 and 4

What is the objective of the ATS advisory service?

a.
b.
c.
d.

19.

In what class of airspace is the ATS advisory service provided to air traffic?
a.
b.
c.
d.

20.

To provide a radar advisory service to VFR aircraft outside of CAS

To pass advisory traffic information to aircraft in CAS
To make information on collision hazards more effective
To provide employment for Flight Information Officers

All classes of airspace in which IFR flights are separated from other IFR flights
In class F airspace to participating IFR and VFR traffic only
To all known traffic in class F airspace
None. But it may be provided to IFR flights requesting the service in class F airspace

You are flying IFR along an advisory route. You have filed a flight plan and are in contact
with A TC. Will you be flying in accordance with an ATC clearance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Yes. All traffic in CAS in receipt of ATC must receive a clearance

Yes all IFR flights in CAS must receive a clearance
No, it's only 'advisory' airspace and you can ignore it if you wish
No. For flights in Class F airspace a clearance will not be issued even to participating
IFR traffic.

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21.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

a.
b.
c.
d.

22.

b.
c.
d.

No, but an 'operations normal' call to the FIS controller is required every 20 - 40
minutes
Yes, if you are talking to A TC, position reports are required unless advised not
required.
No, this must be in class G airspace and therefore no ATC is provided
Position reports are not required, but may be made if requested by the ATCO to allow
separation from other controlled flights

If ATC looses RTF contact with an aeroplane, after what time period would the uncertainty
phase of the alerting service be declared?
a.
b.
c.
d.

2~.

Aeroplanes operating as a controlled flight are required to file a flight plan and make
position reports unless advised 'omit position reports'
Position reports are only required from a controlled flight when requested
Position reports from controlled flights are only required in class A airspace and then
only when requested
Position reports are only required from IFR controlled flights not VFR controlled
flights

If a non-controlled flight is operating outside of the ATS route structure (outside of CAS) but
is in receipt of a flight information service, are position reports required?
a.

23.

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30 minutes
45 minutes
10 minutes (if aeroplane has been handed over from APP to TOWER)
It depends on what has been agreed on regional basis

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1234 replies "Speedbird 1234 changing to Roma on 131.55, good day sir." Ten minutes later
Rome ATCC calls Athens ATCC and says "I have no contact with Speedbird 1234 yet".
Which controller will be responsible for declaring the uncertainty phase?
a.
b.
c.
d.

The Rome controller as the aeroplane has cleared with Athens

The Athens controller because he was the last one to speak to Speedbird 1234
It doesn't matter as long as one of them does it
Neither of them. The responsibility rest with the Rescue Co-ordination Centre for the
region (RCC)

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25.

Which of the following may cause a primary radar system designed for use in A TC, to be
degraded in performance?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Weather
Ground clutter
Equipment failure
Traffic density
Slant range
Interference from SSR
a.
b.
c.
d.

26.

There are two types of radar used in ATC. What are they?
a.
b.
c.
d.

27.

PSR and SSR

Pulse Doppler and CW
Raw and computer interpreted
Lower airspace radar and middle/upper airspace radar

What does the abbreviation SSR stand for?

a.
b.
c.
d.

28.

1,2 and 3
All the above
None of the above
3 only

Simple Solution Response

Segregated Surveillance Radar
Simultaneous System Response
Secondary Surveillance Radar

When is the radar controller required to pass position information to an aeroplane?

a.
b.
c.
d.

When the pilot is lost

When the aeroplane is first identified by the radar controller
When radar control is transferred from one radar unit to another
When the radar controller cannot identify the aeroplane and needs pilot assistance

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29.

REVISION QUESTIONS

Which of the following are approved methods by which a radar controller may pass position
information to a pilot?
1.
2.
3.
4.
S.
6.

Lat and Long

Georef grid position
Range and bearing from a nav aid
Direction and distance from a known point
Distance to touchdown
Bearing and distance from the radar head
a.
b.
c.
d.

30.

What is the closest that a radar controller may vector an aircraft under his control to the
boundary of the radar vectoring area?
a.
b.
c.
d.

31.

Snm (9.3km)
3nm (S.6km)
2.Snm (4.6km)
Snm but may be reduced to 3nm within 60 nm of the radar head

If two 'heavy' wake turbulence category aircraft are approaching to land, what radar
separation is applied?

a.
b.
c.
d.
33.

Snm
2.Snm or Y2 radar separation distance if greater than S nm
2.S nm
2nm at or below SOOOft and Snm above SOOOft

What is the radar separation standard?

a.
b.
c.
d.

32.

1,3,4 and S
All except 6
All the above
3 and 4 only (the others may not mean anything to a pilot)

4nm
Snm
6nm
2 mins

Ifparallel runway operations are in force where the runways are separated by a physical
distance of 960m and the projected flight path of the second aircraft will not cross the path of
the first aircraft within 1000 ft, is wake turbulence radar separation applied?
a.
b.

Yes
No

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34.

Two heavy wake turbulence category aeroplanes are being radar vectored to the ILS for the
same runway. They are vertically separated. The radar controller is trying to delay the
following aeroplane. Is he required to apply wake turbulence radar separation also?
a.
b.
c.
d.

35.

An aeroplane has suffered an emergency in flight and squawked 7700. The crew dealt with
the emergency during which they were asked by A TC to squawk 4121 for London. Just as
things settle down, the same emergency situation re-appears. What would you, the pilot,
squawk now?
a.
b.
c.
d.

36.

Must be VHF
Must have multi-channel capability
Must be direct controller to pilot (not through a radio operator)
Must be SSB (single side band)

What is the name of the system that permits an assigned SSR code to be linked to an aircraft
callsign?
a.
b.
c.
d.

38.

7700 without hesitation

7700 if you think it necessary, otherwise maintain 4121
No need to squawk 7700 as you have already previously declared an emergency
Ask the London A TC controller what should you squawk in this circumstance

Where radar is used in ATC what is the communications requirement that must be satisfied in
order for the separation standards specified in Doc 4444 to be reduced?
a.
b.
c.
d.

37.

No, providing the vertical separation is 1000 ft or more

Yes, wake turbulence radar separation is always applied
No, it is only required for parallel runway operations
It depends upon what radar separation has already been achieved!

Code/callsign conversions
Special identification feature (SIF)
Code related aircraft procedures
Reserved code allocation system

What is the tolerance factor of Mode C derived height information?

a.
b.
c.
d.

+/+/+/+/-

200 ft
250 ft
300 ft
500 ft

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39.

What is required before a radar service can be provided?

a.
b.
c.
d.

40.

15 deg
30 deg
45 deg
90 deg

Radar control augments procedural control. What phrase would a radar controller use to
indicate that the requirement for aircraft generated position reports is overriden by radar
control?
a.
b.
c.
d.

43.

Track observation and position reports

Squawk handover from another radar controller
Use of the IDENT function
Recognition of the callsignlcode correlation

Identification using PSR may be achieved by observation of manoeuvres. Through what

minimum angle is a tum to be executed and observed to confirm identification?
a.
b.
c.
d.

42.

All conflictions to be resolved

The pilot must request the service
An IFR flight plan must have been filed and a clearance issued
The aircraft must be radar identified and the pilot so informed

Which of the following is NOT an approved method of radar identification using SSR?
a.
b.
c.
d.

41.

REVISION QUESTIONS

"Cease position reports"

"Omit position reports"
"Stop position reports"
"Cease own navigation"

What is the name of the procedure by which an aircraft is given headings to fly by a radar
controller to achieve positioning of an aircraft to start an instrument approach or avoid other
contacts etc .. ?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Radar control
Radar identification
Radar verification
Radar vectoring

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44.

Where is radar vectoring permitted?

a.
b.
c.
d.

45.

Where is radar control provided?

a.
b.
c.
d.

46.

In controlled airspace
In CTRs and CTAs only
Only in airways
In the vicinity of aerodromes for IFR traffic

Radar separation may be reduced when two aircraft are established on final approach (within
10 nm of the threshold). Which of the following are also taken into consideration when
deciding reduced separation?

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Aircraft speed
Runway braking action
Runway occupancy for landing
Length of the runway
Wake turbulence requirements
Ground visibility

a.
b.
c.
d.

All the above

All except 4
All except 4 and 6
1,2 and 3 only

1.

47.

Classes A, Band D only

Radar vectoring areas (RVAs)
Radar Control Areas (RCTAs)
Special Rules Areas (SRAs)

Speedbird 1234 (at 3500 ft) is radar vectored to pass behind Shamrock 321 (at 2000 ft). Both
are heavy wake turbulence category aircraft. What is the required radar wake turbulence
separation?
a.
b.
c.
d.

None
4nm
5 nm
6nm

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48.

Speed control may be applied by a radar controller. What are the minimum increments and
multiples thereof?
a.
b.
c.
d.

49.

20 kts lAS or MO.Ol

20 kts TAS or MO.Ol
10 kts lAS or MO.Ol
10 kts TAS or MO.Ol

Speed control is not applied when an aircraft is within a certain distance from the threshold.
What is the specified distance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

50.

REVISION QUESTIONS

2nm
5nm
4nm
2.5 nm

When an aircraft is being radar vectored on to final approach, what is the required
convergence angle of the final vector to the final approach track?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Roughly 30 deg
45 deg
Roughly 45 deg
45 deg or less

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ANSWERS TO REVISION QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 12

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77

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79

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80

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56

81

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58

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34

59

84

10

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60

85

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61

86

12

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62

87

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63

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64

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65

90

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66

91

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67

92

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68

93

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69

94

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70

95

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71

96

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47

72

97

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73

98

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74

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