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Questions on Distress and Urgency Messages (EDITED)

The document outlines procedures and protocols for distress and urgency communications in aviation, including the use of specific signals like MAYDAY and PAN PAN. It details the requirements for transmitting distress messages, including necessary information and the conditions under which silence may be imposed. Additionally, it specifies the roles of aircraft and ground stations in managing distress situations and the proper format for urgency messages.

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Questions on Distress and Urgency Messages (EDITED)

The document outlines procedures and protocols for distress and urgency communications in aviation, including the use of specific signals like MAYDAY and PAN PAN. It details the requirements for transmitting distress messages, including necessary information and the conditions under which silence may be imposed. Additionally, it specifies the roles of aircraft and ground stations in managing distress situations and the proper format for urgency messages.

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Q.

Radio silence can be imposed by an aeronautical station in case of:


A) Technical difficulties
B) Urgency communication
C) Overload of the frequency
D) Distress traffic
ANSWER: D

Q. The distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting a


message. Which words shall this message include?
A) Disregard distress communication, OUT
B) Emergency communication finished
C) MAYDAY traffic ended
D) Distress traffic ended
ANSWER: D

Q. When an aircraft is no longer in distress, it shall transmit a message cancelling the distress
condition. Which words shall this message include?
A) MAYDAY, resuming normal operations
B) cancel distress
C) MAYDAY cancelled
D) distress condition terminated
ANSWER: B

Q. Which of the following messages shall a station in control of distress use to impose silence?
A) Stop transmitting, EMERGENCY
B) Stop transmitting, DISTRESS
C) Stop transmitting, MAYDAY
D) All stations in this frequency, MAYDAY traffic
ANSWER: C

Q. A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken word MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY means:
ANSWER: Imminent danger threatens the aircraft and immediate assistance is required

Q. A signal sent by radiotelephony consisting of the spoken words PAN PAN, PAN means:
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

Q. When an aircraft station receives the call ALL STATIONS STEPHENVILLE RADAR, DISTRESS TRAFFIC
ENDED it is requested:
ANSWER: To resume normal communication with Stephenville RADAR

Q. The distress signal and the distress message to be sent by an aircraft in distress be on:
ANSWER: The air-ground frequency in use at the time

Q. When an aircraft station receives the call ALL STATIONS STEPHENVILLE RADAR, STOP
TRANSMITTING MAYDAY it is requested:
ANSWER: Not to interfere with the distress communication

Q. In a distress situation it may be necessary to impose silence either on all stations or on a


particular station. This action of imposing silence may be performed:
A) only by the ground station controlling the frequency
B) by either the aircraft in distress or the station in control of the distress incident
C) by any station who considers it necessary to impose silence
D) only by the distress and diversion cell at the Rescue Control Centre (RCC)
ANSWER: B

Q. The urgency message to be sent by an aircraft reporting an urgency condition shall contain at
least the following elements/details:
A) Name of the station addressed, present position, assistance required
B) Aircraft call sign, destination airport, ETA at destination, route of flight
C) Aircraft call sign, nature of the urgency condition, pilots intention, present position, level
D) Aircraft identification, aerodrome of departure, level and heading
ANSWER: C

Q. On hearing an urgency message a pilot shall:


A) Impose radio silence on the frequency in use
B) Acknowledge the message immediately
C) Monitor the frequency to ensure assistance if required
D) Change the frequency, because radio silence will be imposed on the frequency in use
ANSWER: C

Q. A message concerning a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to


medical transportation shall be preceded by the signal:
A) MEDICAL TRANSPORT
B) PAN PAN MEDICAL
C) PROTECTED TRANSPORT
D) PAN PAN TRANSPORT
ANSWER: B

Q. What do the spoken words PAN PAN MEDICAL mean?


A) The phrase/signal is inadmissible in radiotelephony
B) The aircraft has a sick passenger on board and requests priority to land
C) The aircraft has an urgent need of medical care upon landing at destination airport
D) The message which follows concerns a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned
exclusively to medical transportation
ANSWER: D

Q. An aircraft in distress shall send the following signal by radiotelephony:


ANSWER: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY

Q. The distress message shall contain as many as possible of the following elements/details:
A) Aircraft call sign, nature of distress, pilots intention, present position, level and heading
B) Aircraft call sign, route of flight, destination airport
C) Aircraft call sign, aerodrome of departure, position and level
D) Aircraft call sign, present position, assistance required
ANSWER: A

Q. Immediately following the MAYDAY pre-fix, an aircraft in Distress should transmit:


A) The aircraft call-sign twice
B) The nature of the emergency
C) The call-sign of the station addressed, when it is known and the circumstances permit
D) Its last known position
ANSWER: C

Q. An aircraft transmitting a distress message is required to give its position as:


A) The most accurate possible using GPS if fitted
B) Present or last known position, altitude or level and heading
C) Position relative to a VRP
D) Latitude and longitude
ANSWER: B

Q. An aircraft in distress that is equipped with a SSR transponder should SQUAWK:


ANSWER: 7700

Q. An urgency message shall be preceded by the radio-telephony urgency signal:


ANSWER: PAN PAN, spoken three times

Q. The subsequent content of a Distress or Urgency message must consist of the following items:
1. Position
2. Intention of person in command
3. Type of aircraft
4. Nature of Emergency
5. Call-sign
Transmitted in the order:
A) (v) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
B) (v) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
C) (v) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
D) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
ANSWER: C

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