AVSC 3120 SECTION 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which of the following are subcategories of primary airports? - Answers - Small,
medium, large, nonhub
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the interests of general aviation pilots and has more than 400,000 members? - Answers
- AOPA
What is the primary measure of activity at general aviation airports? - Answers - Aircraft
ops
Which of the following is used to describe the number of passengers that board an
aircraft at an airport? - Answers - Enplanements
Which category of airports includes those airports enplaning at least 10,000 passengers
annually in the United States? - Answers - Primary
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies is the
oldest and largest airline pilots' union? - Answers - ALPA
Which of the following oversees civil aviation in the United States? - Answers - FAA
How many of the public-use airports in the United State are publicly owned by the local
municipality, county, state, or by an "authority"? - Answers - 4200
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the departments of transportation and state aviation departments and commissions from
50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam? - Answers - National Association of State Aviation
Officials
Which category of airports includes those airports that accommodate scheduled air
carrier service, provided by the world's certificated air carriers? - Answers - Commercial
service
Which of the following is used predominantly by large and medium-sized commercial
airports, and are secured solely by revenue generated by operations of the airport and
are not backed by any additional governmental subsidy or tax levy? - Answers - General
airport revenue bonds
Which bond rating is well protected, but the factors giving security to interest and
principal are deemed more susceptible to adverse changes in economic conditions or
other future impairments? - Answers - Upper medium
ANSWERS
Which of the following are subcategories of primary airports? - Answers - Small,
medium, large, nonhub
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the interests of general aviation pilots and has more than 400,000 members? - Answers
- AOPA
What is the primary measure of activity at general aviation airports? - Answers - Aircraft
ops
Which of the following is used to describe the number of passengers that board an
aircraft at an airport? - Answers - Enplanements
Which category of airports includes those airports enplaning at least 10,000 passengers
annually in the United States? - Answers - Primary
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies is the
oldest and largest airline pilots' union? - Answers - ALPA
Which of the following oversees civil aviation in the United States? - Answers - FAA
How many of the public-use airports in the United State are publicly owned by the local
municipality, county, state, or by an "authority"? - Answers - 4200
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the departments of transportation and state aviation departments and commissions from
50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam? - Answers - National Association of State Aviation
Officials
Which category of airports includes those airports that accommodate scheduled air
carrier service, provided by the world's certificated air carriers? - Answers - Commercial
service
Which of the following is used predominantly by large and medium-sized commercial
airports, and are secured solely by revenue generated by operations of the airport and
are not backed by any additional governmental subsidy or tax levy? - Answers - General
airport revenue bonds
Which bond rating is well protected, but the factors giving security to interest and
principal are deemed more susceptible to adverse changes in economic conditions or
other future impairments? - Answers - Upper medium
