AVSC 3120 SECTION 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is the geographic region from which passengers access the airport? - Answers -
Capture area
Which process of the passenger handling system includes the vehicular drive and
terminal curbs, sidewalks, shuttle buses, and taxi stands? - Answers -
Access/processing interface
What is another name for the transporter concept of airport terminals? - Answers -
Mobile lounge
What type of passenger processing facilities at the airport are housed in one building? -
Answers - Centralized
What is the length of time that vehicles stop for loading and unloading at the terminal
curb? - Answers - Dwell time
Which check-in counters are typically configured for use by multiple air carriers? -
Answers - Common-use
Which type of centralized facility has two or more airlines sharing a common building,
slightly larger than a simple-unit terminal, but have separate passenger and baggage
processing facilities? - Answers - Combined-unit terminal
What type of passenger processing facilities at the airport were performed partially in
common-use main terminal areas, and partially in and around individual concourses? -
Answers - Centralized
Demand for ground access is primarily generated by the number of what? - Answers -
Enplaning and deplaning passengers using the airport
What is the most significant terminal area concept to emerge? - Answers - Airside-
landside
What is the standard prediction analysis tool to which all computer-based airport noise
exposure models are compared? - Answers - Integrated Noise Model
Communities without airports or sufficient air service have limitations placed on their
capacity for economic growth. - Answers - True
FAA compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act is controlled by which of the
following? - Answers - FAA Order 1050.1C
ANSWERS
What is the geographic region from which passengers access the airport? - Answers -
Capture area
Which process of the passenger handling system includes the vehicular drive and
terminal curbs, sidewalks, shuttle buses, and taxi stands? - Answers -
Access/processing interface
What is another name for the transporter concept of airport terminals? - Answers -
Mobile lounge
What type of passenger processing facilities at the airport are housed in one building? -
Answers - Centralized
What is the length of time that vehicles stop for loading and unloading at the terminal
curb? - Answers - Dwell time
Which check-in counters are typically configured for use by multiple air carriers? -
Answers - Common-use
Which type of centralized facility has two or more airlines sharing a common building,
slightly larger than a simple-unit terminal, but have separate passenger and baggage
processing facilities? - Answers - Combined-unit terminal
What type of passenger processing facilities at the airport were performed partially in
common-use main terminal areas, and partially in and around individual concourses? -
Answers - Centralized
Demand for ground access is primarily generated by the number of what? - Answers -
Enplaning and deplaning passengers using the airport
What is the most significant terminal area concept to emerge? - Answers - Airside-
landside
What is the standard prediction analysis tool to which all computer-based airport noise
exposure models are compared? - Answers - Integrated Noise Model
Communities without airports or sufficient air service have limitations placed on their
capacity for economic growth. - Answers - True
FAA compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act is controlled by which of the
following? - Answers - FAA Order 1050.1C
