ENVOY Exam Questions And Answers
Practice Questions with Solutions
Rated A+
A flight you dispatched, not requiring an alternate is now airborne and subsequently the
weather forecast changes while en-route and now the destination airport is forecasted
to be alternate required. You don't have enough fuel to add an alternate. Are you
required to add an alternate so the flight can continue? - Answer- No, factored in before
DX
Embedded thunderstorms, surface winds greater than 50kts, hail at the surface greater
than/equal to 3/4, tornados, line of thunderstorms is an advisory known as - Answer-
Convective sigmet/severe TS
What is a high minimum captain? - Answer- A pilot with less than 100 hours as PIC on
an a/c type
What does IAP stand for? - Answer- Instrument Approach Procedure
What does the acronym ICAO stand for? - Answer- International Civil Aviation
Organization
High Minimums Captain? Destination? Alternate? - Answer- Add 100 and 1/2, no less
than 300-1 at alt
T/F: jet streams travel from east to west in the northern hemisphere? - Answer- False:
west to east
What does CAVOK mean? - Answer- Ceiling and Vis ok
What is a dispatcher responsible for according to 14CFR 121.533? - Answer-
Monitoring flight, issuing safety /wx updates, and canceling or redispatching flights
What does SIGMET stand for? - Answer- Significant Meteorological Information
What is a convective SIGMET? - Answer- TS sigmet
When is a destination alternate required? - Answer- - WX forecast +/- 1 hour of ETA (at
the Destination) indicating ceilings less than 2,000' or visibility less than 3 miles
How many ARTCC's are there in the CONUS?? - Answer- 20, 24 total
What does PIC stand for? - Answer- Pilot in Command
, T/F: VFR is defined as a ceiling greater then 3000' AGL and visibility greater then 5
miles. - Answer- True
How many types of AIRMETS are there? - Answer- Three, Zulu, tango, sierra, (icing,
turbulence, and visibility)
When does flag always require an alternate? - Answer- >6 hrs
List the types of icing - Answer- Rime, clear, mixed
What does MEL stand for? - Answer- Minimum Equipment List
T/F: A dispatcher can always plan on using reserve fuel. - Answer- False
When is a drift down alternate required? - Answer- When you can't maintain 1000' over
the tallest obstacle but can maintain 2000' over all critical obstacle's while defending to
DDA
When do you need a takeoff alternate and how far can it be? - Answer- When wx at
departure is < landing minimums.
2 engine: 1hr in still air with 1 engine INOP
3 engine: 2hr in still air with 1 engine INOP
Still air is calculated as if no wind is blowing
What are the minimum fuel requirements for 14 CFR part 121 domestic operation? -
Answer- Origin to destination, to most distant alternate if required, 45 minutes thereafter
after normal fuel consumption.
What are the minimum fuel requirements for a 14 CFR Part 121 flag operation? -
Answer- Origin to destination, plus 10%, most distant alternate, 30 minutes at holding
speed 1500' above airport
If available, RVR can provide reading up to how many sections of runway and where
are they located? - Answer- Touchdown, mid, and rollout. (Sometimes 4 if you include
far end)
T/F: For airplanes having a seating capacity of more than 50 but less than 101
passengers, 3 flight attendants are required. - Answer- False, one FA for every 50
passengers
Fog at the ETA reduces the indefinite ceiling below landing minimums. What do you do?
- Answer- Keep going, visibility is controlling.
Practice Questions with Solutions
Rated A+
A flight you dispatched, not requiring an alternate is now airborne and subsequently the
weather forecast changes while en-route and now the destination airport is forecasted
to be alternate required. You don't have enough fuel to add an alternate. Are you
required to add an alternate so the flight can continue? - Answer- No, factored in before
DX
Embedded thunderstorms, surface winds greater than 50kts, hail at the surface greater
than/equal to 3/4, tornados, line of thunderstorms is an advisory known as - Answer-
Convective sigmet/severe TS
What is a high minimum captain? - Answer- A pilot with less than 100 hours as PIC on
an a/c type
What does IAP stand for? - Answer- Instrument Approach Procedure
What does the acronym ICAO stand for? - Answer- International Civil Aviation
Organization
High Minimums Captain? Destination? Alternate? - Answer- Add 100 and 1/2, no less
than 300-1 at alt
T/F: jet streams travel from east to west in the northern hemisphere? - Answer- False:
west to east
What does CAVOK mean? - Answer- Ceiling and Vis ok
What is a dispatcher responsible for according to 14CFR 121.533? - Answer-
Monitoring flight, issuing safety /wx updates, and canceling or redispatching flights
What does SIGMET stand for? - Answer- Significant Meteorological Information
What is a convective SIGMET? - Answer- TS sigmet
When is a destination alternate required? - Answer- - WX forecast +/- 1 hour of ETA (at
the Destination) indicating ceilings less than 2,000' or visibility less than 3 miles
How many ARTCC's are there in the CONUS?? - Answer- 20, 24 total
What does PIC stand for? - Answer- Pilot in Command
, T/F: VFR is defined as a ceiling greater then 3000' AGL and visibility greater then 5
miles. - Answer- True
How many types of AIRMETS are there? - Answer- Three, Zulu, tango, sierra, (icing,
turbulence, and visibility)
When does flag always require an alternate? - Answer- >6 hrs
List the types of icing - Answer- Rime, clear, mixed
What does MEL stand for? - Answer- Minimum Equipment List
T/F: A dispatcher can always plan on using reserve fuel. - Answer- False
When is a drift down alternate required? - Answer- When you can't maintain 1000' over
the tallest obstacle but can maintain 2000' over all critical obstacle's while defending to
DDA
When do you need a takeoff alternate and how far can it be? - Answer- When wx at
departure is < landing minimums.
2 engine: 1hr in still air with 1 engine INOP
3 engine: 2hr in still air with 1 engine INOP
Still air is calculated as if no wind is blowing
What are the minimum fuel requirements for 14 CFR part 121 domestic operation? -
Answer- Origin to destination, to most distant alternate if required, 45 minutes thereafter
after normal fuel consumption.
What are the minimum fuel requirements for a 14 CFR Part 121 flag operation? -
Answer- Origin to destination, plus 10%, most distant alternate, 30 minutes at holding
speed 1500' above airport
If available, RVR can provide reading up to how many sections of runway and where
are they located? - Answer- Touchdown, mid, and rollout. (Sometimes 4 if you include
far end)
T/F: For airplanes having a seating capacity of more than 50 but less than 101
passengers, 3 flight attendants are required. - Answer- False, one FA for every 50
passengers
Fog at the ETA reduces the indefinite ceiling below landing minimums. What do you do?
- Answer- Keep going, visibility is controlling.
