BLOCK 1 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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◍ According to their location, ATO facilities are assigned to one of ______.
A. Nine regions
B. Three service areas
C. Four FAA headquarters divisions
D. Eleven FAA primary offices.
Answer: Three service areas
◍ When is nonradar separation used in preference to radar separation?
A. When secondary radar is out of service
B. When the aircraft is not transponder equipped
C. When controller is not radar qualified
D. When an operational advantage will be gained.
Answer: When an operational advantage will be gained
◍ CID.
Answer: Correctional Institutions Director
◍ Who is the cid?.
Answer: Bobby Lumpkin
◍ EAC.
Answer: Emergency action center
◍ Presidential aircraft have priority over Flight Check aircraft" is an example
of a(n) ________.
A. Procedural preference
, B. Duty priority
C. Additional services
D. Operational priority.
Answer: Operational priority
◍ What is the EAC?.
Answer: A communication center between TBCJ and TDCJ facilities ,
department staff, administrative staff, regarding serious and unusual
incidents.
◍ PREA and when it was established.
Answer: Prison rape elimination act,
◍ First TDCJ unit?.
Answer: Huntsville
◍ The organizational structure of each AT facility varies depending upon its
_________.
A. Surrounding terrain
B. All of the answers
C. Type of air traffic
D. Runways.
Answer: All of the answers
◍ Second TDCJ unit?.
Answer: Rusk
◍ Which air traffic facility has NO direct authority over IFR or VFR traffic?
A. ARTCC
B. TRACON
C. ATCT
D. FSS.
Answer: FSS
◍ Which ATC facility is primarily responsible for conducting pilot briefings?
A. ATCT
B. FSS
, C. ATCSCC
D. ARTCC.
Answer: FSS
◍ Which of the following is not the function of the Clearance Delivery
position in the tower?
A. Processing and forwarding flight plan information
B. Operating communication equipment
C. Compiling statistical data
D. Issuing clearances and ensuring accuracy of readback.
Answer: Compiling statistical data
◍ Which position in the ATC terminal option is normally responsible for
issuing control instructions to aircraft and vehicles operating on the airport
movement area (other than active runways)?
A. Clearance Delivery
B. Ground Control
C. Local Control
D. Flight Data.
Answer: Ground Control
◍ Which ATC facility provides ATC services to aircraft on IFR flight plans
during the en route phase of flight?
A. FSS
B. TRACON
C. ATCT
D. ARTCC.
Answer: ARTCC
◍ Which is the only en route sector team member whose duties do not include
accepting handoffs?
A. Radar Coordinator
B. Radar Flight Data
C. Radar Associate
D. Radar.
, Answer: Radar Flight Data
◍ Who is responsible for the operation of the TM system?
A. ATCSCC
B. ARTCC TMU for each area
C. Central altitude reservation facility
D. Air traffic manager.
Answer: ATCSCC
◍ What is included in the NAS?
A. Every person employed with FAA
B. U.
S. navigation facilities and all associated personnel and components
C. Only ATC employees who assist in operations of getting aircraft from
one location to another
D. Every employee of FAA and DOT.
Answer: U.S. navigation facilities and all associated personnel and
components
◍ Who maintains separation from other aircraft, terrain, and man-made objects
on the ground for IFR aircraft?
A. Pilot
B. ATCSCC
C. FSS
D. ATC.
Answer: ATC
◍ Who provides an aircraft specific approval for entry onto movement areas
on an airport?
A. Pilot
B. Aircraft marshals
C. ATC
D. ATCC.
Answer: ATC
◍ What runway marking extends the full-length runway pavement area?