CORRECT ANSWERS 2023
The exam attempts to focus on regulatory requirements, best practices, and key points,
rather
than minutiae - Correct answer-The exam bank does not contain any question that
requires a candidate to know the
date of a particular event or act
The Kelly Act - Correct answer-it authorized the
postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers
The Air Commerce Act - Correct answer-created a new Aeronautics
Branch within the Department of Commerce and charged the agency with the following:
fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying
aircraft,
establishing airways, and operating and maintaining navigational aids
Civil Aeronautics Administration - Correct answer-CAA retained its responsibility for Air
Traffic Control
(ATC), pilot and aircraft certification, safety enforcement, and airway development
Civil
Aeronautics Board - Correct answer-charged with making the safety rules, conducting
aircraft accident investigations, and
the economic regulation of the airlines
DLAND - Correct answer-Development of Landing Areas for National Defense
Federal Aid to Airports Program - Correct answer-provide grant funds for certain
airport projects (mostly runway and taxiway development)
Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) - Correct answer-ADAP provided funds for
airport development projects (expanding the list of eligible projects)
Planning Grant Program (PGP) - Correct answer-provided funds for airport master plans
and system plans
Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Correct answer-financed by an eight percent tax on
domestic passenger airfares, a three-dollar surcharge on passenger tickets originating
in the United States, a seven cents per gallon tax on aviation fuel, a five percent tax on
air freight, and an annual aircraft registration fee tied to the aircraft's weight
, An airport can be included in the NPIAS if it is - Correct answer-publicly owned, if it is
privately owned but designated as a reliever by the FAA, or if it is privately owned with
scheduled air service of at least 2,500 annual enplanements.
NPIAS also includes - Correct answer-any public-use airports where a unit of the Air
National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces, operates aircraft and is
either permanently based on, or located adjacent to, the airport
three primary measurements to gauge airport activity - Correct answer-enplanements,
operations, and cargo tonnage.
An enplanement is defined - Correct answer-as a passenger boarding a commercial
flight also counted if a passenger transfers from one flight to another at the airport
operations - Correct answer-an operation is either a takeoff or a landing
freight tonnage - Correct answer-his statistic does not specifically relate to airport
categories, it is used in airport funding, planning, and design considerations
The FAA under Title 14 CFR Part
139 regulates - Correct answer-commercial service airports and cargo service
Joint-Use Airport - Correct answer-an airport owned by the Department of Defense, at
which both military and civilian aircraft make
shared use of the airfield
Shared-Use Airport - Correct answer-a U.S. government-owned airport that is co-
located with a civil
airport specified under, and at which, portions of the movement areas and safety areas
are shared
by both parties
MRO - Correct answer-Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul
primary and
nonprimary - Correct answer-Commercial service airports are grouped into two major
categories
Nonprimary - Correct answer-mainly used by general aviation aircraft
large hubs - Correct answer-serve at least 1
percent or more of total U.S. passenger enplanements
Private Flight Operations - Correct answer-regulated under Title 14 CFR Part 91
Commercial Flight Operations - Correct answer-Title 14 CFR Part 119