AAAE ACE Modules 1-4 / AAAE/ACE-Security Training Course
Quiz Bank Answered Correctly
What are the two major categories of pavement? ✔✔ Flexible and rigid
What are some types of flexible pavement? ✔✔ Grass, dirt, gravel and asphalt
Why are paved surfaces necessary at airports? ✔✔ To support the critical loads
imposed on them; to produce a smooth, skid-resistant and safe-riding surface
What is the benefit of using a rigid pavement such as Portland Cement Concrete? ✔✔ It
is about half the lifetime cost of asphalt, with a service life of 30+ years versus 5-15
years for asphalt. Concrete is more expensive up front though, so asphalt is common at
low revenue airports such as GA.
What are two major elements that make pavements deteriorate? ✔✔ weathering and
aircraft loads
For bearing strengths of 12,500lbs or greater, what method is used to express the effect
of an individual aircraft on different pavements? ✔✔ Comparing ACN to PCN (Aircraft
Classification Number-Pavement Classification Number) ACN less than or equal to PCN
What does the Pavement Classification Number (PCN) represent to the operator/pilot?
✔✔ PCN is the maximum pavement bearing strength for unrestricted aircraft operations.
What is the Load Classification Number (LCN) used to describe? ✔✔ Pavement bearing
strengths less than 12,500lbs
What are the five major categories of pavement distress? ✔✔ cracking, joint seal
damage, disintegration, distortion, loss of skid resistance
How far are landing distances increased on wet pavement? ✔✔ By 15 percent or more
Where are wind cones located? ✔✔ at least one on the airport, lighted if night carrier
operations occur; additional cones placed so that every takeoff and landing runway has
a cone visible to pilots
When must an airport operator conduct an airfield self-inspection? ✔✔ daily; when
required by an unusual condition; immediately after an accident or incident
How long must airfield self-inspection records be kept? ✔✔ 12 consecutive calendar
months
,How often must operations personnel be trained on self-inspection related activities and
how long must training records be kept? ✔✔ training every 12 consecutive calendar
months, records maintained for 24 months
How long must a record of airfield condition NOTAMs be kept? ✔✔ 12 months
What are four types of inspections? ✔✔ Regular scheduled; continuous surveillance;
periodic; special
How is safety oversight defined? ✔✔ those means and activities by which airport
management ensures effective implementation of safety-related standards and
procedures
Why does an airport need a Safety Management System? ✔✔ to increase the likelihood
that airport operators will detect and correct safety problems before those problems
result in an aircraft incident.
In November 2005, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) required what?
✔✔ Required certificated international airports to establish an SMS
What are the four pillars of the Safety Management System? ✔✔ policy/objectives, risk
management, assurance, and promotion
What are four key elements of airport safety policy and objectives? ✔✔ Safety program
methods, processes, authorities and accountability
What are the five phases of the safety risk management process? ✔✔ Phase 1:
describe the system; Phase 2: identify the hazard; Phase 3: determine the risk; Phase
4: assess and analyze the risk; Phase 5: treat the risk
What four items enhance an airport's ability to identify hazards? ✔✔ operational
expertise; training in hazard analysis techniques; use of a hazard analysis tool;
documenting the process
What are four risk mitigation strategies? ✔✔ avoidance (stop or shift the operation),
assumption (accepting the risk), control (minimize or eliminate the risk), transfer (shift
risk to another area)
What are four types of risks taken by airport operators? ✔✔ Informed, uninformed,
benefit-driven, pointless
What does safety assurance include? ✔✔ auditing and oversight
,What does safety promotion involve? ✔✔ training, education, communication and
continuous improvement
What are a few communication methods that may be effective for a safety program?
✔✔ seminars, bulletins or notices, lessons-learned, and cross-tell
What airports must comply with Part 139? ✔✔ airports serving scheduled air carrier
aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled air carrier aircraft
designed for at least 31 passenger seats, to include joint or shared use airports
What airports are not subject to Part 139? ✔✔ serving passenger carrier operations
solely as an alternate airport; those operated by the U.S.; airports in AK that only serve
scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft or times when not serving large air
carrier aircraft; heliports
What are the definitions large and small air carrier aircraft? ✔✔ Large: designed for at
least 31 passenger seats; Small: designed for more than 9 and fewer than 31
passenger seats
What is the definition of an air carrier operation? ✔✔ takeoff or landing to include 15
minutes before and after
What is the definition of a Class I airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled large air carrier aircraft
and can also serve unscheduled large air carrier aircraft and scheduled small air carrier
aircraft
What is the definition of a Class II airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled small air carrier aircraft
and unscheduled large air carrier aircraft
What is the definition of a Class III airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled small air carrier
aircraft
What is the definition of a Class IV airport? ✔✔ serves unscheduled large air carrier
aircraft
What distinguishes a scheduled operation of an air carrier? ✔✔ advance offering of the
departure location, departure time and arrival location.
How long is an Airport Operating Certificate in effect? ✔✔ Until the certificate holder
surrenders it or it is revoked or suspended by the Administrator.
What provision could allow an exemption to Part 139 rescue and firefighting equipment
requirements? ✔✔ if the airport enplanes less than 1/4 of 1% (0.0025) of the total
number of passengers enplaned at all US air carrier airports
, Deviations from part 139 are allowed in response to an emergency, but what reporting
requirements exist in this situation? ✔✔ within 14 days notify the FAA Regional Airport
Division of the nature, duration and extent of the deviation (in writing if requested)
How soon before issuing an amendment to an Airport Certification Manual must the
airport notify FAA? ✔✔ 30 days
14 CFR Part 119 ✔✔ Air Carrier and Commercial Operations
Direct Air Carrier ✔✔ certificated domestic/foreign air carrier, air taxi or commuter air
carrier that engages in the operations of aircraft under a certificate, permit or exemption
issued by the DOT
Where can you find safety procedures? ✔✔ CFRs and ACM
Public Charter ✔✔ one-way or round-trip flight performed by a direct air carrier and
sponsored by a charter operator
Scheduled Air Carrier ✔✔ schedule containing departure location, departure time and
arrival location
Air Carrier Operations ✔✔ 15 min before takeoff; 15 min after landing
What does safety oversight ensure? ✔✔ that an airport meets or exceeds the national
industry standard
What does a safety conscious organization utilize? ✔✔ Internal reporting system; Set of
standards; Investigation and resolution of incidents or hazards; people trained to
recognize unsafe conditions
When must all discrepancies or items of noncompliance be corrected/resolved? ✔✔
before commencement of any air carrier service or GA activity
Are accidents due to one event? ✔✔ No, Chain of Events
Accident Prevention ✔✔ Identify hazards and eliminate, or eliminate chain of events
leading up to the hazard
PRevention ✔✔ Creates safeguard defenses to reduce the possibility of the chain of
events from being completed
What 3 things help "chain of event" links from forming? ✔✔ 1. Proper design of
component system
Quiz Bank Answered Correctly
What are the two major categories of pavement? ✔✔ Flexible and rigid
What are some types of flexible pavement? ✔✔ Grass, dirt, gravel and asphalt
Why are paved surfaces necessary at airports? ✔✔ To support the critical loads
imposed on them; to produce a smooth, skid-resistant and safe-riding surface
What is the benefit of using a rigid pavement such as Portland Cement Concrete? ✔✔ It
is about half the lifetime cost of asphalt, with a service life of 30+ years versus 5-15
years for asphalt. Concrete is more expensive up front though, so asphalt is common at
low revenue airports such as GA.
What are two major elements that make pavements deteriorate? ✔✔ weathering and
aircraft loads
For bearing strengths of 12,500lbs or greater, what method is used to express the effect
of an individual aircraft on different pavements? ✔✔ Comparing ACN to PCN (Aircraft
Classification Number-Pavement Classification Number) ACN less than or equal to PCN
What does the Pavement Classification Number (PCN) represent to the operator/pilot?
✔✔ PCN is the maximum pavement bearing strength for unrestricted aircraft operations.
What is the Load Classification Number (LCN) used to describe? ✔✔ Pavement bearing
strengths less than 12,500lbs
What are the five major categories of pavement distress? ✔✔ cracking, joint seal
damage, disintegration, distortion, loss of skid resistance
How far are landing distances increased on wet pavement? ✔✔ By 15 percent or more
Where are wind cones located? ✔✔ at least one on the airport, lighted if night carrier
operations occur; additional cones placed so that every takeoff and landing runway has
a cone visible to pilots
When must an airport operator conduct an airfield self-inspection? ✔✔ daily; when
required by an unusual condition; immediately after an accident or incident
How long must airfield self-inspection records be kept? ✔✔ 12 consecutive calendar
months
,How often must operations personnel be trained on self-inspection related activities and
how long must training records be kept? ✔✔ training every 12 consecutive calendar
months, records maintained for 24 months
How long must a record of airfield condition NOTAMs be kept? ✔✔ 12 months
What are four types of inspections? ✔✔ Regular scheduled; continuous surveillance;
periodic; special
How is safety oversight defined? ✔✔ those means and activities by which airport
management ensures effective implementation of safety-related standards and
procedures
Why does an airport need a Safety Management System? ✔✔ to increase the likelihood
that airport operators will detect and correct safety problems before those problems
result in an aircraft incident.
In November 2005, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) required what?
✔✔ Required certificated international airports to establish an SMS
What are the four pillars of the Safety Management System? ✔✔ policy/objectives, risk
management, assurance, and promotion
What are four key elements of airport safety policy and objectives? ✔✔ Safety program
methods, processes, authorities and accountability
What are the five phases of the safety risk management process? ✔✔ Phase 1:
describe the system; Phase 2: identify the hazard; Phase 3: determine the risk; Phase
4: assess and analyze the risk; Phase 5: treat the risk
What four items enhance an airport's ability to identify hazards? ✔✔ operational
expertise; training in hazard analysis techniques; use of a hazard analysis tool;
documenting the process
What are four risk mitigation strategies? ✔✔ avoidance (stop or shift the operation),
assumption (accepting the risk), control (minimize or eliminate the risk), transfer (shift
risk to another area)
What are four types of risks taken by airport operators? ✔✔ Informed, uninformed,
benefit-driven, pointless
What does safety assurance include? ✔✔ auditing and oversight
,What does safety promotion involve? ✔✔ training, education, communication and
continuous improvement
What are a few communication methods that may be effective for a safety program?
✔✔ seminars, bulletins or notices, lessons-learned, and cross-tell
What airports must comply with Part 139? ✔✔ airports serving scheduled air carrier
aircraft designed for more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled air carrier aircraft
designed for at least 31 passenger seats, to include joint or shared use airports
What airports are not subject to Part 139? ✔✔ serving passenger carrier operations
solely as an alternate airport; those operated by the U.S.; airports in AK that only serve
scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft or times when not serving large air
carrier aircraft; heliports
What are the definitions large and small air carrier aircraft? ✔✔ Large: designed for at
least 31 passenger seats; Small: designed for more than 9 and fewer than 31
passenger seats
What is the definition of an air carrier operation? ✔✔ takeoff or landing to include 15
minutes before and after
What is the definition of a Class I airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled large air carrier aircraft
and can also serve unscheduled large air carrier aircraft and scheduled small air carrier
aircraft
What is the definition of a Class II airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled small air carrier aircraft
and unscheduled large air carrier aircraft
What is the definition of a Class III airport? ✔✔ serves scheduled small air carrier
aircraft
What is the definition of a Class IV airport? ✔✔ serves unscheduled large air carrier
aircraft
What distinguishes a scheduled operation of an air carrier? ✔✔ advance offering of the
departure location, departure time and arrival location.
How long is an Airport Operating Certificate in effect? ✔✔ Until the certificate holder
surrenders it or it is revoked or suspended by the Administrator.
What provision could allow an exemption to Part 139 rescue and firefighting equipment
requirements? ✔✔ if the airport enplanes less than 1/4 of 1% (0.0025) of the total
number of passengers enplaned at all US air carrier airports
, Deviations from part 139 are allowed in response to an emergency, but what reporting
requirements exist in this situation? ✔✔ within 14 days notify the FAA Regional Airport
Division of the nature, duration and extent of the deviation (in writing if requested)
How soon before issuing an amendment to an Airport Certification Manual must the
airport notify FAA? ✔✔ 30 days
14 CFR Part 119 ✔✔ Air Carrier and Commercial Operations
Direct Air Carrier ✔✔ certificated domestic/foreign air carrier, air taxi or commuter air
carrier that engages in the operations of aircraft under a certificate, permit or exemption
issued by the DOT
Where can you find safety procedures? ✔✔ CFRs and ACM
Public Charter ✔✔ one-way or round-trip flight performed by a direct air carrier and
sponsored by a charter operator
Scheduled Air Carrier ✔✔ schedule containing departure location, departure time and
arrival location
Air Carrier Operations ✔✔ 15 min before takeoff; 15 min after landing
What does safety oversight ensure? ✔✔ that an airport meets or exceeds the national
industry standard
What does a safety conscious organization utilize? ✔✔ Internal reporting system; Set of
standards; Investigation and resolution of incidents or hazards; people trained to
recognize unsafe conditions
When must all discrepancies or items of noncompliance be corrected/resolved? ✔✔
before commencement of any air carrier service or GA activity
Are accidents due to one event? ✔✔ No, Chain of Events
Accident Prevention ✔✔ Identify hazards and eliminate, or eliminate chain of events
leading up to the hazard
PRevention ✔✔ Creates safeguard defenses to reduce the possibility of the chain of
events from being completed
What 3 things help "chain of event" links from forming? ✔✔ 1. Proper design of
component system
