Private Pilot Chapter 5 Questions and Answers
An ATC transponder was tested and inspected on March 15, 2018. The next test is due on **
Answ** March 31, 2020.
An ATC transponder must have been tested and inspected within the preceding 24 calendar
months, or its use is not permitted.
Automatic terminal information service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded
information concerning ** Answ** noncontrol information in selected high-activity terminal
areas.
ATIS is broadcast at certain busy airports, and provides noncontrol weather and runway
information.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying on a heading of 090
degrees: "TRAFFIC 3 O'CLOCK, 2MILES, WESTBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for
this traffic? ** Answ** South.
Because the pilot is heading east, the 3 o'clock position is to the right, which is south.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying on a heading of 360
degrees: "TRAFFIC 10 O'CLOCK, 2 MILES, SOUTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look
for this traffic? ** Answ** Northwest.
Because the pilot's 12 o'clock position is north, the 10 o'clock position is northwest.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot during a local flight: "TRAFFIC 2
O'CLOCK, 5 MILES, NORTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for this traffic? **
Answ** Between directly ahead and 90 degrees to the right.
, The pilot's 12 o'clock position is directly ahead, and the 3 o'clock position is 90 degrees to the
right. The 2 o'clock position is approximately 60 degrees right.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot fly north in a calm wind:
"TRAFFIC 9 O'CLOCK, 2 MILES, SOUTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for this
traffic? ** Answ** West.
The pilot's 12 o'clock position is north, so the 9 o'clock position is west.
What basic terminal radar services does ATC provide to VFR aircraft? ** Answ** Traffic
advisories, safety alerts, limited vectoring, and, in Class B airspace, separation between all
aircraft.
Basic radar service for VFR aircraft provides safety alerts, traffic advisories, and limited
vectoring on a workload-permitting basis. In Class B airspace, ATC provides sequencing and
separation for all aircraft. In Class C airspace, ATC provides sequencing for all aircraft and
separation of VFR aircraft only from IFR aircraft; not other VFR aircraft.
During ground operations, from whom should a departing VFR aircraft request radar traffic
information? ** Answ** Ground control, on initial contact.
Request radar traffic information by notifying ground control on initial contact with your request
and proposed direction of flight. At airports in Class B or C airspace, you might make this
request from clearance delivery. Flight Service does not provide radar services and requesting
radar service from the tower just before takeoff could delay your departure.
TRSA service in the terminal radar program provides ** Answ** warning to pilots when
their aircraft are in unsafe proximity to terrain, obstructions, or other aircraft.
An ATC transponder was tested and inspected on March 15, 2018. The next test is due on **
Answ** March 31, 2020.
An ATC transponder must have been tested and inspected within the preceding 24 calendar
months, or its use is not permitted.
Automatic terminal information service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded
information concerning ** Answ** noncontrol information in selected high-activity terminal
areas.
ATIS is broadcast at certain busy airports, and provides noncontrol weather and runway
information.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying on a heading of 090
degrees: "TRAFFIC 3 O'CLOCK, 2MILES, WESTBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for
this traffic? ** Answ** South.
Because the pilot is heading east, the 3 o'clock position is to the right, which is south.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying on a heading of 360
degrees: "TRAFFIC 10 O'CLOCK, 2 MILES, SOUTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look
for this traffic? ** Answ** Northwest.
Because the pilot's 12 o'clock position is north, the 10 o'clock position is northwest.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot during a local flight: "TRAFFIC 2
O'CLOCK, 5 MILES, NORTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for this traffic? **
Answ** Between directly ahead and 90 degrees to the right.
, The pilot's 12 o'clock position is directly ahead, and the 3 o'clock position is 90 degrees to the
right. The 2 o'clock position is approximately 60 degrees right.
An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot fly north in a calm wind:
"TRAFFIC 9 O'CLOCK, 2 MILES, SOUTHBOUND..." Where should the pilot look for this
traffic? ** Answ** West.
The pilot's 12 o'clock position is north, so the 9 o'clock position is west.
What basic terminal radar services does ATC provide to VFR aircraft? ** Answ** Traffic
advisories, safety alerts, limited vectoring, and, in Class B airspace, separation between all
aircraft.
Basic radar service for VFR aircraft provides safety alerts, traffic advisories, and limited
vectoring on a workload-permitting basis. In Class B airspace, ATC provides sequencing and
separation for all aircraft. In Class C airspace, ATC provides sequencing for all aircraft and
separation of VFR aircraft only from IFR aircraft; not other VFR aircraft.
During ground operations, from whom should a departing VFR aircraft request radar traffic
information? ** Answ** Ground control, on initial contact.
Request radar traffic information by notifying ground control on initial contact with your request
and proposed direction of flight. At airports in Class B or C airspace, you might make this
request from clearance delivery. Flight Service does not provide radar services and requesting
radar service from the tower just before takeoff could delay your departure.
TRSA service in the terminal radar program provides ** Answ** warning to pilots when
their aircraft are in unsafe proximity to terrain, obstructions, or other aircraft.
