190 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 190
The World Aeronautical Chart and the Sectional Aeronautical Chart are alike because they
both
a. use similar symbols in the chart legends
b. depict minimum IFR altitudes
c. are used primarily by high speed aircraft
d. provide the pilot with information about services available at various airports
d. wing, vertical, and horizontal tail surfaces
c. the base of the overlying airspace
a. use similar symbols in the chart legends
a. 18,000 feet MSL, up to and including FL450
Term 2 of 190
A VOR has how many usable magnetic radials?
a. 90
b. 180
c. 360
d. 350
c. 360
c. 3
b. 7500
d. 36
,Term 3 of 190
At what rate does temperature decrease with height (lapse rate) in the standard atmosphere?
a. 1 degree celsius/1,000 feet
b. 2 degrees celsius/1,000 feet
c. 4 degrees celsius/1,000 feet
d. 5 degrees celsius/1,000 feet
c. Add the standard conversion factor
b. Moisture in the air bending the radar signal
b. 2 degrees celsius/1,000 feet
d. Departure end of the runway being served
Term 4 of 190
Light turboprop aircraft are more susceptible to icing than commercial jet aircraft because
they typically fly _________.
a. during the daytime
b. at higher speeds
c. at higher altitudes
d. at lower altitudes
d. Heavy, clean, slow
d. at lower altitudes
a. lower pressure above
d. towers and TRACONs
,Term 5 of 190
In the Meteorological Impact Statement below, who issued this report?
ZBW MIS 01 VALID 041200-050100...FOR ATC PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY ISOLD MOD-HVY
TS OVR NW NY TOPS FL350-FL450 MOVG FM 29025KT. TS MOVG INTO E VT NH W ME AFT
18Z AND RMG IN CLSTRS AFT 22Z TOPS FL400-FL500.
a. Aviation Weather Center
b. Severe Storms Center
c. ATCSCC
d. CWSU at Boston Center
b. Moving Target Indicator
d. thrust stream turbulence
d. CWSU at Boston Center
b. Bernoulli's Principle
Term 6 of 190
If takeoff minimums are not prescribed for a particular airport, the minimum visibility required
for an air taxi aircraft having two engines or less is ____ statute mile(s).
a. 1/2
b. 1
c. 1 1/2
d. 2
a. 190
d. UTC
b. 1
d. 9
, Term 7 of 190
Name the electronic device that permits radar presentations only from targets in motion
a. Anomalous Propagation
b. Moving Target Indicator
c. Primary Radar
d. Linear Polarization
b. warm summer afternoons; light
c. Inches of mercury
b. Moving Target Indicator
d. radio navigation
Term 8 of 190
The ATC facility that provides air traffic control services to aircraft on IFR flight plans during
the en route phase of flight is
a. ATCT
b. AFSS
c. TRACON
d. ARTCC
d. ARTCC
d. dispatcher
a. Localizer
d. the surface