FAA Private Pilot Chap 5

No person may use an ATC transponder unless it has been tested and inspected within atleast the preceding

24 calendar months.

To use VHF/DF facilities for assistance in locating an aircraft's position, the aircraft must have a

VHF transmitter and reciever

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded information concerning

noncontrol information in selected high-activity terminal areas.

Basic radar service in the terminal radar program is best described as

safety alerts, traffic advisories, and limited vectoring to VFR aircraft.

From whom should a departing VFR aircrafy request radar traffic information during ground operations?

Ground control, upon initial contact.

TRSA service in the terminal radar program provides

sequencing and separation for all participating VFR aircraft.

When making routine transponder code changes, pilots should avoid inadvertent selection of which codes?

7500, 7600, 7700

When operating under VFR below 18,000 ft MSL, unless otherwise authorized, what transponder code should be selected?

1200

Unless otherwise authorized, a recreational pilot should squawk which VFR code if flying a transponder equipped aircraft?

1200

If ATC advises that radar service is terminated when the pilot is departing class C airspace, the transponder should be set to

1200

When ATC issues radar traffic information in relation to 12 hour clock, the reference the controller uses is the aircraft's

ground track. (ATC cant see aircraft's crab angle.)

Absence of the sky condition and visibility on an ATIS broadcast indicates that

the ceiling is atleast 5,000 ft and visibility is atleast 5 miles.

An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying on a heading of 090, TRAFFIC 3'OCLOCK, 2 MILES, WESTBOUND... Where should the pilot look?

South

An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot during a local flight, TRAFFIC 2'OCLOCK, 5 MILES, NORTHBOUND... Where should the pilot look?

Between directly ahead and 90 degree to the right.

An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot flying north, TRAFFIC 9'OCLOCK, 2 MILES, SOUTHBOUND... Where should the pilot look?

West

As PIC, under which situation can you deviate from an ATC clearance?

In response to a TCAS resolution advisory (or if the action is necessary for safety of flight.)

A steady green light signal frommthe control tower to an aircraft in flight means that the pilot

is cleared to land.

Which light signal clears a pilot to taxi?

Flashing green

Which light signal means "give way to other aircraft and continue circling?

Steady Red

A flashing light signal from the tower to a taxiing aircraft indicates

return to starting point at the airport.

An alternating red and green light signal indicates

excercise extreme caution.

What does an alternating red and green signal, followed by flashing red (while on approach) indicate?

Excercise extreme caution, the airport is unsafe.

An airplane departs an airport at 0945 EDT for a 2 hour flight? What time UTC should they land in the Central Time?

1545Z

An aircraft departs an airport at 0930 CST for a 2 hour flight MST. What time does it land MST?

1030 MST

An aircraft departs an airport at 0845 CST for a 2 hr flight to the MST. What time UTC does it land?

1645Z

An aircraft departs at 1615 MST for a 2:15 flight. What time does it land PST?

1730 PST

The correct method of stating 4,500 MSL to ATC is

four thousand five hundred

The correct method of stating 10,500 ft MSL to ATC is

One zero thousand, five hundred

Prior to entering an Airport Advisory Area, a pilot should

contact the local FSS for airport and traffic advisories

If the aircraft's radio fails, the what is the recommended procedure for landing at a controlled airport?

Observe the traffic flow, enter the pattern, and look for a light signal from the tower (acknowledge by rocking the wings)

After landing at a tower controlled airport, when should the pilot contact ground control?

When advised by the tower

If instructed by ground control to taxi to Runway 9, the pilot may proceed

via taxiways and across runways to, but not onto, Runway 9

When activated, an ELT transmits on

121.5 and 243 MHz

When must the battery in an ELT be replaced (or recharged)?

After one half the battery's useful life.

When may an ELT be tested?

During the first 5 minutes after the hour

Which procudure is recommended to ensure the ELT has not been activated?

Monitor 121.5 before engine shutdown

An ATC clearance provides

authorization to proceed under specified traffic conditions in controlled airspace.

As SOP, all inbound traffic to an airport without a tower should continuously monitor the approach facility from a distance of

10 miles

For information about glider and parachute operations at a given airport, refer to

the AFD.

FAA Advisory Circulars (some free, others at cost) are available to all pilots and are obtained by

ordering them from the nearest Government Printing Office

The letters VHF/DF appearing in the AFD for a certain airport indicate that

the Flight Service Station has equipment to determine your distance from the station.

FAA advisory circulars contain subject matter specifically related to AIRMEN are issued under what subject number?

60

FAA advisory circulars contain subject matter specifically related to AIRSPACE are issued under what subject number?

70

FAA advisory circulars contain subject matter specifically related to ATC and General Operations are issued under what subject number?

90