AVSC 3400 International Flight Operations Practice Test

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• Choose the term(s) which are used to express the horizontal direction of one terrestrial point from another.
• Which statement about route planning is true?
• If no ICAO four-letter indicator has been assigned for an aerodrome, what letters should be inserted into the international flight plan form?
• Which statement best describes the role of the Synoptic Code in this context?
• This projection is a perspective-conformal projection of the sphere.
• Which gyrocompass error is associated with the Earth's rotation and a rotor fixed in space, leading to gradual drift over time?
• Which projection is the gnomonic projection: projection plane tangent to the sphere at a point?
• The requirement to keep the aircraft in the tunnel is of the RNP type, translated into accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability parameters.
• SSR provides surveillance information including aircraft position and identity.
• The mean solar day is defined as an interval of time equal to the average length of all the individual solar days of the year.
• Which two categories do CDU messages fall into?
• Tropospheric Delay Error refers to the differences between the actual satellite GPS time and the time predicted by satellite data.
• The wet footprint defines the time window around the Gsret where ditching would be required if range degrades.
• Which statement correctly reflects air-ground communications?
• The phrase "independent but interactive components" implies what about the FMS?
• The MFD's North-up plan mode allows scrolling through the entire flight plan.
• Which statement best describes inertia?
• The IRU microprocessors perform computations required for which of the following?
• What navigation system limitation is considered the greatest error of all?
• Which term describes the meteorological data transfer coding used for mainframe communication?
• ETOPS requires maintaining a specified distance from a suitable airport at all times.
• CDR1 is defined as which type of CDR?
• The Earth's orbit around the Sun is best described as which type of orbit?
• Which statement best describes wake turbulence for heavy category aircraft?
• The only cylindrical projection used for navigation is the Mercator.
• Which statement describes navigation?
• Which two approaches are described when classifying map projections?
• The world's time zone system has a 24-hour basis that is universally unchanging.
• What term best describes the rights of states to regulate air traffic within their territories?
• Positioning availability is defined as the probability of obtaining a position solution with a PDOP of six.
• The GPS space system consists of how many operational satellites?
• In aviation weather reporting, temperature and dew point are reported in degrees Fahrenheit.
• Pilots do not need to worry about complacency.
• When operating on IFR clearance, any change of altitude or true airspeed greater than 10% requires re-clearance from ATC.
• When completing a flight plan form, clock times should be entered in four-digit figures.
• What is the only method of air-ground communication used between the pilot and air traffic controller?
• The horizontal component of the intended path comprising both direction and magnitude or distance.
• The ATFM phase in which plans are executed on the day of operation is known as which phase?
• The flight management system is designed as a federated system with independent, interactive components, each performing its own function. True or False?
• Which key on the CDU opens the Performance Index?
• As long as the airplane flies in only one direction, one accelerometer is sufficient to determine distance traveled from the starting position.
• During an engine failure, the crew should divert to the closest suitable alternate.
• On an international flight plan form the acronym for the 'reason for special handling by the ATS' is defined as
• The Bermuda Agreement established bilateral air transport understanding between which two nations?
• Abbreviated clearance applies to flying along the entire length of an organized track or a Polar track within Reykjavik OCA.
• Which statement summarizes the gross error check?
• Which statement best describes the Navigation Computer's function?
• Spinning mass gyrocompasses exhibit real drift and changes in magnetic variation as predictable errors.
• ATFM phrases in Europe define a period more than two days before the day of operation as which phase?
• The two methods of projection used are called _____ and _____.
• A SPECI report is issued anytime weather conditions meet predetermined criteria.
• The Doppler Effect applies to which wave motions?
• The ICAO is composed of how many member states?
• In what year was the METAR weather code developed?
• At the top of the CDU keyboard panel, how many annunciators operate independently from the CRT and keyboard?
• The wet footprint is the amount of time on either side of the Gsret during which, if range is degraded, the airplane will have to ditch.
• What three data elements does GPS provide to users?
• Which statement best describes the North Pacific flight information regions?
• RVSM airspace is typically designated in areas of very high density traffic.
• Which GPS segment consists of a master control station and a number of monitor stations located on the ground around the world?
• Classification according to the point of tangency of the plane of projection is called which projection?
• During alignment, the IRU computer has determined true north by sensing the direction of the earth's ______.
• The North Atlantic MNSP airspace is defined as the volume between FL280 and FL420 extending between latitude 30 degrees North and the North Pole.
• ICAO Annex 18 covers dangerous goods packaging and responsibilities.
• A modern INS is a self-contained system that provides navigation data from internal sensors.
• Since 1934, the United States has been a party to which convention?
• Which option correctly identifies the concept described in the federated FMS architecture?
• Which term designates the vertical angle of the magnetic field?
• Which statement about clock times on flight plans is true?
• Who administers the European Air Traffic Flow Unit?
• Joining ICAO makes its implementation worldwide mandatory.
• Conditions published daily to govern non-permanent CDR flight planning are published in which publication?
• If unable to comply with specific provisions, the aircraft should leave its assigned route or track by turning 45 degrees to the right or left whenever this is possible.
• Which statement about the time zones in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, is correct?
• Which factor is listed as a satellite selection criterion?
• Which sensors form the core of a modern inertial navigation system?
• Which statement best describes the use of the code Z Z Z Z on flight plans when there is no ICAO indicator?
• The North-up plan mode on the MFD is referred to as Relative-up Plan.
• The horizontal component of the actual path of the aircraft over the surface of the earth.
• What does CAVOK stand for?
• It is strongly recommended that crew complete their flight planning with some study of the culture and customs of the countries they will descend upon.
• The Global Positioning System is a space-based radio positioning system which provides users with highly accurate position, velocity, and time data.
• Surveillance is the basic tool the controller uses to monitor the maintenance of safety separation, manage the airspace efficiently and to assist the pilot in navigating his or her aircraft safely.
• Which CDR is described as not plannable and usable on ATS instructions only?
• The amount of deflection due to magnetic material in the aircraft is called?
• The great circle route from a given origin makes the smallest angle with the meridian of which city?
• The statement 'Latitude range from 0° to 90° north and south; Longitude range from 0° to 90° east and west' is correct.
• The alignment of INS must be completed and the equipment switched to which mode prior to releasing the parking brake at the ramp for push-back?
• The alert messages on the CDU are divided into two major groups: advisory messages and alert messages.
• What is a measure of elapsed time required for a receiver to acquire the satellite signals and navigation data, and calculate the first position solution?
• A modern Inertial Navigation System is the only self-contained single source for all navigation data.
• RNP stands for Required Navigation Performance.
• Which term expresses the true direction from one terrestrial point to another?
• The ICAO country code for Utah, USA is?
• Preparation can be categorized into readiness or advanced preparation, as well as specific trip preparation (route specific).
• The direction of the great circle route makes an angle of about how many degrees with the meridian of New York and about how many degrees with the meridian of Iceland?
• Which two U.S. government organizations are primarily responsible for providing time and frequency information?
• The airborne ADS function transfers data from the aircraft to the controlling ATC unit. True or False?
• The angle formed at any point between the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian is called?
• When interception of a civil aircraft is necessary, ICAO recommends referring to the International Flight Information Manual.
• SCT indicates what range of cloud coverage?
• True or False: The statement "The airborne ADS function transfers data to the ATC unit" is accurate?
• Which projection is neither perspective, equal area, nor conformal?
• The Earth travels around the Sun on what type of orbit?
• Universal Coordinated Time is the same time as what time zone?
• Which organization has a council of 33 contracting states and is responsible for international civil aviation?
• The Earth is steadily increasing its rotational speed.
• Which display device is used for viewing flight plans and navigation data, including North-up mode?
• The Strapdown laser-gyro system utilizes inertial sensors that are fixed relative to the structure. These sensors consist of two or more ring laser gyros and two or more accelerometers.
• Flight crews conducting very long range operations may include an extra relief pilot.
• A three-digit number assigned by the United Nations to a particular chemical is referred to as a UN number?
• The Warsaw Convention was signed on October 12, 1922.
• What are the first two principles of survival over the North Atlantic Ocean?
• Cruising speed should be defined as a maximum of 4 characters on the international flight plan form.
• What is the wake turbulence definition for the term 'heavy'?
• In computer networking terminology, the infrastructure required to support the interconnection of automated systems is referred to as an internet.
• Depressing which key enables the pilot to access the performance index?
• The Earth is steadily increasing its rotational speed.
• The following statement is true or false: Criteria used for satellite selection are not important factors in GPS receiver design, and the criteria include health, geometric dilution of precision, user range accuracy, elevation angle, and availability of external aids.
• The rules and regulations of which convention were adopted by the principal European nations?
• The angular difference between magnetic north and true north is called?
• Which calendar was based on the assumption that the year is 365.25 days long?
• Which statement best describes the Microwave Landing System's functionality?
• The North Atlantic MNSP airspace is defined as the airspace between FL280 and FL420 from 30 degrees North to the North Pole.
• Which GPS segment contains satellites in semi-synchronous orbits?
• Which statement best reflects guidance about pilots' need to understand navigation system limitations?
• An aircraft type with a maximum certificated takeoff mass of 7,000 kg (15,500 lbs) or less is defined as
• Which entities exchange ATFM messages for slot allocation and slot modification?
• The place(s) where an aircraft enters and leaves oceanic control airspace is called:
• What term describes a gyrocompass error caused by forces applied to the axis of the gyro wheel?
• An abbreviated clearance is only issued by air traffic services when clearing an aircraft to fly along the whole length of an organized track or along a Polar track within Reykjavik OCA.
• The METAR code originated in 1960.
• The statement that the airborne ADS function transfers data to the ATC unit is accurate. True or False?
• Prevailing visibility is defined as the greatest distance objects can be seen and identified throughout at least ______ degrees of the horizon circle.
• Which GPS segment interfaces with end users and provides navigation data?
• The most widely used modern day calendar is based on which calendar?
• Is the statement 'The term knots is used to express statute miles per hour and MPH is used for nautical miles per hour' true or false?
• Which term best describes a precision approach and landing guidance system which provides position information and various ground to air data?
• Which term best describes the horizontal component representing the intended travel path's direction and distance?
• In a federated FMS architecture, components are independent but must interoperate to provide full functionality. True or False?
• On an international flight plan form the acronym for the SELCAL code is defined as
• ICAO Annex 18 contains the general rules about how dangerous goods should be packed and transported and the responsibilities of various parties involved with their transportation.
• Position reports on routes between gateway fixes must use geographical coordinates.
• The European Air Traffic Flow Unit, administered by EUROCONTROL, is responsible for Real Time Management of the flow of air traffic across the member states of the European Civil Aviation Conference.
• The statement 'Canada has not moved toward full adaptation of the ICAO/WMO format of aviation weather information' is true or false?
• Temperature and dew point are reported in degrees Fahrenheit.
• The pilot's interface with the FMS is the Control Display Unit.
• A not plannable CDR that is usable on ATS instructions only corresponds to which CDR?
• Wind speed can be measured in which units?
• A Mach Number Technique is a technique whereby subsonic turbojet aircraft operating successively along suitable routes are cleared by ATC to maintain appropriate Mach Numbers for a relevant portion of the en route phase of their flight.
• A projection can be defined as a systematic construction of lines on a plane surface to represent the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude of the Earth.
• The guideline to turn 45 degrees if unable to comply with ETOPS provisions is correct.
• Navigation is considered:
• Wind speed can be measured in which of the following units?
• Which statement about ICAO is accurate based on the material?
• In what year did ICAO establish the Special Committee on Future Air Navigations Systems (FANS)?
• Historically, two principal theories of air-space sovereignty exist: 1) states have sovereignty; 2) air is free and states have no authority.
• What is the abbreviation for 3 or 4 oktas of cloud coverage?
• The basic principles of an inertial accelerometer have changed drastically over the past several years.
• An inertial accelerometer cannot distinguish gravity from aircraft acceleration.
• When a message to the pilot is present in the scratchpad, depressing the CLR key deletes that message.
• ETOPS states that, at all times, for normal operation, a flight must be within a specified distance from a suitable airport.
• What time from a suitable alternate is allowed for operators who can show an acceptable engine failure rate?
• Which statement about complacency risk in flight operations is true?
• Which air-ground communications system may be retained initially for polar regions where geostationary satellites have no coverage?
• Which statement about the adoption of Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) by ICAO is correct?
• The slot allocation and slot modification process relies on an exchange of ATFM messages between which entities?
• An abbreviated clearance applies when clearing an aircraft to fly along the whole length of an organized track or a Polar track within Reykjavik OCA.
• The Synoptic Code is primarily used to transfer which type of information?
• What is the main functional organization that does the day-to-day operations of ICAO?
• UTC is the same time as GMT.
• Which of the following is not a part of the plotting technique?
• The navigation computer provides a primary means for pilot input to the system.
• With the present reliability level of jet engines, engine failure is a very likely occurrence.
• What is a potential consequence of misusing the master document?
• The intended horizontal direction of travel over the surface of the earth, expressed as an angle measured clockwise from true north through 360°.
• When an ATC track change is received or updated, which of the following is recommended?
• How high should registration marks be painted on the wings?
• On a Lambert conformal chart, any straight line plotted is approximately an arc of a great circle.
• Which of the following best describes the Mach Number Technique?
• What is the standard acronym for Air Route Traffic Control Centers?
• It is generally accepted that positioning availability is the probability of the user having a position solution with a position dilution of six.
• Position reports on routes between gateway fixes shall be made using geographical coordinates.
• Which convention's rules were adopted by the principal European nations?
• Standard COM/NAV equipment is considered to be which of the following?
• What section of the DOD catalog contains a general description of the scale, code, projection, size, purpose, style and information shown on all charts used for planning references and wall displays?
• A SPECI report is issued only during hourly METAR updates.
• Which component is NOT part of a Flight Management System?
• Which acronym is used to denote the SELCAL code on flight plans?
• Which agreement established bilateral air transport understanding between the United Kingdom and the United States?
• The world is divided into 24 time zones.
• Among the following statements, which accurately reflects air-ground communications?
• The United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, is divided into how many time zones?
• The term Cabotage describes the rights of states to regulate air traffic within their territories.
• Which term describes distortions caused by nearby magnetic influences, such as those related to magnetic material in the structure of the aircraft and its electrical systems.
• The Headquarters for ICAO are in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Where are the ICAO headquarters located?
• Is the acquisition and interpretation of weather information an essential part of preflight planning?
• The entry and exit into oceanic control airspace are described by coast-in point and coast-out point.
• Which term describes the numeric code used by meteorologists to transfer information from meteorological stations to mainframe computers?
• Depressing the DIR mode key displays the active flight plan with the DIRECT, HOLD, and INTERCEPT prompts.
• Which CDR is described as a non-permanent plannable CDR that will be flight planned in accordance with conditions published daily in the CRAM?
• GPS provides two levels of navigation: Precise Positioning Service and Standard Positioning Service.
• What is the basic measuring instrument of an inertial navigation system?
• Canada, Denmark, and Iceland will only authorize routes which provide a minimum fuel reserve in excess of the IFR reserve. NOT 15%.
• Which property of matter is described by Newton's first law of motion?
• Two days before the day of operation corresponds to which ATFM phase?
• AMVER is an International Maritime Mutual Assistance program.
• The precision code is a 365-day long code sequence, and each of the GPS satellites is assigned a unique one week segment of this code.
• Which term describes the horizontal component of the intended flight path that combines both direction and distance?
• In an FMS architecture, which description is correct?
• Which phase occurs immediately before the Tactical Phase in ATFM planning?
• Longitude values range from 0° to 180° east and west.
• ICAO established FANS to address future air navigation systems.
• What is the weather abbreviation for fog?
• Azimuth is the true direction to a point in space.
• GPS is synchronized with UTC (Universal Coordinated Time).
• Which of the following statements best reflects guidance for pilots studying cultures before descent?
• What two important tools are used on every trans-oceanic flight?
• What GPS segment consists of a constellation of GPS satellites in semi-synchronous orbits around the Earth?
• What does ARTCC stand for in air traffic control?
• When changes occur to the flight plan, the appropriate action is to prepare a new master document for the changed portion.
• The ICAO Council is composed of how many contracting states?
• Which term is used to describe the distortion caused by nearby magnetic influences in the aircraft's structure?
• The fundamental concept of Conditional Use of Airspace is that airspace should be considered as one continuum and used day-to-day. True or False?
• The statement 'The pilot does not need to understand the limitations of each navigation system that they will use' is true.
• A gyrocompass error caused by the earth turning but the gyro wheel remains ridged in space.
• Two predictable errors associated with spinning mass gyrocompasses are real drift and changes in magnetic variation.
• In navigation planning, the master document should be updated to reflect changed portions of the flight.
• In data networking terminology, the infrastructure required to support the interconnection of automated systems is referred to as the Internet.
• In the Canadian Northern Control Area, VORs are not aligned with reference to magnetic north.
• Misuse of the master document can result in gross navigation errors.
• GNSS stands for Global Navigation Satellite System.
• VOR references can be used to check or update long-range navigation systems.
• What component of the FMS provides both lateral and vertical navigation guidance?
• Which statement about projections is true for navigation purposes?
• An inertial accelerometer is capable of distinguishing between gravitational forces and actual aircraft acceleration.
• ATFM messages do not directly change or modify a flight plan. True or False?
• Which statement best describes interception procedures?
• In RVSM airspace, aircraft are separated vertically by a minimum of how many feet between FL290 and FL410?