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Exam simulation Communications - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Exam simulation ATPL Question Bank in English Communications 120 questions on 120 minutes

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1 - Under SERA, must an ATC route clearance transmitted by voice be read back?
2 - How shall a pilot ask for a QFE?
3 - QFE is the RTF Q-code to indicate:
4 - Fastair 345 is instructed: “STAND BY FOR TOWER 118.900”. What does this instruction mean?
5 - When is an aircraft station allowed to use its abbreviated call sign?
6 - Which word or phrase shall be used to indicate a separation between portions of a message?
7 - The distress message shall contain as many as possible of the following elements/details:
8 - What is meant by the phrase 'readability 2'?
9 - What is the correct way of spelling out FRI-VOR in a radio message?
10 - Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: 'An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is...':
11 - What does the abbreviation 'RVR' mean?
12 - If all attempts to establish radio contact with a ground station fail, the pilot of an aeroplane shall transmit messages preceded by the phrase:
13 - An aircraft is instructed to hold short of the runway-in-use. What is the correct phraseology to indicate it will follow this instruction?
14 - What is the meaning of the phrase 'Radar service terminated'?
15 - In accordance with the Standardised European Rules of the Air, an aircraft on an IFR flight in VMC experiences radio communication failure and sets the transponder to Mode A code 7601. The aircraft is assumed to:
16 - Which service broadcasts weather reports for a selection of aerodromes to aircraft in flight?
17 - What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing approach control (no radar service)?
18 - When transmitting a message preceded by the phrase 'Transmitting blind due to receiver failure' during an en-route flight, the aircraft station shall also:
19 - Under the general SERA IFR radio-failure procedure in IMC, when no specific published SID/STAR procedure applies, the aircraft should, if possible, land within:
20 - Which item describes a transmission method rather than a message category in the SERA aeronautical-mobile message-priority table?
21 - How should 3500 be transmitted when stating an altitude or a height?
22 - Fastair 345 has been instructed to contact Stephenville ARRIVAL on frequency 118.0. What is the correct way to indicate it will follow this instruction:
23 - Before transmitting the pilot should:
24 - Radio silence can be imposed by an aeronautical station in case of:
25 - In case of a SSR transponder failure occurring after departure of an IFR flight, the pilot shall:
26 - What does the word 'disregard' mean?
27 - A message concerning aircraft parts and material urgently required is:
28 - A condition of urgency is defined as:
29 - The frequency 121.500 MHz is designated as:
30 - Which of the following frequencies is an international emergency frequency:
31 - What is the correct way of transmitting the number 118.1 to indicate a frequency?
32 - How shall a pilot inform the control tower that he is prepared for take-off:
33 - Before transmitting on a VFR radiotelephony frequency, the pilot should:
34 - Which word or phrase shall be used if you want to say: 'Wait and I will call you'?
35 - An aircraft station fails to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station on the designated frequency. What action is required by the pilot:
36 - Under current SERA procedures, an IFR aircraft in controlled airspace suffers radio communication failure after departure, remains in IMC and continues under IFR. Attempts to restore communication using the available means have failed. Which action is appropriate?
37 - Under which of the following circumstances shall an aircraft station squawk 7600?
38 - Under the UK Flight Information Services defined in CAP 774, a Procedural Service is:
39 - When an aeronautical station broadcasts information to more than one station, the call starts with:
40 - In accordance with the Standardised European Rules of the Air, an aircraft encountering radio communication failure on an IFR flight in VMC, which has set the transponder to Mode A code 7601, is assumed to:
41 - RADAR instructs aircraft X-BC:'X-BC squawk ident'. What does this mean:
42 - Which of the following calls is a "GENERAL CALL"?
43 - What does the term 'Expected Approach Time' mean?
44 - The distress communication and silence conditions shall be terminated by transmitting a message. Which words shall this message include?
45 - What does the instruction 'Orbit right' mean?
46 - Select the air traffic service in charge of control of local traffic, take-offs and landings at an airport.
47 - Which abbreviation is used for 'Coordinated Universal Time'?
48 - What does the instruction 'Go around' mean?
49 - How shall a pilot inform a radar control unit that the aircraft is not equipped with transponder:
50 - What does the word 'Monitor' mean?
51 - To indicate that he is no longer occupying the active runway a pilot shall report to the controller:
52 - What does the term 'blind transmission' mean?
53 - How should a pilot terminate the read-back of an ATC clearance?
54 - What does the word "NEGATIVE" mean?
55 - Under the general SERA IFR radio-failure procedure in IMC, with no specific published SID/STAR procedure applying and no EAT received and acknowledged, descent from the designated destination aid or fix should commence:
56 - What does the phrase 'Roger' mean:
57 - An aircraft squawking 7700 indicates to the ground station that:
58 - Select the correct phonetic letter code for HB-FRO:
59 - Under which of the following circumstances may you expect a solid reception of the TOWER frequency 118.2 MHz:
60 - What does the word 'contact' mean?
61 - Which phrase shall be used if you want to say: 'I should like to know...' or 'I wish to obtain...'?
62 - If you are requested to 'Report flight conditions', what does that mean?
63 - What does 'SELCAL' mean?
64 - Which SSR code is designated for a general emergency, subject to the applicable procedures and any ATC-assigned code?
65 - What does the instruction 'Fastair 345 recycle 1240' mean?
66 - What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station providing radar service (in general)?
67 - What does the word "WILCO" mean?
68 - The order of priority of the following messages in the aeronautical mobile service is:
69 - What is the transponder code for radio communication failure:
70 - On the readability scale what does 'Readability 3' mean:
71 - The time is now 1123. Radar Control requests your estimate for next reporting point, which is AAL VOR/DME. You look at your operational flight plan and estimate 12 minutes (36 NM) to go to the reporting point. Your transmission is:
72 - A message concerning a protected medical transport operated by aircraft assigned exclusively to medical transportation shall be preceded by the signal:
73 - What does the word 'check' mean?
74 - During radar vectoring, the controller asks the pilot of XY-ABC to turn on to heading 360°. The correct read back of this instruction is:
75 - What is normally used for ATIS broadcasts?
76 - When an aircraft station receives the call 'ALL STATIONS Stephenville RADAR, stop transmitting MAYDAY' it is requested:
77 - On hearing an urgency message a pilot shall:
78 - In order to avoid CB a pilot wants to turn right to a magnetic heading of 100 degrees. The correct way to ask the ATC unit for permission is:
79 - What does the word 'approved' mean?
80 - On the readability scale what does 'readability 1' mean?
81 - Fastair 345 is instructed to contact Stephenville RADAR on channel 132.010 MHz. How would Fastair 345 advise RADAR that it is not 8.33 kHz equipped?
82 - Which of the following abbreviated call signs of aircraft XY-ABC is correct:
83 - To which frequency bands do the frequencies 118.000 - 136.975 MHz of the Aeronautical Mobile Service belong?
84 - In IFR radiotelephony, which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back?
85 - Which phraseology is to be used to ask the control tower for permission to taxi on a runway in the direction opposite to that in use?
86 - An 'Automatic Terminal Information Service' provides:
87 - In UK radiotelephony, what does “PASS YOUR MESSAGE” mean?
88 - What does the term 'broadcast' mean?
89 - Air traffic control messages (clearances, instructions, etc.) belong to the category of:
90 - Which of the following messages shall a station in control of distress use to impose silence?
91 - On which frequency should an aircraft normally transmit its initial distress signal and message?
92 - In the narrow-channel VHF aeronautical communications system used alongside legacy 25 kHz channels, the nominal spacing between adjacent carrier frequencies is:
93 - What shall the pilot's readback be for 'climb to 2500 feet':
94 - Using standard ICAO transfer phraseology, how should ATS instruct Fastair 345 to contact Stephenville RADAR on the 8.33 kHz channel whose carrier frequency is approximately 132.0083 MHz?
95 - What does the instruction 'Vacate left' mean?
96 - When the term 'Overcast' is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is:
97 - Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 50:
98 - What action is required by the pilot of an aircraft station if he/she is unable to establish radio contact with an aeronautical station?
99 - Under which of the following circumstances shall an aircraft squawk 7700?
100 - Under the general SERA IFR radio-failure procedure in IMC, an aircraft reaches the destination aid or fix before its last received and acknowledged EAT. Unless a specific published SID/STAR procedure applies, it should hold as necessary until:
101 - What does the word 'wilco' mean?
102 - Distress is defined as:
103 - Which of these statements best describes the meaning of the phrase 'Standby'?
104 - Which phrase shall be used to confirm that a message has been repeated correctly:
105 - Which phraseology shall a pilot use if he receives an instruction from ATC which he cannot carry out:
106 - What does the word 'cancel' mean?
107 - What is meant by the phrase 'readability 4'?
108 - What is the radiotelephony call sign suffix for the aeronautical station indicating clearance delivery?
109 - Which list gives the standard elements of an urgency message under SERA, transmitted as required and, if possible, in this order?
110 - What does the word 'recleared' mean?
111 - What is the correct way of transmitting the number 13500 to indicate an altitude or cloud height?
112 - During the transmission of numbers containing a decimal point:
113 - What does the abbreviation 'SAR' mean?
114 - The aircraft is leaving FL 200 on a descent cleared to FL 120. Which transmission reports both the level being left and the cleared level?
115 - Which group lists the three basic elements of a voice position report specified in SERA.8025(b), excluding an assigned speed and any other items instructed by ATC?
116 - What does the abbreviation 'AFIS' mean?
117 - What does the word 'negative' mean?
118 - Under the UK Flight Information Services defined in CAP 774, a Deconfliction Service is available to:
119 - After calling an aeronautical station without receiving a reply, what minimum interval is normally recommended before making a second call?
120 - Select the letter code for HB-FBO.
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