VFR Communications - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

What is the radiotelephony call sign for the aeronautical station providing surface movement control of aircraft on the manoeuvring area:

Accepted Answer

GROUND

Answer

APPROACH

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TOWER

Answer

CONTROL

Question 2

A Radar Information Service (RIS) provides:

Accepted Answer

The bearing, distance and if known, the altitude of conflicting traffic.

Answer

Information for IFR traffic only.

Answer

Traffic information and avoiding action.

Answer

Radar separation from all other traffic.

Question 3

Which elements of instructions or information shall always be read back ?

Accepted Answer

Runway-in-use, altimeter settings, SSR codes, level instructions, heading and speed instructions

Answer

Time check, runway-in-use, altimeter settings, level instructions, SSR codes

Answer

Surface wind, visibility, ground temperature, runway-in-use, altimeter settings, heading and speed instructions

Answer

Runway-in-use, visibility, surface wind, heading instructions, altimeter settings

Question 4

The distress message shall contain as many as possible of the following elements/details:

Accepted Answer

Aircraft call sign, nature of distress, pilot's intention, present position, level and heading

Answer

Aircraft call sign, route of flight, destination airport

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Aircraft call sign, aerodrome of departure, position and level

Answer

Aircraft call sign, present position, assistance required

Question 5

Which is the maximum distance at which you might expect solid VHF contact over flat terrain at flight level 50:

Accepted Answer

About 85 NM

Answer

About 8 NM

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About 15 NM

Answer

About 150 NM

Question 6

For aircraft call sign "Easy G-ABCD" the correct abbreviation is:

Accepted Answer

Easy Charlie Delta

Answer

Golf Charlie Delta

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Easy Delta

Answer

Easy Golf Charlie Delta

Question 7

What is 'VOLMET'?

Accepted Answer

Meteorological information for aircraft in flight.

Answer

Meteorological station.

Answer

Volume control meter.

Answer

A device used for measuring cloud base.

Question 8

When the term 'Broken' is used in an aviation routine weather report (METAR), the amount of clouds covering the sky is:

Accepted Answer

5 to 7 oktas

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1 to 4 oktas

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No clouds below 5000 feet

Answer

8 oktas below 10000 feet

Question 9

Under which of the following circumstances may you expect a solid reception of the TOWER frequency 118.2 MHz:

Accepted Answer

Aircraft at high level in the vicinity of the ground station

Answer

Aircraft at low level, in the vicinity of the ground station, in the radio shadow zone of a hill

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Aircraft at low level, far away from the ground station, in the radio shadow zone of a hill

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Aircraft at low level but far away from the ground station

Question 10

An aircraft is instructed to hold short of the runway-in-use. What is the correct phraseology to indicate it will follow this instruction ?

Accepted Answer

Holding short

Answer

Roger

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Will stop before

Answer

Wilco

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