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| Radio Direction and Ranging |
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| Four components of modern radar system |
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| Transmitter, Receiver, Atena, and Display |
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| Most raders operate and how many RPM's |
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| What type of transmitter control reduces precipitation |
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| Who originally developed the ATC radar beacon system |
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| What the the three methods of identifying an aircraft as a primary target? |
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| Watch is leave one mile off runway, turn 30 degrees or more, position correlation |
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| What are the secondary ways to identify a target |
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| Squak for ident, squak standby, change their code |
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| A controller handing off an ID but not radar communication |
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| When is mode C altitude valid |
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| When it varies less that 300 feet from the altitude read out |
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| Where is approach gate located |
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| one nautical mie from final approach fix and five from the runway. |
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| What is the correct method for giving a traffic advisory in order |
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| clock position, distance, direction, type, and altitude of traffic |
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| An interconnected system of airports, air traffic facilities and equipment |
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| National Airspace System NAS |
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| What agency in the FAA monitors all traffic flows across the US |
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| Air Traffic Control System Command Center |
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| A single runway can hold handle how many arrivals per hour if handling arrivals and departures |
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| ICAO has approved how many annexes |
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| Standards developed by ICAO are known as |
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| Which annex deals with air traffic services |
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| What is the ICAO equivalent to our center |
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| ACC (Area Control Centers) |
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| What is the ICAO letter that identifies the United States |
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| A cleared for the option approach clearance authorizes a pilot to do what kind of approaches |
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| touch and go, missed approach, full stop, stop and go |
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| free flight principle is based on what two airspace zones |
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| The three major traffic management flows used by the FAA to match traffic flow to system capacity are |
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| departure delay, in route meter, in route sector loading |
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| Wide Area Augmentation System |
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| Local Area Augmentation System |
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| Who does the FAA admin report directly to |
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| Secretary of Transportation |
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| How many FAA regions are there in the US |
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| What are the three steps to become an air traffic controller |
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| Pre-employment testing, FAA academy training program, OJT at FAA facility |
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| Emergency Locator Transmitter |
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| What is the normal search for information progression for an overdue aircraft (in order) |
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| question all quadrants message, information request, alert notice |
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| Minimum Safe Altitude Warning |
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| How long is the FAA admin appointed for |
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| When a controller transfers communication |
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| Using radar separation an aircraft operating lateral of radar it be (when over 40 miles) |
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| Which of the following is not a primary method of aircraft identification |
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| observing the ident slash |
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| Using radar for separation for an aircraft operating below 290 what is separation |
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| To ensure separation of targets when both are transponder equipped both targets are measured from |
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| end of slash to end of slash |
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| When one has no transponder and one does |
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| If the ceiling is less than 500 feet above minimum vectoring altitude or visibility is less than three miles every aircraft vectoring approach must intercept the final approach course |
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| Within two miles of the approach gate |
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| Which of the following air traffic control programs relays traffic on the ground |
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| Where is the FAA air traffic control training academy |
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| One method of reducing ground clutter on the scope is |
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| Severe whether avoidance plans are enacted by |
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| If the final approach fix is located 5.3 miles from the runway the approach gate is located |
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| Aircraft flying in international airspace are subject to |
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