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| Which FAA form is used for a daily record to document facility operations? |
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| The FAA form used by OJTIs, FLMs, and simulation instructors to record the performance and progress of the developmental is what form? |
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| Which FAA form is used to record the results and the completion of training requirements for qualification courses, proficiency training, and other Agency-approved courses? |
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| Unscheduled observations that meet special criteria will be reported as a ___________. |
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| An AIRMET is issued to supplement what type of weather report? |
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| What is required to be issued when severe icing conditions NOT associated with thunderstorms are occurring? |
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| Specific values of weather information may be transmitted to the pilot if it is obtained from whom? |
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| a properly certified observer |
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| What current weather changes must be forwarded to the appropriate control facility? |
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| Ceilings below 1,000 feet |
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| Controllers must advise pilots of hazardous weather contained in HIWAS broadcasts that may impact operations within _______NM of their sector or area of jurisdiction. |
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| Any Academy equipment outages requiring issuance of a NOTAM must be reported to _________. |
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| A METAR observation is taken how often? |
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| Information obtained from other than an authorized airport or FAA employee must be ________ before issuance. |
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| Forward NOTAM data to the ________. |
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| What is a concise statement of the expected meteorological conditions within a 5-statute-mile radius from the center of an airport's runway complex during a 24-hour time period? |
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| TAF (Aviation Terminal Forecast) |
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| What is the primary observation code used in the United States for reporting surface meteorological data? |
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| Fluctuations of 10 knots or more within 2,000 feet of the surface is ______ |
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| LLWS - Low-Level Wind Shear |
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| How long of a time period is used for TAFs at high-impact U.S. airports? |
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| What are the two types of weather observation reports? |
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| METARs (Aviation Routine Weather Reports) and SPECI (Aviation Selected Special Weather Reports) |
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| What are the two types of PIREPs? |
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| Urgent (UUA) and Routine (UA) |
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| What are issued for thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hail 3/4 inch or larger, but do not include references to all weather associated with thunderstorms? |
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| What is an unscheduled weather advisory issued for ATC use to alert pilots of existing or anticipated adverse weather conditions with the next 2 hours? |
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| What is an unscheduled planning forecast describing conditions expected to begin sometime within the next 12 hours which may impact the flow of air traffic in a specific center's (ARTCC) area? |
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| MIS (Meteorological Impact Statement) |
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| What is a recorded hazardous inflight weather forecast continuously broadcasted to airborne pilots over selected VOR outlets? |
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| AIRMET _______ describes IFR conditions and/or widespread mountain obscurations. |
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| AIRMET _______ describes moderate turbulence, sustained surface winds of 30 knots or more, and non-convective Low-Level Wind Shear (LLWS). |
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| AIRMET _______ describes moderate icing and provides the freezing level heights. |
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| How often are AIRMETs issued? |
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| How long are SIGMETs valid for? |
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| Convective SIGMETs are not cancelled, but expire _____________. |
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| as soon as the next one is issued. |
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| What should be done when the prevailing visibility at the usual point of observation and at the tower level are different AND either is less than 4 miles. |
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| Forward info to the weather observer. Notify when it increases to 4 miles or more. |
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| Tower cab and approach control facilities may opt to broadcast hazardous weather information alerts only when any part of the area described is within ____NM of the airspace under their jurisdiction. |
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| What provides information not known enough in advance to publicize concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure, or hazard, the timely knowledge which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. |
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| Who can only close any portion of the airport? |
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| The basic weather instrument equipment for terminals includes wind indicators and ________. |
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| When shall the wind-direction and speed indicator be checked? |
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| At the beginning of each work day |
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| How many Altimeter Setting Indicators (ASI) are required for a terminal facility? |
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| At a nonprecision approach location, the margin for error on a comparison of two altimeter settings is +/- ___in. Hg. |
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| Two-way ground-to-air checks of emergency frequencies are made during low-activity periods once a _________. |
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| An FAA wind-direction indicator is considered out of tolerance when it differs from another indicator on the same sensor by ________ degrees. |
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| Where recorders are convenient to operating quarters, who performs recorder checks? |
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| Air Traffic (AT) personnel |
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| What category do helicopters fall under? |
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| What category do turbojet engine aircraft fall under? |
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| A twin-engine, turboprop aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less will fall under which category? |
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| What are aircraft that weigh between 12,500 and 41,000 lbs denoted as? |
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| An aircraft capable of 300,000 lbs of takeoff weight, but which currently only has a takeoff weight of 225,000 lbs, would fall into what weight class? |
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| An aircraft in the small weight class has a maximum certified takeoff weight of _________ pounds or less. |
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| If an aircraft has a 250,000 pound maximum certified takeoff weight, what would its weight class be? |
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| Aircraft weighing more than 41,000 lbs maximum certified takeoff weight up to but not including 300,000 lbs |
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| A large multi-engine turbojet aircraft. |
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| Aircraft capable of takeoff weights of 300,000 lbs. or more whether operating at that weight or not. |
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| Small aircraft weighing 12,500 lbs. or less, single engine, propeller-driven, and all helicopters |
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| Aircraft weighing 41,000 lbs. or less maximum certified takeoff weight. |
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| Small aircraft weighing 12,500 lbs. or less, twin-engine, and propeller-driven |
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| Aircraft normally operating at 10,000 feet MSL and below, speed between 100-160 knots with a climb rate of 500-2,150 feet per minute. |
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| Cat I Operating Characteristics |
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| Aircraft normally operating at below FL200, speed between 90-160 knots with a climb rate of 500-2,150 feet per minute. |
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| Aircraft normally operating at FL240 and below, speed between 160-250 knots with a climb rate of 1,000-2,000 feet per minute. |
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| Cat II Operating Characteristics |
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| Aircraft normally operating at FL450 and below, speed between 300-550 knots with a climb rate of 2,000-4,000 feet per minute. |
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| CAT III Operating Characteristics |
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| What is the general speed range for CAT II aircraft? |
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| Designators may have as many as ___ characters, but no less than ___. |
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| The first character in an aircraft designation must be a _______. |
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| The tail configuration is also known as what? |
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| The tail configuration is made up of what two components? |
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| Vertical and Horizontal Stabilizers |
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| What are the six basic tail configurations? |
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| Conventional tail; forward slant vertical stabilizer; horizontal stabilizer above fuselage, T tail - swept or straight, V-tail, Twin Boom tail |
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| What are two types of engines having propellers? |
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| Reciprocating and Turboprop Engines |
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| Turbojet engines are limited to what weight class of aircraft? |
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| What are the three basic types of landing gear? |
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| Tricycle, Conventional, Tandem |
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| What are the three basic wing placement positions? |
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| What are the three basic wing shapes or configurations? |
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| What are the nine generally-accepted identification features of an aircraft? |
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| Fuselage Shape, Window Configuration, Windows, Tail Configuration, Size, Engine number and location, Landing gear, Wing placement, Engine type |
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| What is a prominent identification feature of the BE35? |
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| What is the prominent feature of the C172? |
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| How is the facility phone answered? |
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| State the facility name and type |
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| What is a nongovernment communication facility that may provide airport information at certain airports? |
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| Emergency frequencies are checked once a ____. |
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| Frequencies allocated to a facility must be monitored __________________________. |
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| continuously during hours of operation |
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| Who may use direct-dial or LLWAS wind information for operational purposes? |
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| Towers equipped with AWOS |
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| Two different instruments for measuring pressure are a barometer and _______. |
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