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What is the meaning of the abbreviation 'FRTO'? |
Flight Radio Telephone Operator |
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Sound waves passing through the air consist of _______ being compressed and expanded, they move at the speed of _______. |
Air, speed of sound |
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Radio waves are ______ waves, they move at the speed of _____. |
Electromagnetic, light |
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Amplitude means the distance between ________. |
Top or bottom of the wave to the mean value line |
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What is meant by the term 'attenuation'? |
Weakening, or decaying |
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When radio waves are in the VHF band they have ______ wavelengths than those in the LF band. |
Shorter wavelengths |
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The preferred frequency band in aviation is ______? |
Very High Frequency (VHF) |
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What is meant by the term 'transceiver'? |
A transmitter/receiver |
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What is meant by the term 'NAV-COM'? |
Combined radio installation for navigation aids and communications |
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What is an important negative aspect of VHF transmission/reception? |
Comparitively short range, line of sight |
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Flying ______ will improve range of VHF reception? |
Higher |
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Range of VHF reception in New Zealand has been improved by the installation of ______. |
Repeater stations |
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What is meant by the term 'modulation'? |
Superimposing of 'intelligence' on the carrier wave |
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When you press the microphone transmit button, the radio transmits the ______ and when you speak into the microphone you add ______ to it. |
Carrier wave, modulation |
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What happens if you activate your transmitter when another station is transmitting? |
You cut out its transmissions |
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What is the function of the squelch control? |
To contol the level of unwanted signals or static |
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List two important steps to take before you transmit a message? |
Formulate the message. Listen out for other transmissions |
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Compared to normal conversation, what should your rate of speech be during transmission? |
Slightly slower, conversational |
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What is the predominant advantage of HF over VHF , and what is the predominant disadvantage? |
Greater range. Presence of static and fading |
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When you see a short (50-80 cm) antenna on an aircraft, what frequency band is the radio likely to operate on? |
VHF |
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After engine start you should select ______ on your transponder and select ______ or ______ for in-flight conditions. |
SBY, ON or ALT |
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When you turn the transponder function switch ON, the equipment transmits Mode ______ information which ______ include altitude information. |
Mode A, does not |
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When you are instructed "squawk ident" you should ______. |
Press the transponder IDENT button once. |
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When should the expression 'Thank You' and 'Please' be used during radio transmission? |
Preferably never |
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All numbers are spoken as individual digits except for whole ______ and whole ______ when referring to ______, ______ height and ______. |
Hundreds, thousands, altitude, cloud, visibility |
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How is (altimeter setting) 1025 spoken? |
Wun ze-ro too fife |
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How is the callsign (Cherokee) XPQ spoken? |
Chreokee ECKS-ray PahPAH keh-BECK |
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How is (wind velocity) 350 at 18 kt spoken? |
Tree fife zero at wun ait knots |
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How is 2.30 pm (in the 24 hour clock) spoken in terms of NZST? |
Wun fow-er tree zero |
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What term is used to express 'yes'? |
AFFIRM |
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What term is used to express 'no'? |
NEGATIVE |
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What is meant by the term 'cleared'? |
Authorised to proceed under the conditions specified |
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What is meant by the term 'go ahead'? |
Proceed with your message |
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What term is used to express 'I have received and understood your message'? |
ROGER |
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What term is used to express 'I understand your message and will comply with it'? |
WILCO |
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Which types of aircraft callsign may be abbreviated? |
The aircraft type followed by the 3 registration letters; the telephony designator followed by the registration letters |
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Which types of aircraft callsign may not be abbreviated? |
The telephony designator of the operating agency followed by the flight identification (number) |
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Your aircraft is Cherokee ZK-BZA. What is the full callsign of your aircraft? |
Cherokee BRAVO ZULA ALFA |
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When en route in non-controlled airspace you can be in contact with Christchurch Flight Information Service. How do you address that service? |
Christchurch Information |
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When under the direction of Approach Control, how do you address that service? |
APPROACH |
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When under the direction of Area Radar, how do you address that service? |
CONTROL
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Name 2 documents where you can find the frequencies of ATC services. |
AIPNZ Vol 4, Visual Navigation Charts |
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What is meant by 'HO' in the Remarks column in the frequency listings in AIPNZ Vol 4? |
Service available to meet operational requirements |
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In which document would you find the hours of service if a particular ATC unit? |
AIP Supplement (NOTAM if short notice applies) |
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What are the hours of service of a particular service if the letters 'HO' are not in the Remarks column? |
24 hours per day |
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What is meant by the letters 'SMC' in the Service or Facility column of the frequency listings in the AIPNZ Vol 4? |
Surface Movement Control |
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What is meant by the letters 'ACC/FIS' in the Service column of the frequency listings in the AIPNZ Vol 4? |
Area Control/Fight Information Service |
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You are about to fly Cessna 152 ZK-CAZ at Invercargill (NV) airport. What are the contents of your initial call to NV TWR? |
"INVERCARGILL TOWER CESSNA ONE FIVE TWO CHARLIE ALFA ZULU" |
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What reply do you expect from NZ TWR? |
CHARLIE ALFA ZULU INVERCARGILL |
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NV passes you the QNH as 1025 and in your read-back you say 1015, you realise your mistake as you say it. How do you correct your mistake in your call? |
ONE ZERO ONE FIVE CORRECTION ONE ZERO TWO FIVE |
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You are waiting for a take-off clearance on runway 08 pending the landing of an approaching Aztec. When the Aztec has landed ATC instructs you to line up behind the Aztec and wait. What are the contents of your read-back call? |
BEHIND THE LANDING AZTEC LINE UP RWY 08 AND WAIT BEHIND CHARLIE ALFA ZULU |
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NV has given you a clearance as follows: "CHARLIE ALFA ZULU, CLEARED TO VACATE THE ZONE VIA HEDGEHOPE NOT ABOVE 1500 FEET, REPORT HEDGEHOPE". What are the contents of your read-back call? |
CLEARED TO VACATE THE ZONE VIA HEDGEHOPE AT OR BELOW ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET WILCO CHARLIE ALFA ZULU |
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When en route to Christchurch you are instructed by NV to change to Christchurch Information on frequency 124.4. What are the contents of your read-back call? |
One two four decimal four charlie alfa zulu |
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What is meant by the term 'transmitting blind'? |
Transmitting in the belief that the transmitter is working but you are unable to receive |
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You are in uncontrolled airspace tracking towards a controlled aerodrome which does not have a radar service and when you are about to request a clearance to enter, you radio fails. What action should you now take? |
Remain clear of controlled airspace and proceed to a non-controlled aerodrome, contact ATC on arrival |
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Below which altitude is reception of VHF signals via relay beacons not reliable? |
4000 ft |
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State three actions you can take when you are unable to communicate with a certain ATS unit due to intervening terrain. |
Select the LRG frequency for the ATS unit, fly at increased altitude, use HF or relay |
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Your microphone is capable of sending unmodulated signals only. You have established a speechless technique. A question from ATC Needs a NO (or negative') reply from you. How do you transmit this message using the microphone button? |
Click the transmitter button twice |
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Your radio has failed completely and on joining the downwind leg of a controlled aerodrome you are given a flashing green light. What is the meaning of this light signal? |
Return for landing |
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Nelson ATC asks you to check their transmission for readability. What are the contents of your response transmission when the signal is readable but with difficulty? |
READABILITY THREE |
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Why should you not use a large city as your position when transmitting a position report? |
Because a large place is too inacurate to be a suitable pinpoint |
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When should you include the time in a position report? |
If you send the report some minutes after you have passed the position |
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When is it not normally required to include the ETA in a position report? |
When the position report is for the purpose of obtaining a clearance |
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Write down the (7) contents of a position report. |
Callsign (and discrete SSR code if applicable), Position, Time (if appropriate), Level, Route, Next landing point and ETA, Request clearance (if applicable) |
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Write down the contents of radio calls if you wish to make a position report given the following information:
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CHRISTCHURCH INFORMATION, CHEROKEE ALFA BRAVO CHARLIE; (When CH has replied)... ALFA BRAVO CHARLIE, KARAMEA FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET, VIA THE COAST TO WESTPORT, ETA THREE ZERO |
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Where should you transmit your position and intentions if you are about to enter the airspace surrounding an unattended aerodrome for landing? |
There is no mandatory requirement but good airmanship suggests that you call when within 5-10 nm of the aerodrome when below 3000 ft |
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Write down the contents of a radio call if you wish to transmit your position and intentions passing Motueka unattended aerodrome 5 miles east and at 1,500 ft, following the coast to Collingwood. Your callsign is BCD. |
MOTUEKA TRAFFIC, BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA, FIVE MILES EAST, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET, PROCEEDING VIA THE COAST TO COLLINGWOOD |
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You are on a flight path for which you have not filed a flight plan and you are approaching the airspace surrounding a Flight Service aerodrome. What radio procedure must you follow? |
Maintain a listening watch and use the same procedure as for unattended aerodromes |
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What is the recommended distance from the boundary of controlled airspace where you should make a call to obtain a clearance to enter? |
Ten miles from the boundary |
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Flight Information Centres _______ provide a control service. |
Do not |
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How many Fight Information Centres are there in New Zealand and what are their callsigns? |
One, Christchurch Information |
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What service is provided by the "Tower" at many aerodromes? |
Aerodrome Control Service |
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Which document provides information on the full frequency range at an aerodrome, and which enables you to determine whether an aerodrome is controlled or not? |
Aerodrome chart in the AIPNZ Vol 4 |
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If more than one frequency is listed for aerodrome control, which should you use by preference? |
The first-listed frequency |
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What is meant by the term 'ATIS'? |
Automatic Terminal Information Service |
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Which element(s) of an ATIS report should you read back to the Tower when you make first contact with the aerodrome control? |
The ATIS sequence letter |
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What is meant by 'clearance limit' in a taxi instruction? |
The point at which the aircraft must stop unless further instructions are given |
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Must you read back a clearance limit? |
Yes |
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You advise the Tower that you are ready for take-off on runway 09 and you are given the instruction 'line up runway 09'. What action do you take following this instruction? |
Line up runway 09 and wait |
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You wish to taxi Cessna 152 Alfa Bravo Charlie to runway 34 grass at Nelson airport departing from the Aero Club tarmac for 45 minutes dual circuits. Ignoring ATIS details, what are the contents of your transmission to Nelson Tower? |
Nelson Tower, Cessna 152 Alfa Bravo Charlie, request taxi grass runway 34 45 minutes circuits POB 2 |
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Why is it important that your position report is accurate when you ask for joining instructions at an aerodrome which does not have redar facilities? |
Because ATC and other aircraft rely on your accuracy to sight you |
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You call downwind for landing and the Tower replies "you are number two behind the Cherokee". What two important steps must you now take (in addition to a read back transmission)? |
Sight the Cherokee and make allowance for appropriate runway separation |
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When you are downwind at a controlled aerodrome you note that you are the only aircraft in the traffic pattern but your downwind call has not been replied to by the Tower. You ______ complete your landing in the absence of further instructions. |
May not |
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What is the callsign of Surface Movement Control which is established at some controlled aerodromes? |
'GROUND' |
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Using the aircraft radio, how may you be able to establish if ATC is off watch at aerodromes that are listed as 'controlled'? |
Listen to the aerodromes ATIS |
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At aerodromes provided with Aerodrome Flight Information Service, AFIS _____ issue instructions to aircraft operating at the aerodrome. |
Does not |
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You approach Masterton aerodrome which is non-attended. What are the first two words of your transmission when you broadcast your joining intentions? |
"MASTERTON TRAFFIC" |
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State the four occasions when appropriate transmissions must be made for operations in a Mandatory Broadcast Zone. |
At entry, when joining the circuit, before entering the runway for take-off, at prescribed intervals within the MBZ |
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What is the purpose of an AFRU? |
Confirmation of correctly selected frequency and serviceability of the radio |
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Is there any controlled airspace that does not require an ATC clearance for VFR aircraft to operate within it? |
No, all controlled airspace requires an ATC clearance |
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What are the element of a clearance request transmission? |
Callsign (and discrete SSR code if applicable) Position Level Intended route Destination Clearance request |
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Although you do not normally make further position reports when identified by radar in controlled airspace, what radio procedure must you adopt? |
You must listen out on the appropriate frequency |
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You have received radar vectoring and receive the following instruction: "RESUME OWN NAVIGATION". What action do you now take and what is your reply to the radar controller? |
You turn as required to resume your track and reply "RESUMING OWN NAVIGATION TO ....." |
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What must you do when a radar controller instructs you to:
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(a) Confirm Mode A on your transponder is Three Seven One Five, and read this back |
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What should you do when you cannot understand all or part of an instruction transmitted to you by ATC? |
Ask the controller to repeat all or part |
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What must you do when you are in controlled airspace and wish to change frequency briefly to your home base? |
Obtain a clearance first |
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To avoid repetition, what voice technique should be used when an emergency call is to be transmitted? |
Slow and distinct |
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What order of priority applies to flying your aircraft compared to transmitting an emergency call. |
Flying your aircraft has top priority |
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What prefix should be used in your emergency call when you are in danger and require immediate assistance?
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MAYDAY |
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What prefix should be used in your emergency call when you require urgent but not immediate assistance? |
PAN PAN |
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Give an example of a reason for a MAYDAY call, do not use the list of reasons in this chapter. |
Severe vibration following an airframe component breaking off |
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Give an example of a reason for a PAN- PAN call, do not use the list of reasons in this chapter. |
Restiction in the control column or cyclic which makes control of the aircraft difficult but is not yet a distress situation |
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State the contents of the MAYDAY call in the ICAO sequence. |
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, Callsign of station being called, Aircraft Callsign, Nature of Distress, Intentions of PIC, Position, altitude and heading |
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State the contents of the PAN-PAN call in the ICAO sequence. |
PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN, Callsign of station being called, Aircraft callsign, Nature of the urgency, Intentions of the PIC, Position, altitude and heading, Any other useful information |
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When faced with an emergency situation, must you adhere strictly to the published contents sequence of a MAYDAY or a PAN-PAN call? |
No, P-in-C determines the sequence based on circumstances |
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In general, what frequency should you use for your initial emergency transmission? |
The frequency you are on at the time unless you deem it more appropriate to change to another frequency |
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What options, in terms of frequency, are available to you if your initial emergency call has not received a satisfactory reply. |
Change to 121.5, change to another frequency you know is being monitored, change to marine mobile service RTF |
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If you are transponder equipped, what code should you select when you are in an emergency situation? |
7700 |
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What call shall be made by ATC , or the pilot of an aircraft in distress, if another pilot interferes with a MAYDAY transmission? |
STOP TRANSMITTING MAYDAY |
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When may normal transmissions resume following a MAYDAY condition? |
When the distress situation is terminated, when distress traffic is transferred to another frequency, when authorised by the controlling authority, when you yourself have to render assistance |
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What frequency(ies) should you select briefly before taxing out and prior to engine shut-down? |
121.5 |
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What is the purpose of checking frequency 121.5 before taxiing out and prior to engine shut-down? |
To check if ELT is transmitting |
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What action must you take if your ELT has inadvertently activated? |
Switch to ARM, notify RCCNZ and the nearest ATS unit |
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Prior to starting local flight remaining within 10 nm of the departure aerodrome, you notice that your four-seat powered aircraft has a placard advising that the automatic ELT has been removed for maintenance and a portable ELT is not available. May the flight proceed? |
No, it would be permitted in a single seat aircraft |
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Why should you not turn the ELT off (ie to ARM) after an emergency activation of the beacon? |
It may interfere with search proceedures |
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Under what circumstances may the holder of a PPL permit a person who does not hold the FRTO qualification to operate the aircraft radio? |
Under no circumstances |
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If you have been assessed as Level 5 following a language proficiency assessment, the endorsement on your license will be for ______. |
6 years |
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What regulatory requirement regarding radio operations must be met by a student pilot before undertaking a solo cross country flight? |
Must have passed the written examination for FRTO |
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What regulatory requirement regarding radio operations must be met by a student pilot before the Private Pilot license may be issued? |
Must have passed the FRTO examination |
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List the 5 types of unauthorised transmissions that may not be sent by radio. |
Obsene or profane language, deceptive or false messages, improper use of someone else's callsign, that are not pertaining to operational matters, that are of a personal nature |
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In your capacity as P-in-C you have overheard radio traffic associated with an aircraft accident. After landing you are approached by the local media representative and asked for information. Which details of the accident are you permitted to divulge? |
Divulge no details at all |
