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ATC Basics Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 According to their location, ATO air traffic control facilities are assigned to one of: a. nine regions b. three service areas c. eleven FAA primary offices d. four FAA headquarters divisions - ANSWERSb. three service areas The air traffic f...

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2024/2025

According to their location, ATO air traffic control facilities are assigned to one of:

a. nine regions

b. three service areas

c. eleven FAA primary offices

d. four FAA headquarters divisions - ANSWERSb. three service areas



The air traffic facility that has no direct authority over Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or Visual Flight Rules
(VFR) traffic is the

a. Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT)

b. Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)

c. Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS)

d. Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) - ANSWERSc. Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS)



The Air Traffic Organization (ATO) is managed by a(n)

a. Associate Administrator

b. Vice President

c. Chief Operating Officer

d. Administrator - ANSWERSc. Chief Operating Officer



The primary Navigational Aids (NAVAIDs) for the nation's airways in the National Airspace System (NAS)
are

a. marker beacons

b. VOR's/VORTAC's

c. Non Directional Beacons (NDBs)

d. Instrument Landing Systems (ILSs) - ANSWERSb. VOR's/VORTAC's

,The primary mission of the Traffic Management System (TMS) is to

a. regulate air traffic procedures

b. balance air traffic demand with system capacity

c. implement the use of state-of-the-art equipment

d. ascertain controller stress and workload - ANSWERSb. balance air traffic demand with system capacity



The operations of the TMS is the responsibility of the

a. Central Altitude Reservation

b. ARTCC Traffic Management Unit (TMU) for each area

c. Air Traffic Manager

d. Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ARTCC) - ANSWERSd. Air Traffic Control System Command
Center (ARTCC)



The primary function of the Traffic Management Unit (TMU) is to

a. monitor and balance traffic flows within their area of responsibility in accordance with traffic
management directives

b. ensure maximum efficiency in the utilization of the total National Airspace System, thereby producing
a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic

c. manage the flow of air traffic throughout the National Airspace System to achieve optimum use of the
navigable airspace and minimize the effect of air traffic delays

d. manage the flow of tower traffic by ensuring that traffic demand does not exceed operationally
minimal levels of traffic - ANSWERSa. monitor and balance traffic flows within their area of responsibility
in accordance with traffic management directives



The primary purpose of the Air Traffic Control System is to

a. prevent collision and organize and expedite the flow of traffic

b. provide traffic advisories

c. monitor holding patterns

d. advise pilots of altitude deviations of 300 feet or more - ANSWERSa. prevent collision and organize
and expedite the flow of traffic

,Which Statement is not correct concerning the provision of additional services?

a. Providing additional services is optional on the part of the controller.

b. Additional services are required when the work situation permits.

c. Traffic advisories, weather information, and holding pattern surveillance are all types of additional
services.

d. Ability to provide additional services may be limited by higher priority duties and controller workload.
- ANSWERSa. Providing additional services is optional on the part of the controller.



When considering the duty priority of an air traffic controller, first priority is given to

a. coordinating

b. issuing traffic

c. separating aircraft

d. vectoring - ANSWERSc. separating aircraft



Nonradar separation is used in preference to radar separation when

a. an operational advantage will be gained

b. the aircraft is not transponder equipped

c. secondary radar is out of service

d. controller is not radar qualified - ANSWERSa. an operational advantage will be gained



The facility primarily responsible for conducting prior briefings is the

a. ATCT

b. ARTCC

c. ATCSCC

d. AFSS - ANSWERSd. AFSS



Which position in the Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) records and disseminates Hazardous
Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) summaries?

a. Weather Observer

, b. Broadcast

c. Flight Data/NOTAM Coordinator

d. Preflight - ANSWERSb. Broadcast



Which of the following duties is not the function of the Clearance Delivery position in the tower?

a. Operating communication equipment

b. Processing and forwarding flight plan information

c. Compiling statistical data

d. Issuing clearances and ensuring accuracy of readback - ANSWERSc. Compiling statistical data



Of the following, which position in the tower ensures separation?

a. Local Control

b. Clearance Delivery

c. Flight Data

d. Tower Associate - ANSWERSa. Local Control



The ATC facility that provides air traffic control services to aircraft on IFR flight plans during the en route
phase of flight is

a. ATCT

b. AFSS

c. TRACON

d. ARTCC - ANSWERSd. ARTCC



The only en route sector team member whose duties do not include accepting handoffs is the
__________ position.

a. Radar Coordinator

b. Radar Associate

c. Radar

d. Radar Flight Data - ANSWERSd. Radar Flight Data

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