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AAAE Certified Member Study Guide – (390 Questions and Answers)
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AAAE Certified Member Study Guide –(390 Questions and Answers)
The AAAE Certified Member Modules are materials airport managers can use
as...
- Airport regulation
- Airport case Law
- Final authoritative documents
- A daily reference and field guide - -A daily reference and field guide
-Which statement is False?
- Each Airport has its own unique geography
- it is impossible to accurately capture how each public-use airport in the US
operates at all levels of its position
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - -Each airport has the
same operating characteristics
-When using the term "Airport Sponsor", the authors of the AAAE modules
are referring to the...
- Airport director
- Governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Airport management - -Governing body
-An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - -Pilot
-In 1970, The Airport and Airway Development Act brought about all except
the following
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund
- Planning Grant Program (PGP)
- Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP)
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) - -National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
-(T/F) The FAA does not include in its planning or funding decision-making
any private airports unless they are publicly accessible or military airports
that do not host any civilian operations. - -True
, -The National Plan of integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) identifies 3,345
public-use airports that are important to the national air transportation
system and eligible to receive grant funds under the FAA Airport
Improvement Program (AIP). An airport can be included in the NPIAS for all of
the following reasons except...
- GA reliever airport
- Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NIPIAS
airport
- Publicly owned
- Part of a State Airport System - -Serving a community that is at least 15
minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport
-Commercial service airports are grouped into two major categories
- National and Regional
- Civilian and Military
- Large hub and small hub
- Primary and non-primary - -Primary and non-primary
-A passenger enplanement can be defined as...
- A passenger using a handicap ramp
- A take-off and a landing
- A passenger boarding a commercial flight
- A passenger getting off any type of aircraft - -A passenger boarding a
commercial flight
-The FAA uses three primary measurements to gauge airport activity. Which
statistic is not one of the three?
- Total passenger traffic
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Cargo tonnage - -Total passenger traffic
-Although federally regulated, public-use airports can be operated by all of
the following organizational structures except
- Airport Authority
- City
- State Government
- Department of Commerce - -Department of Commerce
-Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships
between
- City and County
- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - -Airport policy makers and
Management
, -(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to
operate the airport as an essential component of the national aviation
system without regard to any negative impact to the airport's community - -
False
-As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport
generates revenue, such as landing fees, building rentals, and fuel flowage
fees. What percentage of the income derived must be utilized for airport
purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - -100%
-Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in that
they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - -Stand-alone enterprises
-Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity - -Do not
receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity
-Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages. What
is a potential disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - -Can be viewed as another
department of the City/County
-The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a
business enterprise will likely continue for decades, but the simplest
understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- An airport is a Department of Transportation sub-organization
- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
- An airport is an enterprise fund with many departments - -An airport is a
public entity that is run like a business
, -The most common positions at an airport that are outside of the vertical
structure are the
- Finance and administration personnel
- Operations and maintenance positions
- Legal counsel and auditor
- Certification inspector and regulator - -Legal counsel and auditor
-The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 resulted in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act of 2001 moving the airport and aircraft operator
security regulations from the FAA to the newly created
- Transportation Security Administration
- Civil Aviation Office
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- National Transportation Security Board - -Transportation Security
Administration
-As a new airport manager trying to inventory all applicable airport laws,
and regulations, he or she be careful not to omit which form of hidden
regulation?
- FARs
- FAA orders
- Cert. Alerts
- Grant Assurances - -Grant Assurances
-The Flight Standards District Office, commonly known as FSDO, is
responsible for
- Food safety on the concourses
- Flow of air traffic and NAVAID maintenance
- Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing
- Regulating all aviation safety in the US - -Enforcing laws for aircraft and
pilot certification and licensing
-Federal Grant Assurances require the airport operator to do all of the
following except:
- Operate the airport in the public interest
- Use specific lands approved by the FAA for non-aeronautical use to
generate revenue to support the airport's aviation needs
- Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
- Maintain the airport in good and serviceable condition - -Grant exclusive
rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
-If the FAA or an aeronautical user believes that the airport is in violation of
its Grant Assurances, it may file a complaint with the FAA through the Part
13 or Part 16 process. Part 13 complaints are...
- Considered informal
- Handled with definitive timelines
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