ATPL(A) 010 Air LawRevision notes and practice questions

010 Air LawFree sample, 10 questions

1. 1Which statement about a Crew Member Certificate (CMC) is correct?

   1. It must be accompanied by a passport or visa and a pilot's licence.
   2. It must be carried together with a passport or visa and a logbook.
   3. It can replace a visa in a member State.
   4. It must be accompanied by a passport and a pilot's licence.
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   Answer C. Under ICAO Annex 9, a crew member holding a valid Crew Member Certificate and on duty is admitted for temporary entry without a visa, so the CMC takes the place of the visa. It is an identity document in its own right. The options that require it to be backed by a passport or visa plus a licence or logbook describe a condition that does not exist.

2. 2An aircraft registered to a Canadian charter operator is to be used by an American travel agency for a flight between San Francisco and Miami. Can this flight be made without permission from the American authority?

   1. Yes, even though it is cabotage, it is permitted because the travel agency is American.
   2. No, it is a commercial route that needs approval.
   3. Yes, the relevant rights are granted by the Chicago Convention.
   4. No, the flight is cabotage and the operator is foreign.
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   Answer D. A flight between two points inside the United States is domestic traffic, in other words cabotage, and Article 7 of the Chicago Convention lets each State refuse that privilege to foreign aircraft. Both the aircraft and the operator are Canadian, so the flight needs specific permission from the American authority. The nationality of the customer, here an American travel agency, changes nothing.

3. 3What is the subject of ICAO Annex 2?

   1. Air Traffic Services.
   2. Personnel Licensing.
   3. Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks.
   4. Rules of the Air.
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   Answer D. Annex 2 contains the Rules of the Air. Annex 1 covers personnel licensing, Annex 7 aircraft nationality and registration marks and Annex 11 air traffic services.

4. 4For a single-pilot multi-engine class rating, how many flight hours are required and how long is the rating valid?

   1. 200 hours, 2 years.
   2. 70 hours, 1 year.
   3. 200 hours, 1 year.
   4. 70 hours, 2 years.
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   Answer B. Before a first single-pilot multi-engine class or type rating, the applicant needs 70 hours of experience as pilot-in-command of aeroplanes. Class and type ratings are valid for 1 year; the single exception with 2 years is the single-pilot single-engine class rating. The 200-hour figure has nothing to do with the multi-engine class rating.

5. 5Radio contact with the intercepting aircraft has been established, but no common language is possible. Which phrase should the intercepted aircraft use to say that its position is unknown?

   1. POSITION LOST (POSITION LOST)
   2. POSITION UNCERTAIN (POSITION UNCERTAIN)
   3. AM LOST (AM LOST)
   4. NAVIGATION LOST (NAVIGATION LOST)
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   Answer C. When intercepting and intercepted aircraft share no common language, Annex 2 provides a short table of standard phrases, each transmitted twice. For the intercepted aircraft, AM LOST (pronounced AM LOSST) means position unknown. The other expressions sound plausible but are not in the table, so they would not be understood as standard phraseology.

6. 6An aircraft is flying VFR in Class B airspace. The controller...

   1. does not separate it from other VFR aircraft.
   2. separates it from other VFR aircraft only below 3000 m AMSL.
   3. applies vertical and horizontal separation to other VFR aircraft.
   4. applies only vertical separation from other VFR aircraft.
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   Answer C. Class B is the only class in which all flights, IFR and VFR, are separated from each other, so a VFR flight is separated from other VFR flights as well as from IFR traffic. Separation can be vertical or horizontal, whichever the controller uses. In class C VFR flights are only separated from IFR flights, and from class D downwards VFR flights receive no separation.

7. 7Which of the following elements shall be included in an ATIS message containing both arrival and departure information?

   1. Altimeter setting.
   2. Surface wind direction (in degrees true).
   3. Taxiway surface conditions.
   4. Transition altitude.
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   Answer A. A combined arrival and departure ATIS includes the runway in use, the surface wind in degrees magnetic, visibility or RVR, weather and cloud, temperature and dew point, the altimeter setting and the transition level, plus any essential operational information. The wind is given in magnetic degrees, not true, and it is the transition level, not the published transition altitude, that is broadcast.

8. 8For a flight to a destination in another country, which part of the AIP should you consult to find the transition altitude used in that country?

   1. ENR
   2. GEN
   3. SUP
   4. AD
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   Answer A. Each State's AIP is divided into GEN, ENR and AD parts. The transition altitude is a national altimeter setting rule, so it is published in the ENR part with the altimeter setting procedures (ENR 1.7). GEN holds general regulations, units and charges, AD describes the individual aerodromes, and SUP is not a part of the AIP but a supplement for temporary changes.

9. 9What is the correct definition of "PCN"?

   1. It is a number expressing the relative effect of an aircraft on a pavement for a specified standard subgrade category.
   2. It is a number expressing the bearing strength of a pavement for unrestricted operations.
   3. It is a number or letter expressing the bearing strength of a pavement for unrestricted operations.
   4. It is a letter expressing the bearing strength of a pavement for restricted operations.
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   Answer B. The pavement classification number (PCN) expresses the bearing strength of a pavement for unrestricted operations. An aircraft whose classification number (ACN) is equal to or less than the PCN may use the pavement without restriction. The first option describes the ACN, the aircraft's effect on the pavement.

10. 10According to the air-to-ground signals of ICAO Annex 12, if survivors see an aircraft rocking its wings during the hours of...

    1. daylight, this means that ground signals have NOT been understood.
    2. darkness, this means that ground signals have NOT been understood.
    3. daylight, this means that ground signals have been understood.
    4. darkness, this means that ground signals have been understood.
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    Answer C. Rocking the wings is the daylight signal by which an aircraft tells survivors that their ground signals have been understood. At night the equivalent is flashing the landing lights, or the navigation lights if there are none, on and off twice. The absence of either signal means the message has not been understood, so there is no specific 'not understood' manoeuvre.