FAA Written - ADS-B surveillance systems

you have a flight planned from currituck co. airport (class E) to Norfolk international airport (class C) . What additional equipment is your airplane required to have, if any? why?

ADS-B out - per 91.225, unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft in class B or Class C airspace areas unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed.

You are performing a test flight in the vicinity of onawa airport (class E) at 11,000 MSL. what additional equipment does the aircraft need to have installed? Why?

ADS-B out - unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed in Class E airspace at and above 10,000 ft MSL, excluding the airspace at and below 2,500 ft above the surface

you are flying from gnoss field airport to the private airport of san rafael at 3,500' (near a large airport [class b]) to meet your friend. what additional equipment does your aircraft need? why?

ADS-B out - you are required to have ADS-B out equipment to operate from the surface to 10,000 ft MSL within the 30 NM of a class B airspace. this is commonly referred to as the Mode C Veil.

which of the following avionics equipment is required to be installed in your airplane to fly in class A airspace? why?

ADS-B out equipment - unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft in class A airspace unless the aircraft has an Extended Squitter Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Service-Broadcast (TIS-B) Equipment Operating on the Radio Frequency of 1090 MHz

when flying through the lateral and vertical boundaries of class C or B airspace, what additional equipment is your aircraft required to have installed, if any? why?

ADS-B out equipment - unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft within class B and class C airspace areas unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed

ADS-B Out equipment is required when flying:

In Class E airspace at and above 3,000' MSL over the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S. coastline out to 12 NM.

You have a flight planned from auburn airport (class E) to Sacramento Mather airport (Class D) at 4,500 ft MSL. what additional equipment must your aircraft have installed? why?

None. - ADS-B out is only required for flights within the designated lateral and vertical boundaries up to 10,000 ft MSL of class B and C airspace, and class E airspace above 10,000 ft MSL (excluding at or below 2,500' AGL) within the contiguous United States.

you are flying along the coastline at 7,000' under the 9,000' MSL class B shelf southeast bound. are you required to have an ADS-B out system? Why?

Yes - ADS-B out is required for operation within 30 NM of a class B airport from the surface upward to 10,000 ft MSL. this is commonly known as the Mode C Veil.

your planned flight overflies the Class C Sacramento International airport from west to east at a cruising altitude of 9,500' MSL. does the flight require ADS-B out equipment? why?

Yes, the flight requires ADS-B out equipment - unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft above the ceiling of a Class C airspace area designated for an airport upward to 10,000 ft MSL unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed

You depart from Wood Co. airport (1G0 - area 5) and head northbound. You level off at 1,600' MSL under the Toledo Class C airspace to circle your house. The ADS-B system on your airplane was marked inoperative in the maintenance log. Is this flight legal? Why?

Yes. ADS-B out is not required for this operation - unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft above the ceiling and within the lateral boundaries of a Class B or Class C airspace area designated for an airport upward to 10,000 ft MSL; unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed. Flight below the floor of Class C airspace is permitted without ADS-B out equipment installed

unless otherwise authorized, which situation requires Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)? why?

overflying Class C airspace below 10,000 ft MSL - aircraft are required to be equipped with ADS-B when above the ceiling and within the lateral boundaries of a class B or class C airspace area designated for an airport