Private Pilot CH 5
As standard operating practice, all inbound traffic at an airport, without a control tower should continously monitor the appropriate facility from a distance from?
10 miles
When activated an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) transmits on?
121.5 and 243.3
No person may use an ATC transponder unless it has been tested and inspected within at least the preceding?
24 calendar months
FAA advisory circulars containing subject matter specifically related to airmen are issued under which subject number?
60
When making routine transponder code changes, pilots should avoid inadvertent selection of which code?
7500
FAA advisory circulars containing subject matter specifically related to air traffic control and general operations are issued under which subject number?
90
Basic radar service in the terminal radar program is best described as?
Safety alerts, traffic advisories, and limited vectoring to VFR aircraft
When must the battery in an ELT be replaced or recharged if rechargeable?
after one-half of the batteries useful life
An ATC clearance provides?
authorization to proceed under specified traffic conditions in controlled airspace
Prior to entering an airport advisory area, a pilot should?
contact the local FSS for airport ad traffic advisories
What information is contained in the notices to airmen publication (NTAP)?
current NOTAM (D) and FDC NOTAMs
When may an ELT be tested?
during the first 5 minutes after the hour
an alternating red andgreen light signal directed from the control tower to an aircraft in flight is a signal to?
exercise extreme caution
While on final approach for landing, an alternating green and red light followed by a flashing red light is received from the control tower. Under these circumstances the pilot should?
exercise extreme caution and abandon the approach, realizing the airport is unsafe for landing
Which light signal from the control tower clears a pilot to taxi?
flashing green
The correct method for stating 4,500 feet MSL to ATC is?
four thousand five hundred
From whom should a departing VFR aircraft request radar traffic information during ground operations?
ground control on initial contact
When an air traffic controller issues radar traffic information in relation to the 12 hour clock, the reference the controller uses is the aircraft's?
ground track
As pilot in command of an aircraft, under which situation can you deviate from an ATC clearance?
in response to traffic alert and collision avoidance system resolution advisory
A steady green light signal directed from the control tower to an aircraft in flight is a signal that the pilot?
is cleared to land
which procedure is recommended to ensure the ELT has not been activated?
monitor 121.5 before shutting down the engine
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded information concerning?
noncontrol information in selected high-activity terminal areas
If the aircraft's radio fails, what is the recommended procedure when landing at a controlled airport?
observe the traffic flow, enter the pattern, and look for a light signal from the tower
the correct method for stating 10,500 feet MSL to ATC is?
one zero thousand, five hundred
FAA advisory circulars are available to all pilots and are obtained by?
ordering those desired from the Government Printing Office
A flashing white light signal from the control tower to a taxing aircraft is an indication to?
return to the starting point on the airport
TRSA service in the terminal radar program provides?
sequencing and separation for participating VFR aircraft
If a control tower uses a light signal directing a pilot to give way to other aircraft and continue circling, the light will be?
steady red
Absence of the sky condition and the visibility on an ATIS broadcast indicates that?
the ceiling is at least 5,000 ft and visibility is 5 miles or more
If instructed by ground control to taxi to runway 9, the pilot may proceed?
via taxiways and across runways to, but not onto, Runway 9
after landing at a tower-controlled airport, when should the pilot contact ground control?
when advised by the tower to do so
