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REVISION QUESTIONS CHAPTER 11

1.

The surface wind is 300112 gusting 20kts but there is grass cutting in progress in the vicinity of
the overrrun of runway 28. ATC gives you a clearance to depart from runway 19. As 19 is some
2000ft shorter than 28 and only just within limits for use, are you obliged to accept the clearance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

2.

A TC advises you that you are cleared for take off and cleared via SID DET3Z to climb initially
to 6000ft maintaining own separation in VMC. Is this a valid clearance?
a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

No, you can request the contractors to be cleared from the overrun
Yes, it is ATC that decides which runways can be used
No, but it would then be up to your operator to negotiate with the aerodrome
management for a special relaxation
Yes, but you must get acknowledgement from ATC that they accept responsibility for
the safety of the aircraft

Yes, the SID is valid for the route and IFR flights may climb or descend maintaining
own separation in VMC
No, you may request a climb or descent under IFR in VMC but you cannot be ordered
to do it
No, because it does not tell you what to do after you reach 6000ft
No SIDs are applicable only to IFR flights and for all IFR flights ATC provides
separation (normally by radar)

You have been cleared to taxi for runway 28R at Heathrow. Your EOBT allowed 17 minutes taxi
and hold time. A warm front is approaching from the south and the temperature is expected to
rise by SOC with the passage of the front. By the time you arrive at the holding point for 28R the
temperature has risen by 2C. Would you expect ATC to inform you of the change?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Yes
No
Yes if there was also a temperature inversion in the first 1000ft above the aerodrome
Yes, if 2 is considered a significant change

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4.

Which of the following met phenomena would you expect ATC to give information about to
departing aircraft?

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

TS and CB
Turbulence
Windshear
Icing
Blowing snow
Heavy precipitation

a.
b.
c.
d.

All the above

All, with the exception of6 (may be included if the precipitation is hail or freezing rain)
As b, but with the additional proviso that 2 and 4 are mod or severe not just light.
As c, but ignoring 5 (the aerodrome would be closed in this case)

1.

5.

You are at the take off holding point for 28R awaiting take off clearance from the aerodrome
controller. Low vis landing operations are in progress on 28L. A landing aeroplane reports to
ground control that one of the PAPI lights is inoperative. Would you expect the aerodrome
controller to pass this information to you?
a.
b.
c.
d.

6.

You elect to carry out a visual approach and land. With Approach you descend to below cloud
ceiling and you are cleared to track outbound on the reciprocal of the runway QDM descending
to IOOOft and at DME 5 to carry out a procedure tum and advise 'field in sight' to Tower. There
is no other VFR or IFR traffic at the aerodrome. At what point would you expect to change
frequency to Tower?
a.
b.
c.
d.

7.

No, you are using 28R not 28L

No, PAPIs are not significant for take off
Yes, it is not the ATCOs responsibility to decide what is important information
Yes, it may affect your decision to try and land on 28L if an emergency occurs on take
off rather than go to your nominated take off alternate

At the start of the procedure tum

At the completion of the procedure tum with the field in sight
When descending below IOOOft
At 4nm from touchdown (final call)

What is a visual approach?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Any approach carried out with only the use of visual aids
An instrument approach in VMC
Part or all of an instrument approach carried out with regard to visual reference
The part of an instrument approach below DH or MDH where visual contact with the
ground is maintained

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8.

London Director gives you radar vectors to the FAF for ILS on 28L. You are cleared to descend
to 2500 ft (the initial approach height) and at that altitude you are well below the lowest cloud.
When established on the centreline with 3 nm to run to the FAF you can see the landing runway
and traffic ahead. Are you required to continue the instrument approach?
a.
b.
c.
d.

9.

c.

d.

11.

Yes. You are IFR traffic and you remain IFR until the FP is cancelled
Yes. The London CTR is class A airspace and VFR procedures are not permitted
No. You may request to make a visual approach providing visual reference to the terrain
can be maintained and the cloud ceiling is above the initial approach level/altitude
Yes, but who is to know that you are flying the approach visually

What defines 'cloud ceiling'?

a.
b.

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The cloud base over the aerodrome

The height of the bottom of the lowest layer of cloud below 20,000ft covering more than
~ of the sky
The height above the ground of the base of a layer of cloud that covers at least ~ of the
sky providing that there is no other layer below that and the layer in question is not
higher than 20,000ft
The top of the lowest layer of cloud above an aerodrome. The bottom of the layer is the
'cloud base'

Which of the following is essential information to be passed to a pilot who is not familiar with
an instrument approach?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Initial approach level

Point at which the procedure turn is commenced
The level for the procedure turn
The final approach track
The missed approach procedure

a.
b.
c.
d.

All the above

All except 5
1,4 and 5 only
All except 3

When an instrument approach is commenced is a pilot required to complete the entire procedure?
a.
b.
c.
d.

No, reversion to visual approach is permitted at any time

No, the approach can be abandoned at any point before the DH/MDH and reversion to
visual approach made
No, but the missed approach procedure only needs to be flown in IMC
No, a pilot may elect to carry out the missed approach procedure at any time

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12.

Who is responsible for publishing holding procedures?

a.
b.
c.
d.

13.

What determines the allocation of holding levels in a holding pattern?

a.
b.
c.
d.

14.

c.
d.

You will be told to hold on another facility or put to the top of the stack
You will be required to descend in tum and from the bottom of the stack you will be
routed via the missed approach procedure to the top of the stack
Those above you, when it is their tum, will commence the procedure at that
height/altitude
You have no choice. You must go along with the majority decision.

What does EAT mean?

a.
b.
c.
d.

16.

The fastest are allocated the highest levels

Turbine powered aircraft are not allocated levels below FLI00
Heavy wake turbulence group aircraft are allocated higher levels than lesser group
aircraft
First in gets the lowest level!

You are in a holding pattern and you state your intention to continue holding whilst all the others
decide to make an approach. There are three aircraft above you. What happens?
a.
b.

15.

The authority of the state being flown over

The operator
The Area Control Centre
J eppeson or Aerad

The same as ETA ie Estimated Arrival Time

Estimated Approach Time
Expected Approach Time
Earliest Approach Time

What is EAT?
a.
b.
c.
d.

The time at which it is anticipated that an aircraft will leave the holding pattern and
commence an instrument approach
The time at which it is expected that an aircraft will land
The time it is expected that an aircraft will commence an instrument approach procedure
The earliest time that an aircraft may expect to be permitted to make an instrument
approach

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17.

The Approach controller anticipates a delay of 20 minutes for your arrival and directs you into
a holding pattern. Will he pass you an EAT?
a.
b.

18.

You, and six others, are in a holding pattern awaiting clearance to commence an instrument
approach and you have been given an EAT. Due to congestion on the ground, arrivals are
delayed by a further 5 minutes to let 4 departures to take place. Would you expect to be given
a revised EAT?
a.
b.
c.
d.

19.

c.

d.

The part of a visual approach equating to 'final' in a visual circuit

Part of an instrument approach that begins at the FAP and ends where a landing or
missed approach can be made
The segment of an instrument approach for the point at which the aeroplane is
established on the centreline of the runway with track guidance and that height data is
also available
The part of an instrument approach to the threshold of the landing runway from the point
at which the localiser intercepts the glide path

Which of the following would not normally be passed to aeroplanes at the commencement of
final approach?
a.
b.
c.
d.

21.

Yes, but only if you are the next in line for the procedure
No, only delays of more than 5 minutes require revised EAT
Yes, delays of 5 minutes or more require a revised EAT
It is up to the stack controller.

What defines 'Final Approach'?

a.
b.

20.

Yes
No

Significant changes in outside air temperature

Significant changes in surface wind
Information concerning windshear/turbulence
Trends in visibility or slant visibility

An aircraft is established on final approach. Which of the following is to be communicated by

ATC to the aeroplane?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Changes in forecast RVR

Change of runway braking action from Good to Medium
The failure of the aerodrome ident beacon
Change in surface wind velocity

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22.

Declaration of which of the following would not qualify for allocation of priority to land?
a.
b.
c.
d.

23.

b.
c.
d.

Yes, you could ask to make an approach, but the ATC controller may deny you the
opportunity and you would then have alerted the others in the stack
Yes you can, but if you do not land off the approach you will go to the top of the stack
and loose your place
No you are not permitted to leave the stack except in tum or in an emergency
This is a totally hypothetical situation. No sensible commercial air transport operation
would ever consider such an underhand slimy nasty backstabbing ploy - would they!

What would be considered a significant tail wind component?

a.
b.
c.
d.

25.

Distress
Urgency
Fuel priority
A technical problem

You are in a holding pattern and you get a message on your company frequency that the obstacle
that is blocking the landing runway is about to be moved. You work out that if you try an
approach now, you might be lucky and jump the queue. Can you do it and if so, what is the
gamble?
a.

24.

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10 kts
5 kts
2 kts
Any tail wind is significant

For a take off operations, separation is required from arriving traffic. Where an inbound aircraft
is carrying out a complete instrument arrival procedure, until when would take offs be
permitted?
a.
b.
c.
d.

At any time until the inbound aircraft is established on final approach

At any time until the inbound commences the procedure tum
Until the inbound is 5 mins from touchdown
It depends upon the take off direction

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