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Question 1.  Ground controllers responsibility is for traffic where?
A) That are landing.
B) That are on the ground.
C) That are in the pattern.
D) Aircraft looking for other downed aircraft.

Question 2.  An aircraft is squawking a code of 7500, you should say to that aircraft ?
A) (Callsign), is the hijacker in the cockpit?
B) (Callsign), Air Force is in route.
C) (Callsign), Confirm Squawking 7500?
D) (Callsign), Can I speak to the man in charge?

Question 3.  What should a tower controller do if an aircraft that is holding short of the runway behind a departing aircraft, requests clearance for takeoff?
A) The controller should wait for the aircraft on the runway to clear the starting area and wait for wake turbulence to settle, and tell them aircraft holding short to taxi into position and hold.
B) The controller should clear both aircraft for takeoff, and allow the aircraft to maintain visual separation
C) The controller should clear the aircraft on the runway, and wait until the aircraft has been switched to departure before the holding aircraft can be allowed to enter the runway
D) Neither aircraft should be cleared because no two aircraft should be awaiting takeoff clearance for the same runway, at the same time

Question 4.  To intercept a localizer, vector an aircraft's approach to the localizer at a maximum of a ?
A) 10 Degree Angle
B) 20 Degree Angle
C) 30 Degree Angle
D) 40 Degree Angle

Question 5.  When an aircraft asks for VFR permission to land, your responses could be?
A) (callsign) Permission To land, granted
B) Negative the airport is currently IFR
C) Negative ghost rider the pattern is full
D) Both A&B

Question 6.  In order to execute proper and safe parallel runway use an ATC must ?
A) Keep Aircraft Below 190 knots
B) Have Aircraft fly runway heading on departure
C) Have Aircraft Depart to the left
D) Have Aircraft Depart to the right

Question 7.  A controllers top priority is ?
A) Spacing
B) Efficiency
C) Speed
D) Tower Lighting

Question 8.  Which of the following type of aircraft is classified as 'Heavy'?
A) MD-80
B) Boeing 767
C) Cessna 150
D) Cessna Citation X

Question 9.  When a tower controller clears a pilot for landing, what is the correct format for the radio transmission?
A) (Callsign), winds: (speed@direction), altimeter (xx.xx), cleared to land runway (xx).
B) (Callsign), cleared to land runway (xx).
C) (Callsign), altimeter (xx.xx), cleared for the approach and landing, runway (xx).
D) Winds: (speed@direction), altimeter (xx.xx), (Callsign), cleared to land, runway (xx).

Question 10.  What kind of airspace is over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Class A
B) International Airspace
C) Intercontinental Airspace.
D) Class I

Question 11.  What ATC position can give clearance for a -back-taxi- on a runway?
A) Ground
B) Tower
C) Clearance Delivery
D) Center

Question 12.  When an aircraft squawks 7700 it means
A) Communications Failure
B) Unlawful Interference
C) An engine problem
D) General Problem

Question 13.  What is the standard ground frequency at KDTW used here at DVATC?
A) 118.90
B) 118.40
C) 121.80
D) 124.05

Question 14.  If you are the tower controller, and you have a CRJ-700 on short-final for 4R, and a MD-90 on 4R that still hasn't cleared the runway, what should you do as a controller?
A) Tell the MD-90 pilot to clear the runway ASAP!
B) Tell the CRJ-700 to go-around.
C) PANIC!
D) A & B.

Question 15.  STD barometric pressure is used when?
A) After takeoff
B) Above 10,000ft
C) Above 18,000ft MSL
D) After landing

Question 16.  What is the key to correctly and smoothly running aircraft at an airport?
A) Ground Safety
B) Safe Separation
C) Vigilance
D) Patience

Question 17.  If you have a aircraft flying a heading of 180, And traffic is coming at it at a direction of 270, What clock directions should the plane expect to find the aircraft ?
A) 9 o'clock
B) 10 o'clock
C) 3 o'clock
D) 4 o'clock

Question 18.  Which aircraft will have top priority handling among other aircraft?
A) A combat jet.
B) Air Force One.
C) Military Transport aircraft.
D) Fast aircraft.

Question 19.  What is the control area for Ground Controllers?
A) From the gates and parking spaces, until two standard taxiway intersections from the hold short point before the runway
B) From the gates and parking spaces, until the hold short point before the runway
C) From the beginning of main taxiways to the point of take-off
D) From the beginning of the gate, to the general aviation parking

Question 20.  PAN, PAN, PAN is translated as ?
A) I have an emergency and I need immediate help
B) I may be in a potential situation and I need assistance
C) Holy Mackerel there is a pan attacking me in my plane
D) None of the above

Question 21.  Approach controllers guide the aircraft to what point in their approach to an airport?
A) Until the aircraft reaches 5,000 feet MSL
B) Until the aircraft is 2 miles out from the airport
C) Until the aircraft is 8 miles out from the airport
D) Until the aircraft has intercepted the localizer or obtained visual of the runway.

Question 22.  Ground controllers mainly keep tabs on aircraft locations by what type of contact?
A) Radio Contact
B) Visual Contact (binoculars)
C) Radar Contact
D) Computerized Beacons

Question 23.  What is the standard Approach/ Departure for KDTW?
A) 118.90
B) 118.40
C) 121.80
D) 124.05

Question 24.  If a 767-300 takes off on runway 4L, and a CRJ-700 is holding on the runway, how long should you hold the CRJ-700 before clearing him for take off after the 767-300 clears the runway?
A) 1 Min.
B) 2 Min.
C) 2 1/2 Min.
D) 4 Min.

Question 25.  What crucial instruction can tower controllers grant to pilots?
A) Clearance for taxi / engine shutdown
B) Clearance for crossing an active runway and abort take-off
C) Clearance for crossing inactive runways
D) Clearance for take-off, landing, and permission to cross an active runway