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Question 1. When should a pilot generally read back all ATC instructions?
A) All hold short instructions
B) All position and hold, and stop taxi instructions
C) All clearance deliveries
D) All of the above
Question 2. 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 3. If UAL1598 is flying a heading of 275, and AA8832 is flying parallel with him, what direction will AA8832 be heading?
A) 360
B) 090
C) 180
D) 275
Question 4. What is the correct abbreviation for jetBlue's callsign?
A) JTB
B) JBL
C) JBU
D) JTBL
Question 5. A controllers top priority is ?
A) Spacing
B) Efficiency
C) Speed
D) Tower Lighting
Question 6. What is the standard Approach/ Departure for KDTW?
A) 118.90
B) 118.40
C) 121.80
D) 124.05
Question 7. What happens to an aircraft with an emergency?
A) He crashes.
B) The pilot fixes the emergency.
C) The aircraft get top priority handling.
D) The aircraft has to stay away from a city until the issue is resolved.
Question 8. TRACON stands for???
A) Terminal Radio Area Control
B) Terminal Radar Area Control
C) Tiny radio aircraft control
D) None of the above
Question 9. If you are the ground controller at KDTW and the current ATIS information is ECHO, and an aircraft request taxi clearance with ATIS information DELTA, what should you do?
A) Tell him to re-check the ATIS.
B) Tell him he cant taxi.
C) A&B.
D) None of the Above
Question 10. Ground controllers handle what vehicles on the taxiways / tarmacs?
A) All general aviation and turboprop aircraft
B) All turboprop and regional jet aircraft
C) All aircraft on the taxiways/tarmac
D) All aircraft as well as any ground vehicles on the taxiways/tarmacs
Question 11. 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 12. An aircraft is making an emergency landing Runway 9, and the only other runway is perpendicular at the 9 end of the runway, at a metropolitan airport and 3 aircraft are 8 miles away on the approach ?
A) Close down the runway for the time being and reroute the aircraft to Runway 18
B) Tell the aircraft to make into a holding pattern
C) Assume the aircraft with the emergency will be able to clear the runway and have the aircraft continue the approach
D) Have the aircraft land on runway 27
Question 13. 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 14. When a ground stop is implemented what happens?
A) Everyone stops and stays in their current location
B) No aircraft are allowed to take off or land
C) Ground Personnel take cover
D) Both B&C
Question 15. 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 16. 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 17. When in the ground controller position, seperation of aircraft is key because of what factor?
A) The pilots get territorial when in their aircraft
B) Wake turbulence / jetblast
C) The aircraft look better when spaced
D) Spacing is only because the instructions given by the controller take a while to complete
Question 18. 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 19. 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 20. What is the standard UNICOM frequency for the airports around KDTW?
A) 119.20
B) 123.45
C) 124.05
D) 126.90
Question 21. If an aircraft has the call sign N156JB, what is the correct way to write the shorthand of this callsign?
A) N156
B) NJB
C) 156J
D) 6JB
Question 22. If there is lightning in the vicinity of an airport, what should you do?
A) Implement a ground stop.
B) Vector the aircraft around the severe storms and put them in a holding pattern.
C) A&B
D) None of the above.
Question 23. 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 24. 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 25. What ATC position can give clearance for a -back-taxi- on a runway?
A) Ground
B) Tower
C) Clearance Delivery
D) Center