Need Help ? See ATC Training Found under Training Center. Question 1.  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 2.  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 3.  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 4.  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 5.  When descending below 10,000ft msl the max speed is? A) 240knts B) 250knts C) 165knts D) 150knts Question 6.  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 7.  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 8.  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 9.  The abreviation -ATC- stands for what job at an airport? A) Air TRACON Controller B) Air Training Chiefs C) Air Traffic Controller D) Annoying Tango-Dancing Chico Question 10.  What is the standard tower frequency at KDTW here at DVATC? A) 118.90 B) 118.40 C) 121.80 D) 124.05 Question 11.  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 12.  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 13.  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 14.  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 15.  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 16.  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 Question 17.  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 18.  If there is a 767-300(UAL1572) and a Cessna 172(N127NF) approaching an intersection, and you want the 767-300 to proceed first, what command do you issue? A) Controller: 'N127NF, stop 100 yards before the next intersection, caution, traffic is a Boeing 767' B) Controller: 'N127NF, hold position at next intersection, caution, traffic is a Boeing 767' C) Controller: 'UAL1572, proceed at next intersection in front of traffic, Cessna 172' D) Controller: 'UAL1572, increase taxi speed from 20 knts to 25 knts, in order to cross intersection in front of opposing aircraft, traffic is a Cessna 172' Question 19.  Clearance Delivery is contacted when a pilot is ready to ______? A) File their flightplan B) Start their engines C) Confirm and open their flight plan D) Cross a runway Question 20.  What is the correct abbreviation for jetBlue's callsign? A) JTB B) JBL C) JBU D) JTBL Question 21.  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 22.  What is the key to correctly and smoothly running aircraft at an airport? A) Ground Safety B) Safe Separation C) Vigilance D) Patience Question 23.  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 24.  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 25.  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).