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040 Communication

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.     What does the abbreviation "HX" stand for?
a)
a.     Sunrise to sunset
b)
b.    . No specific opening hours
c)
c.     Sunset to sunrise
d)
d.     24 h service
2.
2.     In which situations should a pilot use blind transmissions?
a)
a.     When the traffic situation at an airport allows the transmission of information which does not  need to be acknowledged by the ground station
b)
b.     When a pilot has flown into cloud or fog unintentionally and therefore would like to request  navigational assistance from a ground unit
c)
c.     . When no radio communication can be established with the appropriate aeronautical station, but  when evidence exists that transmissions are received at that ground unit
d)
d.     When a transmission containing important navigational or technical information is to be sent to  several stations at the same time
3.
3.     Which abbreviation is used for the term "abeam"?
a)
a.     . ABM
b)
b.     ABB
c)
c.     ABE
d)
d.     ABA
4.
4.     Which abbreviation is used for the term "visual flight rules"?
a)
a.     VRU
b)
b.     . VFR
c)
c.     VMC
d)
d.     VFS
5.
5.     Which abbreviation is used for the term "obstacle"?
a)
a.     OBTC
b)
b.     . OBST
c)
c.     OBS
d)
d.     OST
6.
6.     What does the abbreviation "FIS" stand for?
a)
a.     Flight information system
b)
b.     Flashing information service
c)
c.     Flashing information system
d)
d.     . Flight information service
7.
7.     What does the abbreviaton "FIR" stand for?
a)
a.     Flow integrity required
b)
b.     . Flight information region
c)
c.     Flight integrity receiver
d)
d.     Flow information radar
8.
8.     What does the abbreviation "H24" stand for?
a)
a.     No specific opening times
b)
b.     . 24 h service
c)
c.     Sunset to sunrise
d)
d.     Sunrise to sunset
9.
9.     The altimeter has to be set to what value in order to show zero on ground?
a)
a.     QNE
b)
b.     QNH
c)
c.     . QFE
d)
d.     QTE
10.
10.  Which altitude is displayed on the altimeter when set to a specific QNH?
a)
a.     . Altitude in relation to mean sea level
b)
b.     Altitude in relation to the 1013.25 hPa datum
c)
c.     Altitude in relation to the air pressure at the reference airfield
d)
d.     Altitude in relation to the highest elevation within 10 km
11.
11.  Which altitude is displayed on the altimeter when set to a specific QFE?
a)
a.     . Altitude in relation to the air pressure at the reference airfield
b)
b.     Altitude in relation to mean sea level
c)
c.     Altitude in relation to the 1013.25 hPa datum
d)
d.     Altitude in relation to the highest elevation within 10 km
12.
12.  What does the abbreviation "QDR" stand for?
a)
a.     . Magnetic bearing from the station
b)
b.     Magnetic bearing to the station
c)
c.     True bearing from the station
d)
d.     True bearing to the station
13.
13.  What does the abbreviation "QUJ" stand for?
a)
a.     Magnetic bearing to the station
b)
b.     . True bearing to the station
c)
c.     Magnetic bearing from the station
d)
d.     True bearing from the station
14.
14.  What does the abbreviation "QTE" stand for?
a)
a.     Magnetic bearing to the station
b)
b.     Magnetic bearing from the station
c)
c.     True bearing to the station
d)
d.     . True bearing from the station
15.
15.  Which Q-code is used for the magnetic bearing from the station?
a)
a.     . QDR
b)
b.     QDM
c)
c.     QUJ
d)
d.     QTE
16.
16.  Which Q-code is used for the true bearing from the station?
a)
a.     QUJ
b)
b.     QDM
c)
c.     . QTE
d)
d.     QDR
17.
17.  Which Q-code is used for the true bearing to the station? 
a)
a.     QDM
b)
b.     QDR
c)
c.     . QUJ
d)
d.     QTE
18.
18.  Which of the listed radiotelephony messages has a higher priority than a flight safety  message?
a)
a.     Meteorological message
b)
b.     Aircraft position report message
c)
c.     Flight regularity message
d)
d.     . Communication related to direction finding
19.
19.  What is the correct term for a message used for air traffic control?
a)
a.     Flight regularity message
b)
b.     Meteorological message
c)
c.     . Flight safety message
d)
d.     Message related to direction finding
20.
20.  Distress messages are messages...
a)
a.     concerning the operation or maintenance of facilities which are important for the safety and  regularity of flight operations.
b)
b.     . concerning aircraft and their passengers which face a grave and imminent threat and require  immediate assistance.
c)
c.     concerning the safety of an aircraft, a watercraft or some other vehicle or person in sight.
d)
d.     sent by a pilot or an aircraft operating agency which have an imminent meaning for aircraft in  flight.
21.
21.  Urgency messages are messages...
a)
a.     sent by a pilot or an aircraft operating agency which have an imminent meaning for aircraft in  flight.
b)
b.     . concerning the safety of an aircraft, a watercraft or some other vehicle or person in sight.
c)
c.     concerning aircraft and their passengers which face a grave and imminent threat and require  immediate assistance.
d)
d.     concerning the operation or maintenance of facilities essential for the safety or regularity of  aircraft operation.
22.
22.  Regularity messages are messages...
a)
a.     . concerning the operation or maintenance of facilities essential for the safety or regularity of  aircraft operation.
b)
b.     concerning the safety of an aircraft, a watercraft or some other vehicle or person in sight.
c)
c.     concerning aircraft and their passengers which face a grave and imminent threat and require  immediate assistance.
d)
d.     sent by an aircraft operating agency or an aircraft of immediate concern to an aircraft in flight.
23.
23.  Which of the following messages has the highest priority?
a)
a.     Wind 300 degrees, 5 knots
b)
b.     QNH 1013
c)
c.     . Request QDM
d)
d.     Turn left
24.
24.  What is the correct way to transmit the call sign HB-YKM?
a)
a.     Home Bravo Yuliett Kilo Mike
b)
b.     Home Bravo Yankee Kilo Mikro
c)
c.     . Hotel Bravo Yankee Kilo Mike
d)
d.     Hotel Bravo Yuliett Kilo Mikro
25.
25.  What is the correct way to transmit the call sign OE-JVK?
a)
a.     Omega Echo Jankee Victor Kilo
b)
b.     Oscar Echo Jankee Victor Kilogramm
c)
c.     Omega Echo Juliett Victor Kilogramm
d)
d.     . Oscar Echo Juliett Victor Kilo
26.
26.  An altitude of 4500 ft is transmitted as...
a)
a.     . four tousand five hundred.
b)
b.     four five zero zero.
c)
c.     four tousand five zero zero.
d)
d.     four five tousand.
27.
27.  A heading of 285 degrees is correctly transmitted as...
a)
a.     . two eight five.
b)
b.     two eight five hundred.
c)
c.     two hundred eighty-five.
d)
d.     two hundred eight five.
28.
28.  A frequency of 119.500 MHz is correctly transmitted as...
a)
a.     one one niner decimal five zero.
b)
b.     one one niner decimal five zero zero.
c)
c.     . one one niner decimal five.
d)
d.     one one niner tousand decimal five zero.
29.
29.  The directional information "12 o'clock" is correctly transmitted as...
a)
a.     One two o'clock.
b)
b.     One two.
c)
c.     . Twelve o'clock.
d)
d.     One two hundred.
30.
30.  Times are transmitted as...
a)
a.     . UTC.
b)
b.     local time.
c)
c.     standard time.
d)
d.     time zone time.
31.
31.  If there is any doubt about ambiguity, a time of 1620 is to be transmitted as...
a)
a.     two zero.
b)
b.     . one six two zero.
c)
c.     sixteen twenty.
d)
d.     one tousand si. hundred two zero.
32.
32.  After a transmission the other station does not answer. How long should you wait until transmitting again?
a)
a.     20 seconds
b)
b.     30 seconds
c)
c.     . 10 seconds
d)
d.     5 seconds
33.
33.  What is the meaning of the phrase "Roger"? 
a)
a.     I understand your message and will comply with it
b)
b.     Permission for proposed action is granted
c)
c.     An error has been made in this transmission. The correct version is...
d)
d.     . I have received all of your last transmission
34.
34.  What is the meaning of the phrase "Correction"?
a)
a.     . An error has been made in this transmission. The correct version is...
b)
b.     I understand your message and will comply with it
c)
c.     I have received all of your last transmission
d)
d.     Permission for proposed action is granted
35.
35.  What is the meaning of the phrase "Approved"?
a)
a.     . Permission for proposed action is granted
b)
b.     I have received all of your last transmission
c)
c.     An error has been made in this transmission. The correct version is...
d)
d.     I understand your message and will comply with it
36.
36.  Which phrase does a pilot use when he / she wants to check the readability of his / her  transmission?
a)
a.     Request readability
b)
b.     . How do you read?
c)
c.     You read me five
d)
d.     What is the communication like?
37.
37.  Which phrase is used by a pilot when he wants to fly through controlled airspace? 
a)
a.     Would like
b)
b.     . Request
c)
c.     Apply
d)
d.     Want
38.
38.  What phrase is used by a pilot if a transmission is to be answered with "yes"?
a)
a.     Roger
b)
b.     . Affirm
c)
c.     Affirmative
d)
d.     Yes
39.
39.  What phrase is used by a pilot if a transmission is to be answered with "no"?
a)
a.     . Negative
b)
b.     No
c)
c.     Finish
d)
d.     Not
40.
40.  Which phrase is to be used when a pilot wants the tower to know that he is  ready for take-off?
a)
a.     . Ready for departure
b)
b.     Request take-off
c)
c.     Ready
d)
d.     Ready for start-up
41.
41.  What phrase is used by a pilot to inform the tower about a go-around?
a)
a.     Approach canceled
b)
b.     . Going around
c)
c.     No landing
d)
d.     Pulling up
42.
42.  What is the call sign of the aerodrome control?
a)
a.     Ground
b)
b.     Control
c)
c.     . Tower
d)
d.     Airfield
43.
43.  What is the call sign of the surface movement control? 
a)
a.     Earth
b)
b.     Tower
c)
c.     . Ground
d)
d.     Control
44.
44.  What is the call sign of the flight information service? 
a)
a.     Flight information
b)
b.     Info
c)
c.     Advice
d)
d.     . Information
45.
45.  What is the correct abbreviation of the call sign D-EAZF?
a)
a.     AZF
b)
b.     DEA
c)
c.     DEF
d)
d.     . DZF
46.
46.  In what case is the pilot allowed to abbreviate the call sign of his aircraft?
a)
a.     . After the ground station has used the abbreviation
b)
b.     Within controlled airspace
c)
c.     After passing the first reporting point
d)
d.     If there is little traffic in the traffic circuit
47.
47.  What is the correct way of using the aircraft call sign at first contact?
a)
a.     Using the last two characters only
b)
b.     Using the first three characters only
c)
c.     Using the first two characters only
d)
d.     . Using all characters
48.
48.  Leaving a control frequency (except when reaching the final parking position)...
a)
a.     . must be approved.
b)
b.     must be reported.
c)
c.     must be approved twice.
d)
d.     is not mandatory to be reported.
49.
49.  What is the correct way of establishing radio communication between D-EAZF and  Dusseldorf Tower?
a)
a.     Tower from D-EAZF
b)
b.     Dusseldorf Tower over
c)
c.     . Dusseldorf Tower D-EAZF
d)
d.     DEAZF is calling Dusseldorf Tower
50.
50.  What is the correct way of acknowledging the instruction "Call Hamburg Tower on  121.275"? 
a)
a.     Call 121.275
b)
b.     Call tower
c)
c.     . 121.275
d)
d.     Call tower on 121.275
51.
51.  What does a readability of 1 indicate?
a)
a.     The transmission is readable now and then
b)
b.     The transmission is perfectly readable
c)
c.     The transmission is readable but with difficulty
d)
d.     . The transmission is unreadable
52.
52.  What does a readability of 2 indicate? 
a)
a.     The transmission is unreadable
b)
b.     The transmission is readable but with difficulty
c)
c.     The transmission is perfectly readable
d)
d.     . The transmission is readable now and then
53.
53.  What does a readability of 3 indicate?
a)
a.     The transmission is readable now and then
b)
b.     The transmission is unreadable
c)
c.     The transmission is perfectly readable
d)
d.     . The transmission is readable but with difficulty
54.
54.  What does a readability of 5 indicate?
a)
a.     The transmission is readable now and then
b)
b.     The transmission is readable but with difficulty
c)
c.     . The transmission is perfectly readable
d)
d.     The transmission is unreadable
55.
55.  How long should a test transmission to check the equipment take as a maximum? 
a)
a.     15 seconds
b)
b.     . 10 seconds
c)
c.     5 seconds
d)
d.     20 seconds
56.
56.  Which information from a ground station does not require readback?
a)
a.     SSR-Code
b)
b.     Altitude
c)
c.     Runway in use
d)
d.     . Wind
57.
57.  Which information from a ground station does not require readback?
a)
a.     Heading
b)
b.     . Traffic information
c)
c.     Altimeter setting
d)
d.     Taxi instructions
58.
58.  What is the correct way of acknowledging the instruction "DZF after lift-off climb  straight ahead until 2500 feet before turning right heading 220 degrees, wind 090  degrees, 5 knots, runway 12, cleared for take-off"?
a)
a.     DZF after lift-off climb straight ahead 2500 feet, then turn right heading 220, 090 degrees, 5  knots, cleared for take-off
b)
b.     . DZF after lift-off climb straight ahead 2500 feet, then turn right heading 220, runway 12, cleared  for take-off
c)
c.     DZF after lift-off climb straight ahead 2500 feet, wilco, heading 220 degrees, 090 degrees, 5  knots, cleared for take-off
d)
d.     DZF after lift-off climb straight ahead 2500 feet, then turn right heading 220, 090 degrees, 5  knots
59.
59.  What is the correct way of acknowledging the instruction "Next report PAH"?
a)
a.     Roger
b)
b.     Report PAH
c)
c.     . Wilco
d)
d.     Positive
60.
60.  What is the correct way of acknowledging the instruction "Squawk 4321, Call Bremen  Radar on 131.325"?
a)
a.     Roger
b)
b.     Wilco
c)
c.     . Squawk 4321, 131.325
d)
d.     Squawk 4321, wilco
61.
61.  What is the correct way of acknowledging "You are now entering airspace Delta"? 
a)
a.     Airspace Delta
b)
b.     Wilco
c)
c.     Entering
d)
d.     . Roger
62.
62.  What does a cloud coverage of "FEW" mean in a METAR weather report?
a)
a.     8 eighths
b)
b.     . 1 to 2 eighths
c)
c.     3 to 4 eighths
d)
d.     5 to 7 eighths
63.
63.  What does a cloud coverage of "SCT" mean in a METAR weather report?
a)
a.     1 to 2 eighths
b)
b.     5 to 7 eighths
c)
c.     . 3 to 4 eighths
d)
d.     8 eighths
64.
64.  What does a cloud coverage of "BKN" mean in a METAR weather report?
a)
a.     1 to 2 eighths
b)
b.     3 to 4 eighths
c)
c.     8 eighths
d)
d.     . 5 to 7 eighths
65.
65.  Given a visibility of 12 km, what is the correct way to transmit this visibility?
a)
a.     . One-zero kilometers or more.
b)
b.     Twelve kilometers.
c)
c.     One-two kilometers.
d)
d.     One-zero kilometers.
66.
66.  In what case is visibility transmitted in meters?
a)
a.     Up to 10 km
b)
b.     Greater than 10 km
c)
c.     . Up to 5 km
d)
d.     Greater than 5 km
67.
67.  In what cases is visibility transmitted in kilometers?
a)
a.     . Greater than 5 km
b)
b.     Up to 10 km
c)
c.     Up to 5 km
d)
d.     Greater than 10 km
68.
68.  What information is broadcasted on a VOLMET frequency?
a)
a.     Navigational information
b)
b.     NOTAMS
c)
c.     Current information
d)
d.     . Meteorological information
69.
69.  Which navigation facility may be used for broadcasting the ATIS?
a)
a.     . VOR
b)
b.     NDB
c)
c.     GPS
d)
d.     DME
70.
70.  How can you obtain meteorological information concerning airports during a cross country flight?
a)
a.     AIRMET
b)
b.     METAR
c)
c.     GAMET
d)
d.     . VOLMET
71.
71.  An ATIS is valid for...
a)
a.     60 minutes.
b)
b.     . 30 minutes.
c)
c.     45 minutes.
d)
d.     10 minutes.
72.
72.  Which transponder code indicates a radio failure?
a)
a.     7700
b)
b.     7000
c)
c.     . 7600
d)
d.     7500
73.
73.  What is the correct phrase to begin a blind transmission?
a)
a.     No reception
b)
b.     Listen
c)
c.     . Transmitting blind
d)
d.     Blind
74.
74.  On what frequency shall a blind transmission be made?
a)
a.     On a tower frequency
b)
b.     . On the current frequency
c)
c.     On the appropriate FIS frequency
d)
d.     On a radar frequency of the lower airspace
75.
75.  How often shall a blind transmission be made?
a)
a.     . One time
b)
b.     Three times
c)
c.     Two times
d)
d.     Four times
76.
76.  In what situation is it appropriate to set the transponder code 7600?
a)
a.     . Loss of radio
b)
b.     Hijacking
c)
c.     Emergency
d)
d.     Flight into clouds
77.
77.  What is the correct course of action when experiencing a radio failure in  class D airspace?
a)
a.     The flight has to be continued according to the last clearance complying with VFR flight rules or  the airspace has to be left using a standard routing
b)
b.     . The flight has to be continued according to the last clearance complying with VFR rules or the  airspace has to be left by the shortest route
c)
c.     The flight has to be continued above 5000 feet complying with VFR flight rules or the airspace  has to be left by the shortest route
d)
d.     The flight has to be continued above 5000 feet complying with VFR flight rules or the airspace  has to be left using a standard routing
78.
78.  Under what conditions may class D airspace be entered with a radio failure?
a)
a.     . Approval has been granted before
b)
b.     It ist the aerodrome of departure
c)
c.     It is the destination aerodrome
d)
d.     There are other aircraft in the aerodrome circuit
79.
79.  Distress messages contain...
a)
a.     . information concerning aircraft and their passengers which face a grave and imminent threat  and require immediate assistance.
b)
b.     information concerning the apron personell and which imply an imminent danger to landing  aircraft.
c)
c.     information concerning urgent spare parts which are required for a continuation of flight and  which have to be ordered in advance.
d)
d.     information concerning the safety of an aircraft, a watercraft or some other vehicle or person in  sight.
80.
80.  What is the correct frequency for an initial distress message?
a)
a.     FIS frequency
b)
b.     Radar frequency
c)
c.     Emergency frequency
d)
d.     . Current frequency
81.
81.  The correct transponder code for emergencies is...
a)
a.     7000.
b)
b.     7500.
c)
c.     . 7700.
d)
d.     7600.
82.
82.  Which phrase is to be repeated three times before transmitting an urgency message? 
a)
a.     Urgent
b)
b.     Mayday
c)
c.     Help
d)
d.     . Pan Pan
83.
83.  Urgency messages are defined as...
a)
a.     . messages concerning the safety of an aircraft, a watercraft or some other vehicle or person in  sight.
b)
b.     messages concerning aircraft and their passengers which face a grave and imminent threat and  require immediate assistance.
c)
c.     messages concerning urgent spare parts which are needed for a continuation of flight and  which need to be ordered in advance.
d)
d.     information concerning the apron personell and which imply an imminent danger to landing  aircraft.