FLIGHT ATTENDANT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Rapid Decompression - ✔✔Fast decompression of an aircraft causing the pilot to
dive 10,000 feet to regain breathable pressurization
✔✔Recurrent - ✔✔Refers to annual flight attendant retraining/re-certification
✔✔Red-Eye - ✔✔A flight departing origin in the evening to arrive at the destination in
the morning.
✔✔Remain Overnight/ RON - ✔✔Flight schedule that will keep a crew member away
from the domicile over night
✔✔Reserve - ✔✔"On call" period of time for a flight attendant
✔✔Runway - ✔✔Long concrete pad used by aircraft for take-off and landing
✔✔S - ✔✔Sierra
✔✔Seat Belt Extender - ✔✔Additional strap that can be added to a regular seat belt for
larger passengers
✔✔Seniority - ✔✔Length of service as a flight attendant
✔✔Sterile Cockpit - ✔✔The critical phase of flight (taxi, take off, landing, operations
under 10,000 feet) in which the flight deck must not be contacted unless it is an
emergency
✔✔Stow - ✔✔Secure, or store luggage
✔✔T - ✔✔Tango
✔✔Tailwind - ✔✔Wind blowing in the same direction the aircraft is traveling
✔✔Taxi - ✔✔Movement of the aircraft on the ground between the runway and the ramp
✔✔Termination Station - ✔✔City where the flight ends
✔✔Turbulence - ✔✔Weather conditions that cause jarring of the aircraft
✔✔U - ✔✔Uniform
✔✔V - ✔✔Victor
, ✔✔W - ✔✔Whiskey
✔✔Wide Body - ✔✔An aircraft having a wide fuselage with passenger seats divided by
two lengthwise aisles
✔✔X - ✔✔X-ray
✔✔Y - ✔✔Yankee
✔✔Z - ✔✔Zulu
✔✔ A - ✔✔Alpha
✔✔ABP - ✔✔Able-Bodied Person: A passenger selected by the flight attendant to assist
during an emergency situation.
✔✔AED - ✔✔Automated External Defibrillator
✔✔AFT - ✔✔The rear or toward the rear of the aircraft
✔✔Aircraft - ✔✔The vehicle used to travel through the air.
✔✔Aircraft Left - ✔✔The left side of the airplane from the seated, passenger position,
facing forward.
✔✔Air Marshall - ✔✔An armed federal law enforcement officer traveling aboard a flight
as an anonymous passenger for the purpose of extra security.
✔✔Airspeed - ✔✔The speed of an aircraft in relation to the air it is passing through.
✔✔Aisle Chair - ✔✔Wheelchair capable of fitting down the narrow aisles of a plane.
✔✔Altitude - ✔✔Height above sea level, usually measured in feet.
✔✔ARM - ✔✔Prepare aircraft door for departure/emergency mode.
✔✔ATC - ✔✔Air Traffic control
✔✔B - ✔✔Bravo
✔✔Ballast - ✔✔weight added to an aircraft to keep it in proper weight and balance.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Rapid Decompression - ✔✔Fast decompression of an aircraft causing the pilot to
dive 10,000 feet to regain breathable pressurization
✔✔Recurrent - ✔✔Refers to annual flight attendant retraining/re-certification
✔✔Red-Eye - ✔✔A flight departing origin in the evening to arrive at the destination in
the morning.
✔✔Remain Overnight/ RON - ✔✔Flight schedule that will keep a crew member away
from the domicile over night
✔✔Reserve - ✔✔"On call" period of time for a flight attendant
✔✔Runway - ✔✔Long concrete pad used by aircraft for take-off and landing
✔✔S - ✔✔Sierra
✔✔Seat Belt Extender - ✔✔Additional strap that can be added to a regular seat belt for
larger passengers
✔✔Seniority - ✔✔Length of service as a flight attendant
✔✔Sterile Cockpit - ✔✔The critical phase of flight (taxi, take off, landing, operations
under 10,000 feet) in which the flight deck must not be contacted unless it is an
emergency
✔✔Stow - ✔✔Secure, or store luggage
✔✔T - ✔✔Tango
✔✔Tailwind - ✔✔Wind blowing in the same direction the aircraft is traveling
✔✔Taxi - ✔✔Movement of the aircraft on the ground between the runway and the ramp
✔✔Termination Station - ✔✔City where the flight ends
✔✔Turbulence - ✔✔Weather conditions that cause jarring of the aircraft
✔✔U - ✔✔Uniform
✔✔V - ✔✔Victor
, ✔✔W - ✔✔Whiskey
✔✔Wide Body - ✔✔An aircraft having a wide fuselage with passenger seats divided by
two lengthwise aisles
✔✔X - ✔✔X-ray
✔✔Y - ✔✔Yankee
✔✔Z - ✔✔Zulu
✔✔ A - ✔✔Alpha
✔✔ABP - ✔✔Able-Bodied Person: A passenger selected by the flight attendant to assist
during an emergency situation.
✔✔AED - ✔✔Automated External Defibrillator
✔✔AFT - ✔✔The rear or toward the rear of the aircraft
✔✔Aircraft - ✔✔The vehicle used to travel through the air.
✔✔Aircraft Left - ✔✔The left side of the airplane from the seated, passenger position,
facing forward.
✔✔Air Marshall - ✔✔An armed federal law enforcement officer traveling aboard a flight
as an anonymous passenger for the purpose of extra security.
✔✔Airspeed - ✔✔The speed of an aircraft in relation to the air it is passing through.
✔✔Aisle Chair - ✔✔Wheelchair capable of fitting down the narrow aisles of a plane.
✔✔Altitude - ✔✔Height above sea level, usually measured in feet.
✔✔ARM - ✔✔Prepare aircraft door for departure/emergency mode.
✔✔ATC - ✔✔Air Traffic control
✔✔B - ✔✔Bravo
✔✔Ballast - ✔✔weight added to an aircraft to keep it in proper weight and balance.
