ATC BASICS EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔A taxiway ______ is identified by a continuous yellow line.
a. holding line
b. parking area
c. centerline
d. closed for repair - ✔✔c. centerline
✔✔What color are taxiway edge lights?
a. white
b. amber
c. blue
d. red - ✔✔c. blue
✔✔_______ are designed to emit light to help pilots identify airports.
a. Runway End Identifier Lights
b. Airport beacons
c. Runway edge lights
d. In-runway lights - ✔✔b. Airport beacons
✔✔Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZL) and Runway Centerline Lights System (RCLS)
are two types of
a. Runway End Identifier Lights
b. Taxiway lights
c. In-runway lights
d. Runway edge lights - ✔✔c. In-runway lights
✔✔_______ consists of a pair of synchronized white flashing strobe lights located
laterally on each side of the runway.
a. Airport beacons
b. Taxiway lights
c. Runway edge lights
d. Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) - ✔✔d. Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL)
✔✔All of the following represent uses of a non-movement area EXCEPT:
a. Loading passengers
b. Landing
c. Maintenance
d. Parking - ✔✔b. Landing
✔✔At airports with an operating control tower, clearance is required to separate in all
areas EXCEPT
a. Runways
,b. Taxiways
c. Non-movement areas
d. Heliport/helipad - ✔✔c. Non-movement areas
✔✔The minimum vertical separation required for aircraft above FL600 is ____ feet.
a. 10,000
b. 5,000
c. 2,000
d. 1,000 - ✔✔b. 5,000
✔✔The minimum vertical separation for IFR flight at and below FL410 is _____ feet.
a. 5,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 4,000 - ✔✔c. 1,000
✔✔Two thousand feet vertical separation is always required for IFR flight above _____
to FL600.
a. FL410
b. FL290
c. FL240
d. FL180 - ✔✔a. FL410
✔✔To apply the lateral NONRADAR departure divergence rule, departing aircraft must
be assigned specified headings which diverge by at least _____ degrees.
a. 15
b. 30
c. 45
d. 60 - ✔✔c. 45
✔✔Radar separation at or above FL600 requires _____ miles separation between
aircraft.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20 - ✔✔c. 10
✔✔Standard radar separation provided by an en route facility between two aircraft at
FL270 is _____ miles.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20 - ✔✔b. 5
,✔✔Minimum vertical separation below an aircraft which is dumping fuel is ______ feet.
a. 4,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 500 - ✔✔b. 2,000
✔✔When two aircraft are departing the same runway, the tower controller must ensure
that the second aircraft does not begin its takeoff roll until the first aircraft has crossed
the departure end of the runway or turned to avoid a conflict.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔To clear aircraft to hold over different fixes at the same altitude, you must ensure
that all
a. aircraft are cleared to make right turns
b. holding pattern airspace areas do not overlap
c. leg lengths are specified in minutes
d. aircraft are using the same NAVAID to hold from - ✔✔b. holding pattern airspace
areas do not overlap
✔✔The standard minimum longitudinal non-radar separation between two aircraft using
DME is ____ minutes or ____ miles. - ✔✔10 mins or 20 miles
✔✔The minimum vertical separation for IFR flight at and below FL280 is ____ feet.
a. 5,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 4,000 - ✔✔c. 1,000
✔✔Airmen's information is disseminated via Aeronautical Charts and
a. satellite communications
b. Facility Directives
c. flight information publications
d. FAA Orders - ✔✔c. flight information publications
✔✔Who is responsible for originating a NOTAM concerning a navigational aid?
a. Facility responsible for monitoring or controlling the navigational aid
b. Center in whose area the outage occurs
c. Terminal in whose area the outage occurs
d. Flight Service Station - ✔✔a. Facility responsible for monitoring or controlling the
navigational aid
✔✔Classification and dissemination of NOTAMs is the responsibility of
a. the National Flight Data Center
, b. ARTCCs
c. FSSs
d. the originating facility - ✔✔c. FSSs
✔✔Responsibility for validating NOTAM data and operating the National NOTAM
System belongs to
a. NAS
b. NFDC
c. ARTCCs
d. FSSs - ✔✔b. NFDC
✔✔Who is responsible for observing and reporting the conditions of the landing area of
an airport?
a. Airport manager/operator
b. Tower controller
c. Airport maintenance officer
d. Flight service specialist - ✔✔a. Airport manager/operator
✔✔A NOTAM that is locally disseminated is classified as a
a. NOTAM D
b. NOTAM M
c. NOTAM L
d. NOTAM C - ✔✔c. NOTAM L
✔✔What is a radar-based system that uses both a ground based interrogator and an
aircraft-based transponder?
a. Primary Radar
b. Airport Radar
c. Secondary Radar
d. Global Position Radar - ✔✔c. Secondary Radar
✔✔A radio detection device which provides information on the range, azimuth, and/or
elevation of objects, defines which of the following?
a. Transponder
b. Radar
c. Nondirectional beacon
d. VORTAC - ✔✔b. Radar
✔✔Which radar system relies on reflected radio signals and does NOT require
cooperative equipment in aircraft?
a. Primary Radar
b. Secondary Radar
c. Airport Radar
d. Positive Radar - ✔✔a. Primary Radar
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔A taxiway ______ is identified by a continuous yellow line.
a. holding line
b. parking area
c. centerline
d. closed for repair - ✔✔c. centerline
✔✔What color are taxiway edge lights?
a. white
b. amber
c. blue
d. red - ✔✔c. blue
✔✔_______ are designed to emit light to help pilots identify airports.
a. Runway End Identifier Lights
b. Airport beacons
c. Runway edge lights
d. In-runway lights - ✔✔b. Airport beacons
✔✔Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZL) and Runway Centerline Lights System (RCLS)
are two types of
a. Runway End Identifier Lights
b. Taxiway lights
c. In-runway lights
d. Runway edge lights - ✔✔c. In-runway lights
✔✔_______ consists of a pair of synchronized white flashing strobe lights located
laterally on each side of the runway.
a. Airport beacons
b. Taxiway lights
c. Runway edge lights
d. Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL) - ✔✔d. Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL)
✔✔All of the following represent uses of a non-movement area EXCEPT:
a. Loading passengers
b. Landing
c. Maintenance
d. Parking - ✔✔b. Landing
✔✔At airports with an operating control tower, clearance is required to separate in all
areas EXCEPT
a. Runways
,b. Taxiways
c. Non-movement areas
d. Heliport/helipad - ✔✔c. Non-movement areas
✔✔The minimum vertical separation required for aircraft above FL600 is ____ feet.
a. 10,000
b. 5,000
c. 2,000
d. 1,000 - ✔✔b. 5,000
✔✔The minimum vertical separation for IFR flight at and below FL410 is _____ feet.
a. 5,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 4,000 - ✔✔c. 1,000
✔✔Two thousand feet vertical separation is always required for IFR flight above _____
to FL600.
a. FL410
b. FL290
c. FL240
d. FL180 - ✔✔a. FL410
✔✔To apply the lateral NONRADAR departure divergence rule, departing aircraft must
be assigned specified headings which diverge by at least _____ degrees.
a. 15
b. 30
c. 45
d. 60 - ✔✔c. 45
✔✔Radar separation at or above FL600 requires _____ miles separation between
aircraft.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20 - ✔✔c. 10
✔✔Standard radar separation provided by an en route facility between two aircraft at
FL270 is _____ miles.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 20 - ✔✔b. 5
,✔✔Minimum vertical separation below an aircraft which is dumping fuel is ______ feet.
a. 4,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 500 - ✔✔b. 2,000
✔✔When two aircraft are departing the same runway, the tower controller must ensure
that the second aircraft does not begin its takeoff roll until the first aircraft has crossed
the departure end of the runway or turned to avoid a conflict.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔To clear aircraft to hold over different fixes at the same altitude, you must ensure
that all
a. aircraft are cleared to make right turns
b. holding pattern airspace areas do not overlap
c. leg lengths are specified in minutes
d. aircraft are using the same NAVAID to hold from - ✔✔b. holding pattern airspace
areas do not overlap
✔✔The standard minimum longitudinal non-radar separation between two aircraft using
DME is ____ minutes or ____ miles. - ✔✔10 mins or 20 miles
✔✔The minimum vertical separation for IFR flight at and below FL280 is ____ feet.
a. 5,000
b. 2,000
c. 1,000
d. 4,000 - ✔✔c. 1,000
✔✔Airmen's information is disseminated via Aeronautical Charts and
a. satellite communications
b. Facility Directives
c. flight information publications
d. FAA Orders - ✔✔c. flight information publications
✔✔Who is responsible for originating a NOTAM concerning a navigational aid?
a. Facility responsible for monitoring or controlling the navigational aid
b. Center in whose area the outage occurs
c. Terminal in whose area the outage occurs
d. Flight Service Station - ✔✔a. Facility responsible for monitoring or controlling the
navigational aid
✔✔Classification and dissemination of NOTAMs is the responsibility of
a. the National Flight Data Center
, b. ARTCCs
c. FSSs
d. the originating facility - ✔✔c. FSSs
✔✔Responsibility for validating NOTAM data and operating the National NOTAM
System belongs to
a. NAS
b. NFDC
c. ARTCCs
d. FSSs - ✔✔b. NFDC
✔✔Who is responsible for observing and reporting the conditions of the landing area of
an airport?
a. Airport manager/operator
b. Tower controller
c. Airport maintenance officer
d. Flight service specialist - ✔✔a. Airport manager/operator
✔✔A NOTAM that is locally disseminated is classified as a
a. NOTAM D
b. NOTAM M
c. NOTAM L
d. NOTAM C - ✔✔c. NOTAM L
✔✔What is a radar-based system that uses both a ground based interrogator and an
aircraft-based transponder?
a. Primary Radar
b. Airport Radar
c. Secondary Radar
d. Global Position Radar - ✔✔c. Secondary Radar
✔✔A radio detection device which provides information on the range, azimuth, and/or
elevation of objects, defines which of the following?
a. Transponder
b. Radar
c. Nondirectional beacon
d. VORTAC - ✔✔b. Radar
✔✔Which radar system relies on reflected radio signals and does NOT require
cooperative equipment in aircraft?
a. Primary Radar
b. Secondary Radar
c. Airport Radar
d. Positive Radar - ✔✔a. Primary Radar
