ASTB E CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔Military flight or interceptor transponder - ✔✔7777
✔✔Class A airspace - ✔✔18,000 ft MSL to FL600
✔✔Class B Airspace - ✔✔surface to 10,000 ft MSL, surrounds all major airports, 250
knot speed limit
✔✔Class C airspace - ✔✔surface to 4,000 AGL, surrounds busy airports, speed
restricted to 200 knots below 2500 ft
✔✔Class D airspace - ✔✔surface to 2,500 ft AGL, surrounds airports with an
operational control tower
✔✔Class G airspace - ✔✔surface to 700-1200 ft AGL
✔✔VASI (visual approach slope indicator) - ✔✔Red=too low, white=too high, green=on
slope, alternating red/white= on slope
✔✔PAPI (precision approach path finders) - ✔✔red=too low, white=too high
✔✔Less rate of climb in a helicopter - ✔✔higher density altitude
✔✔capstan - ✔✔apparatus used for hoisting weights consisting of a vertical spool
shaped cylinder
✔✔Nimbus cloud - ✔✔rain-bearing cloud
✔✔alto cloud - ✔✔5,000-20,000 feet
, ✔✔cumulus clouds - ✔✔generally low, look like cottonballs
✔✔stratus clouds - ✔✔look like light gray blanket
✔✔cirrus clouds - ✔✔very high, white curls, fibrous
✔✔windward - ✔✔toward wind
✔✔leeward - ✔✔downwind
✔✔cumulus stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔warm air rises in cumulus clouds
✔✔mature stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔precipitation begins and lasts 20-40 minutes
✔✔dissipating stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔downdrafts of cold air overcome rising warm
air
✔✔true altitude > indicated altitude - ✔✔if atmospheric temperature is greater than
standard temperature
✔✔true altitude < indicated altitude - ✔✔if atmospheric temperature is less than
standard temperature
✔✔MSL temperature - ✔✔15 Celsius or 59 Fahrenheit
✔✔Standard Temperature lapse - ✔✔temp decreases 3.5 F or 2C per 1,000 feet
✔✔Standard pressure lapse - ✔✔pressure decreases 1 in Hg per 1,000 feet
✔✔High performance engine - ✔✔greater than 200 HP
✔✔Indicated Airspeed - ✔✔displayed on airspeed indicator
✔✔Calibrated airspeed - ✔✔indicated airspeed corrected for installation and instrument
error
✔✔true airspeed - ✔✔calibrated airspeed corrected for altitude and nonstandard
temperature
✔✔ground speed - ✔✔actual speed of airplane over the ground
✔✔1798 - ✔✔US Navy founded
SET A+
✔✔Military flight or interceptor transponder - ✔✔7777
✔✔Class A airspace - ✔✔18,000 ft MSL to FL600
✔✔Class B Airspace - ✔✔surface to 10,000 ft MSL, surrounds all major airports, 250
knot speed limit
✔✔Class C airspace - ✔✔surface to 4,000 AGL, surrounds busy airports, speed
restricted to 200 knots below 2500 ft
✔✔Class D airspace - ✔✔surface to 2,500 ft AGL, surrounds airports with an
operational control tower
✔✔Class G airspace - ✔✔surface to 700-1200 ft AGL
✔✔VASI (visual approach slope indicator) - ✔✔Red=too low, white=too high, green=on
slope, alternating red/white= on slope
✔✔PAPI (precision approach path finders) - ✔✔red=too low, white=too high
✔✔Less rate of climb in a helicopter - ✔✔higher density altitude
✔✔capstan - ✔✔apparatus used for hoisting weights consisting of a vertical spool
shaped cylinder
✔✔Nimbus cloud - ✔✔rain-bearing cloud
✔✔alto cloud - ✔✔5,000-20,000 feet
, ✔✔cumulus clouds - ✔✔generally low, look like cottonballs
✔✔stratus clouds - ✔✔look like light gray blanket
✔✔cirrus clouds - ✔✔very high, white curls, fibrous
✔✔windward - ✔✔toward wind
✔✔leeward - ✔✔downwind
✔✔cumulus stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔warm air rises in cumulus clouds
✔✔mature stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔precipitation begins and lasts 20-40 minutes
✔✔dissipating stage of thunderstorm - ✔✔downdrafts of cold air overcome rising warm
air
✔✔true altitude > indicated altitude - ✔✔if atmospheric temperature is greater than
standard temperature
✔✔true altitude < indicated altitude - ✔✔if atmospheric temperature is less than
standard temperature
✔✔MSL temperature - ✔✔15 Celsius or 59 Fahrenheit
✔✔Standard Temperature lapse - ✔✔temp decreases 3.5 F or 2C per 1,000 feet
✔✔Standard pressure lapse - ✔✔pressure decreases 1 in Hg per 1,000 feet
✔✔High performance engine - ✔✔greater than 200 HP
✔✔Indicated Airspeed - ✔✔displayed on airspeed indicator
✔✔Calibrated airspeed - ✔✔indicated airspeed corrected for installation and instrument
error
✔✔true airspeed - ✔✔calibrated airspeed corrected for altitude and nonstandard
temperature
✔✔ground speed - ✔✔actual speed of airplane over the ground
✔✔1798 - ✔✔US Navy founded
