AMERICAN AIRLINES COMPREHENSIVE TEST QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
When should you check the brakes of a vehicle when approaching an aircraft with
ground equipment? - ✔✔15 ft
✔✔You must use belt loader safety handrails when entering or exiting any cargo
compartment of which aircraft? - ✔✔ALL
✔✔What position should the belt loader belt be in when approaching an aircraft? -
✔✔FULL down position
✔✔How should you chock a belt loader? - ✔✔One forward and AFT front/ Forward and
back of a tire
✔✔What approach pattern should be used when approaching a narrow body aircraft
with a tug and carts? - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔What should you do if a piece of equipment comes into contact with any portion of
an aircraft? - ✔✔Stop and report it
✔✔Ground power should be connected to all arriving aircraft except? - ✔✔787
✔✔Who do you need to ask permission from before disconnecting external power to an
aircraft? - ✔✔Pilot/flight deck crew
✔✔When should PCA be connected to an arriving aircraft? - ✔✔Spool down/beacon
lights off/aircraft chop
✔✔Who must be contacted Pryor to removing PCA from an aircraft? - ✔✔Flight
crew/flight deck/pilot
✔✔How many PCA recept to Kohls does the 787 and 777 have? - ✔✔2
✔✔In normal circumstances on which side of the A321 is the airstart unit place? -
✔✔Aircraft right forward to the wing
✔✔What type of aircraft requires an electric start when the APU is in operative? -
✔✔787
✔✔What must be installed prior to connecting the tow bar to the nose gear of an
aircraft? - ✔✔Bypass pin
, ✔✔How do you identify which tow bar to use on each aircraft type? - ✔✔By the label on
Tow bar
✔✔What items are included in a tow bar inspection? - ✔✔Shear pins/hydraulic/tow bar
head and eye/undercarriage/wheels
✔✔How many Fleet service agents are required to hook up a Tobar to an aircraft? -
✔✔2
✔✔Where is the APU emergency shut down system on a 737 and the airbus family? -
✔✔Right main gear wheel well for the 737/ GPU panel for the airbus family
✔✔An aircraft has an inoperable APU and requires an air start. After the engine has
been started at the gate, what should you do next? - ✔✔You have to wait for the pilots
permission to disconnect
✔✔Wide body loading (far side) - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔Wide body loading (near me side) - ✔✔in love
✔✔Widebody offloading (far side) - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔Wide body offload (near me side) - ✔✔Hate each other
✔✔GPU - ✔✔Ground Power Unit
✔✔A-10 - ✔✔Gate agent and ramp crew in position
✔✔A+2 - ✔✔A+5 first Bag Off (NB) / A+7 first Bag Off (WB)
✔✔D-30 - ✔✔First bag on
✔✔D-10 - ✔✔Boarding ends
✔✔D-5 - ✔✔Cargo door is closed / Boarding door closed
✔✔Boarding starts - ✔✔50-30m depends on a/c type
✔✔Pax open doors - ✔✔A+2 1/2 narrow body - A+3 Wide body
✔✔Fire - ✔✔To prevent:
• Maintain high housekeeping standards and guard against spills.
If a fire occurs:
AND SOLUTIONS
When should you check the brakes of a vehicle when approaching an aircraft with
ground equipment? - ✔✔15 ft
✔✔You must use belt loader safety handrails when entering or exiting any cargo
compartment of which aircraft? - ✔✔ALL
✔✔What position should the belt loader belt be in when approaching an aircraft? -
✔✔FULL down position
✔✔How should you chock a belt loader? - ✔✔One forward and AFT front/ Forward and
back of a tire
✔✔What approach pattern should be used when approaching a narrow body aircraft
with a tug and carts? - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔What should you do if a piece of equipment comes into contact with any portion of
an aircraft? - ✔✔Stop and report it
✔✔Ground power should be connected to all arriving aircraft except? - ✔✔787
✔✔Who do you need to ask permission from before disconnecting external power to an
aircraft? - ✔✔Pilot/flight deck crew
✔✔When should PCA be connected to an arriving aircraft? - ✔✔Spool down/beacon
lights off/aircraft chop
✔✔Who must be contacted Pryor to removing PCA from an aircraft? - ✔✔Flight
crew/flight deck/pilot
✔✔How many PCA recept to Kohls does the 787 and 777 have? - ✔✔2
✔✔In normal circumstances on which side of the A321 is the airstart unit place? -
✔✔Aircraft right forward to the wing
✔✔What type of aircraft requires an electric start when the APU is in operative? -
✔✔787
✔✔What must be installed prior to connecting the tow bar to the nose gear of an
aircraft? - ✔✔Bypass pin
, ✔✔How do you identify which tow bar to use on each aircraft type? - ✔✔By the label on
Tow bar
✔✔What items are included in a tow bar inspection? - ✔✔Shear pins/hydraulic/tow bar
head and eye/undercarriage/wheels
✔✔How many Fleet service agents are required to hook up a Tobar to an aircraft? -
✔✔2
✔✔Where is the APU emergency shut down system on a 737 and the airbus family? -
✔✔Right main gear wheel well for the 737/ GPU panel for the airbus family
✔✔An aircraft has an inoperable APU and requires an air start. After the engine has
been started at the gate, what should you do next? - ✔✔You have to wait for the pilots
permission to disconnect
✔✔Wide body loading (far side) - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔Wide body loading (near me side) - ✔✔in love
✔✔Widebody offloading (far side) - ✔✔Clockwise
✔✔Wide body offload (near me side) - ✔✔Hate each other
✔✔GPU - ✔✔Ground Power Unit
✔✔A-10 - ✔✔Gate agent and ramp crew in position
✔✔A+2 - ✔✔A+5 first Bag Off (NB) / A+7 first Bag Off (WB)
✔✔D-30 - ✔✔First bag on
✔✔D-10 - ✔✔Boarding ends
✔✔D-5 - ✔✔Cargo door is closed / Boarding door closed
✔✔Boarding starts - ✔✔50-30m depends on a/c type
✔✔Pax open doors - ✔✔A+2 1/2 narrow body - A+3 Wide body
✔✔Fire - ✔✔To prevent:
• Maintain high housekeeping standards and guard against spills.
If a fire occurs:
