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ATSC 231 Block 1 Exam Questions
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What is the PAVE checklist? - ✔✔Pilot
Aircraft
enVironment
External Pressures
Weather was a contributing factor in ________ aircraft accidents - ✔✔20.1%
What type of weather causes the highest percentage of accidents overall? - ✔✔Wind
What category of operation had the highest percentage of weather related accidents? - ✔✔Part 91
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 91? - ✔✔Wind
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 121? - ✔✔Turbulence
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 135? - ✔✔Visability/ceiling
What type of wind condition produced the most Part 91 weather related aircraft accidents? - ✔✔both
gusts and crosswinds approximately equally
Private pilots Part 91 weather-related accident rate peaks at how much flight time? - ✔✔150 - 175 hours
What is the most common type of operation for Part 91 weather related accidents? - ✔✔Personal
Most Part 121 weather-related accidents cause what type of injury? - ✔✔serious
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Most Part 135 weather-related accidents cause what type of injury? - ✔✔fatal
_________ ___________ means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes
place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons
have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft
receives substantial damage. - ✔✔Aircraft accident
_______ ______ means any injury which: (1) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours,
commencing within 7 days from the date of the injury was received; (2) results in a fracture of any bone
(except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); (3) causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon
damage; (4) involves any internal organ; or (5) involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns
affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface. - ✔✔Serious injury
Term used to describe the cause of an accident involving an airworthy aircraft where the pilot is
considered to be principally or partially responsible. - ✔✔Pilot Error
A management system which makes optimum use of all available resources - equipment, procedures and
people - to promote safety and enhance the efficiency of flight operations. - ✔✔Crew Resource
Management
Proactively identify safety related hazards and mitigate the associated risks - ✔✔Risk Management
What allows pilots to systematically identify risks, assess degree of risk, and determine the best course of
action? - ✔✔Aeronautical Decision Making
What acronym is used to describe one model of the aeronautical decision making process? - ✔✔DECIDE
What does the DECIDE model stand for? - ✔✔Detect a change
Estimate the need to react
Choose a desirable outcome
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Identify actions to control the change
Do the necessary action
Evaluate the effect of the action
Mission: To understand and predict changes in Earth's environment and conserve and manage coastal
and marine resources to meet our nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. - ✔✔NOAA -
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provides timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect,
and enhance the nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life - ✔✔NESDIS - National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
Operational focal point for real-time imagery products and multidisciplinary environmental analysis. -
✔✔SAB - Satellite Analysis Branch
Provides weather data, forecasts, and warnings for the protection of life and property - ✔✔NWS -
National Weather Service
All global meteorological data is collected and analyzedProvides a wide variety of national and
international weather guidance products to everyone. - ✔✔NCEP - National Center for Environmental
Prediction
Provides tornado and severe weather watches for the contiguous US - ✔✔SPC - Storm Prediction Center
Issues products through Aviation Digital Data Service in support of FAA Air Traffic Controllers and the
National Airspace System - ✔✔AWC - Aviation Weather Center
Provides official NWS forecasts of the movement and strength of tropical weather systemsIssues
appropriate watches and warnings for the contiguous US and surrounding areas - ✔✔NHC - National
Hurricane Center
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Sustains and executes the operational suite of the numerical analysis and forecast models - ✔✔NCO -
NCEP Central Ops
Provides analysis and forecast products specializing in Quantitative Preip Forecasts, Weather Forecast
Guidance, Real-Time Model Diagnostics, Surface Pressure and Frontal Analysis - ✔✔WPC - Weather
Predicition Center
Issues aviation weather products for the airspace over Alaska and adjacent coastal waters - ✔✔AAWU -
Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit
Provides timely weather consultations, forecasts and advice to Air Traffic Managers and Controllers -
✔✔CWSU - Center Weather Service unit
Produces public and aviation forecasts and weather warnings for its area of responsibility - ✔✔WFO -
Weather Forecast Office
Which organization's mission is to provide a safe, secure and efficient aerospace system that contributes
to the national security and the promotion of US aerospace safety - ✔✔FAA - Federal Aviation
Administration
Which organization balances air traffic demand with system capacity? - ✔✔ATCSCC - Air Traffic Control
System Command Center
Which organization is a facility established to provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on
instrument flight rules (IFR) flight planes within controlled airspace and principally during the en route
phase of flight? - ✔✔ARTCC - Air Route Traffic Control Center
Which organization manages the airspace from 10 to 40 miles outside of selected airports and below
13,000 ft? They also coordinate aircraft spacing as they approach and depart these airports. -
✔✔TRACON - Terminal Radar Approach Control
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ATSC 231 Block 1 Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
What is the PAVE checklist? - ✔✔Pilot
Aircraft
enVironment
External Pressures
Weather was a contributing factor in ________ aircraft accidents - ✔✔20.1%
What type of weather causes the highest percentage of accidents overall? - ✔✔Wind
What category of operation had the highest percentage of weather related accidents? - ✔✔Part 91
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 91? - ✔✔Wind
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 121? - ✔✔Turbulence
What type of weather causes the most aircraft accidents for Part 135? - ✔✔Visability/ceiling
What type of wind condition produced the most Part 91 weather related aircraft accidents? - ✔✔both
gusts and crosswinds approximately equally
Private pilots Part 91 weather-related accident rate peaks at how much flight time? - ✔✔150 - 175 hours
What is the most common type of operation for Part 91 weather related accidents? - ✔✔Personal
Most Part 121 weather-related accidents cause what type of injury? - ✔✔serious
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Most Part 135 weather-related accidents cause what type of injury? - ✔✔fatal
_________ ___________ means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes
place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons
have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft
receives substantial damage. - ✔✔Aircraft accident
_______ ______ means any injury which: (1) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours,
commencing within 7 days from the date of the injury was received; (2) results in a fracture of any bone
(except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose); (3) causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon
damage; (4) involves any internal organ; or (5) involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns
affecting more than 5 percent of the body surface. - ✔✔Serious injury
Term used to describe the cause of an accident involving an airworthy aircraft where the pilot is
considered to be principally or partially responsible. - ✔✔Pilot Error
A management system which makes optimum use of all available resources - equipment, procedures and
people - to promote safety and enhance the efficiency of flight operations. - ✔✔Crew Resource
Management
Proactively identify safety related hazards and mitigate the associated risks - ✔✔Risk Management
What allows pilots to systematically identify risks, assess degree of risk, and determine the best course of
action? - ✔✔Aeronautical Decision Making
What acronym is used to describe one model of the aeronautical decision making process? - ✔✔DECIDE
What does the DECIDE model stand for? - ✔✔Detect a change
Estimate the need to react
Choose a desirable outcome
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Identify actions to control the change
Do the necessary action
Evaluate the effect of the action
Mission: To understand and predict changes in Earth's environment and conserve and manage coastal
and marine resources to meet our nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. - ✔✔NOAA -
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provides timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect,
and enhance the nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life - ✔✔NESDIS - National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
Operational focal point for real-time imagery products and multidisciplinary environmental analysis. -
✔✔SAB - Satellite Analysis Branch
Provides weather data, forecasts, and warnings for the protection of life and property - ✔✔NWS -
National Weather Service
All global meteorological data is collected and analyzedProvides a wide variety of national and
international weather guidance products to everyone. - ✔✔NCEP - National Center for Environmental
Prediction
Provides tornado and severe weather watches for the contiguous US - ✔✔SPC - Storm Prediction Center
Issues products through Aviation Digital Data Service in support of FAA Air Traffic Controllers and the
National Airspace System - ✔✔AWC - Aviation Weather Center
Provides official NWS forecasts of the movement and strength of tropical weather systemsIssues
appropriate watches and warnings for the contiguous US and surrounding areas - ✔✔NHC - National
Hurricane Center
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Sustains and executes the operational suite of the numerical analysis and forecast models - ✔✔NCO -
NCEP Central Ops
Provides analysis and forecast products specializing in Quantitative Preip Forecasts, Weather Forecast
Guidance, Real-Time Model Diagnostics, Surface Pressure and Frontal Analysis - ✔✔WPC - Weather
Predicition Center
Issues aviation weather products for the airspace over Alaska and adjacent coastal waters - ✔✔AAWU -
Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit
Provides timely weather consultations, forecasts and advice to Air Traffic Managers and Controllers -
✔✔CWSU - Center Weather Service unit
Produces public and aviation forecasts and weather warnings for its area of responsibility - ✔✔WFO -
Weather Forecast Office
Which organization's mission is to provide a safe, secure and efficient aerospace system that contributes
to the national security and the promotion of US aerospace safety - ✔✔FAA - Federal Aviation
Administration
Which organization balances air traffic demand with system capacity? - ✔✔ATCSCC - Air Traffic Control
System Command Center
Which organization is a facility established to provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on
instrument flight rules (IFR) flight planes within controlled airspace and principally during the en route
phase of flight? - ✔✔ARTCC - Air Route Traffic Control Center
Which organization manages the airspace from 10 to 40 miles outside of selected airports and below
13,000 ft? They also coordinate aircraft spacing as they approach and depart these airports. -
✔✔TRACON - Terminal Radar Approach Control
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