ATC System and NAS Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Who is responsible for the ATO? - Correct answer-Chief Operating Officer (COO)
How many regional offices are there ? - Correct answer-Nine Offices
What type of system provides safe, secure, and efficient management for the NAS
and international airspace assigned to U.S. control? - Correct answer-Air Traffic
Services (ATS)
How many ATS service areas are there? - Correct answer-Three services areas
What are the ATO service areas? - Correct answer-Western, Central, Eastern
The safe, secure, and efficient management for the NAS is the responsibility of
which division? - Correct answer-Air Traffic Services (ATS)
The ATO is managed by a(n) _____. - Correct answer-Chief Operating Officer
(COO)
The primary purpose of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system is to..? - Correct
answer-1. Prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system
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, 2. Provide a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic.
3. Provide support for the National Security and Homeland Defense.
What is Positive Control ?? - Correct answer-The separation of all air traffic within
designated airspace by ATC.
What is the first duty priority of an ATC? - Correct answer-Separating Aircraft and
issuing safety alerts.
What are the operational priorities? - Correct answer-1. Aircraft in distress
2. Civilian air ambulance flights (call sign "MEDEVAC")
3. Presidential aircraft
4. Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft performing a SAR mission
5. Special military and civilian operations
6. Flight check aircraft
7. Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft over Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR)
aircraft
8. Diverted flights
What is the first duty priority of the ATC system? - Correct answer-Separating
aircraft and issuing safety alerts
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Questions and Answers
Who is responsible for the ATO? - Correct answer-Chief Operating Officer (COO)
How many regional offices are there ? - Correct answer-Nine Offices
What type of system provides safe, secure, and efficient management for the NAS
and international airspace assigned to U.S. control? - Correct answer-Air Traffic
Services (ATS)
How many ATS service areas are there? - Correct answer-Three services areas
What are the ATO service areas? - Correct answer-Western, Central, Eastern
The safe, secure, and efficient management for the NAS is the responsibility of
which division? - Correct answer-Air Traffic Services (ATS)
The ATO is managed by a(n) _____. - Correct answer-Chief Operating Officer
(COO)
The primary purpose of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system is to..? - Correct
answer-1. Prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system
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, 2. Provide a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic.
3. Provide support for the National Security and Homeland Defense.
What is Positive Control ?? - Correct answer-The separation of all air traffic within
designated airspace by ATC.
What is the first duty priority of an ATC? - Correct answer-Separating Aircraft and
issuing safety alerts.
What are the operational priorities? - Correct answer-1. Aircraft in distress
2. Civilian air ambulance flights (call sign "MEDEVAC")
3. Presidential aircraft
4. Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft performing a SAR mission
5. Special military and civilian operations
6. Flight check aircraft
7. Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft over Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR)
aircraft
8. Diverted flights
What is the first duty priority of the ATC system? - Correct answer-Separating
aircraft and issuing safety alerts
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